Indeed, they could finally hold their heads high and breathe freely.
Jieyin stood atop Vulture Peak, his palms pressed together, his bearing solemn and dignified. In those eyes that had held sorrow for countless epochs, a rare trace of a smile now appeared.
His gaze pierced layer upon layer of void and settled on the streak of rainbow light carrying Zhunti swiftly away. A long-suppressed sense of exhilaration surged within him.
The Buddhist School had endured far too much humiliation lately.
First, Gu Changqing had wreaked havoc on Vulture Peak. Before all the living beings of the world, he had infiltrated the Buddhist School under the pretext of having "an affinity with the Buddha," deceived Jieyin into trusting him, and finally unleashed the Great Firmament Technique to forcibly uproot thirty to forty percent of the Buddhist School's spirit veins.
In that battle, Jieyin had struck in fury, unleashing the Four Supreme Divine Powers at once, only for Gu Changqing to shatter them with a single sword strike. He had been so enraged that he vomited blood on the spot, his origin damaged, and he remained in seclusion recovering even now.
The Buddhist School's fortune had suffered grievously, its disciples' morale had plummeted, and the entire Western World had been shrouded in gloom as a result.
Though Zhunti had escaped injury, he had been overwhelmed with worry, racking his brains every day for a way to revive the Buddhist School, yet never finding the key.
But today.
Today, their fortunes had finally turned.
That Sky-Mending Stone, the one left over after Nuwa refined stones for Mending the Heavens, had lain dormant in the Primordial World for countless epochs. Now, it had suddenly stirred, radiating an extraordinary aura.
And since Zhunti had sensed that aura, Jieyin had naturally sensed it too.
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