For no other reason!
The disciples of the Buddhist School saw that the sound had come from none other than the Sky-Mending Stone their Master Zhunti had brought back long ago.
Or, more precisely, that Sky-Mending Stone had just exploded with a thunderous crash!
Rumble...
That deep, resonant sound of the Dao erupted, deafening them like thunder crashing down from the Nine Heavens.
Before the Great Thunderclap Temple, countless Buddhist School disciples raised their heads and looked toward the sound.
As far as their eyes could see, vast swathes of immortal light swirled and divine radiance surged, bursting from the direction of the Sky-Mending Stone like the celestial river pouring down from the Nine Heavens, illuminating the entire square.
The light was so dazzling that it was almost impossible to look at directly, and some disciples instinctively narrowed their eyes.
"Ah... this is..."
Some disciples cried out, their scalps tingling and their hearts shaken.
They could not fathom what was happening.
But a moment later, the immortal light filling the sky gradually dimmed, revealing the scene within once more.
In an instant, everyone clearly saw...
The Sky-Mending Stone was trembling violently.
It was not a gentle tremor like a breeze brushing past, but a violent shaking that seemed to rock the earth and mountains. The entire stone shuddered madly, as though something inside it was struggling desperately to break out of its shell.
Cracks spread across its surface like a spiderweb, densely packed and crisscrossing.
Dazzling light burst from every crack. It was no longer the faint, gentle glow of ordinary days, but fierce, savage divine radiance, as though something suppressed for endless ages had finally found an outlet.
"The Sky-Mending Stone... the Sky-Mending Stone has cracked!"
One disciple cried out involuntarily, his voice changing pitch.
That cry was like