Gu Changqing reacted this way not because he had sensed any hostility.
Rather... in that instant, he understood what Jieyin was chanting.
Namo Amitabha!
The supreme salutation of the Buddhist School.
It was also the ultimate embodiment of the Buddhist School's Dao rhythm and teachings.
What a Jieyin. He had only just attained the Dao, yet already displayed such universe-shaking power.
Even as Gu Changqing pondered this.
The next moment.
"Mi..."
Just as he had expected.
Jieyin finally chanted the fourth syllable.
It remained just as ancient and weathered, yet now carried a magnificent resonance that embraced all things and offered salvation to everything.
The instant that syllable fell, an involuntary warmth arose in the hearts of countless living beings throughout the Primordial World.
It was as though, amid endless darkness and a sea of suffering, they had glimpsed a lighthouse that could guide their way and bear the weight of everything.
"Tuo..."
The fifth syllable followed close behind.
That resonance reached its pinnacle.
Boundless, peaceful golden light descended from the Nine Heavens. It no longer shone indiscriminately as before, but began to gather and take tangible form.
Golden lotuses bloomed in the void, paving a golden road that spanned heaven and earth.
Heavenly blossoms rained down, accompanied by immortal proclamations and Buddhist chants.
But this was not the end.
It was the beginning.
Jieyin-no, at this moment, he should have been called the Buddha Ancestor.
He slowly uttered the final, and most crucial, syllable.
"Buddha..."
The instant that syllable fell.
Rumble!
The entire Primordial World shook violently.
It was not mountains crumbling and earth splitting, nor stars falling, but a resonance and tremor originating in the very origin of the Great Dao.
Inside his cave abode on Golden Ao Island, Gu Changqing swayed slightly along with the trembling of