On Vulture Peak, the Golden Cudgel towered between heaven and earth, standing in a deep crater, driven into the mountain. Green lotuses bloomed in the cracks, and lightning arose and perished. Beside the Golden Cudgel stood a mountain shaped like a five-fingered hand.
The mountain was not tall, but heavy and imposing. At its summit was a Bodhi Tree branch shimmering with seven-colored light, crystalline throughout, with nine offshoots, some withered and some flourishing, some illusory and some real. It radiated a sense of great purity, great wisdom, great radiance, great freedom, and great bliss.
A being identical to Meng Qi sat beneath the Bodhi branches, bathed in their radiance, cultivating silently. He had already reached the peak of Aperture Opening and was refining his Inner Scenery bit by bit, attempting to ascend to heaven in a single step.
The cultivation system of Lifetime was incomparably complete, with every step forming another rung on the ladder.
The realm of Exterior Scenery was crucial even to an existence like him.
For Exterior Scenery was the foundation of the Great Dao, bearing upon one's future prospects.
From the moment one constructed an Exterior Scenery Dharma Manifestation, the path one would walk in the future could practically be said to have been determined. Even Legend, Fortune, and the Other Shore would be affected.
There was no room for the slightest carelessness.
Although the Inner Scenery could be altered later, that too required time, and time was what he lacked most.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes and said to the existence high above, "He's here!"
There was no knowing what he discussed with the existence high above.
"You're right!" The Demon Buddha nodded silently and continued cultivating.
"An ant doesn't warrant much attention."
"Even if that person invited him."
Destroying an enemy was less