At that moment, atop Five Elements Mountain, the Demon Buddha beneath the bodhi branches opened his eyes. Scarlet reverse swastikas spun and shattered endlessly within them. The power of the Heavenly Slaying Axe still lingered in their origins.
Had their trinity not allowed them to remain above the bitter sea, that axe strike would have knocked them out of Fortune, casting them down from heaven into mortality.
He spoke slowly, sounding dejected. "We failed!"
Compared with losing to Qin Tian, they found it harder to accept such a clean, decisive defeat at the Golden Sovereign's hands.
For this meant their lives had never been in their own hands. Whenever Gu Xiaosang wished, she could end their lives.
All three found this feeling unacceptable. It shattered a certain conviction they had held all along.
It was not that their Dao Hearts were fragile.
After all, in a sense, they were merely three children who had only recently come into the world.
And in a sense, that battle could be seen as three biological sons receiving a vicious beating from their stepmother.
That barrage of slaps had inflicted tremendous psychological damage on the three "children."
It had nearly left them traumatized.
"We misjudged the strength of a true Ancient One," a voice filled with Buddhist nature said.
In theory, a weak Other Shore being was already no weaker than a true Other Shore being. It was merely that they could only sustain that state for a limited time and could not fight for long, hence the designation "weak Other Shore."
"To be precise, we misjudged just how terrifying an Ancient One could be in an era with only one heavenly will."
"This has never happened throughout all history," the Demon Buddha said gravely.
At this moment, throughout the vast Old Era, the