"Boom, boom, boom..." Waves of Buddhist light surged forth as the enormous Buddha statue golden body transformed into a giant lotus of Buddha. Moments later, that giant lotus split into countless hundreds of millions of smaller Buddhist lotuses, shooting into the night sky and vanishing across every corner of the Cangxian Continent in an instant!
"Namo Amitabha Buddha..." Watching the Buddhist lotuses disappear and Jiangchao Temple emerge once more beneath the night, Rāgaratna Tathagata pressed his palms together and said, "Your Majesty, today is a joyous occasion jointly celebrated by Thunder Sound Temple and the Immortal Palace. Would Your Majesty join this old monk in removing the worldly veil obscuring Namo Great Compassionate Guanyin, so that this old monk may perform the Opening Light for the first Buddha statue golden body on the Cangxian Continent?"
Immortal Emperor Gouchen narrowed his eyes. According to their prior arrangements, there had been no such step. After the Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One's Buddha decree conferred Chunzang's title, Rāgaratna Tathagata should have performed the Opening Light for Namo Great Compassionate Guanyin. Immortal Emperor Gouchen had no need to do anything, nor did he need to say a single word. Perhaps Ancestor Hongmeng's words had prompted Rāgaratna Tathagata to make this superfluous move!
Immortal Emperor Gouchen wanted to refuse, but Rāgaratna Tathagata had put it in such grand and righteous terms that he could think of no reason to decline. Seeing Rāgaratna Tathagata already fly down before the Buddha statue golden body covered by yellow brocade, Immortal Emperor Gouchen had no choice but to descend as well.
"Rise..." Immortal Emperor Gouchen and Rāgaratna Tathagata exchanged a glance, then raised their hands and waved at the same time. The brocade was lifted from the Buddha statue golden body of Namo Great Compassionate Guanyin!
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