Wuwang, chief disciple of the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Buddhas; Wu Bingqiong, the Demon Lord of Extreme Cold of the Frozen God Prison; Night Owl, the King of Assassins; Mai Xin, the Child of the Elements; and Mu Xingchen, creator of fate stars, also learned at that moment that someone had broken through to transcendence.
In the Western Heaven Buddha Kingdom, Wuwang abruptly opened his eyes from meditation, a trace of disbelief in his gaze.
"We're all Divine Word Heirs, still studying how to advance further in the Creator Divine Realm. How has he already broken through!?"
The thousand-year-old bodhi tree enshrined in the Buddhist hall suddenly shook, its leaves rustling down to blanket the floor. Golden Buddhist flames surged wildly along its branches, and the prayer beads at Wuwang's fingertips shattered with a crack, scattering across the floor. Alarmed, the arhat standing guard outside hurriedly pushed open the door to investigate, only to be stopped outside by an invisible Buddhist force.
Seated on his lotus dais, Wuwang gently rolled the beads from the broken string between his fingertips, his expression gradually darkening.
"He's broken his shackles and stepped into transcendence. I fear the balance of this world is about to fall into chaos. I must inform the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Buddhas at once."
In the Frozen God Prison in the far north, fine cracks suddenly spread across the ancient, unmelted profound ice. Wu Bingqiong, perched atop an icy peak, slowly opened his eyes. The cold mist churning within them seemed almost ready to freeze the entire ice prison.
He raised a hand to brush the ice crystals from his brows, his voice as cold as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice.
"So these shackles really can be broken? It seems I took the wrong path before."
Before his words had faded,