Chu Kuangren ignored the repentant villain and left with Guanyin.
After they left.
A monk gripping a weapon stared furiously at the villain kneeling on the ground in repentance. His eyes blazed as though they would split, and he charged straight at him.
His hand rose, his blade fell, and a crack rang out.
The villain's head hit the ground.
Chu Kuangren and Guanyin both noticed this, but neither went back.
Even Buddhist cultivators who had purified their hearts and curbed their desires had moments when anger clouded their minds and greed, hatred, and delusion ruled them. How much more so for all living beings?
Delivering all living beings...
Was it truly possible?
A moment of uncertainty arose in Guanyin's heart.
But the next instant, her gaze grew resolute again.
To act despite knowing it could not be done...
That was the true mettle of cultivators like us!
At that moment, her heart became clear, free of all confusion.
Through this epiphany, Guanyin's cultivation also showed faint signs of improvement.
Beside her, Chu Kuangren sensed the change in her aura and nodded inwardly. Excellent. She truly was one of those in Buddhism I thought most highly of...
Soon.
He and Guanyin approached the depths of the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land's core.
That was where Heavenly Buddha Vulture Peak stood.
But even from afar, they sensed something wrong with the aura in the distance.
Heavenly Buddha Vulture Peak, which should have been pure, sacred, and peaceful, was now shrouded in clouds of gloom. An earth-shaking killing intent enveloped the entire expanse of heaven and earth.
"Oh no..."
Guanyin's expression shifted slightly.
Within Heavenly Buddha Vulture Peak.
An unprecedented calamity had already descended.
Above Vulture Peak, killing intent so dense it seemed tangible condensed into boundless black clouds. Beneath them, cultivators resembling