Ten thousand true books within the mind, half the realm of civil and martial arts in hand

Seeing Yuan Xiao turn his gaze toward the Great Wei Treasure Palace, Fuli Zi was inwardly startled. Could Dao Child Jiang have been guiding him in secret again?

Though the Miesheng Mara Treasure Banner was renowned, it was an ancient Law Treasure whose origins were obscure and difficult to verify.

Its roots probably reached back to the "Demonic Buddha" who had defected from the Western Maitreya Continent all those years ago.

That prodigy had attained the rank of Dao Lord and once served as abbot of Hongfa Temple. At the "Unrestricted Assembly" held once every three hundred and sixty years, he had debated the scriptures with a razor-sharp tongue that blossomed with lotuses, refuting the monks until none could utter a word.

To this day, few knew why the Demonic Buddha had betrayed the [Buddhist Dao], turned his back on its Dao Lineage, and sought to establish his own school.

The Western Maitreya Continent had unleashed a campaign of burning books and destroying scriptures over this, erasing every trace left by that Dao Lord, sparing only Hongfa Temple from being razed. According to rumors, however, the Demonic Buddha whom the World-Honored One had personally subdued had also been a leading figure in bringing the [Sword Dao] westward.

Fuli Zi had found this treasure in an ancient Grotto-Heaven, then expended several [Earth Virtue] spiritual objects to nurture it and mend its deficiencies before finally restoring it. He had poured countless efforts into it, intending to make it an artifact to safeguard his cultivation, only to be forced to abandon it because of this Hong Water Dharma Assembly.

"I've truly lost both the lady and the troops."

Fuli Zi heaved a long sigh and did not invite humiliation by asking Yuan Xiao to return it.

For someone of the Demonic Dao to