"A little unwilling to let go..."
Just as the Half-step Golden Immortals turned to look at Granny Yu, the Future Treasure Light Buddha Ancestor, who had been lost in thought ever since Ziyun Dao Lord's failed Dao Integration, suddenly murmured to himself, repeating Granny Yu's words.
"Can't let go... can't let go..."
As though possessed, the Future Treasure Light Buddha Ancestor kept muttering, drawing startled looks from all the Half-step Golden Immortals. "Could it be that he has developed an Inner Demon?"
Yet Granny Yu wore an odd expression. It was as if she had never expected her vague remark to provoke such a tremendous reaction from the Future Treasure Light Buddha Ancestor, while also seeming to reach some realization.
Amid his muttering, the Future Treasure Light Buddha Ancestor suddenly burst into laughter. "Let go, let go. What is there to cling to in a stinking sack of skin?"
His expression returned to calm, solemn and dignified, causing the atmosphere throughout the Dao arena to tighten once more. Then he softly proclaimed a Buddha name, "Namo Future Treasure Light Buddha Ancestor."
Then the ten-faced, twenty-four-armed Golden Body of the Future Buddha Ancestor appeared. Holding a Treasure Bottle, a glazed lamp, a Vajra Scepter, and other items, he sat cross-legged upon a Cushion, while his four empty hands formed the Nirvana Seal in unison.
The Future Treasure Light Buddha Ancestor's aura began to dim rapidly. His imposing, dignified, ten-foot Golden Body gradually broke apart, turning into Buddhist light and golden radiance that drifted through the Dao arena. Behind him, a towering, lush green Bodhi Tree vaguely emerged.
"Entering Nirvana beneath the Bodhi Tree—at such a moment, the Future Treasure Light Buddha Ancestor is actually attempting Dao Integration!" Shi Xuan and the other Half-step Golden Immortals had never expected that, after witnessing