[Primordial Spirit]
Inside a side room of Cloud-Resting Chan Monastery.
The glow of the jade lotus lantern was slightly dimmer than usual, making Qi Yun's face appear unusually pale.
He sat cross-legged on the futon, the hem of his dark blue Daoist robe fluttering even without wind. His aura was slightly weaker than usual, and a lingering weariness hung between his brows.
He opened his palm, revealing a seemingly ordinary gray cloth bag.
The bag was slightly open, and more than a hundred tiny, solid golden lights faintly emanated from within, their auras intertwined to form a heavy, awe-inspiring Buddhist energy field.
"This is the last relic."
Qi Yun's voice was somewhat low as he handed the cloth bag to Fahai's clone, who was waiting quietly to the side.
For several days in secret, they precisely hunted, stripped, and refined the Arhat from beneath the nose of the now-awakened behemoth, the Spirit Mountain Sacred Realm.
Even with his extraordinary skills, the consumption of his mental energy and Law Power was enormous.
Not to mention, one must constantly be distracted, using the mysteries of [Great Luo Heaven] and [Primordial True Body] to distort and obscure the secrets of heaven, and avoid the omnipresent gaze of the Bodhisattva's will.
Now, the higher-ups of the Holy Realm have clearly noticed something amiss. Although they haven't found the "culprit," they've distributed the so-called "Law Treasure Talisman" to every Foundation Establishment Arhat.
If something goes wrong, crushing the precious sticker will immediately attract the attention of a Bodhisattva-level being.
Qi Yun's "Relic Project" has suddenly escalated to an unbearable level of risk.
It has to be put on hold for now.
Fahai's avatar, with a gentle and peaceful expression, accepted the cloth bag with both hands, sensing the surging, pure Buddhist and Daoist essence within. He clasped his hands in a respectful bow, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, Venerable One. Combined with what I had accumulated before, these hundred-odd relics should be enough to propel the [Great Radiance Mahasthamaprapta Dharma Body] to another level."
"Um."
Qi Yun nodded slightly, closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, and at the same time gave some instructions.
"It will be refined within the [Great Luo Heaven]."
This breakthrough may unfold differently than before, and proceeding within this context is the safest approach.
"I will obey His Majesty's orders."
Fahai agreed, and with a thought, his body transformed from solid to ethereal, along with the bag of relics, disappearing into Qi Yun's Ancestral Aperture his eyebrows, returning to their unique place of origin—[the Great Luo Heaven].
Deep within the Great Luo Heaven, chaos remains as before.
Fahai's clone manifested, sitting in mid-air, with a lotus platform naturally appearing beneath him. He directly untied the rope of the cloth bag and gently tilted his palm downwards.
"Whoosh"
More than a hundred round, shiny relics, varying in size and color, yet each containing the pure merits of Arhat, flowed out like golden stardust, hovering in the void around him, slowly rotating.
The light reflected off this gray and chaotic area, giving it a sacred golden edge.
Fahai slowly brought his hands together in front of his chest, forming the Great Radiance Fundamental Mudra.
"Buzz!"
A deep chant arose from his body, and the Great Light Manifestation behind his head, which had reached perfection and solidification and contained the illusory image of a Bodhisattva, expanded dramatically.
Pure and blazing Buddhist light surged forth like a tide, transforming into countless fine yet incredibly strong threads of light that precisely pierced into each Arhat Sarira!
[Automatic Law Technique updates complete. This is a minor version update; Law Technique effects have been adjusted as follows.]
[Great Radiance Mahasthamaprapta Dharma Body 3.0: New Mechanisms----]
The text displayed here, then suddenly—it froze!
The following text appears intermittently and is blurry.
the Unseen seemed as if some unseen force was hindering the evolution of the Law Technique Panel.
"This is----"
Qi Yun's true form, whose eyes had been slightly closed, suddenly opened them, and a burst of chaotic divine light shot out from the depths of his eyes. He involuntarily sat up straight, his mind becoming more focused than ever before.
This situation is unprecedented!
The updates to the [Law Technique Panel] have always been domineering and direct.
There has never been any indication of being "hindered".
It might be a fleeting moment, or it might be a long time.
Finally, the intensely flickering and intermittently appearing panel light gradually stabilized.
The invisible force of obstruction receded slowly, like the tide.
On the panel, the line of text representing the core new mechanics of version 3.0 slowly appeared:
[---- Primordial Spirit!]
"BOOM!!!!"
The two words appeared in an instant.
The entire Great Luo Heaven trembled violently!
The myriad chaotic currents of energy surged and roared as if struck by an invisible giant hammer!
The Clarity and Turbidity and turbid energies clashed wildly, creating illusory images of the sun, moon, and stars that flickered uncertainly. The four fundamental elements of earth, fire, wind, and water directly manifested almost violent physical phenomena, illuminating this chaotic void with bizarre and surreal light, as if it were about to return to the state before the creation of heaven and earth!
And at the very center of that storm and vision.
The avatar of Fahai sat cross-legged in the void.
The glimmer of wisdom between his brows suddenly erupted at the very moment the text on the panel fully appeared!
Transform into a single, dazzling point, illuminating an eternal radiance!
"Buzz-!!!"
Fahai's clone suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes!
He stood up, his hands moving rapidly in front of his chest, forming an unprecedentedly complex, ancient, and supreme mudra of great light that points directly to the origin of the Buddha— the Great Radiance Illuminating the Ten Directions Mudra!
The seal was complete. Fahai raised his arms and slowly pushed forward!
The movements may seem slow, but they contain the immense power to move the heavens and open the gates of eternity!
"Open-!"
A shout, like the imperial edict of the Great Dao, resounded throughout the Great Luo Heaven!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
the Unseen the depths of nothingness, an indescribable portal was suddenly pushed open a crack!
Beyond the portal, an endless stream of mysterious energy, surging forth like a burst dam in the Milky Way, swept down!
This energy flow is colorless and formless, yet it seems to contain all the colors of the world; it is silent and still, yet it seems to resonate with the celestial sounds of the Great Dao.
"Now is the time!"
The light emanating from Fahai's brow merged with the bright yellow spiritual fire, and his thoughts stirred his Purple Mansion!
"Whoosh--!"
A condensed and perfectly formed Divine Soul essence, identical in appearance to Fahai's avatar and radiating pure Buddhist light and wisdom, leaped out from his Ancestral Aperture between his eyebrows, transforming into a stream of Flowing Light and resolutely plunging into the surging torrent!
"Hiss hiss hiss--!"
Like the hottest iron thrown into ice water, or like a rough stone being washed by a torrent.
As soon as Fahai's Divine Soul entered it, a strange "tempering" sound was emitted!
That vast and powerful current, imbued with immortal meaning, was like the most precise sieve and forging hammer in the world, beginning to subject his Divine Soul to the most cruel and essential tempering and sublimation!
The Buddha-like light on the surface of the Divine Soul is first stripped away and purified, transforming into a more refined source of light;
The thoughts, memories, and insights that constitute the Divine Soul are washed and cleansed again and again, removing all impurities and leaving only the purest Daoist essence and spirituality.
The structure of the Divine Soul began to undergo a fundamental change, transforming from an ethereal spiritual body into a kind of [immortal state]----
A wisp of pale purple mist appeared, and the entire Divine Soul began to radiate a dazzling purple light, vast and mysterious.
But this purple hue didn't last long. As the mysterious energy flowed deeper and merged with it, the purple light began to slowly transform, becoming brighter and more pure in color, until finally—
It transformed into a noble, bright yellow color!
This is not the color of an emperor, but a natural phenomenon that appears when the essence of Divine Soul is elevated to an extremely high level and touches the threshold of "immortality"!
At this moment, Fahai Divine Soul was as if it were carved from the purest bright yellow divine jade, shining with Baoguang light, naturally exuding a vast and majestic aura that surpassed ordinary life forms!
Until the last wisp of his Divine Soul completely transformed into this bright yellow and noble color, the the Unseen portal that had been forcibly pushed open emitted a low hum, slowly closing and disappearing.
The surging aura of immortality also ceased to flow and dissipated.
In the void, Fahai's avatar remained seated cross-legged.
However, the area between his eyebrows, Ancestral Aperture, was already completely empty.
Above and in front of him stood a figure whose appearance was identical to Fahai's, yet whose body radiated a bright yellow, noble Baoguang, and whose aura was even more expansive and profound than the physical body below.
His eyes, as they opened and closed, held a gentle yet penetrating gaze that saw through all illusion.
His body naturally exudes a radiant Buddhist aura; although there is no aura behind his head, it is as if he himself is the source of light.
He slowly lowered his head, looking down at Qi Yun's true form sitting cross-legged below. A gentle and peaceful smile appeared on his lips, exactly like Fahai, but with an added air of transcendence.
Qi Yun looked up at the figure standing in mid-air, whose eyes gleamed with divine light. "This is... the Primordial Spirit?"
Meanwhile, just as Fahai successfully condensed his Primordial Spirit...
The Spirit Mountain Sacred Realm, no—the entire Xuanhuang Home Realm— suddenly underwent a dramatic upheaval.
In the the Unseen, a vast and boundless gaze appeared, sweeping across every inch of mountains and rivers, every stretch of sea, searching for something unknown.
At the same time, almost all True Lord and Bodhisattvas felt this gaze sweep over them.
A pair of majestic, imposing eyes, brimming with the power of the Dao, slowly opened.
"Has the Heaven's Will gone mad?"