Great Sun True Intention!
The dark vortex that covered the sky and slowly rotated, its inherent pressure, like a tsunami of destruction accumulating over time, piled up layer by layer, becoming increasingly heavy.
Even the True Lord and Bodhisattvas, who were in the midst of fierce battle and whose very existence could shake the Great Dao, felt a tremor and chill emanating from the depths of their souls!
"What's going on? This—this is Heaven's Will?!"
Qingyuan True Lord Wendao was the first to stop his sword strike, which was about to cleave the Bodhisattva Golden Body. He stood still, his eyes fixed on the deep vortex, a sharp light flashing in the depths of his eyes.
"The might of Heaven is overwhelming—there's no mistake, it's the will of Heaven and Earth of the Xuanhuang Home Realm!" The starry sea phantoms around True Lord Fushi Xingyan dimmed slightly, and his voice tightened.
"Hmph, playing tricks!" Changming True Lord Fuyan sneered, but the speed at which the billions of seal characters around his body flowed unconsciously slowed down, revealing his inner turmoil.
More and more True Lord and Bodhisattvas stopped their attacks on each other and looked up at the sky with surprise and uncertainty.
The vortex emanating from it was none other than the Xuanhuang Heaven's Will!
However, this Heaven's Will has never been so concrete.
So oppressive!
"Hahahaha!" A loud, unrestrained laugh broke the eerie silence.
A Nine Nethers Sun-Devouring True Lord from the Yellow Springs Netherworld laughed heartily, pointing rudely at the Buddhist monks, including the Dragon Elephant Prajna Bodhisattva, and mockingly said, "Bald donkeys! Didn't you just say that your World-Honored One is acting in accordance with the Heaven's Will and descending to the Xuanhuang realm, a blessing for all living beings?"
Is this a blessing for the world?
What can we say about this now?
This Heaven's Will sign is so powerful and oppressive, it's as if it's about to unleash divine punishment!
Could it be that you, our so-called "World-Honored One," are an anomaly intolerable to Heaven and Earth?
Hahaha!"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the several Buddhist bodhisattvas became even more uncertain, and their Buddhist aura began to fluctuate erratically.
The Heaven's Will is now manifesting, and it clearly carries an ominous pressure.
Indeed, this forms a sharp contradiction with their claim that "the World-Honored One's descent of the Dharma was ordained by Heaven's Will!"
The Dragon Elephant Bodhisattva opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but found that any words would seem pale and powerless in the face of the real divine might at this moment, so he could only say in a deep voice, "The will of Heaven's Will is unpredictable, Non-Self something we can presume to fathom!"
The World-Honored One's Way is not—"
However, he hadn't finished explaining himself.
Below, within the realm of Imperial Weapon!
Qi Yun moved.
He slowly raised his lowered eyes, and in those pupils burning with the flames of wisdom, the suffocating dark vortex above the sky was reflected.
There was no fear, no panic, only a bottomless calm, and—an indescribable sense of inquiry.
Then, he lifted his foot.
First step: gently lower down.
Thump!
The heavens and earth seemed to tremble!
Above the sky, the speed at which the dark vortex spun increased imperceptibly by a fraction!
The oppressive aura emanating from them suddenly became even heavier, like an invisible mountain pressing down on the hearts of every peak existence. Second step, third step, fourth step...
Qi Yun's steps were not fast, but exceptionally steady. Each step seemed to have been precisely measured, landing on some mysterious node in the void.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
With each step, the earth and sky trembled slightly!
When Qi Yun took his ninth step, his figure completely broke free from the protection of the remaining Imperial Weapon Domain and stood steadily in the void above the summit of Spirit Mountain.
The entire world held its breath.
All the True Lord, Bodhisattvas, Dragon Lords, and even the Arhat and cultivators who had miraculously survived in the distance, felt a great terror.
Signs that the Great Desolation and the Great Judgment are about to arrive!
At that very moment, the terrifying, pitch-black vortex in the sky, which had been slowly rotating, finally moved!
"Whoosh--whoosh-!!!"
A grand, ancient sound, seemingly existing since the beginning of time and spanning countless eras of rise and fall, roared forth from the deepest part of the whirlpool without warning!
The sound was initially muffled, but then grew louder and closer, as if an endless, vast river was being forcibly drawn and dragged here from the unknown ends of time and space!
The next moment!
The sight shocked and shattered the understanding of all who witnessed it!
At the center of the dark vortex, the light suddenly changed!
It is no longer pure black, but rather a hazy, chaotic, gray light that seems to encompass all colors yet transcend them all!
The light rapidly expanded, stretched, and manifested a vast, indescribable river of light, its breadth, length, and weight slowly emerging from the center of the vortex, and then—like a celestial river bursting its banks—it crashed down!
Upon closer inspection, the ceaselessly flowing river is composed of endless, shimmering fragments of time, the rising and falling dust of years, the blurred and distorted silhouettes of countless memories, and the vibrant, flowing Flowing Light symbolizing the rise and fall of civilizations.
Together they converge and intertwine!
[The Heaven and Earth's Long River of Time]
This river, flowing through countless ages and across countless realms, is now being guided by the Xuanhuang Heaven's Will, transforming into a misty, yet dazzlingly brilliant waterfall.
The white-robed Bodhisattva figure standing tall in the void below crashed down upon them!
"The Heaven and Earth's Long River of Time!!" Qingyuan True Lord Wendao in surprise.
"Heaven's Will —it has actually stirred up the Long River of Time?!" The figure of the Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord solidified, and the "Return to Nothingness" Dao Domain around him rippled slightly, clearly indicating that his heart was extremely unsettled.
All the True Lord and Bodhisattvas couldn't help but feel extremely stern in their eyes!
[The Heaven and Earth's Long River of Time] contains a terrifying power of time in every drop of water, enough to turn a thousand years into a moment. It can wash away cause and effect, wear down the true spirit, and corrupt the Great Dao!
Even those who have already entrusted their true spirit imprints to their Fruition Status and are high above the long river would never dare to let themselves be directly washed away by the river itself!
If one comes into contact with river water, at best one's lifespan will rapidly diminish, and one's physical body will age and weaken;
In severe cases, the Fruition Status may become unstable, the true spirit may become clouded, and there is even a risk of falling from the Fruition Status.
"Retreat!"
Someone let out a low growl.
In the next instant, all the True Lord, Bodhisattvas, and even the wounded Dragon Lord who were originally hovering near Spirit Mountain, trying to observe or wait for an opportunity, all fled as if avoiding a plague, their figures flashing away and turning into streaks of Flowing Light, retreating at top speed in the direction away from the core area eroded by the long river!
Although they each have their Fruition Status to protect them.
But no one wants to be splashed even a little by the terrifying river of time!
"Splash!!!"
The roar of the river was deafening!
The hazy, Long River of Time of time, like a giant waterspout connecting heaven and earth, crashed violently into the void where Qi Yun was located!
A thick, gray mist spread out!
Wherever the mist passed, everything around it seemed to have endured ten thousand years, quickly dimming, weathering, and dissipating!
The True Lord and Bodhisattvas retreated again and again, their expressions solemn as they gazed at the area completely submerged by the gray mist.
Even with their divine senses, it was difficult to penetrate the extremely dense water mist and see the true situation inside.
One could only vaguely sense that the aura of the newly born [Great Sun Radiance King Bodhisattva] seemed to fluctuate violently the moment the river water touched him.
Then—it was completely swallowed up and covered by the endless gray mist and the surging power of time.
Qi Yun stands majestically in the center of the surging Grey River Waterfall.
The Great Light Manifestation behind his head, representing the source of light, burst forth with an unprecedentedly intense brilliance at this moment!
The pure, vast, and seemingly all-illuminating Buddhist power of light, like a tangible golden tide, spread out from him, forcefully creating a pure Pure Land of light in the endless gray river!
Within the Pure Land, the ethereal image of a white lotus sways gracefully, and the faint chanting of Buddhist hymns freezes time, isolating it from the erosion of the world.
"Hiss hiss hiss--!!"
However, the power of the river of Long River of Time far exceeds imagination.
Every drop of hazy "river water" that crashes onto the Pure Land bursts into a tiny vortex of time, carrying away a trace of the "present" at the edge of the realm, leaving behind a touch of "antiquity."
One hundred zhang, ten zhang, three zhang, two and a half zhang, two zhang, one and a half zhang----
The white lotus at Qi Yun's feet began to wither and weather away, turning into dust of time and merging into the river.
The Bodhisattva Golden Body of the Bodhisattva, with its warm and smooth skin, began to show fine, crackled patterns, like those on ancient porcelain, the marks of time's erosion.
The gray river water pressed closer and closer, already reaching his feet.
Qi Yun lowered his head, silently gazing at the gray water that was about to completely submerge him, and at the reflection of his own face, etched with the marks of time, in the water.
"Oh----"
A very soft sigh, as if drowning out the rushing sound of the river of time.
"There are countless great paths, each with its own name and form."
Ultimately, what they seek is nothing more than "transcendence."
The moment the words left his mouth, Qi Yun.
He made no further attempt to reinforce the crumbling Pure Land of Light, nor did he employ any Divine Ability to fight against the raging river.
He simply raised his right hand calmly and reached behind his head.
With fingers spread wide, he grasped the Great Light Manifestation that was radiating light.
The light-colored material feels warm and heavy in the hand, like holding a miniature sun.
Qi Yun lowered his head and gazed at the radiant light in his palm, which represented his current status as a "Bodhisattva" and the source of his power.
The next moment, "Buzz--!!!"
The Great Light Manifestation trembled violently.
In the blink of an eye!
That Great Light Manifestation, representing the Bodhisattva's majesty, wisdom, light, compassion, and all other outward manifestations, transformed into a ball of light no bigger than a fist, yet so pure and indescribably white, seemingly capable of burning away all the illusions and forms of the world— the Great Sun!
The last trace of hesitation in his eyes vanished, replaced by a calm acceptance of death and a resolute acceptance of life.
Qi Yun tilted his head back and opened his mouth.
In the final moments before the boundless, gray river of time was about to completely submerge his head.
Without hesitation, he swallowed the ball of pure, blazing white Great Sun in his palm in one gulp!
That radiant Pure Land, which had been struggling to maintain itself, collapsed and vanished completely at this moment, as if it had completed its final mission!
The endless, cold, heavy, gray river of time, without any obstruction, instantly submerged and swallowed up Qi Yun's Bodhisattva Golden Body!
outside world.
The area of churning, surging gray mist suddenly collapsed violently inward, as if some supporting element within it had completely vanished.
The faint, scorching aura of the "Great Sun Radiance King" that could still be sensed vanished in an instant, like a candle flickering in the wind.
Almost simultaneously, all the True Lord and Bodhisattvas who had retreated to a distance felt something.
Without prior arrangement, they all began frantically deducing the cause and effect of that area of water mist.
Suddenly, everyone stopped and looked at each other.
Cause and effect—broken?
Did he still drown in the long river?
Just as the True Lord were displaying different expressions upon seeing this result.
"Buzz----!!"
A deep, resounding tremor, seemingly originating from the very source of all things, suddenly pierced through the deepest part of that gray, lifeless mist of time!
Immediately afterwards!
A glimmer of light appeared without warning.
At first, it was just a tiny speck of pure white, no bigger than a pinhead, insignificant in the endless grayness.
But the next moment, this pure white spot, like a volcano that had been suppressed for millennia, found a breaking point and suddenly erupted!
"Boom-!!!!"
Its brilliance, its intensity, its domineering Great Sun are beyond description. Like the first ray of light after the creation of the world, it fiercely tore through the thick gray fog and soared into the sky!
Amidst the radiance, the compassionate solemnity of the Bodhisattva was no longer present.
Only one pure and ultimate Great Sun True Intention!
At the same time, a series of clear, deep shouts, seemingly imbued with supreme Daoist wisdom and resolute will, resounded like the grandest bells, echoing deep within the Divine Soul of every living being. "Refining the true form in the furnace of countless tribulations, only after shedding all dust can the crystal be revealed."
If you ask what the mysterious pearl resembles...
Only this body remains, illuminated by light.