As soon as Lu Yang's voice resounded through the world, [Sky-Shrouding] moved.
He was proud, but not arrogant. He knew very well that if comparing power and utility at this moment, he was inferior to Lu Yang, who False Held [Heavenly Fire].
So he went all out from the start!
Not seeking to kill, but as long as I force him to exhaust his Golden Nature and unable to continue false holding..
I wil win... without false holding, he cannot conquer the Pure Land.
With this thought, [Sky-Shrouding] immediately changed hand seals. [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow]'s Unorthodox Dao Fruit [Myriad Transformations] was held steady by him.
Then he poured all the brilliant light transformed from the intertwining concepts of [White Wax Gold] and [Silted Sand Earth] into it. Finally, a Buddhist light burst forth between his palms.
"Amitabha."
At this moment, throughout the vast Jiangxi Pure Land, chanting sounds came from all eighty-four thousand large and small ancient monasteries. The Buddha's name echoed in Jiangxi like thunder.
Lets borrow this strength for a moment...
[Sky-Shrouding] exhaled deeply. The [Myriad Transformations] Dao Fruit in his hand was raised into the air.
Under the illumination of Buddhist light, it transformed into a golden-bodied Great Buddha!
Back then, he had only cast a divided soul into the Buddhist land, yet it allowed him to attained a Bodhisattva's fruit. It could be imagined that his research on the Pure Land's "Deep Bliss Nirvana Dao" was extremely deep. He hadn't used it out of fear of the World Honored One. However, in this urgent situation, he no longer concealed his abilities to exert his full strength.
[One Mind]... its strength lies precisely here.
Mighty power capable of suppressing [City Rampart Earth], having the same effect as the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws]... or rather, this was originally copied by the World Honored One from the Dao Court...
"Rise!"
The next second, the Great Buddha incarnated by [Sky-Shrouding] raised its palm. The Buddhist light in the palm presented thousands of illusions, finally intertwining into a swastika symbol.
Palm raised, palm falls.
The Buddhist palm fell from extremely high distance, seemingly all-encompassing, including the entire Jiangxi within. Immeasurable air currents turned into fierce gales stirring at its fingertips.
Rumble!
This palm was not substantial, but a concept!
The plump, jade-like Buddhist palm—every texture on it was the mountains and rivers of Jiangxi; every inch of skin contained the billions of Buddhist cultivators and followers of Jiangxi.
With this one strike, it transformed this vast Jiangxi into a chessboard. Lu Yang stood on the chessboard, holding the black piece alone, yet surrounded in the center by billions of Jiangxi Buddhist cultivators holding white pieces. The terrifying will from [One Mind] smashed into his sea of consciousness, wanting to thorougly convert him!
"This... this... can we withstand this?"
Witnessing such a world-destroying scene with his own eyes, Tian Qiu had a look of despair. Chong Guang looked grave. Only Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon's face showed a look of hesitation.
[One Mind]... he had a way...
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon's hesitation didn't last long, quickly turning into calmness. He was about to take a step forward... but was stopped before he could act.
"Vanquishing-Demon... Fellow Daoist, wait."
It was Lu Yang.
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon paused his steps instantly upon hearing this, surprised in his heart: "You know what I want to do... But Fellow Daoist, are you sure you don't need my help?"
"No need."
Lu Yang's voice continued to transmit. Even under such heavy pressure, his voice still carried a bit of pride and complacency, finally turning into a righteous indignation:
"Fellow Daoist."
Master.
This is what you taught me in the previous life. Now I have learned it—
"Listen to my sword cry!"
Almost simultaneously, [Sky-Shrouding] raised his eyebrows.
And in the land of Jiangnan, inside the Sword Pavilion Ancestral Hall, that Jade Pivot recording all sword cultivators' sword arts was also trembling, seeming to have sensed something.
A sword cry rang out from Jiangxi, yet didn't stop there. Instead, expanding and spreading with speed surpassing everything, it spread throughout Jiangdong, Jiangnan, Jiangbei, overseas in an instant... In the world today, all sword weapons seemed to hear this resonant sword cry at this moment.
And amidst this sword sound.
All Foundation Establishment cultivators involuntarily looked towards Jiangxi, towards the rising, supreme powerful flame beneath the magnificent Buddha's palm!!
That flame was dazzling and majestic.
Like the sun shining on all things, it proclaimed its existence to the five regions under heaven, as if becoming the only brilliance between heaven and earth!
"No... no!"
[Sky-Shrouding] frowned deeply. In his calculation, this palm was enough to suppress Lu Yang's [Heavenly Fire]. There shouldn't be any variables.
After all, [City Rampart Earth] was suppressed in the same way.
He was able to unleash this palm strike because of his high dao comprehesion and deep understanding of Buddhism; even a Pure Land Bodhisattva might not be able to achieve it.
However, at this moment, a sense of unease arose in his heart.
It seems... its not just [Heavenly Fire]!
But besides [Heavenly Fire], what else did this kid have?
[Sky-Shrouding] pondered in his heart. When assassinating Emperor Jiayou, he had caught a glimpse, knowing Lu Yang seemed to also hide an unorthodox Dao Fruit as a trump card.
But what use a mere unorthodox Dao?
[Sky-Shrouding] didn't have time to think carefully, because the next second, within that extremely prominent flame, Lu Yang slowly drew [Tribulation Wave] from its sheath.
Rumble!
In an instant, an unimaginably huge impact, formless and intangible, forcibly resisted the falling Buddhist palm. Its ultimate brilliance erupting between heaven and earth.
"Eyes! My eyes!"
"That sword light... even from billions of miles away, it could still pierce my divine sense?"
"Sword intent? No, that's not right, it's more than just sword intent"
The sound of turmoil was greatest in Jiangnan, simply because in Extreme Heaven Cliff, the Sword Pavilion's sword cultivators were most familiar with this feeling, seeing the clue almost at a glance.
At Sword Pavilion Earth-Penetrating Abyss...
Perfected One Warding-Evil's eyes were bloodshot. He muttered to himself in disbelief: "Titled sword intent... it same as Vanquishing-Demon, same as [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao]... titled sword intent! How is it possible... how could i inferior to a demon dragon?"
At this moment, heaven and earth went dark.
Because the extreme brilliance took away everyone's vision and also cut off divine sense's perception of the outside world, so everyone could only see a boundless darkness.
Even the their sense of time was taken away.
After an unknown amount of time, a light finally appeared in the darkness. Because it was the only light, it was the first thing everyone noticed.
It was a sword.
Flowing fire trickled on the sword body, densely covered with cracks. Every inch it was drawn, it would emit a crackling sound, yet it never truly broke.
Its name was [Unyielding]!
This was the sword intent belonging uniquely to Lu Yang, condensed after ten lifetimes of bitter cultivation and under layers of heavy pressure— an indestructible sword intent that grew stronger with each battle!
Immediately afterward, a vast expanse of water rose from the ground, and a fierce wind swept upward, all seemingly resisting the movement of the sword as it was drawn. The speed was slow, but it never stopped, as if no hardship or obstacle could deter its advance..
The next second, their vision suddenly widened, and everyone could see everything happening in the present world again.
"Heavens..."
Then they saw that in Jiangxi, the descending Buddha's palm had been lifted by a single sword strike, and blood spurted from the five fingers.
In an instant, heaven and earth overturned!
It was as if an invisible large hand gripped the chessboard of the five regions under heaven that used myriad living beings as chess pieces, and then forcefully overturned it!