Utterly absurd.
This was the World Honored One's first reaction after hearing Perfected Lord Supreme Law Upholding Origin's proposal. However, the next second, he realized who the person in front of him was.
Perfected Lord Supreme Law Upholding Origin, an old Perfected Lord from the Golden Age. Although he cultivated the Dao of Spiritual Power, he often listened to Dao teachings under Sisui's seat. The later Dao Lords, such as Cang Hao, Sword Lord, and even the Primordial Saint, had also discussed the Dao with him before they attained the Dao. He was the most ancient existing Great Perfected Lord of the Ancient Method.
This was nothing.
What was more important was his character. Even under the passage of a long time, it hadn't diminished in the slightest. The unextinguishable [Supreme Law Body] was enough to prove everything.
He never spoke falsely.
Even when his voice fell, visible Buddha light had already drifted up from his body. That was a characteristic of having cultivated the [Mahayana True Enlightenment Fundamental Sutra].
Having cultivated this cultivation method, he was a Buddhist cultivator from then on.
In other words, as long as the current World Honored One was willing, he could completely and directly convert Perfected Lord Supreme Law Upholding Origin, and then extract his sea of consciousness for his own use!
If it were only this, so be it.
What truly made the other Dao Lords change their expressions was Dao Tianqi standing at the front. His gaze was calm as he followed after Perfected Lord Supreme Law Upholding Origin and said softly—
"Add me too, Senior Brother."
"If Senior Supreme Law isn't enough, and the Ancient Method Perfected Lords of the Netherworld aren't enough, then add me too. If Senior Brother eats me, will that be able to stop all this?"
After speaking, Buddha light abruptly appeared.
Buddha light also surfaced in the depths of Dao Tianqi's eyes at this moment. He was about to connect with the World Honored One, but was intercepted in advance by a hand right before that.
The Primordial Saint made a move.
Dao Tianqi voluntarily opened his Primordial Spirit, allowing the World Honored One to convert him. However, this process was forcibly interrupted by the Primordial Saint. A slightly helpless voice subsequently sounded:
"As expected."
"Beast Taming, you are indeed the most troublesome one. Because like Sisui, you don't play by common sense, and your Netherworld is also not in my plan."
The Primordial Saint's tone remained gentle.
Yet somewhere unseen, a bone-piercing chilling cold abruptly swept out. Beneath the seemingly gentle attitude, it was the Primordial Saint's chilling killing intent!
But in the next second, a broad and thick figure blocked between the Primordial Saint and Dao Tianqi, instantly cutting off all the chill. The World Honored One just stood there calmly. The smile hanging on his face gradually distorted. His eyebrows stood on end, the corners of his mouth parted wide. The kind and benevolent features transformed into an angry Vajra glare.
Seeing this, the Primordial Saint frowned.
"Myriad Treasures, your weakness exceeds my imagination."
"It's not weakness."
The World Honored One's tone was still indifferent, still cold: "It's just that doing this is more beneficial to my Dao path. Isn't this exactly what you taught me, Master?"
As his voice fell, Buddha light burst forth!
Within the Buddha light, a magnificent Buddhist Kingdom faintly surfaced. Inside it were a hundred thousand billion Buddha lands and countless monks, finally transforming into a towering golden Buddha.
Endless brilliance was born because of this. The golden Buddha smiled. And on his body, billions of monks piously kowtowed, letting out a deafening Zen chant:
"If, upon my attainment of Buddhahood, there should exist within my land any hell, any realm of hungry ghosts, or any realm of beasts, then may I not attain perfect Enlightenment.
If, upon my attainment of Buddhahood, the humans and devas of my land, after death, should fall once more into the three evil realms, then may I not attain perfect Enlightenment.
If, upon my attainment of Buddhahood, the humans and devas of my land are not endowed with bodies of Vajra-Narayana, then may I not attain perfect Enlightenment…"
The grand voice of the Zen chant spread towards every corner of the Light Sea centering on the golden Buddha, prompting all Buddhist cultivators to sit cross-legged one after another and chant along.
Under [One Mind], the voices of the Buddhist cultivators connected into one. The World Honored One fundamentally didn't need to extract their seas of consciousness, because they were inherently the World Honored One to begin with. Their seas of consciousness had long connected into one, converging into a golden rain of light. Lotuses bloomed everywhere, together forging a vast Buddhist Kingdom, filling into the [Paramita] fragment.
"Amitabha!"
In an instant, the World Honored One's stature rapidly climbed. He actually also boldly broke through the bottleneck of the Great Perfection of the Golden Core, reaching the same stature level as Sisui from back then.
Equal to the current Primordial Saint!
The heaven-toppling Buddha light constructed a golden ocean, holding up the golden Buddha. Wrapping up unparalleled might, he boldly crashed towards the Primordial Saint!
Seeing this scene, the Primordial Saint's tone was finally no longer earnestly instructive like a teacher as before. All emotions entirely faded away, leaving only two indifferent words:
"Courting death."
Boom!
A great battle instantly erupted!
Almost simultaneously, the other Dao Lords also made their moves. No one paid any attention to the World Honored One and the Primordial Saint at all. In their view, the two of them fighting was simply the best thing ever.
"Kill Beast Taming!"
Sword Lord and Cang Hao's target was very clear. The vast colors transformed from the [Heavenly Dao] draped over them, similarly spurring their auras to climb rapidly.
The Primordial Saint saying the Netherworld was outside his plan wasn't a lie. Not just the Primordial Saint, the Netherworld was similarly outside their control, outside the control of the [Heavenly Dao]. Back when Dao Tianqi opened the Netherworld, almost all the Dao Lords were greatly shocked, and ultimately had to join forces to eradicate it.
Afterwards, they spent many years attempting to control the Netherworld.
Unfortunately, Beast Taming woke up too fast and grasped the true core of the Netherworld in time. If a bit more time had passed, perhaps it would have been a different outcome.
'Regardless, this is an opportunity!'
'Taking advantage of the Primordial Saint being pinned down, kill Beast Taming at the fastest speed and bring the Netherworld under the control of the [Heavenly Dao]. This will help rapidly recover the [Heavenly Dao]!'
"Boom!"
Sword Lord directly struck with her sword, and Cang Hao also cooperated with his attack. The sword light with myriad phenomena as its edge instantly cleaved open the gloomy colors around the [Netherworld Lord's Palace].
"Then let my flesh and blood be buried here."
After a sigh, Dao Tianqi looked at Lu Yang beside him:
"Fellow Daoist, it's still not too late to leave now. I will do my best to send you into the dark void as well."
Lu Yang decisively shook his head: "There's no need."
As a spectator, he resolved to watch this grand act to the end. Moreover, he always felt like he had forgotten something, constantly unable to recall specifically what it was.
But very quickly, he didn't have to think about it anymore.
"Pfft!"
The sound of a Dharma Body shattering abruptly rang out, causing the already erupted Dao Lord battle to stagnate for an instant. Only a stunning blood rainbow was seen.
The starting point of the blood rainbow was the Spiritual Power Dao Lord.
Within that vast ocean of spiritual power, a slender palm reached out from nothingness like a ghost, instantly piercing through the center of the ocean.
In an instant, furious Primordial Spirit thoughts agitated, causing the entire ocean of spiritual power to begin churning violently. And at the center of the ocean pierced by that palm, the silhouette of a human figure faintly appeared. The location of the palm was exactly at the silhouette's chest, endless profound wonders brewing upon it.
[Sky-shrouding].
At this moment, everyone remembered that man who had ultimately validated [Tribulation] but failed to seek the [Paramita], and saw those narrow eyes.
He walked out from the sea of fog.
After validating [Tribulation], his foundation was unprecedentedly powerful. The firelight belonging to him was still bright; there was still evidently some distance before it burned out.
What did he want to do?
This doubt flashed through the minds of the various Dao Lords, but they quickly thought of the answer: 'The fragment! He came for the [Paramita] fragment!'
The [Paramita] could only have six Dao Lords.
There were also only six fragments.
"In that case, just like the World Honored One back then, eliminating one and taking the position myself will do, won't it?"
"I've heard that Senior's hidden dangers are very severe, so I figured you'd be the easiest to deal with. Leaving the [Paramita] fragment in Senior's hands is truly a waste."
The Spiritual Power Dao Lord was instantly furious: "You..."
Before his voice faded, [Sky-shrouding]'s figure cracked inch by inch. Endless light of tribulation burst forth from within, thoroughly submerging the Spiritual Power Dao Lord!
"Thank you for parting with your treasure, Senior."