"Amitabha... The seal is broken."
The color drained from Guangcheng Zi's face. As he listened to the Buddhist hymns and gazed out upon the Human World, he saw that the divine altars in the four directions remained shrouded in a chaotic blur, constantly shifting.
In other words, the abdication... was not yet complete.
But an Enlightened One had already returned.
Nearly ten of the Buddhist Great Luos had fallen. Great Sun Buddha, though covered in blood, threw his head back and laughed aloud:
"My Buddha! My Buddha!"
He pressed his palms together, his expression solemn and reverent. The shattered Vajra Aspiration Wheel began to glow once more.
"Now that my Buddha has returned, the outcome is settled! This is the moment!"
As his voice boomed, a towering figure materialized in the North, yet simultaneously filled the East, West, and South.
