Chapter 867

And the ancient, simple Great Dao Sword truly had the potential to slay them.

As for death, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin did not truly resist it.

Saints are immortal and indestructible; even Luo Fu could not truly kill them.

If not for this time, when Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin brought all their final cards into Chaos to surround and kill Luo Fu, they would have chosen suicide long ago, knowing they could not prevail.

Among the six Saints, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin were the most shameless and the most capable of letting go.

The reason they still struggled was entirely because they could not let go of their accumulated heritage.

That heritage was what they had amassed over countless Wushuyuan Societies.

If all this heritage were lost, Buddhism would exist in name only.

Once Buddhism perished, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin would be condemned forever as servants of the Heavenly Dao.

Without Buddhism, they could never repay the debts they owed the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, until the very last moment, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin did not wish to give up.

Saints are indeed immortal and indestructible; even if they died in Chaos, they could rely on their true spirits protected by the Heavenly Dao to be reborn.

A person being reborn does not mean their accumulated heritage can be reborn.

The Heavenly Dao only ensures the rebirth of the person, not the recovery of a Saint's lost heritage.

Now, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin believed that, relying on the Ten Thousand Buddha Array, they could still resist the Great Dao Sword Array for a while, and during that time, they could attempt to reestablish contact with the Heavenly Dao to secure a sliver of hope.

The appearance of the ancient, simple Great Dao Sword shattered Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's hopes.

After the Buddha-land shield of the Ten Thousand Buddha Array was completely torn apart, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin knew they had no hope left.

Facing the ancient, simple Great Dao Sword, the only thing they could do was wait for death.

But to calmly wait for death, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin found themselves unwilling.

Especially upon seeing that Luo Fu did not intend to directly annihilate the Three Thousand Buddha Lands, but rather planned to claim them for himself, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin felt even more bitter.

The Three Thousand Buddha Lands were the very foundation they had amassed over countless Wushuyuan Societies—how could they bear to let others profit from them so easily?

"Hmm, act now, younger brother. Even if we destroy the Three Thousand Buddha Lands, I do not wish to let Luo Fu benefit."

Saint Jieyin nodded, his eyes also carrying a trace of despair.

With Saint Jieyin's words, new changes began within the tens of thousands of Buddha Lands.

"May I, in my next life, attain Bodhi: may all beings in the ten directions, upon hearing my name, rejoice with faith and devotion, bow and surrender themselves. With pure hearts, cultivate the Bodhisattva path…"

"May I, in my next life, attain Bodhi: may those born in my Buddha Land possess boundless good roots, all attain the Vajra Narayana body, with unshakable strength. Their bodies and crowns shall radiate luminous light…"

"May I, in my next life, attain Bodhi… If I do not descend into hell, who will?"

Vast Sanskrit chants rose from the Buddha Lands.

As these Sanskrit chants spread, all the Luo Han scattered across the tens of thousands of Buddha Lands sat cross-legged, their bodies engulfed in blazing Buddhist fire.

Under the burning of these Buddhist flames, each Luo Han began to turn to ash.

Where the Luo Han burned, śarīras appeared.

After these śarīras appeared, they all merged into the Ten Thousand Buddha Array.

Not only the Luo Han, but immediately after, all Bodhisattvas also ignited themselves.

The terrifying power generated by these Bodhisattvas' self-immolation was channeled entirely into the Buddha Lands, while they themselves transformed into śarīras and merged into the Ten Thousand Buddha Array.

After the Bodhisattvas came the Buddhas.

Over a hundred Buddhas ignited simultaneously; the vast Buddhist light illuminated all the chaos for ten thousand miles.

Like the Luo Han and Bodhisattvas, the Buddhas also poured all their power into the Ten Thousand Buddha Array, transforming themselves into śarīras.

After the Buddhas came the billions of celestial immortals among the faithful.

These faithful also all ignited, their magnificent power converging entirely into the Ten Thousand Buddha Array.

Under the influence of an invisible force, these celestial immortal faithful also left behind śarīras.

Billions of śarīras piled high above the Ten Thousand Buddha Array.