Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi
Chapter 890 - 888: Supreme Venerable Descends

In the vast expanse of Tian Yun Temple,

countless bald monks stood agape, watching the rubble and rolling dust where the temple had collapsed. In their eyes, Master Tianyun was the supreme living Buddha.

A living Buddha, supreme and immortal.

But now...

As the rolling dust gradually dispersed, they saw no sign of Master Tianyun emerging unblemished from the dust as Xiao Yi had before.

At the same time,

Little Lin had already slain all the Demon Arhats. With his current cultivation at the Heaven Venerate Realm, dealing with these Demon Arhats was as easy as picking something out of a bag.

The remaining tens of thousands of Tian Yun Temple monks were silent as cicadas in winter, kneeling on the ground, not daring to resist at all.

Even the strongest Master Tianyun and the eighteen Demon Arhats had perished.

Tian Yun Temple existed in name only!

"Big brother, is that old man still not dead?" Little Lin came to Xiao Yi's side, glancing at Master Tianyun who was becoming visible to everyone as the dust settled.

Master Tianyun lay in a massive pit, his bones shattered, like a lump of mud.

Blood covered his body.

Master Tianyun followed the path of both Buddha and Demon, cultivating the Primordial Spirit in Buddhism and the physical body in Demonism. Now, his physical body was almost completely shattered, utterly devoid of the strength to fight again.

His Primordial Spirit had also suffered a devastating blow when Xiao Yi powerfully shattered the Sea of Suffering illusion.

Now, even his Primordial Spirit couldn't leave his body.

His eyes, filled with blood and malevolence, glared fixedly at Xiao Yi, he gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao... Xiao Yi, you will not die a good death... You and your family, all of you will pay the price for today's actions..."

"A price? From you, a dying man?" Little Lin scoffed.

Master Tianyun gave a cold, mocking laugh that pulled at his wounds, causing him to grimace in pain.

Blood gushed from his mouth.

After struggling to catch his breath, Master Tianyun continued, "Do you really think I am a traitor to the Western State Buddhist Sect? If that were true, how could I have survived up to this point?"

Xiao Yi frowned slightly.

The Western State Buddhist Sect was indeed very powerful, unlike the Southern State which had both the Nantian Dynasty and the Nantian Holy Land competing with each other. All beings in the Western Province were believers of Buddhism, and even the Holy Land of the Western Region was the fabled Buddhist Holy Spirit Mountain.

If Master Tianyun were truly just a traitor to Buddhism, the Western State Buddhist Sect could easily dispatch a senior Heaven Venerate to eliminate him with ease.

And the powers of the Southern State would definitely not interfere!

Master Tianyun chuckled sinisterly, his laugh grating to the ears, "I am merely a piece laid by the Buddhist Sect in the Southern State. You have killed me and destroyed Tian Yun Temple; the Buddhist Sect will definitely not let you off. Hehe, even if I go ahead, it won't be long before you join me in the netherworld, hahaha..."

"You'd better walk the path to the underworld alone!"

Little Lin huffed coldly.

Opening his mouth, a mass of black light surged out, a vast black vortex directly enveloping Master Tianyun.

The black light grew smaller and smaller.

With a whoosh, it entered his mouth.

The light around Little Lin reverberated, and moments later, ten crystal-clear Dragon Origin Stones and the true fifth piece of the map fragment appeared in his palm.

Little Lin excitedly placed the Dragon Origin Stones and the map fragment before Xiao Yi, "Big brother, this old guy actually managed to refine ten Dragon Origin Stones, each filled with immensely abundant energy..."

Xiao Yi took the map fragment, rubbed Little Lin's head, and smiled, "Keep these Dragon Origin Stones for yourself..."

Before he could finish,

Xiao Yi's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly looked towards the direction of the Great Buddha Hall.

Boom!

Above the Great Buddha Hall, a wave of golden light soared into the sky, forming a colossal column that connected heaven and earth. Within the vast pillar of light, the shattered Great Buddha Hall turned into countless fragments, all of which were propelled straight into the firmament under the pull of the light column.

The ground below erupted violently, and a gigantic figure slowly emerged from underneath.

It was indeed the golden Buddha statue Xiao Yi had seen in the Buddha Hall below the Great Buddha Hall.

"A golden Buddha statue?"

"Boss, how come this statue suddenly moved..." Little Lin stared at Xiao Yi in shock. They had seen this statue before; it was from the brow of this very Buddha that the Buddha's relic, which led Little Lin into the Heaven Venerate Realm, had been retrieved!

He had never noticed that the statue could move before!

Xiao Yi's brows were tightly knitted as he said in a deep voice, "It seems we were mistaken in our previous speculations; this statue was not built by Master Tianyun for himself. If I'm not wrong, this must be a statue created for a great being of the Western State Buddhist Sect!"

"A great being of the Buddhist Sect?"

Little Lin shivered, suddenly recalling a memory of a secret technique related to the Buddhist Sect. He said in a deep voice, "Boss, do you mean that this statue serves as a vessel for the descent of the Western State Buddhist Sect's great being?"

Xiao Yi nodded gravely.

Hiss!

Little Lin took in a breath of cold air.

The brothers looked at the massive Buddha statue with deep wariness in their eyes.

One possessed the inheritance of the Eternal Veneficus Tome and had received the legacies of many powerful beings. The other held inherited memories. They were both very clear about the methods of the Buddhist Sect's great beings, especially this Descension Skill, which was a profoundly mysterious technique within the Buddhist Sect.

Though it was said that the strength of a Buddhist Sect's great being after descending mostly depended on the strength of the vessel.

But...

Only those above the Supreme Venerable level were capable of performing the Descension Skill.

Ordinary Heaven Venerates could at most use the power of their Primordial Spirit to condense an avatar of consciousness, with strength not even a tenth of their own. For instance, the Po Jun Elder in the Daqian Dynasty had once exhibited an avatar of consciousness.

However, if the vessel for the Buddhist Sect's Descension Skill was strong enough, it could potentially unleash a hundred percent of its battle power!

And it might even be more difficult to deal with than the original body!

After all...

The original body is still cautious of injury, but the vessel can recklessly fight to mutual destruction.

For the descending great being, at most it would mean losing some of the Primordial Spirit's strength.

Just resting for a period would allow a full recovery!

At this moment, Xiao Yi was also full of regret, having previously assumed that the statue had been created by Master Tianyun for himself, without considering it as a potential vessel for descent. Now that the other party had already initiated the Descension Skill, it was unstoppable.

One must know...

This statue, cast through and through out of the blood and gold of boys and girls, was considered mid to high-grade material. If it had been complete, it could have unleashed seventy percent of the descending great being's battle power.

Fortunately, the most critical "Buddha mole" embedded with the Buddha's relic had already been taken by Xiao Yi.

This made the vessel purely a half-finished product.

At most, it could withstand ten percent of the opponent's battle power!

Of course.

Even if it was just ten percent of the battle power, Xiao Yi and Little Lin dared not take it lightly. After all, this was ten percent of a Supreme Venerable-level being's battle power!

At that moment...

The huge Buddha statue suddenly shook, and the golden column connecting to the sky dispersed with a crash. Amidst the drifting golden light rain, the statue's eyes snapped open, emanating an icy chill to the extreme.

The supreme being of the Buddhist Sect, using this statue as a vessel, descended upon the Southern State!

The gigantic statue, a hundred zhang tall and cast in blood and gold, radiated an overwhelming golden radiance. Its icy gaze fixed intently on Xiao Yi and Little Lin as it spoke coldly, "You have disrupted my grand undertaking; you shall die!"