Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

Inside the Great Buddha Hall.

Xiao Yi sat in meditation among the Buddha statues. There were a total of five Buddha statues here, but the statue of Supreme Shakya, despite being more numerous, merely symbolized significance and did not gather any power of devotional faith.

After all.

He had left the Western Province thousands of years ago and had never cultivated his own followers.

Instead, the power of devotional faith on the other four ancestral Buddha statues was exceedingly robust, with the four combined on par with the aggregate strength of devotional faith of the three great Buddhist nations of Celestial Dragon Temple, Vajra Temple, and Hanging Temple.

"The Shaolin Temple truly deserves its reputation as the foremost Buddhist Nation in the Western Province; their foundation and strength are indeed terrifyingly strong!"

Xiao Yi's eyes shone brightly, filled with ecstatic joy, "If I devour all the devotional faith power here, the number of Sealing God Leaves should be able to break through a hundred million, right? I wonder if after breaking through a hundred million Sealing God Leaves, I'll have the power of the Sacred Venerate Realm..."

The Sacred Venerate!

This is the pinnacle existence in the entire Qingtian Realm.

The Holy Masters who preside over the several Holy Lands of the Human Race are of this realm.

Once one could become an existence at the level of a Sacred Venerate, the vast Qingtian Realm would be a place where 'the sky is high enough for birds to soar and the sea is wide enough for fish to leap'. At that time, Xiao Yi, arriving at any of the Holy Lands, would receive the highest level of treatment.

"After resolving the troubles in the Western Province, I can go to Baiyu to bring Qingzhu back!"

Xiao Yi's mind conjured the prophecy made by Fang Tianmiao; in three years, Fang Qingzhu would experience a birth-giving crisis, and he, as a result, would fall into the demonic path, becoming a calamity that would overturn the Qingtian Realm.

"I absolutely will not allow anyone to harm you!" Xiao Yi clenched his fists tightly and murmured to himself.

Then he closed his eyes.

The Divine Sealing Tree hovered behind him, and verdant vines burst forth, entwining around the Buddha statues and beginning to devour the power of devotional faith.

Meanwhile.

Outside the Great Buddha Hall.

Thousand Leaves Supreme and the other two were blessing Prajna Supreme's Primordial Spirit with Buddhist Law. Even for beings at the Supreme Venerate Realm, their Primordial Spirits could not achieve true eternal indestructibility.

Prajna Supreme said with a mourning face, "Brothers, you must think of a way for me!"

He was in urgent need of a powerful body to possess and be reborn.

Otherwise.

As time went by, his Primordial Spirit would become weaker and weaker.

Until it burned out like a lamp deprived of oil.

Thousand Leaves Supreme said with a bitter smile, "Veda Brother, we have no solution either! Now, the Buddha King is refining the power of faith, and he has designated us as protectors. Who dares to abandon their post?"

"The might of the Buddha King, you have experienced firsthand. We dare not provoke him!"

They said one after another.

The terrifying power of Xiao Yi, along with his ruthlessness to kill at the slightest disagreement, was imprinted deeply within their souls like a nightmare.

How could they dare to disobey?

"The methods of the Buddha King are truly too ruthless!"

"Prajna Brother merely threatened with a few words, and his physical body was destroyed. I really don't know where Shakya Brother found such a disciple..."

"Ruthless?"

Veda Supreme, on the side, could only bitterly smile. He originally disagreed with making a move against Xiao Yi, but as the other three were all intent on seizing the Secret Technique, he was forced to go with the flow. Now that Xiao Yi displayed his formidable power, destroying Prajna Supreme's physical body and deterring the other two Supremes, he no longer concealed his thoughts and lightly said, "If his strength were inferior to ours, to extract the Secret Technique by force, would we have been any gentler than him? Strictly speaking, the Buddha King has been quite merciful!"

They were all taken aback, speechless.

Just as Veda Supreme had said...

If Xiao Yi did not possess the power to instantly kill Prajna Supreme and thus deter the three of them, then once Xiao Yi refused to hand over the Secret Technique, the four of them would have struck him down with the force of thunder.

And as for how to force out the Secret Technique, there were countless malicious means at their disposal.

But one thing was for certain.

Those means would definitely not be more merciful than Xiao Yi shattering Prajna Supreme's head.

Bodhi Supreme contemplated and said, "Veda is right, the Buddha King has indeed been merciful. Actually, when we first discussed things amicably, the Buddha King did not intend to act. It's just that..."

"Enough, we are all from Shaolin Temple. As long as we don't cross the line, he shouldn't target us!" Supreme Qianye said in a deep voice.

Only Supreme Prajna had a face full of anger but was helpless.

At this moment...

Above the firmament, a cold voice came: "Prajna? How did one of the four ancestors of Shaolin Temple have his head shattered on his own turf and now only a Primordial Spirit is left?"

Hiss!

The faces of the four ancestors of Shaolin changed simultaneously, looking in the direction of the voice with solemn expressions.

In the void.

Beams of light emerged from nowhere, and a towering golden figure appeared before everyone.

It was one of the myriad Dharma Bodies of the Buddha Mother—The Lotus Buddha Mother!

"We pay our respects to the Buddha Mother!" The four ancestors of Shaolin got up to greet her at once.

One of the two saints of the Holy Spirit Mountain.

They had no choice but to revere her.

Lotus Buddha Mother had a kind smile, surrounded by Buddhist light, with a pleasant demeanor, yet the four ancestors of Shaolin knew all too well not to be deceived by her exterior.

This Lotus Buddha Mother Dharma Body was one of the Buddha Mother's Dharma Bodies with extremely ruthless means.

With a mere gesture from Lotus Buddha Mother, the four were made to rise; they couldn't resist at all, since their strongest was only at the Eighth-layer Supreme Venerable Realm after all.

Lotus Buddha Mother glanced over the Great Buddha Hall behind them and said indifferently: "Is Xiao Yi inside?"

"Yes!"

The four nodded.

Xiao Yi was inside the Great Buddha Hall; there was no way to hide it, so they admitted it directly.

"Good."

Lotus Buddha Mother nodded, still wearing a gentle smile on her face. She slowly spoke: "The Evil Demon Xiao Yi is cruel, destroying Celestial Dragon Temple, strangling the Celestial Dragon Supreme, and even poisoning two boys under my command. His sins are monstrous; he should be condemned to the eighteenth layer of hell, step aside!"

The four looked at each other, and Supreme Veda stepped forward with a stiff scalp and said: "Replying to the Buddha Mother, the matter of Celestial Dragon Supreme and Celestial Dragon Temple was a decision made collectively by the four of us, as well as Vajra Supreme and Hanging Sky Supreme. Regarding the deaths of the two boys, Huoyun and Jingang, we were not aware, let's wait until Xiao Buddha King exits his meditation to discuss it!"

"Now that Xiao Buddha King is in meditation, it is indeed unsuitable for us to disturb him!" Supreme Qianye also said.

Although Supreme Prajna and Supreme Bodhi did not speak, they too stood together with the other two.

"Oh? Meditation not suitable for disturbances?"

Lotus Buddha Mother chuckled lightly, that smile was extremely warm, giving a feeling as if bathed in the warmth of spring. Yet the words that followed instantly plunged one from the warm heavens into a deep hell, "When has my conduct ever required the permission from you ants? Get out of the way…"

A golden palm suddenly lifted.

Streaks of Buddhist light gathered on the palm, like thunder and lightning serpents coiling erratically over it.

"Not good!"

"Great Compassion Thousand Leaves Hand!"

"Four Symbols Prajna..."

"Bodhi Bright Mirror!"

"Weituo Demon Subduing Cloak…"

The four ancestors of Shaolin simultaneously summoned their defensive techniques, but their power was fragile like paper in front of Lotus Buddha Mother. During the thunderous rumbling, all four were knocked flying.

Lotus Buddha Mother's gaze turned icy as she pointed towards Veda Supreme: "Dare to obstruct me, die!"

Whoosh!

A beam of golden light, bolstered by the Buddhist patterns, transformed into a god-slaying sharp blade, seemingly about to completely annihilate Veda Supreme. But at this moment, a terrifying wave of energy suddenly surged from the Great Buddha Hall and shattered the Buddhist patterned golden light.

At the same time.

A cold and deep voice, accompanied by the rumbling of the earth and thunder, came forth: "Even when striking a dog, one should look at the owner. Is my dog something you can kill?"