News of the trip to the Pure Land spread as if it had sprouted wings, reaching every corner of the Profound Yellow Origin Realm in just a few days.
Qi Yun's feats—cleaving apart the Wish Power Golden Light with a single sword strike, severely injuring four Bodhisattvas, and destroying the Guiding Grand Array—circulated far and wide, heavily embellished by storytellers. Some claimed his sword had split the Celestial Vault. Others said he had suppressed dozens of Bodhisattvas with a single hand. There were even rumors that he had slain an avatar of the World Honored One on the spot.
The rumors grew more outrageous by the day, yet no one stepped forward to dispel them, and no one dared to verify them. Everyone knew that the true strength of that Primordial True Monarch was even more terrifying than the legends suggested.
At Cyan Mountain Daoist Temple, beneath the withered tree.
