Celestial Dragon Temple, Great Buddha Hall.

    Xiao Yi stood before the statue of the Celestial Dragon Supreme. As his palm touched the statue, it suddenly burst into dazzling bright light.

    The gold-crafted statue''s eyes fiercely emitted a tangible cold glow.

    Like a Wrathful Vajra.

    The furious voice of the Celestial Dragon Supreme erupted from the statue: "Xiao Yi? Is it really you? This little bastard has actually come to Western Province? Damn it, little bastard, I will crush your bones to dust, ensuring you never reincarnate…"

    The Celestial Dragon Supreme was utterly furious.

    His Buddha consciousness sensed someone coveting the power of faith and chose to descend immediately.

    However...

    What he never expected was that the one coveting the power of faith was Xiao Yi, the person he loathed to the core.

    "Oh, Celestial Dragon Supreme? We meet again!"

    Xiao Yi looked up at the Buddha statue resembling a Wrathful Vajra, his lips curling slightly with a hint of playfulness and provocation, "I''m really sorry, the lineage of your devoutly managed Celestial Dragon Temple has been entirely trampled by me. Moreover, the faith you''ve accumulated over hundreds of years is about to become mine too. Oh, also the demon under Ten Thousand Dragons City has been killed by me. Do you like the gifts I''ve prepared for our reunion?"

    "..."

    The Celestial Dragon Supreme was so furious he was lost for words.

    Like?

    Could he possibly like these things?

    Whether it was the destruction of the Celestial Dragon Temple lineage, the power of faith accumulated over hundreds of years he intended to use when advancing to the sixth stage of Supreme Venerate Realm, or the sealed and suppressed demon, each was part of his plans and strategies built over thousands of years.

    It wouldn''t be an exaggeration to say all these were the culmination of his life''s efforts.

    But what about the results?

    All were personally destroyed by Xiao Yi, someone he had never considered a threat.

    The Celestial Dragon Supreme was uncontrollably furious, wishing he could devour Xiao Yi''s flesh and drink his blood, his eyes filled with blood-red glows: "Little bastard, just you wait, if I don''t kill you, I swear I am no longer human!"

    "I''ll be waiting!"

    Xiao Yi''s lips slightly lifted, and with a casual flick of his hand, he shattered the Array protecting the statue.

    As Xiao Yi laid his palm on the statue.

    The Celestial Dragon Supreme sneered coldly: "Fool, who do you think you are? Without the fruit of Buddha, you cannot absorb and refine the power of faith. What you are doing is futile…"

    "You will soon know whether it is futile or not!" Xiao Yi grinned with a meaningful smile.

    That profoundly meaningful smile stirred a strong unease in the heart of the Celestial Dragon Supreme.

    Soon...

    He would understand why he felt uneasy.

    For the power of faith, which had been accumulated on that Buddha statue for hundreds of years and which he had been unwilling to draw from, waiting instead to utilize when advancing to the sixth stage of Supreme Venerate Realm, was now rapidly draining away.

    Like a breached dam, the torrents of faith frenziedly surged toward Xiao Yi.

    Blustering loudly!

    Endless streams of faith power wildly flooded into Xiao Yi''s body, directly absorbed by the Divine Sealing Tree within him. The Divine Sealing Tree, capable of absorbing all pure energy between heaven and earth, transforming it into Sealing God Leaves. S~ea??h the n??el Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    This was the most heaven-defying aspect of the Divine Enthronement Heaven Subduing Skill.

    While other powerful beings need to comprehend the grand avenues of heaven and earth, Xiao Yi only needed to gather enough Sealing God Leaves to continuously elevate his realm. Moreover, with the presence of the Divine Sealing Tree, Xiao Yi''s comprehension of the avenues of heaven and earth was doubly efficient.

    Without exaggeration...

    His cultivation speed was tens to hundreds of times faster compared to peerless geniuses in the same realm.

    Blustering loudly!

    Endless faith power flowed into the Divine Sealing Tree, and bright green Sealing God Leaves kept condensing on the branches, rapidly elevating Xiao Yi''s cultivation level.

    "It''s impossible, you don''t have the fruit of Buddha, how could you possibly absorb the power of faith?" The Celestial Dragon Supreme exclaimed in bewildered astonishment, unable to accept that Xiao Yi could refine the power of faith, especially after the immense hardships he endured to obtain the fruit of Buddha.

    "You can''t do it doesn''t mean I can''t! Besides..."

    Xiao Yi gave a cold smile, his words laden with intense irony, "If everyone could perform miracles, what would be the need for geniuses?"

    "You..."

    The Celestial Dragon Supreme''s face turned a ghastly pale, utterly powerless to counter Xiao Yi''s mockery.

    As the power of faith dissipated, the cracks on the statue grew denser, already beginning to fail in bearing the descent of the Celestial Dragon Supreme''s Buddhist thoughts.

    At the moment when the Buddhist thoughts faded,

    the Celestial Dragon Supreme let out a final resentful roar: "Xiao Yi, you wait for me, I will soon descend to the secular world, I swear I will tear you to pieces..."

    Buzz!

    The statue shuddered and explosively shattered.

    The endless power of faith transformed into streams of pure white light, rapidly fusing into the Divine Sealing Tree.

    The rate at which the Sealing God Leaves increased grew faster.

    The entire Divine Sealing Tree''s Sealing God Leaves became even more lush, verdantly green, resembling exquisitely pure jade fashioned into the shape of leaves, hanging upon the Divine Sealing Tree.

    The count of Sealing God Leaves climbed from nine hundred and eighty thousand upwards,

    One million.

    One million and ten thousand.

    One million and ten thousand...

    As the quantity of Sealing God Leaves continued to increase, Xiao Yi was enveloped in a layer of dark green light, this light coalescing into an green eggshell-like light barrier protecting him.

    Within the light barrier, Xiao Yi was immersed in continuously refining the power of faith.

    In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

    During these three days, the green light sphere around Xiao Yi had grown even more dense, the dark green light barrier utterly opaque, with none of the scenery inside visible.

    Fa Kong, Xuan Cang, Little Lin, and others, who had already taken control of the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range, continued to guard outside the Great Buddha Hall,

    Fearing they might disturb Xiao Yi''s cultivation.

    "Little Lin, how much longer before Xiao Buddha King finishes his retreat?" Xuan Cang glanced at the huge green light sphere, a strong unease flashing in his eyes as he spoke.

    The lineage of the Celestial Dragon Temple had been completely extinguished.

    The Celestial Dragon Supreme was already furiously enraged and could receive the Secular Order at any moment, allowing him to leave Holy Spirit Mountain.

    With the horrific power of the Celestial Dragon Supreme, once he left Holy Spirit Mountain, he would definitely appear in the Heavenly Dragon Mountain Range immediately. By then, wouldn''t all those who helped obliterate the Celestial Dragon Temple be doomed?

    "I don''t know either..." Little Lin shrugged his shoulders, a helpless look on his face.

    "Simply waiting like this isn''t a solution. If the Celestial Dragon Supreme appears, we''ll all have to face the consequences here..."

    "Shall we leave first?"

    Facing the suggestion made by someone, Little Lin was the first to object: "If we leave, who could stop the Celestial Dragon Supreme from attacking my boss?"

    If disturbed during retreat,

    At the lighter end, one might fall into deviation.

    At the severe end, one could die on the spot!

    "What can we do then? Wait here for the Celestial Dragon Supreme to descend?"

    "How about we evacuate some at least..."

    Seeing that Fa Kong and Xuan Cang among others were determined to withdraw, Little Lin knew forcing them to stay might not be beneficial, reluctantly nodding in agreement: "Alright then, you guys go first!"

    Everyone showed a trace of relief.

    Just as they were about to leave,

    at that moment...

    A cold sneer from the Celestial Dragon Supreme suddenly echoed throughout the void: "Without my permission, none of you can leave!"