Chapter 839: Did We Take a Wrong Turn?
It was the Noble Dharma.
Being a human who had reached the status of Eminent One, the Noble Dharma had lived in seclusion for years atop the Holy Mountain of the Northern Regions. He was known to be the oldest living human in the world.
No one could say for sure how old he was. What people did know was that it had been five hundred years since he rose to fame and went into seclusion.
His disciple from five hundred years ago had founded the Monastery Tower. His disciple from two hundred years ago had established the Night Saber Sect. As for him, he had remained peacefully atop the Holy Mountain, calmly observing the chaos and changes of the world.
Some had even speculated that the Noble Dharma was already dead, and that the disciples of the Holy Mountain were simply keeping it a secret. But in this moment, those rumors were completely dispelled.
The Noble Dharma was very much alive, and his combat strength remained at its peak. With a single strike, he had forced back three masters of the Heavenly Origin Realm. Stealth attack or not, who else could have accomplished such a feat?
Over on Mount Shu, Baize was holding off three opponents on her own. As someone on the verge of ascension, she stood at the pinnacle of the eighth realm, preparing to step into the Profound Realm.
And with that single strike, the Noble Dharma had proven that he might not be any weaker than Baize after all.
Lin Poyun flew into a rage. Though he had never met the Noble Dharma in person, there was deep-seated hatred between them.
Back then, when Lin Poyun had been competing for control of the Great Dao he now commanded, he had severed all goodness from himself and forged a body of pure evil. That was how he had earned the acknowledgment of the True Form of Ksitigarbha. Through the use of this legendary artifact, he competed with his teacher, Xuan Yinzi, for the control of the Great Dao of the Profound Darkness and won.
However, it also left him with a single fatal flaw—the body of goodness that he had severed away.