Legend of the Great Sage

t up in both of their eyes.
They exchanged glances that were filled with fright and fear.

They had sensed them the moment the sect master returned.
When the two of them clashed and the sect master activated the Umbral Yin Formation of Gathering Ghosts, they were not even prepared to lend any assistance yet.
They just felt like Xiao An had no idea what she was doing, but to their surprise, the sect master actually ended up losing, and he would be defeated so quickly that even his soul ended up in the hands of the enemy.
They both made up their minds to never let Xiao An get anywhere close to them.

Xiao An was no different from usual, or in other words, completely expressionless.
She ignored the two great cultivators and said to the sect master, “I am neither the living, nor am I planning on leaving.
However, the people of the Hungry Ghost realm seem to have never told you why they want me to die!”

She had no idea about the White Bone Bodhisattva’s feats in battle within the Hungry Ghost realm, but she could already guess some of the reasons behind this.
Bringing her thumb and index finger together like an orchid, she flicked out a Skull Prayer Bead.

The sect master was taken aback.
He had a vague understanding that it was related to a certain prophecy.
It seemed as if some “white holy fire” had descended in the Hungry Ghost realm and caused great damage.
As for the exact extent of the damage, even the Ghost Sovereign who he was working with did not seem to know the details.

This was not an attempt by the Hungry Ghost realm to keep it a secret, but because virtually all of the undead that had witnessed the White Bone Bodhisattva had died.
The ones that survived were all powerful Ghost Immortals and Corpse Immortals.
Their statuses were so great that the Umbral Yin sect could not even come close to them.
Unless they had a strange and twisted personality like Qiongqi, they would never lower themselves to talk with existences that were “ants” in their eyes.

The sect master experienced an ill omen.
All he saw was the Skull Prayer Bead fall into the flood of ghosts before being swallowed immediately.
Only then did he ease up slightly.
No matter how powerful that skeleton monster was, it could not fend off a million ghosts, let alone several dozen Ghost Kings.

However, Xiao An did not transform the Skull Prayer Beads into a Skeleton Demon.
With a crisp snap of her fingers, the Skull Prayer Bead shattered loudly, and the Samādhi Flames of White Bone poured out.

Like sparks to gasoline, there was a whoosh, and the Samādhi Flames of White Bone immediately spread to several dozen kilometers away.
Let alone regular Ghost Soldiers, even Ghost Generals were immediately set alight, becoming a part of the Samādhi Flames of White Bone.
Only Ghost Commanders could fend it off slightly, but that was only slightly.
They were immediately swallowed by the flames, feeding the fire in the process.
It drowned out the roaring ghost flames and flooded the Myriad Ghosts abyss, filling it to the brim such that it reached the skies.
It dyed the dark night and ground a pale-white.

In that instant, the alarming war cries sank from the sky to deep underground.
The Samādhi Flames of White Bone did not give off any sounds like regular flames.
Instead, it spread without sound, rendering anywhere it passed to eternal silence.

Immediately, the sect master understood all of it.
He understood where the prophecy of the white holy fire came from, as well as why the Hungry Ghost realm tried everything they could to kill her.
Only a single thought remained in his head, Kill her quick! Kill her quick!

The sky full of flames left the two great cultivators of the Umbral Yin sect utterly shocked.
They let out their yin qi and refused to come within even thirty meters of the Samādhi Flames of White Bone.
At the same time, they forcefully ordered all of the Ghost Kings to lunge at Xiao An.

Xiao An raised her hand.
The remaining Skull Prayer Beads on her fair wrist scattered and flew out, receiving the several dozen Ghost Kings.
This was obviously a battle of certain defeat, but with her actions, the endless sea of fire gathered and surged up, cascading like huge waves until it reached thirty thousand meters in the air, turning into the shape of a hand.

She swung down, and the hand of flames fell like a mountain.
The Ghost Kings all dodged frantically, but there were still over two dozen that were sent flying by the hand.
Their assault immediately collapsed, while the remaining were stopped by the Skeleton Demons, preventing them from approaching her.
As if they had encountered their natural enemy, the Ghost Kings experienced fear from their very instincts.
They had been placed under forceful control, but they had no fighting will at all.

She nodded gently.
Everything was going according to plan.
These weaker ghosts were much easier to digest than śarīra.
She could convert them into the Samādhi Flames of White Bone’s power immediately.
In her plan, the śarīra were for increasing her buddhist cultivation.

Her white clothes drifted through the air as she stood in the sea of flames, actually openly overwhelming the entire Umbral Yin sect alone.

“You won’t be able to escape!” The sect master howled hysterically.

Xiao An glanced down again.
The black swirl was already within arms reach.
If she was sucked inside, even her white bones would struggle to withstand it.

Without even looking at him, she extended her hand and closed it gently.

“No…” The sect master’s soul was shattered, turning into a wisp of Samādhi Flames of White Bone and completely vanishing from the world.

Afterwards, she made her way towards the black swirl.