Chapter 418

Inside the Dazhi Root Realm, Zhou Tieyi stood upon the Taiji diagram of life and death, the rule of life and death blanketing the entire realm. As this rule permeated, he naturally ignored the spatial constraints of the Dazhi Root Realm; even with a distance of tens of thousands of miles, it was no further than a single step! At the core of the Dazhi Root Realm, above the massive Pool of Eight Treasures and Merit, golden lotus flowers blossomed one after another. The merit pool water, which should have been exceptionally clear, grew turbid under the stirring of the life and death rule—much like the true essence of the merit pool itself, the murky water of the Yellow Springs in the Netherworld. In the center of the Pool of Eight Treasures and Merit, which spanned several dozen acres, a massive Rank Seven lotus swayed gracefully. From bottom to top, each rank of the lotus was adorned with the seven Buddhist treasures of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, giant clam shell, and others, each symbolizing a form of worldly perfection and liberation. Combined with the clear water of the Wangchuan River, which could wash away the past and guide the afterlife, these gathered into the Eight Treasures of Merit, capable of transcending the mundane and entering the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.