Li Yundong surveyed the imposing might of the Vajra Demon-Subduing Array, its golden lights surging, yet his expression remained unchanged. A faint smile touched his lips as he pressed his palms together. His fingers then danced swiftly, resembling the unfolding of a lotus blossom. In the center of his palms, a small, crimson sphere of light spun and shimmered.

As if completely immune to the formidable pressure emanating from the Vajra Demon-Subduing Array, Li Yundong spoke with a smile, "Give it up. This array of yours might subdue others, but it certainly won't subdue me!"

Jie Chiko sneered, unwilling to believe him. With a snap of her banner, a Vajra immediately charged towards Li Yundong with fierce aggression.

This Vajra was encased in golden armor, wielding a two-pronged vajra staff. Standing about two meters tall, its movement seemed capable of toppling mountains and overturning pillars, bearing down with a tremendous, rumbling force!

The Vajra glared, its visage stern and ferocious. It swung the vajra staff towards Li Yundong with devastating power and ferocious momentum. Even distant practitioners felt a chill of dread upon seeing it, daring not to engage.

Li Yundong neither dodged nor retreated. He raised one hand, forming a single, erect palm, pushing it forward as if intending to meet the incoming vajra staff with bare flesh.

The assembled cultivators gasped in horror, shouting in unison, "True Master Li, be careful!"

Cinian and Shenxiu, seeing this, were overjoyed. Jie Chiko burst into laughter: "The Vajra of the Treasure Department is indestructible, designed to shatter all defenses in the world! Are you seeking death?"

But as her words faded, the Vajra’s vajra staff stopped abruptly, halting less than an inch from Li Yundong’s palm.

The crowd watched as, no matter how fiercely the Vajra roared, its staff seemed to strike an invisible wall, utterly unable to penetrate.

Cinian and Shenxiu were simultaneously startled. Shenxiu exclaimed, "That's impossible! What technique is he using? How can he possibly block the Vajra of the Treasure Department from the Wisdom Vajra?"

Cinian’s face was equally shocked. "It can't be? Who exactly is this person? How could he withstand the powerful strike of the guardian Vajra of Ritsuzanji?"

Jie Chiko froze for a moment, stunned that Li Yundong had effortlessly blocked the blow. But her shock quickly turned to fury. She commanded the surrounding Vajra Arhats to swarm Li Yundong like a tidal wave.

The onlookers saw these Vajras brandishing long blades for slashing attacks, others wildly smashing with vajra wheels, some launching successive massive hand seals towards Li Yundong, while others chanted incantations, unleashing torrents of Five Elements magic against him.

This sudden, tempestuous assault nearly engulfed Li Yundong, as if a terrifying tsunami had materialized on the upper floor—wave upon wave, surge upon surge, seemingly destined to never cease until the enemy within was utterly annihilated!

Amidst this furious deluge, Li Yundong’s expression remained serene, a faint smile playing on his lips. He held one hand horizontally before him, palm upward, cradling the swirling red orb. His other hand remained upright as a single palm, moving constantly like a shifting wall to ward off attacks from all directions.

The observers noted the extreme speed of Li Yundong’s movements. With one hand constantly parrying, he was somehow managing to block the tide of assaults, as if he possessed countless arms!

Wherever Li Yundong’s upright palm shifted, the attacking Vajra Arhats were instantly halted, as if his palm formed an impassable chasm, a boundary they could not cross!

Jie Chiko watched as numerous Vajra Arhats furiously attacked Li Yundong, yet his stance remained rock-steady, as if he weren't even exerting his full strength.

Startled and enraged, Jie Chiko let out a sharp cry and slammed her banner forcefully onto the floor. Instantly, all the talismans and banners on the pennant stood erect. The surrounding Vajra Arhats writhed momentarily, shrinking from large forms to small orbs of light, flying rapidly towards Jie Chiko.

Soon, these orbs coalesced, suddenly transforming into a massive Buddha figure, nearly two and a half meters tall!

The crowd beheld a Great Buddha clad in a white kasaya, crowned with a golden diadem. It possessed four arms, **riding atop a golden peacock, with the bird’s magnificent, multicolored tail fanned out behind it like a dazzling stupa.

Those who recognized the apparition gasped in horror: "That is the Peacock King Akshobhya!"

Ziyuan’s eyes widened in shock. "That’s the Peacock King enshrined at Kongōbu-ji Temple on Mount Kōya! Heavens, this Jie Chiko can actually summon such a powerful deity?! This is utterly unbelievable!"

The spectators saw the Great Peacock King radiating benevolent majesty. Its hands formed the mudra of the Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, its demeanor solemn and dignified, revealing not a trace of malevolence. Merely looking upon it inspired a sense of worship, banishing any thought of hostility.

At this moment, the cultivators present thought with profound dread: Has the spiritual realm of China truly met its doom? This mere young Japanese girl can summon the Peacock King! If she is just a minor miko, what could the divine maidens above her summon?!

Shenxiu, standing by the edge, had already dropped to his knees with a thud, trembling with fervent excitement, his gaze burning with adoration towards the Peacock King. Cinian beside him also shook violently, pressing his palms together. He softly chanted a Buddha’s name, murmuring, "Amitabha, Jie Chiko has grasped the profound secret at this moment, unleashing her entire bloodline potential! Heaven blesses Mount Kōya, Heaven blesses our Shingon sect!"

Jie Chiko now stood like a deity gazing down upon insignificant mortals. She commanded sternly, "Before the True God, kneel!"

Jie Chiko’s voice resonated with the humming sound of countless high monks chanting sutras simultaneously, causing visible ripples in the surrounding air!

Li Yundong remained unmoved. He smiled slightly and asked, "What is a True God? And what is a False God?"

Jie Chiko raged. She sneered, "You refuse to repent!" She pointed a finger, and the Peacock King instantly materialized before Li Yundong, its palms flipping over as it struck down towards the crown of Li Yundong’s head!

The onlookers felt as if the Tathagata Buddha himself had flipped his palm as the Peacock King moved its hands; the very heavens seemed about to collapse. Some instinctively shrank their necks, fearing the blow would land upon their own heads!

Li Yundong watched this Heaven-Toppling Palm descend upon him, yet he neither dodged nor flinched. With a slight smile, he lifted his hand upward!

"BOOM!!"

The world seemed to shake violently around the spectators. The Peacock King’s palm stopped precisely one inch from Li Yundong’s hand, once again halted as if by that invisible barrier surrounding Li Yundong, unable to advance even a fraction!

Li Yundong smiled lightly at the immensely powerful and awe-inspiring Peacock King before him, his demeanor utterly tranquil, as if he were blocking not a terrifying, incarnate deity, but merely a playful child!

At this sight, the crowd’s eyes widened in disbelief.

They could comprehend Li Yundong using his potent Zhenyuan to guard his spiritual center from any dark Yin energy. They could even understand him using his astonishing fighting prowess to ward off the fierce assault of the Vajra Arhats. But they utterly failed to grasp how he could so casually block the overwhelming might of the Peacock King!

The Peacock King was one of the most renowned and powerful Myō-ō (Wrathful Deities), representing the power of the Buddha. How could Li Yundong block even him?

This… this was too terrifying!

Jie Chiko was also stunned into silence by Li Yundong’s supernatural display. She cried out in horror, "Impossible! Who on earth are you?"

Li Yundong smiled faintly and replied, "I am Li Yundong, merely an obscure figure in the cultivation world of China!"

Jie Chiko snarled, "Insolent fool!" Gritting her teeth, she let out a piercing shriek. The Peacock King before Li Yundong instantly dissolved into seven-colored streams of light, pouring into Jie Chiko’s body.

In a flash, Jie Chiko’s figure floated upwards. Her garments billowed as if in a strong wind, her eyes glowed with blinding white light, and the surrounding air warped and churned, crackling with audible electrical discharge and explosive sounds.

The onlookers were instantly horrified. They knew Jie Chiko was about to risk everything!

Ziyuan clenched her fists tightly, grinding her teeth, "This is the highest Spirit Summoning Art of the miko!"

Su Chan and Zhou Qin involuntarily widened their eyes, both gripping their fists so tightly that their fingernails dug deep into their flesh without feeling any pain.

Cinian and Shenxiu, having initially witnessed Li Yundong block the Peacock King’s earth-shattering strike, had shrieked in terror: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

But when they saw Jie Chiko drawing the Peacock King's power into herself, achieving the highest state of miko spirit possession, they erupted into joyous laughter.

Cinian roared with laughter, "It is destiny, truly destiny!"

Possessed by the Peacock King, Jie Chiko spoke, her voice a strange blend of male and female tones, like the booming cries of a Buddha echoing from the distant heavens. "Before the True God, kneel?" She moved, her hands waving—in the blink of an eye, two arms became four, four became eight, quickly multiplying into countless limbs, each holding weapons like long swords, vajra wheels, vajra staves, steel whips, and tridents, as she ferociously lunged at Li Yundong.

Li Yundong saw Jie Chiko’s repeated attacks. He had shown restraint, yet instead of retreating wisely, she escalated the confrontation. Enraged, he roared, "You do not know what is good for you!"

Li Yundong’s true essence erupted violently. A fissure instantly split his forehead, revealing a shining golden vertical eye. His Yang Spirit shot out from this pupil, transforming into the Three-Headed, Six-Armed Immovable Wisdom King (Acala), his eyes wide with blazing wrath!

This Immovable Wisdom King sat upon a lotus pedestal, which was engulfed in intense, searing flames, wrapping his entire form in a blaze of cyan fire, making him appear intensely furious, monstrous, and terrifying!

Jie Chiko caught sight of this Immovable Wisdom King and instantly froze in terror. She stared, dumbfounded, at this "Leader of the Myō-ō, King of all Myō-ō," her mouth dropping open, utterly speechless.

Furious at Jie Chiko’s obstinacy, Li Yundong brought his palm down in a sweeping strike that covered the heavens, aiming directly at Jie Chiko’s forehead!

Although the Peacock King was a formidable supreme deity, the Immovable Wisdom King was an incarnation of the Tathagata Buddha, commanding all Myō-ō in the world. When the two clashed, the Peacock King seemed to recognize its natural superior. In an instant, its divine power dissipated, transforming into countless streams of colored light that surged out of Jie Chiko’s body, returning to the banner planted on the ground.

If the Peacock King had to retreat three steps, how much more so the divine spirit possessing Jie Chiko’s body?

The ancestral shamanic spirit residing in Jie Chiko instantly fled deep into her consciousness, daring not to resurface. Jie Chiko reverted to her innocent appearance, her eyes wide with horror as she watched the furious Immovable Wisdom King’s palm bearing down on her. All thought and will to resist vanished. Instinctively, she puckered her lips and let out a loud, terrified wail.