Otaku Witch

Just as that terrifying Evil Buddha stretched out the Tathagata's Palm, ready to directly crush Dorothy, the homebody witch attempted to wield her new saint's authority for the first time.

Under the saints, all immortals are ants.

The Dao of Immortals is good, with saints paving the way ahead; successors just need to follow in the saints' footsteps.

But success comes because of the saints, and failure too is due to the saints.

As successors, all immortals have no ability to oppose the will of the saints unless they can forge their path.

Everything they have is given by the saints; should the saints will it, they can reclaim it anytime.

Of course, Dorothy, as a new saint, hasn't even ascended to a higher position and theoretically doesn't possess such authority.

However, as the child of the Great Dao and bearer of the Taiyi Fate, ordained as the Lord of Ten Thousand Immortals by all sages, her authority is limitless.

Thus, she needed no motions, merely a gaze, and the majestic, unfathomable, Buddha-like, demon-like, three-headed, six-armed Evil Buddha's body directly cracked.

Now, the spiritual energy in the Eastern Universe all originates from the Heavenly Cave of the Saints. The so-called Dragon Veins producing spiritual energy are merely channels transferring spiritual energy from the Heavenly Cave to various places.

Dragon Veins never produce spiritual energy; they are merely couriers of it.

This Evil Buddha uses the three heads of the Yamata no Orochi as the power source; it seems to have ample spiritual energy reserves, but once its supply is cut off, it's like a robot with its battery removed, reduced to scrap iron on the spot.

Though the Dragon Veins of Japan, the Yamata no Orochi, were tainted with Izanagi's power and turned evil, as long as they are Dragon Veins, they cannot defy the will of the saints, regardless of their will.

So, even though these three serpent heads were tainted by Izanagi's power, it doesn't stop Dorothy from ordering the Dragon Veins to close.

Without the power of the Dragon Veins, someone like Izanagi, who has lost the status of an immortal and can merely possess the body of a junior witch to cling to life, cannot sustain the consumption of the Demonic Dharma; it's normal for the Evil Buddha's body to crack open.

"No, my power is draining; this can't be possible! You're merely an undeveloped new saint, how could you possess such authority? No, you're not a new saint, what are you really...?"

Feeling her dharma collapsing and power rapidly depleting, Izanagi questioned Dorothy with a face full of terror and shock.

But Dorothy just shrugged helplessly.

"Please, you are the ones calling me a new saint. Now you're saying I'm not; you guys just have too much to say."

The homebody witch rolled her eyes.

In fact, if she only intended to subdue this ambitious fellow, reaching this point was enough.

However, as she watched the immense spiritual energy erratically scatter with the collapse of the Evil Buddha's body, Dorothy suddenly had a bold idea.

Hmm, the Western Universe can't store so much spiritual energy, and letting it scatter would be wasteful; why not try the second authority of a saint?

The homebody witch was somewhat eager.

As everyone knows, a saint is Omniscient and Omnipotent, the sole being across the realms, existing in the past, present, and future simultaneously. To a saint, time and space hold no meaning.

And a Natural Saint is destined to become one.

Then, as someone who has yet to become a saint, am I the same person as my future self who has? In that case, where's my saint's power?

Dorothy quietly summoned the power of her future self.

She thought she'd give it a casual try.

"Hey, are you there? I know you are; do something fancy for me?"

She called out in her heart.

However, it seemed as if nothing happened.

"Tsk..."

The homebody witch clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction at her failed attempt, though she hadn't really pinned high hopes on it.

"Nevermind, I'll use this spiritual energy to make spirit stones; though I don't need them, I can gift them to Miss Divine Witch."

Frugal and wise Dorothy thought to herself.

However...

"Eh, where's my spiritual energy? Where did that huge Evil Buddha's energy go?"

The homebody witch stared, baffled, at the utterly empty spiritual energy with not a drop left.

Wait a minute...

Could it be that my summoning just succeeded?

...Dorothy shuddered at the thought...