Tap! Tap! Tap!
Footsteps echoed through the empty Arhat Hall.
After dozens of simulations, this was Jiang Chuan's first time entering the Arhat Hall.
The Arhat Hall was paved with yellow brass. As Jiang Chuan's feet touched down, streaks of five-colored light lit up all around him.
He felt as though thousands upon thousands of divine swords were aimed at him, ready to fall at any moment.
It made the hairs all over his body stand on end.
Noticing the change in Jiang Chuan's expression, Elder Kong Bei explained.
"The entire Arhat Hall is a massive Dao artifact. If you are not a disciple of the Arhat Hall and are not led by an elder or the abbot, the Artifact Spirit of the Dao artifact will kill you the moment you enter."
"The Arhat Hall is actually a Dao artifact!"
Jiang Chuan looked astonished. "For a Dao artifact this large, how many spiritual materials would it take?"
Among men, there were beggars and emperors alike.
The larger a Dao artifact was, the more formations could be inscribed upon it, and the greater its power when activated.
A Dao artifact the size of the Arhat Hall was probably dozens of times stronger than Dao artifacts such as swords and sabers.
"It does consume quite a few spiritual materials, but not as many as you imagine. The true Arhat Hall is much smaller than the one you see," Elder Kong Bei explained.
Jiang Chuan nodded.
When they reached the depths of the Arhat Hall, ten stone steles embedded in the brass walls came into Jiang Chuan's view.
Some of the steles depicted an immortal phoenix spreading its wings, while others depicted ancient monks preaching sutras.
The one that caught Jiang Chuan's attention most was the final stele.
It depicted the sun collapsing, the moon sinking, and all things being destroyed.
Merely looking at it gave Jiang Chuan the feeling that the world was ending and all living beings were sinking into ruin.
His mind seemed to have already fallen into it, ready to welcome death alongside all the living beings of the world.
"Wake up."
Elder Kong Bei's voice rang out, jolting Jiang Chuan's mind.
When Jiang Chuan came back to himself, cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
Dangerous!
Too dangerous!
Jiang Chuan felt that he had nearly died just now.
"Elder Kong Bei, which senior left behind this Dao stele? It is so dangerous that my mind nearly perished together with the world."
"Our patriarch, Bodhi Sacred Buddha."
Jiang Chuan: "."
He suddenly understood a little why the Buddhist Dao could not surpass the Immortal Dao and the Demonic Dao.
Other sects' patriarchs at least left blessings for later generations.
Bodhi Temple's patriarch, Bodhi Sacred Buddha, had instead left behind a Dao stele that could potentially kill people!
"While traveling through the stars, the patriarch witnessed the annihilation of a great world. He captured the final Dao resonance of that world and condensed it into this Dao stele," Elder Kong Bei explained its origins.
"I do not recommend that you comprehend this Dao stele. You may choose any one of the remaining nine to comprehend."
"Choose any one?"
Jiang Chuan hesitated for a moment before ultimately walking over to the Dao stele depicting the immortal phoenix.
"Screech!"
Along with a cry, the Dao stele before Jiang Chuan seemed to come alive.
Five-Colored Immortal Fire surged forth like a vast ocean.
A five-colored immortal phoenix emerged from the Five-Colored Immortal Fire.
The immortal phoenix was holy and flawless, like a true beast sovereign from the Immortal Realm descending into the mortal world.
Auspicious radiance coiled around its entire body, casting down five-colored immortal glow. It was majestic and sacred.
The next moment, the five-colored immortal phoenix transformed into immortal fire that filled the sky, and then the immortal fire gathered into an immortal phoenix once more. Again and again, without end.
"Is this the evolution of the Great Dao?"
As the Five-Colored Immortal Fire evolved into an immortal phoenix, Jiang Chuan felt as though he had witnessed the Great Dao's transformation, turning decay into miracle.
As time passed, Jiang Chuan felt as though he had become a wisp of Five-Colored Immortal Fire, about to undergo nirvana and become an immortal phoenix.
"Wake up!"
Your mind was about to merge with the Dao. At the critical moment, Elder Kong Bei woke you, ending this session of comprehension.
After reluctantly leaving the Arhat Hall, you returned to the pavilion.
After seven days in seclusion, you had initially digested the Great Dao you had comprehended and successfully broken through to the fourth level of the third realm.
Afterward, you went to the main hall to find Abbot Kong Ming and learn the Future Star Sutra.
After Abbot Kong Ming placed a restriction upon your Yin Spirit, he imparted the Future Star Sutra to you.
"Jiang Chuan, I will now impart the Future Star Sutra to you."
As Abbot Kong Ming spoke, he removed the Nine Treasures Kasaya from his body and flung it toward Jiang Chuan.
The nine treasures on the kasaya—sarira, luminous pearls, golden rings, and more—burst forth with dazzling light.
Like a river of stars, they howled toward Jiang Chuan.
In an instant, the scene before Jiang Chuan vanished without a trace, replaced by a boundless starry sky.
"This is..."
Jiang Chuan stood in the universe. Before him, thousands upon thousands of stars erupted with dazzling light, as though the entire universe were about to turn into a sea of radiance.
Rumble!!!
It was like a million heavenly soldiers crossing realms, and like a galaxy flowing backward, shaking the eight corners of the universe with terrifying momentum.
One star after another rose into the sky, gathering into an incomparably massive Buddha.
Majestic, sacred, powerful, supreme.
Jiang Chuan felt that every word he knew could not describe even a tenth of the Buddha before him!
As Jiang Chuan looked upon the Buddha, the Buddha lowered his gaze and looked back at him.
The instant man and Buddha met each other's eyes, five great words appeared in Jiang Chuan's mind.
Future Star Sutra!
Then countless words flooded into Jiang Chuan's mind, plunging his vision into darkness.
When Jiang Chuan came back to himself, he was once again seated in the main hall, facing Abbot Kong Ming.
"The Future Star Sutra is the supreme scripture of our Buddhist Dao. It contains the mysteries of the universe. Once cultivated to its pinnacle, it can not only gather stars but also travel through the past and future."
Jiang Chuan: "."
No, Abbot, it was one thing to fool other people.
But we are one of our own. Did you really have to lie even to me?
If one truly could travel through the past and future,
then perhaps our patriarch would have directly slapped all us unfilial descendants to death!
Noticing the change in Jiang Chuan's expression, Abbot Kong Ming coughed lightly.
"My master told me those very words when he imparted the Future Star Sutra to me."
"None of the abbots or elders of Bodhi Temple throughout the generations have truly managed to travel through the past and future. However, many abbots and elders have managed to gather stars and condense incarnations."
Recalling the Buddha he had seen, formed from thousands upon thousands of stars,
Jiang Chuan's eyes filled with yearning and desire.
Whether it was killing Ji Xinyu in the simulations, smashing through Sandalwood Forest, or surviving in the turbulent and chaotic Qingyuan Realm of the future,
he needed strength!
Abbot Kong Ming then took out a blue-skinned gourd half a man tall and handed it to you. Inside was the Star Vitality he had collected, which could help you cultivate the Future Star Sutra.
Carrying the blue-skinned gourd, you returned to your residence and began cultivating the Future Star Sutra in seclusion.
One month later, you had initially comprehended the Future Star Sutra and, with the help of the Hundred Herbs Soul Nurturing Pill, broken through to the fifth level of the third realm.
Another month passed, and you successfully broke through to the sixth level of the third realm while initially mastering the Future Star Sutra.
You had wanted to continue cultivating in seclusion, but Elder Jingyun's arrival forced you to emerge.
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