Abbot, is it necessary to deceive even your own people?

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Footsteps echoed in the vast expanse of the Arhat Hall.

After dozens of simulations, this was Jiang Chuan's first time entering the Arhat Hall.

The Arhat Hall was paved with brass, and as Jiang Chuan's feet landed, multicolored lights began to glow around him.

He felt as though thousands of divine swords were aimed at him, ready to strike at any moment.

This sent a shiver down his spine.

Noticing the change in Jiang Chuan's demeanor, Elder Kong Bei began to explain.

"The entire Arhat Hall is a massive Dao Artifact. If you weren't a disciple of the Arhat Hall and weren't accompanied by an elder or the abbot, you would be annihilated by the artifact spirit the moment you entered."

"The Arhat Hall is a Dao Artifact!"

Jiang Chuan's face showed surprise. "An artifact this large, how many spiritual materials would it require?"

Amongst people, there are beggars, and there are emperors.

The larger the volume of a Dao Artifact, the more formations it could engrave, and the greater its power when activated.

A Dao Artifact the size of the Arhat Hall was likely tens of times more powerful than Dao Artifacts like swords or blades.

"The spiritual materials consumed are indeed considerable, but not as exaggerated as you might imagine. The real Arhat Hall is much smaller than the one you see," Elder Kong Bei explained.

Jiang Chuan nodded.

As they ventured deeper into the Arhat Hall, ten stone steles embedded in the brass walls came into Jiang Chuan's view.

Some of these steles were carved with phoenixes spreading their wings, while others depicted ancient monks preaching.

What drew Jiang Chuan's attention the most was the last stone stele.

This stele was carved with scenes of the sun collapsing, the moon sinking, and all things being destroyed.

Just by looking at it, Jiang Chuan felt a sense of world annihilation and the submersion of all life.

His mind seemed to be drawn into it, ready to welcome death along with all living beings.

"Wake up."

Elder Kong Bei's voice rang out, jolting Jiang Chuan's mind.

Jiang Chuan, snapping back to reality, found cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

Dangerous!

Too dangerous!

Jiang Chuan felt as though he had almost died just now.

"Elder Kong Bei, which senior left this Dao Stele? It's so dangerous; my mind almost perished along with the world."

"Our Patriarch, the Bodhi Sacred Buddha."

Jiang Chuan: "..."

He suddenly understood why Buddhism couldn't compete with Daoism and Demonic cultivation.

Others' patriarchs at least blessed future generations.

The Bodhi Temple's patriarch, the Bodhi Sacred Buddha, however, left behind a Dao Stele that could potentially kill someone!

"Our Patriarch, while traveling through the starry sky, 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 the origin of the Dao Stele.

"I don't recommend you attempt to comprehend this Dao Stele. You can choose any of the remaining nine Dao Steles to comprehend."

"Choose any one?"

Jiang Chuan hesitated for a moment before finally approaching the Dao Stele carved with the phoenix.

"Caw!"

With a cry, the Dao Stele before Jiang Chuan seemed to come alive.

Five-colored immortal fire surged out like an ocean.

A five-colored immortal phoenix emerged from the five-colored immortal fire.

The phoenix was pure and flawless, like a true divine beast from the immortal realm descending to the mortal world.

Its entire body was wreathed in auspicious colors, showering down five-colored immortal mist, majestic and sacred.

In the next moment, the five-colored immortal phoenix transformed back into a sky full of immortal fire, and then the immortal fire gathered into a phoenix again, repeating this cycle.

"Is this the evolution of the Great Dao?"

The five-colored immortal fire evolving into the phoenix made Jiang Chuan feel as though he had witnessed the evolution of the Great Dao, transforming the mundane into the miraculous.

As time passed, Jiang Chuan felt as though he had become a wisp of five-colored immortal fire, about to be reborn as an immortal phoenix.

"Wake up!"

[Your mind was about to assimilate into the Dao. At the critical moment, Elder Kong Bei called you back, ending this comprehension session.]

[Reluctantly leaving the Arhat Hall, you returned to your pavilion.]

After seven days of seclusion, you digested the Great Dao you comprehended and successfully broke through to the Fourth Layer of the Third Realm.

Afterward, you went to the main hall to find Abbot Kong Ming to learn the "Future Star Sutra."

After Abbot Kong Ming left a restriction on your Yin God, he began to impart the "Future Star Sutra" to you.

"Jiang Chuan, I will now teach you the 'Future Star Sutra'."

As Abbot Kong Ming spoke, he removed the Nine Treasures Kasaya from his body and tossed it towards Jiang Chuan.

The Nine Treasures on the kasaya, such as relics, bright pearls, and golden rings, all bloomed with dazzling light.

It was like a river of stars, whistling towards Jiang Chuan.

In an instant, the scene before Jiang Chuan's eyes vanished without a trace, replaced by a vast expanse of starry sky.

"This is..."

Jiang Chuan stood in the universe, thousands of stars before him emitting brilliant light, the entire universe seeming to transform into a sea of light.

RUMBLE!!!

It was as if millions of heavenly soldiers had crossed over, or as if a river of stars had reversed its flow, shaking the eight directions of the universe with incredibly terrifying momentum.

Stars rose into the sky, converging to form an immeasurably colossal Buddha.

Majestic, sacred, powerful, supreme...

Jiang Chuan felt that all the words he knew couldn't describe even a tenth of the Buddha before him!

As Jiang Chuan looked at the Buddha, the Buddha also lowered its gaze to look at Jiang Chuan.

The moment the one person and one Buddha met eyes, five large characters appeared in Jiang Chuan's mind.

Future Star Sutra!

Immediately, countless texts surged into Jiang Chuan's mind, causing his vision to go black.

When Jiang Chuan regained his senses, he was already back in the main hall, sitting opposite Abbot Kong Ming.

"The 'Future Star Sutra' is the highest scripture of our Buddhist path, containing the mysteries of the universe. When cultivated to its extreme, not only can one gather stars, but one can also traverse past and future."

Jiang Chuan: "..."

No, Abbot, you can fool others.

We're on the same side, is there any need to fool me too?

If it were truly possible to traverse past and future.

Our ancestor might have directly killed all of us unworthy descendants!

Noticing the change in Jiang Chuan's expression, Abbot Kong Ming coughed lightly.

"These words were spoken to me by my master when he imparted the 'Future Star Sutra' to me."

"While traversing past and future is something no Abbot or Elder of Bodhi Temple has achieved throughout the generations, gathering stars and condensing them into an avatar has been accomplished by many Abbots and Elders."

Recalling the Buddha formed by thousands of stars that he had seen, Jiang Chuan's eyes showed longing and desire.

Whether it was defeating Ji Xinyu in the simulation, breaking through the Sandalwood Forest, or surviving in the future's turbulent and chaotic Qingyuan Realm, he needed strength!

Abbot Kong Ming then handed you a blue-skinned gourd, about half a person's height. It contained Star Vitality he had collected, which would 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.

After one month, you had a preliminary understanding of the "Future Star Sutra" and, with the help of the Hundred Herbs Soul Nurturing Pill, broke through to the Fifth Layer of the Third Realm.

Another month passed, and you successfully broke through to the Sixth Layer of the Third Realm, simultaneously achieving a preliminary mastery of the "Future Star Sutra."

You intended to continue cultivating in seclusion, but was forced to emerge due to the arrival of Elder Jingyun.