Arc 68The Heavenly Buddha’s Call

Fang Chen contained the Evil Lifeforms beneath the Cloud Barren Sand Sea, then discovered his connection to the War Buddha’s disciples and led a Buddhist sermon in Heavenly Buddha City. Tianyuan Academy’s summons drew him and his companions to the academy, where they found a palace filled with Supreme Emperor Weapons.

  • Fang Chen traveled to Heavenly Buddha City and helped the Three Burials Buddha Emperor investigate Evil Lifeforms emerging from a sealed space beneath the Cloud Barren Sand Sea.
  • Fang Chen repaired the Barrier, discovered the Floating Immortal Sword could absorb the Evil Lifeforms’ energy, and cleared the Sand Sea of the creatures.
  • Fang Chen descended into the Mud Pit, encountered roots and enormous red eyes, then escaped as the Evil Lifeforms and gray mist vanished into the pit.
  • Fang Chen absorbed the remaining gray mist and took the Three Burials Buddha Emperor to the War Buddha’s cave, where he found the inheritance gone and agreed to teach what he had learned.
  • Fang Chen met the Heavenly Buddha, who revealed that Fang Chen was the War Buddha’s third disciple and warned him about the Demon Suppressing Abyss beneath Tianzhu City.
  • Fang Chen received the Heavenly Buddha Flower and Heavenly Buddha Eye methods, then led Buddhist Cultivators in reciting the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, expanding his Soul Perception and drawing a summons from the Central Barrens.
  • Fang Chen learned that Tianyuan Academy had opened, returned to the Glazed Sword Sect, and set out with Little Crane while his companions stayed to protect the sect.
  • Fang Chen reunited with Li Qingyao at Yaochi Holy Land and traveled with her and the Glazed Sword Sect group to Tianyuan Academy, where he saw a palace containing at least a hundred floating Supreme Emperor Weapons.
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Ch. 1676Threads of Heaven

Fang Chen continued cultivating in the Chaos Space, growing stronger while trying to approach the Great Emperor Realm. After a year, the Black Flame Saint contacted him with news that something terrible had happened.

  • The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm named his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth Threads of Heaven and continued cultivating in the Tenth-Layer Chaos Space.
  • Fang Chen and the myna bird attacked the barrier to the Eleventh Layer while Fang Chen strengthened his Soul Perception and absorbed the Meteorite’s energy.
  • Fang Chen absorbed the Source Power of Emperors from three Beads, but he still did not reach the threshold of the Great Emperor Realm.
  • Fang Chen spent another year cultivating and striking the Chaos Space barrier before the Black Flame Saint contacted him through the Spirit Sword Talisman with an urgent warning.

Ch. 1677The Mysterious Lifeforms of the Buddhist Land

Fang Chen returned from the Tenth Layer Chaos Space after learning that powerful, unkillable lifeforms were ravaging the Buddhist Land. He arrived in Heavenly Buddha City with Ye Kong and Ye Qingci, where a surge of Faith Power transformed him and left Ye Qingci wondering if he truly was the Reincarnated Buddha.

  • Fang Chen woke Little Crane, stopped Huahua from battering the Chaos Space barriers, and gathered the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm and Chaos Demonic Star Vine to leave.
  • Uncle-Master Black Flame told Fang Chen that the Three Burials Buddha Emperor had reported unkillable lifeforms sweeping through the Buddhist Land after the Boundless Buddhist Sea receded.
  • Fang Chen and the myna bird suspected the lifeforms might belong to the Undying Race, and Fang Chen learned the sect's Teleportation Array could take them to Heavenly Buddha City.
  • Fang Chen, Ye Kong, and Ye Qingci traveled through the array to Heavenly Buddha City, where Faith Power flooded into Fang Chen and caused his body and soul to undergo a rapid Metamorphosis.
  • Ye Qingci asked Fang Chen whether he was really the Reincarnated Buddha after golden light and Righteous Vital Energy poured from him.

Ch. 1678Return to the Cloud Barren Sand Sea

Fang Chen and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor investigated evil creatures that had emerged from a meteorite crater in the Cloud Barren Sand Sea. Fang Chen discovered the creatures feared Buddha Light, but their origin remained uncertain.

  • The Three Burials Buddha Emperor told Fang Chen that the Heavenly Buddha Mirror was suppressing creatures in the Cloud Barren Sand Sea, though its power was running low.
  • Fang Chen learned the creatures had emerged from an old meteorite crater and traveled with the Three Burials Buddha Emperor to investigate.
  • Fang Chen left Ye Kong and Ye Qingci outside the Heavenly Buddha Mirror's Golden Light and entered the Cloud Barren Sand Sea with the Three Burials Buddha Emperor and his companions.
  • Fang Chen saw gray-misted lizardlike creatures that feared the Buddha Light surrounding the mirror.
  • Fang Chen recited the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, and the Evil Creatures recoiled in pain from his brighter Buddha Light.

Ch. 1679Evil Creatures

Fang Chen and his companions pushed deeper into the Cloud Barren Sand Sea, where he discovered that a mysterious force escaped his Darkness Devouring God Domain and might explain the Evil Creatures’ endless revivals. At the Meteorite crater, Fang Chen sent the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm underground to investigate and asked Myna bird to capture an Evil Creature for questioning.

  • The Three Burials Buddha Emperor chanted the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture with Fang Chen as they advanced through the Cloud Barren Sand Sea.
  • Fang Chen used his Darkness Devouring God Domain to drain the attacking Evil Creatures, but sensed a mysterious force escape as their bodies turned to ash.
  • Fang Chen concluded that the escaping force might let the Evil Creatures revive and hurried deeper into the Cloud Barren Sand Sea despite their increasingly strong attacks.
  • Fang Chen's group reached the Meteorite crater, where Saint Realm Evil Creatures and dense gray mist obscured the area.
  • Fang Chen sent the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm underground to investigate and told Myna bird to catch an Evil Creature for questioning.

Ch. 1680Can't Be Killed

Fang Chen and the myna bird discovered that the Evil Creatures could revive after being killed, but each revival weakened them. After Chi You found a Barrier beneath the Sand Sea, Fang Chen went down to investigate it with the myna bird and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor.

  • The myna bird tried to capture and search the souls of the Evil Creatures, but they repeatedly exploded, even after a Drunken Immortal Pill knocked one unconscious.
  • Several Evil Creatures emerged from the sand where one had died, but Fang Chen's Buddha Light burned them into gray mist.
  • Fang Chen concluded that the Evil Creatures' revivals likely depended on a Formation or treasure, and that repeated deaths weakened them.
  • Fang Chen and the myna bird waited for Chi You to report back while the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm gnawed through the rock beneath the Sand Sea.
  • Chi You reached a powerful Barrier that he could not break through and summoned Fang Chen.
  • Fang Chen took the myna bird and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor down the tunnel to inspect the Barrier.

Ch. 1681A Meteorite Fall Shattered the Barrier

Fang Chen breached the layered Buddhist Barrier and discovered a vast host of Evil Creatures trapped beneath it. He learned that the meteorite’s impact had cracked the seal and the receding waters of the Boundless Buddhist Sea had eroded it until the creatures escaped.

  • Fang Chen concealed his lingering Buddha Light with the Darkness Devouring God Domain and broke through thirty-nine layers of Barrier to enter the sealed space.
  • Fang Chen used the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique to see through the dense gray mist, then joined the others in Spirit Crane Space as Little Crane carried them deeper inside.
  • Fang Chen and his companions found countless Evil Creatures gathered above a lake of gray Mud, with creatures emerging from it and squeezing through cracks in the overhead Barrier.
  • The Myna bird suggested the meteorite impact had damaged the Barrier, and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor explained that the Boundless Buddhist Sea’s waters had eroded the cracks until a breach formed.
  • Fang Chen concluded the Evil Creatures had been sealed there by powerful Buddhist figures and felt relieved that they had not come from the meteorite.

Ch. 1682A Great Secret Beneath the Mud

Fang Chen tasked Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor with holding off the Evil Creatures while he planned to repair the Barrier. As the battle continued, the mud revived slain creatures, and Fang Chen discovered that the Three Burials Buddha Emperor was a skilled fighter who had mastered Buddha's Palm.

  • Fang Chen said the Barrier's crack had to be repaired and left Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor to fight the Evil Creatures.
  • Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor attacked the Evil Creatures while Fang Chen observed the battlefield.
  • The mud swallowed the fallen Evil Creatures and produced white-glowing versions of them, leading Fang Chen to suspect a secret lay beneath it.
  • Five Quasi-Emperor-level Evil Creatures joined the fight, sending the Three Burials Buddha Emperor flying and engaging Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm.
  • The Three Burials Buddha Emperor struck his opponent with a Golden Lotus and Buddha's Palm, impressing Fang Chen.

Ch. 1683Mysterious Energy Restores the Life Wheel

Fang Chen repaired every layer of the Barrier with help from the Chaos Demonic Star Vine, then discovered that the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed a mysterious energy from Evil Creatures that restored his Life Wheel. After killing the creatures in the meteorite crater, he went outside to hunt more and test the energy further.

  • Fang Chen used the Darkness Devouring God Domain and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine to hold back Evil Creatures while he repaired the Barrier, leaving the Myna bird and the others inside to gain experience.
  • Fang Chen finished repairing every layer of the Barrier after a month, cutting off the energy source sustaining the Evil Creatures outside.
  • Fang Chen discovered that the Floating Immortal Sword sent gray specks of energy from Evil Creatures into his Wheel Sea, where they restored his Life Wheel.
  • Fang Chen formed the Sword Domain around the Floating Immortal Sword and killed every Evil Creature in the meteorite crater.
  • Fang Chen flew outside the crater to find more Evil Creatures and attacked them with the Floating Immortal Sword inside his Darkness Devouring God Domain.

Ch. 1684The Complete Slaughter

Fang Chen discovered that the Floating Immortal Sword devoured the mysterious energy in Evil Creatures and used it to restore his Life Wheel, then slaughtered every Evil Creature in the Cloud Barren Sand Sea. He brought Ye Kong and Ye Qingci into the sealed space, where they found the Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor still fighting the Evil Creatures.

  • Fang Chen tested his theory and confirmed that the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed the mysterious energy when it killed Evil Creatures.
  • Fang Chen used the sword to kill the Evil Creatures around him, then fought for three days until he had cleared the Cloud Barren Sand Sea.
  • Fang Chen left the space beneath the Heavenly Buddha Mirror and found Ye Kong and Ye Qingci waiting outside.
  • Fang Chen led Ye Kong and Ye Qingci through the Seal Barrier, warning them that mysterious energy would seep into their bodies.
  • Fang Chen and his companions found the Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor battling Evil Creatures, while Little Crane confirmed that nothing unexpected had happened.

Ch. 1685The War Buddha's Dao Companion

Fang Chen let Ye Kong and Ye Qingci fight the endlessly reviving evil creatures while he and his companions watched. The chapter ended with the group learning that the creatures had no Soul Origins and could revive even after being completely destroyed.

  • Fang Chen recalled Huahua, Master Three Burials, Chi You, and Little Star so Ye Kong and Ye Qingci could test their strength against the evil creatures.
  • Ye Qingci wounded a Quasi-Emperor-level creature, while Ye Kong overwhelmed three of them and repeatedly blew them apart.
  • The evil creatures revived after falling into the Mud, and the group recognized Ye Kong as one of the strongest human Quasi-Emperors.
  • The myna bird told Master Three Burials that Ye Qingci was Fang Chen's dao companion.
  • Ye Qingci used the Nirvana Immortal Eyes to attack two creatures' souls, but they recovered and charged her again.
  • The myna bird explained that Soul Attacks were useless because the creatures had no Soul Origins and could revive even after their bodies were ground to dust.

Ch. 1686Why Could You Kill Them?

Fang Chen used his sword and the Darkness Devouring God Domain to defeat the Evil Lifeforms, while the Floating Immortal Sword devoured five Quasi-Emperor Bloodline Evil Creatures. When the Myna bird asked why Fang Chen’s victims had not revived, he concealed the sword’s secret and claimed he had used Twilight Power.

  • Ye Qingci and Ye Kong joined Fang Chen after failing to kill the Evil Lifeforms and warned that the creatures could threaten the Barbaric Continent.
  • Fang Chen used Slaughter Heaven and Earth, Destroy All Beings, and Sword Domain to destroy weaker Evil Creatures and reduce the five Quasi-Emperor Bloodline Evil Creatures to powder, but they recovered.
  • Fang Chen skewered the five Quasi-Emperor Bloodline Evil Creatures with the Floating Immortal Sword and used the Darkness Devouring God Domain to bind them while the sword devoured their power.
  • The Myna bird and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor noticed that the Evil Creatures Fang Chen killed did not revive, and the other Evil Creatures scattered when they saw him defeat the five Quasi-Emperor creatures.
  • After the Floating Immortal Sword completely devoured the five creatures, Fang Chen told the Myna bird he had used Twilight Power to explain why his victims had not revived.

Ch. 1687Entering the Mud Pit

Fang Chen discovered that Twilight Power burned Evil Lifeforms to ash, but he chose to keep killing them with the Floating Immortal Sword so he could absorb their power and restore his Life Wheel. He and his companions descended into the Mud Pit, where a concentrated energy stirred bloodthirsty urges in them.

  • Fang Chen infused his bonded Flying Sword with Twilight Power and found that it set Evil Creatures ablaze, destroying them without leaving white light.
  • Fang Chen realized that using Twilight Power prevented him from absorbing the Evil Lifeforms' power through the Floating Immortal Sword, so he continued slaughtering them with the sword.
  • Ye Qingci and Ye Kong noted that the Evil Lifeforms kept emerging from the Mud, and Ye Kong suggested exploring below it.
  • Fang Chen brought Ye Kong, the Myna bird, and the others into the Mud Pit, placing Ye Qingci, Master Three Burials, and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine in Spirit Crane Space.
  • Fang Chen found that the Floating Immortal Sword drew Life Wheel-restoring energy from the Mud, while the surrounding Mud's concentrated energy gave everyone a bloodthirsty urge.

Ch. 1688Embryos Nurturing Evil Lifeforms

Fang Chen and his companions endured the Mud Pit’s pressure and bloodlust-inducing energy as they descended, with most retreating into the Spirit Crane Space. Fang Chen discovered embryo-like Evil Lifeforms growing in bubbles, then stopped responding to messages from inside the Spirit Crane Space.

  • Fang Chen and Ye Kong continued descending after Little Crane took the Three Burials Buddha Emperor, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, Ye Qingci, and the Myna bird into the Spirit Crane Space as the pressure overwhelmed them.
  • Fang Chen activated the Glazed Golden Body Secret Method, while Ye Kong used his Xuanhuang Sacred Body and later his Kirin Sacred Body to withstand the pressure.
  • Ye Kong eventually reached his limit and entered the Spirit Crane Space, but Fang Chen continued downward with Little Crane, drawn on by the Floating Immortal Sword’s hunger for the surrounding energy.
  • Fang Chen found bubbles wrapped in gray tendrils, each holding an embryo-like Evil Lifeform, and the bubbles and creatures grew larger and stronger the deeper he went.
  • The Myna bird could not reach Fang Chen through the Spirit Sword Talisman, so he asked Ye Qingci to try contacting him.

Ch. 1689Red Giant Eye

Fang Chen encountered a living membrane deep in the Mud World and was nearly drawn into a crimson space by its enormous red eyes. He escaped to the surface, where the roots withdrew and all the Evil Lifeforms and gray mist vanished into the Mud Pit.

  • Ye Qingci and Little Crane discovered that the Spirit Sword Talisman could not contact Fang Chen inside the Mud World.
  • Fang Chen reached a membrane covered in Dao Patterns, where roots seized him and his consciousness was pulled toward a pair of enormous red eyes.
  • Fang Chen used Twilight Power and his sword techniques to break free of the roots and flee upward through the Mud World.
  • Fang Chen escaped the Mud World and used his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth and the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture to repel the pursuing roots.
  • The roots withdrew, and every Evil Lifeform and the surrounding gray mist rushed into the Mud Pit, leaving Myna bird, Ye Kong, and the others bewildered.

Ch. 1690Escape from the Mud Pit

Fang Chen escaped the Mud Pit after encountering terrifying red eyes beyond its membrane, then repaired the Barrier sealing the Evil Lifeforms inside. He left the Sealed Space with his companions and explained what he had seen, while the Mud Pit hardened and the threat remained contained.

  • Fang Chen found the Mud Pit had solidified into rock and could no longer explore it.
  • Fang Chen left the Sealed Space with Little Crane and found gray mist lingering in the Meteorite crater.
  • Little Crane released Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, the Myna bird, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Three Burials Buddha Emperor from the Spirit Crane Space.
  • Fang Chen told his companions that roots had caught him beneath the Mud Pit and his consciousness had encountered a pair of enormous red eyes.
  • Fang Chen explained that he had repaired the Barrier and believed it would continue to contain the Evil Lifeforms and whatever the red eyes belonged to.

Ch. 1691Repairing the Spirit Sword Talismans

After the mysterious energy in the Mud Pit disabled everyone’s Spirit Sword Talismans, Fang Chen removed the energy from his companions and repaired and upgraded their talismans. He then used the Heaven Refining Furnace to devour the gray mist within the Heavenly Buddha Mirror’s range.

  • Ye Kong withdrew into the Spirit Crane Space, leaving Fang Chen to descend alone to the bottom of the Mud Pit, where Fang Chen encountered enormous red eyes.
  • Fang Chen discovered that mysterious energy had damaged the Formation Runes in everyone’s Spirit Sword Talismans and drew the energy out of his companions into the Floating Immortal Sword.
  • Little Star showed no ill effects from absorbing the mysterious energy, while the group found that their other Life-Bound Treasures remained undamaged.
  • Fang Chen repaired and upgraded everyone’s Spirit Sword Talismans, and they confirmed the talismans worked again.
  • Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Refining Furnace and used the Darkness Devouring God Domain to absorb all the gray mist within the Heavenly Buddha Mirror’s range over three days.

Ch. 1692Return to the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture's Inheritance Land

Fang Chen sealed the gray mist, explained that hidden Seals might be draining energy from the Cloud Barren Sand Sea, and agreed to take the Three Burials Buddha Emperor to the Cave where he had received the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture. The group arrived, but none of them could find the inheritance on the stone walls.

  • Fang Chen sealed the sticky gray mass, returned it to his body, and let the Three Burials Buddha Emperor recall the depleted Heavenly Buddha Mirror.
  • Fang Chen suggested that Seals beneath the Cloud Barren Sand Sea drained the region's energy, and the group considered whether similar Seals could exist in the Southern Wastes.
  • The Three Burials Buddha Emperor invited Fang Chen to teach at Heavenly Buddha City, but Fang Chen said he was not a Reincarnated Buddha and offered to take him to the War Buddha Inheritance instead.
  • Little Crane brought Fang Chen and the others to the Cave where Fang Chen had obtained the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture.
  • Fang Chen explained the War Buddha's history, but he and the others found nothing on the stone walls.

Ch. 1693The Cliff Face Carved with a Stone Flower

Fang Chen discovered that War Buddha’s inheritance had vanished from the cave, so he resolved to pass it on by lecturing in Heavenly Buddha City. While touring a forbidden ground, he and Ye Qingci uncovered the Heavenly Buddha Flower’s tracking art, and Fang Chen was drawn into a strange space filled with golden flowers.

  • Fang Chen found the cave unchanged but its writings and War Buddha’s inheritance gone, then agreed to teach what he had learned.
  • Fang Chen returned to Heavenly Buddha City with Little Crane and announced a Dao lecture for three days later, while the Three Burials Buddha Emperor spread the news.
  • The Great Sun Buddha Emperor learned Fang Chen had returned and vowed to take revenge after recovering.
  • Fang Chen’s group visited a forbidden ground and found a Stone Flower containing the Heavenly Buddha Flower art, which Ye Qingci said the Great Sun Buddha Emperor had once used on her.
  • Fang Chen studied the Stone Flower with his Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique and entered a space where golden flowers covered the ground.

Ch. 1694Fang Chen's Senior Brother

Fang Chen followed the falling golden petals to a temple, where he met the Heavenly Buddha, who claimed to be his senior brother and the War Buddha’s first disciple. The Heavenly Buddha welcomed him into a pavilion and explained that, as a Remnant Soul without a body, he could not eat the food laid out for Fang Chen.

  • Fang Chen realized the golden petals formed an avenue in the order they fell and followed it toward the sound of a Wooden Fish.
  • Fang Chen recited the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, absorbed golden light, and flew along the avenue without the pressure slowing him.
  • Fang Chen reached a temple with a statue resembling the War Buddha and confronted the monk striking the Wooden Fish.
  • The monk introduced himself as the Heavenly Buddha, Fang Chen’s senior brother and the War Buddha’s first disciple in this world, and said Fang Chen was the third disciple.
  • Fang Chen entered the temple and found himself in a pavilion with meat and wine prepared for him, while the Heavenly Buddha explained that his Remnant Soul could not eat.

Ch. 1695Second Senior Brother Was Called Cui Yi

Fang Chen spoke with the Heavenly Buddha Emperor, his eldest senior brother, and learned more about their master, the Sacred Land, and the origin of the Heavenly Buddha Sarira. He also told the Heavenly Buddha Emperor about the sealed space beneath the Cloud Barren Sand Sea and was surprised to learn that even his senior brother had been unable to enter it.

  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor joked with Fang Chen, ate the food, and confirmed that he was Fang Chen’s eldest senior brother.
  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor said their second senior brother was named Cui Yi and had visited him over ten thousand years earlier.
  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor explained that his master had lived more than three thousand years ago and that Great Emperors were drawn to the Sacred Land, whose depths remained a mystery.
  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor revealed that the Heavenly Buddha Sarira came from a clone of his that died while cultivating Buddhist Dharma.
  • Fang Chen described the sealed space beneath the Cloud Barren Sand Sea, and the Heavenly Buddha Emperor said its ancient seals had once kept him out as well.

Ch. 1696Demon Suppressing Abyss

The Heavenly Buddha Emperor told Fang Chen that the Demon Suppressing Abyss lay beneath Tianzhu City and warned him to guard its Seal against the Great Sun Buddha Emperor. He also learned that the Devil Race had grown stronger than the Human Race, though the Heavenly Buddha Emperor believed Fang Chen’s complete inheritance from the War Buddha would let him surpass the Qingtian Demon Emperor.

  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor revealed that the Buddhist Kingdom had secretly guarded the Demon Suppressing Abyss beneath Tianzhu City, where Demonic Beasts were imprisoned.
  • Fang Chen asked why the Heavenly Buddha Emperor was telling him the secret, and the Heavenly Buddha Emperor mistakenly assumed Fang Chen was the Buddhist Kingdom’s ruler.
  • Fang Chen explained that the Great Sun Buddha Emperor had fled with the Buddhist Kingdom’s treasures, and the Heavenly Buddha Emperor urged him to protect the abyss from the traitor.
  • Fang Chen warned the Heavenly Buddha Emperor that the Devil Race had united under the Qingtian Demon Emperor and was now much stronger than the Human Race.
  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor trusted that Fang Chen’s complete legacy from the War Buddha would let him surpass the Qingtian Demon Emperor, while Fang Chen pointed out that he was still only a Quasi-Emperor.

Ch. 1697The Heavenly Buddha Emperor's Ultimate Arts

Fang Chen received the Heavenly Buddha Emperor’s complete methods for Heavenly Buddha Flower and Heavenly Buddha Eye, then returned to Heavenly Buddha City to lead the Buddhist Cultivators in reciting the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture. As the crowd joined him, they felt their Soul Perception and energy absorption improve.

  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor gave Fang Chen the cultivation methods for Heavenly Buddha Flower and Heavenly Buddha Eye before returning to sleep after exhausting his Soul Origin.
  • The Heavenly Buddha Emperor told Fang Chen to cultivate the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture and said he should kill if he could not suppress its growing Killing Intent.
  • Fang Chen returned to Ye Qingci and the others without revealing that the Heavenly Buddha Emperor was his Senior Brother.
  • Two days later, Fang Chen arrived above Heavenly Buddha City and announced that he would lead the Buddhist Cultivators in reciting the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture.
  • Fang Chen recited the scripture, and Buddhist Cultivators throughout the city and beyond joined in, feeling their Soul Perception strengthen and their energy absorption speed increase.

Ch. 1698Something Seemed to Have Happened in the Central Barrens

As Fang Chen recited the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, Faith Power and Source Power gathered around him, creating a vast Golden Sea that transformed those nearby. The chapter left Fang Chen sensing a powerful summons from the Central Barrens and preparing to ask Yue Canglan what had happened.

  • Fang Chen recited the Myriad Buddhas War Scripture, absorbing Faith Power and Source Power as his Soul Perception expanded.
  • Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, and the Myna bird tried reciting along, but none of them experienced any change.
  • Golden Lotuses bearing tiny images of Fang Chen sprang up across Heavenly Buddha City, and his Soul Perception eventually reached ten million li.
  • A Golden Sea spread around Heavenly Buddha City, where giant Buddha statues appeared and their chanting transformed the souls of those nearby.
  • Fang Chen sensed a powerful summons from the Central Barrens, but Ye Kong, Ye Qingci, and the Myna bird could not feel it.
  • The Three Burials Buddha Emperor asked Fang Chen what had happened, and Fang Chen said he would contact Senior Yue Canglan.

Ch. 1699Tianyuan Academy's Summons

Tianyuan Academy summoned Fang Chen and other former entrants after a powerful surge of energy in the Central Barrens. Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect, arranged for its protection, and prepared to travel to the academy with Little Crane.

  • Fang Chen learned from Yue Canglan that Tianyuan Academy had opened and that its summons had caused the powerful pull he felt.
  • Fang Chen ended his sermon in the submerged Heavenly Buddha City and had Little Crane carry him and his companions back to the Glazed Sword Sect.
  • Fang Chen found Black Flame Saint and the sect members gathered behind the activated Mountain-Guarding Formation, and he confirmed that Tianyuan Academy had summoned them.
  • Fang Chen left Ye Kong and the others to protect the sect, told Myna bird and the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm to stay, and set out with Little Crane.

Ch. 1700The Palace Among the Stars

Fang Chen traveled with Yan Ziyi, Chen Xiaofei, and the others to Tianyuan Academy with Li Qingyao, where they encountered its enormous Palace in the stars. After meeting the North Nether Quasi-Emperor, they entered the Palace and found it filled with floating Magic Treasures, including at least a hundred Supreme Emperor Weapons.

  • Fang Chen led Yan Ziyi, Chen Xiaofei, and the others through a Teleportation Array to Yaochi Holy Land and reunited with Li Qingyao.
  • Li Qingyao took Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect group aboard the Yaochi Jade Butterfly and traveled with them to Tianyuan Academy.
  • Two enormous Puppet People examined the group at the Space Vortex entrance, and Fang Chen worried that they might detect Little Crane.
  • Li Qingyao guided the group through the clouds to Tianyuan Academy's immense Palace, which Fang Chen recognized as a Magic Treasure beyond the level of a Supreme Emperor Weapon.
  • The North Nether Quasi-Emperor joined Fang Chen and Li Qingyao aboard the Yaochi Jade Butterfly, and they discussed why Tianyuan Academy had opened.
  • Li Qingyao brought everyone inside the Palace, where Fang Chen saw at least a hundred floating Supreme Emperor Weapons.
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