Giant Buddha (There Will Be Another Update Before Dawn)

That's right, it's the Great Leiyin Temple.

The real Great Leiyin Temple.

"You've hit the jackpot!"

Zhang Fusheng gazed at the magnificent palace, murmuring softly, his eyes shining brightly. "Great Leiyin Temple!"

He quickly withdrew his hand, stepped in front of the great temple, hesitated for a moment, and carefully placed the Great Leiyin Temple in the far west of the Heavenly Realm Sea of Clouds.

"The temple gates are tightly shut; it seems we can't get in?"

Zhang Fusheng frowned and muttered to himself, attempting to teleport directly inside—but failed.

The Great Leiyin Temple stood there quietly.

Yet it cannot be captured by thoughts and ideas, just like the Eight Sceneries Palace, possessing the ability to 'transcend the limits of thought'.

However, unlike the divine realm, it does not transcend it.

Zhang Fusheng walked around the large temple three times before finally stopping in front of the temple gate.

He tried to push the door, but couldn't budge it at all; the weight of the door was beyond his imagination, as heavy as the entire universe.

"Interesting."

He murmured, frowned in thought, placed his palm in front of the temple gate to quietly sense, and fine star lines appeared in his eyes, trying to understand cause and effect.

Zhang Fusheng pushed the Taiyi Chapter to its limit.

He could vaguely see the ancient cause and effect inscribed on the temple gate, and vaguely sense the reason why he could not enter.

The cause and effect are revealed: countless years ago, Shakyamuni Tathagata closed the Great Leiyin Temple.

Therefore, unless Shakyamuni Tathagata opens the temple, the only way to enter is to forcibly break down the temple gate.

What immense power would it take to accomplish that?

Even beings at the Daluo Fruit Position are in a tough spot.

"Tathagata"

Zhang Fusheng pondered quietly:

"If I attain the Buddha Heavenly Position, complete the Destiny Event of leaving Hangu Pass in the west, and become a Buddha."

"At that time, if I were the Tathagata—would I be able to directly open the temple gates and lift the seal on the Great Leiyin Temple?"

He raised an eyebrow, then looked somewhat puzzled.

But why did Shakyamuni Tathagata seal off the Great Leiyin Temple in the first place?

Zhang Fusheng gazed at the magnificent temple, a Mental Intent emerging and brushing across the plaque inscribed with the four characters "[Great Leiyin Temple]".

As expected.

Just as he had expected, the thought that crossed the plaque brought forth a wisp of innate Buddha Light.

Ordinary, unremarkable Mental Intent have transformed into Buddhist thoughts!

Most importantly...

"The Immortal Thought formed by borrowing from the Heaven and Earth Tablet cannot be returned to the body; they can only be used as disposable items."

"But the Buddha's thought—or rather, the Bodhi Thought —is exactly the opposite."

Zhang Fusheng murmured, sensing the Bodhi Thought that exuded great purity, great freedom, great wisdom, and great joy, and was able to perfectly return to himself!

Is it because of the Buddha-nature within oneself?

As Zhang Fusheng uttered the mantra, a great Buddha Light emanated from his body, and an extremely profound Buddhist nature intertwined behind him, forming an ancient Bodhi Tree.

Without hesitation, he poured all the Mental Intent he had accumulated over eight thousand nine hundred years into the plaque of the Great Leiyin Temple.

Then all of them were refined and imbued into the Bodhi Thought!

All thoughts return to the self.

Purity, clarity, compassion, joy, wisdom, and light.

Various qualities were subtly present around Zhang Fusheng.

At that moment, he resembled a true Buddha.

Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism

Zhang Fusheng murmured, "I am both Tao and Buddha. In Daoism, I am [Taiqing]; in Buddhism, I will become [Tathagata]."

As for Confucianism?

"I can't be the Supreme Sage Teacher; that's Little Spirit Bamboo's place."

Muttering to himself,

Zhang Fusheng took a deep look at the Great Leiyin Temple, then turned and walked down from the Heavenly Realm Sea of Clouds, appearing in the 'Lesser Leiyin Temple' in the far west of the human realm.

As soon as we entered...

Those stone statues, which were originally stiff and motionless, actually began to move.

The four Arhats and thirty-six Vajras all raised their heads at that moment, their gazes falling on Zhang Fusheng through the swaying prayer Prayer Flags.

Then--

They bowed and paid their respects to Zhang Fusheng.

Zhang Fusheng stepped forward, put the Human Seed Bag back, glanced at the Buddha statue, and reached out to touch it.

The Buddha statue was cracked, and only the remains of a weasel remained inside.

As for that illusory celestial position, it had long since been sealed away in the ancient starry sky along with a wisp of [Yellow Eyebrows]'s will.

Reaching out to sweep away the weasel's remains, Zhang Fusheng tentatively sat cross-legged on the stone lotus platform.

He acted on a whim.

Then one sees that the Arhats and Vajra statues are all radiating a pure and luminous Buddha Light.

They have all submitted to their own will.

"Four Arhats and thirty-six Celestial Person and Vajras"

Zhang Fusheng's smile was as warm as a spring breeze.

In this way.

Building Gaotian City is a sure thing.

Even

"Could I really revive the Lingshan lineage?" Zhang Fusheng murmured to himself, his thoughts returning to his true self.

I opened my eyes and found myself still in that spacious room.

Just then, a large, fat man squeezed into the room, wiping away sweat and carrying a small wooden box.

"Miss Ruan, we've found you! We've found you!"

The Fatty had a big smile on his face:

"This is the last plateau map; we searched for it for a long time in the warehouse before finally finding it."

Ruan Yutu casually took the wooden box and opened it.

Zhang Fusheng's gaze fell upon a map lying inside a wooden box, upon which Spiritual Qi converged into forty-nine punctuation marks.

"The quality is slightly poor, but it can still be used as a guide map."

Ruan Yutu said softly:

"The World Plateau are constantly rotating, and the directions of the forty-nine cities are also uncertain. Only this special map can determine the location of these cities."

"Of course, business ethics are also acceptable, but there aren't many business ethics available."

After saying that,

The fat man saw the crystal-clear-eyed child nod his head:

"Now that we have the map, let's set off for Qinghe City."

The fat man raised an eyebrow, his eyes darting around:

"Miss Ruan, are you in such a hurry to leave? Why don't you stay and have dinner first, and rest for a while? After all, it's quite a long journey to Qinghe City, and we can't just fly there directly."

Ruan Yutu glanced at him and shook her head, saying:

"No need, we have important business to attend to, we should get going."

The fat man remained calm and composed.

"Then I will personally escort you out of the city."

"Um."

Ruan Yutu nodded, took the little hand of the porcelain doll beside her, and walked out of the building.

Zhang Fusheng climbed onto the dark-colored ox, Ruan Yutu led it, and accompanied by the fat man, they walked towards the outskirts of the city.

"To get to Qinghe City, we need to return the way we came," Ruan Yutu said softly, looking at the map.

"If we go back the way we came, we'll pass through that windmill village. Should we take a detour?"

Zhang Fusheng pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Let's go around it."

Windmill Village is strange, perhaps hiding some great secret—but he has no desire to explore it at all.

It has nothing to do with me.

The matter in Chang'an Town is not yet resolved, Buddha Heavenly Position has not yet been bestowed upon him. Why wade into more troubled waters now?

It's really not a good choice.

"That's enough for now," Ruan Yutu instructed the fat man, then led the ox away slowly.

The fat man watched them go.

Once the figure disappeared into the mist, the Fatty let out a cold laugh:

Miss Ruan

He licked his lips, his gaze burning with desire, waiting for Ruan Yutu to be captured by the garrison.

"There is such a beautiful woman in the world!" The Fatty sighed softly, then looked up.

Just then.

In the sky, a massive Whale-Penguin Ship slowly began to move, followed by dozens of other spaceships that turned accordingly.

The direction they were facing was naturally the direction in which Miss Ruan had left.

The fat man watched as the Hundred-Mile Whale Roc disappeared into the sea of mist, his smile widening as he silently counted:

"5, 4, 3"

He was certain that Miss Ruan, who had just left, would be arrested within five seconds.

That's the Whale-Penguin Ship!

Fatty counted down to 'one'.

The thick fog in the distance suddenly began to churn and swirl.

He smiled and gazed into the distance, but he could see nothing, nothing clearly, only a blurry, intense light.

I heard a sound that resembled both a whale's cry and a roc's roar.

Fatty turned around and walked back towards Yingtian City, intending to go directly to the garrison headquarters to wait.

They hadn't even taken two steps.

Behind me, a sound like the cry of a whale or a roc suddenly rose high, followed by the sound of wind, the howling of a strong wind!

The chubby manager glanced back instinctively.

He slowly widened his eyes.

In the distance.

The fog that had surrounded the area for hundreds of miles was gradually dissipating, until the scenery hundreds of miles away could be briefly seen!

Then, the fat steward saw it.

Two or three hundred miles away, at some unknown time, stood a towering, boundless 'Buddha' that seemed to reach into the clouds.

Behind the Buddha stands an equally towering, illusory Bodhi Tree, surrounded by shimmering light and resounding with the chanting of Brahma Chant.

As for the Whale-Penguin Ship...

The Whale-Penguin Ship, which spanned hundreds of miles, was caught in the Giant Buddha's palm and could not move no matter what.

This scene was so impactful.

A colossal Buddha statue, ten thousand feet tall, and a whale-like creature captured with a single hand!

After a brief period of deathly silence, Yingtian City erupted in chaos.

Another Whale-Penguin Ship, hovering above Yingtian City, rose up, its Peng Feather falling and transforming into Sword Furnace.

Even more powerful figures who had been stationed here ascended to the heavens in one step, and even the young man in black who was recuperating from his injuries stepped out, their momentum was fierce!

"Who are you!" the young man in black shouted, his voice booming in all directions.

The fat man swallowed hard and subconsciously gazed at the Giant Buddha in the distance.

The Buddha watched from the side.

Om!

The Giant Buddha opened its mouth and uttered a secret word. Then, a sea of Buddha Light surged forth, and boundless light rushed toward Yingtian City from all directions!

The young man in black paled, the Sword Furnace hummed, and the presiding deity also made a fierce move, his fist imprints radiating brilliant clouds.

That single syllable, stretching for thousands of feet, was indestructible, sweeping forward relentlessly.

The gods who were in charge stepped forward to meet them, but they were all knocked so hard that they coughed up blood!

Divine Blood spilled.

Zhang Fusheng, transformed into Giant Buddha, quietly watched this scene.

After all his thoughts and ideas were replaced with [Bodhi Thought], he himself was like a True Buddha.

When the syllable [Om] of the Six-Syllable Mantra is used again, the Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit unite, and the Bodhi Thought resonates. Even a true venerable one cannot stop it!

"Compassion, compassion."

Zhang Fusheng smiled, exerted force in his hand, Whale-Penguin Ship, which spanned a hundred miles, was directly absorbed into the Buddhist Kingdom.

He pondered for a moment, then made his decision.

Yingtian City

With a slight thought, the illusory Leiyin Temple appeared behind him, and four Arhats stepped out, followed by thirty-six Vajras!

Arhats stood in formation, Vajras stood shoulder to shoulder, and a thousand miles of dilapidated Buddhist kingdom suddenly unfolded.

Then.

The entire Yingtian City, along with the Whale-Penguin Ship, the garrison, and the two Venerable-level deities, all vanished without a trace.

"Compassion, compassion."

He subdued the vast land and brought it into a Buddhist kingdom.

"They're gone, they're gone."

"Go to Chongyang Festival."

The Giant Buddha, which held an entire city and two deities in its hands, whispered as its form suddenly returned to normal. Within its Buddhist kingdom, it encompassed an entire great city.

He incorporated the Buddhist realm into the divine realm—merging it into the divine realm.

It was a success.

Just like Land of Exotic Treasures.

"Let's go," said the porcelain doll riding on the back of the black ox.

(10,000 words left at midnight)