A young disciple hurried over. "The evil entity awakened early. It has already destroyed three cities, and cultivators in the Human Realm have suffered heavy casualties. The Sect Master has already led people there."
Su Han's heart tightened. "When did this happen?"
"Three days ago. We kept looking for you, but we couldn't enter the Buddhist Realm." Another disciple said, "Senior brother Su, did you obtain the World-Purifying Buddha Light?"
Su Han fell silent for a moment. He could see the expectation and trust in those young disciples' eyes. They believed that since he had returned from the Buddhist Realm, he must have brought back a treasure capable of saving everything. How was he supposed to tell them? Tell them he had returned empty-handed, bringing back only a string of Bodhi Beads and a lesson?
But in the next instant, he remembered what Buddha had said. When he no longer thought about "obtaining," the light would shine.
He touched the Bodhi Beads around his wrist and smiled at the disciples. "I got it. Come on, let's go to the Human Realm."
He had not lied. He truly had obtained it—in a way he had never been able to understand before.
When they arrived in the Human Realm, what Su Han saw was a scene of utter ruin. The once lush mountains were shrouded in black smoke, and the sky was dark red, as though it had been burned through by flames. The aura of the evil entity surged up from deep underground, carrying a sweet, rotten stench that left people dizzy and nauseated. The Sect Master had led the High Heaven Immortal Sect's core disciples in forming an array in midair. The array's light flickered weakly as it barely withstood the evil entity's first assault. But Su Han could tell