Although Wu Pifu had awakened Qing, he made no further moves himself. He did not even break through the polluted scene outside, merely sitting inside the vehicle to silently regulate his breathing, meditate, and rest.
This time, he had come within a hair's breadth of truly dying. Even with his special essence and the accumulations left behind by countless iterations, he could not withstand the backlash caused by the disparity in rank from the Contamination Source. Even if his essence temporarily remained intact, his flesh, spirit, and consciousness would wither over time. At that point, he would be nothing more than a lump of "material" or "bait."
But thanks to the First Buddha's Sermon within the Buddhist Secret Treasury, he had been reborn.
In truth, the First Buddha's Sermon within the Buddhist Secret Treasury—the description of the Contamination Source—had no special effects beyond that description. Nor was there any healing method left behind to save Wu Pifu's life. At the core of every Buddhist Secret Treasury was a description of the Contamination Source left behind by the First Buddha. It had been divided into so many parts because the Contamination Source's rank was simply too exalted. Its essence could not be preserved and explained clearly all at once. Otherwise, even with the First Buddha's methods and status, so close to true rank, He would draw the direct gaze of the Contamination Source... Wu Pifu believed that even if the First Buddha were directly watched by the Contamination Source, His fate probably would not be much better.
Thus, Wu Pifu had not been saved by some contingency left behind by the First Buddha, yet what had saved him truly was the First Buddha's Sermon within the Buddhist Secret Treasury.
Because that description of the Contamination Source contained an extremely important piece