Xu Taiping nodded, then asked Jiaye:
"Venerable Jiaye, breaking through is no longer difficult for me. I can do it anytime."
As he spoke, he frowned and continued gravely:
"The question now is how I should deal with the tribulation lightning my breakthrough will draw, along with that vast number of Otherworldly Heavenly Demons."
When he had last broken through to the Heaven Gazing Realm, without the departed souls of countless predecessors, including Li Daoyan and the Pearl Relic House Master, holding them back, he could never have withstood so many Sky Demons on his own.
This time, breaking through two realms in succession would inevitably draw even more Otherworldly Heavenly Demons.
Dealing with them would undoubtedly be even harder than it had been in the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.
It was precisely for this reason that one of his purposes in coming specially to present the White Bodhi branch was to ask Venerable Jiaye to help him withstand the Sky Demons drawn by his breakthrough.
"Benefactor Taiping, allow this humble monk to think carefully."
Venerable Jiaye did not answer immediately. Instead, he pressed his palms together once more, closed his eyes, and sank into thought.
Xu Taiping did not disturb him. Instead, he looked through the meditation room's window at the small courtyard Jiaye Hall had prepared for its pilgrims.
Back then, this had been nothing more than an abandoned temple.
Even its sole Buddha statue had been pieced together from fragments he had spent nearly three years searching for throughout the Thousand Buddha Kingdom.
Now, Jiaye Hall had begun to take shape and possessed quite an imposing air.
"Whew..."
Just then, Venerable Jiaye, who had kept his eyes closed in thought, suddenly exhaled a gentle breath of stale air.
Hearing him, Xu Taiping immediately turned his gaze back.
Venerable