The moment Chen Changsheng entered the western lands, he felt as though Spatial Leap had been forbidden.
Sanskrit chants echoed in his ears, and the sound of sutra recitation rose from every direction.
Pine incense curled around his nose, and all of Heaven and Earth was steeped in the rich scent of burning incense.
Looking up, he saw countless cities embedded in the earth like nails.
Within those cities, humans and demons alike devoted themselves to worshipping Buddha, paying no heed to worldly affairs.
They even rushed through their meals and shortened their sleeping hours as much as possible, all so they could recite Buddhist sutras a few more times.
Living this way left every creature in every city sallow and emaciated, their bones jutting out, as though a gust of wind could topple them in swathes.
The surrounding restraints grew heavier and heavier, as though cultivators were forbidden from flying in this Buddhist land. Even he, already a Great Cultivator, found flying through the air somewhat difficult.
His gaze settled on a city, and Chen Changsheng flew down outside it. Narrowing his eyes, he studied the plaque above the city gates.
"White Elephant City?"
Was this the first city under the Great Thunderclap Temple's jurisdiction at the border between Buddhism and the east?
In later ages, this city would be known as the most vicious city of all!
White bones covered the land for a hundred li beyond its walls, and the walls themselves were built from piled skeletons!
A single glance could shatter a person's liver and gall with terror!
Yet the White Elephant City of today was still an ordinary city. Its only extraordinary feature was the flourishing Buddha Light within it.
It was as though a true Buddha stood guard inside!
The commoners passing to and