He turned into a ghost?
The mighty Jade Emperor has turned into a ghost?
Fang Zong looked at the handsome young man suspiciously, and after a long while, he tentatively called out, "Yu..."
Just call me Zhang Bairen.
The Jade Emperor shook his head and said, "Having been the Jade Emperor for so long, I've long since grown tired of sitting in such a hot seat. But I've been restrained by Tathagata, so I have no choice but to sit here. By the way, you don't need to suspect that I'm here as a spy. That bastard Tathagata used the Blissful Killing Array to trap me. If I hadn't still controlled some of the power of the Heavenly Jade Pillar and locked onto your position, and if I hadn't sacrificed two of my incarnations, I would have truly been refined into a wisp of smoke by the Blissful Killing Array."
"You can't defeat Buddha?"
"I was repairing the Heavenly Jade Pillar when he attacked me from behind and shattered my body. Since I can't use the Three Realms Killing Array, I'm no match for him."
The Jade Emperor snapped his fingers, and everything broken in the room seemed to be restored to its original state as if rewinding. He poured himself some tea and sipped it slowly: "Actually, Buddha also has his difficulties; he was just terrified."
"What's the meaning?"
"The Great World".
Zhang Bairen stared at Fang Zong with the look one would give a country bumpkin.
He thought Fang Zong was unaware of the affairs of the Great World. Even if he had high aptitude and strong strength, Fang Zong had only cultivated for a few years. How could he possibly know the secrets of the ancient times?
As he was thinking this, he noticed that Fang Zong showed no intention of asking any questions, and asked in surprise, "You know about the Great World?"
"I know, and I've been there."
"Young man, you should talk less big." Zhang Bairen didn't believe Fang Zong had been there, so he drank his tea and explained the matter of Buddha.
It turns out that in ancient times, the so-called ascension to immortality was only for the Heavenly Court to guide powerful individuals to immortality.
Those at the Technique level can only serve as celestial soldiers, while those at the Divine Power level can serve as various celestial officials. Upon reaching the fifth transformation of Divine Power, the Transformation of All Beings, one can choose whether or not to truly ascend to the Great World.
"At that time, none of the immortals who ascended could send back a message. Then a bald monk entered the Heavenly Court and told me how terrifying the Great World was. He said he was an immortal from another planet. When he ascended, he encountered extraterrestrial demons that devoured our powerful beings, hundreds at a time. So his ascension was just to be sent to others as food."
"You believe it?"
"I can't believe it, but I'd rather believe it's true than not."
Zhang Bairen said, "That's why we joined forces to create the Heavenly Jade Pillar. With the Heavenly Jade Pillar suppressing it, even if someone reaches the peak of the Transformation of All Beings, or even the level of a killing array, it's impossible for them to ascend to the Great World. We've worked together for countless years, and I know he genuinely wanted to maintain the Heavenly Jade Pillar, so I didn't expect him to ambush me. But thinking about it, it's quite normal. I've always wanted to establish the Heavenly Jade Pillar in the Eastern Kingdom, and he didn't mind leaving the Eastern Kingdom. I am the Jade Emperor of the Eastern Kingdom, but he is not the Buddha of the Eastern Kingdom."
Fang Zong began to believe Zhang Bairen's words.
Because Zhang Bairen had no reason to lie.
"So..." Fang Zong asked coldly, "Did Tathagata betray his country?"
"Given his status, it's not a question of treason or not. However, if he uses the Japanese Bushido spirit to repair the Tongtian Jade Pillar, he will definitely help Japan fulfill the wishes of those Bushido spirits, such as destroying the Eastern Kingdom, controlling Southeast Asia, and even controlling the world... This is a very fair exchange, and Buddha doesn't mind, nor can he avoid carrying out this exchange."
"I understand." Fang Zong nodded gently.
Then he grabbed Zhang Bairen's hand.
"what you up to?"
Zhang Bairen had just asked a question when he saw Fang Zong swing his knife with one hand, and a purple-gold knife mark appeared before his eyes.
The knife mark widened, resembling a passage, and he and Fang Zong walked in together.
In the blink of an eye, the scenery before my eyes suddenly changed.
The distant mountains are shrouded in a hazy veil, appearing and disappearing in the misty clouds, sometimes near, sometimes far, with the winding mountain ranges undulating and spiraling.
Zhang Bairen felt a sudden weight beneath his feet, as if gravity had increased a thousandfold. Before he could react, countless golden rays of light shot towards him, overwhelming everything in their path...
"You little thief, you really did come back!"
A beautiful young girl with a yellow veil around her face pounced on her with a sharp rebuke.
"Hi, long time no see, you look beautiful." Fang Zong raised his hand in greeting.
Then, he decisively turned around, disappeared into the passage, and called out to Zhang Bairen, "What are you standing there for? Do you think you can beat her?"
"We can't beat them!"
Zhang Bairen screamed and followed Fang Zong away.
Behind her, the girl, her face full of resentment, grabbed the golden sword and was about to chase after him into the passage, but she found that the passage was beginning to tremble and make crackling explosions, and was very unstable.
She quickly stopped, hugged her sword, and sat down. "Little thief, the ascension location is random, but once you've been here, you'll only stay in one place. I refuse to believe you'll never ascend in this lifetime!" She channeled her voice into the passage.
"Is the ascension location random?" Zhang Bairen looked around and found himself back in the same room.
He murmured blankly, then suddenly cried out, "Fang Zong!" He trembled with excitement and repeatedly asked, "Was that the Great World? Was that the place of ascension? Is the ascension location random?"
"That's right."
Fang Zong asked, "Doesn't that little girl look like a man-eating extraterrestrial demon?"
"No, she's very beautiful. She's comparable to Chang'e."
Zhang Bairen could sense that the girl was very strong, but only about the same as him and Buddha. It was impossible for her to devour an ascended deity.
And judging from the girl's appearance, she didn't seem like someone who would eat people...
"So the Buddha was just unlucky; his countless years of perseverance was a joke."
Fang Zong subconsciously patted Zhang Bairen on the shoulder. "Wait, did I pat the Jade Emperor on the shoulder?" He felt a strange sense of satisfaction and patted Zhang Bairen hard with a loud thud. He said to Zhang Bairen, "You can try to persuade your old friend. If you can't convince him..."
"how?"
"Not great, just taking some people to Japan for tourism."
"Who should I bring?" Zhang Bairen was very familiar with Tathagata's temperament. He had been steadfast for countless years, so how could he be persuaded by the information given by Fang Zong?
"The strongest tour group in history."
...
Fang Zong first went to the Loess Plateau and found that during the time he was away, the Eastern Kingdom's Great Fortune had clearly made a significant contribution, maintaining the climate changed by the gods and monsters, and bringing a spring-like atmosphere to the entire Loess Plateau.
Various crops began to grow, creating a lush green landscape...
"headmaster!"
"May the principal be well!"
Students, humans, monsters, gods, and even some ghosts in Dragon Nest all treated Fang Zong with exceptional warmth.
Fang Zong smiled and nodded to each of them. When they arrived at Old Meng's place, he looked up and saw four extremely imposing figures flying in from the horizon.
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