Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

Chapter 869 - 319: The Old Monk Has Died and Become a New Pagoda

A Bodhi Tree takes root in the Spirit Ocean, sprouting branches and emitting a hazy clear light.Ji Jingqiu steps into the Spirit Ocean with his Spiritual Holy Embryo, and all eerie and malevolent entities around him scatter away, unwilling to be touched.

To this day, Ji Jingqiu’s Bodhi Eye is sufficient to pierce through some of the unique hidden forces of the Spirit Ocean, revealing the true forms of those past dark outlines.

They are many spirit aggregates wandering on the cusp of life and death, neither alive nor dead, their state eerily close to divine.

Ji Jingqiu feels something strange in his heart, discovering a hint of... impure divinity in the surrounding entities?

Could these things be seen as "Gods"?

He suddenly remembers something Hel once said—the Nether Sea is the grave of Gods.

His gaze follows the resonance in the darkness.

He sees the Silent Annihilation Buddha Country embedded within the Spirit Ocean, feeling a sense of awe. With his current insight, he can finally faintly discern that this Silent Annihilation Buddha Country has long become part of the Dao, like an embedded foundational rule of the Spirit Ocean.

Zen is everywhere, purity is everywhere.

However, the Dao is already shattered, annihilated at the bottom of the Heart Sea.

Ji Jingqiu stands silently for a moment, locking onto the Buddha Country’s coordinates, and steps into it.

Now, he can openly enter the Buddha Country and face the Supreme True Buddha.

In the distance, the pure white Buddha sits at the center of the Buddha Country, a compassionate smile on his lips, with an immaculate pure white Buddha Light behind his head. In the darkness of the Extreme Abyss, it appears so striking and dazzling, as if the Buddha truly descended from heaven to save the world from the Bitter Sea.

Behind him, the white threads connecting sources of faith in various realms are mostly blackened, appearing shocking.

This is faith corruption; it’s unknown what method Buddha Country used.

Continuing this way, even if Wuzhou does not intervene, the True Buddha will inevitably fall into chaos eventually.

Ji Jingqiu stands in place, quietly experiencing the presence of the True Buddha.

This time, the Bodhi Tree did not rush to root here and draw from the wish power of faith.

"Jing Qiu!"

Huang Fuxing arrives in a hurry with his Master, who holds part of the core control of the True Buddha, serving as an "administrator" in the Buddha Country.

The three gather, Huang Fuxing excitedly, Mu Chengde full of emotion, evidently seeing recent martial arts headlines.

"The younger generation is truly formidable!" Mu Chengde laments.

Ji Jingqiu speaks, "Senior Mu, I came this time to meet the True Buddha, please allow me to use my Divine Authority."

He does not mention anything about Wuzhou, not ruling out that Wuzhou can eavesdrop on every move within the Buddha Country, or in the worst-case scenario, both could have been unknowingly infiltrated by Wuzhou.

This is the terrifying aspect of Wuzhou.

In the Three Thousand Yanfu, there are many similar incidents, where someone close to you suddenly becomes another person, sometimes without the person themselves realizing.

Countless civilizations and forces regard the Nether Sea as a threat, with Wuzhou claiming credit for thirty percent of that perception.

"Alright!" Mu Chengde does not resist, agreeing readily.

During the process of transferring the Divine Power Core, Ji Jingqiu delivers a Heart Lamp Seed, saying:

"This is from my recent research; Fuxing and Senior Mu can plant it in the heart. Even for Heavenly Persons, it is effective."

Previously, both had planted Heart Lamp Seeds, but this one is evidently an "upgraded version," naturally they would not refuse.

Watching as both planted the Heart Lamp Seeds, Ji Jingqiu smoothly acquired the authority of the True Buddha’s Divine Power Core.

Unfortunately, this authority is not complete.

According to Mu Chengde, about ten percent of authority was traded back in the day by Zuo Qianqiu to the Buddha Country, but it’s considered insignificant, as they hold over ninety percent.

Once the control was in hand, the pure white Buddha felt substantially closer to him, even fostering a sense that the True Buddha was his own clone, faintly hearing numerous prayers.

Ji Jingqiu attempts to listen closely, the distant and vague prayers become clear, chaotic and mixed, which he can still endure for a short time given his current realm.

Mostly they are wishes, but quickly Ji Jingqiu notices something wrong; approximately forty percent of the wishes are filled with killing intent, hatred.

Is this the method of the Buddha Country?

After some preparation.

Ji Jingqiu briefly awakens the True Buddha using the Divine Power Core.

"Senior, I have broken through to Heavenly Person, coming to fulfill the promise!"

Several years ago at the Four Guardian Stars, this True Buddha warded off a strike from Hel for him, warning him that "the Power of Bitter Sea can be borrowed, but not relied upon," and to "visit him after becoming Heavenly Person."

Today, Ji Jingqiu comes as promised.

The white Buddha seated centrally in the Buddha Country slowly opens his eyes.

His pupils are clear, wise, peaceful, profound, as if they can reflect all scenes in the world, seeing through the essence of all things in the world.

Yet they are full of fatigue, like an ordinary person with bloodshot eyes, with a suppressed feeling of chaotic eeriness in the eyes, matching the current state of the True Buddha.

[You have arrived.]

The Buddha’s voice rises, grand and solemn, resembling the rumbling of Buddha tones, filling the Buddha Country, omnipresent.

Ji Jingqiu can hear deep-seated weariness in this Buddha tone.

Softly hidden, there is also a sense of forthcoming release.

Is it without flaw, or did they guess wrong?

Or has it been hidden without action, even the True Buddha himself unaware?

[You inherited the Fire House Buddha Hell Visualization Map from my father, a first-class Reincarnation Cultivation Method in the world, though reincarnation cultivation is not easy. Today, I will assist you with Origin to pave the way.]

The Supreme True Buddha slowly states.

Reincarnation?

Behind him, Mu Chengde feels slightly surprised; are there any Reincarnation Methods still being passed down?

Their lineage wholly stems from Marshal Mu’s second son, Mu Heshan, representing a branch of the World Venerable Lineage, all teachings originate from Ancestor Master Mu Heshan.