Yinshan Record

Chapter 909 A Storm Rises from the Ground (Part 1)
Suzhou, Guobei County.

The once bustling county town is now shrouded in a thick fog.

Heaven and earth, yin and yang, up and down, all directions—everything vanished from its original form within this thick fog, with only a few golden flames rising and falling within it.

The lotus-like light offered a gentle comfort amidst the thick fog, as if hope had not truly vanished.

The fog itself constitutes a world.

Pavilions and terraces, mountains and rivers, the universe and stars, and all things in the human world.

From the grandest to the smallest.

Everything is part of the ever-evolving fog.

Since the Hungry Ghost Realm entered the Central Plains, this has been happening here every day.

This is a wall.

Inside the wall lies part of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the core supernatural power and the most authentic achievement of the Western Paradise.

Beyond the walls lies the Central Plains, the land designated by the Xuandu Palace for the people, a place where countless people struggle, experience joy and sorrow.

A young novice monk walked through the mist, a solitary bronze lamp burning on his finger, its purple flame illuminating the area three feet in front of him.

Within the area illuminated by this three-foot lamp, there was only overgrown weeds, broken bricks and tiles, and devastation everywhere.

It was formerly Guobei County.

The young novice monk diligently followed the Buddha's teachings.

He knew the true nature of that layer of mist; it was the realm of hungry ghosts.

It is a world filled with countless hungry ghosts and evil gods.

Sin flows within it, giving rise to evil spirits and demons, which in turn repay it with their own sins.

This creates a vicious cycle from which one cannot escape.

There is no concept of liberation among the six realms of existence.

Once the protection of this Buddha's light is lost, the young novice will become lost in the realm of hungry ghosts, becoming food for countless hungry ghosts, and then begin his own cycle.

From the lowest-ranking demons like the Ficus pumila, the needle-mouthed demon, and the flame-mouthed demon, to demons with supernatural powers like the Rakshasa and the Yaksha, and finally to the immortal Dharma protectors.

Beyond the flames lies a desolate wasteland.

The young novice walked quietly forward, following the Buddha's teachings, and finally arrived at his destination.

It was a huge stone tablet.

This stone tablet descended from Xuandu Palace and contains the divine power of an earth immortal, making it difficult to fathom.

It was this stone tablet that marked the boundary of the fog.

On one side is the Central Plains of China, where countless lights illuminate the land.

On one side are the three evil paths, where hungry ghosts are endless.

The young novice monk sat cross-legged, holding a blue lamp in both hands, his fingertips slowly turning the sandalwood prayer beads as he silently chanted sutras.

Before long, several streaks of light and sword energy descended from the sky, dividing yin and yang and reversing the five elements.

Faced with this immense power, the young novice remained unmoved and indifferent.

"Hungry Ghost Realm".

Looking at the endless mist before him, Lin Xiu knew that this was unique to the void after the laws of the void were mixed together. Behind the mist was an infinite number of small worlds, and its true form was the supreme supernatural power of the Buddhist Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Xuandu Palace can allow such a thing to stand here, in peace and inaction, inaction is nothing.

As a disciple of the Xuanmen sect, Lin Xiu secretly resented the arrival of the Buddhist kingdom from the east, regarding it as one of the Xuandu Palace's miscalculations over the years.

Such a trend of thought is not uncommon among the three major sects of Taoism.

"It encompasses the vast emptiness, with no place to separate heaven and earth."

Upon seeing this supreme Buddhist supernatural power, Cui Shouzhu could only sigh.

Back then, the ancient Black Emperor used the Yin-Yang boundary to suppress the remnant spirit of the Bilong here, which can be considered the beginning of using the demon god as the anchor point of heaven and earth.

With the Yin-Yang boundary shattered, the Central Plains lost an anchor point, naturally amplifying the force of the collapse of heaven and earth. At that critical juncture, either a Xuanmen Earth Immortal was dispatched to clean up the mess, or external forces were relied upon.

It was precisely at that time that, in order to reclaim the ancient Azure Emperor's body that Naroyan had tainted, Huangtiandao, Shenxiaodao, and others joined forces to launch an expedition to the outer realms, providing the Buddhist sect with the best opportunity to intervene in the Central Plains.

Was it a tacit agreement between Xuandu Palace and the Buddhist Kingdom? Or was it a deliberate arrangement by someone else?
It's hard to say now.

But Buddhism ultimately bore the brunt of it all.

The hungry ghost realm, one of the six realms of reincarnation, was wedged into the heavens and earth, filling this gap.

Ultimately, the Xuandu Palace acknowledged it, and a stone tablet flew in from outer space, bringing this all to a close.

This is the work of mending the sky.

It is also an anchor point for the invasion of the Central Plains by the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Cui Shouzhou couldn't help but think about it more.

The patriarch's intention lies in the endless void; the day when our sect will transcend is drawing ever closer.

But once Shenxiao Dao and Huangtian Dao leave, who will be left for this world?
With the expansion of the Buddhist Kingdom and the Sword Palace, a bloodbath is inevitable in the future, which is definitely not a good thing for this world.

"Little bald guy, what are you reciting here?"

Fifth Lun walked at the front, followed by the other Void Steps lined up in order, with Su Che sandwiched in the middle.

"In the compassion of Buddha, by the command of the World Honored One, we respectfully welcome you all."

The young novice monk stood up and opened his eyes.

Su Che then noticed that there was a layer of white film covering his eyes.

This little monk was actually blind.

After looking the young monk up and down, Su Che realized that he had no magical power at all. Apart from the prayer beads in his hand, the blue lamp next to him emitted a different kind of magical power. He himself had no cultivation.

In the realm of hungry ghosts, how could there be such mortals before the ancient Buddha's throne?

“This Venerable One.”

Cui Shouzhou suddenly spoke up: "May I ask how you address Master Mulian?"

"Mulan was my previous incarnation. With my strong will and obsession, I captured a corner of the hungry ghost realm and asked the three World Honored Ones to establish a temple there. This caused the heavens and earth to shatter and the universe to turn upside down. As a result, I lost my original Dharma body and had to suffer the karmic retribution of being blind, deaf and mute for thirty-six lifetimes. Today is the first of those lifetimes."

This young novice monk was actually the reincarnation of Master Mulian.

Su Che became alert upon hearing this.

So it turns out you were the culprit.

Back when the Yin-Yang Realm shattered, I had a brief encounter with Master Mulian. He was already at the Void Step Realm. Back then, he abandoned his past and used his own body as a guide to capture the Hungry Ghost Path during the upheaval.

I thought he would have been reduced to ashes long ago under such a calamity, but unexpectedly he was saved by Buddhism. The so-called retribution of being blind, deaf, and mute for thirty-six lifetimes is nothing but a superficial punishment. A great achievement awaits this young novice in the future.

"So it's Mulan. No wonder I felt itchy when I saw your old man. Monk, do you remember Fifth Lun of the East Sea?"

"May Buddha have mercy, benefactor. Mu Lian is a thing of the past. I am Mu Lian, yet I am not Mu Lian; I am simply named Mu Lian..."

"Stop with your elaborate schemes. I'm here to demand an explanation. Go and announce that the East Sea Sword Palace, Shenxiao Dao, Huangtian Dao, and fellow Daoists from the Southern Wilderness want to ask our World Honored One whether that wicked Bai Ningzhi is here. If she is, hand her over so we can ask her a few questions."

The advantage of having Fifth Lun is that you don't have to be the bad guy at all. He will automatically say all the unpleasant and offensive things.

"The Buddha already knows why you have come here, and therefore instructed me to wait here. The Buddha said, 'Those who enter my gate are no longer people of this world. There is no longer any Bai Ningzhi in this world.'"

Oh no, the old monk is trying to protect his own.

Su Che never expected that Buddhism would interfere.

"What if I insist on finding Bai Ningzhi?"

"My Buddha is merciful."

The young monk put his hands together in prayer and pointed behind him.

“The Buddha knows that you are all stubborn and difficult to convert, so he has set up a special contest. If anyone can go straight into my hungry ghost realm and see his face, whatever you ask for will be granted.”

"What kind of bullshit rules are these? How come you monks don't even have a ten-point system for good and evil?" Fifth Lun narrowed his eyes: "You kid have been blind, deaf, and mute for thirty-six lifetimes, right? I'll help you get a better body sooner."

"If this senior is going to see the World Honored One, the realm of hungry ghosts is vast and boundless, so it would be best to set off as soon as possible."