The Eastern Emperor of all Heavens did not wish to become a Buddha.

Chapter 22 You are finally back
"Grandmaster!"

Watching the figure disappear right before their eyes, Ye Fan and Pang Bo couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

Rubbing their eyes, the two were stunned to see that there was still no one in front of them.

What happened?

This master was just a moment ago surrounded by a Buddha-like aura, looking otherworldly and ethereal. How did he suddenly disappear?

The two exchanged a glance. Pang Bo scratched his head and couldn't help but guess, "Could it be that after this master consumed the sacred fruit, he attained enlightenment and ascended to the celestial realm—no, to the Western Paradise?"

At this point, Pang Bo thought about how he had just taken the sacred fruit but hadn't experienced any changes, and he felt a pang of annoyance.

They're all human, but the difference is just too great!

"maybe?"

Ye Fan came to his senses and didn't understand why the master had suddenly disappeared.

Thinking about it carefully, it might actually be true, as Pang Bo said, that after consuming the sacred fruit, he attained enlightenment, became a Buddha, and ascended to the Western Paradise.

"What should we do now?"

Pang Bo looked at Ye Fan, then at the spot where the master had disappeared, a look of bewilderment on his face.

Having just arrived on this unfamiliar planet, and now that the master has attained enlightenment and ascended to Buddhahood, what should they do next?
Ye Fan shook his head, at a loss for what to do.

However, for some reason, he always had a strange feeling that he would see this master again in the future.

Not far from the spring, a tall figure surrounded by endless mist stood there, his body covered with countless hairs. It was the first generation of the Wilderness Lord, the Great Accomplished Holy Body.

Just as Zhong Xu disappeared, the endless mist suddenly trembled, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes.

His eyes were deep and profound, like a boundless galaxy, containing a vast scene of the creation of the universe and the destruction of heaven and earth, making people tremble with fear.

"how is this possible?"

A deep, surprised voice rang out, and the eyes of the Great Accomplished Holy Body became incredibly bright as it carefully examined everything before it.

But no matter how he tried to trace back, he couldn't find a trace of the young monk from before, as if the other party had never appeared.

But how is this possible?

boom

The Great Accomplished Holy Body slowly turned its gaze to the distant heavens and earth, taking in the entire universe.

In an instant, the entire universe fell silent, and all living beings felt a deep sense of unease, yet they were unaware of the source of this feeling.

As a fully accomplished holy body, even though he completely concealed his aura, he still instilled instinctive fear in all living beings throughout the universe.

“Still no.”

The Great Accomplished Holy Body withdrew his gaze, looked at the spot where Zhong Xu had just disappeared, then looked at Ye Fan, and fell into deep thought.

Who exactly was that young monk?

It's one thing to have the pure aura of the Holy Body lineage, but to be able to disappear directly from his sight as a Great Perfection Holy Body?
Even if a true Great Emperor or Ancient Sovereign were here, it would be impossible for him, with his Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, to remain completely unaware!

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly turned his gaze to the area below the forbidden ground, where a bronze immortal palace was reflected in his eyes.

Could it be that another being like this emperor has appeared in this universe?

After looking at the distant heavens and earth again, the Great Accomplished Holy Body finally shook his head and stepped back into the forbidden area.

However, he had already remembered the young monk.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo were completely unaware of all of this.

Zhong Xu, having left this universe, was naturally unaware of what had happened in the desolate forbidden land.

As time and space shifted, Zhong Xu's consciousness once again fell into that peculiar state of being unable to fully awaken, yet vaguely sensing the changes around him. He didn't know how much time had passed when a strange feeling surfaced in his mind; he felt the Eastern Emperor Bell deep within his soul had once again fallen silent and disappeared.

thud

A clear bell rang out, and a similar yet different Eastern Emperor Bell appeared in Zhong Xu's mind's ocean. Only the core fragment was real; the rest had a somewhat illusory feel to it.

With his mind merging with the fragment of the Eastern Emperor Bell, Zhong Xu's consciousness continued to descend, and he vaguely felt that he had entered a familiar world.

Inside a somewhat dilapidated Buddhist temple.

As time and space shift, the river of time seems to flow by, making the entire ancient temple appear somewhat hazy.

The next moment, the ethereal light shifted and transformed into a handsome young monk dressed in a monk's robe and straw sandals, none other than Zhong Xu.

Buzz

He slowly opened his eyes, and everything around him came into view. It was still the dilapidated Buddhist temple he had been in before he transmigrated.

'Have I returned to the world of Jade Dynasty?'

As this thought arose in his mind, Zhong Xu turned his gaze, his eyes gleaming with a Buddhist light, carrying a sense of divine insight that seemed to see through illusion.

In an instant, the world around him changed in his eyes, becoming somewhat real, and he even vaguely saw the extremely hidden connections between all things.

'My ability to see through things hasn't changed; I can indeed see the connections, or rather, the cause and effect, between all things!'

Thinking about this, Zhong Xu didn't know whether he should praise the powerful medicinal effects of the Nine Wonders Immortal Elixir or marvel at the mystery of the Great Brahma Prajna technique.

After all, the ability of cause and effect is so lofty and profound that it doesn't seem like something someone like him, who has only recently embarked on the path of cultivation, could master.

Now that he has opened his eyes, he has not only obtained the Heavenly Eye, one of the six supernatural powers in Buddhism, but he can also see the connection between cause and effect. How can one not say that this is defying the heavens?

If the old monk were here, he would probably say that he was born close to Buddha, a born Buddha.

Looking at the world around him, Zhong Xu obtained some information left in the surrounding environment through his Heavenly Eye, which made him realize that this was not the moment when he first crossed over from this world, but rather several months had passed.

'It seems that time in this world isn't stagnant after I transmigrated, and the speed at which time flows is completely different from the time I experienced in other worlds.'

'In that case, the old monk should have already left.'

Thinking of this, Zhong Xu felt a little complicated, but also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

To be honest, the old monk treated him quite well. He not only helped him through the time when he first arrived and knew nothing, but also did his best to teach him cultivation.

However, Zhong Xu's experience in the Shrouding the Heavens universe made him realize that this old monk was not as simple as he appeared, and he began to be wary of him.

For Zhong Xu, leaving the old monk might actually be a good thing.

'Old monk, don't worry, when I achieve enlightenment in my spiritual practice, I will definitely take care of you in your old age and provide you with a bell!'

Thinking to himself, Zhong Xu stretched his body and felt a bit more relaxed.

Now that he has awakened his eyesight and made great progress in his cultivation, he can be considered to have the ability to protect himself.

Having left the old monk, he was finally freed from the fate of continuing to be a monk and could truly see what this world was like and see if it was different from the world of Jade Dynasty in his memory.

At the same time, he could also collect the other volumes of the Heavenly Book to see if the mutated version of the Great Brahma Prajna he was currently practicing was still related to the Heavenly Book.

Thinking of this, a smile involuntarily appeared on Zhong Xu's face.

ta ta ta

Just then, a series of low footsteps suddenly sounded, so conspicuous in the silent, dilapidated temple that they immediately caught Zhong Xu's attention.

His gaze shifted, and a familiar figure dressed in a tattered cassock came into view, causing him to freeze in place.

"Disciple Fahai, you've finally returned!"

(End of this chapter)