Secret Buyer

He pondered and contemplated, the beginning of the western journey, the beginning of the western journey....

Zhang Fusheng spoke in a deep voice:

"Erfeng, did you see that Maitreya Buddha statue?"

"Of course I saw it."

"Do you dare to walk through it?"

Emperor Tang was taken aback:

"How should I get in? What’s inside... again?"

Zhang Fusheng didn’t answer. He extended his hand, and with rolling fog, an ancient bridge slowly emerged.

He thought very clearly that if there was any prerequisite, it was that the beginning of the western journey was not yet complete,

and completing the beginning of the western journey was very simple.

Emperor Tang enters the Underworld, and after returning to life, holds a grand water and land ceremony. Guanyin then personally comes, appoints the person to retrieve the scriptures, and grants the brocade robe and Nine-Ring Scepter.

All this, for the current him, was easy.

The only issue lay with Emperor Tang entering the Underworld.

Zhang Fusheng said in a deep voice:

"The Buddha statue’s belly is the last place you will go. I’ll use the Bridge of Helplessness to lead you inside, and then bring you out."

Emperor Tang nodded without hesitation, but then asked in a deep voice:

"But, Dao Brother, in everything we are doing at the moment, are we... all within His plan?"

In his words, ’He’ naturally referred to that figure, the Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole.

In the bewildered gaze of Li Yiyi and Luo Cheng,

Zhang Fusheng was silent for a moment, then said:

"Most likely, but given His position, it’s impossible for Him to easily awaken. I suspect the time of His return will be at the end of the western journey."

Emperor Tang was taken aback:

"What is the western journey?"

His memories stayed at the time of entering the Underworld, so naturally he didn’t know about the western journey.

Zhang Fusheng shook his head, did not explain anything, just pulled Li Erfeng and stepped onto the Bridge of Helplessness,

He turned back and instructed:

"Changle, keep an eye on these three."

"Yes."

The Bridge of Helplessness trembled, heading towards Maitreya’s belly, but upon nearing it, Zhang Fusheng perceived a tremendous resistance!

The resistance was not targeting the Bridge of Helplessness, nor Emperor Tang, but solely targeting him.

He was astonished, gestured to summon Li Yiyi—she was also not hindered by the resistance.

The future was rejecting him.

Sending Li Yiyi back to the original place, Zhang Fusheng tried to forcibly break through this layer of resistance, with the great sun illusion and ten sacred grotto heavens appearing behind him,

Yet no matter what, it was always just a tiny bit off!

"To overcome the obstacle, my mana and position are sufficient, but I lack the fruit position."

Zhang Fusheng realized he had to first achieve ascension to god.

In essence, it all came back to the words ascension to god.

"Erfeng, I’m afraid I can’t accompany you inside, you’ll have to enter first."

Zhang Fusheng stepped down from the Bridge of Helplessness and spoke in a deep tone:

"Proceed with caution."

Emperor Tang solemnly nodded, and then, along with the Bridge of Helplessness, entered Maitreya’s belly.

Zhang Fusheng carefully sensed, ensured he could indeed bring Emperor Tang out at any time, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

No need to knock on the Gate of the Past.

But...

He discerned cause and effect but found that the seemingly destined event of Emperor Tang entering the Underworld was not directly completed, as if something was still missing?

"Is it not enough time?"

Zhang Fusheng pondered, should he wait?

But the Celestial Stele could dim at any time, and the hundred venerates could enter the territory at any time—even if he could hide here, what about everyone else?

If High Heaven City were to be destroyed, rebuilding it would be difficult.

Not to mention, Wa and his parents were still outside.

Thoughts turning, Zhang Fusheng had an idea, turned around, and eyed Lin Changle:

"Changle, come forward."

Lin Changle hurriedly approached, respectfully saluted, while the three shabby old men watched with their heads shrank.

Zhang Fusheng looked her up and down, contemplated for a moment, and spoke calmly and warmly:

"Since I’ve already appointed you as Guanyin, you should do some deeds that let the world know you as Guanyin, you as Bodhisattva."

The shabby old men were suddenly shocked—Bodhisattva?

Appointing a Bodhisattva??

Zhang Fusheng gazed intensely at the deeply nodding Lin Changle, and with a gesture:

"I’ll grant you the power to command the heavenly star battle formation on earth, bestow ten-direction Bodhi thoughts, and—"

His expression grew more solemn, and with a thought, chaos fog flowed out, from which an old man emerged.

True Man.

Only then did Zhang Fusheng continue:

"And also, lend you incredible capabilities, I require you to block the gate to the Other Shore World, preventing any deities from entering."

"Until I awaken."

"Are you willing?"

Under the celestial sound, Lin Changle didn’t hesitate a bit, and performed a grand ceremony:

"I am willing!"

"Good."

A smile blossomed on Zhang Fusheng’s face as the ’True Man’ beside outlined light and shadow, constituting a grand contract, which then was established.

The content of the grand contract was simple.

Zhang Fusheng lent all his Essence, Qi, and Spirit that surpassed the celestial human limit level to Lin Changle—

For ascension to god, only the cultivation limit of celestial humans was sufficient.

After ascension to god, he could retrieve his Essence, Qi, and Spirit back.

Even after ascension to god, it might not just be ascension—as long as Lin Changle could briefly intercept hundreds of Celestial Venerates,

the Pantheon would undoubtedly notice, and he could then directly contact the Pope of the Pantheon to retrieve forty to fifty thousand years of spiritual cultivation from the Pantheon’s deities,

which would be easy.

At that time, the time for enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree could be completed in an instant!

Vast power stripped away from Zhang Fusheng,

Essence, Qi, and Spirit, the ten sacred grotto heavens he cultivated, the Saint’s Golden Body, the Ox Demon of the Flat Sky Scripture.

Aside from the Primordial Scripture, he gave everything he could.

He felt his life level plummeting, losing his myriad-year Refining Spirit position!

A dazzling immortal light emanated from Lin Changle, her cultivation skyrocketed, Innate! Celestial human! Beyond celestial human!

She has become Him, infinitely close to the Venerate’s domain—no, with half a foot already stepping into the Venerate’s domain, it’s considered a pseudo-venerate!

Zhang Fusheng only retained celestial human limit cultivation for himself, but the issue was that even at full strength, he was countless times stronger than the celestial human limit,

thus, even lacking a portion of celestial human limit power, his stripped Essence, Qi, and Spirit remained vast beyond belief, still in the pseudo-venerate realm.

Lin Changle now resembled a true Bodhisattva, a great sun halo rising behind her head, brilliant golden lights floating in her eyes, Great Compassion, Purity, Great Brightness!

He spoke in a deep tone:

"Go, go."

"Retrieve the Nine-Ring Scepter, carry the brocade robe, and guard the border of the Other Shore World."

"Let the world know you as the Great Compassionate Guanyin."

Lin Changle saluted.

Zhang Fusheng then turned around, decisively stepping into the Dimensional Overlap Point.

Today, ascension to god.