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"Merely from this, one can see how deep and terrifying the foundations of the World-Honored One Buddha are. It may not be possible for Him to withstand this calamity alone, but we can offer aid when needed."

Sun Shiyi was astonished, looking at the virtual scene:

"What, are you planning to cooperate with the World Venerate?"

"There is such a thought." The Great Divine Power User nodded: "It’s not impossible for the Pantheon to merge into Ling Mountain. You contact that World Venerate and ask if they need our help."

"Of course, it’s not for free assistance."

Sun Shiyi nodded, and with a thought, he followed the spiritual imprint left for him by the World-Honored One Buddha and attempted to communicate.

After a moment,

a look of incredulity appeared on His face as he murmured:

"The World Venerate... refused."

"Refused?"

The ten great Divine Techniques of the Pantheon were surprised, and someone asked:

"How did He reply?"

Sun Shiyi’s expression of confusion deepened, and he raised an eyebrow:

"The World Venerate repeated ’compassion’ three times, then said that Ling Mountain could initially accept thirty-six of our divine spirits from the Pantheon to merge into Ling Mountain."

"However, each divine spirit needs to sacrifice a thousand years of spiritual cultivation as a tribute—He added that these tributes are more symbolic than substantial."

The ten Great Divine Power Users looked at each other in bewilderment.

One of the Great Divine Power Users gazed at the Other Shore World, watching the ’Guanyin’ who was on the brink of death, and suddenly spoke:

"Interesting, we can just test what the World-Honored One Buddha is really going to do."

He casually selected thirty-six venerate-level divine spirits, then said to Sun Shiyi under the Five Finger Mountain:

"Let these thirty-six suffice!"

Sun Shiyi nodded:

"Including me, it makes thirty-seven gods."

He once again communicated with the World-Honored One Buddha, whose location was unknown, and moments later, Sun Shiyi opened his eyes and breathed out.

Light and shadow intertwined, presenting the form of a great contract.

He said:

"Write the true name, and thus enter Ling Mountain."

The thirty-six venerates residing in a Different Dimension, each followed the altar to descend their power, leaving their names on the light-and-shadow woven great contract,

Sun Shiyi also left his name accordingly.

As the words were inscribed, the light and shadows suddenly dispersed, and He, along with the other thirty-six venerates, suddenly realized something within themselves was forcibly stripped away!

It was a thousand years of spiritual cultivation.

Altogether, it amounted to exactly thirty-seven thousand years.

Sun Shiyi marveled:

"There truly exists such a marvelous technique in the world, capable of making a millennium of spiritual cultivation vanish like a dream bubble, disappearing without a trace..."

He gazed at the Other Shore World, where the Great Realm was already on the verge of collapse, and that Female Immortal was completely shattered, the earth splitting open, and the celestial vault crumbling.

"So... where is the World-Honored One Buddha?"

Sun Shiyi was perplexed.

.....

In the great void.

True Man Fu Li had His eyes tightly closed, and thirty-seven thousand years of spiritual cultivation appeared within the contract,

Adding the five thousand years of spiritual sacrifice previously obtained from Kong Shentong, it totaled forty-two thousand years.

He had been seated for seven days under the Bodhi Tree.

In addition, these forty-two thousand years equivalently formed forty-nine days—precisely, not a day more, not a day less.

"Tsk..."

Zhang Fusheng breathed out a breath of clear air, a faint smile appearing on His face. However, He still needed to return to the Other Shore World to reclaim the power ’lent’ to Lin Changle.

After all, the tens of thousands of years of spiritual cultivation were also lent to Lin Changle through the contract, so those thousands of years never truly existed within himself,

He had never experienced those seven thousand years under the Bodhi Tree—but as long as He reclaimed them, everything would be complete.

Taking a deep look into the great void, Zhang Fusheng’s thoughts returned to His true self still sitting in the Five Mansions Temple of reality,

His body no longer used himself as an arrow repeatedly and immediately returned to the Dimensional Overlap Point.

In the instant of returning,

Zhang Fusheng saw the true form of the Ancestor of Land Immortals descending just one step into the Five Mansions Temple,

As the Great Divine Power User traced and gazed upon him, the terrifying force ground down, but Zhang Fusheng had already gradually exited the Dimensional Overlap Point.

When he opened his eyes, it was in front of the Taiji Hall, in Yin Chang’an.

"I shall become the Tathagata."

He whispered, a thought surfacing.

He then stepped out of Yin Chang’an, appearing in the mountains stretching for a thousand miles, standing upon the earth.

At this moment, the celestial vault was collapsing, the earth was sinking, and the entire Other Shore World was disintegrating!

And so—

A Buddha’s Light arose.