Eternal Night

Chapter 970: Strange Situation

Wu Pifu's brandishing a knife and knocking on the door is a huge insult to any respectable force. If no response is made, this civilization's reputation in the entire dream world will immediately plummet. This is not just a matter of face; if many civilizations perceive it as weak, it will immediately lead to unforeseen disasters.

The Heavenly Court is in a special situation right now. Because of Wu Pifu's previous exaggerated actions, half of the Heavenly Court's fighting strength and half of its foundation have been lost. Many hidden ancient civilizations have begun to stir. Under these circumstances, the Heavenly Court is facing a battle with a mortal. Even one of the Four Emperors has retreated, and no one in the vast Heavenly Court dares to respond.

Either the Heavenly Court is facing a major problem, or Wu Pifu is incredibly powerful, or he has just managed to restrain the Heavenly Court. But whatever the reason, it could very well mean the end of the Heavenly Court era!
Those ancient civilizations can no longer sit idly by!
This was precisely what Guanyin couldn't understand, because from any perspective, the Heavenly Court could not allow Wu Pifu to be so reckless. Even if it meant losing half of its members, or even if everyone except Chu Xian and Qing were to die, they would still fight to eliminate Wu Pifu...

"...So, what exactly are they waiting for?"

This information was immediately relayed to all high-ranking officials of the Gaia people, the military leadership, the General Staff, and civilian think tanks.

This is so abnormal that, at a time when the survival of the Gaia civilization is at stake, this abnormality is actually a huge hidden danger.

Moreover, it's not just this abnormality on the Guanyin battlefield. On the main battlefield, the Heavenly Court still hasn't launched a large-scale attack. According to the main brain's assessment of the pollution level of the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Heavenly Court is currently able to deploy Heavenly General-level combat power. Even though it is still suppressed by the Absolute Truth layer, the extraordinary power it can unleash is equivalent to that of a three-title Night Watchman.

But no!

The Heavenly Court continued its unhurried pace, dispatching hundreds of celestial soldiers to attack each battlefield. If they were killed, whether by Wu Pifu, Daiyu, or by the three other ascended beings supplied by the main brain through a contract, no matter how quickly they were eliminated, the Heavenly Court continued to dispatch its celestial soldiers at this unhurried pace, neither increasing their numbers nor raising their levels, simply engaging in a stalemate with the Gaia civilization.

Apart from the pollution level steadily but slowly increasing, there has been absolutely no other progress.

On the Gaia human side, even the lowest-ranking ordinary soldiers could see that the Heavenly Court was definitely plotting something, but they had no idea what it was.

The simplest reason is that the Gaia humans are backed by the Absolute Truth Layer, and they gain Truth (points) every second. At the same time, killing Heavenly soldiers from the Heavenly Court also brings points. The slow increase in pollution level is still within the expected range. However, the Heavenly Court is different. By maintaining its current posture of invading the Absolute Truth Layer, its Truth is being consumed in massive amounts every second. No matter how large and powerful the Heavenly Court is, such an invasion is not worth the cost. It is even possible that even if it eventually destroys the Gaia humans, it will not be able to make up for such a huge loss. It will have to continue to sleep, or even sleep for a longer period of time.

Meanwhile, Gaia's two greatest weapons, Chu Minghao and Liang Min, are both undergoing sublimation. As their sublimation progresses, even if the Heavenly Court's pollution level becomes high enough to send out Emperor-level beings, Chu Minghao and Liang Min will be able to withstand it, or even kill them all... This has always been Gaia's stereotype of super-brain beings.

So no matter how you look at it, time is on the side of Gaia humanity...

It's like saying that the Gaia humans are waiting for the two superbrains to become sublimated, and waiting for the Heavenly Court's true power to be exhausted. So what are you waiting for, Heavenly Court?

Wu Pifu himself was also baffled.

He frankly told everyone about his skills, although he didn't mention the fish and butterfly themselves or related matters. However, he did frankly express that he had once killed a Primordial Evil Being and had killed beings with source strength close to, or even at, the level of Zero One.

This caused another huge uproar and deepened the Gaia humans' stereotypes about the superbrain. However, Guanyin and Daiyu, who participated in the meeting via remote communication, immediately pointed out a huge flaw.

“Even if the Great Emperor of the Eastern Azure Flower Realm fears being dragged into a life-or-death battle by you, and he is not confident of defeating you, to be honest, your skill has a huge weakness. That is, you cannot guarantee that you can completely defeat your opponent without being hurt, unless your opponent is much weaker than you. And as long as you are injured, or even just as long as you are exhausted in the battle, your essence will be damaged, right? Brother,” Daiyu Goddess said immediately.

Wu Pifu suddenly realized, "That's right, my nature is somewhat special, I can..."

Daiyu Goddess immediately said, "I know that my brother's essence is special. Ever since I parted from my brother and stepped out of that derivative small world, I have been searching for my brother everywhere and collecting all kinds of information about him. Especially after the True Martial Civilization was destroyed, I also collected information about the Heavenly Court. My brother... is a 'destined person' created by the ancient gods of the Heavenly Court after they left the Heavenly Court and came to the Absolute Truth Layer, right? He is a so-called artificial primordial life, so he can heal his own essence, right?"

Wu Pifu corrected, "It's not exactly healed... but it's pretty close."

Guanyin then joined the conversation, saying, "However, this healing is not an instantaneous recovery, nor can it be. It is a slow process of repairing your essential deficiency, which takes time. During this period, the power of your 'I Am My Own' skill will be greatly reduced... To put it bluntly, if the Northern Purple Emperor had fought you before, you would probably have been left with only half a life, even if you had won. So, what exactly is the Eastern Azure Emperor afraid of? What is he waiting for or planning? Even if He were to add your 'I Am My Own' skill to the variables of the entire war, He shouldn't have done it."

There was another sentence that neither Daiyu nor Guanyin said aloud, but everyone present already knew it.

That is, all the powerful figures who joined the Heavenly Court were actually subject to its control. When the Great Emperor of the Eastern Azure Flower truly issued a death order, they were mostly unable to resist.

Therefore, there are countless people who can fight and wear down Wu Pifu, so the Heavenly Court has no need to go to such lengths. Wu Pifu himself is also puzzled. He has already explained his entire situation. If none of these apply, then he has no... uh?

"Could it be this?"

Wu Pifu thought for a moment. He had nothing to hide. Those present were either his partners, high-ranking officials with interests related to Gaia, or people he trusted like Guanyin or Daiyu. Even the three sublimated beings who were listening in had signed a judgment contract with the main brain.

So he took out the rosary beads and had the main computer assess them before showing them to everyone.

Everyone stared intently at the string of prayer beads. Those who didn't understand just thought it was amazing, but the three sublimated beings, Daiyu the Goddess and Guanyin, exclaimed in astonishment, each expressing disbelief.

"No, impossible!!" the Panshan Civilization Sublimation Body roared.

Daiyu, the goddess, exclaimed in shock, "Yes, that's completely impossible! According to the description above, if I were to use it, I could immediately go from the Extreme Realm to the Transcendent Realm... Such an advancement is simply impossible!"

Guanyin exclaimed in surprise, "The wooden prayer beads?! They actually exist! This is too much... Could it be that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva really succeeded back then?!"

Everyone around was puzzled, but they all sensed something was amiss in his words. Wu Pifu immediately asked, "I obtained this thing by chance, and the description on it is indeed incredible, so... do you know where this thing came from?"

"Rosary beads made of 'Mulanzi'".

"...Buddha, I swear, I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty..."

"The trees that grow in the dream world of the Root of Death at Zero Point One bloom and bear fruit once in each era. Each bloom produces only one flower and one fruit. This rosary is composed of one hundred and eight of these fruits."

"Each time you kill a Root, you will light up one rosary bead. Once you light up 108 rosaries, you will receive a ?? level targeted upgrade. In progress... check complete. This upgrade will ignore all limits, critical points, restrictions, or any known constraints, forcibly enhancing an extraordinary path, ability, skill, fantasy object, title, life essence, absolute true spacetime conception... a sublimation level."

This is the content of the Muluanzi prayer beads. Ignoring all conditions, it forcibly elevates one level of sublimation. Just as Daiyu Goddess said, she can go directly from the Extreme Realm to the Transcendent Realm. And if there is a Transcendent Realm sublimation body, then one can even directly become the fifth-order ultimate realm, which is the legendary realm that only the First Buddha and the First Immortal have ever reached.

How can this be! ?
Using just one item, the strongest being of the Third Pole can be created!?

After a long silence, Guanyin said, "This is not my memory, but the message from the original Guanyin, the first seven Bodhisattvas destined to become Buddhas in their next life... The original Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was the strongest after the Buddha Master. No, it should be said that after the Buddha Master disappeared, he was the strongest below the First Buddha. Moreover, he was the oldest resident of the Buddhist realm besides the Buddha Master, and it is said that he was even earlier than the First Buddha. After the Buddha Master disappeared, the original me found Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and asked him about the Buddha Master's whereabouts. His answer to me was... 'I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty,' a completely irrelevant answer to the question."

"Then, not long after, he also disappeared without a trace. My generation, and everyone in the Buddhist community at that time, thought he had gone to follow the Buddha Master. But when my generation was about to pass away, he suddenly returned. He told me that he had gone to the deepest part of death, the place closest to the Buddha Master, and he found the answer. However, the answer was cruel, and he wouldn't tell me. He only left behind a wooden bead..."

"One?"

Wu Pifu picked up the wooden prayer beads and began to ponder.

Guanyin continued, "Yes, there was only one at the time. Then he entered Nirvana, and thanks to the place established by the First Buddha, the second Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva appeared. After that, he continued to disappear without a trace. In the records, he seems to have entered the Root of Death again... And so, generation after generation, each generation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva would enter the depths of the Root of Death. Sometimes he could bring back a wooden bead, sometimes he couldn't bring back even one after dozens of generations. This wooden bead was completely normal, not even a fantasy object or a supernatural item. We don't know the meaning of what he did, and then..."

"Until a certain point, all the wooden beads he left on Mount Sumeru disappeared, and after that, we never saw him again."

"We all guessed that once these wooden beads were collected in a certain number, they could form some kind of powerful weapon, or some special item. But that was just a guess until this moment..."

"Now I finally understand what Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has been creating and what he has been waiting for through countless reincarnations."

"This is what the Heavenly Court fears, which is why the Eastern Azure Emperor will absolutely not send any source to confront you directly!!"

(End of this chapter)