After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

"I've heard that some miraculous medicines can revive the dead and heal bones?"

With the combined effects of medicine that can revive the dead and restore flesh to bones, even late-stage cancer in the zero zone is practically annihilated with a flick of the wrist. (≤‰4≠)

Zhou Yan sneered.

"A sufficiently high-grade elixir can indeed revive the dead and heal the wounded, but I can't get my hands on it, Professor Xu. You don't really think that all our possessions combined are enough to buy such a high-level elixir, do you?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone. Little Yama, who was by Zhou Yan's bedside, gave a thumbs-up. Zhou Yan pressed Little Yama's hand down and spoke again.

“Professor Xu, I understand your thoughts, but what kind of status allows one to do what kind of things? I am a student of the First Academy, and you are a Buddhist practitioner who has not yet shown your skills. Where do you get the confidence to ask for treasures that even true gods covet?”

The person on the other end of the phone paused in breathing.

Zhou Yan could even feel the pain from that pause in breathing.

This is to be expected. Zhou Yan had used his omniscience to comprehensively analyze Xu Sheng's preferences and hobbies. Therefore, the Zhao Ya he created, whether in terms of appearance, figure, or clothing, met Xu Sheng's favorite and most favored standards. Then, in a graceful corner, with simple words and countless attempts to understand her, he directly ignited the old professor's deep-seated love.

When Zhou Yan left, he saw that Xu Sheng's affection for Zhao Ya had reached 93%.

Honestly, Zhou Yan hadn't tried it much before, but after trying it now, he realized that manipulating other people's favorability was actually quite simple for him, at least. Even when dealing with experienced old people in their seventies or eighties, Zhou Yan could do it with ease.

"Really SOusUO: Is there no way to deal with this?"

Xu Sheng's voice trembled slightly.

Zhou Yan comforted him.

"Professor Xu, don't think so much. If you really care so much about this... this friend you mentioned, well, you can always go to the underworld to save people after you achieve enlightenment."

Little Yama immediately stretched out his hand, gave a thumbs-up, and pressed his thumb down.

I don't know when it started, but strange stories have emerged about Taoist priests and mortals going down to the underworld to rescue their relatives and friends.

They really treat the underworld like a toilet, coming and going as they please?

"Is this the only way?"

Xu Sheng's tone was full of resentment.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but feel a little smug. The more unwilling Xu Sheng was to give up, the stronger his ability to tempt him became.

If he weren't no longer the white-haired monster he once was, Zhou Yan would have wanted to fool this future Maitreya Buddha into falling in love, becoming madly infatuated with love, and making him as ridiculous as Su Yinjun, the Fox King of Qingqiu, and Nezha, the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas.

Zhou Yan said seriously.

"I'm out of options, Professor Xu. Even though I'm an Awakened One, there are many things I can't control. You can't force me to do something I don't want to do, can you?"

"..."

A long silence followed.

"I understand. Then, could you please ask Mr. Wu to help me find out where such a miraculous elixir or a cure can be found?"

"That's no problem, but let me make this clear beforehand, Professor Xu, don't have any hope for treating late-stage cancer. I don't think it's going to work either."

"In short, I'll trouble you, Mr. Wu. Whether it can be done or not, I know what I'm doing."

"Okay, I'm hanging up now."

Zhou Yan hung up the phone. A minute later, the door to Zhou Yan's hospital room opened, and Xu Sheng, whose face looked much paler, walked in and went to Zhou Yan's bedside.

Zhou Yan immediately put on a smile that made Xu Sheng feel sorry for him and asked.

"Where have you been?"

Xu Sheng walked to Zhou Yan's bedside and took Zhou Yan's hand.

"I went to grab a bite to eat. Is there anything you'd like to eat, senior?"

Xu Sheng forced a few smiles.

"I'll go buy it for you, junior."

Combat:

Chapter 716, Chapter Forty-Four: The Power of Heaven Bestowed Upon Him

three days later.

A convertible drove up to a beach. It wasn't peak tourist season, but there were still quite a few people on the beach. Some small, open areas were playing popular songs, blending the beautiful sandy beach with a wonderful artistic atmosphere.

Xu Sheng, holding Zhao Ya's hand, got out of the convertible and put a sunshade, fruit, and drinks on it for his lover.

Lying on the sun lounger, Zhao Ya gazed wistfully at the vibrant figures on the beach, her voice tinged with melancholy.

"I used to be the ace of the swimming club, and I broke the swimming record three times in school."

Xu Sheng nodded.

"I know that you are not only a good student, but also a sports star."

Xu Sheng's tone was also full of sadness; nowadays, even a swimming star like him doesn't dare to go into the water.

Zhao Ya turned over, revealing her back covered by her swimsuit.

Xu Sheng took out sunscreen from Qi's side and, even though they were under a parasol, gently applied the milky-white cream to his goddess.

Xu Sheng placed his wrinkled hand on Zhao Ya's back. Xu Sheng could feel that Zhao Ya must have done a lot of skincare in the past. Although the skin on her back was loose, there were not many age spots.

But this seemingly good scene did not prove that Zhao Ya's physical condition was good. In Xu Sheng's eyes, Zhao Ya's body had already deteriorated to the point of breaking down.

When Xu Sheng first practiced the "Diamond Guardian" given by Zhou Yan, he learned that the wisdom of collapse and the wisdom of fear arising are a kind of fear of the demise of all things. This university professor rationally analyzed the principles behind the supernatural powers represented by these two kinds of wisdom.

The initial result was that fear arose from wisdom, and collapse followed the content of wisdom. It should be that one saw the development of entropy. All things in this world are in a state of continuous entropy increase. Under this state, nothing is eternal, and all things will eventually perish.

After rationally analyzing the wisdom of fear arising and the wisdom of collapse using modern scientific concepts, Xu Sheng was still somewhat curious about why ancient practitioners feared the world because of their lack of understanding of it.

Once he understands the concept of entropy increase and knows that the world itself will continue to descend into chaos until its demise, he should be able to control the aftereffects of these two supernatural powers.

　Yue↓【Feiqun～◎：Ba、∝five（'seven♂※～Lusisi But as it turns out, Xu Sheng was overthinking it.

In one day, the old professor had a series of sudden enlightenments: the wisdom of the three aspects of thought, the wisdom of the observation of arising and ceasing, and in the following days with Zhao Ya, he also gained enlightenment on the wisdom of the arising of fear and the wisdom of the observation of collapse.

Previously, Xu Sheng could only see cause and effect, birth and death. But now, he can see the signs of all things heading towards decay. Xu Sheng is still somewhat unfamiliar with external things, but he can grasp his own situation.

In short, Xu Sheng felt his own death. In the flickering cause and effect, Xu Sheng saw that every part of his body was in an uncontrollable cycle of birth and death, completely unable to be stopped.

Everything before Xu Sheng's eyes now, including himself, is impermanent and destined to decline, walking the path to death.

Zhao Ya, with sunscreen being applied by Xu Sheng, squinted, her little feet swaying up and down to the background music.

"After graduation... I married Wang Shitang."

Xu Sheng hummed in agreement.

He knew Wang Shitang; he was a handsome, rich, and kind man who treated Zhao Ya very well. Zhao Ya's marriage to him was considered a perfect match, a golden couple.

Zhao Ya sounded somewhat annoyed.

“I waited for you, you blockhead, for three years, and you wouldn’t even come near me. In a fit of anger, I gave up waiting for you and married someone I found pleasing to the eye.”

"After we got married... Wang Shitang treated me very well."

Xu Sheng responded.

"I also found a nice girl to marry. Thinking about it, Zero has been dead for five years."

Xu Sheng's tone was filled with relief. His wife wasn't particularly good or bad, but when he thought back on her, he always felt incredibly warm and comforted.

Zhao Ya continued.

“Wang Shitang was good to me. We made do for each other for decades and had a few children. Then he died. I endured it for a few years. When I received the doctor's diagnosis, junior, you don't know, I breathed a sigh of relief. I thought my life would just pass like this: going to school, studying, graduating, and marrying someone who liked me and whom I didn't dislike.”

“We’ve been dragging this out for decades. My husband died first, and now it’s my turn.”

Zhao Ya put her chin on the ground.

"I think I can leave with a clear conscience and quietly."

"Then, I thought of you, junior."

"I suddenly remembered that there is a man I have always liked, but I never had the chance to confess to him."

Xu Sheng stopped moving. He could sense that Zhao Ya's life was on the verge of destruction.

"Junior..."

Zhao Ya turned around.

"For fifty years, I have always been proud and kept many things to myself. Now that I am about to lose my life, I dare to speak out."

Zhao Ya took a deep breath.

"I...like you, junior."

Xu Sheng bit his lip. In the past few days, Xu Sheng made several phone calls to Zhou Yan for help, hoping that Zhou Yan could provide a way to treat Zhao Ya's terminal illness. However, due to his status and family fortune, he could not find a medicine that could cure awakening.

This is also the most terrifying aspect of the wisdom of fear arising and the wisdom of collapse: you can watch helplessly as everything you care about around you collapses and cannot last, and you are powerless to stop it.

Xu Sheng is still in the process of accepting the collapse of everything and is not sensitive to it yet. He can't imagine how many inner demons he will develop when he sees everything around him helplessly disappear.

"Actually, senior..."

Xu Sheng looked towards the sunlit area across the street, where many young children were swimming and playing beach volleyball.

Xu Sheng and Zhao Ya made a plan: today they would visit the beach, tomorrow they would watch the sunrise, and the day after tomorrow they would go on an adventure to an amusement park that was still in operation fifty years ago but is now abandoned.

But all those hopes are gone today.

"...Senior, I like you too."

Zhao Ya stopped breathing as promised.

Xu Sheng silently closed his eyes, clasped his hands together above Zhao Ya's body, and softly chanted Buddhist mantras.

……

That afternoon, Xu Sheng drove back to his villa.

As Xu Sheng walked from the front door to his own entryway, the nanny who had been taking care of him was sweeping the floor with a mop. When she saw her employer return, the nanny nodded to Xu Sheng in a friendly manner.

Search for "Master, are you back?"

The nanny looked on with curiosity. Xu Sheng would leave the villa a few days each week to teach at the university where he worked, but this time he was gone for a long time and it didn't look like he was going to teach at the university.

The nanny is curious because her husband has mysteriously disappeared recently. Although the reason for his disappearance is not a big deal, she is still very curious.

Xu Sheng, who walked in, glanced at the nanny and his eyes filled with sorrow.

Xu Sheng saw the nanny's physical and mental changes disappearing, which foreshadowed that the nanny, like Zhao Ya, was not long for life. Not only the nanny, but everything around her, from the floor to the ceiling, was no longer stable and was walking towards death.

"I'm back."

Xu Sheng sighed.

Si said, "Eat something light tonight, and don't put any chili in the dishes. I'm going to take a nap. Don't call me down for dinner until I wake up. It's okay if the food gets cold; we can just reheat it later."

"Okay, sure."

As someone who gets paid to do something, of course, he'll do whatever his employer says.

Xu Sheng walked past the nanny, went upstairs, and entered his bedroom.

After taking off his coat and shoes, Xu Sheng went to the master bathroom to take a shower. Then, drying his hair with a hairdryer, he walked to his bed, got on, and sat cross-legged.

Unlike normal Buddhist practitioners, who, upon realizing the wisdom of fear arising and the wisdom of collapse, constantly see the collapse of everything around them, including themselves and the world, nothing lasts forever, they experience immense fear and uncertain sorrow.

However, from the very beginning, Xu Sheng cultivated the supreme Buddhist method of "Diamond Guardian of the Heart," which was instilled by Maitreya Buddha at Dayuan Temple. Moreover, Xu Sheng opened the Womb Realm from the very beginning and saw his own Buddha-nature.

Buddha-nature is immortal.

Amidst the decay of all things, only the Buddha-nature within the Garbhadhatu Mandala remains eternally unchanged, neither increasing nor decreasing, neither defiled nor pure.

Therefore, after a brief period of fear, Xu Sheng found a way to resolve his fear in "The Vajra Guardian of the Heart." This is the benefit of having a supreme secret method. The path ahead has already been paved by predecessors for successors. All one needs to do is to have the right attitude and move forward.

Xu Sheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, emanated a faint Buddhist light. The light enveloped Xu Sheng, turning his hair black and smoothing out his wrinkles.

……

Outside the villa, inside a hotel suite.

Zhou Yan, now dressed as a boy, walked to Xiao Yanjun by the French windows.

Little Yama sighed.

"As expected of someone favored by the heavens, in just a few days, he has already opened his senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. The only thing missing is his consciousness."

Zhou Yan glanced at the Xu family villa outside the floor-to-ceiling window and muttered to himself.