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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

The young eunuch ran frantically into the palace, losing his shoes in the process. He shouted loudly, his voice filled with undisguised panic; he was truly terrified.

Upon hearing the eunuch's words, Emperor Qianshun, who was at his desk, suddenly awoke, looked up at the eunuch, and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong..."

These past few days, the war has been in complete chaos, and Emperor Qianshun has been unable to sleep for a long time. So when he heard the little eunuch's words, he was immediately awakened and looked at the little eunuch.

His eyes were bloodshot, clearly indicating that he hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time. He stared at the little eunuch with wide eyes.

Upon hearing this, the young eunuch looked at Emperor Qianshun and instinctively felt fear. He recalled that a few days ago, because the emperor was in a bad mood, he gave an order and several other young eunuchs from his cohort were beaten to death on the emperor's orders.

Now, will I be able to escape this fate?
Thinking this, the little eunuch said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, the West City has fallen! The rebel army has entered the city!"

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qianshun's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at the eunuch with disbelief, saying, "Say it again, what's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, the western city has fallen! The enemy army has entered the city!"

Bang!
Emperor Qianshun collapsed to the ground, his face contorted with unspeakable terror. The rebel army had entered the city!

Thinking of this, Emperor Qianshun's fear reached its peak. After a long pause, he opened his mouth and shouted, "Quickly, quickly go and invite the Living Buddha!"

"promise!"

Upon hearing this, the young eunuch immediately agreed and then ran away as fast as he could. He had just escaped with his life; if he didn't run now, when would he?

The young eunuch ran out of the palace, breathed a sigh of relief, and then, without delay, headed straight for the Great Buddha Temple.

Meanwhile, inside the Great Buddha Temple, eight hundred monks were reciting the Quran around the square. In the center was a water-based Dharma platform, on which sat a young monk dressed in a moon-white robe, silently reciting scriptures and chanting the sages' holy teachings.

"When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound Prajnaparamita, he perceived that the five aggregates are all empty, and thus transcended all suffering and distress..."

The scriptures were chanted at the Great Buddha Temple, with hundreds of people chanting. The golden power of faith swirled above the temple. At this moment, the Living Buddha Phagpa closed his eyes and recited the eight hundred scriptures, illuminating the past and present, and delivering all suffering.

At this moment, Phagpa was absorbing this golden power of faith. Only by accumulating enough power of faith could he become stronger.

Just then, a young eunuch suddenly rode up on horseback, shouting, "His Majesty the Living Buddha has decreed! His Majesty has decreed!"

Ah!
Upon hearing the shouts, all the monks frowned, and the scriptures they were reciting stopped. Although some wanted to continue, the scriptures were interrupted, and the golden power of faith that filled the sky dissipated.

Phagpa opened his eyes, and an old monk with white eyebrows beside him said, "Master, you?"

Phagpa sighed, "Nine hundred and ninety-eight times, this must be the will of Heaven!"

Phagpa sighed. He should have completed the task in nine hundred and ninety-nine repetitions, but unfortunately, he could not be interrupted in the middle. He thought he would succeed, but now he was interrupted by a little eunuch. This must be fate.

"You eunuch!"

One of the hot-tempered monks grabbed the eunuch by the collar, ready to give him a beating, but just then, Phagpa spoke up: "Stop."

The monk's eyes widened in anger as he roared, "Grandmaster, this person has damaged your Vajra Body; he should be released from this state!"

Phagpa said, "This is fate, you can't blame him. Let go quickly."

Immediately afterward, Phagpa opened his eyes, glanced at the little eunuch, and asked, "What is Your Majesty's decree?"

Upon hearing this, the young eunuch knelt down and said, "Living Buddha, the city has fallen, and the enemy soldiers have entered the city. Your Majesty begs the Living Buddha to save the Great Qian Dynasty."

Upon hearing this, Phagpa's gaze pierced through the clouds and turned towards the direction outside the city. There, he saw billowing smoke and dust, and the sounds of battle could even be heard. Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, the Living Buddha even saw a glimmer of golden light, which condensed and slowly enveloped one direction.

"The Emperor of Humanity, who considers killing as merit, should take action."

After saying this, Phagpa took off into the air. A giant eagle flew over and landed at Phagpa's feet. Phagpa actually rode the eagle and flew away.

Heading straight out of the city, the sounds of battle still echoed outside. Chen Jie stood on a hill not far away, watching everything before him. The army charged, and the killing continued. This was the way of humanity, and killing was also a foundation for maintaining the eternal way of humanity.

Chen Jie was thinking, his eyes fixed on the city wall not far away. Just then, he frowned and muttered, "They're here!"

At this moment, the West Gate had been completely turned into a meat grinder. The two sides began a frenzied battle at the West Gate. Broken city walls, piled-up corpses, and ruins, along with shouts of killing, blood, and the sound of clashing swords, all occurred continuously in this confined space.

The killing never stopped, the swords never ceased; the people here seemed like tireless attacking machines, both sides fighting desperately.

Amitabha Buddha~

Just as the meat grinder in the arena seemed poised to grind everyone involved into mincemeat, a Buddhist chant resounded throughout the entire West City, followed by a golden radiance of light. A gentle force brought both sides to a temporary halt in their battle.

For a moment, everyone fighting in the arena stared in shock at the monk who was standing on the giant eagle in the air.

"A living Buddha!"

Upon seeing this person, all the soldiers of the Great Qian Dynasty were shocked and stared wide-eyed. The next moment, all the soldiers knelt down and bowed to the Living Buddha in the air, a worship of their faith.

King Zhai saw the Living Buddha in the sky from the city wall. His face, which had been filled with despair, suddenly showed a morbid excitement. It's the Living Buddha! It's the Living Buddha! The Living Buddha has come! There's hope now! The Living Buddha has come! There's hope now!

King Zhai shouted excitedly, and immediately knelt down to pay his respects.

When Zhang Dingbian and other generals in the distance saw this scene, their expressions all changed drastically. It was like watching a celestial being descend from the heavens!
Living Buddha Phagpa!

The name of a person is like the shadow of a tree, and the name of a living Buddha has been resounding for nearly a century. His appearance at this time has dampened the morale of the entire Han army.

Zhang Dingbian reined in his warhorse, his face unusually grim, while the rest of the Han soldiers were also affected by the Living Buddha's aura, losing all desire to fight.

Seeing this, Fu Youde's eyes narrowed, and he cursed under his breath, "Damn it, this can't go on." He saw the Daqian soldiers kneeling on the ground not far away, offering no resistance. He immediately picked up his broadsword and roared, "Kill these Daqian dogs!" With that, he raised his broadsword and slashed down at a Daqian soldier, seemingly genuinely intending to kill him, not just faking it.

The Living Buddha, riding an eagle in the sky, saw this scene and his gaze sharpened: "Under the Buddha's universal salvation, you still have such murderous intent. It seems your sins are quite grave!"

As he spoke, Phagpa raised his hand and slapped Fu Youde.

At this moment, Fu Youde was locked in place by Phagpa's palm strike, and the next moment he was unable to move. If this palm strike had hit Fu Youde, he would have been completely reduced to ashes under the golden light of Phagpa's palm strike.

Upon sensing this, Fu Youde's face immediately turned extremely panicked, but his eyes were filled with savagery: "Bald monk, if you dare to kill me, the King of Han will surely avenge me!"

Phagpa then said indifferently, "I'm not killing you, I'm saving you!"

Just as Fu Youde was about to be obliterated by this palm strike, a beam of earthy yellow light suddenly rose from the ground and formed a barrier, blocking Phagpa's palm strike.

boom!
Phagpa struck the earthy yellow light with his palm, and then a voice was heard.

“Living Buddha, why make things difficult for an ordinary person? If the Living Buddha wants to fight, I will accompany him.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone suddenly saw a person stepping out from the earthen hill not far away, walking in the air. With each step he took, a thin pillar of earth immediately solidified in the ground below.

They came step by step, their pace slow, yet they were closing in on the Living Buddha Phagpa.

Seeing this, everyone looked at the person who was walking step by step toward the Living Buddha Phagpa. At this moment, someone spoke up: "Yes, King Han!"

"The King of Han is here! Hahaha, our King of Han is here!"

At this moment, a group of soldiers excitedly shouted, "The King of Han is here! The King of Han is here!"

Chen Jie approached the Living Buddha Phagpa step by step. Phagpa looked at Chen Jie's method of condensing earth pillars and thought to himself, "This is the use of earth-based laws, as well as the application of dragon vein energy. This Chen Jiu Si has already mastered the power of the Human Emperor."

The Earth Element Law is actually an adaptation of the Autumn God Technique in the "Four Seasons Celestial Phenomena Technique". The use of Dragon Vein Qi is because Chen Jie absorbed the Dragon Vein Qi of Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Chongba. Now, the Dragon Vein Qi of the entire Han Chinese people is in his hands.

Chen Jie strode over and stood level with Phagpa. Phagpa looked at Chen Jie and said, "You are truly a person recognized by this world as destined for tribulation. In such a short time, you have gone from being penniless to becoming a terrestrial immortal who can communicate with heaven and earth. You really can't judge a book by its cover."

Chen Jie looked at Phagpa and said, "Master, you flatter me. But since you have already become a terrestrial immortal, you must understand that the mandate of heaven is in Han. With your level of cultivation, why do you still want to do something like a mantis trying to stop a chariot?"

"Why not just leave gracefully, instead?"

Chen Jie looked at Phagpa and said, Phagpa sighed and said, "I don't know what the way of Heaven is, but I do know that I owe the Great Qian Dynasty a debt of fortune, and I cannot repay it in any way."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Phagpa and said, "Master, this puts Jiu Si in a very difficult position."

Phagpa looked at Chen Jiu Si and said, "King of Han, whatever it may be, it is. Your unification is a test given to you by the Heavenly Dao, while my defense of Qian is a debt of destiny that I owe. Neither of us can avoid this battle."

Chen Jie sighed and said, "In that case, Living Buddha, I'm afraid I'll have to offend you."

Phagpa said upon hearing this, "Come on, we must fight eventually. Let's see whether your power as the human emperor will defeat my power as the Buddha, or whether my power as the Buddha will defeat your power as the human emperor."

As he spoke, Phagpa raised his hand, and instantly boundless Buddhist faith began to gather. Sensing this powerful force, Chen Jie narrowed his eyes slightly, but instead of making a move, he asked, "Master, do you intend to take action here?"

Phagpa was taken aback by what he heard and looked at Chen Jie. Chen Jie said, "The permanent population of Dadu City is nearly one million. If you and I make a move here, will any of the soldiers and civilians in this city survive?"

"Is the master planning to destroy the city?"

Chen Jie looked at Phagpa and asked, Phagpa was taken aback, looked at Chen Jie and then said, "Then what do you want?"

At this moment, Chen Jie said, "I think that earthen hill twenty miles from the city is quite nice. Although it has no name, if that hill is still there after our fight, it should have a name now, right?"

Upon seeing this, Phagpa said, "A mountain is not famous for its height, but for the immortals who dwell there. With this battle between you and me, this mountain will surely become famous throughout the world."

Chen Jie looked at Phagpa, then gestured for him to enter.

"Please, Master."

Seeing this, Phagpa slightly channeled his energy, and the flying eagle beneath his feet dragged him towards a high mountain not far away. Seeing this, Chen Jie stepped out of the air, and earthen pillars rose up one after another, then collapsed.

Then Chen Jie was seen walking step by step towards the distant earthen hill.

As the two left one after another, everyone present stopped fighting. The final outcome of the battle depended on the two of them, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the nameless hill in the distance.

This nameless hill is extraordinary today. If it can survive the duel between two terrestrial immortals, its fame will be comparable to that of Mount Tai and the Five Sacred Mountains.

A mountain is not famous for its height, but for the immortals who dwell there; water is not sacred for its depth, but for the dragons that inhabit it.

At this moment, all eyes were on this place. This was a battle that would determine the fate of the world. After this battle, the future of the world would be set in stone.

Everyone stared at what was happening before them.

On the city wall, all the soldiers and civilians of the Great Qian stood there, looking at their Living Buddha.

The Han soldiers outside the city were all looking at their king. At this moment, Zhang Dingbian reined in his horse, looked at the two people standing in the air in the distance, and said, "The whole army should set up a defensive formation on the spot. Don't just watch. You can't withstand the impact of the battle between the land immortals."

Zhang Dingbian shouted, and as expected of a renowned general, his first reaction was to prevent the gods from fighting and affecting mortals, so he immediately organized his soldiers to defend.

Meanwhile, Chen Xiaohu and Xu Da also witnessed this scene. Chen Xiaohu clenched his fists, his expression solemn, his heart pounding in his chest. On the other side, Xu Da, though equally anxious, quickly rallied the attacking soldiers and ordered them to form a defensive formation. When gods fight, mortals suffer. Failing to defend properly is tantamount to playing with lives, which is unacceptable.

With that thought in mind, Xu Da quickly had his soldiers form a large formation. Chen Xiaohu then said to Deng Yu, "Old Deng, you will command the battle from now on. I am a little unsettled right now, which is affecting the battle."

Upon hearing this, Deng Yu glanced at Chen Xiaohu and then said, "I understand. You can leave Tiger Commander to me."

Chen Xiaohu nodded, then stared intently in the direction of the earthen hill: "Brother Jiu Si, you absolutely have to win!" (End of Chapter)