Primordial Era: A God-Level Choice, Possessing Zhao Gongming at the Start

Chapter 562 The Saint is Astonished by the Supreme Black Lotus Power

As for his imprisonment of the Pharmacist and others, and the sealing off of the entire Great Thunderclap Temple, it was not out of fear that the news of the resurgence of the demonic path would be leaked. With the cultivation levels of the two Buddhist saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, they would not be unable to deduce even this much information.

The reason he did this was really nothing special; he simply wanted to give Buddhism a warning and humiliate it.

Looking down from above, one can see that the once-gloomy and radiant Great Thunder Temple is no longer the same. Instead, it has become gloomy, with a sense of impending doom and impending destruction.

In the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, beside the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, Zhunti and Jieyin opened their eyes almost simultaneously. The two brothers exchanged glances, both sensing something ominous in each other's eyes.

Jieyin pinched his fingertips and began to calculate. Golden light, full of spirituality, danced on his fingertips. After a long time, he finished the calculation. Jieyin's expression darkened slightly. Since the rise of Buddhism, its fortune had been rising steadily, stronger day by day. But now, instead of rising, the fortune of Buddhism had stagnated. What did this mean? It meant that something might have happened in the ancestral temple of Buddhism, the Great Thunderclap Temple.

"Senior brother, what happened?"

Zhunti looked worried, clearly thinking of some unpleasant things.

"Something may have happened at our ancestral Buddhist temple, the Great Thunderclap Temple."

The introduction was concise and to the point.

"change?"

Upon hearing of any changes, Zhunti's expression darkened slightly, and he became somewhat panicked. For Zhunti, who was wholeheartedly committed to revitalizing the West, the troubles in Buddhism were no less than the collapse of the sky.

Jieyin waved his hand, "Don't panic, let Bailian go and see what's going on."

"That's all we can do for now."

Zhunti nodded, his expression growing increasingly distressed.

Soon, Jieyin summoned the White Lotus Child. The White Lotus Child had been by the side of Zhunti and Jieyin for a very long time. He had even made a move during the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods. Now, after cultivating for countless millennia, his strength had become even more unfathomable.

Bai Lian received the imperial decree and transformed into a streak of jade-white light, flying to the front of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

Looking at the Great Thunderclap Temple, which was completely different from before, unusually dull, stagnant, and tightly closed, Bai Lian became slightly wary. She raised her Quasi-Saint Great Perfection Dharma Power, spreading it around her body, and slowly stepped into the Great Thunderclap Temple.

Inside the Great Thunder Temple, a completely different scene unfolded. Countless Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Vajras, and Arhats seemed to have returned, chanting Buddhist scriptures and manifesting the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Bai Lian walked up the steps towards the Great Thunderclap Temple. Suddenly, a voice rang out in front of him, "Senior Brother Bai Lian, what brings you here!"

Bai Lian looked up and saw Manjushri Bodhisattva, with a kind face and radiant light. Bai Lian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that she had been too nervous.

Bai Lian approached Manjushri and said with a smile, "Brother Manjushri, I have come here on the orders of the Sage to preach to the Buddhist disciples who have entered the path of enlightenment and to propagate the supreme true Dharma of our Buddhist school."

"I see. Please come in, Senior Brother. Senior Brother Medicine Master is in the main hall."

Manjushri stepped aside and gestured for White Lotus to go first.

Bai Lian nodded, and without being polite, took a few steps forward. Suddenly, she asked, "Brother Manjushri, the robe I gave you 1,800 years ago, you always wear it. Why aren't you wearing it today?"

Manjushri gave an unnatural smile. "I forgot, I forgot. How could I bear to wear the robe my senior brother gave me every day? Of course, I should treasure it."

Bai Lian's expression suddenly changed, and she abruptly retreated, distancing herself from Wen Shu. The smile on her face vanished, replaced by deep suspicion. "When did I ever give you a cassock? You are not Wen Shu, so who are you?"

Manjushri's smile became even more unnatural. "Senior Brother White Lotus, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Bai Lian's face turned cold. Without the slightest hesitation, she struck out with a palm at Manjushri. The palm wind was fierce, and golden Brahma light swept across the heavens and earth. The vast magical power stirred up a storm in the void. Manjushri's expression changed drastically. He seemed not to have expected that Bai Lian's strength would be so strong. Although he tried his best to resist, he was still overwhelmed by the powerful magical power.

As the palm strike dissipated, the fake Manjushri transformed into a cloud of demonic energy that spread everywhere. The White Lotus Child's pupils constricted, and he hurriedly retreated. Then, he tore through the void and fled towards the outside of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

The fake Manjushri just now revealed everything; the entire Great Thunderclap Temple has very likely become a den of demons.

Medicine Buddha, Maitreya, Dipankara Buddha, and all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Vajras, and Arhats of Buddhism are very likely to have become prisoners. The Great Thunder Temple has undergone an indescribable upheaval.

Bai Lian's escape technique was swift; in the blink of an eye, she arrived at the point where the Great Thunderclap Temple met the outside world. With just one step, she would be free to roam the vast expanse of the world, completely escaping the boundaries of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

But this very step turned into an insurmountable distance, because a black figure had appeared before him at some unknown time, staring at him expressionlessly.

Strands of demonic energy poured down from his body, as if to paint the sky black.

"Are you Kinnara?"

Bai Lian raised a question, seeing the image of Kinnara from back then in this man in black.

Wutian smiled and said, "Kinnara was me before. Now I am called Wutian. Senior Brother Bailian, it's been many years. Please stay and have a cup of tea."

Bai Lian's face was full of vigilance, but soon his expression softened. "Come to think of it, it's been many years since I last saw Junior Brother Kinnara. It's only right that we have a cup of tea."

"Not long ago, the teacher gave me a small bucket of tender buds from the Bodhi tree; this is an exceptionally delicious tea."

Bai Lian slowly approached Kinnara. When the two were only a few steps apart, Bai Lian suddenly launched an attack. A white lotus silently appeared in his palm. With a slight spin, the white lotus shot out like a flying knife. The void sizzled like a hot knife cutting butter. The white lotus seemed to have transformed into a world, suppressing Kinnara.

Bai Lian was already a Quasi-Saint at the Great Perfection stage. Her full-force attack, launched unexpectedly, would be impossible for even a Quasi-Saint at the Great Perfection stage to withstand. However, Wu Tian's lips merely curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile.

"Senior Brother Bai Lian, is this the tea you're offering me?"

With a gentle flick of his sleeve, Wutian stirred up ripples. The ripples collided with the white lotus that was rushing towards him, and the white lotus visibly began to collapse, eventually turning into petals that fell helplessly to the ground.

Bai Lian's full-force attack wasn't even worthy of Wu Tian's serious attention.

Only then did Bai Lian finally understand why, among so many people in the entire Great Thunderclap Temple, not a single piece of information had been leaked out.

They were not facing Quasi-Saints at all, but those above Quasi-Saints!

A thought flashed through Bai Lian's mind, and before he could react, a black lotus was already slowly flying towards him, instantly landing above his head.

Bai Lian's face immediately went blank, and she suppressed her aura, transforming into a puppet.

(End of this chapter)