Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

Chapter 242 The Permissions of the Old Land Game

Time travel.

However, unlike the last mission, perhaps because he had mastered some of the time-space supernatural powers, Ao Peng felt time flowing through his body like water this time.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself lying naked in a pool of emerald green solution, which smelled of grass and completely submerged Ao Peng's mouth and nose.

Ao Peng rolled around in the solution for a while, which immediately triggered the alarm of the instrument. Then the emerald green solution began to drain, and a sound came from inside the tank-like instrument.

"Captain Ao, don't panic. You are currently at the headquarters of the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigation at the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum."

After Ao Peng's perception of time stabilized, he connected with the spirit of General Wu Gong, who remained in the real world, and confirmed his current situation.

Because this entry into the Journey to the West world was very special, Ao Peng's soul was actually pushed into the Journey to the West world by Bodhisattva Nagarjuna, while his physical body remained in the real world.

Now that his soul has returned and reunited with his body, he first noticed something was amiss.

That's the flow of time!

According to what Ao Peng had learned before, ordinary players who obtain integer-level destiny upgrades can enter the Lesser Thousand Worlds instance, where time is frozen relative to the real world. No matter how long you stay there, returning to the real world is just a matter of a moment.

But this time, entering the Journey to the West world was completely different; three whole months had passed in the real world!

This is almost equivalent to half of the time he spent in the Journey to the West world.

Is it because the world of Journey to the West is the vast world created by Laozi that it is special?

As Ao Peng pondered, he glanced at the system notification.

The transition between the new and old eras has begun, and you, the fortunate inheritor, have been chosen to be the bridge for that transition.

Ao Peng was slightly taken aback. What did it mean that he had been chosen as a bridge for inheritance?

The system prompts continue.

[You have overcome the ordeal, regained your supernatural powers, and understood a part of the essence of power. You have obtained a basic rating: High-grade Yellow Rank.]

[You completed an excellent painting, "The Peach of Immortality Lures the Ghosts," in the ancient temple of the deserted village, suppressing the ghosts and rescuing the villagers. Your rating has been upgraded to Low-grade Mystic.]

[You established Peach Capital Mountain, creating a peaceful haven amidst the chaos of a world where Yin and Yang are reversed, and protecting over five thousand villagers in the surrounding area. Your rating has been upgraded to Mid-Rank Mystic.]

[You discovered the source of this Yin-Yang imbalance and chaos. You entered the Five Elements Mountain and helped Sun Wukong plant a peach tree, reducing the karmic burden. Your rating has been upgraded to High-Grade Mystic.]

[You have obtained the Netherworld Inheritance, integrating the legacy of Shen Tu and Yu Lei into Peach Capital Mountain to suppress all ghosts and the Summer Plague Lord. Your rating has been upgraded to Earth-level, low-grade.]

[You have reduced the karmic consequences, preserved good and eliminated evil, helped Erlang Shen break free from the karmic entanglement binding him, and rescued the eight hundred meritorious gods suppressed in Dujiangyan. Your evaluation has been upgraded to Middle-Rank Earth Level.]

[You have mastered the Five Elements Mountain technique, inherited the title of World Honored One, and, in cooperation with Zhang Tianshi, completely suppressed the chaos caused by the myriad ghosts in Chengdu. Your evaluation has been upgraded to Upper Earth Rank.]

[You altered the calamity in Shudu thirty years ahead of schedule, shifting the timeline of Journey to the West. Your evaluation has been upgraded, and you have gained 2% World Deviation.]

[You, in the name of the World-Honored One, prematurely spread Buddhism in the East, deviating from the Journey to the West timeline. Your evaluation has been upgraded, and you have gained 3% World Deviation.]

Ao Peng was slightly taken aback. The Journey to the West world was indeed a vast world. He had only obtained 0.5% of the world deviation before, but this time he obtained 5% of the world deviation in one go. Moreover, this was because his footprints were limited to the area around Chengdu and did not significantly affect the changes in the entire Journey to the West world.

What intrigued Ao Peng was why he had spread Buddhism ahead of time in the name of the World-Honored One.

When this thought appeared in Ao Peng's mind, his consciousness entered the Journey to the West world the next moment. The Five Elements Mountain was bathed in Buddhist light, and in front of the cliff that was pressing down the monkey, there was a small hill standing tall. This small hill looked like a Buddha, with his palms outstretched, suppressing the underworld.

This is the physical body I left behind in the Journey to the West world!

Ao Peng instantly realized that his physical body had remained in the Journey to the West world, transforming into the stone Buddha in front of the Five Elements Mountain.

But what's the point of doing this?

Ao Peng just thought about it.

The scene before his eyes changed again, this time appearing on Taodu Mountain. Four hundred years after Ao Peng suppressed the evil spirits, the incense here was flourishing, and auspicious clouds swirled in front of the Wugong Temple.

However, the layout inside the temple has changed somewhat.

Sitting in the very center of the temple is a compassionate Buddha, whose appearance is somewhat similar to Ao Peng, or more accurately, exactly the same as the Little World Honored One. To his left and right are General Wu Gong and a Great Sage Equal to Heaven in armor, respectively. Upon entering, there are statues of the two great gods, Shen Tu and Yu Lei.

Ao Peng frowned. He did indeed manifest the Little World Honored One on Taodu Mountain, but the divine name he spread on Taodu Mountain was clearly General Wu Gong!

Through his mind's reflection and with the aid of the supernatural power of cause and effect, he instantly understood the reason.

Not long after he left, the Western Vulture Peak issued a decree that Guanyin, Samantabhadra, and several other bodhisattvas frequently manifested in Chengdu, proclaiming the name of the World-Honored One, proclaiming that General Wu Gong was one with the World-Honored One, and petitioning the Heavenly Court and successive dynasties on behalf of Ao Peng, all in the name of the World-Honored One descending to earth to suppress the evil spirits.

Ao Peng instantly understood the logic behind Buddhism's actions. They couldn't prevent themselves from receiving the Buddha's lineage; it was already predetermined. Therefore, they had to integrate all their beliefs into Buddhism, reversing the order of importance.

I cannot deny that the World Honored One and General Wu are one, which is why I gave them this opportunity.

With such a large-scale propaganda machine in operation, General Wu Gong could only be an incarnation of the World-Honored One. Ao Peng alone could not possibly contend with the propaganda machine of the heavens and Buddhism unless he was willing to abandon the World-Honored One or General Wu Gong.

But why didn't the Heavenly Court and Taoism stop it?

Just as Ao Peng was connecting the two different worlds, he had a new realization. After the deviation of the world exceeded 0.5%, he was able to sense the fruit of the small world in the Republic of China and hear the faith and prayers of that small world.

However, because Ao Peng lacked the ability to enter that minor world, he was unable to earnestly respond to the faith and collect offerings.

However, under this propaganda from Buddhism, he and the title of "World Honored One" used the two physical bodies in the real world and the Journey to the West world as fulcrums, and the soul as a bridge, to build a stable time flow bridge spanning the two great worlds.

Is this the purpose of the Heavenly Court and Taoism?

Sure enough, Ao Peng saw the next system notification.

[Your world's deviation exceeds 5%, indicating you have the ability to significantly influence the main factors affecting a world. Detect...]

You can have an impact on the following two worlds: the Journey to the West world and the Republic of China No. 26 fruit.

[The Heavenly Court has granted you the necessary permissions; you can now issue tasks through the Old Earth System.]