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

The fat on Buddha's face jiggled, his appearance was so benevolent that it gave Zhou Yan a headache.

If someone is nice to you for no reason, it's either because they're lusting after your body or because you can bring them benefits. Since Shakyamuni had no reason to lust after his own body, there's only the second possibility.

"...Shakyamuni is about to bestow upon the benefactor an extraordinary blessing."

Zhou Yan took a step back.

Zhou Yan felt that Shakyamuni's words were just like saying that the pain would subside later – all a lie.

"Actually, I have already had enough good fortune."

Zhou Yan carefully considered the wording.

Shakyamuni said nonchalantly.

"Very well, this old monk is about to hold a lotus Dharma assembly. Now, I invite the millions of heavenly beings from the surrounding area to come over, and you, benefactor, may listen to the Dharma together beside this old monk..."

Zhou Yan: “(?_?)”

We are holding a lotus flower ceremony, inviting countless celestial beings to come...

This isn't a Buddhist ceremony, it's a gathering of people who love killing Bai Ze!

Zhou Yan forced a smile.

"Having many skills is never a burden, nor is having many opportunities."

Shakyamuni's face was benevolent, like an old man looking at his proud child. (3/″五∩≯『四∨℃)

"This destiny is not complicated... Mount Ling is increasingly unable to suppress it..."

Shakyamuni lowered his head and looked at the nine-colored deer lying on his lap.

"In order to create a glimmer of hope for the Buddhas of Mount Ling, this old monk is preparing to enter Nirvana."

Zhou Yan understood.

In fact, Zhou Yan had long thought about it. The past of Mount Ling is gone, and the future is gone. All that's left is the present, which is still suppressing all the Buddhas of Mount Ling to prevent them from collapsing. Who is responsible for suppressing them to the point of not collapsing?

I'm definitely more Buddhist now.

However, judging from the fact that Buddha is only suppressing Mount Ling from collapsing rather than directly rescuing it, Zhou Yan guessed that Buddha's condition was not good, to the point that he could only prolong his life.

But unexpectedly, in order to preserve Mount Ling, Shakyamuni is now about to enter Nirvana.

Zhou Yan then looked at the Nine-Colored Deer.

Shakyamuni said with satisfaction.

“The Nine-Colored Deer was once an incarnation of this old monk, possessing profound Buddha-nature. After this old monk’s Nirvana, the Buddhahood can be inherited by this child.”

Zhou Yan asked.

"The fortune you're offering me is to help the Nine-Colored Deer attain enlightenment?"

Shakyamuni smiled but remained silent.

This attitude says it all.

"Now I'm at their mercy, like a fish on a chopping board. To avoid becoming Bai Ze's scarf," Zhou Yan said wistfully.

"Buddha, how do you want Bai Ze to help you?"

Shakyamuni sighed and spoke.

中⌒◆：九肆朳；≡【彡彡－。 ＊★……

Outside the Jade Pool, at the Magpie Bridge Fairy Abode.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Little Yama, and Wuqu Star stared at the sky above Yaochi for a long while.

Wu Quxing said hesitantly.

"Are you really leaving? You're not coming down?"

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden responded.

"With Bai Ze's abilities, as long as he stays in the heavens long enough, he should be able to find a way out and come down from the Heavenly Court."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and Bai Ze have been friends for thousands of years. She knows very well that with Bai Ze's abilities, returning to the Heavenly Court is like going home. It won't be long before he finds a way to descend to the mortal realm.

So now we just have to wait, Zhou Yan will come back eventually.

Little Yama couldn't help but say.

"Your Highness, you may not know this, but in this situation, staying here long enough won't lead to a solution... Right now, we must support the Heavenly Pillar and save the people. The Jade Maiden of the Azure Clouds, who can stabilize the Heavenly Pillar, is still waiting for us on Mount Ling!"

Bixia Yuanjun needs to rescue at least three more temples before she can leave Jile Temple and go to Mount Tai to Futianzhu.

Little Yama clasped his hands in greeting to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

"Goddess Xuan Nu, do you know any way to get to the Heavenly Court? I, Yan, will bring Bai Ze down with me."

Zhou Yan is the most suitable person to handle the problem on Mount Ling, but now that Zhou Yan has gone to the Heavenly Court, Little Yama can't just abandon Zhou Yan and go to Mount Ling alone, can he?

Death itself is not the problem; the real fear is that death won't solve anything. (Eight)

If you die before your time, you've created nothing of value; dying in vain would be truly tragic.

"Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden hesitated," said Qi.

"The Heavenly Court is not what it used to be; it's no longer a place we can go to normally..." Lu

Little Yama's tone grew more somber.

"This is for the sake of the common people; please forgive me, Mystic Maiden!"

It's no longer a question of whether it's possible or not, or how easy or difficult it is to go. If the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden can't provide a solution, Little Yama will have to find other ways to reach the Heavenly Court.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden remained silent for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled.

"Your Majesty..."

For some reason, the smile on the face of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden sent a chill down Little Yama's spine.

"It seems we can't reach the Heavenly Court through ordinary means, but the common people are in such a state... If we absolutely must seek Bai Ze to descend to the mortal realm, Xuan Nu isn't without a way, but this method..."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden began to shake her head.

The head was shaking, but the smile on the face became more and more obvious.

Wu Quxing came out and asked.

"What good ideas does the Goddess Xuan Nu have? Please tell us."

"That's what the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden explained."

"Xuan Nu and west Wang Mu have a good relationship. Now that she has descended to the mortal world to save Yaochi, Xi Wang Mu owes Xuan Nu a favor. If Xuan Nu were to entrust a decree to west Wang Mu, asking her to find Bai Ze, it should not be a problem."

Little Yama asked curiously.

"What is the relationship between the Queen Mother of the West and Bai Ze?"

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden shook her head.

"Bad, very bad, extremely bad."

Little Yama/Wuqu Star: "Σ(°△°|||)"

If you're in a bad situation, can you still ask others for help?

Surely the Queen Mother of the West wouldn't ignore or disregard this?

"The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said sarcastically."

"Your Majesty, Wuqu Star, you don't understand. It was precisely because of his inferiority that the Queen Mother of the West learned of Bai Ze and set out to find him."

Little Yama quickly understood.

"revenge?"

A simple logic is that a normal person's motivation for revenge is definitely greater than, much greater than, that of repaying kindness.

It's like Little Yama repaying a debt of gratitude by giving someone a small token of appreciation, making a phone call to arrange work, sending a greeting card regularly, or sending a WeChat message to say "I still remember you" when someone is sick. That's about it.

However, if he wanted to take revenge, Little Yama would definitely not use someone else's help.

I won't consider it revenge until I personally beat you until your face is covered in bruises!

I won't have truly triumphed until I beat you to your knees, begging for mercy and calling you "Dad"!

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden nodded.

"Indeed, back then Bai Ze was both cunning and incredibly fast, making the Queen Mother of the West so angry she wanted to bite him but couldn't catch him. Now, the meat is right in front of her mouth..."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden beamed with joy.

"The Queen Mother will definitely take action herself; this white-haired beast will not escape her grasp."

"Little Yama," Wu Quxing said in unison, giving a thumbs-up.

"That's ruthless."

Little Yama, Wuqu Star believes that out of consideration for the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the Queen Mother of the West will most likely send Bai Ze down to the mortal realm on time. But what will Zhou Yan suffer before he is sent down...?

That's hard to say.

Xiao Yanjun felt that he should call a top-notch psychologist he knew, the kind who earns 500 yuan an hour, and wait for Zhou Yan to come down so he could arrange to go see that psychologist.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden changed her tone.

"If you two feel that this method is inappropriate, then the Mystic Maiden has no other choice."

Xuan Nu looked at Xiao Yan Jun and Wu Qu Xing, and Wu Qu Xing and Xiao Yan Jun also looked at each other.

The method given by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden actually has a high success rate. As for other methods, not to mention whether they can find the way to the Heavenly Court, the time and resources that might be spent, and the possibility of not finding Zhou Yan even after going to the Heavenly Court, are enough to make the plan to save the Heavenly Pillar fail by more than half.

If Project Tianzhu fails, the number of people who die will not be just one or two, or even a few hundred, but tens of millions or hundreds of millions, and its impact will be devastating to the entire human world.

So, what do the classic texts of the sages say?

When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it will first test their will, strain their muscles and bones, starve their body, leave them destitute, and thwart their endeavors, so as to strengthen their resolve, temper their character, and increase their abilities.

At this point, Little Yama said with a righteous expression.

"In times of emergency, one must act expediently. What does it matter if one suffers a little for the sake of the common people? This can be considered a way to temper this child!"

Wuquxing echoed this sentiment.

"Yes, yes, yes, Xiao Yan is such a big-picture-oriented child, he will definitely understand our choice."

Wu Qu Xing and Xiao Yan Jun clasped their fists together and addressed Jiu Tian Xuan Nu in unison.

"We urge the Goddess of Mystery to issue a decree to inform the Queen Mother of the West!"

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden smiled radiantly, like a hundred flowers in full bloom.

Chapter Nine Imperial Edict

Did Shakyamuni Buddha actually survive?

Zhou Yan thought of the True Martial Emperor at the North Heavenly Gate.

All that remained of the True Martial Emperor before the North Heavenly Gate was his jade-like skeletal remains, which appeared to have been dead for a long time, while before him stood Shakyamuni…

Although the surroundings were dark and in ruins, the sight of Shakyamuni with his beer belly and bald head made Zhou Yan think he was a typical middle-aged man.

It's the kind of middle-aged man who is successful in his career, spends 18 hours a day in the office, and spends his afternoons and evenings either socializing or going to bars.

Shakyamuni, sitting atop the collapsed Western Heavenly Gate, spoke softly.

"Gods and Buddhas are infinitely changeable and can take on countless forms. If you wish to see, the Tathagata can transform into anything."

Zhou Yan took a step back, annoyed.

Did you overhear my thoughts?

Among the eight great supernatural powers in Buddhism, one of them is telepathy. This telepathy is not a powerful supernatural power. Even if an Arhat uses it, some powerful people will not be able to hear it. Back then, Pudu Cihang used telepathy to eavesdrop on a high-ranking official, but he could not hear anything.

But the person in front of him was Buddha, Shakyamuni.

Zhou Yan was confident that even Bodhisattvas and Arhats couldn't hear his thoughts, but the Tathagata was a different story.

Shakyamuni denied it.

"If I can't even see the thoughts of a young boy, then I shouldn't be the Buddha of the Western Paradise."

The nine-colored deer approached Shakyamuni, placed its four hooves on the ground, and rested its head on Shakyamuni's lap. Shakyamuni gently placed his hand on the deer's head and softly stroked it.