Shua…
Ye Yun’s eyes brightened, and he found himself in a ruin. Broken glazed tiles and fractured eaves were everywhere, all indicating that this was once a complex of buildings.
This…
Ye Yun’s divine sense spread out, and he was momentarily bewildered. He discovered a colossal meteorite more than three thousand miles to his southwest! The two giant pillars and the stone tablet carved on the crossbeam on the meteorite bore the markings of the place he had just been—the South Heaven Gate!
And where he was now was also a meteorite, though this one was significantly larger than the one bearing the South Heaven Gate.
Was this the original state of the Immortal Realm, or was it the shattered remains of the Immortal Realm after being destroyed by an invincible powerhouse? Ye Yun’s divine sense surged, meticulously scanning all the meteorites within a three-thousand-mile radius.
If the Immortal Realm had been shattered, what kind of being could possess such power!
Within three thousand miles of void, there were over a hundred meteorites with diameters exceeding two kilometers. Ye Yun carefully examined the fractured edges of each meteorite, searching for any clues.
However, no matter how he searched, he found no suspicious points.
Unfortunately, wherever his divine sense passed, aside from the widespread ruins, the best-preserved structure was still the South Heaven Gate!
Huh? What is that…
Amidst the ruins of a meteorite, Ye Yun’s divine sense suddenly detected something—a cylindrical bamboo tube. Miraculously, this bamboo tube had not decayed despite the passage of countless years.
Treasure!
This was Ye Yun’s immediate reaction. To find such an item within these vast ruins was an act of fortune, as it seemed all other objects in these ruins had been plundered, leaving not even fragments of furniture.
Most importantly, among all these meteorites, nothing else had been found apart from the two dragon skeletons beneath the South Heaven Gate, leaving Ye Yun with no leads.
To find such a treasure now was an unexpected joy!
Ye Yun flashed to the spot and appeared above the ruins. The broken tiles and bricks pressing down on the bamboo tube rapidly flew away under Ye Yun’s control. Soon, the entire bamboo tube was revealed in its true form!
Ye Yun reached out and picked up the bamboo tube. It was adorned with spiral patterns, and each spiral was filled with incredibly fine textures.
Divine Sense Micro-carving! Ye Yun was certain that the person who made this bamboo tube was an expert in cultivating mental energy, someone whose divine sense had reached the third level!
Ye Yun examined it repeatedly, his curiosity finally overwhelming him. He focused his divine sense onto the bamboo tube and used his potent spiritual energy to open it.
“Huh? What the heck, I thought it was some kind of treasure inside, but it’s just a simple piece of calligraphy?”
Ye Yun opened the bamboo tube and carefully extracted a scroll of calligraphy with his divine sense, suspending it in the air. However, Ye Yun felt a surge of disappointment upon seeing the utterly ordinary sheepskin scroll.
How could such a mundane object exist in the Immortal Realm?
Ye Yun looked up at the drawing on the scroll. It depicted a peculiar mountain, different from ordinary ones. The top of this mountain was more than twice as wide as its base, making it resemble a dumbbell standing upright when viewed from afar.
At the very bottom of the entire illustration was an area of nothingness, with two characters annotated: Void!
Above the void was the Wind Wheel, above that was the Water Wheel, and it continued to layer upwards. Ye Yun understood none of it.
However, above the circular wheels, a few annotations caught Ye Yun’s eye: Dong Sheng Shen Zhou, Xi Niu He Zhou, Bei Ju Lu Zhou!
Upon seeing these three place names, Ye Yun’s composure vanished. Was this a map of the Immortal Realm?
Ye Yun quickly looked up and scanned rapidly upwards from the mountain’s base with his divine sense.
The Four Heavenly Kings’ Realm!
Mount Sumeru!
And at the very summit was annotated the Thirty-Three Heavens of Cieli!
Finally, Ye Yun’s gaze settled at the top of the drawing.
A Diagrammatic Explanation of the Various Worlds and Heavens of the Immortal Realm!
Upon reading this, Ye Yun’s heart tightened. He quickly put the scroll back into the bamboo tube, then stored the tube in his Sumeru Ring. With a flash, he sped towards the direction of Blue Star.
“The ‘卍’ symbol! Could the destruction of the Immortal Realm be related to Buddhism?”
That’s right, when Ye Yun saw the characters for “Diagrammatic Explanation,” he actually saw the symbol of the Buddhist race within those characters!
The Buddhist race and Buddhist cultivators were two entirely different forms of life! They were a major race among the myriad races of the universe!
Ye Yun had not expected to find the imprint of the Buddhist race so close to Blue Star. This made Ye Yun as jumpy as a startled bird.
At this moment, Ye Yun connected the various myths and legends of his real world with what he had seen and heard in "Tiandao." A guess formed in Ye Yun's mind, a guess that made him tremble with fear!
Was the 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven,' Sun Wukong, not powerful enough? Yet, no matter how formidable he was, he could not escape the palm of the Tathagata Buddha. And the Tathagata Buddha was not of the Buddhist race; he was merely a Buddhist cultivator! Although his Buddhist nature was heaven-defying, he was still just a Buddhist cultivator!
Buddhist cultivators, immortal cultivators! Both were subordinates of the Buddhist and Immortal races. The Buddhist race converts others into Buddhist cultivators, while the Immortal race assimilates others into immortal cultivators! This was the same principle as the humans in the Immortal City in "Tiandao"!
Conversely, were the people of the Immortal Realm merely immortal cultivators, and thus considered members of the Immortal race?
And the scroll he discovered indirectly indicated that the destruction of the Immortal Realm had a complex relationship with the Buddhist race! Why would the Buddhist race be enemies with the Immortal race?
At this moment, Ye Yun thought of India, a place that was practically a Buddhist kingdom! Countless Buddhist cultivators resided there; he just didn’t know how well they cultivated.
Tens of seconds later, Ye Yun returned to Blue Star. After giving instructions to Zhou Ningdong, he entered his new residence.
“The boss is going to reshuffle this world!” Zhou Ningdong stood outside the villa, looking at the stunned crowd after hearing Ye Yun’s orders, and couldn’t help but gasp.
“Brother Zhou, should we report this to the higher-ups? If we really do as the boss says, it will trigger a world war! And a full-scale nuclear war,” Li Chenxu said, recovering his senses and recalling Ye Yun’s words with worry.
“Mm, you report it. Liu Hai, the four team leaders, gather all official and reserve members of the Dragon Palace for battle preparations! I’ll go into the game first to see the good stuff the boss mentioned!”
“Remember, everyone must carry their ‘Tiandao Rings’ with them!”
“Yes!”
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