Free Web NovelChapter 647: Chapter 618: The Terrifying Foundation of Great Leiyin Temple
Inside the Celestial Prison.
Xuan Ji sat there like a withered corpse.
Iron chains pierced through his body, sealing away all of his power.
In such a situation, Xuan Ji had his cultivation but nowhere he could use it.
Only when he stayed in the Celestial Prison did he truly feel what despair was.
If he had known the Cyan Yang Divine Realm would be this dangerous, then Xuan Ji would never have accepted this mission.
But unfortunately.
It was already too late to regret now.
His entire cultivation was sealed; even though as a Vajra Guardian of the Buddhist Sect Xuan Ji’s fleshly body was far stronger than ordinary cultivators, the many powerful experts guarding around him doomed any escape to failure.
Now.
Xuan Ji could only wait for the Cyan Yang Divine Court’s judgment.
Moreover.
If he were to leak information about the Great Leiyin Temple, once the Buddha found out someday, he would not have any good end.
But if he refused to cooperate, then what awaited him would be the fate of having his soul searched.
Just as Xuan Ji was torn, Gu Changqing had already arrived.
"Speak. Everything you know about the Upper Realm, and all the intelligence regarding the power you belong to—say it out in full, without omission, and Gu can spare you from death.
If you refuse, you should be well aware of the consequences."
"If I speak, will Your Excellency truly spare my life?"
Xuan Ji asked, hope flickering in his eyes.
Gu Changqing stood with his hands behind his back, expression indifferent: "Gu has no need to deceive you. Besides, the cultivators who have infiltrated the Cyan Yang Divine Realm are not only you. Once Gu has taken all of them down, I believe someone will open their mouth.
It’s just that by then, if others speak first and you only speak afterwards, your value will not be as great.
Of course, Gu won’t hide it from you—even if you confess, you will likely have to remain in the Celestial Prison in the days to come. Unless this war ends, you have no chance of leaving the Celestial Prison."
These words instead made Xuan Ji completely set his heart at ease.
If Gu Changqing were wildly promising him all kinds of benefits, Xuan Ji would instead worry whether the other party was fooling him, with a chance of going back on his word afterward.
But now, the other party’s words made Xuan Ji’s heart relax somewhat.
After that.
He no longer hid anything and began to speak of his origins.
"This poor monk comes from the Great Leiyin Temple of the Ten Thousand Buddha Cosmos, and serves as a Vajra Guardian under my Buddha’s seat. This time I entered the Cyan Yang Divine Realm on orders, intending to secretly develop believers, undermine the Cyan Yang Divine Realm’s stability from within, and prepare for the subsequent war."
"What is the strength of the Great Leiyin Temple?"
Gu Changqing asked blandly.
He had long anticipated Xuan Ji’s objective, so he was not surprised.
Xuan Ji said, "The Great Leiyin Temple has one hundred and eight Buddhas, and three hundred and sixty-five Bodhisattvas. Among them, all one hundred and eight Buddhas are Daluo Golden Immortals. Of the remaining three hundred and sixty-five Bodhisattvas, only a small portion are Daluo Golden Immortals; the rest are all Taiyi Golden Immortals.
Below the Bodhisattvas are three thousand Vajra Guardians. The Vajra Guardians’ cultivation varies: the weaker ones are only at the Golden Immortal tier, while the stronger ones can step into the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm—"
With the first sentence spoken, Xuan Ji completely let go of the burden in his heart and divulged everything he knew.
Even though Gu Changqing had guessed that the Great Leiyin Temple’s strength would not be weak, when he truly heard Xuan Ji’s words, he still could not help feeling shocked.
One hundred and eight Buddhas!
Three hundred and sixty-five Bodhisattvas!
Among them, those who had ascended to the fifteenth tier of Daluo Golden Immortal already numbered over a hundred.
Not to mention the three thousand Vajra Guardians, the weakest of whom were thirteenth-tier Golden Immortals, while the powerful ones, like the Xuan Ji before him, had stepped into the fourteenth-tier Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
If not for cultivating three thousand years in the Kunlun Divine Realm, just the strength of the Great Leiyin Temple alone would surpass that of the current Cyan Yang Divine Court.
After all, without the fortune of the Kunlun Divine Realm, in the present Cyan Yang Divine Court, those who had broken through to the fourteenth tier would be few and far between.
One had to know.
This was merely the heritage of the Great Leiyin Temple.
And the Great Leiyin Temple was only one top-tier power within the Ten Thousand Buddha Cosmos; the entire Ten Thousand Buddha Cosmos was far more than just the Great Leiyin Temple.
Not to mention.
The Upper Realm has Three Thousand Cosmos, and the Ten Thousand Buddha Cosmos is only one among them.
From this alone.
One could see just how terrifying the Upper Realm’s heritage truly was.
At the same time.
Gu Changqing also understood how long a road the Cyan Yang Divine Court still had to walk.
Compared to the Upper Realm, what the Cyan Yang Divine Court lacks now is time.
From the appearance of Immortal Qi up to now, only thirty thousand years have passed. Compared to the Upper Realm, which has developed over hundreds of millions of years, the Cyan Yang Divine Court naturally cannot be its equal.
If the Upper Realm’s invasion were not coming so quickly, then the gap between the two sides could still be narrowed somewhat.
But now.
The Cyan Yang Divine Court already has the arrow on the string and must let it fly.
Every step is like walking on thin ice; the slightest misstep would mean annihilation of race and extinction of people.
Afterwards.
Gu Changqing asked Xuan Ji about some other matters, and finally gained some understanding of the many pieces of intelligence regarding the Upper Realm, while also forming a clearer recognition of the Great Leiyin Temple’s strength.
After learning all this, Gu Changqing organized all the data and informed all the high-level members of the Divine Court.
At this moment.
In the council meeting.
Many high-level figures gathered once more.
Gu Changqing said, "From Xuan Ji’s account, we learned that in endless ages past the Great Leiyin Temple once had a sixteenth-tier Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal in existence, but later that Saint fell for some reason, and for a time the temple declined.
Afterwards, Shakyamuni Buddha rose against the heavens, shouldering the banner of the Great Leiyin Temple, turning it from a declining ancient power into the top great power of today’s Ten Thousand Buddha Cosmos.
It is said that this Shakyamuni Buddha possesses utterly peerless strength, and once suppressed and slew quite a few Semi-Saints and Quasi-Immortal Kings, sweeping across the Three Thousand Cosmos with hardly any opponent.
And from Xuan Ji’s words we learned that the master of the Great Leiyin Temple has already come out of seclusion and is now heading toward the Lower Realm. If we are to face such an existence directly, we must still respond with great caution!"
A Buddha who could claim to sweep across the Three Thousand Cosmos with hardly any opponent was naturally anything but simple.
Learning that the master of the Great Leiyin Temple intended to take action also made the others feel a certain pressure.
Although for now the Saint Immortal Kings do not descend, and the Harmonization Immortal Venerables are blocked on the Path to Immortality, this does not mean that the Cyan Yang Divine Court can truly disregard the Upper Realm. In terms of accumulated heritage and top-tier experts, the Cyan Yang Divine Court still falls short of the Upper Realm.
The reason they could halt the Upper Realm’s advance to such an extent is largely because the Cyan Yang Divine Court could make use of the Divine Kingdom’s resurrection.
If not for the resurrection of the Divine Kingdom, the Cyan Yang Divine Court’s three thousand fifteenth-tier cultivators would already have died and been wounded to near extinction.
Moreover.
For the sake of resurrecting the fallen powerhouses, that battle also depleted more than half of the Cyan Yang Divine Court’s heritage. On the surface the Cyan Yang Divine Court is full of powerful experts, but in truth its interior is already hollowed out. If another full-scale war breaks out, it will be hard-pressed to endure.
Therefore.
The weakness of the Cyan Yang Divine Court must absolutely not be seen through by the Upper Realm.
Otherwise.
It would only hasten its own demise.
The impending arrival of the master of the Great Leiyin Temple is precisely a severe test. How to repel the opponent while also displaying the Divine Court’s strength—this is what must be carefully considered in the days to come.
