Arriving at the Grand Hall, before the Lotus Platform.

The Fire Cloud Horse pranced joyfully to its master's side, like a fiery dragon.

Xu Qing waved his hand, storing the steed into the Mountain and River Map.

The Fire Cloud Horse's flames made the Old Wutong Tree within the map flourish with vitality.

On the Lotus Platform, the apparition of a man appeared, smiling at Xu Qing with a mouthful of forty perfectly aligned teeth, symbolizing completeness.

In Xu Qing's eyes, the apparition seemed to come alive, not merely a leftover image.

His heart skipped a beat.

The Dusk Drum and Morning Bell fell at his side, casting the hall into an exceptional silence.

Xu Qing slightly bowed, "Xu Qing from Central Earth, greets Prince Siddhartha."

Siddhartha was Shakyamuni's original name, his full name being "Siddhartha Gautama," meaning "the one who achieves all goals."

"It seems I've waited in vain for another age," the apparition of Shakyamuni sighed gently, giving Xu Qing a light palm strike.

He seemed very disappointed by Xu Qing's arrival.

Had no interest in chit-chatting with Xu Qing.

Xu Qing felt a sense of despair as if facing the old demon of Black Mountain once again from the sight of this gentle palm strike.

No, even more terrifying than when he first confronted the old demon of Black Mountain.

Under this palm strike, nearly all transformations Xu Qing could muster were sealed.

This was the true Tathagata Divine Palm.

He saw his opponent's palm slowly approaching, turning from illusion to reality, illuminating everything.

Xu Qing, of course, would not sit and await death. He activated the Heavenly Demon Technique with all his might, his black hair fluttering wildly, and his spiritual power spreading out like a spider web.

At this time, the surrounding void, woven by the Tai Chu Demon Qi, seemed to manifest endless strange entities.

Anything conceivable by the human mind could be found amidst these entities.

If any master of the Yu Dynasty were to fall into this realm, they would surely be dragged into these illusions, akin to falling into the Endless Path, never to rise again.

The Shakyamuni Venerable, with a faint smile, rose gently from the Lotus Platform amidst endless golden light, floating more than a zhang above the ground.

The golden light condensed, gradually solidifying into a towering human figure, bearing his own likeness.

An aura of 'understanding life and death, transcending the mundane' emanated from this apparition, dispersing all the strange entities transformed by Xu Qing's Heavenly Demon Technique, like melting snow in spring, leaving no trace.

Finally, the opponent's palm landed on Xu Qing.

Boom!

Xu Qing's body was involuntarily flung outside the temple gate.

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…

Xu Qing crawled up from outside the temple gate, covered in dust and dirt.

For a long time!

It had been a long time since he had been in such a sorry state.

Was the difference really this vast?

He calmed the agitation of the Inner Qi within his Heavenly Demon Body.

At the same time, he felt a force of Buddha Power suppressing his demon body.

On this Ying Huo Star, other sleeping demons were suppressed like this by Shakyamuni's Buddha Power.

The difference was that Xu Qing's Mountain and River Map absorbed most of the Buddha Power.

Within the Inner Heaven and Earth, the Four Symbols Constellations surged, continuously breaking down the Buddha Power, then returning to dust.

The Four Symbols Constellations represented gold, wood, water, and fire; they only lacked "earth" to embody the Five Elements Dao.

Through this test, Xu Qing discerned that the apparition on the Lotus Platform harbored no intense murderous intent towards him, focusing instead on suppression.

He was even prepared to sacrifice this Heavenly Demon Body.

At worst, he would return to the Great Yu Dynasty and spend some years remolding his Heavenly Demon Body.

But the outcome was far better than he anticipated.

As it stands, to grasp the secrets of the Great Leiyin Temple, he must first pass the hurdle of the Shakyamuni apparition on the Lotus Platform.

The opponent clearly possessed self-awareness.

And seemed quite disappointed with Xu Qing's arrival.

Thinking so little of him!

Xu Qing was now a figure of some standing, and hitting a wall at the Great Leiyin Temple was somewhat humiliating.

Why didn't he trouble the old demon of Black Mountain?

The old demon easily took the Morning Bell and Dusk Drum from the Great Leiyin Temple, yet when it came to Xu Qing, a heavy hand was dealt!

Xu Qing naturally felt indignant.

He activated the Heavenly Demon Technique, beginning to scrutinize every moment of the earlier encounter.

Meanwhile, within the Great Leiyin Temple, with the return of the Morning Bell and Dusk Drum, an even more formidable pressure emanated than before.

Xu Qing managed fine, but those slumbering demons were in dire straits.

Xu Qing clearly sensed that some of the demons, who had been asleep for too long on the Ying Huo Star, were showing signs of collapse.

Xu Qing knew solving the Shakyamuni apparition alone was too unrealistic.

He still needed to find allies.

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At the Great Zen Temple, under the Blood Bodhi Tree, Xiong Chan, who was meditating to dispel the Heavenly Person Five Decays, suddenly felt a wave of sleepiness.

"A meeting!"

Xiong Chan saw in the dreamscape, all old acquaintances.

King Lin, Master Tian Ling, the reincarnated Heavenly Master, Yan Kong...

Almost all the top figures of the Yu Dynasty were present.

All were staunch supporters of Xu Qing.

"Xu Gongming, didn't you go to the Ying Huo Star? Why use Divine Skills to pull us into a dream meeting?" Xiong Chan couldn't help but complain, then added: "And in my dream, no less."

Xu Qing: "Pardon me, next time I'll choose someone else!"

King Lin couldn't hold back a laugh.

Seeing Xiong Chan also having such bad luck, King Lin felt relieved.

Amidst the banter and laughter.

Xu Qing then explained the reason for this holographic dream meeting.

Everyone finally understood—it turned out Xu Qing encountered trouble on the Ying Huo Star and returned to gather reinforcements.

Xiong Chan was touched, "Going to the Ying Huo Star is just a year's effort; you should come and take me with you. I'm a disciple and grand-disciple of the Buddha; maybe there'll be a way."

King Lin rolled his eyes; the Great Monk's beads snapped onto his face.

Yan Kong quickly declared: "I am also a disciple of the Buddha!"

King Lin inwardly criticized: "The old monk is so shameless!"

That is the Great Leiyin Temple, the supreme holy land of Buddhism, a place every monk longs to pilgrimage.

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