Chapter 787 — Within and Beyond the Chessboard
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
At the Jasper Lake Gathering, Yutian Zun had been assassinated, and the Heavenly Palace Godhood Method, which should have been passed down by Haotian Zun, was passed down by him!
It was he who had transformed into Yutian Zun, improvised the Heavenly Palace Godhood Method on the spot, and taught it to everyone at the gathering! His natural talent was in no way inferior to anyone else's.
Indra Heavenly King Buddha looked at him, a complicated look in his eyes. From this youth he saw the shadow of another man. "In those days, Kaihuang too was bold and energetic, with great boldness and great tenacity, and that was why he could gather so many people bearing all kinds of talents and harboring all kinds of dreams.
" He thought to himself: *This one is more restless than Kaihuang, not as steady, and quite naughty, but his will is more stable, more tenacious, and he dares more. * He broke into a smile.
"What do you plan to do from now on?
" Shen Mu's eyes sparkled, and he smiled.
"Buddha King, would you be interested in going to see Earth Mother Yuanjun?
" Indra Heavenly King Buddha's expression changed slightly; he was not eager in his heart. Shen Mu laughed. "Buddha King was one of the Four Heavenly Kings back then, and you fled the Buddhist Realm carrying a great black pot, fleeing the Red Emperor's pursuit.
You do not even fear the Red Emperor—how can you fear the already dead Earth Mother Yuanjun?
" "It is not that I fear Earth Mother Yuanjun, but that I fear I will implicate you. " Indra Heavenly King Buddha sighed. "You truly should not be entangled too deeply with Kaihuang's remnants—it is too perilous for you. Kaihuang's remnants have preserved a great deal of strength. Jingping is still not taken seriously by the Outer Heavenly Court, but with the addition of Kaihuang's remnants, they cannot afford to ignore it. Woodcutter Heavenly Master is the foremost of the Four Great Heavenly Masters, but even he has places his gaze cannot reach. For instance, letting the strength of Kaihuang's remnants help Jingping rise is, in my view, a blunder.
" Shen Mu listened quietly.
Indra Heavenly King Buddha said: "The Outer Heavenly Court does not dread Jingping; it dreads Kaihuang and dreads the Worryfree Village. By using the power of the Kaihuang era to help Jingping rise, Woodcutter Heavenly Master will surely make the Outer Heavenly Court target Jingping. Jingping, which they originally never took seriously, now they must take seriously. Moreover, with the unsealing of the Primal Realm this time, I see an even more ominous outlook. " The layers of Buddha light behind his head, which had been extinguished by Martial Combat Heavenly Master's blow, blazed back into being.
He said: "The remnant forces of the Chiming era dwell around the southern seas; the remnants of Kaihuang have appeared around the Ruins; and with the Primal Realm's seal broken, the remnants of Shanghuang have also emerged. Jingping, Kaihuang, Shanghuang, Chiming—the surviving strength and the picked elites of four eras now appear in the same world. " Shen Mu suddenly gave a chill. Indra Heavenly King Buddha continued: "You have not yet been to the Great Thunderclap Temple, have you? I was once the Tathagata there, and I know what it was like before the sealing.
Heh heh, now that the Primal Realm's seal is broken, I fear the Sumeru Mountain of the Great Thunderclap Temple has already joined with the Sumeru Mountain of the Buddhist Realm.
Above the Great Thunderclap Temple are the Twenty Heavens of the Buddhist Realm! " Shen Mu felt a shudder of cold. "The Primal Realm's seal broken, the Buddhist Realm drawn in as well. So many eras, so many powers—all of them forces the Outer Heavenly Court wants to eradicate—now all together in the Primal Realm. What does that mean?
It means fighting among themselves; it means being wiped out in a single net!