Chapter 1240 — The Dharma Protector Who Fights with Wrathful Eyes
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" Li Youran walked toward the Ark of the Other Shore. "As I am now, I am better.
" Shen Mu was taken aback for a moment, then strode to follow him.
He understood that the Li Youran of this moment was no longer the Heavenly Artisan Li Youran of old.
Li Youran had been dashing and elegant, handsome of face, a man of towering talent.
Nor was he the Emperor Shitian King Buddha any longer; the Emperor Shitian King Buddha had worn robes of white, refined and handsome, solemn in his precious aspect, his speech elegant and witty, hiding a sharp edge within. Now he was the Battle Wisdom King beneath Kaihuang's command!
He would pilot the Ark of the Other Shore, carrying his comrades-in-arms to the Great Void, to the Land of No Sorrow, to fight, to take revenge, to burn his Wisdom King's wrath to the fullest! In his heart there was no love or affection, only the desire for vengeance and battle!
"At the moment the Great Brahma Heavenly King Buddha passed the Sutra of Immeasurable Kalpas to him, did he foresee this day?
" Shen Mu stood upon the Ark of the Other Shore, lost in thought. The vast warship gave a soft lurch; one after another, colossal alchemical furnaces flared with fire, driving the great vessel forward.
"Li Youran became Emperor Shitian through the workings of the Buddha Dharma; Emperor Shitian became the Battle Heavenly King through the workings of the Sutra of Immeasurable Kalpas.
Just now, in his dream, Emperor Shitian Li Youran repaired the Ark of the Other Shore, his dream-self multiplying into thousands upon thousands; and the appearance of Heavenly Lord Han left those myriad selves in his dream with nothing but wrath and vengeance.
" Shen Mu looked at the god-man wreathed in flame who controlled the astrolabe and steered the Ark of the Other Shore, and thought: "One dream, one world; one world, one kalpa. In the dream he had nothing left but wrath and revenge, and when he woke, he was the Wrathful Wisdom King -- or rather, he never woke, and does not wish to wake.
" The Great Brahma Heavenly King Buddha's Sutra of Immeasurable Kalpas was truly wondrous; it could influence a person's very state of mind, a person's very form. Each who cultivates the Sutra of Immeasurable Kalpas grasps it differently. Emperor Shitian Li Youran, in this entry into dream, had become the Battle Wisdom King, and had also cultivated his way to the Imperial Throne realm. The Great Brahma's cultivation of mind was unfathomable, and his wisdom was equally unfathomable.
It was truly possible that he had foreseen the future of the Emperor Shitian King Buddha. The Ark of the Other Shore gradually gathered speed. Suddenly, countless runes upon the surface of its hull lit up one by one -- though the runes on the hull were only a portion of the ship's total runes; in truth, within the hull there were yet countless runes of incomparable complexity.
This, too, was why the Heavenly Court, even after sealing the ship, could not restore the Ark of the Other Shore to completion.
Even Lady Yuanmu, Shi Qiluo, could not rebuild the Ark of the Other Shore. When every rune of the Ark had lit, the ship abruptly gave a slight dip and entered another space-time.
There lay Youdu. Even though Shen Mu had obtained all the blueprints of the Ark of the Other Shore, he could not help but marvel at the civilization of Kaihuang's era.
A ship so colossal, its construction so intricate -- a single error anywhere and it could never have been launched. Yet the Heavenly Artisans of that age had accomplished this seemingly impossible task, leaving nothing to chance -- truly rare and admirable! "My Jingping has many Heavenly Artisans, but their coordination as a whole still falls short of Kaihuang.
When Jingping can forge a colossus such as this, then it will have the strength to fight the Heavenly Court. " He thought for a moment, then thought: "A war with the Heavenly Court is impossible, but at least we'll have the strength to kick out our legs a little.