Chapter 342: If I Do Not Enter the Netherworld, Who Will?

Within the Biyuan World.

Beneath the seemingly calm surface of the lake, dark currents were surging just the same.

Including the Biyuan World itself, this Small World was, in fact, home to the cultivators and mortals from four Small Worlds plus the Chiyuan Main Peak.

Even though Su Ping displayed overwhelming power, standing high above and suppressing all enemies.

It did not prevent the cultivators below from submitting on the surface while still harboring their own agendas in private.

After all, just because they did not oppose Su Ping's leadership did not mean they would not band together to fight for resources for their own factions.

Mid-to-high-tier Spirit Veins, high-quality cultivation resources.

Even though the absolute number of cultivators was far less now than before, these things were still far from enough to go around.

These things were still far from enough to go around.

Su Ping had initially wanted Qingyuan Zhenren to help.

As it turned out, this Avatar of Chiyuan Xianren seemed to have inherited the personality of its predecessor, being quite resistant to these administrative matters.

Su Ping had no choice but to let the Abbot of the Great Golden Light Temple help.

Then, the young Abbot encountered the problem of insufficient cultivation and the risk of his authority being challenged.

Although he had become a Spirit Transformation cultivator after entering the Biyuan World.

He was only a Spirit Transformation Initial Stage Buddhist cultivator.

By comparison, those top powerhouses from other Small Worlds were a cut above in terms of cultivation realm.

During this period, after confirming the young Abbot's true capabilities, the number of those wanting to replace him was no less than a handful.

Then Su Ping found time to come back and take a look.

After sweeping through with his divine sense and sensing the petty schemes of the cultivators below.

Su Ping did not choose the method of forcibly suppressing those people's petty schemes.

The Cultivation World had always been one where the strong were respected; blindly shielding the weaker side would only lead to greater divisions between the two.

And it would pin the blame for any hatred or the like on his own back.

And what if something happened later? Would he have to continue stepping in to take the blame?

The young Abbot actually possessed decent management experience and methods.

His legitimate authority was guaranteed by Su Ping himself.

The only thing lacking was his own cultivation, a flaw that would be constantly seized upon as a handle by those stronger individuals from other Small Worlds.

Since that was the case, he would simply resolve this root cause.

Su Ping's gaze shifted, looking at the young Abbot:

"Grandmaster Xuanguang, are you willing to become the Abbot of the Great Golden Light Temple in my Netherworld?"

"So that the believers in that Small World may also listen to the teachings of the Fo."

"Amitabha."

"Although this temple possesses the Great Vehicle Buddhism to teach all people under heaven... the practitioners basically only cultivate for themselves, seeking only their own awakening and liberation..."

The young Abbot felt the information fragment transmitted by Su Ping.

Seeing the special power of the Netherworld.

His heart stirred, yet he still responded with embarrassment upon hearing this.

Popularizing the Fo teachings and educating the common people was the work of low-level Fomen disciples.

Those who truly had talent would no longer cultivate this; they all sought their own Great Freedom and great liberation.

For the young Abbot, his only attachment was this lineage of the Great Golden Light Temple.

Therefore, under the premise that he could ensure the inheritance of the Great Golden Light Temple remained Undying.

He was willing to discuss anything, and willing to look at and try anything.

Because of this, after learning that becoming a Protector Buddha King of the Netherworld could rapidly improve his cultivation realm and allow him to receive the blessing of a Small World's World Consciousness—which would be of great benefit to his subsequent cultivation—

The young Abbot silently recited, "If I do not enter the Netherworld, who will?" and agreed to the suggestion Su Ping proposed.

Thus, Su Ping took out the Sun Moon Star Chart on the Chiyuan Main Peak.

It is worth mentioning that when Su Ping left the Water Blue Star World with the Sun Moon Star Chart.

During that period, the Nether Array around the Water Blue Star was still operating, and those who met the conditions would, upon death, still be asked and brought into the array to remain in dormancy.

Once Su Ping returned, he could then take these dormant souls to the Netherworld to be transformed into Nether creatures.

Only Su Ping's lineage possessed extraordinary power on the Water Blue Star.

So there was no fear of other factions coming to snatch these dormant bodies.

The young Abbot watched the Sun Moon Star Chart slowly unfold before his eyes.

Even though it was not his first time seeing it, his heart and mind were still shaken upon seeing this chart again.

He could not help but feel awe toward this array chart.

Steadying his mind, the young Abbot pressed his palms together, and the Kasaya on his body suddenly underwent a change.

The red gilded Kasaya transformed into an ordinary gray monk's robe.

At the same time.

Phantoms of an old monk and an adult monk appeared behind him.

Afterward, these phantoms nodded slightly to Su Ping in salute before walking into the young Abbot's body, merging into one with him.

The young Abbot's aura surged accordingly, reaching the level of the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage.

This also made Su Ping hold the inheritance of the Great Golden Light Temple in higher regard.

This Three-Body Incarnation Technique was indeed quite commendable; it remained suitable even after reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm.

The complete young Abbot resolutely walked into the Sun Moon Star Chart.

Upon entering, he was immediately transported into the Netherworld.

In an instant, a massive amount of Nether Yin Qi surged toward the young Abbot under the guidance of Su Ping's Primordial Spirit.

The young Abbot felt no fear; he sat cross-legged on the ground, pressed his palms together, and silently recited the Mingwang Great Venerable Salvation Mantra.

He allowed those Nether Yin Qi to enter his body, where they first corroded his Fo power, and then slowly intertwined and merged with it.

At the same time, he opened his mind to accept the various contract Marks generated by the Nether Immortal Body with the help of the Netherworld.

As a pitch-black Immortal script representing the Netherworld appeared between his brows.

A pitch-black chain appeared on his left arm, emitting a series of clattering, crisp sounds.

This chain was both a shackle for the young Abbot and a physical manifestation of the authority he had gained through the recognition of the World Consciousness.

With the help of the pitch-black chain, the young Abbot's Netherworld transformation became increasingly smooth.

One day later.

At the large plaza in front of the Bronze Sword Tower on Chiyuan Main Peak.

Thousands of Cultivators from all sides had received the notice and rushed over.

The cultivation level of these Cultivators was at least Foundation Establishment.

The Cultivators present represented the interest groups of every aspect of the current Biyuan World.

They could fully represent the will of the rest of the people scattered across the Biyuan World.

Among these Cultivators, they were clearly divided into four factions.

One faction was naturally the faction of the Chiyuan Main Peak and the surviving Cultivators of the Biyuan World.

The other three factions came from three other Small Worlds respectively.

The leaders they pushed forward were a large monk who looked like Lu Zhishen, a pale-faced thin scholar, and a female Cultivator wearing a green dress and a silver-white mask that covered her entire face.

These three were also among the highest in cultivation present; they were the Fate Children favored by the World Consciousness under the crises of their respective Small Worlds, receiving treatment similar to what Chiyuan Xianren of the Cultivation World had obtained, which not only allowed them to quickly advance to the Late Transformation Realm.

They also each mastered some powerful Secret Techniques and Great Divine Abilities.

This was also the reason for their pride and unwillingness to be subordinate to others.

At the same time, they believed that by showing they were more useful, they should naturally replace those in power who relied on the advantage of being first to gain the trust of that Great Ability.

"This summons order was issued personally by that mysterious Great Ability."

"That Great Ability will definitely appear this time!"

"Indeed, this time we must seize the opportunity to demonstrate our capabilities."

"The power to allocate resources—even if we don't want it all, we should at least obtain half."

Some steady and prudent people also nodded slightly and exchanged their mental price points.

In their view, they occupied three-quarters of the high-level Cultivators and two-thirds of the mid-level Cultivators.

Yet asking for only half of the resource allocation power was already giving those old-timers a great deal of face.

The top floor of the Sword Tower.

Qingyuan Zhenren appeared by the window and, after taking a sip of clear Spirit Wine.

Her gaze swept over the heroes of the Cultivation World below.

With just one glance, she saw through these heroes for the most part.

Only a mere three people caught her eye.

She could see that those three, like her predecessor Chiyuan Xianren, had been favored by fortune, had the blessing of World Consciousness, could turn bad luck into good, and had frequent bursts of inspiration while cultivating.

Unfortunately, these three... were far inferior to her predecessor!

Even without the gift obtained from her master's self-sacrifice.

Her predecessor would have killed these three in at most three moves!

Qingyuan Zhenren shook her head slightly, took another sip of Spirit Wine, and intended to sneak away after Su Ping appeared and finished his roll call with his Divine Sense.

She suddenly let out an "eh," feeling the sky dim.

The mountaintop of this Main Peak suddenly felt somewhat cold!

If she didn't know that the Space Barrier Dharma Array of this Small World was intact.

Qingyuan Zhenren would have suspected that the true body of a child of an evil god had invaded.

Suddenly, a black lotus flower lotus throne appeared above the plaza.

The lotus throne emitted a faint white light, setting off the black-robed monk sitting cross-legged on it, who was filled with a sense of holiness and majesty.

"Namo Amitabha!"

"This seat is the Netherworld Buddha King Xuanguang; I greet all Daoist friends."

The young Abbot bowed slightly with one hand in front, his face kind and benevolent.

He looked like a high-ranking monk who had attained the Dao.

However, the Dharma Image that slowly emerged behind him.

A pitch-black Buddha Dharma Image, three-headed and twelve-armed, a thousand meters tall, with black hair and red eyes, wearing an angry expression.

It emitted a terrifying aura and waves of Nether Yin Qi.

It reflected the peak of Chiyuan Main Peak as if it had turned into a treacherous Netherworld domain!

"Is... is that the Abbot of the Great Golden Light Temple?"

The female Cultivator who was the leader was the first to lose her composure.

The pale-faced scholar also suddenly coughed, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

It was because he had used his own Secret Technique to release his Primordial Spirit to probe.

As a result, he was directly injured by the opponent's Protective Spiritual Light.

"What a terrifying Dharma Image; was this Abbot actually hiding his cultivation before?"

"To be able to injure my illusory Primordial Spirit with just Protective Spiritual Light, has the opponent already touched the edge of the Return to Void Realm?"

"Hiding their cultivation? Could it be that the intelligence provided by those people was all fake?"

The big monk was equally shocked and somewhat incredulous.

Their investigation into the young Abbot was naturally not based on one-sided information.

Rather, they had used their respective methods to gather information from a large number of people about the young Abbot's life, and then performed calculations.

Among these, the point that the young Abbot only attained the Spirit Transformation stage after entering the Biyuan World could not possibly be wrong, no matter how one thought about it.

But... if that were true, how could one explain the scene before them?

Was the opponent actually a peerless genius who had cultivated from the Spirit Transformation Initial Stage to a level surpassing them, the other Cultivators, in such a short time?

This speculation, no matter how one thought about it, felt even more unreliable!

The young Abbot sat on the black lotus platform and slowly descended, signaling that Su Ping had begun the assembly's agenda.

The moment he formally spoke.

His voice carried pressure, weighing directly upon the hearts of all the Cultivators present.

Even the few leading Spirit Transformation Cultivators felt palpitations, and the plans they had originally prepared.

Under the exchange of a few glances between them, undoubtedly vanished into thin air.

Qingyuan Zhenren watched as the young Abbot transformed into the Netherworld Buddha King, her gaze shifting to Su Ping, who was hidden in the Void.

Su Ping sensed the gaze, smiled faintly, and released his divine sense to inform her of the young Abbot's situation.

Qingyuan Zhenren felt a stir in her heart upon seeing the enhancement gained from the Nether Yin Qi.

In the end, she still shook her head.

Although the Nether Yin Qi was good, it did not suit the Great Dao of cultivation she had chosen.

Furthermore, Qingyuan Zhenren had a feeling in the dark.

Her previous incarnation, Chiyuan Xianren, had not perished in the Dark Void.

In fact... she was doing better and better.

In the process of constantly slaughtering Evil Spirits to seize and refine evil power.

She was growing into an alternative existence that, while not a child of an Evil God, surpassed the children of Evil Gods!

She maintained the purity of her original heart and her own path of cultivation.

Perhaps it would be useful one day.

Qingyuan Zhenren was unwilling, and Su Ping would not force her.

The number of people who could be empowered by the world power of the Netherworld was also limited.

Since Qingyuan Zhenren was unwilling, he could simply select others from the remaining Spirit Transformation Cultivators to fill the spot.

After the young Abbot became stronger, there were no more disturbances in the Biyuan World for a short time.

Whether regarding resources or the distribution of tasks, no party had any complaints.

Even out of fear of retaliation, the Cultivators from the other parties were extra diligent when completing their tasks.

Several days later, the Evil Qi Tide arrived once again.

Su Ping sensed that the Evil Qi Tide was about to arrive, so he did not return to Water Blue Star, but stayed in the Biyuan World and deployed the Sun Moon Star Chart to reinforce the Space Barrier of the Biyuan World.

With the Sun Moon Star Chart present.

This Evil Qi Tide also could not break through the barrier of the Biyuan World.

Even if one or two super-large Evil Spirits ran over.

They would be heavily injured by the Innate Gang Qi unleashed by the Sun Moon Star Chart and flee.

As for the children of the Evil Gods.

They had already abandoned the Biyuan World, which sat alone outside like a satellite of a Small Thousand World.

They focused all their energy on the Small Thousand Worlds that were already becoming increasingly dilapidated.

After this Evil Qi Tide passed.

Su Ping curiously released his Primordial Spirit and poked his head out of the Biyuan World.

This also allowed Su Ping to see the current state of the Small Thousand Worlds in the Dark Void.

The Small Thousand Worlds, which previously looked like a bunch of grapes, now looked more like a bunch of shriveled raisins.

The only Small World that could still maintain a spherical shape.

Was the Five Elements World, which served as the Upper Realm.

However, even so.

Under the observation of Su Ping's Primordial Spirit's divine sense, one could see that there were two long, hard-to-heal cracks on the space bubble of this Five Elements World.

"With the Five Elements World in such Chaos now, there shouldn't be many forces still keeping an eye on me, an intruder, right?"

Su Ping knew very well that these space cracks were definitely a priority for those major forces to deal with.

Otherwise, the torrent of Evil Qi pouring in like a flood would be enough to destroy the lifeblood of all the sects in the Five Elements World.

"This time, let's go take a look at the Mu Family."

"Who told me to have Mu Cangtian as an Avatar?"

Su Ping made a decision in his heart.

At the same time, Mu Cangtian, who was originally a Blood God Incarnation, now also possessed Nether Yin Qi and had become a great general of the Netherworld faction.

Furthermore, because Mu Cangtian's constitution was quite compatible with Nether Yin Qi.

He now possessed strength not inferior to an expert of the Fanhui Jing.