[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-420":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Secret Buyer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1758769,2324,"Chapter 420 - 295: Fiercely Plucking Monkey Hair, The World of the Other Shore (More to Come)_2","secret-buyer-chapter-420",420,"\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon realized and tentatively asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, the two techniques I’ve been cultivating for fifty or sixty thousand years can equate to a hundred thousand years?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the Pope of the Pantheon quickly weighed the pros and cons, then decisively nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agreed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The World Venerate nodded peacefully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In principle, three sacrifices for one exchange, but rescuing you from Five Finger Mountain costs too much, so it’s five sacrifices for one exchange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, the fourth sacrifice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng explained calmly and then focused on reaping benefits — reaping monkey benefits, his voice stern:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fourth sacrifice, I want your unwavering allegiance for a hundred years. During these years, you will act according to my decree, but nothing in my decree will endanger your life, what say you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Pope of the Pantheon pondered for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A hundred years...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To a being like him, a hundred years is not long, but allegiance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon reluctantly nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agreed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The final sacrifice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng said quietly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Pantheon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon was shocked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng replied slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Pantheon is essentially formed by some deities without celestial positions, correct? Unlike other sects, which have beings like True Saints and Celestial Venerates, Buddha-level entities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Within the Pantheon, even though you are the Pope, you’re likely one of the most powerful divine spirits being worshipped?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" the Pope of the Pantheon said in a deep voice, \"I am the Pope, and also the deity being worshipped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I want the entire Pantheon to change its faith, to revere Ling Mountain, with me as the supreme.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible.\" The Pope of the Pantheon decisively rejected, \"I can accept the other four sacrifices, but this one, no.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, he quickly explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Pantheon is not solely mine. Our sect has many Great Powers and Great Divine Power Users who are entrenched in the Abyssal Dimension we created.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They also are masters of the Pantheon. I am not the absolute ruler, nor am I able to...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The World Venerate interrupted peacefully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ling Mountain, it lacks nothing but celestial positions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon was stunned, hearing the World Venerate speak softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During the peak years of Ling Mountain, thirty-three Buddhas, eighty-eight Bodhisattvas, five hundred Arhats... such are all celestial positions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was shocked and blurted out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his memory, the named Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, approximately matched these numbers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on current circumstances, with a name comes a celestial position, along with corresponding authority — although these powers may ’overlap.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the Celestial Court Immortal Gods, and the Western Buddha Assembly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon suddenly breathed heavily, staring at the World Venerate:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your ambition is greater than I imagined, you’re planning to use the shell of my Pantheon to resurrect Ling Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng said calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Pantheon can’t truly have ten thousand divine spirits, those deities who are willing to enter Ling Mountain, ultimately can all ascend to celestial positions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t the celestial position what you all seek?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was painting a grand picture, at any rate, he mentioned ’ultimately,’ but when exactly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It completely depended on his discretion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, he spoke in a low voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If what you say is true, I can ensure that all five sacrifices are offered to you, but the question remains, how can it be guaranteed to be true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heavenly Contract.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can establish a Heavenly Contract with you, when the contract is accomplished, and you walk out from Five Finger Mountain, all sacrifices will be made.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before that, you only need to offer thirty percent of the sacrifices, nothing more, how does that sound?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon contemplated, still filled with some hesitation, but when he saw this World Venerate manifesting a Tao Scripture in his hand, he immediately nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agreed!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared intently at that Tao Scripture, the scripture wasn’t thick, just eighty-one pages, enveloped with vast purple aura,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on the cover, only two words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tao and Virtue].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the Tao Te Ching of that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the Tao Te Ching of that day!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mercy, mercy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng sighed lightly, raising the Tao Te Ching with one hand, while the other stood upright before his chest, calling out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Celestial Venerate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon instinctively looked, from the void emerged streams of chaotic fog, amidst the blur, reflecting an ancient Taoist Palace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taoist Palace surpassed the limits of thought, seen by the eyes, yet unable to be retained in the mind,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the palace doors opened wide, from within someone sat at an infinite height, stroking thousands upon thousands of lights with a wave of the hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light and shadow intertwined, forming a [Heavenly Contract].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon was filled with trepidation, scrutinizing the contents of the Heavenly Contract, only confirming it was flawless before saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I shall accept!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blur, he heard a vast sound saying, \"The contract is completed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Boom!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a muffled sound of a drum resonated, and the Pope of the Pantheon was astonished to find his past seven thousand years of arduous cultivation was being forcibly stripped away, irrevocably removed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not forgotten, but lost directly, along with that portion of arduous spiritual cultivation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, three thousand years of cultivating techniques was also stripped away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final thing to be stripped away was his pair of Fire Eyes Golden Gaze, capable of viewing the Different Dimension above and observing the vast void outside the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The remaining seventy percent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng concealed his inner joy, speaking without revealing his emotion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will be retrieved after I save you from Five Finger Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pope of the Pantheon immediately asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long will it take?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng pondered briefly and then spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s uncertain, but as short as a few months, at most no more than ten years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying so, he pointed to the illusory light cast by the Contract:\u003C\u002Fp>",1034,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","b68bb4795ff1ce5ccc4649d9fd39b84f110acefce52d4dee7ee9b5ac1f56d686","secret-buyer-chapter-421","secret-buyer-chapter-419",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]