Chapter 321: The Six Sects Suffer a Calamity

"Invaded by what?"

Li Yu asked subconsciously in his mind. Although separated by a vast distance, Li Yu could still detect immense terror in the voice of Miao Chang.

She seemed to be encountering an unprecedented horror, her heart and soul trembling, unable to control herself.

She had been briefly relieved after receiving the sachet sent by Li Yu, but immediately fell into even greater panic, clearly worried that if Li Yu came at this time, he would be implicated and suffer as well.

The Moon Water Nunnery is one of the branch stations of Buddhism within the borders of the Gan Kingdom!

With so many high-sequence powerhouses, what could possibly happen to make a core disciple like Miao Chang fall into such a state?

At this moment, Li Yu was filled with confusion.

However, before he could hear an answer, the bait line in his hand suddenly tightened to the limit. At the same time, the image in the void began to flicker, and Miao Chang's melodious voice stuttered incessantly.

Seeing this, Li Yu immediately knew this was the precursor to a "line cut." Something drastic must be happening on Miao Chang's end, and there was no time for her to answer.

Just as he was about to act, the image and sound vanished simultaneously, and the sachet used as bait was also lost.

At the final moment, Li Yu flicked his palm, pulling the bait line and the void hook back from the "Moon Water Nunnery," and in doing so, he also hooked back some images and sounds.

The big fish was not caught.

But some other things were captured by him using this method.

Yet, when those images and sounds appeared, Li Yu's expression froze, and his brows furrowed.

"How is this possible?"

Just the first scene alone made Li Yu cry out in shock.

It was a blurry image of the center of the Moon Water Nunnery's Buddha hall.

Normally, there should be a statue of the Mother Buddha there.

But now, it was, and yet it wasn't.

The golden body of the Great Compassion Mother Buddha was completely different from the past: her head hung low, blood-tears flowed, and flesh-lotuses bloomed in her palms, their centers splitting into dense compound eyes. Behind her were thousands of pale, corpse-like, impure Buddha hands, clutching various unspeakable, filthy magic treasures.

Fleshy, tentacle-like appendages writhed beneath her, and each tentacle was engraved with a filthy, vulgar version of the *Jin Gang Sutra*.

Accompanying this image were the filthy changes in other areas of the Moon Water Nunnery, as well as scenes of the mass alienation and corruption of the nun disciples.

The pollution radiation within was so intense that one would be infected just by taking a single look.

A pure Buddha land!

Had actually become a place of filth.

This kind of "reversal," this kind of impact, was something Li Yu could never have imagined.

At this moment, he also understood why Miao Chang was so terrified.

Li Yu himself found it somewhat hard to accept.

He had to remember that just a second ago, he was praising the Gan Kingdom's absolute defense against evil gods, where the common people all wore innocent, unpolluted faces.

And the next second, a major Buddhist cultivation site had been invaded and polluted?

Who could withstand such a slap in the face?

He worried for Miao Chang's life in his heart.

But Li Yu also knew that he could not be rash now, and he certainly could not recklessly charge into the current Moon Water Nunnery.

Figuring out exactly what happened first?

That was the right approach.

"Looking at that filthy golden body, it is clearly the fallen Buddhist 【Immaculate Mother Buddha】."

"Buddhism has two powerful divinities, the Buddha Ancestor and the Mother Buddha; the rest, such as Bodhisattvas and Arhats, are all secondary or subsidiary gods."

"The fallen Buddhism in Wanfu City, therefore, also corresponds to two evil gods: 【Black Maitreya】 and 【Immaculate Mother Buddha】."

"If following the normal logic, one would think these two evil gods are the dark sides of the Buddha Ancestor and Mother Buddha, split off from them."

"However, according to Hong Dou's investigation, the truth is completely different. They are actually foreign evil gods from the Boundless Spirit Realm. For some reason, they do not use their original titles and divine names, but instead imitate Buddhism, each donning a skin to create a fallen Buddhism."

"To be able to imitate so well, the 【Lord of the Curtain】 must be helping."

"Then what about this invasion?"

"How could a single foreign evil god invade the Moon Water Nunnery, a Buddhist stronghold in the Gan Kingdom's capital?"

"Furthermore, the six major orthodox sects are clearly branches of the same tree. The Moon Water Nunnery was invaded, and even I could detect it... how could the other sects not know, and why was there no assistance?"

"Hmm?"

As he reasoned this far, an incredible thought flashed through Li Yu's mind.

He seemed to realize something and said in disbelief, "Could it be... that the other sects have also been invaded?"

The next moment!

Li Yu did not delay, and with a thought, he submerged his consciousness into the sea of consciousness.

The best place to gather information was none other than... the group.

The long-neglected Heaven's Pride Gathering Star Group.

Upon opening it, as expected, a massive amount of information poured down like a waterfall.

A hurried glance revealed countless topics, but the ones that used to appear with high frequency, like "Li Yu" and "Order Master of the Calamity Star," were missing.

Instead, many new-generation Heaven's Prides had appeared.

Clearly, the world keeps turning, no matter who is missing.

Li Yu, who once had no equal in the spotlight, was now ignored and gradually forgotten.

Li Yu did not care about this; it was exactly what he wanted.

Sometimes, being low-key and nameless is the only way to get things done.

Opening the star group, he didn't need to flip through the records.

Because at this moment, the Wanfu City Heaven's Prides in the group were heatedly discussing exactly what he wanted to know.

The truth was indeed exactly as he had guessed.

"You've all heard, right? The 【Pioneer】 is rampaging through the Three Kingdoms and Six Sects, and that group of 'Outsiders' has been hogging all the limelight."

"The Wanfu Daily calls them 'True God's Darlings' and 'Favored by Divine Grace,' praising them to the skies as if no one in our younger generation in Wanfu City can compare to them."

"It's not an exaggeration, though. In terms of combat power and True God's favor, the Outsiders are indeed much stronger... For example, both are 【Merciful Father's Chosen】, but Hu Buku has to pay a huge price to summon the Merciful Father's projection, while that Outsider with the title 【Plague Lord】 can summon it with a single thought."

"The essence of cultivation is different. As humans, we have to climb the path step by step, promote our sequence, and letting an evil god possess us causes irreversible damage... Those Outsiders aren't human; they are naturally powerful and are frequently possessed by True Gods, yet they suffer no ill effects and only grow stronger."

"Although that's a fact, the City Lord's Mansion's differential treatment is disheartening. The Pioneer was clearly the residence for Wanfu City's chosen ones, yet for this maiden voyage, it had to be yielded to that group of Outsiders. It's said they even invited the True God behind the City Lord's Mansion to provide protection."

"More than that, the commotion this time is too big. I'm afraid it's a joint operation between the City Lord's Mansion and other sects. To ensure the 【Pioneer】 wouldn't be surrounded and annihilated by the Three Kingdoms and Six Sects and could complete its maiden voyage safely, Wanfu City attacked the Three Kingdoms and Six Sects almost simultaneously."

"Exactly!"

"Starting from yesterday, the major sects in the city, with the help of the 【City Lord's Mansion】, launched surprise attacks from afar on the Three Kingdoms and Six Sects."

"But it's not a real war; it's a targeted invasion. First, surround and kill the five orthodox gods, pinning down their true bodies, then send avatars to raid the branch stations of their subordinate sects."

"For example, my Forbidden God Sect is currently invading the 【Earth Mother Sect】 station in the Gan Kingdom's capital, having already turned that Yellow Springs Netherworld into a place that produces delicacies."

"The Great Blood God has also descended upon the headquarters of the Gan Kingdom's Haotian Sect, locked in a struggle with that 'Haotian'."

"My sect's 'Black Maitreya' and 'Immaculate Mother Buddha' each have avatars currently descending upon the Gan Kingdom's Moon Water Nunnery and Small Thunder Sound Temple."

"The Three Kingdoms and Six Sects are likely all in a state of chaos."

As these chat logs entered Li Yu's eyes one by one.

Many doubts were all resolved.

The remaining blurry parts were immediately filled in by Li Yu's own reasoning and deduction.

"The Three Kingdoms and Six Sects' defense against evil god pollution is still in an absolute dominant position."

"But this is not a large-scale invasion; it is a targeted surprise attack."

"A group of evil gods simultaneously sent out avatars to pollute some key locations."

"Their main goal is likely not to truly occupy those cultivation strongholds—they couldn't do that anyway—but to pin down the power of the Three Kingdoms and Six Sects to ensure the 【Pioneer】 completes its maiden voyage."

"If nothing goes wrong!"

"Disasters like the Immaculate Mother Buddha descending on the Moon Water Nunnery will eventually be resolved."

"But the losses caused in the process are irreparable."

"For example, how many people in the Moon Water Nunnery will die?"

"Can the nun disciples who have been polluted by the 'Immaculate Mother Buddha' still be saved?"

Realizing this, Li Yu's expression became even uglier.

The situation was not as serious as he had imagined, but it was more urgent.

There is a price to pay after such a surprise attack is neutralized.

Now, the little nun Miao Chang is one of those costs.

"The Lord of the Curtain's power is too disgusting. Only their narrative-domain divinity can bypass the absolute defense of the Three Kingdoms and Six Sects, allowing the avatars of various evil gods to descend from afar in a targeted manner."

"This kind of surprise attack plan is very dirty."

"After all, the six major orthodox sects are not gathered together. The capitals of the three kingdoms almost all follow the pattern of one sect headquarters paired with branch stations of other sects... With the evil gods starting from the Gan Kingdom and invading separately, it is indeed very difficult to cope with for a time."

"However, since it's the work of the City Lord's Mansion, I can intervene without cost."

"If I'm not mistaken!"

"My Qi and name should already be registered at the 【City Lord's Mansion】. Zuo Ci Kui must already view me as something in his pocket and won't let anything happen to me."

"Since the Immaculate Mother Buddha was only able to descend through the Lord of the Curtain, then as the Order Master of the Calamity Star, a clerk of the City Lord's Mansion, and wearing the skin of an idler, I should be able to use my 'face-fruit' influence."

These actions and thoughts sound very complicated.

In reality, Li Yu completed them within two or three breaths.

After clarifying the origin of this disaster and the current situation, Li Yu headed toward the location of the Water Moon Nunnery without the slightest hesitation.

His relationship with Sister Miaochang was excellent, so he had to save her.

Furthermore, once he set off, Li Yu could not help but feel a bit excited.

A rare trace of the desire to fight had emerged within his body.

"After advancing to Sequence Four, True Monarch of Food, I have not yet engaged in any combat."

"The Spirit Venerable path is indeed not very adept at killing in the earlier sequences."

"But for every sequence higher, combat power will surge with a leap."

"Now, it is the time to put it to the test."

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(End of chapter)