Chapter 572

Looking at the timeline, the Mystic Cat experienced many things before entering the Feng Clan.

During this period, the Seated Buddha had already died, and this spiritual form was also in a completely sealed state.

Many things that happened during this period, the Seated Buddha did not touch.

Including how the bird was thrown into the Kingwater River by the phoenix couple, how the Mystic Cat was controlled by the great lama of Zàng Qū……and even I suspect the Seated Buddha's memory was also affected by the sealed spacetime, with grafted places in the middle.

But these are no longer important; at least I obtained the most crucial information from the Seated Buddha's mouth.

I stared at the distant boat and the man on it, asking, "Who is that?"

The Seated Buddha said, "The Ferryman."

The Ferryman?!

I know the Ferryman, and it's because of Yu Nian.

During the few days I stayed with her at Huicheng Funeral Shop, Yu Nian crafted a soul‑ferrying boat to take a ghost couple across the Wangchuan River with their memories, directly into reincarnation.

At that time we also received a gold ingot as payment.

Back then it was mentioned that there originally was a ferryman on the Wangchuan River, but for some reason the ferryman has been missing for a long time.

I never expected him to be here!

Is he still alive?

The wandering spirits along the riverbank are clearly all heading for that ferryboat.

And Yu Nian waved the thousand‑soul banner, collecting souls while rushing toward the ferryboat.

From the moment she appeared together with the Seven Halls Yama, her emotions became especially agitated, as if her heart and eyes were filled only with that ferryboat and the man standing on it.

What is the relationship between the Ferryman and Yu Nian?

The man is the ferryman on the Wangchuan River, and the soul‑ferrying boat Yu Nian crafted can carry ghosts across the Wangchuan River… To say there's no relationship between them, I don't believe it.

I was about to ask for more details when I suddenly felt the whole space tremble.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I seemed to hear a mournful bird cry.

The Merit Light of the Soul‑guiding Lamp flickered uncertainly; I glanced at it and saw that the merit inside the lamp chamber was nearly exhausted.

The sutra characters released by the Mystic Cat were also gradually fading.

The Seated Buddha's spiritual form, which they jointly maintained, would completely dissipate in this world as the Merit Light was exhausted and the sutra Fǎzhèn vanished.

Outside the Formation Array's barrier, the bird was desperately breaking the formation.

Once the bird entered this space, the slaughter truly began.

"What should I do?"

"I'm not afraid to face the bird, nor to fight it, but I'm tired of the saying 'the bird is immortal.' If it truly has no weakness, then what's the meaning of our desperate struggle to get this far?"

The Seated Buddha's silhouette gradually faded, his voice growing ethereal: "Xiao Jiu, everyone present can be seen as a fated person, but you alone are the one chosen by the Soul‑guiding Lamp. How to break the situation, the answer is not with me; you are the key to breaking it."

As the Seated Buddha's words fell, a heavy bell toll suddenly pierced through, awakening everyone's consciousness.

The Seated Buddha's phantom completely vanished.

At the same moment, Xingchen opened his eyes, and the Mystic Cat, somewhat weakened, fell into his embrace.

And on both sides behind Xingchen, the Copper Coin Person and Liu Junyan appeared simultaneously.

The last trace of merit in the Soul‑guiding Lamp was completely exhausted, and the whole space plunged into darkness.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang after bang of impact sounds came from all directions, accompanied by repeated bird cries.

I sat cross‑legged there, closed my eyes, and did not move.

Slaughter is the bird's nature.

Whether it's the two overturns of the Ancient God Temple or the blood‑slaughter of the Feng Clan, ultimately it's all the bird's doing.

Now we stand at this juncture once again.

If we lose this time, what does that mean?

We cannot lose.

Once we lose, it very well may be the end.

The Seated Buddha gone, the Feng Clan overthrown, the Dragon Vein tainted… the backlash of stealing heavenly fate will devour all of China.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Nether Realm has remained inactive.

No one dares to take the lead and contend with heavenly fate.

The Seven Halls Yama has been suppressed for years; all those in the Nether Realm who know the truth have watched him being tortured to the brink of collapse, yet no one has spoken up—all because of this.

Yet the Seated Buddha said, I am the key to breaking the situation.

What should I do?

How can I kill a guy who's called immortal?

Where exactly is the bird's weakness?

Xiao Jiu, don't panic, think it through carefully.

All this began because of the bird, and thus must end because of the bird.

The breakthrough must lie on the bird's body.

The bird is formed from the resentful qi condensed by the slaughter and suppression of the 108 eminent monks by those who stole heavenly fate; it is the backlash of stealing heavenly fate, the coalescence of all darkness.

As long as darkness remains in this world, and as long as our hearts hold hatred, resentment, any dissatisfaction, even greed, ignorance, and other delusions, the bird cannot disappear.

It's too hard.

In my view, this is simply impossible.

Perhaps I can try to control myself, but I cannot control others.

I cannot cover the sky with one hand.

The bird grinned wickedly, the flock of birds cried out, and the wronged spirits filled the air with ghostly wails and wolf howls… Countless negative emotions surged incessantly into my mind, leaving me no escape.

Wanting to completely block all of this is nothing short of a fool's dream… Dream?

I suddenly opened my eyes—yes, a dream!

Can I weave a dream, a dream like a Utopia, to trap the bird within it, thereby achieving an ideal state free of any negative emotion?

The Dream Weaving Sorcery has five chapters: Building Dreams, Breaking Dreams, Amplifying Nightmares, Regression, and Making Dreams Come True. I have already cultivated the first three chapters myself; the fourth chapter, Regression, was also passed to me by Dìluán. I tried to cultivate it, but time was too short and the situation too turbulent, so I have not yet mastered it.

As for the fifth chapter, Making Dreams Come True, even Dìshì has not truly mastered it, let alone me—I have never even reached its threshold.

If we now want to weave a dream for the bird, the chapters Amplifying Nightmares and Regression alone cannot achieve the effect I desire; we can simply abandon them.

Building Dreams and Breaking Dreams complement each other, with Building Dreams as the prerequisite.

But the problem is, Building Dreams is too basic—Dìshì knows it, so wouldn't the bird know it as well?

So, in fact, the only thing that can truly trap the bird is Making Dreams Come True.

I can't do it!

At that moment, a painful yet childish groan suddenly came from opposite me.

At some point, a gloomy red light burst forth around Xingchen.

That is the omen of the Evil Bone Skull erupting and invading Xingchen.

Xingchen has reached a critical moment.

Whether Xingchen completely suppresses the Evil Bone Skull and transforms it, or the Evil Bone Skull invades Xingchen and transforms it, hangs in the balance.

The little person sat cross-legged there, sweat covering his head, as the Copper Coin Person and Liu Junyan each placed a hand on his back, continuously pouring true qi into his body.

The formation array barrier trembled with increasing intensity; the Four Blessings Immortals struggled to maintain the formation, and the bird could break in at any moment.

The bird seeks to seize Xingchen's body…