Unparalleled After Ten Consecutive Draws

"Who is this person? Why would the black qi fear him?"

"This energy… It's the transcendental energy! He's a Transcendentalist?! No, that shouldn't be. He's just a Gilded Immortal."

The eminent monks on the petals of the Gold Dharmic Lotus were mostly powerful cultivators of the Gilded Immortal Realm, and some of them were even Arch Gilded Immortals.

According to the Buddhist world's Five Karmic Categorization, there were a number of Bodhisattvas among them.

However, all of them were equally shocked when they saw Chu Kuangren.

They had been suppressing the Spiritual Mountain's Daoist contamination for countless years and had never seen the black qi fear someone like that. The black qi would even go after an Embodier cultivator if they met one.

However, they feared Chu Kuangren, who was a mere Gilded Immortal, like the plague.

It baffled them deeply.

The elderly monk who had the brightest Buddhist Light looked at Chu Kuangren pensively with countless Brahmic characters swirling in his eyes.

He was trying to deduce Chu Kuangren's fate but could not do so.

He knew if he continued to delve deeper, he would approach something forbidden. Hence, he closed his eyes and pulled himself out from the deduction.

When he opened his eyes, he looked at Chu Kuangren with a kind look on his face. "May I ask your name?"

"Chu Kuangren."

"Brother Chu, I see. Where do you originate from?"

"Hundred Academy."

"Oh, the academy? I see. I am Jian Xing, please to meet you."

Jian Xing put his hands together and smiled kindly.

Chu Kuangren had also started analyzing him as soon as he spoke. To his surprise, Jian Xing was an Embodier!

Only a handful of Embodier Realm cultivators had made their names public in this universe.

Chu Kuangren had seen them before, and they were all the Immortal Consciousness manifestations of the great ones from ancient times.

However, Jian Xing was a real and living Embodier realm cultivator!

Chu Kuangren dared not be disrespectful in front of such a great one, so he nodded and bowed with a fist salute. "Master Jian Xing."

Then, a crack appeared in the void, and Buddhist Light gushed out from there.

It was a figure with delicate facial features and a string of prayer bears. There was a hint of compassion on their face.

She was a nun.

"It's Buddha Yun Lan!"

Jing Hui and the others were rather shocked and delighted by her arrival.

Buddha Yun Lan was a hidden great one who resided in Euphoria Pure Land. Her cultivation level had reached the Buddha of the Buddhist world's Five Karmic Categorization, and she was an Embodier as well!

If Tathāgata, Bright Buddha, and Medicine Buddha were ancient existence from the previous era, Buddhas from the old age, then Buddha Yun Lan would be the Buddha of this era.

"Buddha Jian Xing, what's with the anomaly of Spiritual Mountain's Daoist contamination?" Buddha Yun Lan asked Buddha Jian Xing.

Her voice echoed in a soothing and calming tone.

Following her arrival, the Prodigy who entered a frenzied trance due to the corruption was suppressed and pinned on the ground. Unfortunately, the frenzy on his face remained.

He only showed fear whenever he looked at Chu Kuangren.

Buddha Yun Lan noticed the little scene as well, and it caught her attention.

"Desire World Sky made a move, and the Desire World Sky Demons invaded Lapis Lazuli Land. We are forced to divert our power to fend them off, but the Daoist contamination qi seized the chance to escape," Buddha Jian Xing said helplessly.

"I understand. Leave the rest to me. You should continue focusing on suppressing Spiritual Mountain."

"We understand." Buddha Jian Xing nodded and then continued, "As for the disciple who was corrupted by the Daoist contamination, you can ask Brother Chu for help."

Then, the massive Gold Dharmic Lotus slowly spun. As the Buddhist Light started to fade, the lotus shrank into the crevice in the land.

In the blink of an eye, the lotus and the Spiritual Mountain disappeared from everyone's sight.

If the corrupted disciple was not screaming frenziedly, the others would simply assume what happened was nothing but a nightmare and that they had woken up from it.

In that case, what would the real Spiritual Mountain be like?

"Brother Chu, do you have any idea how to deal with the Daoist contamination qi?"

Buddha Yun Lan sat in the clouds with her legs crossed, curious about the ways Chu Kuangren had to deal with the Daoist contamination.

"If I don't have a way, I wonder what would you do about it, Master Yun Lan?"

"Those who are corrupted by the Daoist contamination qi are beyond saving. Even an Embodier has little ways to redeem the said soul. Only suppression or killing was the way to purify the qi," Buddha Yun Lan said with a hint of helplessness in her eyes.

If there was any other way, she would not resolve in killing one of her own.

"I am willing to try, but in exchange, I want to know everything about the Daoist contamination qi."

"You, as the Celestial Demon King, should already know about this from Brother Bei Ming and the others. Why don't you ask them? Or–"

Buddha Yun Lan glanced at Chu Kuangren's arm. "...The Desire Flower in your hand."

"You know about this?" Chu Kuangren glanced at the flower and asked.

"It seems to be a product of the old, but it's too far behind for my memories to reach," the Desire Flower said with a yawn.

The Desire Flower was from the previous era, but due to various reasons, she fell and was reborn into this form after countless years.

Her memories were affected after being reborn, so recalling details from the previous era was a stretch for her.

Chu Kuangren then looked at Buddha Yun Lan. "You heard her, senior. My flower isn't too bright in that particular field. As for Senior Bei Ming and the others, they are always in hiding. I don't know when I will meet them again. I'm intrigued, so I must have answers."

"Hmph! You're the not-too-bright one!" the Desire Flower grumbled but was tapped several times by Chu Kuangren on the hand.

The ominous Desire Flower was like any other plant in front of Chu Kuangren.

"Nice one, Brother Chu," Buddha Yun Lan clicked her tongue in wonder. Then, she added, "If you can save our fellow disciple, I will tell you the origin of the Daoist contamination qi."

"It's a deal then."

Chu Kuangren nodded before approaching the corrupted disciple and channeling his Mini Universe power.

Upon sensing that power, the Daoist contamination qi in the disciple's body grew so restless that It automatically left the disciple's body and attempted to escape. However, Chu Kuangren captured it and absorbed it inside him, where the Mini Universe power was used to suppress it.

Buddha Yun Lan was shocked. "You can really suppress the Daoist contamination qi! Unbelievable!"

"Now, senior, please keep your side of the promise."

"Very well." Buddha Yun Lan nodded.

A sparkle of Buddhist Light appeared at the tip of her finger and was shot into Chu Kuangren's head.

The information regarding the Daoist contamination qi started to appear in his mind.

"I see. So this is the product of that so-called calamity…"

Chu Kuangren was hit by a sudden epiphany.

As for Jing Hui, Shi Ying, and others, they exchanged a baffled look with each other

What did that mean? Why were they not informed of what happened?

Jing Hui looked at Buddha Yun Lan, attempting to ask for an answer.

However, Buddha Yun Lan said, "All of you are too young to understand. When you get to a certain realm, you will eventually understand it."

"What about Brother Chu?"

"He's different from all of you or different from all of us in fact. It's better to let him know as early as possible."

The Prodigies reacted sourly to Buddha Yun Lan's answer.

They were all considered from the younger generation, but they were treated differently.