The Heaven-shattering: Holding the Jade Disc of Creation

Chapter 90: Journey to the Western Desert (Seeking follow-up reading and support)

Western Desert is a continent located to the west of Beidou. Unlike other continents where various powers are entrenched, strictly speaking there is only one power in Western Desert, and that is Buddhism.

It is said that the Western Desert was originally a barren land. Later, Emperor Amitabha established his Taoism here and created Buddhism to educate all living beings. After a long period of time, the Western Desert was built into a prosperous place.

Therefore, there is only one tradition in the Western Desert, Buddhism, but there are many temple branches under this general premise.

In the entire world of Zhantian, Buddhism has done the most in-depth research on the power of faith. Zhang Shuo is very interested in the power of faith. In addition, the Buddhist practice method is very unique, so Zhang Shuo plans to go to the Western Desert.

The Western Desert rarely communicates with the outside world, and it is difficult for ordinary cultivators to enter the Western Desert. However, Zhang Shuo can enter the Western Desert with the help of the demon tribe.

Zhang Shuo found the Peacock King and told him that he wanted to go to the Western Desert. When the Peacock King knew about this, he naturally took Zhang Shuo to a special temple.

This temple was built by the demon clan in order to enter the Western Desert. There is an exclusive domain gate inside, but unfortunately it was teleported to the Western Desert.

Zhang Shuo used the domain gate to go to the Western Desert. After passing through the domain gate, Zhang Shuo came to a temple, which was the stronghold established by the demon clan in the Western Desert.

This temple is near the Landuo Temple in the Western Desert. Because the demon clan had some transactions with the Landuo Temple, they specially built a stronghold here.

After Zhang Shuo obtained the map of Western Desert, he left the base and went to Western Desert Landuo Temple alone.

When Zhang Shuo set foot on the land of the Western Desert, he looked at the endless desert before him. It was raging with sandstorms and uninhabited. It was even more desolate than the northern region of the Eastern Desert.

Zhang Shuo used his secret technique to quickly travel through the desert. According to the location information on the map, he encountered many small oases along the way, and each oasis had a big city.

Buddhist temples can be seen everywhere in the city. Large and small temples enshrine various Bodhisattvas and Buddhas.

Each temple is surrounded by a hazy halo, which is the product of the materialization of the power of faith. However, in Zhang Shuo's eyes, while these powers of faith are being replenished, they also disappear into the sky in large quantities.

Zhang Shuo opened his Dao Eye of Creation and discovered that the power of faith was absorbed by a strange formation above the temple. It was this formation that absorbed a large amount of the power of faith and transmitted it to another space.

After Zhang Shuo opened his Dao Pupil of Creation, he discovered that the direction of the spatial fluctuation was the direction of Mount Sumeru. It seemed that Buddhism had built temples in various places in the Western Desert to absorb the power of faith and transmit it to Mount Sumeru.

"Mount Sumeru, the body of faith left by Amitabha Buddha, wants to teach people how to become immortals? What a tragedy." Zhang Shuo thought of the collapse of Mount Sumeru and the tragic deaths of believers in the original novel.

Zhang Shuo was not idle along the way. He entered many temples and obtained a lot of cultivation scriptures from these Buddhist believers.

These Buddhist scriptures all have one common characteristic, which is that one needs to rely on the power of faith to embark on the path of practice. During practice, one must visualize the Buddha statue and place one's own thoughts on the visualized Buddha statue in one's mind.

Buddhism gains the faith of monks through such practice of scriptures, but it also subtly transforms the monks' thoughts and beliefs. All monks who practice Buddhist scriptures will be converted sooner or later, but the process is very obscure and long.

The Landuo Temple was not too far from the temple where Zhang Shuo came from, and soon Zhang Shuo arrived at the Ximo Landuo Temple.

A magnificent ancient temple stands, with golden Buddha light shining all around, sacred and solemn, like a pure land detached from the world.

There are bodhi trees everywhere, orchids and lotus flowers in full bloom, and the faint fragrance of flowers and the rich incense of Buddha are everywhere. The whole temple is very popular and attracts a large number of believers to worship.

A wide ancient road leads directly to the mountain gate. The road is full of devout Buddhist believers, and most of them are ordinary people, bowing their heads as they take steps.
Zhang Shuo could see without opening his Dao Pupil of Creation that the entire ancient temple was bathed in the rich power of faith, and the vast gathering of thoughts broke through the clouds.

Such power is quite shocking, but Zhang Shuo is a little envious when looking at this strong power of faith. How many believers would need to accumulate for many years to have such a strong and powerful power of faith.

Zhang Shuo came to the mountain gate, took out the token and gave it to the monk guarding the gate. This was the token given to Zhang Shuo by the Peacock King, which could be used as a token of Zhang Shuo's identity as a demon.

Not long after, an old monk came out, saw Zhang Shuo and greeted him:

"Hello, sir. I am Kuhui from Landuo Temple. May I ask if you are Mr. Yan from the demon clan?"

Zhang Shuo looked at the monk in front of him. His face was old but his body was strong, his blood and energy were surging, his temperament was gentle, and there was a faint Buddha light between his eyebrows. He was a Buddhist cultivator who had reached the secret realm of dragon transformation.

"Master, you are too polite. I am Yan Changsheng. I am curious about the Buddhist system, so I came to visit you. I hope you can forgive me." Zhang Shuo said lightly.

"No, it's good that Mr. Yan is curious about our Buddhism. Our Landuo Temple has always been on good terms with the demons. Today, Mr. Yan is here, and our Landuo Temple will definitely entertain him well." After saying that, the old monk took Zhang Shuo into the Landuo Temple.
Finally, the two came to a nine-story stone pagoda. The tower was engraved with Buddha patterns and some Buddhist scriptures. The tower body emitted Buddha light and had a special charm as a whole.

This stone tower is not very tall, but it gives people a sense of grandeur.

Zhang Shuo discovered that a strong power of faith was gathered above the stone tower. Looking closely, he could see strands of power of faith emerging from the believers from the outside world to the top of the stone tower.

Above the stone pagoda, the brilliant Buddha light turned into a huge cauldron, which took in the vast power of faith and began to refine and purify it. The successfully refined power of faith was pure and rich, and it continuously flowed into a special space.

Under the insight of Zhang Shuo's Dao Pupil of Creation, these forces of faith continuously flowed into a virtual space, and the space was connected to a towering and silent sacred mountain - Mount Xumi.

Afterwards, Zhang Shuo sensed an old monk walking towards him and appeared in front of him in an instant. His thin and dry body contained surging divine power.

"Ancestor." Ku Hui bowed to the old monk.

"Meet the master."

"No need to be so polite, my friend. I see that there is a sparkle of wisdom between your brows, and I think you have a deep affinity with Buddhism. I wonder if you would like to practice Buddhism in the Landuo Temple." The old monk looked at Zhang Shuo with a hot gaze, as if he was looking at a piece of precious jade.

"Thank you for the invitation, Master. Although I have some interest in Buddhism, I'd rather not specialize in it." Zhang Shuo naturally would not choose to specialize in Buddhism.

“That’s a pity. If you are willing to change your mind one day, the door of Buddha will always be open to you.” After saying this, the old monk disappeared on the spot.

Zhang Shuo looked at the disappearing old monk and felt somewhat surprised at the profoundness of Buddhism. The old monk just now was obviously a cultivator at the third level of the Immortal Realm.

A branch of Buddhism, among which the supreme elder has the cultivation level of the third level of the immortal realm. It should be noted that the great world has not yet begun, it seems that the foundation of Buddhism is indeed deep enough.

Then Zhang Shuo followed Kuhui and continued forward to a Zen room, next to which there was a Sutra Library.

"This is the residence of the lay Buddhist. The Sutra Library next to it contains Buddhist scriptures and books. The lay Buddhist can study them at will." After Ku Hui finished explaining, he left.

"Thank you, Master."

Zhang Shuo walked into the Zen room, which was decorated very simply, with a few tables, chairs, benches, a futon and a bed.

After Zhang Shuo took a quick look through it, he left the Zen room and came to the Sutra Library.

The Sutra Repository was filled with Buddhist scriptures, but after a quick look, Zhang Shuo found that they were all ordinary scriptures and Buddhist stories, without anything related to cultivation.

“But this is also expected. But for me, as long as I enter here, I have achieved my goal.”

Zhang Shuo created a clone, then concealed his original aura and asked the clone to look up classics while his original body disappeared into the void and came to the front of the stone tower.

Zhang Shuo looked at the stone pagoda in front of him. This stone pagoda was just a holy object. It was not of very high grade, but its special function was very important to Buddhism.

With the help of the Jade Disc of Creation, Zhang Shuo entered the stone pagoda effortlessly. The interior of the stone pagoda was very simple and there was nothing inside, but the stone walls were full of Buddhist scriptures and some special Taoist patterns.

Zhang Shuo came to the fourth floor of the stone tower and used the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar to block the energy flow in this place. He sat cross-legged, calmed his breath and concentrated his mind, and shouted "Om Mani Pa Mi Hum" loudly.

This is the six-syllable Buddhist mantra that Zhang Shuo learned when the Leiyin Temple on Mars collapsed.

As the six-syllable mantra came out, surging Buddha's light emanated from Zhang Shuo's body. Behind him, a towering figure appeared. Buddhist music lingered, Buddha's light shone everywhere, and countless phantoms of celestial maidens appeared.

The Buddhist sound transformed from the six-syllable mantra seemed to have attracted something, and there was a faint existence in the void that resonated with the Buddhist sound.

Zhang Shuo knew that the time had come. The figure behind him had a gleam of light in his eyes. With a wave of his hand, he tore a hole in the void and stepped in.

(End of this chapter)