127: Thousand Buddha Temple Buddhist child - bitter bamboo

Great Master Ku Zhu's spiritual message once again entered Lin Feng's ears, but this time, it was like the last flicker of a candle in the wind, filled with an undisguised urgency and a hint of... almost desperate weariness.

“Lin Benefactor... the situation... is dire!” His voice was intermittent, as if each word cost him immense mental effort. “The Bright King Dharma Appearance... is at its limit... This monk... is utterly exhausted... I... I can't hold on much longer!”

Lin Feng suddenly looked up, only to see that the once mighty Bright King Dharma Appearance high in the sky was now covered in cracks, its light extremely dim.

Unbelievable...

The movements of the six arms were noticeably sluggish, and the Vajra pestle they wielded could no longer easily smash the Devilish Qi; instead, it was torn apart by the eight ferocious Devil Shadows, causing Buddhist light to scatter.

Great Master Ku Zhu's Physical Body was as pale as gold paper, his aura so weak it seemed it could extinguish at any moment. Each time he formed a seal, his body trembled uncontrollably, and blood with a faint golden glow continuously spilled from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, he had been fundamentally injured and was burning his last life Origin to sustain himself!

“This monk... to be frank...” Great Master Ku Zhu's voice carried deep bitterness and a hint of resolve, finally no longer concealing anything. “This monk is not... from the Boundless Sea Cultivation World. This monk comes from... the distant Tianyuan Cultivation World, and is the contemporary Buddhist Son of the Thousand Buddha Temple, one of the three great Holy Sects within that realm...”

Tianyuan Cultivation World? Thousand Buddha Temple? Buddhist Son? Lin Feng's heart trembled violently! He had never heard of these names, but just hearing them, he knew what kind of terrifying behemoth they represented! No wonder this monk was so powerful, able to see through the Devil Head's Origins and summon the Bright King Dharma Appearance!

“This monk possesses the 'Myriad Dharma Buddhist Heart' physique... and was given a decree by the Upper Realm Sect... mentioning a monstrous case that the Spirit Realm has been investigating for tens of thousands of years... the Devil Soul of the traitor Garuda... its last vanishing fluctuation... roughly pointed to... the vast Star Domain near the Lower Realm Boundless Sea Cultivation World...”

Great Master Ku Zhu's words were like thunderclaps, striking Lin Feng's mind one after another, revealing a larger and more brutal truth of the world that he had never encountered before!

“This monk, by the order of the Upper Realm Buddha... secretly investigated... and happened to coincide with the opening of this Secret Realm... sensing the Devilish Qi and spatial anomalies here... so I entered. I originally intended to ascertain the truth... and if possible, eliminate it. But I didn't expect...” Great Master Ku Zhu's voice was filled with powerlessness and self-reproach, “But I didn't expect this Devil to be so cunning... its recovery of strength far exceeded my estimation... and it has deeply merged with the Heavenly Devil Evil Array... This monk... has failed the trust of my Sect...”

“Now... this Devil is about to break free! Once he completely devours the Secret Realm's Origin... recovers part of his strength and breaks out of the seal...”

Great Master Ku Zhu's voice suddenly became incredibly urgent and heavy, “The first to bear the brunt... will be the Boundless Sea Cultivation World! With this Devil's vicious Heart-Nature and his urgent need to recover... he will surely unleash an endless slaughter! Sacrificing countless living beings with blood to replenish his Devilish Qi... is the fastest way for him to recover! At that time... the devastation of life... the collapse of the realm... is no exaggeration! Your Sect, Family, friends and relatives... I fear... I fear none will escape!”

Sect? Family? Friends and relatives?!

Great Master Ku Zhu's final words were like the sharpest ice pick, piercing fiercely into Lin Feng's heart!

Before, he had only focused on his own safety, thinking about how to use the Earth Movement Divine Ability to escape. But he had never truly considered—what kind of terrifying chain reaction would occur once this Devil Head emerged!

The Boundless Sea Cultivation World... Black Reef Island... Guiyuan Island... Tianfeng City... and... and his parents, far away in an unknown small village, whose immortal fate had long been severed, ordinary yet incredibly precious!

The thought of his parents' kind faces possibly being devoured by Devilish Qi, their warm home turning to scorched earth, their peaceful lives completely shattered... Lin Feng's heart felt as if it were tightly clutched by an invisible, icy hand. Suffocating pain and panic instantly overwhelmed him! Irritation, anxiety, and a deep sense of powerlessness in the face of a world-ending catastrophe almost swallowed him whole!

“This monk... is willing to exhaust my last strength... at the cost of my form and spirit being destroyed... to tear open a tiny crack in this Secret Realm... to send Benefactor away!” Great Master Ku Zhu's voice interrupted Lin Feng's panic, carrying a martyr-like resolve. “I only ask Benefactor... to go to the Thousand Buddha Temple in the Tianyuan Cultivation World! Inform the elders in the temple of everything that has happened here! My Thousand Buddha Temple will surely offer a generous reward! This monk can first transmit the complete Cultivation Technique of the Ming Wang Purgatory Skill, reaching Soul Transformation and forming the Bright King Dharma Appearance... through Divine Thought Legacy... to you immediately! This will serve as both reward and token!”

A path to survival! Plus a top-tier Cultivation Technique that reaches Soul Transformation!

These conditions were so generous they would drive any Foundation Establishment Cultivator mad! If it were normal times, Lin Feng would have agreed without hesitation!

But at this moment, he fell silent. His brain churned frantically under extreme pressure.

Go deliver a message? Where was the Tianyuan Cultivation World? He had no idea!

The Boundless Sea Cultivation World was already vast and boundless; how distant must the Tianyuan Realm be? Even if the monk risked his life to open a passage, could he reach it smoothly? Even if he did, would a behemoth like the Thousand Buddha Temple easily believe the words of a strange Foundation Establishment Cultivator? How long would it take for them to verify the situation and then dispatch experts?

A month? A year? Ten years?

By then, would the Boundless Sea Cultivation World still exist?

Could his parents... still wait until then?

‘No! Absolutely cannot let him escape! It must be here! Right now! Solve him!’ An incredibly firm, even slightly mad thought, erupted like a volcano in Lin Feng's heart!

‘But... what can I do?’ A deep sense of powerlessness struck again. ‘I'm just a Foundation Establishment Cultivator... my True Qi is sealed, my Divine Sense is locked... although my Physical Body is strong, in front of a Devil Head comparable to Soul Transformation, I'm just a slightly stronger ant... even that monk, fighting with his life, couldn't do it... I...’

He frantically scrutinized everything he could rely on. Ming Wang Purgatory Skill? No, the difference in levels was too great. Even if he unleashed all his Qi and blood, he couldn't fundamentally harm the opponent.

Divine Abilities? Demon Slayer had a restraining effect on Devil Heads, but its power was insufficient; it was fine for Foundation Establishment Stage Devil Cultivators, but useless against this kind of old Devil... Rain Prayer was even more useless... Earth Movement... was for escaping...

Wait a minute! Divine Abilities?