Chapter 629 - 623: The Underworld Emerges
The World Honored does not believe that anyone other than himself can achieve enlightenment in this world.
If enlightenment were that easy, would all his years of effort have been in vain?
"Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"Except for me, there is absolutely no one in this world who can achieve enlightenment."
"As for your world, it’s just a group of weaklings. Even the strongest among them can only barely use the Bodhi Tree to hinder me for a moment."
"Who else?"
"Who else could achieve enlightenment before me?" The World Honored looked up and roared, not believing that someone had achieved enlightenment.
In the eyes of the World Honored, aside from him, the strongest in the Mysterious World would be the Peacock Great Ming King.
The Peacock Great Ming King, right before him, couldn’t possibly be the one.
As for Elder Bai and the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder, in the eyes of the World Honored, they are far from achieving enlightenment, completely unqualified.
And in the Real World, the strongest are the Dean and Lin Yuan. The Dean transformed into the Bodhi Tree to hinder the World Honored’s enlightenment, so it couldn’t possibly be the Dean?
Lin Yuan is right before him, so it’s not possible that Lin Yuan is the one either.
Moreover, the strength Lin Yuan is showing now, although formidable, comes from the Human King Sword and Human King Armor, not from his own inherent power.
These individuals have been ruled out, so it couldn’t possibly be some unnamed passerby on the roadside achieving enlightenment, right?
If enlightenment were so easily achieved, the World Honored wouldn’t have delayed for so many years.
Therefore, in the eyes of the World Honored, Lin Yuan must have used some secret technique to hinder his enlightenment, leading him to mistakenly believe someone had achieved enlightenment, causing him to give up entirely.
Lin Yuan propped himself up with the Human King Sword, stood tall and proud, looked toward the World Honored, and said in a deep voice, "What if I told you the person who achieved enlightenment was me?"
World Honored: "??????"
"Hahaha!"
"Hahaha!" Upon hearing Lin Yuan’s words, the World Honored was initially stunned, then laughed loudly: "Lin Yuan, do you really think I’m a fool?"
"I’ve been seeking enlightenment for years, if you’ve achieved enlightenment, could I not see it?"
"Enlightenment? Are you worthy? You’re just a shallow lucky fellow."
"Even the Rebirth Saint Mother back then didn’t have the conditions for enlightenment."
Seeing the World Honored’s reaction, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but look helpless.
Nowadays, it’s tough to be an honest man!
He truthfully told the World Honored, but he just didn’t believe him!
Actually, not just the World Honored, even Lin Yuan himself didn’t believe it when he first heard the Dean’s plan.
This plan was completely about seizing the World Honored’s opportunity and fortune.
Moreover, if any step went wrong, it could alert the enemy.
Even the Dean lost his life because of it.
Originally, Lin Yuan wanted to refuse this method.
But he couldn’t resist the Dean.
Because apart from this, they had no other way to hinder the World Honored’s enlightenment.
This was their only chance.
If they failed, everyone in both worlds would die.
Between everyone dying and just himself dying, the Dean chose the latter.
"It’s really me!"
"If you don’t believe it, then there’s nothing I can do!" Lin Yuan shrugged, looking helpless.
The World Honored, already angry at his failed enlightenment, became even more furious upon seeing Lin Yuan’s apparent mockery.
The World Honored’s brow furrowed slightly, his voice cold as he said, "Lin Yuan, you repeatedly mock me, it seems I should kill you first."
As soon as the World Honored finished speaking, the golden light around the Buddha Realm gathered into a large hand imbued with Buddha’s aura, grasping Lin Yuan within it.
"Quickly speak, what secret technique or sorcery did you use to hinder my enlightenment."
"If you honestly lift the sorcery you cast on me, I can spare your life, making you a Buddha in Western Heaven Paradise."
"But if you remain stubborn, I can only turn your body to pulp and let your soul vanish completely."
Grasped by the large hand imbued with Buddha’s aura, Lin Yuan remained unfazed.
Because he knew he was indeed the foremost of this realm.
No, it should be his avatar that was foremost.
Now, the world and Mysterious World combined is a complete world.
And a complete world only allows one Tier One.
Now, this Tier One is Lin Yuan’s Evil Corpse.
With his own Evil Corpse around, the World Honored could never kill him.
"I told you!"
"But you don’t believe it, what can I do?"
"I speak the truth, even if I say it a hundred times, you still won’t believe?" Lin Yuan said earnestly.
"Mocking me!"
"You still want to mock me! Since that’s the case, I’ll kill you, and see what kind of enlightenment you’ve achieved!" The World Honored said coldly as the Buddha’s aura hand tightened its grip on Lin Yuan and slowly applied force.
"Creak."
"Creak, creak."
In this moment, within the Buddha’s aura hand, Lin Yuan even heard the sound of his bones cracking.
At this rate, within ten seconds, Lin Yuan would be squeezed to death by the World Honored.
Just then, a darkness came from the Void, quickly spreading across the sky.
The Buddha Realm, shining with golden light, was rapidly swallowed without a chance to resist.
The Buddha Realm was rapidly swallowed, and soon, the World Honored’s Buddha Realm was engulfed by the dark night, consuming one-tenth of it.
And the speed of the Buddha Realm being consumed was quick enough, almost visibly accelerating.
World Honored: "??????"
The World Honored was utterly astonished, originally not believing Lin Yuan’s words, but now he began to believe.
The World Honored’s Buddha Realm had reached the peak of a small world.
Meaning, the World Honored’s small world was the strongest small world.
So, what could devour his Buddha Realm couldn’t be a small world.
It wasn’t a small world, it could only mean a true world.
A Third Realm anchored in the heavens.
And the premise of having such a world is achieving enlightenment.
Could it be, someone truly achieved enlightenment?
The World Honored was panicking, truly panicking.
Originally, the World Honored did not believe, but seeing his small world being devoured, his complexion changed entirely.
Now, he had to believe.
If someone really achieved enlightenment before the World Honored, it would mean the end of the World Honored’s path of cultivation.
Not only the end of his cultivation path, but his life as well.
The World Honored has too many enemies, if he can’t achieve enlightenment, he can’t withstand their vengeance.
Even though the World Honored previously refused to believe, now he had no choice but to.
Just then, from the sky appeared various Underworld structures.
Ghost Gate, Yellow Springs Road, Naihe Bridge...
Lin Yuan generously showed his Underworld entirely before the World Honored.
Yet so far, the Evil Corpse of the Yin Celestial Son had not appeared.