One breath, the "tender sprout" grew roots and transformed into a "golden lotus".
Two breaths, the "golden lotus" sprouted a "golden bud".
Three breaths, the "golden bud" bloomed, transforming into a "nine-grade golden lotus".
In three breaths, Hao Ren had successfully cultivated nine "nine-grade golden lotuses".
These nine "nine-grade golden lotuses" were nearing maturity. They only needed a final period of nurturing, and they would transform into true acquired spiritual treasures, the "nine-grade golden lotuses".
Seeing this, Hao Ren was overjoyed.
This cultivation speed was simply divine.
If it continued at this pace, he could cultivate countless "nine-grade golden lotuses" in minutes.
Hehehehe...
By then, each "Dehua Temple" would house a hundred or eighty "nine-grade golden lotuses". Hao Ren wouldn't even need to deliberately activate the "power of salvation"; people would naturally be drawn in, becoming devout followers of the "Dehua Divine Cult".
Then, a torrent of "merit power" would flow in, and condensing a "Golden Body of Merit" would be within reach. Wonderful!
As the saying goes, extreme joy begets sorrow!
Just as Hao Ren was overjoyed, thinking he could mass-produce "nine-grade golden lotuses", a sudden change occurred.
Rumble!
The heavens and earth shook!
The sun and moon changed color!
An incredibly terrifying, immensely powerful, world-destroying malevolent will swept through.
This "great terror" was indescribable.
It was as if the entire "world" was merely a fragile glass ball before this "terrifying great will"; with just a single thought, it could be crushed to pieces.
Terrible!
Too terrible!
In this very instant, in this "world", the minds of all living beings, whether mortals or cultivators, birds or beasts, were filled with a majestic, overbearing, and furious divine Buddhist chant.
"Who, who exactly is stealing the power of salvation from my Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss? You court death! Amitabha, if you don't go to hell, who will! This monk will cast you into the eighteen levels of hell!"
Hearing this voice, Hao Ren almost wet himself!
It's over, the secret is out!
Hao Ren knew very well that this "terrifying great will" was coming for him.
The nine "newly born nine-grade golden lotuses" and their potent "power of salvation" certainly didn't come from nowhere. They had stolen from the so-called "Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss", and now someone had come looking for them!
"Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss"!
Just hearing the name told him it was unbelievably awesome!
Hao Ren seriously suspected that there was a legendary "Buddha" in the "Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss".
A "Buddha"! That was an omnipotent, supreme being standing at the pinnacle of all realms.
To be targeted by such an "ultimate path expert," he was surely doomed!
It's over, it's over, it's truly over!
Hao Ren's heart was filled with despair.
Under the shroud of this "terrifying great will," Hao Ren felt incomparably insignificant. He couldn't even muster the will to resist, and could only close his eyes and wait for death.
Don't blame Hao Ren for his cowardice!
Not only Hao Ren, but all living beings in this "world" reacted in the same way.
The "Divine Separation Ancestors" of the "Imperial Court Faction," even the overbearing Emperor "Wang Ge Bi," were now hiding beneath the dragon throne, clutching themselves and trembling.
In the "Cloud Family Immortal Mansion," the virile strongman with sixteen abdominal muscles, "True Person Chunyang," let out a delicate yelp of fear and hid in "Ancestor Xinxin's" embrace.
"Ancestor Xinxin" was utterly disgusted.
Can you imagine what it feels like to have a two-hundred-pound muscular man, radiating explosive masculinity, hide in your arms like a delicate maiden?
One word: nausea!
For a moment, "Ancestor Xinxin" forgot his fear of the "terrifying great will" and wanted to push "True Person Chunyang" away.
Unfortunately, "Ancestor Xinxin" Yang Guo discovered he had no hands!
One of his arms was blown apart by a sneak attack from the "Imperial Court Faction" at the "Holy Land Assembly."
His other arm was blown apart again when he went out to search for the "Dragon Slaying Saber."
"Ancestor Xinxin" Yang Guo was now a "armless hero," a tragedy...
Ahem, back to the main topic.
Just as all living beings thought they were doomed and prepared to write their "wills," a sudden change occurred.
Suddenly, a beam of white light shot out from the mountain cave where Hao Ren was located.
The light, like a silken curtain, shot straight up into the sky.
The white light bloomed in the air, like a sacred snow lotus, enveloping heaven and earth.
It isolated heaven and earth, forming its own realm.
An incomparably divine and mysterious power erupted, so powerful as to be incomprehensible.
The level of this power was even higher than the "Three Thousand Great Daos," profound and unfathomable.
As the white light enveloped the entire "world," the "terrifying great will" suddenly lost its direction. It could no longer find this "world."
"Roar roar roar, how is this possible? Why has that world disappeared? Damned thief, come out if you dare! This monk will flay your skin, strip your bones, and grind your ashes to dust!"
The "terrifying great will" was enraged, roaring repeatedly!
Streams of powerful, tyrannical, fierce, and ruthless "will" materialized, sweeping back and forth through the void of the heavens.
Rumble!
The void trembled, and explosions of destruction erupted one after another.
Each explosion was accompanied by the shattering of a "world," which turned completely into nothingness.
In just a few seconds, countless "worlds" were affected and utterly destroyed.
For a time, countless beings perished, their wails echoing through the heavens, and overwhelming "karma" surged out, rolling and churning...
The "karma" generated by destroying a "world" was incredibly terrifying and awe-inspiring!
Even for a being like the "terrifying great will," after destroying over a dozen "worlds," he had to stop and use the "power of the Buddhist kingdom" to suppress the "overwhelming karma"!
"Roar roar roar, damned thief, this monk will not let this matter go! This monk swears to the Buddha, I will definitely kill you, and I will definitely kill your entire family!"
Although the "terrifying great will" could no longer find the "world," it knew very well that the "world," enveloped and hidden by a mystical power, still existed in some corner of the "heavens" and had not been destroyed!
The "terrifying great will" made up its mind. It would find that "world," and it would turn every living being in that "world" to dust as revenge for its hatred!
At this moment, the "terrifying great will" embodied the traditional virtue of "monks" keeping their promises. If it said it would kill your entire family, it absolutely would!
"System, thank you very much!"
Hao Ren, for the first time in a long time, sincerely thanked the "System"!