âWhatâs the matter with you guys?â Lord Buddha asked.
A female demon who had disguised herself as a white-faced monk said, âCongratulations, Lord
Buddha. Youâve finally refined the Ancestral Bodhi Tree and completely controlled Dairaionji Temple.
Ruling the Buddhist realm of Western Paradise is just around the corner.â
Lord Buddha frowned. âWho told you that Iâve succeeded in refinement? Itâs still early!â
âHuh..?â
âYou didnât succeed?â
The crowd of demons was shocked. They then looked in the direction of the previous Heart Mountain.
âLord Buddha, if you didnât refine the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, then how did itâ¦â
Lord Buddha finally realized that the situation wasnât right. He hurriedly walked to the side of Dairaionji
Temple. After taking a look at the back, he was completely stunned.
A divided soul emerged from him and rushed over like a mad dog.
âMy Ancestral Bodhi Tree! My Heart Mountain! Where have they gone?â
âAh! Where have they gone? Can any of you tell me?â No one could.
Everyone thought that Lord Buddha had refined the Ancestral Bodhi Tree and Heart Mountain by
himself.
Who would have thought that those two sacred objects would disappear on their own?!
Facing the hysterical roar of Lord Buddhaâs divided soul, none of the little demons dared answer it.
Lord Buddha rushed over there as well.
At first glance, it was an expanse of low-lying ground. The entire Heart Mountain was gone, and even
all the roots underneath the mountain were uprooted, leaving nothing else⦠The river, which initially
surrounded the foot of the mountain, was also gone.
âThe Soul Planting is half successful, but why canât I sense it?â
âAncestor Bodhi must be nearby!â
Lord Buddha sulked. When he showed up, no longer was a solemn appearance, and he revealed his
true face. He turned out to be a white elephant demon.
The Ancestral Bodhi Tree was Lord Buddhaâs most important handiwork. If he could not control the
Ancestral Bodhi Tree, then he couldnât completely control Dairaionji Temple. He would not be able to
use the thirty-three small subdued worlds under it for his own use either, let alone the domination of the
Buddhist realm.
Hence, one could imagine Lord Buddhaâs anger.
He had covered the entire low-lying ground with his massive soul power, yet he found nothing. Most
importantly, after he planted his soul on the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, he should have possessed a close
connection with it. Now, however, this sense had disappeared without a trace, and he completely lost
track of the ancestral tree.
âFind them!â
âYou have to find them even if you have to turn over Dairaionji Temple!â
âAndâ¦â
Lord Buddha thought that there was only one possibility for the occurrence of this situation, Ancestor
Bodhi was the one pulling strings behind the scenes.
âKeep an eye on that old geezer, Ancestor Bodhi. He must be nearby, so you have to find him for me.â
Whoosh!
The little demons under Lord Buddha followed his orders and went down to find the Heart Mountain
and Ancestral Bodhi Tree.
On the other side, Adrian hid in the Goddess of Mercyâs Cleansing Vase. He lay with his unconscious
father. That Cleansing Vase was a strange treasure. After he refined it and linked his soul to it, he had
activated many supernatural powers.
Adrian
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Pretending to become a living being was just one of them⦠It could step out of three realms without
existing in the five elements to hide completely.
Previously, Adrian sensed that something was wrong, so he put himself in the vase to avoid the
disaster. He lay quietly, but his heart pounded so wildly that he was restless.
Adrian
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It was because he seemed to have messed up what Ancestor Bodhi entrusted him. Ancestor Bodhi
wanted him to return the Ancestral Bodhi Tree after shrinking it.
However, an unforeseen event took place. The Ancestral Bodhi Tree and Heart Mountain had become
one. When he uprooted the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, he uprooted something else as well. The Heart
Mountain was uprooted, but after shrinking, they werenât transferred into the dimensional space.
Instead, they inexplicably entered Adrianâs mind palace.
Adrian
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At this moment, the Ancestral Bodhi Tree landed next to the Chaos Tree in Adrianâs mind palace along
with the Heart Mountain.
Adrian
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It plunged into the self-renewing soil, refusing to go away.