217: Mercy descends

“System!”

Lin Chuping roared in his Sea of Consciousness. If this continued, even if his consciousness wasn't directly affected by the invasion, it would collapse from the unbearable pain.

“Since the Heavenly Dao found this method of self-salvation, the Dao of Incense, it must have corresponding countermeasures against these ‘abscesses’!”

“Quick! Open the mall! Find me everything that can purify, suppress, or even just temporarily isolate this demonic thing!”

“Host, found it: the Myriad People’s Cauldron!”

“The Myriad People’s Cauldron’s original body was the ultimate Divine Artifact used by the previous ruler to suppress Luck and gather Power Of Will.”

“The Myriad People’s Cauldron, with the power of incense, can suppress the impact of low-intensity pollution on living beings within its range.”

Good news: these Divine Artifacts no longer require Incense Value to purchase.

Bad news: the Divine Artifacts themselves require massive amounts of Incense Value to operate.

The situation was urgent, and Lin Chuping couldn't worry about such details.

“Use it, use it, System.”

“Host, the Incense Value is being consumed too quickly. You are about to be running at a loss.”

Lin Chuping’s heart tightened.

“That fast?!”

He was currently earning tens of thousands of Incense Value every minute, yet he couldn’t even support a single cauldron.

To whom could he complain?

What to do? Cut expenses? Absolutely impossible!

The Net of All Beings had just been cast, and the pollution needed to be suppressed. To retreat now would be to destroy his own Great Wall!

The only way out was to expand income!

Only with wider coverage, denser nodes, and the gathering of more immense Power Of Will could this ark of salvation be sustained!

“In my name! By the will of all beings! By the authority of the Heavenly Dao! Myriad People’s Cauldron · Myriad Realms Anchoring! Temples—appear!”

Boom—!

It wasn't a sound, but an invisible tremor originating from the world’s rules, sweeping through the Six Realms!

It was as if an invisible giant net was instantly stretched to its limit!

Within the Six Realms, between heaven and earth!

Countless temples of Lord Chuping rose from the ground in the blink of an eye. As if growing from the Origin of the world, they suddenly stood upon every critical node!

* * *

The Western Regions Buddhist Kingdom.

This place was no longer a pure land of Sanskrit chants, but an existence akin to the legendary Lion Camel Ridge, where demons ran rampant!

The devout monks, Protectors, and ordinary male believers had almost all been demonized.

They were no longer “people” but monsters filled with twisted desires and brutality.

After all the males were demonized, reproduction became the most critical problem.

They were gathered in several large Buddhist halls.

These places had devolved into “demon brothels” more terrifying than Hell!

Countless women, clad in rags, their expressions numb or filled with extreme fear, were imprisoned within.

They all bore more or less traces of being eroded by Devilish Qi—black spots on their skin, vacant eyes.

They were the only relatively “intact” resources left in this demonic domain, regarded as playthings and “blood meal supplements” by high-ranking demonized monks or powerful demons.

Faith had long collapsed, and compassion was utterly gone.

The wails of living beings were the only “Sanskrit chants” here, and feasts of flesh and blood were the only “offerings”!

However!

Right in the center of this human Hell, an ancient temple, with the three divine characters “Lord Chuping” carved on its plaque, rose from the ground without warning!

In the center of the huge Buddhist hall, inside an iron cage.

Huixin gripped the bars, her knuckles white; Alan cowered in a corner, trembling; Xiao Yue’s small body pressed against the cage wall.

Suddenly!

A warm, pure energy fluctuation pierced through the polluted air, accompanied by a silent tremor! A faint light came from the direction of the temple!

The hope in Huixin’s eyes seemed to ignite. She gently shook Alan beside her.

“Alan, wake up, the opportunity has come.”