58: World of Rosary

Even though they were separated by mountain ranges, he could clearly feel the might of the monsters within.

Even when facing that Purple Mansion Realm Cultivator, Lin Ye had never felt this way before.

It was evident what kind of powerhouses these monsters were.

"You have come..."

An aged voice drifted over, and immediately after, a Buddha's head appeared beneath the mountain range.

That's right, it was just a head. The head floated eerily in mid-air, looking at Lin Ye with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Pacifying Chaos Sword Art!"

Lin Ye swung the blood sword in his hand, and terrifying Sword Qi surged out. The sword light, with an unstoppable force, slashed toward that head.

Even though the Sword Qi slashed onto its face, the head still showed no intention of dodging.

Clang!!!

A metallic clashing sound rang out. The Sword Qi dissipated, but the head remained unscathed, still looking at Lin Ye with that smile that was not quite a smile.

"What a fine greeting gift, Benefactor. Why do you use such lethal force against this Abbot?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ye calmly replied, "An evil, strange thing—do I need any reason to slay you?"

"Hehe, hahahaha, hahahaha!"

Hearing Lin Ye's words, the head first let out a low laugh, then the laughter grew increasingly frenzied, to the point that blood and tears flowed from its eyes.

"An evil, strange thing, an evil, strange thing indeed! Benefactor, do you not know that you are the greatest evil, strange thing in this world?!"

"Bullshit!"

Lin Ye shouted angrily, brandishing his blood sword as he charged toward the head.

As blood light erupted, the phantom images of the sun and moon behind Lin Ye slowly floated toward the sky.

But eerily, the sun and moon manifestations condensed by the Sun and Moon chapter of the Pacifying Chaos Sword Art had all turned into human heads at this moment.

And they were identical to that head.

The smile that was not quite a smile, the strange scriptures in their mouths—it was enough to shatter one's Dao Heart.

But Lin Ye remained clear-headed and did not develop any Heart Demon because of these things.

"Speak. What exactly are you?"

"Is the Benefactor finally willing to listen to this Abbot speak~"

The head slowly floated in front of Lin Ye, and this time, Lin Ye finally saw it clearly.

There were several ordination scars on the head, proving that this person was a monk.

The Buddhist scriptures that it murmured from time to time were precisely from the One Page Scripture! That One Page Scripture was still lying within Lin Ye's spiritual platform, so how could he not be familiar with these scriptures?

The monk slowly spoke, "Benefactor, you are the fourth person to arrive here, and also the most evil, strange person. It would not be an exaggeration to say this world was tailor-made for you."

Lin Ye did not retort.

He did not even ask who the other three people were.

Instead, he continued to ask his initial question, "What is this place?"

"Blood Floating Pagoda..."

The monk spat out these three words, then continued, "This is in the cracks of the world. There is no time, nor space; there is only eternal dead silence."

"Those who come here are all people who have committed great sins."

"This Abbot originally wanted to convert them, but after a long time, I was assimilated by them. Alas..."

"They?"

Lin Ye noticed the keyword in the monk's words.

The roars within the mountain range were clearly telling Lin Ye that other living beings existed inside.

And since the monk said the word "they," he must be exceptionally knowledgeable about those monsters.

"That's right, it is them. In the future, you will also become one of them; no one can escape it."

When saying this, the smile on the monk's face grew even thicker.

"Who created this world?"

"Who created it? No, no, no..."

The monk shook his head. "Benefactor, you might think that the prayer beads in your hand are the carrier of this Small World, right? Actually, that is not the case. Your prayer beads are merely a key to this Small World."

"It can be prayer beads, it can also be a sword, or even a blade of grass."

"Using the resentment and flesh of eighteen Cultivators to forge a key to open the gates of this world."

"Of course, the key is the only one, which means that you, right now, are the master of this world."

"Master, huh..."

Lin Ye did not feel surprised and continued to ask, "As the master, what benefits do I have?"

"Of course!"

The corners of the monk's mouth split open, and blood constantly flowed out from inside. "Everything in this world is your assistance, until the day you are devoured."

"Oh?"

"In other words, you and those unknown monsters are all my servants?"

The monk smiled and said, "Naturally. The deeper you go into this world, the more servants you will obtain. This Abbot is your first servant, and also your guide."

Hum...

A flash of red light appeared in Lin Ye's eyes.

The One Page Scripture slowly appeared above his head.

Immediately after, he reached out his hand, which was covered with red hair.

Yet he turned a blind eye to it, letting the red hair continue to grow while blood Qi gathered continuously.

Amidst the monk's astonished gaze, Lin Ye slammed his palm fiercely toward its head.

Bang!

The monk's head was like a watermelon being smashed, with flesh and blood splattering all over the ground.

A trace of ferocity appeared on Lin Ye's face: "Since you are a servant, you must have the awareness of a servant. Who allowed you to speak to me like that!"

The flesh and blood on the ground constantly wriggled, and before long, it slowly adhered back together.

The monk's head reappeared, only it seemed a size smaller.

The gaze it directed at Lin Ye also carried a trace of resentment and fear.

"One Page Scripture, how could you obtain this thing?! This is the scripture of the Killing Life Tathagata!"

"Do you want to be smashed by me again?"

"..."

Hearing Lin Ye's calm tone, the monk's head trembled, and then its tone leveled out: "This Abbot has overstepped, Benefactor... Master."

"That's more like a servant. Continue introducing this world."

The monk narrowed its eyes slightly and began to introduce this world to Lin Ye.

"The living beings in the Blood Floating Pagoda are eternal, but they cannot be considered alive. Or rather, they exist between life and death. Their past memories remain, but their bodies have long since decayed."

"Moreover, without the master's permission, they cannot leave this world. Even if they do leave, they can only leave for a fleeting moment, and there is a possibility of attracting the attention of the Heavenly Dao."

"The reason we are all your assistance is that once you possess this key, you can master everything about them."

"This is the world where the Killing Life Tathagata converts all living beings."

"The World-Extinguishing Millstone, the Myriad Bone Bowl, and the Heart-Punishing Mountain—these three Buddhist treasures continuously convert the sinners here, letting them neither live nor die."

"A portion of the living beings have become Blood Puppets, a portion of the living beings have had their Divine Souls driven insane, and there is another portion..."

The monk's head did not continue speaking.

Lin Ye, however, smiled and finished the sentence for him: "And there is another portion that is biding their time, wanting to break free from the shackles of this world, such as you... right?"