120: Chapter 120 The Extraordinary Man with a Buddha's Body and a Demonic Shadow! The Gods Emerge from the Pantheon!

The monks' feet seemed to have catapults installed, and they hurriedly ran over; besides piety, there was also intense fanaticism on their faces.

To be a monk in the ancient temple where Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment, putting aside greed for money and power, at least in terms of Buddhist scriptures and teachings, they were quite strong, having stood out among hundreds of contenders.

There were fewer than twenty of them, and within a few short days, they were all uniformly at the [E-Rank] Realm.

But to their surprise, as they were about to approach the Twelve-Faced Pagoda, a layer of faint mist blocked their path.

"Junior Brother, wait!"

"What is it? The Buddha has descended; we need to hurry to pay our respects!"

A fat monk with an ancient Indian face was about to step across the faint mist, but unexpectedly, his arm was grabbed by his Senior Brother beside him.

The fat monk looked slightly displeased, thinking that his Senior Brother wanted to take the lead to prevent him from seizing the opportunity first.

The Senior Brother had extraordinary strength; he saw this but did not take it to heart. He carefully examined the faint mist for a while before turning to the other monks and saying in a grave voice:

"This layer of faint mist is filled with terrifying killing power. If you rush in blindly, you will die instantly!"

"Senior Brother, are you joking? This is the holy moment of the Buddha's descent; how could there be the aura of Karmic Obstruction here!?"

The fat monk's face was full of disbelief.

He also possessed [E-Rank] strength; how could he not sense a shred of danger from the faint mist?

"Amitabha, your Senior Brother is right; this layer of faint mist prevents life from entering."

An old monk with white eyebrows, who looked like he was here to save all living beings, spoke up.

This was Great Master Huiji, their Master, and also the head abbot of this ancient temple.

Great Master Huiji was gifted and intelligent, with profound knowledge of Buddhism, and held a very high status in interpreting scriptures in ancient India and global Buddhism.

There were people in Buddhism who had suggested including Great Master Huiji in the ranks of the "Ancestral Master" so that he could enjoy the incense offerings of the followers.

Although Great Master Huiji declined on the grounds of insufficient virtue, it indirectly showed that his Buddhist teachings were so strong that they rivaled those of "Chen Xuanzang," who had traveled thousands of miles from the East to ancient India to seek the true scriptures over a thousand years ago.

That is, the prototype character for Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West."

In Buddhism, the one who was half a step ahead of Chen Xuanzang was "Bodhidharma," the founder of the Shaolin Zen sect.

As for those above Bodhidharma, they were the Arhat Protectors of Mount Ling.

Above them were the well-known Guanyin Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha, Maitreya Bodhisattva, and so on.

"Disciple understands."

Seeing Great Master Huiji speak, the fat monk bowed and responded, not daring to act presumptuously again.

However, when he lowered his head, a trace of hard-to-detect black light flashed in his eyes.

Great Master Huiji glanced at the fat monk with a meaningful look, then ignored him and addressed the monks with his hands pressed together:

"Amitabha, the path ahead is blocked; we shall chant scriptures outside the faint mist to congratulate the Buddha on his return from the Pure Land."

"As you command!"

The monks' eyes were filled with fanaticism, and they responded with their hands pressed together.

On the large balcony of the homestay.

Jiang Jin watched the events unfolding inside the ancient temple from thousands of miles away across time and space.

"This fat monk has something going on; is this the rhythm of turning dark?"

"No, this isn't turning dark... it's that he has Awakening a dark-type Innate ability!!"

Jiang Jin felt a bit curious and clicked his tongue, saying:

"On the realistic 'Mount Ling,' there is a monk who saves all living beings but is born a demon?"

"Interesting, truly very interesting."

"I wonder if, when Shakyamuni Buddha emerges, he will be so shocked and angry to find a black demon in his courtyard that he suddenly erupts?"

He couldn't help but sigh, "It really fits that saying, Buddha and demon are but a moment apart."

"Before becoming a true Buddha, one must first fall into boundless darkness, break through the demonic obstacles, and cross the boundless sea of suffering to reach the other shore."

"Buddha body, demonic shadow—this is the appearance of this fat monk, and isn't it also a true reflection of the world..."

Withdrawing his thoughts, Jiang Jin turned his gaze away from the ancient temple.

Heading west, traversing the earth and time and space, he arrived at the Vatican in the Italian peninsula of Southern Europe.

The Vatican is very small in area, with a side length of only three kilometers and a total population of less than one thousand.

But no country in the world dares to underestimate it.

This is because the Vatican is commonly known as the "Papal State" and is the spiritual anchor for over a billion people.

Inside the Vatican, there is a large circular domed cathedral that can accommodate twenty thousand people.

This large cathedral also has another name—Basilica!

On the wall at the very front inside the Basilica hangs a huge mural, "The Last Judgment."

There are over three hundred figures in the painting. Standing in the center position under the cross, the person judging sins is none other than the Son of God—Jesus!

Beside Jesus, a woman curled up with a gaze full of compassion and mercy is Jesus' mother, "Virgin Mary."

At this moment, the mural, which had been lifeless, suddenly showed an indescribable and subtle change.

It seemed to possess spirituality and wanted to come alive!

"The Buddha has already come out; as God, who also possesses vast Power Of Faith, He is not willing to be left behind..."

Under Jiang Jin's gaze, the figure of Jesus, with a fair, beardless face and youthful appearance, as well as the other saints and angels, all moved slightly!

Soon, the judgment mural was shrouded in faint mist.

The vast and pure Power Of Faith contained within the Basilica seemed to be summoned, rushing wildly into the painting to provide power support for the descent of the saints.

Jiang Jin raised his gaze and saw a trace of unusual figure fluctuation above the dome of the Basilica.

That figure was wearing a white robe, holding an ancient gospel book in one hand and a golden cross law sword in the other. A heavenly holy ring appeared behind him, and angels with white feathers on their backs knelt at his feet.

But his figure only flickered for two breaths before being shrouded in the faint mist, and the surrounding Spirit Energy Factor and Power Of Faith quietly surged in.

"Is this the God Jehovah in the hearts of the people?"

"The style is not bad... as a 'star player' in the God and Demon farm, he is very worth cultivating."

Jiang Jin smiled indifferently and waved his palm.

A fist-sized ball of rhyme disappeared from before his eyes, and through space-time transmission, it instantly arrived at the top of the Basilica and entered into Jehovah's illusory figure.

"Another site of ancient deity revival has been laid out."

His gaze continued to shift, and he saw that the ancient Roman Pantheon had undergone a strange change; phantom images of deities were lingering inside the hall, seemingly breaking through the barriers of illusion to truly descend into the world.

Leaving the Pantheon, he saw the same terrifying scene of the gods returning to their positions above ancient Greece.

There was Zeus, the King of Gods, holding golden thunder, his eyes cold and ruthless, looking down at the rolling lightning beneath his feet.

Beside him stood a stunningly beautiful goddess with a tall, fiery figure, holding the Aegis shield.

She was Zeus's daughter—the Goddess of War, Athena!

Behind, there was the [Hades, King of the Underworld] with the aura of death and the netherworld,

the [Poseidon, God of the Sea] surrounded by the blue ocean,

the [Apollo, God of Light] with his body scattering strange light,

the [Artemis, Goddess of Order] full of the order of laws,

and the [Ares, God of Chaos] who was chaotic and violent...

"The might of the ancient Greek gods is not just generally strong; they haven't even descended yet, and they have already revealed divine means to the world."

Jiang Jin's face was calm as he shook his head and said:

"If a wisp of this Divine Power were to truly leak out, the entire Blue Star would probably be reduced to ashes in an instant..."

"But it doesn't matter; their return is destined to only possess a portion of the power imagined by the world."

"The concentration of Spirit Energy Factor on Blue Star currently cannot support them in recovering their full form..."

"But in the future, by harvesting the Soul of the gods a few times, the level of Spiritual Qi on Blue Star will skyrocket by more than thousands of times!"