(Going on a trip was sheer torture. Dealing with all sorts of things made want to drop dead, and I couldn't even sleep well. Fortunately, I am back!)
To briefly summarize Fang Ergu's ntal journey, it went sothing like this:
"I have seen it all! Is it not just toxic Wish Power? I have seen plenty of that!
No, wait, I have never actually seen this before!
What is this thing? And what the hell is that? Stay away from !"
And thus, the supposedly almighty visitor, a mid-tier deity with dium Divine Power and the illustrious God of Thieves in Dylan Continent, succumbed to this peculiar Wish Power.
This was exactly why Bai Yang was so wary of this specific Wish Power.
The Wish Power originating from India was simply too wicked and demonic. Only the even more sinister figures within Buddhism could sowhat endure and absorb it.
Take Wutian, for instance. He was a product of this exact wickedness, yet due to certain unique structural elents of Buddhism, he had paradoxically been transford into a Bodhisattva.
However, Bai Yang still did not believe that this Wutian Buddha was truly all that venerable or had genuinely transford into a Bodhisattva. It was rely that he had found the correct path.
The story of Wutian Buddha was far from over. In the future, there would undoubtedly be many more events left to unfold.
'Perhaps I should open up another virtual world for them in the future? Let them take their followers inside and battle it out?' Bai Yang thought cheerfully. He felt it was a very promising idea.
But that was a matter for the future; there was no rush right now.
With the situation in Southeast Asia settled, Bai Yang turned his attention back to Fang Ergu's current body.
Though whether the current "him" could still be called "Fang Ergu" was highly questionable.
The two arrived on a secluded island in the vast Pacific Ocean. Here, they found "Fang Ergu." Of course, the entity before them would now be more accurately described as a living corpse.
The Soul that originally belonged to the God of Thieves had been utterly fragnted by the endless Wish Power. He had lost all self-awareness, reducing him to a "God" who had absolutely no idea who he was.
Calling him a God was not even accurate anymore, as his Godhood had already been extracted by Bai Yang to serve as a tool in his hands.
A nascent, ignorant Consciousness slowly surfaced within the body. It stared at them blankly, projecting a very clear sense of sheer bewildernt.
"This is exactly what we need. The Consciousness of a newborn deity might just serve as the foundational material for Buddhism!" Bai Yang declared. He continued to observe this peculiar entity. "I cannot possibly let him live. Given the God of Thieves' inherent traits of concealnt, if he is truly alive, he might very well be hiding within his Divine Nature!"
Bai Yang possessed a fair understanding of the Deities of Dylan Continent. Those who died and resurrected ti and ti again were the primary focus of his attention!
These Deities were incredibly difficult to kill because their core essence belonged to a higher plane of existence. They were even bound to the long river of history, allowing them to repeatedly manifest from the past.
Therefore, facing this newborn Consciousness, Bai Yang showed no rcy whatsoever. He decisively reached out, seizing it in his grasp as virtual Wish Power began to invade and systematically purge it!
At that very mont, Bai Yang sensed a hint of anomaly. It was a unique True Spirit, a nearly intact "consciousness reserve."
"Hah, found you!" Bai Yang revealed an enigmatic smile. Without giving the entity any chance to react, he casually tossed this hidden Consciousness into the flas dancing at his fingertips.
This was the divine fire belonging to The Lord. It was also the most potent tool of destruction in Bai Yang's arsenal. No matter what kind of Consciousness it was, it could never survive in such flas!
"Crown, your insight is unparalleled!" Alvin exclaid in astonishnt. Even he had not anticipated that this seemingly harmless God of Thieves would harbor such a hidden trump card!
Bai Yang waved his hand. "No need to flatter . I did not actually perceive it; I simply put myself in his shoes! If it were , I would have also thought of a similar thod to survive. As long as one is alive, there is still hope, is there not?"
His expression was jovial, but his eyes were incomparably cold. "After all, these Deities have lived for countless years. One can never be too careful with them!"
With that, Fang Ergu, the renowned God of Thieves of Dylan Continent, officially and completely perished.
Bai Yang began to extract the remaining value from this being of dium Divine Power. "Dark Elf male, thief, spy, underground trades... These were Fang Ergu's divine domains. anwhile, his Divine Nature consisted of the rather fascinating concepts of Secret deception, shifting traps, and unrestricted transactions!"
First of all, it had to be made clear that easily eliminating this deity of dium Divine Power did not an the opponent was weak.
In reality, Fang Ergu was an imnsely powerful God. Being from the chaotic Evil alignnt already proved his formidable strength. The main reason he capsized here was simply that Bai Yang had caught him completely off guard. Before Fang Ergu could utilize even a single one of his abilities, his Soul's defenses were instantly obliterated by the overwhelming wave of Wish Power. Naturally, all his strength had been rendered utterly useless.
It was precisely because of this capability that Alvin felt Bai Yang's actions were A Sight to Behold. His wild, unconstrained imagination and profound execution were unlike anything Alvin had ever seen in his entire existence!
Because of this, the rewards reaped from their elaborate sche were astonishingly bountiful!
If Bai Yang wished to do so, he could use these four divine domains to directly mold four God-tier characters. Combined with Fang Ergu's body and Soul, that would equate to the imdiate combat power of five Deities!
"Hah, I have already figured out how to utilize this Divine Nature of underground trades!" Bai Yang's eyes lit up, his entire deanor brimming with excitent. "Is the interaction between The Faithful and Deities not just another form of transaction?"
He singled out this divine domain and began his Setting or Design, reconstructing and entirely remolding it, weaving his own ideas into the frawork!
In a certain sense, The Faithful and Deities genuinely shared a transactional relationship. The Faithful offered up their Divine Faith, loyalty, and adherence to the Precepts, and in exchange for their Wish Power, they obtained a fraction of power from the Deities.
This was already a part of the Divine System that Bai Yang had originally designed. It was just that the previous so-called Boons had all been handled by Bai Yang and Alvin through Personal Involvent. Naturally, this kind of manual interaction was fraught with inefficiencies.
"Now, our creation of Deities will incorporate this authority of faith-based transactions!"
With this, all future interactions would be conducted completely "automatically"!
As he stripped out this divine domain, reconstructed it, and integrated it into his own Divinity of Lies, it laid down new foundations. In the future, all interactions between Deities and The Faithful, Demons and the Depraved, Buddhas and Buddhist Followers...
...and all other similar exchanges would now follow a brand new, formalized template!
Bestowals from the Deities would appear much more standardized, and interactions between different Divine Pantheons would gain entirely new channels!
The most crucial aspect was that the Secret and unhindered nature of these interactions would cause The Faithful to believe even more firmly in the might and Sacred nature of the Deities!
This fundantal shift, powerful enough to be inscribed directly into the laws of the world, represented rely a fifth of Fang Ergu's legacy.
From this alone, one could imagine just how terrifyingly massive of a boost a being with dium Divine Power provided to Bai Yang!
"As expected, how could rules that I compile, formulate, reinforce, and integrate myself ever compare to sothing I can just seize and use right away?" Bai Yang chuckled, watching this special authority slowly rge into the Transcendent setting of this world.
In the future, as the Wish Power system continued to strengthen, this authority would gradually transform into a genuine law of the world, becoming an intrinsic part of the true reality Bai Yang was shaping!
"This truly is a massive gift package!" Bai Yang nodded approvingly. He set aside the remaining authorities for now, separately bringing out Fang Ergu's physical body and that battered Soul whose core essence had been ravaged beyond recognition.
He had yet to co up with specific uses for the remaining divine domains and authorities, so he shelved them for the ti being. Right now, he intended to utilize the opponent's body infused with Divine Nature to properly forge the true foundation of Buddhism.
The foundation of the Catholic Church was the roaring fire of The Lord and the authoritative to of rules currently rewriting history!
The foundation of Norse Mythology was Yggdrasil, the World Tree, along with the divine realm and pantheon currently being nurtured!
And now, the foundation of Buddhism finally had its vessel!
Bai Yang smiled as he looked at everything laid out before him, having already ford a comprehensive plan in his mind.
"It is, after all, the physical vessel of a being with dium Divine Power. While it might fall short if used to mold Mount Suru, utilizing it as the vessel for a regional Buddha to guide the power of Buddhism should not pose any problems!"
Bai Yang remarked. Indeed, he planned to establish Buddhism's kingdom directly within the illusory ntal World, for this was the fundantal essence of the Buddhist sect, or rather, the Western Pure Land itself!
This was a religious sect that wielded boundless might within the ntal World. It was also the foundational Setting or Design Bai Yang had prepared for them.
His hand swept over Fang Ergu's form, causing the divine body of the Dark Elf to slowly transmute under his touch into a stone Buddhist statue. And the figure carved into this stone statue was none other than Shakyamuni.
"Amitābha. Who would ever imagine that this ordinary-looking Buddhist statue would serve as the anchor connecting Buddhism in this physical world to the ntal World?"
With a wave of his hand, Bai Yang sent this statue soaring far to the north, straight toward the islands of Japan!
The developnt of Mahayana Buddhism would begin there, serving as a reliable failsafe for their grand plans.
"Prepare yourself, Alvin. Our Faith Sealing the Nation project is about to comnce!"
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