Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 452 - 262: The Saint Lives On, the Great Thief Persists (Part 2)

Chapter 452: Chapter 262: The Saint Lives On, the Great Thief Persists (Part 2)

Moreover, at this moment, this person had already reached the South Heaven Gate and appeared before him.

Standing on a lotus, seeming both male and female, bearing infinite Buddha light, sacred and extraordinary.

It is truly Guanyin Bodhisattva!

An immortal in "Journey to the West," with significant roles, even a chief executor and promoter.

The incarnation of this being is left here, yet Shen Yu is not surprised at all.

The entire "Journey to the West," in essence, is employing Buddhist methods to dissolve the Great Tribulation.

And who in Buddhism is more suitable than this being?

"Greetings to Guanyin Bodhisattva." Shen Yu slightly bowed.

"Greetings, Benefactor." Guanyin Bodhisattva likewise returned the salute, casually asking as if chatting with a good friend, "Where does Benefactor come from?"

"Early 21st century." Shen Yu provided a precise answer.

Just this one sentence reveals a lot of information.

For example, his origins, and that he is not from the "Great Tribulation Era."

Sure enough, this one sentence made Guanyin’s aura even gentler.

"With immortals and Buddhas no longer manifesting, Benefactor still possesses such Daoist skill; it must be extraordinary opportunity." The deity immediately praised.

"Bodhisattva overpraises." Shen Yu does not enjoy meaningless conversations, so after a brief exchange, he directly asked, "My understanding of the celestial catastrophe comes entirely from Living Buddha Jigong. I wonder if Bodhisattva could answer a few questions."

"I see no reason otherwise." Guanyin Bodhisattva seemed without intention of refusal.

Shen Yu’s emotions lifted slightly.

Initially upon meeting this being, he didn’t hold much hope.

Firstly, the incarnation before him is only at the True Immortal level.

Although at the pinnacle of True Immortal, it ultimately hasn’t reached the Profound Immortal level.

Secondly, for those in Buddhism, speaking in halves or responding in mysterious manners is commonplace.

Not providing information or telling him anything is a great possibility.

Until this moment, Shen Yu confirmed the being indeed intends to answer his questions.

"What is the current situation of the immortals and Buddhas?" Shen Yu asked first.

This is also the most crucial question.

He now somewhat knows that the multitude of immortals and Buddhas faces an unimaginably enormous disaster, terrifying enemies, and dreadful wars, even causing the fall of entities like Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Most crucial is naturally the current situation of the immortals and Buddhas.

"They can protect themselves but are powerless to shield sentient beings." Guanyin Bodhisattva spoke, with a compassionate aura at this moment.

This is not some act of mystique; Shen Yu saw clearly that the being truly felt boundless sorrow for the world’s sentient beings.

Yet this also made Shen Yu’s heart sink.

This practically admits that the immortals and Buddhas are helpless against the meteorites set to completely descend into every parallel universe in three years.

They can only protect themselves, unable to save the vast world.

Among them, naturally, includes the Human Civilization Alliance!

"Is it trapped?" Shen Yu asked again.

Clearly, he guessed right.

"The entire primordial realm has been sealed." Guanyin Bodhisattva slowly said, "As if it’s a world independent from Heavenly Dao, or perhaps we’ve been abandoned, made into tools to explore beyond Heavenly Dao..."

Her explanation was entirely straightforward.

Accompanying Guanyin Bodhisattva’s explanation, Shen Yu finally understood the current situation of the primordial realm.

Simply put, it’s from a future era, presumably the 72nd century, which is over 5000 years later now, a prodigious genius discovered the truth of the multi-parallel universe, using technology to analyze Heavenly Dao Laws.

Directly influencing and controlling Heavenly Dao Laws.

This is extraordinary power, likewise the power of technology.

Even Shen Yu, upon hearing this, felt somewhat astonished.

Evidently, this is not merely a technology issue but includes tribulation, even the influence of Heavenly Dao itself.

Upon discovering the primordial world and witnessing the fearsome strength of the immortals and Buddhas, this "destined child" from the future felt immense fear.

And resolved to "exterminate supernatural power."

"Saints do not die, the Great Dao does not cease!"

Self-titled as a person to exterminate supernatural power, believing extraordinary power, which should only belong to very few, should not exist—it extinguishes humanity’s constant exploration motivation, a massive hurdle in breaking through shackles.

Somewhat valid, this recognition is not entirely wrong.

Not only immortals and Buddhas with powerful strength and eternal life form obstacles; even Heavenly Dao itself is so.

Thus, a world-ending and rebirth plan was conceived.

Within this plan, the greatest obstacle is, naturally, the primordial world.

Being the first world born in the multi-parallel universe, it’s also the strongest world.

Everyone and every existence within it are free from the shackles of destiny.

Because they are destiny themselves.

All mythological stories Shen Yu knows, perpetually repeated across countless worlds—their creation and history.

Thus, the enemy devised a method.

To completely isolate the enormous primordial world from this world!

Evidently, this idea aligns with Heavenly Dao, even matches the countless years of efforts by the primordial immortals and Buddhas.

Hence, this involves not only the enemy, Heavenly Dao, but also tribulation, and includes the primordial world’s own propulsion!

The sole issue is neither saints, nor Heavenly Court, nor anyone in Buddhism wants to leave like this.

They don’t want to abandon the vast world, forsake everything, flee from this Heavenly Dao covered world.

Moreover.

The enemies intend not only to expel them but also to completely annihilate all civilizations in all worlds, erasing everything of the immortals and Buddhas from fate, history, even from races.

"If the cultural lineage is unbroken after five thousand years, this destined person is likely Western." Shen Yu concluded with this thought.

The answer was correct.

This was unforeseen not only by the immortals but including saints.

Western gods naturally exist, yet within this primordial-rooted multi-universe, Western mythology is merely a primordial immortals and Buddhas’ attempt.

An attempt to eliminate tribulation.

But it has birthed a completely different ideology.

In the past, despite ideological clashes in events like the Investiture of the Gods or Journey to the West, like the Three Pure Ones conflict or Buddhism and Daoism contention.

They never came as extreme, as intense, as this time.

It’s not entirely wrong for the destined person; the presence of extraordinary power indeed impedes civilization’s progress to an extent.

However, he is too extreme, completely becoming a henchman of Heavenly Dao and tribulation.

Thus, the secret of the entire multi-universe finally unfolded before Shen Yu!

"So, the situation now is, primordial is sealed while the enemy plans to destroy all worlds, using the Rule Power they control?" Shen Yu looked towards the sky and made his final summary.

"Exactly." Guanyin Bodhisattva explained everything while also observing Shen Yu.

Actually, what Shen Yu doesn’t know is, the emergence of a Taiyi True Immortal in the 21st century should be impossible.

Why does the mythology become weaker as time progresses, why do mythological miracles and even extraordinary power continuously weaken?

This is not due to any cosmic tides.

It’s due to the interests and setup of the immortals and Buddhas.

Immortals and Buddhas are eternal.

The number of saints was determined from the start; later generations have no chance to step into this realm.

And powerful, renowned immortals are the same.

From the moment a Buddha becomes a Buddha, it is eternal.