Previous to this, the merit golden lotus of the previous twelve levels had almost all its merit golden light worn away by Guang Chengzi. Fortunately, there is the eight-precious-merit pool on Mount Ling, and after soaking in it for half a year, the merit golden light has now recovered to about four or five times its former peak level.
To Moonlight, this is enough. Guang Chengzi and the shattered fragments of Jade Pebble of Destiny are an enemy that appears only once in billions of years.
Yunxiao has seen much and known much, but riding on lotus platform is the first time, especially the famous Twelve-Level Merit Golden Lotus of Hoh Xiang, which is a sacred treasure that proves the enlightenment of sages. The feeling is completely different.
There is a hierarchy of condescension among the Three Pure Ones; they believe that they are the strongest, followed by Nuwa, and the two sages in the Western world are the weakest.
This idea has a significant impact on the disciples. In the original time and space, a large number of disciples joined Buddhism, causing the decline of the Three Pure Ones. The disciples' thoughts have shifted from one extreme to another.
Yunxiao is not that superficial, or to put it another way, any immortal who has reached the threshold of Saint knows the power of a Sage. The weakest Sage is stronger than all the threshold Saints and all the Grand Dao in Hoh Xiang combined.
Merely sitting within the lotus platform, Yunxiao felt a sense of clarity and freshness. Her spiritual platform seemed to have been refreshed by a cool drizzle, and a considerable amount of the accumulated dust from the past was swept away. After slaying one body, she had felt that there was no further path ahead. But now, with the immense wisdom activated from her own spiritual essence by the Twelve-Level Merit Golden Lotus, even the previously unyielding bottleneck that had formed after slaying one body relaxed for a moment.
Excellent! Truly excellent!
Moonlight smiled without speaking. It is true that the West is barren, but the saints of the West are not barren. Jiedu and Zhentimi were able to become saints, and their own blessings and qualifications are top-notch.
She did not disturb Yunxiao's path to enlightenment; instead, she sat quietly beside him.
After 49 days, Yunxiao awoke. The moment he opened his eyes, his gaze was as concentrated as two swords. It took a while before it returned to its original state.
"Let my sister see the embarrassment." She is a little shy.
Moonlight smiled and returned the greeting.
When it comes to saying the West is poor, in reality, it's the disciples of Jie Jiao who are truly poor. They are poor in merit and qi yun. Yunxiao is now only absorbing a little merit golden light from her side's "public car" and slightly tapping into the qi yun of Buddhism's rising dominance, causing her bottleneck to loosen. It can be imagined how "thirsty" she usually is.
Moonlight said, "There's no hurry, Sister. Just give it a few more days to stabilize."
"Is this suitable?" Yunxiao looked at the golden lotus platform beneath him.
The use of the Twelve-Level Merit Golden Lotus was originally part of the compensation, and Moonlight now uses it as a favor without any issues. If she can persuade Yunxiao to join Buddhism, the Western Two Saints might even offer some rewards. She is very calm: "It's not a problem."
Yunxiao replied readily, "Alright."
As the name implies, Yun Zhong Jie is a world born in the clouds.
Clouds, scientifically speaking, are a mixture of small water droplets and ice crystals that float in the air as a visible polymer.
In the terms of the primordial era, it is said that pure Qi rises, a large amount of pure Qi mixes with the Qi of the five elements, then forms clouds. If these clouds have a high level of spiritual energy, they can even give rise to intelligence. Following their instinct, they inhale and exhale spiritual energy, eventually transforming into tangible forms.
In reality, the gathering and dispersal of clouds are very frequent. A gust of wind might cause them to dissipate, and the separated spiritual energy may also be dispersed. After just two rounds of gathering and dispersing, even the most profound spiritual energy is no longer useful.
Zhao Gongming was able to be considered a brother to the three Xiao for so many years because before they took form, he protected them like a protective father, ensuring that their spiritual essence remained intact. This allowed the three sisters to gradually take form one after another. The three sisters regarded him as an elder brother, and he also put forth his utmost effort to protect his three little sisters.
The Three Xiao had a noble origin and were protected by Zhao Gongming, which allowed them to smoothly emerge with spiritual intelligence in the perilous Primordial Wilderness. After that, they gradually transformed into human form and eventually took control of their own destiny.
The remaining clouds have no such luck. Cloud roll and cloud comfort are the norm, and this norm cannot bring new life.
After Hongjun unified the Dao, a new Yun Zhong Jie was born in Hoh Xiang. There are all kinds of clouds here, white clouds, red clouds, black clouds. The Five Elements of this world are distributed according to the most suitable environment for life in the cloud realm.
Moonlight and Yunxiao sat within the Twelve-Level Merit Golden Lotus, slowly rising from the lowest layer of the clouds, piercing through the thick clouds, and eventually entering this world.
The environment here is somewhat like the Cloud Island in One Piece, with thick clouds beneath their feet, and the sky so close that it seems to be right in front of them, within reach. The spiritual energy density is at least one level lower than that of the Primordial Era, but life still exists here.
Yunxiao felt a bit sad: "Is this my hometown?"
Moonlight interrupted her mood: "The Primordial Era is your hometown, the Biyou Palace, and the Three Immortal Islands. Your Five Elements are different from the beings here."
Yunxiao interrupted her sentence by pinching her, ruining the mood! Aunty can express her emotions a bit more, can't she?
Moonlight did not use her Dianxiao Golden Bodhi, and she was in pain while eyeing the surroundings.
Deng Chanyu's intention is to find an organism from the Cloud Realm, study its body composition, and then disassemble the soul of the red cloud.
Moonlight put away the Twelve-Level Merit Golden Lotus, "The defense ability of this thing is indeed high, but in an unfamiliar world, the golden lotus platform is too eye-catching."
Just after leaving the lotus platform, the merit golden light they felt from it reminded them of the abnormalities in this world.
Yunxiao said, "The suppression in this world is quite strong; I fear I can only tap into the power of a Taiyi Immortal."
Moonlight also felt the same way, "On my side, I can only maintain the level of a Golden Immortal at most."
Unless this world is completely shattered, they have to abide by the world laws. The upper limit of this world is so high that they now enter this world, they must follow the rules here.
Trouble.
"Let's go, otherwise, Sister will carry you?"
"Madam, you mustn't, you mustn't!"
A gigantic tree with a diameter over a million miles runs through the Cloud Realm, its green trunk becoming a part of this world. In addition to providing a large amount of Wood Qi, it also offers a place for many cloud-born creatures to land, eventually becoming the realm of the cloud-born beings.
Moonlight and Yunxiao couldn't see the root of the giant tree. They speculated that it might be part of Jianmu, which was originally intended to be a ladder connecting the mortal world to the celestial palace. It was managed by Xi Wang Mu, but that was all ancient history now. Now, except for sages, no one knew how big this tree had grown.
"Brother, can you understand the monk's words?" On a branch of Jianmu, Moonlight gestured at a life with a fish tail. The other party's thoughts were too pure. He could only hear the meaning of "fish" in his heart, and he had no other ideas.
This kind of innocent life form was something Moonlight had never seen before, so he could only use sign language to communicate.
"Brother" followed her gestures, and at the same time, he spoke in a confused manner: "Fish, fish fish?"
