Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 1170 - 417: Other Shore, Landlubber

In the main area of Chaohua Mountain, both Wuzhou and Hel felt a presence all too familiar.

Their true forms, still held under Mu Shitian's control, suppressing the Eye of the Sea of Suffering—how could they forget?

"How to attempt it?" Hel questioned.

Wuzhou remained silent, merely looking up at the Bodhi Tree that had borne the illusion Dao Fruit.

This Bodhi was a symbol of Ji Jingqiu's Great Success in the Fire House Buddha Hell Visualization, meant to witness the emergence of the Sea of Suffering and thereby achieve perfection. However, because Ji Jingqiu had previously opened the world, severing their Infinite Light to give to the world and the Nether Sea, it prematurely bore the illusion fruit.

Following his gaze, Hel immediately understood Wuzhou's intention.

In a sense, Ji Jingqiu was a measure to verify whether it was the Sea of Suffering.

This was determined by the method of the World Venerable Lineage; Mu Shitian, back then, in a situation where time did not wait, had to abandon the original Heaven-reaching Path and took a unique route.

He suppressed the Sea of Suffering himself, making their lineage the final safeguard. Once the Sea of Suffering emerged, the inheritors of the World Venerable Lineage would truly achieve perfection.

Hence the saying, "In the End of Tribulation, the World Venerable Lineage reigns supreme."

Thus, to determine if it truly was the Sea of Suffering, they only needed to observe Ji Jingqiu's state.

If it truly was the Sea of Suffering, Ji Jingqiu would not only become stronger, but the illusion Dao Fruit from the Bodhi Tree would also be completed.

Hel's eyes were cold. Was Chao Ge's arrangement here also because they sensed the anomaly in Ji Jingqiu's lineage?

What exactly did that guy want to do?

"You should know, if Ji Jingqiu were to have an accident here, Mu Shitian wouldn't spare our true forms."

Hel looked coldly at Wuzhou, warning him not to stand by idly.

Wuzhou replied calmly, "I thought you would care more about the existence of the Sea of Suffering, rather than Ji Jingqiu's life or death."

Hel retorted unpleasantly, "Even if it truly is the Sea of Suffering, what does it have to do with us? But Ji Jingqiu is indeed closely related to our true forms!"

Wuzhou gave Hel a meaningful look but said no more.

During this time together, he could see that Hel's divine split was not quite right, with human nature clearly surpassing pure divinity, beyond mere "acting."

He didn't know if it was Hel's true form doing it deliberately, or the arrangements of Mu Shitian and others.

Or perhaps, a scheme laid by Taiyi and Ji Tianxing?

With these latter thoughts, darkness gathered in Wuzhou's eyes.

"Taiyi should be here too," Wuzhou suddenly said.

Hel frowned, "You shouldn't address him by name directly; he already possesses certain traits of a Transcender."

Wuzhou pointed upward and said, "If Taiyi could hear us across the Bodhi Tree and the Sea of Suffering's reflection above, then he wouldn't just possess certain traits but would truly have taken that step."

Hel snorted coldly.

Wuzhou murmured, "He's always been interested in the Sea of Suffering, just hard to reach."

"He's not interested in the Sea of Suffering," Hel coldly retorted, "He's interested in the 'Other Shore' reached by He Donghuang and Mu Shitian."

"How come, you still haven't figured out why he's cooperating with Ji Tianxing?"

From a conventional standpoint, Sitting Forget corresponds to the Eight Realms.

But the Nine Realms Transcendence refers to the mental realm and Tao realm, called "Great Freedom," aiming to surpass the ultimate in Dao, reaching above the Dao with no more constraints.

However, Mu Shitian and He Donghuang named the mental realm they attained as "Other Shore."

Their paths were different, directions divergent, yet there was no hierarchy, both reaching the "Other Shore."

Taiyi always believed that the fact that these two could enter the True Saint Domain and even touch the Transcendence threshold within centuries was all due to the special mindset named "Other Shore."

So he has always tried to reach it, but the only two who have achieved this step are He Donghuang and Mu Shitian.

In Hel's view, Ji Tianxing, the closest to these two, certainly used this realm as a trump card to reach a consensus with Taiyi, allowing him to help seize Wuzhou's Divine Throne.

In Taiyi's eyes, this might just be a...

Experiment.

Wuzhou was silent for a moment and said, "After you were suppressed, Taiyi once casually mentioned that the reason Mu Shitian and He Donghuang could attest to the 'Other Shore' might be connected to the Sea of Suffering."

Hel wasn't surprised because she had the same speculation.

But it was unproven, with no evidence, just a guess.

In fact, in the various scriptures and texts left behind by Mu Shitian, there are similar "traces."

For example, in the World Venerable Lineage, the so-called "Zen" is an important path from This Shore World to Other Shore World.

"The Eye of the Sea of Suffering, Taiyi can't afford to provoke, but here, at present, there's only the aura of the Sea of Suffering. If he detects it from Chao Ge, he surely won't let it go."

"That's all you want to say?" Hel sneered, "Do you think the True Saints from each lineage are here just for show? Quite a few strong ones have gathered this time, and no matter how perverse Taiyi is, he wouldn't dare to show up blatantly, especially with Chao Ge also here."

"Let's hope so." Wuzhou whispered softly, turning his attention back to Ji Jingqiu.

Unlike Hel, he was more concerned about the presence of the Sea of Suffering here.

Could this be the source of why Chao Ge had to forcefully break through?

...

The dialogue between Hel and Wuzhou originally could not escape Ji Jingqiu's perception, but now he was trapped in a wondrous state, unable to extricate himself.

Combining extremely intense Dao Rhyme with fragments of time, he saw many extraordinary scenes from the past.

It was like a Divine Travel, yet the travel was not through the Heaven and Earth but through past and future.

Within this, he witnessed scenes before the world's destruction, where True Saints paved the way, and the Ten Thousand Clans fought to cross, yet none could escape the bloody end. No matter the rare genius not seen in countless years, the Son of Heavenly Destiny, in this catastrophe, nothing remained, not even the Heavenly Venerate Ancestor could guarantee their own survival.