Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 539 - 306: Not a Sect, but a School

Every wizard, at these moments, deeply realized that behind this newly discovered plane, it was by no means as simple as they initially thought.

At least, with the foundation of a Level Eight Wizard, it was impossible to see through.

However, although there was already a sense of gravity, these wizards only grew more attentive.

Yet they still retained a confidence unique to wizards.

Even if they truly couldn’t see anything, even if they were defeated in the initial encounters, it was only their weakness, not that of the Wizard Civilization.

After all, the Wizard Civilization had conquered the myriad realms for such a long time.

There were difficult times, but never failures.

Anyone, with such a powerful civilization as a backing, would possess boundless confidence.

Therefore, the directors of Al Wu quickly determined their approach.

"Preserve all the intelligence gathered, and continue probing!"

Indeed, they chose the most beneficial approach under the premise of caution.

Continue to send weaker personnel, to obtain the most intelligence at the smallest cost.

The truly top-tier forces would not act.

Unless enough intelligence was gathered to support their action.

Otherwise, they would ultimately use this intelligence to exchange for enough benefits from the Level Nine Wizards and decisively withdraw.

But unfortunately, this seemingly cautious approach was not entirely safe either.

Since the Buddhist and Daoist sects were disguised as a civilization capable of cooperating with the entire Wizard Civilization, they could not be so weak as to not react to the persistent probing of the Wizard Civilization.

Merely after Al Wu sent out the third batch of exploratory personnel, at some moment, a golden light suddenly appeared in the void.

It turned out to be a huge Buddha’s hand, exactly like the one supporting that plane!

Just like that, without any traces, it grabbed toward the base that Al Wu had set up in the void.

The directors of Al Wu wanted to escape.

However, they suddenly realized that from the moment they saw this giant hand, everything around them had already been sealed.

"The Buddhist sect indeed has stronger sealing methods than the Daoist sect." An immortal also observed this scene before Shen Yu and the others, unable to help but sigh.

This sealing did not merely involve the physical body, mana, or status; it even touched upon the divine soul.

It could silently change a person’s character.

It’s a seal, but also a tempering.

That’s why, in many mythological stories, the Buddhist sect always liked to seal people.

The most famous of these is naturally the Great Sage Equalling Heaven.

The turning point of the Great Sage Equalling Heaven’s character, or rather the mark of his wild nature initially being tamed, was those five hundred years under the Five Elements Mountain.

When reading Journey to the West initially, Shen Yu only thought that the Great Sage Equalling Heaven had been beaten into submission.

But now, he knows.

It wasn’t submission but rather the wild nature within his divine soul was being worn down by the unique seal of the Buddhist sect over those five hundred years.

And this grinding down could be either relatively gentle or straightforward and brutal.

Previously, those who were sent here to explore were handled with the direct and brutal method.

At this moment, it was the gentle type.

All the wizards, especially those three Level Eight Wizards, at this moment, could only feel the vast and irresistible sacred power within that giant Buddha’s hand.

Especially when they realized that this seal didn’t mean to harm, merely to imprison and chastise.

The reverence in their hearts had reached a peak.

Attitudes, perceptions, and wills had long been changing invisibly.

"This kind of conversion method will still take some time." The immortal beside Shen Yu spoke again, turning to Shen Yu with a respectful bow, "And the previous contingency plans will be quickly deployed."

Shen Yu didn’t know this immortal’s name.

He only knew that he was one of the civil officials.

Moreover, he seemed to have ascended to immortality after the Great Tribulation of the West.

"In your era, ascension to immortality is already very difficult." Shen Yu looked at him with great interest, "But your realm is not weak, are you a Second Generation Immortal?"

Shen Yu’s understanding of the Primordial World, especially the Primordial Immortal Court, mostly stemmed from mythology.

But the current Primordial Immortal Court was already not the one Shen Yu knew.

In this action, those truly doing things were mostly unfamiliar to him.

Representing the present Primordial, the real Primordial.

Therefore, Shen Yu indeed wanted to learn more.

Right now, this was an opportunity.

And faced with Shen Yu’s inquiry, the immortal, who had already shown some extraordinary qualities, merely smiled slightly.

"For a Second Generation Immortal, achieving immortality is actually even more difficult. Instead, people like us can emerge more easily. Moreover, although cultivation is challenging, it’s easier within the Immortal Court, and if aided by divine fortune, cultivation might not be difficult."

The meaning within these words was already obvious.

It implies that those who ascended later and manage to hold a certain position within the current Immortal Court are all highly capable.

Not weak at all compared to those long-renowned immortals from the past.

Shen Yu even detected a subtle underlying meaning.

It was showcasing his ability and possibly even the thought of switching allegiances!

After all, compared to the Heavenly Court, already filled with gods and Buddhas, where cultivation is tough and divine positions are scarce, the Human Civilization Alliance at this moment lacked true strong individuals and capable people.