With Countless Qualities Bestowed Upon Me, I Shall Ultimately Become Immortal-Chapter 649 - 559: Blessed Paradise, Invisible Corrosion, Meng Chuan’s Resolve

Chapter 649: Chapter 559: Blessed Paradise, Invisible Corrosion, Meng Chuan’s Resolve

That was a magnificent grand umbrella, indescribable in words.

The ribs were carved like white jade, while the canopy seemed woven from the starry river. The fringe fell with a cascade of seven-colored jewels, like a curtain of pearls.

Each pearl emitted a different mysterious radiance and scene, as if sealing a miniature world within.

The most terrifying was the handle!

Unexpectedly, it was an eerie demon eye completely mismatched with the grand umbrella’s style.

The blood-red eye was half-open, appearing both angry and displeased, coldly overlooking all beings. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"The Mixed Element Pearl Umbrella... the magic artifact of the Northern Celestial King?!!!"

Liao Hai’s heart buzzed, disbelief filled his entire being, and he cried out silently in the void.

Before the words were finished, the umbrella’s surface suddenly rotated.

The demonic eye opened wide, and the jewels danced wildly.

The four had no ability to resist and were pulled into the umbrella by a swallowing, devouring force.

In the last moment, they saw clearly...

The endless boundless rays wrapped inside the umbrella, with a familiar figure, exceedingly clear.

It was Meng Chuan!

...

Not long before, Meng Chuan, as the first to enter, had naturally also seen this strange grand umbrella.

In truth, he was no less shocked than the four monks.

"No, has the Northern Dharma Protector really been corrupted by a demon?"

The appearance of that umbrella was exactly as Jue Ming had once described to him.

This umbrella was precisely the core artifact of the Northern Celestial King’s faith!

Seeing the Mixed Element Pearl Umbrella within the Demon Nest, the situation was clear at a glance.

The Northern Celestial King had already been demonized. This place... is likely the remains of a Dharma Realm polluted by Demonic Qi.

The Dharma Realm being occupied by Celestial Demons proves the degree of demonization is extraordinary.

Places like the Great Brahman Heaven and Patriarch Zhengyang’s Dharma Realm he had visited before didn’t appear like this.

This is the outcome of being wholly demonized, completely fallen Immortals and Buddhas!

According to the small monk Jue Ming’s talk when in the Celestial King Hall.

The Northern Celestial King guards the blessed land of the Buddhist Sect, Northern Jambudvipa.

He is the guardian general at the northern gate of the Buddha’s Dharma Realm.

Even such an existence can be corrupted by a demon? When was he demonized? Is Shaolin aware?

Is the Buddha safe...

These questions surged in Meng Chuan’s heart all at once.

Before he stabilized his presence in the Dharma Realm, these thoughts bombarded him like rain on banana leaves.

He ceased pondering these questions, defending against any enemies lurking in the shadows, ready to ambush him.

As his form gradually outlined, his soul took root entirely in this land.

Like "transformation," his physical body manifested.

...

Upon descending.

The expected danger didn’t appear; the surroundings were calm and windless.

But Meng Chuan’s expression wasn’t calm, still with perplexing doubts swirling in his mind.

All of this is most likely the work of Chi Li in secret.

The umbrella is here, so the Northern Celestial King’s guise is likely on its body as well.

Thinking this way...

If the four monks can’t come in, I might have to face "Northern Celestial King" alone...

Can I win?

With Chi Li masquerading as an Arhat, Meng Chuan had some confidence in a head-to-head.

The Four Heavenly Kings...

He truly had no assurance.

The Northern Celestial King, leader of the Eight Divisions, also the great protector of the Buddhist Sect’s ancestral court.

The level of faith spread is far beyond an individual Arhat, with a massive accumulation of divine power transformed into strength by the Celestial Demon...

Unimaginable.

Is Chi Li’s Demon Nest truly at a secondary level?

Meng Chuan deeply suspected that Fengdeng City’s Demonic Qi detection equipment was broken...

These are all conjectures; specific strength, only when seeing the Demonic Qi can it be known.

Perhaps Chi Li has not yet fully transformed the Northern Celestial King’s divine power of faith.

Must hurry...

"Whether I can fight or not, I must find it first..."

If it’s like the Heart Demon encountered on Shaoshi Mountain before, playing hide and seek with me.

That would be very frustrating...

Without overthinking, Meng Chuan pinched his brow, easing the mental pressure brought by the soul’s separation.

Moments later, he focused on everything around him, clearly recovered.

Today is not like before; thanks to the Mirage Crystal from the Sea of Sand, re-solidifying the spiritual foundation, only then could he recover so quickly.

Accompanied by the dense, white light before him gradually dispersing.

Before this, he could see almost nothing.

The entire process, compared to being drawn into the "Heart Demon Realm" before, apart from the difference in the masking color, one black, one white.

Everything else seemed to have no difference.

Holding firm in spirit, adhering to the Martial Arts will, this shrouding white light would eventually disperse.

...

As the white light completely dispersed, heaven and earth appeared clearly to his eyes.

Compared to the white light, it wasn’t as invasive as the Heart Demon Realm’s black fog, which calmed Meng Chuan’s mind.

But after entering, his sea of consciousness kept gently stirring.

Through introspection, slight signs of wear appeared on the stronghold.

Meng Chuan felt that every moment an invisible, intangible enemy was launching an invasion on his brain.

He pondered in his heart:

"Is this the mental attack effect of the Northern Celestial King’s Dharma Realm by itself?

Or is it the mutation after being held by Chi Li? Or... is it the special attack effect of the Mixed Element Pearl Umbrella itself?"

He knew what brought him in here.

The relationship between this umbrella and the Dharma Realm, whether the Dharma Realm is the manifestation of the umbrella, or the umbrella is the foundation maintaining the Dharma Realm.

Either option is possible.

Meng Chuan further speculated, if Chi Li, like the previous Heart Demon, hides and does not reveal itself.

Identifying where this umbrella is, might be the key to leaving the Dharma Realm.

Regaining his senses, the white light in his eyes finally dissipated, and Meng Chuan’s expression brightened.

Heaven and earth were pure and transparent, although polluted by Celestial Demons, it truly was a scene of an immortal Buddhist court.

Meng Chuan focused his gaze afar, seeing the vast sky and expansive clouds, surrounded by boundless wilderness.