The Empress's No.1 Lackey

Chapter 1280 680: He Came from Earth (5k)_2

After leaving the forbidden land, several decades later, he unified the Martial World and established East Sea Green Mountain. This was also for the sake of order.

Thus, the common people returned to the Royal Family, the magicians returned to the Heavenly Master, the martial artists returned to Qingshan... and the rift began to heal faster.

So it turns out... so this is how it was...

In the small courtyard, a few people's emotions surged as they finally understood the whole story today.

Zhao Douan frowned and said:

"But as far as I know, six hundred years ago, a Disaster Star also appeared."

This point is recorded in the Astronomical Observatory of Yu Country, and there are also records in the Royal Family.

Ancestor Xu nodded, lightly sighing:

"Yes, in the later years of the Moya Practitioner, it was predicted that after four hundred years, the Disaster Star would descend for the second time.

And this prediction indeed came true. In the blink of an eye, four hundred years passed, time reached the year of Heavenly Hunting, the Royal Family of Qi Country had become utterly decayed, with the dynasty riddled with conflicts, and the crimson Disaster Star descended again, engulfing the entire mortal world in flames of war.

The rift, which was about to heal, was struck once more, so the fissure burst open again."

Xu Zhenguan couldn't help but interrupt:

"Ancestor, since the Moya Practitioner had already predicted it, was no arrangement made in advance?"

Ancestor Xu replied in a deep voice:

"Of course, arrangements were made. In fact, decades before the Disaster Star descended, the Moya Practitioner once again chose a person, that person later became the Dharma King of Western Regions Buddhism, Ksitigarbha."

Ksitigarbha... historically, the ambitious person who led to the Heavenly Hunting and Destruction of Buddha attempting to replace the Worldly Venerate... Zhao Douan's heart stirred.

This part of history, Zhang Yan Yi had told him a long time ago.

But obviously, the actions taken later by Dharma King Ksitigarbha seemed hardly to be in maintenance of "order"...

Ancestor Xu explained:

"At that time, the Moya Practitioner believed that the decline of Qi Country's Royal Family was irreparable, and with the Heavenly Master Mansion and Qingshan as the two stabilizing forces, order would not face major issues.

But because he observed from the forest that the divines from the Western Buddhism faction were gradually expanding and had become a strong force.

Therefore, he thought of arranging for Ksitigarbha to stabilize it. But... this time, a big problem arose."

His gaze became deep and held a hint of anger:

"At that time, the Moya Practitioner had suppressed the rift for four hundred years and had been trying in various ways to prevent himself from being confined there. Therefore, he delved deep into study, drawing inspiration from Death God, Chang God and other divines, and devised a method of 'Split Soul', only it was not perfected.

And during the teaching of Ksitigarbha, this method was also taught to him.

Originally intended to facilitate internal and external communication, it was unexpected that Ksitigarbha, seeing Moya at the level of a 'divine', was filled with ambition, left the north, and upon returning to the Western Regions, his cultivation soared with Moya's blessings, eventually becoming a Dharma King."

"However, Ksitigarbha did not wish to maintain order, because in his view, the foundation of Buddhism was its followers, and the more the people were in disastrous years, in tumultuous times, the more devout their faith.

Thus, the arrival of the Disaster Star instead was viewed by him as an opportunity.

Though he had taken a Heart Demon Oath before Moya, he dared not easily defy his promises.

Yet, although Ksitigarbha was despicable, he was truly an unparalleled genius in a thousand years, and even without Moya's assistance, ascending to Heavenly Human posed no issue.

Ksitigarbha delved deeply for many years and eventually perfected the 'Split Soul' method, thus freeing himself from the constraints of the Heart Demon Oath."

Such a matter... Zhao Douan and the Empress were moved!

Not only because of this past event, but also because the Empress was using the 'Split Soul' method at this moment to come here.

Unexpectedly, this technique was perfected by Ksitigarbha.

Zhang Yan Yi's expression turned grim:

"So, Ksitigarbha had been planning this matter all along? The goal was to use the chaos brought by the Disaster Star to confront the divines? Also, the hunt on Daoist magicians was a step among them?"

Ancestor Xu nodded:

"Indeed so. After the Disaster Star arrived, the mortal world was thrown into chaos, and Dharma King Ksitigarbha saw the timing as ripe, so he seized the moment amidst the chaos, thus enraging the Martial World of Qi Country at that time.

The Heavenly Master of that generation led Pei Niannu and other Central Plains experts to jointly attack the Western Regions, and this is the cause and consequence of the 'Heavenly Hunting and Destruction of Buddha'.

Though Dharma King Ksitigarbha had been scheming for years, he ultimately miscalculated one thing."

"What is it?" Zhao Douan pursued.

"The Moya Practitioner!"

Ancestor Xu's eyes flashed with light:

"He did not know that the Moya Practitioner did not just arrange for him alone. After teaching Dharma King Ksitigarbha, he once again selected a martial artist."

At this moment, everyone understood the identity of this martial artist.

"It's you, Ancestor!?" Xu Zhenguan's emotions surged.

"Exactly," Ancestor Xu also showed a look of reminiscence:

"In that year, I was still young, coinciding with the late years of Qi Country, the mortal world was tumultuous, I traveled all directions honing martial arts, and one of the stops was Mubei Forest.

At that time, I had no guarantee, merely with a dash of courage, attempted to step in, unexpectedly smoothly, and met the Moya Practitioner. However, Moya Practitioner by then had little life left."

"Heh, I know you must be wondering, Moya Practitioner was almost at the level of a divine, why was he near death?

In essence, it's all because of the Disaster Star, when it reappeared, the rift had not fully healed, and Moya Practitioner blocked it with his body, suffering injuries from the collision of the two worlds, breaking his divine form.

Thus, I became his last disciple he taught."

Ancestor Xu's eyes were filled with nostalgic reminiscence:

"And the reason Moya Practitioner chose me was partly because he needed someone to restore the chaotic world to order quickly, and also because at that time he sensed the breaching of the Heart Demon Oath, realized Ksitigarbha's malicious intent, but due to inability to leave, was powerless to stop it.