Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

Chapter 125 The Curtain Falls

"Hahaha……"

"Fine...fine, but this ending is so damn frustrating..."

Li Fu completely lost his composure, his bloodshot eyes gushing blood. The Buddhist treasures had already been completely divided up, and the remaining backup plan had been silently cracked, which made him so angry that spiderweb-like cracks appeared in his eyeballs.

And... these are the two people he despises the most: a fake Buddhist nun dragged from a brothel and a lowly centurion being used as a waste. He has to share the throne with them?

They each received a portion of willow branches, but the difference was only in quantity. No one truly cultivated the energy of a seventh-order quasi-god within their body, creating an overwhelming gap, and the situation remained deadlocked.

"..."

The Buddhist palace is divided into yin and yang on both sides, with a golden giant like the blazing sun and a bodhisattva like jade in the yin, plus a transparent celestial maiden who looks on curiously across the sky, creating a scene that is quite shocking and beautiful.

As expected, these will be the three emperors of this world. Even if their power dissipates and merges into the world in the future, the remnants of the cup will be enough to make great progress in Buddhism and Taoism, allowing them to be at the forefront of everyone.

Of course... that's assuming Fang Jin is willing to stay in this world.

"After all, when did I ever say it was over?"

But at that moment, Fang Jin said with a cold smile, and took the initiative to sever all the connections between the willow branches on his body, and the golden giant that was like the sun quickly annihilated and dissipated.

The celestial maiden at the top immediately reached down, causing the sky to dim for a moment. Li Fu reacted instantly, disregarding even the thought of killing Fang Jin, and roared as he tried to snatch the silver willow branches that were scattered in the air!

"You'd rather give up the throne for a mere prostitute... than let me die?!"

"No, fulfilling her wish is my primary objective; killing you is merely a convenient step."

"boom--!"

Fang Jin laughed as he fell towards the gradually spreading ice prison below, but the wall behind him suddenly exploded, and a large, transparent hand that had been lying in wait caught him and took all the willow branches at the same time!

The celestial maiden's spirit was their origin; merging into it was like ice melting into water, perfectly smooth and flawless, leaving no room for Li Fu to fight over it.

So the next moment, under the latter's bloodshot gaze, all five of Fang Jin's spirit branches rolled into Cui Cui's side, and the number of willow branches surrounding her suddenly reached thirteen!

Cui Cui's eyes shone with seven colors, and the celestial maiden's spirit gradually shrank and solidified from its original vast emptiness until it transformed into a girl with an ethereal temperament, gently landing on the edge of the Buddhist palace.

"Buzz—"

With a light laugh, she reached out her fair, lotus-root-like arm and grabbed Li Fu. All the willow branches on the latter's body broke off and turned into streams of light that merged into Cui Cui's body. Only at this moment did her aura reach its peak.

In a stroke of inspiration, she gently raised her right hand, and the bone book beside Li Fu was instantly swallowed by the moonlight. When it reappeared, it was floating in Cui Cui's palm.

This was originally a gift from the Buddha to the guide. Now that the guide has changed, how can Li Fu, who has not made any contribution, still be qualified to take charge of the Bone Book? On the contrary, Cui Cui has truly become its master.

[Congratulations, player! The current main quest has been completed. This is the first time you have successfully completed the two-stage main quest. The "Li Dynasty's Suppression of Buddhism" and "Northern Journey to Protect Buddhism" dungeons have been successfully registered.]

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At the same time, a flood of information rushed through Fang Jin's iris, and only then did he reveal a relaxed smile. This level of the dungeon had finally passed without any major incidents.

The second phase of the main storyline consists of two parts: escorting the Buddhist nun to the Northern Plains, and being the first to guide the power of the Bright Buddha to descend into the world... but it has never been said that the player must be the conductor.

Although Fang Jin wasn't 100% sure, if the previous three-way balance of power continued, the system's task requirements would definitely not be met. So, she might as well take a gamble.

As it turns out... he made the right bet, and what he came up with was the only "solution" to this nightmare-level dungeon.

"No...no no no no no no no no no no no no no no—!"

Li Fu roared in grief and anger, but having lost his quasi-god power, he realized that he couldn't even float. He fell downwards in weightlessness, and his body was pierced through the chest by a sharp icicle.

But Li Fu felt no pain. The power within him did not disappear naturally, but was stripped away, violently and chaotically, taking even his own life as an add-on to the plunder, almost dissipating like a candle in the wind.

Forget pain, even feeling was a luxury for him. The only thing Li Fu could feel was his body gradually growing colder and death drawing near. With his last strength, he could only launch a frantic questioning of Fang Jin:

"Why her? Why not yourself?! If you had personally ordered this prostitute, she might have given you the willow branch instead, putting you on the throne of the ultimate winner..."

"You yourself admit that she will return it to me... so why can't I try to trust her?"

Fang Jin smiled as she looked at the shattered Li Fu, then personally stepped forward and pressed Li Fu even deeper into the ice spikes. Only the blood left vivid marks on the clear ice surface.

"I've never understood why we all want to end this purely dog-eat-dog world and add even the slightest bit of goodness to this sad and troubled world."

"Why must it be you who are qualified to make changes? Those in high positions, standing at the peak, do you really know what good is? Aren't you just another shell of the survival of the fittest?"

"Not being able to put you in a high position is only one reason. I myself am also very interested in seeing what kind of changes a commoner who has risen from the bottom will bring to this awful world."

"She was lowly...she was weak...she had all the flaws that a human being should have..."

"But that's what humanity is all about, with both good and bad. Why don't we let our Buddha Maiden give it a try? After all... how much worse can it get?"

Cui Cui was playing with her hair behind her. Her face suddenly turned bitter as she began to swell with power, and her stomach started to ache from the pressure.

She wasn't really ready yet, and didn't know what to do to make the world a better place. Maybe... she should give everyone two steamed buns first? And they had to be made of white flour!

Fang Jin received no response from Li Fu; he was already dead, his body a sculpted gray-white, ending his twenty-year-long sins and ambitions in this way.

Just then, three streaks of light streaked across the sky and stopped, revealing imposing figures with powerful auras, startling Cui Cui, who was still pondering in place.

She instinctively sought Fang Jin's help, but before she could turn around, an arm gently patted her shoulder. When Cui Cui finally calmed down and turned around again...

The person had vanished from the spot.

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