The world already represents the netherworld, where death, decay, and withering are the main themes of this small world.

Yet the Mo Ya Monk, holding the chessboard with one hand, wasn't greatly troubled.

He stood in a place where red spider lilies thrived, looking up at the crimson sky, the Shepherd Soul Ancient City in the netherworld, and the ink-like mountains.

Zhou Lingyi no longer hid; she walked out voluntarily, like a young lady on a spring outing, with all hostility restrained.

"Demon Monk, you're quite interesting. You entered the Flower Sea World unscathed yet didn't frantically search for us siblings; instead, you gaze at the scenery here."

"What in the world is more important than admiring beautiful scenery?"

Mo Ya Monk laughed.

"Is this considered beautiful?"

"This small world vividly imitates Jing Country's netherworld. In your eyes, Jing Country people see it as gloom and ugliness, but to us Buddha Country people, it's a sight hard to find in the world."

A rare sincerity appeared in Mo Ya Monk's eyes. He turned and said, "The Buddha Country is a wasteland, with dirty water sources and unbearable stench,

it's almost impossible to see green in the mountains, only endless gray and white—rocks, rocks, still rocks. If you chisel the rocks open, you won't smell the fragrance of the earth, but endless pulsing magma,

it's a lifeless country. The monotonous world has deprived us Buddha Country people of enough imagination.

After the thirty-three layers were built, the Holy Buddha King Migaxun used the Infinite Buddha's Eye to gaze at the starry sea and, for the first time, saw green, vibrant life green, like emerald waves rising in the sea... So, our Buddha Country formed several Seeking Wave Monk Teams, traversing the starry sea to find that green wave of the star seas,

we found many countries, including a country named after the sea—Peacock Sea... a rich, well-watered country, where our Buddha Country people first tasted water without impurities,

a dynasty filled with blood and flesh technology—Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty... a country with only blood and flesh, along with countless powerful consciousnesses. Just like us Buddha Country people, with extremely barren land, but the powerful consciousnesses built a rich spiritual paradise,

our Buddha Country people learned from their spiritual paradise to enjoy pleasures and learned wonderful music and beautiful dance."

"At the same time, you obliterated them."

"Due to our jealousy, jealousy sparked uncontrollable greed, anger, and delusion..."

"Quite honest."

"But we don't see it as a sin," Mo Ya Monk said. "Buddhas transcend mortals, so the thirty-three heavens are far above every inch of land. Those living beings who do not submit to the thirty-three heavens should be crushed,

but strangely enough, after coming to Jing Country, I inexplicably developed a sense of compassion. If we are to massacre Mingjiang Prefecture this time, we will spare the Jing Country people in the city's heart who worship Buddha."

"You can't kill a single person."

At this point, Zhou Lingyi suddenly vanished, and in the next instant, she appeared behind Mo Ya Monk, hands like knives, slashing at the monk's back.

As the knife-hand chopped down, Zhou Lingyi turned the color of old ice, her form becoming ethereal, the knife-hand like a streak of light and shadow, slicing into Mo Ya Monk's unyielding body,

then, as the ice color faded, Zhou Lingyi's knife-hand became solid, sweeping across, scything through the pulsing heart inside Mo Ya Monk's body.

"Space Law, Star Law..."

A hollow was created in Mo Ya Monk's chest by Zhou Lingyi's strike. He raised his head inquisitively and said,

"In the Flower Sea World, I am the supreme will of this small world, and its laws naturally are under my control."

"You're wrong; you can't control me."

Mo Ya Monk pinched a piece from the chessboard and placed it in the corner of the board.

After the piece fell, it seemed to have a divine charm, moving from the corner to the Heavenly Yuan spot, Mo Ya Monk's body restored as if Zhao Lingyi's hand-knife had never struck,

even Zhou Lingyi's figure and footprints were forcibly swapped, moved to the spot where Mo Ya Monk was first seen.

"Is that so."

Zhou Lingyi finally understood why Mo Ya Monk was so confident, entering Flower Sea World without a thought.

She also finally understood why Mo Ya Monk was not affected by the miasma of the Flower Sea Netherworld.

"Thinking you were the Nine Incense, with a high degree of cultivation able to stir trouble in my Flower Sea World, never expected, you also have a small world."

Within the chessboard, there's a world,

Mo Ya Monk enters Flower Sea, utilizing the chessboard world to contend with the Flower Sea World.

"'Old Death' against 'New Life', which is stronger, has always been an eternal subject of debate among the Buddhas of Buddha Country in their scriptures."

"Your Flower Sea World is the old death of Jing Country, my chessboard world is the new life of Buddha Country, today's battle will perhaps result in an answer close to the truth."

"The answer is you Buddha Country Demon Monks will perish on the spot!"

All along hidden, Lord Jiu tossed the Wine Gourd towards Mo Ya Monk.

The Wine Gourd sped forward like lightning,

Mo Ya Monk, leisurely paced, placed another piece on the board.

The white piece fell to the Heavenly Yuan, the black piece yielded the position.

Once both pieces were settled, simultaneously described upper and lower arcs, swapping positions, and the time in the Other Shore Flower Sea seemed to stop altogether.

The Wine Gourd already reached Mo Ya Monk's chest but suddenly halted,

simultaneously, Lord Jiu, Yuan Buyu, and Zhou Lingyi's forms also stilled.

This was one of the five great forms of time—Eternal.

Eternal lasts but a moment, a moment is eternal, the Suffering Scholar was first frozen by Blood Well at that time, allowing the Painter to see the fifth form of time for the first time in his life.

In the Flower Sea, the only one not bound by the eternal form was Mo Ya Monk.

He reached over, grabbed the Wine Gourd, pulled out the soft cork, and took a deep swig before contentedly saying, "Good wine, good wine."

After speaking, he took several more large gulps. Once finished, he capped the soft cork and casually tossed out the Wine Gourd.

The seemingly powerless gourd floated in the air like soft paper, gently drifting towards Lord Jiu.

Though it seemed powerless, when the gourd touched Lord Jiu's chest, it exploded violently with a thundering boom, sending Lord Jiu flying dozens of feet away, his chest caved in with a massive hole, but due to being in 'Eternal' state, his face showed no expression of pain.

"My game of chess is not with you; my opponent is Zhou Xuan."

Mo Ya Monk was in no hurry to kill Zhou Lingyi, Yuan Buyu, or Lord Jiu; his target remained Zhou Xuan.

He couldn't give Zhou Xuan too much time to comprehend the Kongming Mirror.

He also knew he wasn't the only one in the Flower Sea not constrained by 'Eternal'... Zhou Xuan was also unaffected by 'Eternal'.

Just because, in Zhou Xuan's Secret Realm, resides a consciousness split from a Heavenly Venerate.

Simultaneously, Zhou Xuan's Kongming Mirror is also a small world.

In this small world, Zhou Xuan is its supreme will,

"My chessboard world naturally is superior to the Flower Sea World, but in essence, they are no different, merely condensed by incense and Magic Artifacts,

Zhou Xuan's Kongming Mirror world, however, is different; that's a world more real than Jing Country."

He held the chessboard and walked deeper into the Flower Sea, swiftly killing Zhou Xuan was now his utmost priority.

"Swish!"

A sound like an empty Divine Bow echoed behind Mo Ya Monk, and a sharp peach wood branch shot fiercely forward.

Mo Ya Monk's chessboard, aware of the sound, split a black and a white piece, occupying separate corners, the monk's form instantly leaping several dozens of feet away, effortlessly dodging the peach wood branch.

The branch embedded into the ground at an angle.

Once the branch touched down, it took root, growing into a trunk, then extending branches adorned with tens of thousands of pink blossoms.

The Peach Blossom Ancestor Tree, at this critical moment, descended into the Flower Sea World.

The tree's canopy grew into an immense umbrella spanning the small world, but its thousands of branches, penetrating the soil, resembled tightly wound, poised springs.

Mo Ya Monk aimed to obstruct Zhou Xuan from comprehending the Kongming Mirror,

while the Peach Blossom Ancestor Tree sought to gain precious time for Zhou Xuan's understanding of the Kongming Mirror...

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