When Master Miao Yin found Saintess Xuan and the others, they had already joined the Red Mountain Hall of North Alliance Province. The plague was rampant at that time, and there were dead bodies everywhere by the roadside, with ghost monsters dragging the corpses into the mountains for a feast.

Saintess Xuan and her companions used medical Skills to heal people, cleansing Evil Qi and bad luck with Buddhist Law, and slaying the demons and ghost monsters spreading the plague.

Wherever they went, people welcomed them with food and drink, and when they left, people reluctantly saw them off.

Seeing this, Master Miao Yin hesitated and went to search for "the Dog Man" Chen Shi. Failing to find him and hearing that Chen Shi had gone elsewhere, she said to "the Dog Woman": "Xuan'er, return to the mountain after you finish this."

Saintess Xuan smiled and said: "Does Master mean to say, 'I vow not to become a Buddha until Hell is empty'?"

When Master Miao Yin heard this, her body and mind trembled as she looked at the ragged, pale-faced people. These people were frightened, uneasy, and hopeless about the future and lived in extremely harsh environments, wasn't this Hell?

"Finish these tasks and then return to the mountain," truly echoed the great vow of not becoming Buddha until Hell is empty.

"But this Hell, how could it possibly be emptied?" Master Miao Yin murmured.

Saintess Xuan hadn't returned to the Bodhi Dojo for a long time.

Master Miao Yin also didn't go seeking her again.

The Human World hadn't improved; presumably, Saintess Xuan would not return.

Master Miao Yin thought to herself: "Xuanxuan has transcended her feelings for Chen Shi, no longer indulging in romantic love but embracing a deep love for the world. This is far wiser than Hui Yin Bodhi's obsession with Chen Yindou back then. I cannot surpass Hui Yin Bodhi, but my disciple, ultimately, has surpassed her."

Time flies, and before they knew it, another year had passed.

Chen Shi emerged from the Saintess Temple at Shuiwei, with incense smoke curling up behind him. After Huang Fengnian led the people of Red Mountain Hall in offering incense to the Saintess of Shuiwei, they began restoring the temple.

This temple was located in the South Wind Province, at the Southern Border of the West Bull New Continent. Sea monsters often came from the ocean to attack coastal towns, and the Saintess Temple at Shuiwei was built by the sea to protect the coastal people.

The sea was a realm of darkness, with howling winds and waves roaring like monstrous beasts. Occasionally, strange sounds came from the sea floor, like enormous creatures lurking beneath, emitting loud cries.

Chen Shi gazed at the sea, seeing the Talisman Masters of the Red Mountain Hall in South Wind Province summon Spells, casting fire into the ocean, trying to drive away whatever lurked in the wind. However, as soon as the fire reached the surface, it extinguished, as if an unusual force erased their Mana.

Many Talisman Masters were in a heated discussion, uncertain about what was happening.

Chen Shi raised the West King Jade Seal, and the Mountain and River Map within the seal was projected into the surrounding air.

Xinxiang, Qing Province, Juzhou, Binhai, Liuzhou, Lingzhou, Jinzhou, Constitution State, Gongzhou, Bozhou... Each Map of Gods lit up, representing places where he had conducted Divine Enthronements. For over two years, he had been traveling tirelessly, searching for lost temples and awakening Huaxia's Divine Entities.

With each Divine Enthronement, the corresponding Map of Gods would light up.

Now, out of the fifty provinces of the West Bull New Continent, over thirty were illuminated.

The power of the Mountain and River Map and the West King Jade Seal had grown stronger, harboring boundless Divine Power.

The West King Jade Seal ascended ever higher, its emanating vibrations growing stronger. The roaring from the sea also intensified, until suddenly, a massive tentacle shot out from the darkness, aiming for the West King Jade Seal in the sky.

Before it got close to the seal, the tentacle disintegrated piece by piece.

Chen Shi formed a Sword Finger with his hand and pointed towards the sea. The West King Jade Seal trembled slightly in the sky, and a burst of power shot out with his Sword Finger, crashing onto the sea surface. With a loud crack, the sea was pressed down into a massive imprint spanning dozens of miles!

After a moment, a gigantic corpse emerged from the sea, seemingly neither demon nor god, with the head of a Divine Entity and traces of insurgency, its neck brimming with gills.

The sea surface was calm and peaceful, no longer as terrifying as before.

Chen Shi raised his hand, and the West King Jade Seal fell into his grasp.

"The instructor is incredible!"

The Talisman Masters cheered, rushing to the sea to try retrieving the corpse of the sea monster.

With food shortages rampant now, the sea monster could provide sustenance for a long time.

Chen Shi placed the West King Jade Seal on a wooden cart and did not join the retrieval. Instead, he summoned Black Pot and left South Wind Province, heading to his next destination.

"That demon probably didn't want the Saintess of Shuiwei to resurrect, so it seized the opportunity to destroy the temple."

Scholar Zhu looked back at the vast ocean and said, "The sea is indeed a broader realm. The land is merely the farms for these sea monsters, where they can come anytime to pick off free-ranging chickens and ducks. But with All Gods' Temples, it's tough for them to land. That's why they must destroy these temples."

Chen Shi inquired, "The sea monsters also possess intelligence. Why must they come ashore to eat humans?"

Scholar Zhu said, "The secrets of the Sea of Darkness are more numerous than those on land. Some say when Sanbao led the Great Ming Treasure Ship fleet into the Sea of Darkness, they unknowingly drifted far from their original space-time, crossing into another strange world. The fleet wasn't sailing in the Sea of Darkness but rather navigating the dark void. Those monsters trying to board the ship were powerful beings of the void."

He paused and added, "I read an ancient book describing another interesting theory. The author, a Daoist, claimed to be from another continent across the Sea of Darkness, called the Eastern Continent of Victory. After leaving that continent, he traveled the Sea of Darkness and visited many places, such as the Southern Continent of Buzhou, the Northern Continent of Beiju Luzhou, the Western Continent, and here. In his book, he stated the Sea of Darkness truly exists, not as a void but as a vast ocean floating in the void, occupying only a small portion. The Huaxia Divine Continent, West Bull New Continent, and Southern Continent, Northern Continent, Eastern Continent, Western Continent, and other areas are all connected by the Sea of Darkness, enabling access to other continents through this vast ocean."

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