Wang Luo stared at Chu Pingfan for a long time with a puzzled expression. Why had there not been any changes?
There was no problem with the pills he refined.
When he encountered a problem he did not understand, he naturally turned to his master for advice.
"Master, why didn't Pingfan's talent increase?"
Chu Xuan said lazily, "His Dao is different from yours. It's different from the millions of cultivators in this world."
"How is it different?"
Chu Xuan said mysteriously, "You'll find out in the future."
Wang Luo did not probe further. Instead, he asked about his own cultivation.
Su Xian'er also tagged along.
Chu Xuan activated the Sagemaster Halo's and began to explain the mysteries of cultivation to the two of them. With the support of the Sagemaster's Halo, Su Xian'er and Wang Luo managed to comprehend many things instantly.
After that, Wang Luo returned to the pocket dimension to cultivate, while Su Xian'er continued to comprehend the laws of the Great Dao and accumulate her foundation in preparation for breaking through to the Emperor realm.
Chu Xuan took a look at the Bai Sheng Mountain ruin once again. More than half of the ruin had now been revealed.
Just a little more and the spatial crack it had fallen into would open up completely, allowing it to return to the Southern Region once more.
"The Bai Sheng Mountain ruin will open in three to four days."
Chu Xuan glanced at Ding Yue. He was still occupying the mountain alone arrogantly. He chose not to interact with any of the forces or experts present.
The Nine Swords Mountain elder had secretly communicated with Liu Pingfeng and the red-bearded elder of the Heavenly Cauldron Mountain a few times.
He even dragged the itinerant half-step emperor realm cultivator along.
Unsurprisingly, they planned to surround and kill Ding Yue when the ancient ruin opened.
The Great Qian Dynasty and Nine Swords Mountain were supposed to be enemies but, because of Ding Yue, they had chosen to work together.
Chu Xuan was not worried about Ding Yue's safety. How could the son of fate of the Southern Region die just because he was surrounded?
Moreover, Ding Yue was so powerful that he could kill even a half-step emperor realm cultivator.
Half-step emperor realm cultivators were not real Emperor realm cultivators, after all.
The only thing that made them similar to actual Emperor realm cultivators was that they possessed pseudo-domains.
A pseudo-domain could suppress other truth realm cultivators, but it would not be able to suppress Ding Yue.
Whether it was his Sword Dao or his Firmament Sword body, neither of them could be suppressed by a pseudo-domain.
Moreover, Ding Yue was not without his own trump cards.
If half-step emperor realm experts surrounded Ding Yue, it was likely that one or two of them would die.
Suddenly, Chu Xuan directed his focus toward the World-purifying Glazed Pagoda.
He could hear the sound of chanting coming from inside the pagoda.
Shutting down the Heaven-Spying Mirror, Chu Xuan looked at Mo Tuo.
At this moment, Mo Tuo was undergoing a transformation.
His entire body was shrouded in Buddhist light, and his head had become bald. His long eyebrows drooped, and he looked very solemn.
It was obvious that he was now an accomplished monk.
Had he already been fully converted?
Chu Xuan was overjoyed. He had converted a Heaven realm demon, and it was very likely that this demon was the first Buddha in the world.
This should be able to trigger the system's reward, right?
The aura around Mo Tuo's body was also surging, and his soul continued to transform.
Chu Xuan condensed a soul seed seal and took the opportunity to implant it into Mo Tuo's soul.
After he was converted, he would become his subordinate, a devout Buddhist disciple, and he would also become a Buddha.
He would not have any bad thoughts toward Chu Xuan, only respect and worship.
Still, Chu Xuan felt that it would be safer to plant a soul seal just in case.
Sometimes, piety and worship could change.
An example would be when there was a difference in ideals.
At this moment, Mo Tuo had just been converted into a Buddha, so he naturally did not have any thoughts of resisting. The soul seal was implanted very smoothly into his divine soul.
Mo Tuo's transformation continued. His strength was also increasing, and The strength of his divine soul was also increasing.
The Buddhist light was flourishing all around him.
He lowered his head and pressed his palms together. The sound of chanting continued to ring out.
He was becoming more and more like an eminent monk.
He began to resemble the image of the legendary Buddha.
At a certain moment, the Buddhist light bloomed and the chanting stopped. Then, the Buddhist light withdrew itself into his body.
"Buddha is merciful!"
Mo Tuo stood up, put his palms together, and knelt down.
"Greetings, Buddha!"
Chu Xuan's divine form condensed and, after he made a few changes, he too had a solemn expression and demeanor.
"Get up."
With a wave of his hand, he moved Mo Tuo out of the World-cleansing Glazed Pagoda.
"You did not leave seclusion, yet converted the world's first Buddha. You have been rewarded with the 24-petal Dao Lotus, Buddha's golden body, Demon-subduing Staff, Seven Treasures Kasaya, and 100 years' worth of cultivation."
The system's reward had arrived.
As expected, Mo Tuo being converted into this world's first Buddha resulted in the system's reward being exceptionally generous.
The 24-petal Dao Lotus was a supreme treasure.
As for the Buddha's golden body, it was a Buddhist cultivation technique, so it could be passed on to Mo Tuo.
Chu Xuan did not need the Demon-subduing Staff or the Seven Treasures Kasaya since he was not a monk.
Naturally, he had to give these to Mo Tuo.
Mo Tuo would don the Seven Treasures Kasaya and hold the Demon-subduing Staff in his hand. He would cultivate the Buddha's golden body technique and have a bald head. He would look solemn and kind.
The once powerful demon had instantly turned into a Buddha.
Chu Xuan looked at Mo Tuo and said in a majestic voice, "Now that you are part of my Buddhist sect, I will give you the Buddha's golden body technique, Demon-subduing Staff, and the Seven Treasures Kasaya."
"Thank you for the gift!"
Mo Tuo knelt on the ground with an excited expression.
Chu Xuan raised his hand and pointed, and the Buddha's golden body technique was transmitted into Mo Tuo's soul. The Seven Treasures Kasaya and the Demon-subduing Staff were also bestowed upon him.
Mo Tuo put on the Kasaya and held the staff in his hand. He was so excited that his long eyebrows trembled.
"Your original name was Mo Tuo. Since you have already converted, the mortal world's fate has nothing to do with you. Today, I will bestow upon you the name 'Buddha Nanwu'."
Chu Xuan changed Mo Tuo's name. Since he was in the Southern Region and was the world's first Buddha, then he should call himself the Nanwu. (T/N: Buddha Nanwu translates to Buddha of the South.)
"Thank you for giving me this name!"
Buddha Nanwu kneeled on the ground again.
"You should condense your golden body and diligently practice the Buddhist Dharma."
Chu Xuan waved his hand and sent Buddha Nanwu into the pocket dimension.
Wang Luo was refining pills when he suddenly felt the light of Buddha blooming. He looked up and saw a bald man with long eyebrows. His bald head was so smooth that it even reflected light.
The other party also wore strange clothes. One look was enough for him to tell that the other party's clothes were extraordinary. They were definitely a divine artifact, or perhaps even a grade above divine artifacts.
Then, he looked at the staff in his hand. It was also a divine artifact or better.
Gulp!
Who was this person?
"Amitabha."
Buddha Nanwu put his palms together and chanted a Buddhist chant. Then, he went off to find a mountain to cultivate and condense his golden body.
He had not forgotten that he was once a demon expert, nor had he lost his memory.
Instead, he had converted into a Buddha, so those memories were regarded as memories of his previous mortal self, before he had attained the Dao.
He was no longer a demon, but a Buddha!
In fact, he even thought about converting the demon race into Buddhas. Somehow, this thought was deeply rooted in his heart.
"Master, who is he?"
Wang Hao was very shocked. Who was that person?
A Heaven realm expert?
Furthermore, the power in his body was very strange. It was powerful and vast, but it was also a power that he had never seen or heard of before.
"Buddha Nanwu. He's my disciple," Chu Xuan said.
To be honest, Buddha Nanwu, Ding Yue, and Wang Luo could be considered as fellow disciples.
"A fellow disciple?"
"Yes and no. His Dao is different from yours."
Chu Xuan did not say much.
After Buddha Nanwu condensed his golden body, he would ask him about the battle in the Asura Ancient Land when the demon race had invaded the Southern Region back then.
After receiving the hundred-year cultivation boost reward, Chu Xuan's strength began to rise, and he broke through to the eighth level of the Supreme realm!
