At this time, the forces lurking in the shadows were not limited to Buddha Country.

The same situation also applied to other places.

The risks and benefits were hard to balance, it was better not to make a move than to act.

"We still have to wait."

Manjusri Bodhisattva extended a golden palm, his fingers moved as he performed a divination, "This is an opportunity that hasn't arisen in eight hundred years, no one will be able to resist it, including us and those few. The impact of the vacancy of the Emperor Dazhou has just begun."

"If we wait any longer, the court's people will arrive," Guangli Bodhisatva said.

"If you're talking about the people from the Great Zhou Court, they've already arrived, but they may not necessarily be reinforcements."

Manjusri Bodhisattva indicated to the right with his eyes and shook his head slightly.

Upon hearing this, Guangli Bodhisattva looked in that direction and, with the Heavenly Dragon's Dharma Eye, captured a trace of pure Yin energy. Its location was strikingly similar to theirs, almost a hundred miles away from the battlefield.

This subtle distance proved a certain commonality between them.

Similarly harboring some hostility, they also hesitated due to the Eight Sceneries Technique.

The people from the Yin Law Department...

Guangli Bodhisattva felt it ironic and somewhat inevitable.

Indeed, even within Buddha Country, eight major sects had formed, only uniting due to the eastward spread of Buddhist Law. Even so, some still disagreed with the plan, let alone the Great Zhou.

"So we just wait like this?" Guangli Posatva asked.

"Certainly not just waiting idly, we must also inform all the third grades within and outside the Nine Provinces of the details of this battle and tell them that someone is attempting to advance," Manjusri Bodhisattva said smiling, "It involves a Great Venerable and another mighty being capable of contending with the Great Venerable, they will definitely be interested."

"Moreover, the matter of the Yin Law Department collecting souls in Liangzhou needs to be managed, I will invite King Zhuanlun and the White Lotus Saint Mother to liberate the resentful spirits who died tragically, to demonstrate our Buddha's compassion. The busier Liangzhou is, the better it facilitates the activities in Yong Province."

Thus, Buddha Country decided on their plan and made no attempts to probe.

But they did not leave, maintaining their distance and watching quietly.

Although they weighed the pros and cons and chose not to act, if they could be certain the other party was using an Empty City Strategy, Buddha Country would not mind changing their minds. Jiang Li had taken hundreds of thousands of refugees into the Precelestial Human Species Bag, and if they could retrieve this bag, the gain would be enough to make any cultivator from Buddha Country go insane.

They wouldn't simply believe this was an Empty City Strategy and act immediately, nor would they really believe this was a trap and thus leave. True or false, they would find out by watching.

People from the Yin Law Department held a similar thought, and that trace of Yin energy also hadn't left, only becoming more concealed as the day darkened.

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[In Jiang Li's perception, both parties hundreds of miles away were indicating a cessation of hostilities, without the intention to act. As for the Taiping Sect, their movements had not been detected.]

[Meanwhile, as the Eight Sceneries evolved, Jiang Li could feel a melting sensation within himself, which was the Dao Fruit merging with his being.]

[Unity of Heaven and Man, and the ultimate detachment just like Zhuang Zhou's Dream Butterfly, clearly comprehending the distinction between the butterfly and himself, and transforming all these insights into words, not only satisfied his writing, but also helped Jiang Li reach the Grandmaster Realm, enabling him to fully grasp wisdom belonging to a Great Grandmaster. Thus, his path was complete.]

Jiang Li looked at the words that had appeared before him, lightning seemed to flash in his eyes, in an instant, his thoughts felt purified, utterly pristine, even the Eight Trigrams in his left eye were further mastered.

His Mental State was utterly clear, feeling as if all his past accumulations burst forth at this moment, stepping into the heavens in one stride.

The Evolution of Zhuang Zhou Dao Fruit was quite challenging, after accepting it, Jiang Li's progress had not been very optimistic, but as those insights transformed into words, his past efforts now appeared as results at this moment.

At this time, the Evolution of Zhuang Zhou Dao Fruit seemed so simple, simple enough to make one think it was just so.

"The Realm is reached, and the Dao Fruit naturally merges, truly a case of 'the Dao follows nature.'"

Feeling the melting sensation gradually fading, a sense of Perfection and Contentment filled his heart, Jiang Li slowly exhaled a breath of Dirt Qi.

At the same time, as if sensing the changes in Jiang Li, the Array Map circling around him began to slow down, and the accelerated time gradually returned to its normal course.

When the flow of time for both parties became consistent, Jiang Li's figure shook, and afterimages appeared before his eyes, clearly not quite adapting to the once again changed environment or perhaps, time.

"This feeling... and my bodily exhaustion, it took me nearly a year to comprehend and organize it."

Jiang Li's eyes moved with the Eight Trigrams, automatically calculating the time spent. At the same time, the Eight Sceneries circulated around his body, quickly dispersing the discomfort.

With the capability of Jiang Li's Qi Body Origin, as long as one of the Three Elements was still under control, the other two would not lose control, Even if his body felt uncomfortable, he could quickly recover.

He rose up tall, with the Eight Sceneries constantly circling around his body, making him appear transcendent like the Immortal Gods, and even more thoroughly revealing a kind of flawless Perfection.

"It seems you have gained a lot."

Feng Manlou watched Jiang Li with a surprised look, even with his experience, he couldn't help but be amazed by Jiang Li's transformation, "Evolving the Eight Sceneries, combining the Three Tombs, quite ambitious indeed. But finding a suitable Fourth Grade Dao Fruit for you now might be difficult."

It was not that there were no Dao Fruits to elevate, but tough to find one that would benefit Jiang Li.

If he just wanted to elevate, then any Human Species or Divine Attribute Dao Fruit would suffice. With his current strength and status, although Fourth Grade Dao Fruits were rare, obtaining one was not an impossible task.

But such Dao Fruits would at best grant Jiang Li a few more Divine Skills, making significant progress would be difficult. Even with a Karma Collection to supplement a Dao Fruit, finding a suitable one was still difficult.

Jiang Li hadn't seen the limits of the Karma Collection, but he could somewhat discern the limits of the Dao Fruits.

The upper limit was there; however much he supplemented, it would be just that, and he might not even need to supplement it.

However, Jiang Li had anticipated this point and naturally had plans in place. When merging with the power of the heavens, he had thought about the choice of Fourth Grade Dao Fruit and had performed a Divination using the power of the heavens.

"My Fourth Grade Dao Fruit lies in Yuxu Temple, Qingyuan Miaodao True Monarch Dao Fruit from Yuxu Temple, which can just assist me in cultivating the 'Form Tomb.'"

Jiang Li had his own calculations in mind and wasn't too worried about it.

For him, having a target meant half the work was done; all that was left was achieving this goal.

At this point, the black and white symbols, arranged like Celestial Stars, flew back into Feng Manlou's hands, transforming into an object resembling a turtle shell.

"A River Map?" Jiang Li raised an eyebrow.

"People criticize me, but as a brother of the Great Venerable, borrowing something to keep by my side isn't too much, right?"

Feng Manlou laughed heartily, directly changing the subject, "By the way, younger brother, this Eight Sceneries Technique is a new creation of yours, right? How about I help you think of a good name?"

A rather poor attempt at changing the subject, but Jiang Li really had no way to deal with him.

Feng Manlou just expressed this intention—I'm not going to tell you.

"This time, brother, there's no need for you to bother, you should think more about how to convince your 'cheap wife'."

Jiang Li retorted, then said, "This technique, shall be named either the Innate Eight Sceneries Technique or the Innate Qiankun Technique. Evolving the Eight Sceneries with Qiankun Yin Yang suits the purpose well."

'As for the complete technique...'

Jiang Li looked towards the Karma Collection.

Innate Eight Sceneries Technique naturally covered the part about the Eight Trigrams, not enough to include the complete technique, Jiang Li felt another name was needed.

'Being a combination of the Three Emperors' techniques, then take the name from Emperor's Ultimate, calling it—'

The Karma Collection flipped through the pages, listed the existing Magic Doors, then Jiang Li had a thought and left five big characters at the beginning.

[Emperor's Ultimate Worldly Book]

This was the name after combining the Three Emperors' techniques.

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