The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 551: Tianlian Buddha

Aldrian began to create his domain beside the lotus. As he merged with the surrounding nature and his domain took form, Venerable Karma Seeker’s eyes trembled at the changes in Aldrian.

Aldrian’s aura grew significantly stronger, but the most striking thing was his karma. In that moment, it became vividly perceptible—his karma could be sensed clearly, and it was connected to all things in the world.

Venerable Karma Seeker fell to the ground, unable to believe what he had sensed and seen. This kind of karma...

He knew that Aldrian might have been someone important in a past life. But this kind of karmic connection was not something that should exist in someone like Aldrian in this lifetime.

It was as if everything—even the smallest parts of the world—had karma with him. Heaven and earth, energy, particles, soulless matter, and living beings were all connected to Aldrian. Each of them formed a link with him, as if they were reconnecting to something they had once been bound to in the past.

If even something that minute holds karma with him, was he a god in his past life?

Even Aldrian’s bearing now was like that of a god, making Venerable Karma Seeker feel the urge to prostrate before him. Aldrian might be able to control all beings connected to him through karma—as though he were a god—if he wished to.

That was what Venerable Karma Seeker believed.

Not long after, he sensed Aldrian’s cultivation breaking through to the low Grand Duke stage, and it did not stop there. It continued to rise, approaching the middle Grand Duke stage.

His cultivation kept rising until it finally broke through to the middle Grand Duke stage, where it stabilized.

Venerable Karma Seeker, who witnessed all of this directly, could only remain in a state of repeated shock. It was not enough that Aldrian’s karma was extraordinary—his cultivation was just as absurd.

His cultivation rose with ease, as if breaking through the Duke and Grand Duke stages was no big deal. Yet Venerable Karma Seeker knew well: the higher the cultivation, the harder it became to advance.

At that level, cultivators required not only immense energy and deep comprehension as the bare minimum, but also the right state of mind and place to break through. Watching Aldrian rise so effortlessly shattered his understanding of cultivation. It opened his eyes to a world where something this absurd was actually possible.

While Venerable Karma Seeker was still taking in the unbelievable sight, Aldrian had already completed the creation of his domain, making the entire Buddhist sect territory as his domain. He felt satisfied and quietly happy, but set those feelings aside for a moment as his consciousness was drawn into another space.

He stood in the middle of a white expanse—it looked like the same place where he had once met the Heavenly Demon and the personification of Heaven. Not far from him, a lone figure stood with one hand forming a mudra. The figure was bald and wore a brown kasaya.

When Aldrian saw his face, he smiled and walked toward him. The figure looked back as Aldrian approached, then clasped his hands and bowed.

"Welcome back, Your Majesty," he said. His voice was soothing and brought peace to everyone who heard it. He could captivate anyone with just his voice, which was truly useful since he liked to spread his teachings.

"It’s been a long time. Well, I don’t know how long exactly, but still, I can finally see you, even if it’s just your will, Tianlian," Aldrian said.

The man before him was Tianlian—one of the closest people to him in his past life, alongside the Heavenly Demon and a few others. Tianlian could be called the first Buddhist cultivator in this universe.

Tianlian straightened and smiled, but Aldrian could see the emotion in his eyes. That alone made Aldrian’s smile turn warm.

"What is it? Isn’t an enlightened Buddha supposed to have already transcended worldly feelings? Why do you still look at me with those eyes, as if you’re still trapped in worldly affairs?" he asked, intending to lighten the mood.

"True, worldly feelings belong to those still inside samsara, but in the end, those feelings are still part of us. How we manage them and how we perceive them is something each of us will have to deal with. To reach the state of emptiness, you come from something, but from emptiness, something also comes to be."

"For me personally, the way I perceive my feelings for you will never change. You are someone I truly respect and already consider a role model. So, Your Majesty, even I can show this much emotion to you," Tianlian said with a slight smile.

Aldrian just nodded, understanding that Tianlian’s insight on this matter was different from his own. Then Aldrian looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"Tianlian, are you still okay out there or...?"

"Oh, for me, I’m still alright, Your Majesty—at least for now, since I can still sense my karmic connection with my real body somewhere," Tianlian answered, which made Aldrian sigh in relief.

"So, Tianlian, I have already met many people and understand the situation outside. Mind telling me how bad it is? Is the destruction and loss really that severe?" Aldrian asked. freeweɓnovel~cѳm

"Do you still remember the structure of this universe, Your Majesty?"

"Yes, at least this part I already remember. Our universe consists of nine heavens. Each heaven is so vast that it’s like a universe inside the universe." Tianlian nodded as he heard Aldrian.

"Well, the situation was bad at the time I put my will into the Heavenly Lotus. We had lost the first four heavens, and we kept getting pushed back. Many have already perished defending each heaven. Although we are stronger, their numbers are truly immense, which puts us at a serious disadvantage."

"At this time—which I thought a long time had passed since then—and now with Your Majesty arriving here, I assume only the ninth heaven remains, the last heaven they have yet to conquer. I don’t know if they have already reached the underworld or not, but it will be bad if they take it. Basically, they might control samsara."

"If that happens, this is also our last chance to turn the situation around. Because if something happens to Your Majesty in this life, then this universe is doomed. Those invaders will intercept your soul and erase Your Majesty from existence."

Aldrian frowned, the situation was truly bad. If those invaders could control samsara, then they could control the life and death of every soul as they pleased. Even the heavenly laws seemed unable to stop them from taking over each realm. Those invaders must have done something to the heavens, weakening the heavenly laws more and more.

"However, although the situation is not promising, many of us still fight and have created pockets of resistance in many places. Even the Heavenly Demon still fights in some of the higher heavens, using his own tactics to prevent the invaders from having a calm life. Thanks to that, not all of the invaders focus on the lower heavens, which has bought us enough time until your return."

"Is it true that all the universes are attacking us? Why are they doing this?" Aldrian asked, still feeling it strange that they suddenly attacked this universe.

"To be honest, I don’t really know why they suddenly attacked us, but at one time, I glimpsed a vision that might explain the reason behind their attack."

"From my understanding, they seem to be looking for something that can take them to a higher realm—something that could even allow the strongest among them to reach beyond the realms they know."

Aldrian’s frown deepened.

"And they’re searching for that thing in this universe? Just this universe alone? What makes them think it’s here? I sense some kind of conspiracy. Where did that kind of news come from?" he asked.

Tianlian shook his head.

"I don’t know, but I suspect the same, because none of this could happen without someone directing many universes to attack us simultaneously—and it’s only us. I’ve tried to investigate this matter, but so far, I haven’t found anything. Maybe Your Majesty can meet my real body and talk to him about this."

Aldrian sighed and nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Tianlian.

"Don’t those invaders know that your will is communicating with me like this? The last time I spoke with the Heavenly Demon, one of the invaders seemed to sense us and attacked our meeting place. But at other times, they don’t seem to realize that I communicate with the wills of many people," he asked.

"Well, those invaders can track the strange karmic threads and activities of those who are still alive and maintain a strong connection with the wills we placed here. My real body and the Heavenly Demon are included in this, since we have strong connections with our wills. With you activating my will, I believe they may have already sensed something and are trying to track this place."

"That’s why we can’t talk too much right now. So I think this is enough for our first meeting, Your Majesty. I’m just glad that you’re back and have begun regaining your power."

Tianlian suddenly fell silent.

"Speak of the devil—they seem to have sensed something wrong and are trying to reach this place. We must separate now, your majesty."

Suddenly, darkness began to consume their surroundings. Before it fully engulfed them, Tianlian’s voice resounded one last time.

"May the great emperor of All Heavens return with glory."

Then his figure vanished, swallowed by the darkness that overtook Aldrian’s sight.

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