Chapter 5

The sky was as dark as ink, and Zhao Qi stood beside a colossal temple. The temple was lined with pagodas and adorned with precious shrines, its vastness stretching beyond the eye's reach. Buddha statues, Bodhi trees, and golden lotus ponds were everywhere, and the air was filled with the scent of incense, as if he were in the Western Paradise.

However, Zhao Qi paid no attention to this. He bowed to the middle-aged monk before him and formed the Bhikshu Mudra, the starting gesture of the Dragon-Elephant Fist. The Bhikshu, a mendicant, a breaker of烦恼 (troubles), a monk, a holder of pure precepts, and a terror to demons, represents the beginning of all cultivation and the start of all Buddhist teachings. As he formed the mudra, his bones crackled, and a faint chanting of monks could be heard.

"The World-Honored One," the middle-aged monk recited, "I didn't expect that you, the benefactor, would have such an understanding of Buddhism. Your Bhikshu Mudra is deeply imbued with its essence, not inferior to the true disciples of our temple. However, you have secretly learned our temple's foundational treasure, the 'Great Vairocana Bodhisattva Sutra.' I must reclaim it. Forgive me!" The monk said no more, raised his right hand, and with a flip, it seemed as if the entire sky was collapsing onto Zhao Qi! This was the Great Zen Temple's secret technique, the Great Void Hand Seal!

"I've been prepared for this move all along," Zhao Qi shouted, transforming the Bhikshu Mudra into the Vajra Mudra. The Vajra, like the crown of a bodhisattva, can destroy everything without being destroyed itself! As the two mudras clashed, the air between them crackled and then exploded, sending waves of white energy surging. In the midst of the white energy, Zhao Qi felt as if he had been hit by a truck weighing several dozen tons. He almost lost his grip on the Vajra Mudra and was thrown several dozen meters away!

As he rolled, Zhao Qi changed his mudra, and his body seemed to exist in another dimension, immune to any force. In a blink, he landed lightly on the steps several dozen meters away. His mudra and its meaning were divided, neither form nor emptiness, precisely the Form-Emptiness Mudra! All tangible matter is called "form," and these forms are born of causes and conditions, their essence being emptiness. Thus, form is emptiness. With the Form-Emptiness Mudra, all matter was empty to Zhao Qi!

"I didn't expect that you, the benefactor, could perform the six mudras of the 'Great Vairocana Bodhisattva Sutra' to such a degree. I wonder if you can also perform the three Dragon-Elephant Mudras?" the monk gently praised, "Then receive this move from me!" It seemed as if the monk's right hand had torn through space. Zhao Qi saw the entire sky filled with his palm, which then pressed down forcefully! You claim to be form and emptiness, interchangeable, but I will crush your mind directly and see how you dodge! This is the Infinite Emptiness!

Facing such a powerful move, Zhao Qi's mudras changed rapidly: Bhikshu Mudra, Vajra Mudra, Form-Emptiness Mudra, Arhat Mudra, and Great Bodhisattva Mudra. As he formed the mudras, a vast surge of qi and blood, like a river, swept through his body! His bones crackled, and his body suddenly grew, as if he were a small giant. He faced the monk and unleashed his own move: Move Mount Sumeru!

Mount Sumeru is the first holy mountain in Buddhist scriptures, around which the three thousand worlds revolve, and where all Buddhas meditate! Move Mount Sumeru is the visualization of the Great Vairocana Bodhisattva exerting infinite power to shake Mount Sumeru, shaking the foundations of the three thousand worlds!

Zhao Qi seemed to transform into a massive, dignified golden bodhisattva, with one head and two arms, his muscles bulging, ready to shake Mount Sumeru! A deep chant slowly rose from his body, gradually becoming more and more powerful, finally transforming into a grand, dignified, oppressive, and resonant voice: "Power! Power! Power!!!"

A loud explosion echoed as the two moves collided, and the sky seemed to crack with a thunderclap. Zhao Qi was thrown several dozen meters away, rolling like a broken sack, his blood splattering everywhere. The monk also suffered, his face pale and his right arm hanging limply. He bowed with his left hand, "The World-Honored One, your understanding of the 'Great Vairocana Bodhisattva Sutra' is profound. You can exert such power with Move Mount Sumeru, which is not something a先天 (innate) martial artist at the organ-cultivation level should be able to do. It's a pity that you, with such insight, have used it for evil. Stealing martial arts is a great taboo in the martial world. Please come with me to the temple." The monk's left hand grabbed, and a surge of qi and blood pulled Zhao Qi onto his hand.

"Ha ha," Zhao Qi laughed, blood streaming from his mouth, "Monk Yin Yue, you've said these words at least twenty times, if not thirty. Can't we change the script?" "How could that be? This is our first meeting, and I've never said these words before. Why would you say such things?"

Zhao Qi was tired of the banter and shouted to the sky, "Main God, save this instance and bring me back." "Understood," a mechanical voice responded from the sky. The world then froze, as if someone had pressed the pause button. The Great Zen Temple and Monk Yin Yue became like things in amber, eerily still. A flash of white light, and Zhao Qi disappeared from the world.

"Congratulations, my lord, on escaping death from Monk Yin Yue for the first time." In a magnificent temple, Zhao Qi sat beside a man in a golden-white robe, and upon closer inspection, they were identical!

"Are you praising me or criticizing me?" Zhao Qi couldn't help but comment, "Since I used 16 points of divine power combined with the virtual world seed [theseed] to create the Great Zen Temple, a small instance world, how many times have I been killed by Monk Yin Yue? 26 times! It's truly a living hell. This time, if I hadn't figured out the qi and blood circulation for Move Mount Sumeru, I would have been killed in two moves! I don't understand why we should be at the same level. Could it be that I made a mistake in creation?"

"Master, that's impossible," the mechanical voice of the AI echoed in the temple. "Master, after scanning, your physical attributes should be on par with Monk Yin Yue, and due to the rare spiritual medicines you created and consumed, your qi and blood should be far purer and more abundant than his. How could you be killed in one move?"

"Enough, AI, stop. Show me my current attributes." "Yes, Master." As the AI spoke, an attribute panel appeared before Zhao Qi. "Let me see, what are my current attributes? Enlarge the panel." The man sitting beside him also spoke. "Yes."

Name: Zhao Qi

Race: Han Chinese

Occupation: Creator God Level 0, Demigod, Martial Artist Level 4, Innate Martial Artist

Bloodline: None

Skills: "Great Vairocana Bodhisattva Sutra," "Great Void Hand Seal"

Attributes: Strength 210 (10), Agility 160 (10), Constitution 173 (11), Spirit 248 (8)

Energy: 87 points of creation power

Virtual Worlds: 3 (Heaven, Earth, Underworld, Small Instance World), 2 (Great Zen Temple Instance, God of Literature Deneir's Divine Realm Instance)

"Master, these are your specific attributes."

These attributes were truly magnificent. The Creator God occupation alone would blind many. His other attributes were about twenty times those of an average person, making Zhao Qi as powerful as Superman if he wore red underwear! Not to mention, as an innate martial artist, in the "Yangshen" world, the organ-cultivation level allows for deep breathing and internal organ strengthening, with continuous and deep breathing, long-lasting stamina, swift movement like a galloping horse, and agile jumping like a bird, almost capable of matching a hundred men! In reality, Zhao Qi was a living bug!

"AI, how's the task I assigned you going?" Zhao Qi asked, looking at his attributes. "Master, according to your instructions, I have registered a small online company named 'Infinite Worlds' in China and also registered an official website online, ready to operate at any time."

"How about you, Main God?" Zhao Qi asked the man beside him.

"My lord, everything is almost ready. The three major worlds have been fully transformed, and the specific backgrounds have been set. Only one final step is needed to make the world function normally."

"What step?" Zhao Qi asked curiously.

"Sealing the three realms with divine positions, allowing the world to run on its own!" The Main God smiled at Zhao Qi.

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