Chapter 1025: The Great Change Among the Thousand Buddhas

Faced with the outstanding successor of Ci Hang Jing Zhai at her peak, Zhu Yu Yan’s expression darkened as she rushed deep into the Great Buddha Temple.
Everything that had happened today made the Dark Queen want to grind her teeth in frustration!
First, she was forced to use her ultimate weapon by an unknown lay disciple from Shaolin, and in the end, she had to resort to her strongest move, at the cost of exhausting a great deal of her vital energy, just to kill a junior.
That was one thing.
But then, at this critical moment, she encountered Shi Fei Xuan, whose skills had improved significantly.
Due to the excessive depletion of her vital energy from using the “Soul Demon Sword” earlier, she was no match for Shi Fei Xuan at all. The Dark Queen could only lure her toward the center of the group of thousand Buddhas.
Being forced into a humiliating situation by two juniors in one day—how could this possibly lift the Dark Queen’s spirits?
She had come to the Great Buddha Temple because she hadn’t heard from Shi Zhi Xuan in a long time. When she suddenly heard from a disciple of a legitimate sect in the capital that the Evil King was at the temple, she knew Shi Zhi Xuan must have appeared as a kind-hearted person, reminding the Evil King of that deceased woman… She came here specifically to bring the elusive Shi Zhi Xuan back to the Holy Sect, to restore its strength and boost its morale.
But now, she had to rely on the Evil King’s power to get rid of Shi Fei Xuan!
Sure enough!
Upon entering the central area of the group of thousand Buddhas, the Evil King Shi Zhi Xuan was still sitting there, motionless…
Huh!
Zhu Yu Yan approached Shi Zhi Xuan from behind, stopping only after rushing about ten meters before turning around to face Shi Fei Xuan, whose face showed grave concern.
“Evil King!”
“It’s really you!”
“…” Shi Zhi Xuan remained very quiet. He slowly opened his eyes in a refined manner, glanced at Zhu Yu Yan, then turned his gaze to Shi Fei Xuan, who looked highly alert. With a deep sigh, he asked, “Are the people from Ci Hang Jing Zhai… here to take my life?”
“Evil King! Kill her! This woman’s mastery of ‘Clarity of the Sword Heart’ is already solid, and she will soon reach the state of unity with heaven and man… If we don’t get rid of her now, Ci Hang Jing Zhai will gain another peerless expert. Then, our Holy Sect will face disaster.” The Dark Queen stood behind Shi Zhi Xuan, her expression grim.
“…”
Shi Zhi Xuan gave her a indifferent glance.
“I just want to be quiet for a while… Why won’t you give me a chance?”
Shi Fei Xuan scanned the surroundings with a cold gaze and said firmly, “Rumors in the martial world say you, Shi Zhi Xuan, are trying to find the martial arts left by ancient monks in this ancient Great Buddha Temple. It seems those rumors are true after all.”
“What?”
The Dark Queen was stunned.
Shi Zhi Xuan’s expression remained calm:
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Shi Feixuan stared at Shi Zhixuan and continued, “Actually, we in the righteous path had known about your presence at the Great Buddha Temple a long time ago. Many people initially thought you truly had a heart full of repentance and a desire to turn good, staying at the Thousand Buddha Residence in the Great Buddha Temple to purify your mind and cultivate yourself… But later I found out that there was once a divine monk in ancient times at the Great Buddha Temple who had reached the realm of unity between heaven and man… You stayed there for such a long time—your goal must be the martial arts secrets left by that divine monk.”
“…”
Shi Zhixuan’s expression finally changed slightly.
At that moment, the Dark Queen also sensed something unusual, looking at Shi Zhixuan with a surprised gaze, her eyes flickering.
“Evil King, is what she saying true? Did you stay at the Great Buddha Temple really to find those martial arts secrets? Have you found them?”
“…”
Before Shi Zhixuan could answer, Shi Feixuan spoke first, her ethereal voice ringing like silver bells in the air.
“Of course not. How could someone as cruel as the Evil King possibly gain the recognition of a divine monk and inherit his legacy?”
“Shut up!”
Her words were cut off by a sudden fierce shout.
The two women were shocked!
Shi Zhixuan, who had always appeared refined and graceful, was suddenly enveloped in an evil aura.
Whoosh!
Shi Zhixuan stood up abruptly!
Under the gazes of the Dark Queen and Shi Feixuan, his gentle expression once again turned into one filled with defiant authority and hostility!
“I haven’t killed in a long time. Why force me?”
Shi Zhixuan’s aura spread instantly!
Shi Feixuan was the first to be affected!
But she quickly regained her composure after her expression changed…
“Master is right. The Evil King will always be the Evil King. There’s no possibility of him being reformed! Even if we destroy the Thousand Buddha Residence in the Great Buddha Temple, we must prevent you from obtaining the divine monk’s legacy and causing further harm to the martial world!”
“Always talking about righteousness and evil! Since when has Cihang Jingzhai become the master of this world?”
Shi Zhixuan sneered, displaying the authority and might of a master of the evil path. With a wave of his hand…
Shi Feixuan’s eyes changed, and she swiftly moved several feet away from her original position.
With a loud noise, a fist-sized hole appeared on the body of a Buddha statue behind her!
“Since you know my purpose here, Shi Feixuan, you’ll stay here.” In an instant, Shi Zhixuan appeared silently behind her.
His elusive and cunning light-speed movement skills were on full display at this moment, far more ferocious than when dealing with players.
“Never!”

Although Shi Feixuan was shocked, once her Sword Heart clarity reached a stable state, she made the calmest judgment in the shortest time possible.
“Heart Sword Technique!”
One of the secret arts from the Sword Canon. At a glance, two sharp sword auras shot out from her eyes!
Even the Evil King had no choice but to halt his next move…
Whoosh!
Shi Feixuan was extremely fast. Taking advantage of the Evil King’s distraction as he tried to dodge her Heart Sword Technique, she stepped forward and soared dozens of feet away like a startled swan. She flew back and forth above the group of Buddha statues, quickly moving far away…
“Does this little girl still want to run?”
The Yin Empress reacted swiftly, instantly unleashing her Heavenly Demon aura to chase after her.
But Shi Feixuan was extremely agile; even surrounded by the Heavenly Demon aura, her speed didn’t slow down at all, shocking Zhu Yuyan once again!
“We can’t let her get away!”
“Chase her!!”
Shi Zhixuan followed behind with a blank expression, gradually closing the distance.
Although the Yin Empress’s vital energy was weakened, it wasn’t difficult for her to keep up with the two of them. The three of them—two in front and one behind—fled from the Great Buddha Temple like ghosts at high speed!
Not long after they left, three figures from the martial world suddenly appeared in the silent group of Buddha statues!
Two men and one woman arrived at the spot where Shi Zhixuan had stopped in the central area of the group, all of them looking extremely excited.
“Good thing the plot wasn’t ruined.”
“When that kid lured the Yin Empress away, my heart almost jumped out of my chest… Damn it.”
“I don’t know where that expert came from, but he managed to hold his own against the Yin Empress for so long! He even forced her to use her weapons…” The woman in the group was filled with astonishment.
The two men immediately grew annoyed!
One of them said, “So what? He just had better equipment. In the end, he still died. He’s as stupid as a pig—having such great equipment yet not knowing to run away…”
“Exactly,” the other agreed.
The three of them clearly hadn’t heard Kai Xin’s conversation with the Yin Empress, nor even Shi Feixuan’s talk with her. They had no idea that Kai Xin hadn’t encountered those peak Mythical Realm warriors by chance but had deliberately come to cause trouble—no wonder, as if they had gotten too close, they would have already been discovered by the Yin Empress and Shi Zhixuan by now.
“Alright, enough talk. That kid should be dead by now. Let’s hurry up and find the items…”
If Kai Xin were here, he would surely be able to deduce something from their conversation.
That’s right.

These three were the ones who triggered this hidden mission. For this mission, they traveled for over a month and completed seven or eight related tasks before finally summoning Shi Feixuan from Cihang Jingzhai to come here and distract the Evil King.
But…
Things took a turn different from what they had expected. The Yin Queen appeared, and an unrelated person also intruded! Fortunately, everything that followed still went as planned…
The Yin Queen and the Evil King were distracted by Shi Feixuan, giving them some time to search for the legendary relics of the ancient divine monk or some martial arts secrets.
“Xiangnong!”
The woman among the three quickly nodded and stepped forward, scanning the surroundings before starting to tap around. Judging from the tools she brought out and her highly skilled techniques, she must be a master of traps, and quite skilled at that.
“Come here!”
“Over here!”
After searching for a while, she actually found something—she activated a seemingly small pit beneath a broken wall.
Snap!
A large green stone slab slowly sank downward…
With a heavy sound, a small Buddha statue rose up from inside, appearing before the three players who were overjoyed.
“We found it!”
“No!”
The attractive woman raised her hand to stop the two from rushing forward:
“This seems to be a trap.”
“Then break it quickly! Shi Feixuan can’t hold off those two great demonic masters for long. We must obtain the divine monk’s relics in the shortest time possible!”
“I know!”
The woman quickly took out some tools, fiddled with the delicate small Buddha statue for a while, then put away the tools and grabbed both hands of the statue. Under the astonished gazes of the other two, she carefully positioned the statue’s hands in a prayer position…
Hands clasped together!
With a snap, the motion froze!
Zzzz!!!
Zzzzzzz!!!
Amidst the three’s delighted looks, the small Buddha statue began to sink amidst loud noises, with another small brick sinking in the ground nearby… It seemed something was coming out from inside.
The three stared intently at what was in the pit!
Unaware of it, around where the heavy sounds came from, Buddha statues began to move slowly, centered around the three of them!
From the center to the periphery…
Thousands of Buddha statues started moving around them in all directions!!
The initial “zzz” sounds gradually turned into loud roars.

By the time the three of them took out the items inside, Buddha statues from all directions suddenly assumed lifelike postures… forming a massive Arhat formation! They surrounded the three at the very center, with all the Arhats’ gazes fixed on them—more precisely, on the woman who had obtained the items. Her expression changed instantly as she gasped in shock at the thousands of Arhats stretching for hundreds of meters, then harshly uttered four words: “Arhat Formation!”