I'm only one year old, what the heck is a Overturning System?!

"In the past years, when I was still Prince Kong, the Seventeen States within Great Wei often faced calamities, droughts, floods, and famines occurring frequently."

"In merely three years, nearly a million had perished or suffered injuries. My imperial brother and I were deeply worried as we witnessed these events. Regardless of our attempts to enlist the aid of the Taoist and Confucian sects, it was of no avail."

"Later, several officials in the Imperial Court submitted proposals, claiming that the Confucian and Taoist factions were ineffectual, and were passively observing the civil unrest, seemingly with the intent to subvert the legitimate Wei Dynasty."

"Such rhetoric persisted for quite a long period, not only within the Imperial Court but was also heard among the people of the Seventeen States."

"Some time later, my imperial brother heard from an unknown source that the Buddha Country in the West Continent might be able to save the common people from their plight, and thus he consulted with me regarding a westward journey..."

Chen Yi remained silent, calmly listening to him recounting that historical period.

Clearly, just earlier, the monk from Dakong may have seen something, possibly related to the schemes of 'Extreme Purity Heaven.'

"For three years, I traveled through the large temples of the Buddha Country, transcribing ten thousand volumes of scriptures before returning to establish Dakong Temple."

"I wonder whether it was my wish that moved the heavens, but since Dakong Temple emerged, there have been no disasters throughout the Wei Dynasty."

"Now looking back, all of this was a scheme by those of 'Extreme Purity Heaven,' their aim was to lure the Buddha Country eastward."

The monk from Dakong paused, sighed, and said, "Do you know why I am in this Heavenly Prison?"

"It is because of the 'Buddha Child!'"

The first Buddha Child of Dakong Temple was his descendant.

After Dakong Temple came to be, that Buddha Child began spreading the Buddhist Law throughout Wei Dynasty, constructing Buddhist halls and temples.

Until his passing, there were Buddhist halls near major mountains and holy lands of each of the Seventeen States, almost double the number of the Confucian and Taoist sects.

It was at that time he sensed an anomaly in Buddhist affairs, gaining a vague understanding that Buddhism was no longer under his control, instead being held by the 'Buddha Child.'

Coinciding with his brother, Emperor Wei, nearing the end of his reign, he thus conspired with his brother, sealing himself in the Heavenly Prison, announcing to the outside world that he had passed."

"This was done so that neither he nor the 'Buddha Child' would be frequent in the world, to reduce Buddhism's influence within Wei Dynasty."

"Now, it seems, I have succeeded and also failed."

"Ah, there has been a first Buddha Child, then a second, and now a third, the cycle of karma..."

"Is their scheme to exalt Buddhism then?" Chen Yi asked.

But this contradicted the information he had previously received.

——If those of 'Extreme Purity Heaven' wanted to exalt Buddhism, why would Zhou Guanwu as Sect Master of Bai Shen Sect unite with Evil Demons to assault the Buddhist prodigies?

"Yes, and no!"

The monk from Dakong said: "Their aim is not Buddhism, but the merit force and wish power of the people of Wei Dynasty."

"The people of Buddha Country in the West Continent only number in the tens of millions, while Wei Dynasty's population is tens of times that, such numbers can aggregate the merit force and wish power they crave."

Chen Yi furrowed his brow: "And their goal then?"

The monk from Dakong shook his head and said: "I cannot discern, all I know is that this gathering of monks in Kyoto Prefecture is because merit force and wish power are accumulating."

"So they arranged this place in the Heavenly Prison for the merit force and wish power upon you?"

Chen Yi understood at heart, thus explaining it clearly.

Moreover, he recalled an instance——when he had infiltrated Dakong Temple under the alias 'Lu Xiaofeng', he had destroyed that merit staircase.

Upon reflection, the merit force upon it was nearly tangible, perhaps also part of the scheme by those of 'Extreme Purity Heaven', yet inadvertently disrupted by his actions.

If so... it's no wonder that afterwards these Buddhist and 'Extreme Purity Heaven' Great Powers took action against him...

"Indeed so." The monk from Dakong stated plainly: "The Evil Demons above practice the 'Swallowing Heaven Technique', perhaps intending to absorb the merit force and wish power of mine for other usages."

Chen Yi looked at the young monk, thoughtfully remarking:

"They should be unaware that you possess not only merit force and wish power, but also 'karma'.

The monk from Dakong paused, his look towards him carried a bitter note, lowering his head and chanting a Buddhist mantra:

"Amitabha Buddha, you saw through it with your wise eyes, I indeed have already transformed my merit force and wish power into 'karmic force'.

"Not cultivating merit and wish power, nor converting the masses, only cultivating karma, observing past and future, achieving the 'Eight-Armed Arhat' fruition."

"This was also the result after consulting with my imperial brother——if Buddhism were to prosper in the future, attempting to convert Wei Dynasty into a second Buddha Country, then I would emerge with my 'karmic force' to defile Buddhism!"

Defile...

Chen Yi gazed deeply at him, his sight resting upon the three-faced Buddha behind him with a compassionate and benevolent expression.

On viewing the 'eight-armed arhat' body's 'karma', to defile the merit force and wish power of Buddhism is simply wishful thinking.

Too weak!

"Amuse you, haven't I," the monk from Dakong seemed to notice his thoughts, smiled bitterly:

"I am limited in talent, even after hundreds of years of arduous cultivation, my cultivation only reaches the Golden Body Realm, known as the Heavenly Human Realm in martial circles, still far from sufficient to defile the merit force of Buddhism."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Chen Yi's face, and he sheathed his Longsword casually, benevolently encouraging:

"Things can be accomplished by human effort; the old monk might yet continue striving."

He held neither animosity nor favor towards Buddhism.

Whether Buddhism flourishes or defiles makes little difference to him.

The only thing that concerned him was the schemes of 'Extreme Purity Heaven', now he had obtained the final clue——merit force and wish power!

"One final question, if the Marquis wishes to clear away all merit force and wish power, what method exists?"

"To clear away?" The monk from Dakong pondered: "In my view, if someone with profound Buddhist Law swallows and absorbs those merit force and wish power, it might be enough to thwart their scheme."