Everlasting Immortal Firmament - Book 06 Chapter 047

Book 06 Chapter 047: The Eighteenth Layer

The passageway between the first layer and the second layer:

The Future Buha flew out of the second layer with a group of monks.

“That peacock is very stubborn. Humph! The Lord Buha already spoke so cordially with it, even offering to make it a buddha. However, it refused. Humph! Its sufferings are of its own doing!”

“The Lord Buha sent it to the sixteenth layer of hell. One day outside is thirty-two million years in there. Let’s see how long it can endure!”

“Will it eventually die from losing hope and turn into stone?”

“It won’t. If it loses hope, it might as well just join the Spirit Mountain Holy Land. The Lord Buha is wearing down its pride. It is too arrogant!”

The monks gossiped about this matter, all of them feeling disdain.

“Alright. Quickly get out. The passageway to the eighteen layers of hell will close soon,” the Future Buha said.

“Yes!” everyone answered.

The group followed the Future Buha, flying into the first layer of hell.

“Huh? Something’s not right?” The Future Buha suddenly raised his eyebrows.

His figure flashed and immediately arrived before the Yama Palace’s entrance.

The monks behind rushed over. “Lord Buha, what’s wrong?”

They saw Bodhisattva Jie Dong, Bodhisattva Di Ting, the ghost king, and countless ghost soldiers all bound up, severely injured.

Fortunately, this place had restorative properties, so their injuries were healing slowly. However, everyone was bound and could not move.

“What happened?” the Future Buha asked sullenly.

Although the Future Buha’s eyes were shut, he could see with his mind’s eye, and this sight shocked him.

“It’s Gu Hai! Lord Buha, it’s Gu Hai!” Bodhisattva Jie Dong called out anxiously.

“Gu Hai?” The Future Buha frowned slightly.

“Yes. My master captured Gu Hai and had me escort him to you for interrogation. However, we…Lord Buha, hurry! He seems to be rushing to the heretic Buddhist! Who knows…,” Bodhisattva Jie Dong said worriedly.

“The heretic Buddhist? Lian Sheng?” The Future Buha’s expression changed. 6444

Whoosh!

The Future Buha suddenly vanished from this place and arrived at the palace hall that was Bodhisattva Lian Sheng’s prison.

There were many cracks in the palace hall, and Bodhisattva Lian Sheng was missing.

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“Where is he? Where is he?” the Future Buha called out anxiously.

“Who saw what happened? Come out!” the Future Buha suddenly roared.

Soon, a group of ghost soldiers came over. Some of them had seen what had happened.

“Lord-Lord Buha, we saw the two of them enter the second layer of hell,” a ghost soldier said softly.

“Oh? Two? Not three?” The Future Buha’s face sank.

“Per-perhaps I saw wrong. I-I saw two, maybe three,” that ghost said.

The Future Buha frowned slightly and thought about it. After a while, he realized something.

“Oh no! Kong Xuan?” The Future Buha’s face darkened.

“Everyone, go back in with me. We have to search every layer. Search! Find Gu Hai!” the Future Buha roared.

The group of monks said in fear, “Ah! Lord Buha, the entrance to the eighteen layers of hell will close soon. If we enter at this time—”

“Go search!” the Future Buha roared.

“Yes! Yes! Yes!”

The monks steeled themselves and followed the Future Buha to the lower layers.

“Gu Hai might not know where Kong Xuan is. Search every layer!” the Future Buha said anxiously.

Bodhisattva Lian Sheng was the good Gautama’s master. They could never rest in peace if they could not get rid of the good Gautama. They had to find him. That Gu Hai is truly a troublemaker.

The group searched every layer.

However, the search went too slowly.

“Split up and search!” the Future Buha said anxiously.

The group of monks immediately obeyed, rushing to the various layers.

Soon, a monk reached the sixteenth layer of hell.

Lava soared into the sky. That monk quickly acclimated to this place and looked toward Kong Xuan’s location. Then, he suddenly noticed Gu Hai standing in the sky while holding a coffin.

“Gu Hai?” That monk’s face lit up in delight.

“Gu Hai is here! Lord Buha, Gu Hai is here!” That monk turned back excitedly and returned to the fifteenth layer of hell.

That monk did not clash head-on with Gu Hai. He did not need to take risks. After all, Bodhisattva Jie Dong and Bodhisattva Di Ting had lost to Gu Hai.

When that monk shouted, a monk at the passageway between the fifteenth and fourteenth layers returned to the fourteenth layer and relayed the information.

The message passed from one to the next and soon reached the Future Buha.

“He is indeed in the sixteenth layer of hell!” The Future Buha’s face sank.

Whoosh!

The Future Buha immediately turned into a beam of light streaking through hell and arrived at Kong Xuan’s location.

“Where is he?” the Future Buha asked sullenly.

Kong Xuan glanced coldly at the Future Buha. “Hah!”

“Kong Xuan, where did Gu Hai go?” the Future Buha asked anxiously.

“Search for yourself!” Kong Xuan retorted coldly, then ignored the Future Buha.

“Lord Buha, time is almost up!” a group of monks said anxiously after flying over.

“No. We will leave only after capturing Gu Hai. You all search the sixteenth layer of hell. I’ll go to the seventeenth layer!” The Future Buha appeared sullen.

Whoosh!

The Future Buha immediately flew into the seventeenth layer.

——

The seventeenth layer of hell, the lonely hell:

The moment Gu Hai entered, he looked around with misgivings. It was neither hot nor cold, just a vast empty land. However, there was no light, completely pitch black. The only light here came from the two passageways.

“Once the entrance is closed, I will be locked here for sixty-odd million years with only darkness to accompany me? Sixty-odd million? It is indeed lonely.” Some horror flashed in Gu Hai’s eyes.

Gu Hai used the Samādhi True Flame to illuminate his surroundings and saw the ground below. Many statues stood there. People had been sent here in the past. However, they eventually lost hope from the loneliness and turned into stone.

The Future Buha is giving chase?

I will have to wait for some time in the seventeenth layer of hell?

Gu Hai smiled bitterly. There’s no hiding here.

This place is so empty. Everything can be seen clearly as long as there is light to illuminate this world. When the Future Buha gets here, there will be no place for me to hide.

The eighteenth layer of hell?

After some silence, Gu Hai stepped into the eighteenth layer of hell.

The eighteenth layer of hell, the boundless hell:

This place seemed like the cosmos, boundless without end. There were countless stars and planets. Although the stars illuminated it, the planets provided places to hide.

Whoosh!

Gu Hai immediately took cover behind a planet.

At this time, the Future Buha had just entered the seventeenth layer of hell.

The Future Buha did not need light to search for people. He could use his mind’s eye, which was even clearer.

He swept through the place with his mind’s eye but did not see anyone.

“That’s impossible. Did Gu Hai go to the eighteenth layer?” The Future Buha felt a chill in his heart.

The Future Buha did not dare tread lightly in the eighteenth layer of hell.

While he could use his mind’s eye to survey the seventeenth layer of hell, the eighteenth layer was a boundless hell—so vast that even his mind’s eye could not see everything.

After some silence, the Future Buha entered the eighteenth layer of hell.

Once he entered, he felt a chill in his heart. He saw the boundless infinity with his mind’s eye and had no idea how to find Gu Hai. He did not even dare venture too deeply into the eighteenth layer. It would be bad if he got lost and could not find his way back.

Rumble…!

Suddenly, the passageway between the seventeenth and eighteenth layers of hell started shrinking.

“Oh no!” The Future Buha’s expression changed.

Whoosh!

The Future Buha turned around and returned to the seventeenth layer, then the sixteenth layer.

At this moment, the monks in the sixteenth layer felt incredibly anxious.

“Oh no! Oh no! It is about to close. What should we do?” the monks said anxiously.

Whoosh!

The Future Buha suddenly appeared.

“Lord Buha, it is good that you returned. Did you find Gu Hai?” the monks asked anxiously.

“Are you sure you saw Gu Hai earlier?” the Future Buha asked seriously.

“Yes! He definitely entered the seventeenth layer of hell!” that monk answered with certainty.

“He is not in the seventeenth layer?” a monk asked in confusion.

The Future Buha showed a sullen expression. “He entered the eighteenth layer of hell.”

“The eighteenth layer?” The pupils of the nearby Kong Xuan constricted.

“The entrance is closing now. What should we do?” the monks asked anxiously.

“Let’s return to the first layer of hell first. Let’s go quickly!” The Future Buha flung out his sleeve.

Whoosh!

He picked up all the monks and turned into a beam of light shooting through the various layers of hell and returning to the first layer.

Boom!

The moment the Future Buha flew into the first layer, the passageway leading to the second layer fully closed.

Bang!

The Future Buha landed at the entrance of Yama Palace.

By now, Bodhisattva Jie Dong and Bodhisattva Di Ting had fully recovered.

“Lord Buha, did you find that bastard Gu Hai?” Bodhisattva Di Ting asked.

“Gu Hai went to the eighteenth layer of hell,” the Future Buha replied sullenly.

“That can’t be, right? Is he seeking death?” everyone said in shock.

“After the entrances are closed, he will have to wait one hundred thirty million years,” Bodhisattva Jie Dong said as his eyelids twitched.

“Won’t he turn into stone by the next time the entrances open again?” Bodhisattva Di Ting asked with misgivings.

“Keep watch. If he is alive, we have to see him. If he is dead, we must see his corpse!” the Future Buha said sullenly.

“Yes!”

——

The sixteenth layer of hell:

Kong Xuan narrowed its eyes at the vanishing entrance.

“The eighteenth layer of hell? Haha! Gu Hai, you are truly daring. One hundred thirty million years? Hahahahaha! You are dead for sure. No one can survive that!” Kong Xuan said with a ferocious, cold smile.

Rumble…!

Kong Xuan flapped its wings before slowly closing its eyes, accumulating Essence to grow. Its cultivation had not regressed but strengthened over the past thirty-two million years because Essence accumulated over time. A Middle Heavenly Palace Realm cultivator cultivated Essence, and an Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivator cultivated energy. However, accumulations of Essence could be refined into energy to power an Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivator.

Although this was an excellent place for cultivating, the bloodthirst here was terrible. Even a ferocious person like Kong Xuan barely managed to suppress these feelings of frustration, cultivating while locked up. However, the bloodthirst also accumulated, causing Kong Xuan’s demonic nature to intensify and produce a powerful black aura.

Kong Xuan waited patiently.

——

In the eighteenth layer of hell, Gu Hai sighed softly as he watched the distant entrance closed.

“For the eighteenth layer of hell, one day outside is one hundred thirty million years here? Hah! I hope my thoughts are right and I don’t go crazy here,” Gu Hai said with a bitter smile.