What! The Wives in My Dreams Are Real? novel Chapter 1022

Originally, the ghosts had already joined forces to quietly erect a massive barrier, ready to swarm Ye Yu at once! But now, what was this great golden Buddhist lotus suddenly appearing overhead? Could it be that Ye Yu and the monks from the Buddha Realm had long foreseen their attack, and laid this trap to annihilate the Anti-Buddha army? Hiss—just thinking about it was terrifying!

They knew that fully half of the Underworld’s elites were gathered here. If they were wiped out in one fell swoop, the Underworld’s vitality would be grievously damaged—and the Buddha Realm would surely seize the opportunity to invade! Countless Ghost Cities would be delivered, and innumerable ghosts would perish! Damn that madman of the Underworld—he thought Ye Yu preached Dharma only to go mad, yet now he turned out to be so insidious!

At the thought of this possibility, every ghost’s face twisted in horror. Several top-tier elites began to debate whether to charge out and slay Ye Yu and Ru Kong at once. But in the end they were held back! As leader of this Anti-Buddha army, the Hanged Ghost Yan Ming spoke mind-to-mind to issue orders: “No one move. Observe quietly. Perhaps we’ve overthought this—it may not be Ye Yu’s trap. Let us watch first! If something goes awry, then we strike!” At these words, the ghosts all nodded and fell silent.

The next moment, three Buddhas in golden kasaya and twenty-seven Golden-Body Arhats appeared together upon the lotus. In an instant, radiant Buddha-light suffused the area, cleaving out a zone of peaceful Dharma amid the Underworld’s gloom! Ye Yu could clearly sense that all twenty-seven Arhats were peak Ghost-King realm in strength, several even verging on Half-step Ghost-Emperor. As for the three golden-kasaya Buddhas, there was no doubt—they each possessed power equivalent to an Underworld Ghost-Emperor. Such a lineup was transcendent beyond measure!

Ye Yu had never imagined Ru Kong could summon so many Buddha-Realm elites—entirely beyond expectation! In fact, it wasn’t only Ye Yu who was astonished. Even Ru Kong himself had never imagined the Buddha Realm would be so obliging as to dispatch three Buddhas! Overwhelmed by their favor, his eyes reddened and he prostrated forward, hands pressed in reverent gasshō. “I, monk Ru Kong, respectfully welcome the arrival of the Buddhas and Arhats!” In the vast Underworld’s emptiness, his voice nearly cracked as it echoed through the realm!

The hidden ghosts around pressed their hands tightly over their mouths, afraid to make a sound. Buddhas! These were beings at Ghost-Emperor level! They reminded themselves that among the Anti-Buddha army, the strongest had only reached Half-step Ghost-Emperor at most! But now three Buddhas directly descended. How could they hope to fight? They were clearly intent on their complete annihilation! Many ghosts felt their hearts chill—was their doom truly at hand? Even Yan Ming, the Hanged Ghost, despaired utterly.

The Buddhas’ greatest fear was not Ru Kong’s death. It was his corruption by Ghost-Qi! If ghosts could truly make a monk fall, that would be catastrophic indeed! At the Buddhas’ inquiry, tears welled anew in Ru Kong’s eyes. He began to relate the inhuman treatment he endured in the Underworld—and how Ye Yu had deceived him throughout. Preaching Dharma? All a ploy! Golden Body sullied? Undeniably so—more than sullied, it had been nearly shattered by torment. As for the defilement of Buddha-light, that was even more heartbreaking: he had prepared hundreds of sutras before departing, only for Ye Yu to scatter them all. Where was any Buddha-light left?

Hearing Ru Kong’s tearful lament, the Buddhas and Arhats widened their eyes in disbelief! “Ah? Such things have happened?” The hidden ghosts too could not believe it! So Ye Yu did not truly wish to teach Dharma. He had deliberately used this method to torture Ru Kong! What, then, was the true purpose of his actions?