CHAPTER 1225: CHAPTER 1225: TEMPLE! (FIRST UPDATE)

Temples!

On a dim planet, a figure was wandering around.

This person was Ye Qiu.

The power within him supported him without eating or drinking, but there was no Spiritual Energy here, and the energy in his Dantian was depleting bit by bit.

With each step he took, Ye Qiu would calculate how much longer he could hold on.

At a somewhat elevated location, Ye Qiu looked up at the cosmos above.

In the far distance, there was a massive glowing body, presumably the sun.

"So, I have not left the Milky Way, but am on some star around the sun." Recognizing the sun, Ye Qiu felt a flicker of joy in his heart, indicating that the place he was might not be too far from Earth.

Of course, this "not too far" still wasn’t a distance Ye Qiu could traverse.

Ye Qiu wandered continuously on this star, feeling that the place he was on seemed like the moon because he saw footprints.

There were also some flags, one of which was the Chinese flag.

"Could this really be the moon?" Ye Qiu was slightly surprised. It’s often said that the moon is a satellite circling Earth. If this is the case, then he might indeed have a chance to return to Earth.

But soon, Ye Qiu’s heart sank.

Even if this was undoubtedly the moon, waiting for a spacecraft from Earth to fly to the moon would not be something achievable in a short time. After all, humanity on Earth has not truly stepped beyond the planet yet, and even if they have started researching the moon, it’s still in its preliminary stages.

If he were to rely on human technology to return to Earth, he wouldn’t know how long the wait would be.

Ye Qiu decisively abandoned this thought.

Turning to consider other possibilities.

"Aside from relying on technological means, it seems I can only rely on myself now." Ye Qiu’s face showed a pained expression. Despite his strength, it was not yet enough for cosmic travel. Only by becoming a master at the Void-piercing realm could one tear through the void and roam the universe freely.

Ye Qiu was still two major realms away from the Void-piercing stage, making it unrealistic for him to break through in a short time, especially when Spiritual Energy was so scarce here, causing even greater despair.

In such a desperate situation, even Ye Qiu felt a sliver of hopelessness—could he really be destined to wither away on the moon?

Ye Qiu was silent for a while, then stood up again. He had to return to Earth, as Earth’s great catastrophe had not yet begun, and Caroline’s child was yet unborn. He could not die here.

Ye Qiu continued searching for a way back to Earth.

Suddenly, a thought flashed in Ye Qiu’s mind: since he was teleported here, might there be Teleportation Arrays on the moon as well? Perhaps he could use a Teleportation Array to return to Earth.

With this in mind, Ye Qiu’s thoughts became active and he increasingly felt that there might be Teleportation Array formations on the moon.

After all, Earth was once home to the Star River Overlord Ge Tian, a superpower in his own right, so there must be some connection between Earth and the moon.

Ye Qiu’s eyes shone brightly, his motivation suddenly increased, and his steps became more forceful as he started searching for possible formation locations.

After traversing several hills, Ye Qiu saw what seemed to be traces where river water once flowed, but nothing out of the ordinary otherwise.

"Could I have been overthinking?" Ye Qiu wondered aloud.

Logically, the moon shouldn’t be this simple. Ge Tian must have left some traces here.

Ye Qiu did not give up and continued to search. Although the moon is not as large as Earth, it is no simple task for Ye Qiu to traverse it alone quickly.

For the next ten days, Ye Qiu spent his time exploring, and just when he had only two-thirds of his energy left, he indeed made a discovery.

A temple stood quietly in the distance, resembling a haunted house from afar; however, the incense burner at its front silently proclaimed it an ancient temple.

There were no Chang E or moon rabbits on the moon, but there was a temple.

This news would surely shock humanity if it reached Earth.

Yet to Ye Qiu, the temple in front of him was fantastic news, suggesting his theory might be correct.

Ye Qiu walked over to the temple and found it quite dilapidated, with most of its perimeter walls collapsed.

Looking inside, apart from broken stones and some snapped wood in the courtyard, there were no further discoveries.

Ye Qiu stepped inside, discovering that what the temple enshrined was not a Buddha statue, but a faceless stone statue.

Who was this statue dedicated to?

A trace of uncertainty arose in Ye Qiu’s mind. After all, the place was a temple, but it didn’t enshrine a deity or Buddha, only a faceless stone statue, which seemed strange.

This curiosity left unanswered, as the place was too desolate, everything looked like it had accumulated dust for thousands of years.

Ye Qiu circled the temple but found nothing. It was but a simple temple.

He didn’t even see a trace of an array.

No formation meant he couldn’t return to Earth, and perhaps this ruined temple might be his final resting place.

Ye Qiu couldn’t smile or cry, overwhelmed by endless unwillingness.

He didn’t want to die, yet with only two-thirds of his energy left, he would not last much longer.

It wasn’t even enough to allow him to explore further distances.

Ye Qiu was wordless for a long time, finally looking at the stone statue. He jumped atop it and tried to move it with his hands.

Rumble.

With Ye Qiu’s movement, the statue began to turn, and at the same time, in front of it appeared an entrance leading underground—dark and without a trace of light.

Fixing his gaze on the entrance, Ye Qiu decided to go inside as he had no retreat. Even if it led to greater dangers, he could only resign himself to fate.

Ye Qiu picked up a candle placed in front of the statue. With a burst of Rule Power of fire, the candle was ignited with a whoosh, casting a glow around him.

Ye Qiu slowly descended the dark entrance via the stone steps, and soon the temple fell into silence once again.

The statue moved by itself, slowly returning to its original position, and the entrance disappeared.

All returned to its former state, as if unchanged throughout eternity.

...

Back on Earth.

God revealed miracles, a number of people with terminal illnesses showed signs of recovery, streaks of good fortune followed, with close brushes with death avoided, and in no time, an increase in followers of God. This expansion showed a tendency towards developing in the East.

God had performed miracles.

"Seek and you shall receive!"

Many followers believed this without doubt as numerous miracles happened right before their eyes.

More and more people prayed daily, continuously channeling their faith power to the stone statue.

The entire stone statue emitted a faint white light, which neither disappeared by night nor by day.

Many began making pilgrimages to the Vatican.

At this point, three months had passed since Ye Qiu’s disappearance!