This place was originally the area where the Blood Sea and Hell fought for the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and there were once battles at the level of Great Luo Golden Immortals.
But now, the Emperor of Fengdu and the Ancestor of the Styx stand on opposite sides.
The void shattered faster and faster, unleashing terrifying power. Mountains and rivers crumbled, air currents surged, ocean waves roared, and a thick fog descended.
Behind the Emperor of Fengdu stood five elderly men dressed in imperial robes, exuding a dignified and composed air. They held ghost seals and their demeanor was profound and imposing.
On either side of Styx Ancestor stood four demon kings, their black cloaks billowing in the wind, exuding an aura of unrestrained evil. They were none other than Mara, Brahma, Kasyapa, and Shiva.
Behind the four demon kings, two more demon generals stood in the air.
One is Indra, the other is Vishnu.
Although the two demon generals were at the Golden Immortal level, each wielded a powerful magical weapon, making them formidable opponents.
Indra wore a jeweled crown, adorned himself with necklaces, and held a sword.
This is a bone-white sword. Its blade, exuding murderous intent, faintly glows with a bluish light, and its killing aura has become tangible.
Wherever the sword tip points, killing intent locks in, and nothing is spared.
It is the Yuan Tu Sword, one of the two great weapons of the Styx River.
Vishnu has a dark blue complexion, wears a crown adorned with jewels, and has four arms, each holding a conch shell, a wheel of divine vision, and a hammer of divine power.
One of the arms held a blood-red, ancient-looking longsword, its blade gleaming with a chilling, bloody glint.
Even a mortal who only glances at it will be plunged into the deepest hell, and their life essence will be devoured by the blood intent on the sword, leaving them as an empty shell.
It was the Abyssal Sword.
Extraterrestrial invaders are on their way.
The void shattered like a broken mirror, mountains collapsed and land sank, and the vast ocean swayed and turbulent.
With a "whoosh," terror descended.
A humanoid creature, not particularly tall but resembling an ordinary person, descended between the Styx Ancestor and the Fengdu Emperor. As if sensing danger, the moment it was about to descend, countless strands of pure white light appeared like countless sharp swords, blooming above the sea of blood.
"Imprisonment".
A soft murmur, though the language was different, conveyed the same will.
A wand-like object stretched infinitely, traversing time and space, and struck towards the Styx Ancestor.
"Annihilation and Collapse, the Ultimate Annihilation Technique!"
A hidden, annihilating lightning sphere appeared, continuously condensing, growing smaller and darker, like a natural spacetime black hole, ready to devour everything.
Just then, blood-red tears dripped from the vertical pupil on the man's forehead, followed by a mysterious smile. In an instant, the two supreme weapons of Yuan Tu and A Bi swept over him.
"A clone?!"
If Jiang Liu were to witness this scene, he would surely know that a powerful being from the wizarding world has descended.
Even if the Styx Ancestor didn't know which world the descendant came from, he knew a great calamity was imminent. The coordinates of the Blood Sea had already been sensed by that person; what followed might be endless battles until one world was utterly defeated.
...
The Heavenly Court is the operating mechanism of the Heavenly Way, and the place closest to the Heavenly Way.
The Thirty-Three Heavens were filled with powerful figures. The Three Sovereigns, who were not supposed to leave the Fire Cloud Cave, finally stepped out of their cave. Fuxi held a stone Bagua compass in his hand, and after a quick calculation, he pointed it in a direction. Xuanyuan Huangdi casually thrust his Xuanyuan Sword, and countless times in the void, a flash of sword light appeared, and blood flowed out from the void.
The extraterrestrial creature was killed by the sword intent before it even arrived.
Laozi stood before the Tushita Palace in the Heaven of Separation from Hatred, looking down at the mortal realm, his face growing increasingly sorrowful.
All the heavens appear, and the three realms are in chaos.
This is just the beginning...
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Chapter 496 Buddha Makes His Move
"It is impolite not to reciprocate. A great calamity is a great opportunity. Let me see which universe and era you, demon, come from. Ancient Buddhas, please guide that world!"
On Mount Ling, everything was in ruins. Half of the Western Paradise had been corrupted by demonic energy, and more than a dozen Arhats had been transformed into demons, their bodies and souls extinguished.
Even Lingji Bodhisattva had to sacrifice his Flying Dragon Staff to preserve his Bodhisattva status.
The losses were devastating.
But even that supreme demon was suppressed by Tathagata, who allowed him to freely peruse memories and discern the coordinates of extraterrestrial planes.
"Now that the Buddha has invited us, we shall enter that outer world to spread the Buddha's compassion. I, Dipankara Buddha, depart..."
In an instant, a light flickered and arrived; upon closer inspection, it was a glass lamp. Under the lamplight, a Buddha sat serenely within, with twenty-four small worlds formed from the Stabilizing Sea Pearls surrounding his head, emitting glimmers of light.
Dipankara Buddha, also known as the Daoist Dipankara of antiquity, was second only to Yuanshi Tianzun in the Chan Sect during the Investiture of the Gods, serving as the deputy leader of the Chan Sect.
Now that he has attained the status of an ancient Buddha, he has also severed the three corpses, and is only one step away from becoming a saint.
This step is absolutely impossible to take under the rule of Heaven, not even for thousands or tens of thousands of years.
But if we step into the outer world, perhaps it's possible.
"Ancient Buddha, please wait. That world is vast and boundless. The demon that invaded today, I have read its memories. It is the reincarnation of the character 'demon,' the lord of the demon realm, and the sect leader of the Primordial Demon Sect. When that world was first created, it descended upon the Immortal Realm, spreading unparalleled demonic arts. Its magical power was almost invincible, making it an enemy of all the heavens. It possessed the supreme magic treasure 'Gate of Eternal Life,' the first divine artifact, the Three Lives Stone, and the Primordial Gate, a divine artifact of all heavens. It was known as the strongest Immortal King in history. After being besieged by many Immortal Kings and falling, it left behind its body, which entered the Gate of Eternal Life with an extremely powerful spirit. This time, it crossed realms to invade Mount Ling. It is clear that someone is behind this, testing our strength. Although you, Ancient Buddha, have already reached the peak of Quasi-Saint, you still need the assistance of a Buddha..."
"I fear that I may leave Sun Buddha to go with me..."
"I, Namo Wushi, abandon Buddha and go together..."
"Since the three Buddhas are willing to go to that outer world to save all sentient beings, we await good news."
The wills of the other ancient Buddhas quickly receded and hid in their respective caves. Since they are called Buddhas of the past, they must not appear in the present. Buddhism emphasizes cause and effect; if they cannot appear, they cannot appear.
But once you enter the outer universe, it's a completely different story.
What Tathagata read in the demon's memories was the world of "eternal life," and the ancient Buddha Dipankara, Buddha Kṣākṣā, and Buddha Namo Śīkṣā naturally went to the world of "eternal life."
The world of "immortality" has three thousand great paths, supreme divine powers, and ultimate artifacts, making it no less powerful than "Journey to the West".
Perhaps they will never return, their bodies and souls will perish, or perhaps they will be saved and transformed in that world, achieving sainthood and merging with the Dao.
Everything is unknown, but everything is also full of hope.
In the primordial world, the positions of saints are already filled. These ancient Buddhas are all at the quasi-saint level of the Corpse-Slaying stage, but their hope of becoming saints is zero.
This journey will have two purposes: first, it will relieve the pressure on the "Journey to the West" world and allow for a counterattack against the invading extraterrestrial civilization; second, it will allow me to realize my ambitions and perhaps even achieve sainthood.
The Buddhist community has many ancient Buddhas, such as Vipassi Buddha, Sikhin Buddha, Vesabhu Buddha, Krakucchanda Buddha, Kanakamuni Buddha, Kassapa Buddha, and Shakyamuni Buddha. These were all great supernatural beings who could not be born into the world of "Journey to the West," and they were just in time to respond to the great calamity.
Looking at the Pure Land assimilated by demonic energy, Tathagata was deeply worried. If even Mount Ling is like this, then what will become of the Three Realms?
In an instant, the Buddha's divine thoughts swept across the Western Continent of Niuhe.
Within the Flaming Mountain, fierce battles raged.
"Ooh..."
A deafening roar of a bull resounded, shaking the mountains and rivers, and carrying for hundreds of miles.
The Bull Demon King unleashed his magic, wielding a purple lightning hammer. His body was covered in thick black fur, and he had a wide mouth and fangs, radiating a terrifying aura.
The purple lightning hammer flew up, emitting a purple lightning brilliance that illuminated the ages, so dazzling it was almost terrifying.
The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, with its endless patterns, intertwined around it, while tens of millions of purple lightning bolts spread out, like the primordial purple energy rising.
"Buzz"
The void trembled, and from within the Flaming Mountain, an overwhelming demonic aura gathered, which even the Samadhi True Fire could not burn away. Just as the Bull Demon King unleashed the Law of Heaven and Earth, the demonic aura transformed into a demonic shadow about a hundred feet tall. Its hair was disheveled, and its body was covered with black fur. An indescribable terrifying aura swept across the heavens and earth.
With strength surpassing that of a Golden Immortal, Princess Iron Fan, wielding her banana leaf fan, felt an irresistible fear under the vast aura of demonic cultivation.
Three thousand miles outside the Flaming Mountains, the land was utterly desolate, all living creatures had turned into mummies, their blood completely plundered.
That was a blood demon that lived on blood.
If it weren't for the protective magic treasures, even with Princess Iron Fan's Xuanxian cultivation, she would have been unable to withstand the plundering of demonic power and would have turned into a dried-up corpse.
The Bull Demon King roared, his speed was too fast, and in an instant he was in front of the demon. He came up and swung his hammer, which was as big as a small blackish-purple mountain.
"I, the Bull Demon King, am here! All evil spirits from beyond the universe, die!"
With a roar, his blood energy surged to the heavens, and the purple lightning hammer in his hand unleashed terrifying power, shattering the entire sky. One can imagine how fierce he was.
"What a fine body! What a fine body! If it weren't for that hammer protecting you, I would have drained you dry long ago. Let's see how long you can last. I, Blood Zombie, am one of the four Heavenly Demon Emperors. If I hadn't been sealed by that hateful Heavenly Emperor, how could I have ended up like this... how could I have ended up like this..."
The terrifying extraterrestrial demon actually withstood three blows from the Purple Lightning Hammer.
But in the end, it couldn't hold on any longer.
"Ooh..."
This mountain-like, terrifying black demonic body was struck by the Purple Lightning Hammer. The purple lightning danced wildly like a divine dragon, turning the protective demonic energy into nothingness.
The Purple Lightning Hammer, though an innate spiritual treasure, could be withstood by the physical body. The purple lightning shone with a terrifying brilliance. The Bull Demon King roared repeatedly, and the hundred-foot-tall demon was sent flying, letting out a deafening roar that caused the surrounding clouds to collapse, falling like a towering mountain.
The Bull Demon King was panting heavily, as activating his innate spiritual treasure was quite difficult for him, and his internal magical power was almost exhausted.
At that moment, the true form of Tathagata moved, appearing in the Flaming Mountain. His golden body shone with Buddha light, dispelling the demonic energy, and then he enveloped the Blood Zombie Heavenly Demon Emperor with a palm strike.
"Buddha, you've arrived just in time!" the Bull Demon King shouted.
"Mount Ling was attacked, which is why I arrived a step too late. But since the Purple Lightning Hammer is in your hands, I suppose I wouldn't have come, and you would be unharmed... Alas! Three thousand miles of life have been wiped out. Let me see which extraterrestrial world you come from..."
Continuing to read the memories of the Blood Zombie Demon Emperor, Tathagata frowned again: "Another Great Thousand World, Evil Race, Heavenly Evil God, Nine Ancient Emperors... The Heavenly Ranking? The Heavenly Ranking? Half-step Dao Integration?"
"All Buddhas of the past, would you be willing to go there?"
"As Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva once said, 'If I don't go to hell, who will? I, Kannagamana Buddha, will go to spread the vast light of Buddha...'"
"I, Kassapa Buddha, will go with you..."
Chapter 497 Reunion with an Old Friend
Inside the small world within his body, Jiang Liu and Ba Liming had a long talk. It turned out that more than two hundred years had passed in the "Dragon and Snake" world.
Just as Jiang Liu had predicted, in 2050, after his departure, a massive alien ship, the "God," crashed onto Earth. Nations launched World War III in a struggle for control of this ship.