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Chapter 866 Shifting Cause and Effect
The Buddha was at ease, and time was on his side. As long as the spatial turmoil outside the sword domain subsided, the Jade Emperor and Laozi could attack the [Frosty Realm Breaking Mountains and Rivers Sword Domain].

Therefore, as long as the Buddha does not lose, he wins.

While Hu Xiuwu appears to be in a standoff with the Buddha, he has actually fallen into a disadvantageous position.

He must find a way to break the deadlock, otherwise the excellent situation will be ruined.

Hu Xiuwu sighed, "Fortunately, this was never a duel, and I'm not exactly a gentleman."

From the very beginning, this was not a fair contest.

Hu Xiuwu was never one to use duels to achieve his goals; he preferred to use well-thought-out plans.

The two were evenly matched in the actual fight, but Hu Xiuwu had a plan in mind: he only wanted the Buddha to die.

As for how the Buddha died, he didn't care. Even if it was through despicable means, as long as it was effective, Hu Xiuwu would use it.

Suddenly, the Buddha clutched his chest, feeling a strong burning sensation in his internal organs, and starlight flowed from his five orifices.

'I've been infected, when?'

Touching his damp chest, the Buddha realized that he was sweating.

The five signs of decay in celestial beings and gods, indicating aging.

The Buddha suddenly realized what kind of attack he had been hit by: "Supreme Mysterious Spirit Seven Stars of the Central Heaven - Death God's Light!"

"It's the Heavenly Court's Celestial Star Array! When? Why?"

It's impossible for a group of Heavenly Court officials to infiltrate Mount Ling without being discovered by Him. Besides, given the current situation, would Heavenly Court really join forces with Hu Xiuwu?
The Buddha was completely baffled, unaware that the Heavenly Court had lost control of the stars.

The Jade Emperor was naturally unwilling to expose such a scandal, so he strictly sealed off the news, ordering all the gods and immortals who had participated in the battle at Flower Fruit Mountain to not spread the news of that battle.

Under the shadows of "standing upright without shadow" and "flying with traces", no one could divine the result. Even the Buddha could not use the law of cause and effect to trace the cause and source.

It wasn't the Heavenly Court using the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Grand Array to attack the Buddha.

Instead, it was Huaguo Mountain, hundreds of millions of miles away, where extraterrestrial gods and demons joined forces to unleash the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Grand Array, which struck the Buddha.

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"I wonder if it's successful or not? It's really worrying not to see the outcome."

As the mastermind behind the Zhou Tian Star Array, Nezha held the Big Dipper Staff but felt quite uncertain.

Despite his worries, Nezha couldn't help but marvel at the incredible imagination that allowed him to use the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Grand Array in such a way.

Prince Zhang, who was protecting the Dharma, said: "We never intended to deal with a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. The target of the Zhou Tian Star Formation has never been a Grand Luo Golden Immortal."

"No one has ever been able to obtain the blood of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and therefore no one has ever dared to think about or do such a thing."

Kui Yu, the new leader of the divine race who occupies the position of the Big Dipper's Martial Melody, is full of confidence: "With Goddess Nuwa here, we will definitely succeed."

Nezha held the Big Dipper Staff that Hu Xiuwu had temporarily lent him, and with the authority of the Central Heaven Ziwei Emperor, he drew upon the power of the stars to set up the Zhou Tian Star Array.

Today, the starry sky above Tianzhen Peak, which Nezha occupies, is the closest place to the stars in Huaguo Mountain. All around him are star officials that Nezha has selected from the Peach Blossom Demon Clan, the Immortal Sword God Clan, and the Immortal Sword Demon Clan.

Arranged according to the positions of the stars, some stand on mountain peaks, others float in the air on clouds, and still others ascend to high places to simulate the positions of the seven luminaries, thus casting the Zhou Tian Star Array. The Zhou Tian Star Array is never a planar formation.

The Big Dipper in the sky resonated with the grand formation, and its starlight was drawn into the formation. The most mysterious and profound technique of the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Grand Formation, the Seven Stars of the Central Heaven Injecting Death God Light, has definitely been successfully triggered.

Nezha was worried about whether the Death God's Light had hit the Buddha, since the Zhou Tian Star Formation had never been used in this way before.

And it has never been done in this way, utilizing the [Supreme Mysterious Spirit Seven Stars of the Central Heaven - Light of Death].

The [Supreme Mysterious Spirit Seven Stars Injecting Death God Light] of the Zhou Tian Star Array is not fired from the array in the traditional way.

If they could directly hit the Buddha from Flower Fruit Mountain, then the Jade Emperor and Laozi would be able to find the coordinates of Hu Xiuwu and the Buddha from the spacetime turbulence.

On the summit of Tianzhen Peak, where the stone egg of Sun Wukong once stood, an octagonal altar has been set up. On the altar is a shrine, and on the shrine is a sculpture of the Buddha.

The Goddess Nuwa was dancing gracefully on the altar, performing the most primitive shamanic dance, mobilizing all the five elemental powers around her, and transferring the [Supreme Mysterious Spirit Seven Stars Injecting Death God Light] to the Buddha.

Normally, something as trivial and insignificant as a curse would have no effect on a Great Luo Golden Immortal who possesses a flawless Dao body.

However, the ritual was performed by the Goddess Nuwa, and the ritual used was a Heavenly Emperor ritual of extremely high standard. It was the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi who used it to plot against Nuwa's descendants and the Great Emperor Shennong. The Goddess Nuwa found the [Heavenly Emperor's Punishment Ritual] in the Heavenly Emperor's secret treasury from the world of Chinese Paladin.

Last time, Hu Xiuwu and Nezha sneaked into Mount Ling and used the Four Swords of Zhuxian to break through the Buddha's defenses and obtain the Buddha's blood.

Birth date and time, blood, and hair are all strongly related mediums for using curses and rituals.

Using the blood of the Buddha, the goddess Nuwa used blood and mud to sculpt a clay statue that was exactly the same as the Buddha's physical form.

Using this statue, the "Ceremony of Heavenly Emperor's Punishment" was held, transferring the "Supreme Mysterious Spirit Seven Stars of the Central Heaven Injecting the Light of Death" to the Buddha.

Nezha and Prince Zhang heard Kuiyu's voice and looked at the dignified and kind Nuwa, who had a human body and a snake tail.

This was something that surprised them both even more.

Who didn't grow up listening to the legend of Nuwa? But in their stories, Nuwa seems to be an incarnation of Laozi.

However, the Nuwa goddess who was with them seemed to be from another world.

It's amazing. Maybe if they follow Hu Xiuwu, they will see another version of themselves in the future?

Nezha and Prince Zhang each had this idea.

Meanwhile, Nuwa, the goddess of heaven, stopped dancing and frowned as she looked at the Buddha statue on the altar:
"...No, the object has changed."

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In front of Hu Xiuwu and Maitreya Buddha, all the injuries and illnesses on the Buddha's body disappeared, and he was restored to his original state.

However, unlike the Law of Cause and Effect used by the Buddha earlier, where he picked flowers and buried seeds, the Buddha had been affected by supernatural powers and was now exhibiting the signs of decay in the heavens.

The outcome was already predetermined, and since the Buddha was unaware of the cause, he had no way to change the result by picking flowers and burying seeds.

When Maitreya Buddha saw the Buddha recovering from his injuries, his eyes widened in disbelief and he was filled with anguish.

"Buddha, what are you doing!"

"You transferred your injuries to other fellow cultivators on Mount Ling?"