The heavens began from a small hell

After everyone in the Jade Void Palace had left, Lin Yang returned the Human Emperor Sword to Gao Lan, its original owner.

For him now, having one more or one less divine weapon from the other shore is meaningless, since he can't take these things with him after this role ends.

Moreover, he doesn't really care about level 180 weapons anymore; any bow or arrow he's currently forging with his Heavenly Monarch body is superior to the divine weapons of the Other Shore.

Not long after, Amitabha Buddha, who had hindered Lin Yang from reaching the other shore, sent a congratulatory gift through a messenger. It was the Dao Fruit of Dipankara Buddha, who had once enlightened the Buddha.

Dipankara Buddha was originally from the Jade Void lineage. After the Investiture of the Gods, he turned to Buddhism, but his fundamental cultivation method was still inherited from the Jade Void lineage, with cause and effect as the core. The reason he turned to Buddhism was that the Primordial Heavenly Venerable did not intend to pass on the 'cause of all effects' to him.

After Dipankara Buddha entered the Buddhist order, Amitabha Buddha also advised him to change his foundation, saying that neither the Great Dream Sutra nor the Tathagata Palm was inferior to the original lineage.

The combustible lamp was fixated on the 'cause of all effects,' perhaps fantasizing that the Primordial Celestial Venerable might suddenly die one day, so that He could obtain the 'cause of all effects' and perfect His own path of cause and effect.

After Su Meng received the Primordial Transmission and inherited the Cause of All Fruits, Randeng naturally coveted Su Meng. However, due to his hesitation to protect himself, he lost the opportunity to make a move and could only watch helplessly as Su Meng ascended to the other shore.

The Way of Cause and Effect... or rather, the cause of all effects is special. Because Randeng also received the Primordial Transmission and cultivated this Way, neither his Way of Cause and Effect nor that of 'Su Meng' was perfect.

Today, Su Meng has reached the other shore, but after being advised by the Primordial Celestial Venerable, he chose not to listen.

Dipankara Buddha, who had been advised by Amitabha Buddha but still refused to listen, was abandoned by Amitabha Buddha. With a few words, Amitabha Buddha persuaded Dipankara Buddha to voluntarily pass away, so that he could retain his original spiritual light and be reincarnated through the pure method of Nirvana, leaving only the fruit of his cultivation for countless ages.

Now that he has refined the Dao Fruit of Burning Lamp, Lin Yang's 'Causes of All Fruits' are no longer flawed, and his cultivation has also improved slightly.

While he was playing the role of 'Yuanshi Tianzun Su Meng' according to the script, 'Demon Buddha Ananda' who had escaped from the Buddha's seal entered the Nine Netherworlds. He wanted to refine a part of the Nine Netherworlds to restore his own strength.

Although 'Demon Buddha Ananda' was originally in the nascent stage of the Dao Fruit, due to the influence of 'Su Meng' who had ascended to the other shore, his realm fell to the half-step Dao Fruit.

At least that's how it appears to the world.

Such strength was insufficient to attack the Demon Emperor's Palace, so the Golden Emperor naturally manipulated 'Demon Buddha Ananda' to enter the Nine Netherworlds.

The actions of 'Demon Buddha Ananda' in refining the Nine Netherworlds were very secretive, and even those on the other shore outside the Nine Netherworlds could hardly detect them. However, Yang Jian, the pseudo-other shore who represented the Jade Void lineage and guarded the Nine Netherworlds, noticed the abnormality.

He held the Apricot Yellow Banner of the Other Shore Divine Weapon to block the Demon Buddha Ananda, but was easily suppressed by Ananda, who also had the Reincarnation Seal of the Other Shore Divine Weapon.

After the two clashed, the resulting energy fluctuations could not be concealed, attracting the attention of many powerful individuals, including Lin Yang.

"Reincarnation Seal..."

Looking at the Samsara Mark on Ananda's head, he thought of some past events in this world.

In this world, those who are emotionally rich and have a difficult past often don't have a good ending in the eyes of others.

In the ancient times, the "Empress Earth" of the Primordial Era used her own life and Dao fruit to forge the "Seal of Reincarnation," bringing reincarnation to all living beings in the myriad realms. Death in one lifetime is not the end of eternity, and the cycle of cause and effect has spread from there to life after life.

Then there's the Fire Emperor, one of the Five Emperors of antiquity, and the Demon Saint Feng Xi. Driven by love, she believed Ananda's lies and attacked Mount Ling, only to be betrayed and die there, transforming into the Demon Saint Spear, a divine weapon of the other shore, leaving behind the Demon Saint's dying wish. And then there's the Human Emperor.

The Human Emperor, who led humanity through the mud and overcame all obstacles, reached the other shore step by step. However, due to his great aspirations and unwillingness to compromise on certain illusory things, he ended up surrounded by enemies and became the shortest-lived other shore, ultimately benefiting the Golden Emperor.

However, although these emotional beings on the other side have died, their vessels endure, choosing like-minded successors to carry on their spirit, in accordance with their will.

“Ananda’s ideas are not at all the same as Houtu’s. He was able to obtain the Seal of Reincarnation, but he did not forcibly use it…”

Lin Yang quickly found the answer.

Ananda's previous incarnation, the Supreme God of Heaven, was the "Heaven" in the phrase "Heaven and Earth." The two were mentioned together in the ancient era, so their paths naturally crossed.

The Reincarnation Seal may have been personally handed over to the Jade Emperor by Houtu's last will and testament; otherwise, with the Reincarnation Seal resisting, Ananda would have had difficulty fully unleashing its power.

If Lin Yang hadn't known Ananda's original identity beforehand, it would have been difficult to guess the truth. The myriad realms are vast, and there are multiple paths to enlightenment. Furthermore, there are many other realms that influence each other, which means that Ananda has many possibilities of obtaining the Seal of Reincarnation.

Watching the battle of the other shore erupt in the Nine Netherworlds, Lin Yang, sitting at the head of the Jade Purity Hall, flicked his finger, and a bolt of lightning shot out from the clear light behind his head, piercing through all the heavens and myriad realms, with a deafening roar that reached the depths of the Nine Netherworlds.

Ananda, the demonic Buddha who had already suppressed Yang Jian, did not have time to refine more of the Nine Netherworlds before he noticed the Absolute Blade slashing down from outside the Nine Netherworlds.

"Su Meng!!!"

Ananda's eyes were filled with dark red mist, and his roar triggered all sorts of apocalyptic scenes. Streaks of blood lightning spread across all levels of the Nine Netherworld, and one after another, scarlet and eerie vortexes appeared in the sky. One after another, reverse swastikas condensed, and countless demonic figures overlapped to form a giant hand to meet the Absolute Blade.

The third move of Tathagata's Reversed Palm – Abandoning Sainthood and Wisdom!
Ananda's palm strike, delivered by the monster of the Heavenly Dao, dimmed the spirituality of the Absolute Blade even before it struck, as if it were about to transform from a divine weapon of the other shore into a lifeless piece of ordinary iron.

Seeing this, Lin Yang turned his blade, recreating the strike that broke through the Eternal Nothingness when he first reached the other shore, using the Heaven-Opening Dao Fruit to create countless worlds and immeasurable immortals and demons with the Heaven-Opening Blade.

His cultivation level should be roughly equal to Ananda's, so neither of them gained the upper hand in this attack. After a few more strokes, Ananda turned and fled, disappearing without a trace.

Lin Yang's intervention to stop Ananda seemed contradictory, but it was actually inevitable. Otherwise, it would have been too unrealistic to let Ananda refine the Nine Netherworld.

Moreover, if Ananda were to truly refine the Nine Netherworlds, it would be detrimental to the Golden Emperor's control. The current situation, where only a small portion of the Nine Netherworlds was refined to align with the final tribulation and slightly restore his strength, is just right.

Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Buddha, who would not want to see Ananda die and achieve "Su Meng's perfection," and thus bring the Primordial Heavenly Venerable closer to the Dao Fruit, would also not allow Ananda to die, nor would they allow Ananda, who was prone to betrayal, to become stronger.

For them, the outcome is just right.

Apart from the Nine Netherworld beings who had been bitten and only possessed generalized consciousness, most of the Other Shore beings were quite satisfied.

(End of this chapter)