Too much fruit

Chapter 1052: Sword Slashes the Lotus Platform, Destiny Is Decided

A sharp sword mark appeared on the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha, splitting the head of this Dharma image left by this top-level powerful being. The sword mark extended from the top of the head all the way to the chest.

"I couldn't cut it open..."

Jiang Li frowned.

This statue is not the golden body of Amitabha Buddha, but it was able to block Jiang Li's sword. It is truly worthy of being a Buddhist thing, it is very resistant to attacks.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sakyamuni Tathagata appeared in the form of light, but instead of retreating, he advanced. He did not go to protect the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha, but instead rushed directly towards Jiang Li.

The seven-colored divine light came like a streak of silk. When it got close, the heaven and earth moved and the five elements reversed, trying to absorb Jiang Li into another world.

"Why does this look like the five-colored divine light of the Peacock King?" Jiang Li felt something was wrong.

The seven-colored divine light contains the changes of the five elements, and also the wonders of heaven and earth. It looks like the blooming Buddha's light, but it also contains the mysteries of Taoism, and the wonders of yin and yang and the five elements.

Legend has it that during the Conferred God Ceremony, the son of the Phoenix, Peacock, was subdued by Zhunti, and entered Buddhism to become the Peacock King. Zhunti and Tathagata are one and the same, so it is likely that he is familiar with the mysteries of the five-colored divine light.

From this perspective, it seems reasonable that Tathagata could use the Five Elements Mountain to suppress the Monkey King.

We didn't get in touch before, but now we are. It really makes sense no matter how you look at it.

While thinking, Jiang Li made a prompt decision, urged his Yuan Qi again, and the sword light became stronger.

A lifespan of fifteen hundred years, it’s time to fight.

A sudden feeling of emptiness arises, as if a part of the body is leaving.

If it was just pure vitality, then Jiang Li would have as much as he wanted. Whether it was [Eternal Life of the Green Emperor] or [Benefits All Things], they both made Jiang Li's vitality so strong that he was almost immortal, and his lifespan also skyrocketed.

However, the lifespan consumed by the Qingping Sword involves cause and effect, as if a part of one's destiny has been stripped away. Trying to make up for it is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

However, in contrast, its power increased dramatically.

The sword light of nothingness cut the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha in half from beginning to end, and finally fell on the twelve-level lotus pedestal under the Dharma image's seat.

"Chong-"

The sword flashed and cut out the nine flowers and twenty-seven petals in the center of the lotus platform.

The first-grade lotus pedestal has three flowers and nine petals, and each additional grade is a new bloom on the original three flowers and nine petals. Cutting off the three flowers and nine petals is equivalent to cutting off three grades of the twelve-grade lotus pedestal.

I saw a small lotus platform flying out and rising along the middle line where the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha was cut.

It’s a long story, but it all happened in less than a moment.

The Qingping Sword struck directly at the result, leaving no time for response. The Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha was cut off and the lotus platform was shattered.

At the same time, the seven-colored divine light brushed over Jiang Li, leaving only his body shape. The form of Tai Shi, which was without substance, body or form, also began to distort, as if it was trapped in a whirlpool and was about to be sucked into another world.

The previous ten thousand feet Buddha light could not hurt Jiang Li, but the seven-colored divine light could.

The seven-colored divine light can separate chaos, and can also harm Tai Shi's form.

"Certainly!"

Jiang Li immediately countered with [Emperor's Shock], freezing the divine light for a moment, and then turned the sword tip. The Qingping Sword directly cut through the sword light, even destroying part of his body, and then dodged and moved away.

On the other side, Karma Tathagata, who was a mixture of Buddha and devil, changed between reality and illusion, and instantly came to the flying three-level lotus platform. He grabbed it with one hand, and with the other hand he reached out to grab the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha, putting half of the Dharma image into his sleeve, and then narrowly avoided the interception of Medicine Tathagata.

"Tathagata, Buddha, please stay."

A loud shout was heard from the air, and then Jiang Li and Ye Tathagata both broke through the air and flew up into the wound of heaven that was cut open by the sword light.

And in the next moment, the seven-colored Buddha light shot straight into the sky, and even the Buddha energy of the Paradise gathered together and rushed into the wound of the sky, turning into a huge Buddha palm, stretching out from the Paradise and grabbing towards the void.

Unfortunately, Jiang Li and Ye Tathagata had disappeared into the void, and the Buddha's palm did not capture even a trace of them.

The remaining paradise was in violent turmoil and even began to collapse piece by piece, which seemed to show the wrath of Sakyamuni Buddha.

The Buddha landed in front of the lotus platform with a solemn expression. He looked at the remaining nine lotus platforms and the incomplete Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha. His anger turned into flames, forming a huge flaming wheel behind his head.

There are twelve levels in total on the golden lotus platform, and the three levels that have been cut off only account for one quarter, but this one quarter is the most central part.

The lotus platform is stacked layer upon layer, with one layer above the other, totaling twelve layers. If these twelve layers are numbered, then the ones that were cut off are the tenth to the twelfth layers, which are also the three most essential layers.

The key is--

"Amitabha's fruit of the Tao..." Shakyamuni Tathagata slowly uttered a few words, "was also taken away."

Before this, after communicating with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, Sakyamuni Tathagata secretly practiced the Twelve-Level Lotus Platform and the Dharma Image of Amitabha Buddha. If he really controlled this weapon and the Dharma Image, then even if Jiang Li held the Qingping Sword, it might not be able to use it.

He was already close to the ritual training. On the surface, he was talking to the Tathagata, but secretly he was practicing the ritual training. Although the time was short, thanks to his status and the memories he had obtained, it was enough to drive the Dharma image of Amitabha.

As long as he can drag it on, he will be able to control two great first-grade Taoist weapons at the same time.

Unfortunately, the journey of a hundred steps begins halfway, and ultimately failure occurs at the crucial step.

Jiang Li decisively summoned the Qingping Sword, cut off the Dharmakaya with the sword, and at the same time cut off the most critical three grades, and took away the Amitabha Buddha's Dao Fruit. It was truly a decisive move.

If he had been a little more greedy and wanted to take away all the twelve lotus platforms, the result might not have been the same.

Because this lotus platform has been mostly refined by Sakyamuni Tathagata.

"World Honored One."

Medicine Buddha came closer with a scarred glass image and said in a sad voice, "Gone. All the shadows of my fellow practitioners are gone."

The sky is collapsing piece by piece, symbolizing the loss of the foundation of the paradise.

The Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha and the phantom images of other Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Vajra together constitute the foundation of the Western Paradise, supporting this ownerless Buddhist pure land.

Now the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha has been cut off, and the phantom images of all the Dharma images have also been destroyed by chaos. This pure land of Buddha can no longer hold on.

Even as he was speaking, the heaven and earth were shaking, the boundless Buddha light was being replaced by the depth of the void, and the Paradise was collapsing.

"Mahavairocana Tathagata, the eighty-eight Buddhas, the countless number of Buddhas..."

Sakyamuni Tathagata said slowly: "Jiang Li, I will take over this cause and effect."

As his words fell, the collapsed Pure Land transformed into vast Buddhist energy, which poured into the body of Sakyamuni Tathagata like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

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"Jiang Li, I will take responsibility for this matter."

The echo from the dark entered Jiang Li's perception. He opened his eyes under the ginseng fruit tree, and his eyes passed through the boundless void, fell on the broken pure land, and met the eyes of a Buddhist. Across the long distance, across the void, the two sides who had just ended the battle looked at each other again.

In response to this, Jiang Li smiled slightly, and endless light radiated from his left eye, destroying all vision and blinding Sakyamuni Tathagata's eyes.

"It's as if without this cause and effect, you and I wouldn't be enemies."

Jiang Li chuckled and spoke calmly, the light in his left eye obscuring all of his own causes and effects, and also covering up a fleeting strand of white hair.

The passing of life turned a strand of hair white, but in the blink of an eye, it was turned black again by vitality.

The cost of using the Qingping Sword this time was really high. First, eight swords were used up to create a hundred years of sword light, and then another fifteen hundred years were used to behead the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha and cut the third-grade golden lotus.

It was just him. If it were anyone else, he would have been lying in the ground long ago.

The reason why immortals, Buddhas, gods and demons have such great lifespans is because they are in harmony with heaven and earth. The so-called "longevity as long as heaven" comes from this.

If one is not in harmony with heaven and earth, even one as powerful as the Four Imperial Gods will eventually die.

Not to mention that the source of vital energy has become diseased. The Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds not only fail to increase people's lifespan, but also shorten it. A lifespan of 2,300 years is already considered a luxury.

"You owe me a huge favor, Master Zhenru," Jiang Li said softly.

Although even if Zhenru Jushi did not exist, Jiang Li and these Buddhist Tathagatas would be incompatible, but the one who benefited the most from this battle was Zhenru Jushi, so he had to acknowledge this favor.

As it concerns the future path, I am afraid that Mr. Zhenru will never be able to repay the kindness of Emperor Jiang.

The soft whisper was also transmitted to the other side through the connection of cause and effect, and then Jiang Li's eyes became empty.

[Now his cultivation is becoming more and more profound, his strength is becoming stronger and stronger, and he has a clearer grasp of his own cause and effect. After this battle, Jiang Li has gathered a huge amount of cause and effect.]

[He cut off the vitality of countless Buddhist practitioners, destroyed the Paradise, and cut off the Dharma image of Amitabha Buddha. This huge cause and effect was automatically gathered by Jiang Li. He vaguely realized that his container might not be far from reaching its limit.]

[This time, I was able to control the Qingping Sword and exert the power of all causes and effects, which is a clear proof. ]

Lines of text appeared on the collection of cause and effect, telling the story of Jiang Li's situation.

In the past, Jiang Li gathered the cause and effect in order to tamper with the Dao fruit, and the cause and effect was beneficial to him. But now, Jiang Li does not intend to inherit the Three Pure Ones Dao fruit, and the cause and effect collection may not be able to modify the Three Pure Ones Dao fruit, so the gathered cause and effect has gradually become a burden.

However, with Jiang Li's current height, any random action of his would involve countless lives in the world and produce countless causes and effects.

A small stone falling from the sky can make a loud noise when it hits the ground. This is Jiang Li's current situation.

The most important thing is that his conclusion of cause and effect is passive and cannot be stopped at all.

'The Three Pure Ones perished long ago at the end of the Dharma, but they still haunt us like ghosts... Although the Great Celestial Lord, the Queen Mother of the West, and Sakyamuni Tathagata have been resurrected, they are still less stressful than the Three Pure Ones.'

The three dead people may never be resurrected, but they put the greatest pressure on people.

It was like fate, determining Jiang Li's destination.

"Want to fight the Three Pure Ones?"

Jiang Li thought about it and gave a definite answer in his mind.

If you win, you will create a new future; if you lose, you will inherit the huge fortune left by the Three Purities and live a boring life from then on.

It seems that even if we lose, it’s not too bad.

Compared to the Three Purities, the current enemies are more deadly.

His thoughts were flying, and finally Jiang Li's eyes regained focus.

“I may not lose.”

He said calmly, looking at the Pangu Banner.

After this battle, the karma on him became heavier, and his compatibility with Pangu Banner became higher and higher. However, the burden never lightened.

Using the Pangu Banner now should be able to unleash greater power than before, but the consumption will also be greater.

Until he inherited the Three Pure Ones' Dao, the more Jiang Li used the Three Pure Ones' Taoist tools, the greater the burden he felt, until he became one with the Three Pure Ones' Dao.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li directly grasped the Pangu Banner.

The urge to open up the world reappeared, stronger than before. The momentum of opening up was condensed in his palm, bringing an infinite sense of power, which touched Jiang Li's heart.

He forced himself to control himself and did not use the power of Pangu Banner. Instead, he used the turbid evil to stimulate and comprehend the way of Origin.

Gradually, an invisible force emanated from Jiang Li, and the might of his power rose to a new level.

The Shennong Ding on the ginseng fruit tree seemed to be touched and slowly moved away for a distance to avoid this magnificent momentum.

At the same time, inside the Shennong Ding, within the infinite true fire of the sun, the true spirit of Emperor Yan also felt something.

"He has become even stronger, and is closer to the Three Pure Ones..."

Yan Emperor's expression changed, as if he was making a difficult decision.

At this moment, golden light flashed, and a vague shadow appeared in front.

"Haven't you made a decision yet? The time for Emperor Xi's resurrection is not far away." A majestic voice came.

"It is not easy to make up one's mind to use the younger generation," Emperor Yan said with a bitter smile, "Even if this plan was not made by us, we will still benefit in the end. Even if Emperor Xi was in person, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to make this decision."

"The plan has proceeded to this stage. Even if you and I don't participate, it will not stop. Since we have benefited from it, if there are any consequences, we will take them on behalf of the younger generations." The blurred shadow became a little clearer, revealing a resolute face.

"The Emperor Xi must be resurrected, and he will definitely be resurrected."

This sentence was like a key, evoking Yan Emperor's memories.

Countless images flashed through his mind, and finally stopped at the moment when the pure air turned into turbid air. Emperor Yan sighed and said, "The lowest point of the Five Turbidities is coming. The time for Emperor Xi to be resurrected is indeed near."

"This will be the end of the Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds," Huangdi continued, "You should know that."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yan's expression became even more complicated.

This will indeed be the end of the Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds. He already knew this countless years ago, when the Dharma Ending Age came and the Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds appeared.

Just like the destiny that has been determined, the beginning and end of the five evil worlds have long been determined.

(End of this chapter)