Too much fruit

Chapter 1130: Killing Sakya, the End of the Evil World

"If I become a Buddha, and the Bodhisattvas in other lands hear my name and do not immediately attain the state of non-retrogression, I will not attain enlightenment."

"If I become a Buddha, and the Bodhisattvas in other lands hear my name but do not immediately attain the first, second, and third dharma-patience, and are unable to immediately attain non-retrogression in the Buddha's teachings, I will not attain enlightenment."

The chanting of Sanskrit finally came to an end, and thousands of Buddhist scriptures surrounded the six-meter-tall Buddha. The pure Buddhist energy evolved into a pure land that seemed both real and unreal.

Sakyamuni Tathagata's promotion was completed.

He sat cross-legged on a golden lotus platform, slowly rising up, his eyes meeting those of the Sun and Moon. A piece of Buddhist pure land naturally emerged, blocking the immense gravitational force.

"It seems that Your Majesty is one step behind after all." Sakyamuni said slowly.

"Xi Huang is indeed more skilled."

The star body moved within the huge human-shaped outline. Even though only the head and half of the upper body were exposed, his aura and gravity still filled countless miles.

If the space of Sanqingtian itself had not been without limit in any meaningful sense, it might have collapsed by now.

Jiang Li maintained this posture, making a rumbling sound like a star explosion, "He should have disguised himself as Yi Dao and replaced me, and was guided by the Three Pure Ones. His purpose is to replace me, the 'End of Dharma', and work together with my past self to change the past."

The connection between the Three Pure Ones and the heaven and earth is just like Jiang Li's current connection. Even if they jump out of the long river for a short time, it would be quite difficult. Emperor Xi could just block it back and fill the gap.

Theoretically, although Emperor Xi arrived at the gap created by the Three Purities one step faster than the future "End of Dharma", if he wanted to go in, then there would be no difference between first and last.

No matter whether they start first or later, in terms of the definition of time, they will arrive at the same time.

But actually Xi Huang couldn't get in. He couldn't squeeze in. The most he could do was to deal with the Three Pure Ones who also briefly jumped out of the "water" and work hard on the "water surface".

And this is enough.

Xihuang, who arrived first, filled the gap, making it impossible for the "End of Dharma" to be led away. In the end, he could only die on the "water surface" like Xihuang, or return to the future again.

Just doing this is enough.

Missing this time is already changing the past.

"Without the Three Pure Ones guiding us within the heaven and earth, we cannot even enter the 'Ending Dharma'. In this way, the past has been changed..." Sakyamuni Tathagata said slowly, shaking his head and smiling, "Such a feat is admirable."

“It’s a change, but it’s not a change either.”

Jiang Li continued, "The past is like a frozen river, fixed and will never change. Emperor Xi's move should allow the river to branch out into new tributaries, extending into another future."

At this point, even if Jiang Li had not heard Emperor Xi say it, he was able to analyze Emperor Xi's plan on his own.

From a holistic perspective, the plan is actually very simple. After the great catastrophe of the end of the Dharma, the heaven and earth had already weakened. It was much easier for Emperor Xi to destroy the heaven and earth than it was for the Three Pure Ones.

It can be said that the Three Pure Ones’ plan of transcendence laid a good foundation for Emperor Xi.

As long as Xi Huang, a great celestial being, is willing to pay the price of complete death and use the east wind from the Three Pure Ones in the past, he can shake the past that is impossible to change.

Now Emperor Xi is probably only one step away from success.

Even judging from the time sequence, the success or failure of Emperor Xi should have occurred.

"Your Majesty doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all." Sakyamuni said with a hint of surprise.

"Isn't the Buddha also not in a hurry at all?"

Jiang Li asked back with a smile, and the pure air in the Three Pure Heavens stirred up a violent storm, "Does the Buddha think that after he was promoted to the first rank, he can compete with me?"

I'm not in a hurry, I have my own plans.

You are not in a hurry. Do you think you will not die?

Jiang Li swung his palm back and forth, and the Taoist on his palm was sent down to the human world. His huge body was entering the Three Pure Heavens, revealing its full appearance in front of Sakyamuni Tathagata.

The stars in the sky are lined up, forming a huge body that cannot be described in words.

The body is made up of a total of 365 stars. If Sakyamuni Tathagata was not a first-class star, he would not even be able to see its full appearance.

Even with divine consciousness, it is impossible to cover such a huge shape.

"The Zhoutian Star Array seems a bit unsightly in front of you."

As Sakyamuni Tathagata spoke with a stern look, his body shape began to change, from six feet to ten thousand feet, and still climbing upwards. His body was a Buddhist kingdom, evolving a pure Buddhist land within.

But compared to Jiang Li's body, it still seems a little pale in comparison.

"Woo——"

The entire Sanqingtian seemed to be wailing, and the big stars were clearly visible, with rays of starlight carrying tremendous star power.

Sanqingtian is indeed a mysterious place, but it was opened up by Sanqing Tianzun after all. Facing the power of the same level, it finally showed signs of being overwhelmed.

Before Sakyamuni Tathagata could fully display his golden body of Buddhism, Jiang Li had already pressed down with his palm.

The movement of the stars seemed slow, but time and space were under Jiang Li's control. Distance was meaningless to him. The palm pressed down on his face, and at this moment, the body of Sakyamuni Tathagata seemed a little small in front of that palm.

"boom!"

The scenery of the Three Pure Heavens evolves along with the breath, presenting the starry sky of the universe and the pure Buddha land.

This place of heaven and earth changes with the Tao, and at this moment the aura of the two first-rank masters spreads, allowing the Three Pure Heavens to simultaneously present the Tao scenes of the two first-rank masters.

The starry sky of the universe collided with the pure Buddha land, the Three Pure Heavens roared, and Sakyamuni Tathagata showed the Dharma image of eighteen arms and twenty-four heads, with a blessed divine pestle placed horizontally in front of the giant palm, blocking this palm containing infinite power.

The collision of the two Taoist scenes and the confrontation between them simultaneously emitted earth-shattering roars and mixed together to form a huge air wave, sweeping up countless stardust and Buddha's light, which continued to spread in the Three Pure Heavens.

"Boom——"

Wherever the air wave reached, the scenery of the Buddhist Pure Land was constantly collapsing, and the blessing divine pestle also began to crack.

"The Emperor Xi was able to fight me because he spied on my foundation. What about you?"

Jiang Li's exhaled breath turned into a nebula, and the incomparably huge star energy was drawn into the Pure Land as his body moved. The Taoist scenery that appeared could not even withstand Jiang Li's momentum and continued to collapse.

The power is so strong that it can completely affect the movement of Tao. Jiang Li is almost reaching the end of proving the Tao with force.

The power of that body combined the numbers of the Zhou Tian and the extreme of yin and yang, and it was so powerful that even a first-class person would feel unable to contend with it.

I really don’t know how the previous Emperor Xi could resist such a force.

Or······

Has Jiang Li made progress in such a short period of time?
It was at this moment that Sakyamuni Tathagata witnessed the unreasonable growth of the power of Taiyi Daoguo.

"boom!"

The blessed sacred pestle exploded with a loud bang, and the Buddha's energy emitted was even crushed by the tremendous force. Even the Qi state seemed to no longer exist, and it completely disappeared from the world.

The lotus platform under Sakyamuni Buddha's seat moved and retreated continuously. One of the arms of the Dharma image grasped a green bamboo and swayed transparent silk threads, "Six Senses Purified."

Thousands of invisible threads entangled the giant palm. Thoughts surged in Jiang Li's mind and then disappeared.

The six senses were purified, and the past worldly thoughts and even the self were purified, leaving a pure heart. At the same time, the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree emitted a radiance that penetrated the sky and the earth, like a long river of seven colors, swallowing up the starry sky.

The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree suppresses reality, and the Six Roots of Pure Bamboo destroys emptiness. Both reality and emptiness are destroyed, thus creating a new way to fight against Jiang Li's unparalleled power.

however--

No matter whether it is real or fake, it will be destroyed by force.

The power that is sufficient to attain enlightenment can erase all thoughts, just like the Buddhist concept of neither thinking nor not thinking. Both the real and the unreal must succumb to such a great force.

The body that covered the starry sky became increasingly massive, even evolving into the universe.

A vast and boundless energy surged among the stars, and an invisible force came to destroy them.

"The beginning."

That should be a finger force.

Shakyamuni Buddha's mind sensed the form of an invisible threat.

But this didn't work because danger was everywhere in perception.

It seems to come from the positive side, but actually it comes from all directions, including the past and the future.

Chaotic air currents are emerging, which are the pure air and space destroyed by Taichu's finger.

The mind of Sakyamuni Tathagata was as taut as a string, sensing the attacks from everywhere. He channeled all his energy, and made seals with each of his eighteen arms, raising the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.

"All things are impermanent, all dharmas are without self, nirvana is cessation."

Impermanence and selflessness, Nirvana and extinction, time fell into silence around him, and the invisible emptiness and brightness cleansed the reality and illusion. The light on the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree flowed, and suddenly swept out, the branches cut into the space, and the seven-colored divine light cut into the silent cosmic light.

"when!"

The omnipresent finger seemed to turn into "one" at this moment, attacking from the front, but was blocked by the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.

Sakyamuni Tathagata grasped this move.

He had insight into time, and his spiritual sense penetrated the ten directions. He locked onto this omnipresent finger, and the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree slashed into the cosmic light, which was also omnipresent.

but--

Tiny cracks appeared on the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, this treasure was covered with cracks like a broken porcelain.

The cracks even extended onto the arms of the Tathagata, and seemed to cover the entire hand.

"Oh!"

With the sudden sound, the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and one of Sakyamuni Buddha's arms exploded.

"Humph!"

Sakyamuni Tathagata could not help but utter a muffled groan, and his Buddha Qi surged, trying to restore his arm. However, no matter how he urged his Buddha Qi and practiced his Dharma, he could not restore it.

It's as if...

It was as if this arm had never existed.

Not only was his physical form missing, but a piece of his Dharma was also missing.

The eighteen arms represent the eighteen unique Dharmas. If one arm is missing, the Dharma of Buddha is incomplete, and this Dharma appearance is incomplete.

"I am one with the stars, and I breathe with the heaven and earth. Every move I make is the power of the stars in the sky and the infinite heaven and earth. If Emperor Xi had not spied on my foundation, his Yi Dao would not be able to block my moves."

Jiang Li's voice rumbled, and Taichu's finger rose again.

Invisible and formless, omnipresent and irresistible.

Shakyamuni Tathagata only felt that infinite power was coming from all directions, like invisible giant hands that grabbed him and clamped him. He could only "watch helplessly" and sense the finger force as huge as the stars attacking him.

"—"

Silently, cracks appeared on the Buddha's image, breaking into pieces that turned into light dust and drifted in the Three Pure Heavens, which had completely evolved into nothingness.

"you--"

Sakyamuni Tathagata sensed the changes in the Dharma, and his mind fluctuated. After a brief silence, he slowly said, "So that's how it is. The 'End of Dharma' back then... turned out to be like this. Emperor Xi, I lost, and you will lose too."

As soon as the words fell, the huge image of the Buddha completely shattered into light dust, which flew around at will and eventually faded away.

Sakyamuni Tathagata was promoted to the first rank, but he died just like that, and his death was much faster than Emperor Xi had expected.

Only two phantoms were captured by Jiang Li and taken into his body.

The starry sky evolved, and the celestial bodies were arranged in the sky, no longer in human form, while Jiang Li returned to his original form.

"The Buddha's cause and effect... is at hand."

Jiang Li spoke slowly, and with his mind, the stars in the sky began to descend, passing through the Three Pure Heavens and returning to the starry sky.

The Buddha's light flickered on his body. Guided by the spiritual fruits of Sakyamuni Tathagata and Cundi, he had insight into the various Buddhist methods and could even trace back to the existence of various practitioners of Buddhism and the history of Buddhism in the past.

"Only Emperor Xi and you are left."

Jiang Li stretched out his hand and three clear lights flew in front of him, revealing Taoist weapons with different auras inside.

Pangu Banner, Qingping Sword, and Tai Chi Diagram represent the way of the Three Pure Ones and the cause and effect of the three Heavenly Lords.

Until now, the Three Pure Ones have not shown up, but their plan has already been laid out and is even about to be realized.

"If I am willing to bear the Three Pure Ones' Dao Fruit, that would be the best. If I am not willing..." Jiang Li looked at the Three Pure Ones' Dao Fruit and whispered, "Then I will need to pass this test of yours."

For Sanqing and Jiang Li, no matter what the plan is, they have to put in effort to realize it.

If you can't even beat someone, how can you have the right to make them surrender?
However, it is impossible for the Three Pure Ones to show up now. Once they are resurrected, they will fail and return to the state they were in 30,000 years ago.

Therefore, Jiang Li needs to take the initiative to find them.

"The past needs my participation so that it will not be changed. The opportunity for the great success of Taiyi Dao is also in the past..."

As Jiang Li spoke slowly, the energy in his body began to spread towards the entire Sanqingtian, assimilating the ubiquitous pure energy and refining the remaining turbid energy.

It even spread downwards, flowing all the way down from the Three Pure Heavens, turning into thousands of streams of light, falling into the heavens, and then turning into light rain, floating down to the human world. Then it penetrated downwards from the human world and entered the netherworld.

As this breath continued to spread, Jiang Li's Qi filled the three realms, and at the same time, the turbid Qi continued to dissipate.

One day in heaven equals one year on earth. Even when the sky was broken and the flow of time began to synchronize, it did not immediately become unified.

After these series of wars, the Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds quietly came to an end.

In other words...we have returned to the starting point.

(End of this chapter)