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However, these actions taken by Xinrao did not have much effect.

After all, the teachings of Brahma itself go against the order of heaven.

Many priests at the lower levels of the Brahman religion had their minds changed by the Buddhist doctrine of "cause and effect and reincarnation".

They no longer believe in the Brahmanic idea of ​​"taking sin as virtue".

The idea of ​​"karma and reincarnation" that good deeds will be rewarded is completely different from the teachings of Brahma.

But for them, this is much better than the bloody and terrifying teachings of Brahmanism.

Thanks to this, many priests also began to study Buddhism in secret.

There were even priests who openly opposed the doctrine and destroyed the Book of the Seven Deadly Sins in front of the believers.

Because of the active rebellion of the priests, the territory ruled by Brahma began to shrink significantly.

Because of Xinrao's defeat at Kongxing Temple last time, the Buddhist sect became more bold in spreading its teachings.

They no longer just preached privately, but openly established many "Zen temples" within the jurisdiction of the Brahman religion.

The biggest function of these Zen temples was to shelter believers and priests who had fled from Brahma.

The priests took off their black robes, put on monk's robes, and became wandering monks who spread Buddhism.

The believers left behind their faith in Xinrao and turned to the embrace of the Buddha.
There are also many believers who choose to become monks directly.

They long to be able to "forgive" their past sins through practicing Buddhism.
I do all these just hoping to have a good rebirth in the next life.

As more and more people fled from Brahma and turned to Buddhism, the foundation of Brahma began to be seriously impacted.

This also led to a significant reduction in the sin offerings required for Brahmanism.

The priests were filled with anxiety as they watched their strength gradually weaken.

The Forest of Sin Steles, once a holy site of Brahma Buddhism, also began to fall into disrepair due to lack of maintenance.

Once upon a time, this was a place where the followers of the Brahman religion would pay homage to the gods.

But nowadays, as the number of sins has decreased, no one is willing to come forward to protect it.

The authority once considered unshakable is now beginning to crumble under the influence of Buddhism.

Soon, the apostle god who represented the sin of "gluttony" also openly betrayed.

He promoted the errors of Brahmanism and took the initiative to embrace Buddhism.

Then the Buddha appeared in the world and declared him as the Dharma Protector Vajra on the spot.

Believers saw that the once terrifying gods had now become the Dharma protectors of Buddhism.

They were all extremely shocked and also felt the decline of Brahmanism.

This scene made Buddhism begin to attract a large number of believers to convert.

At the same time, Buddhism began to promote the "Three Refuges and Five Precepts".

The Three Refuges are taking refuge in the Buddha, taking refuge in the Dharma, and taking refuge in the Sangha.

The "Five Precepts" are not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, and not to drink alcohol.

Buddhism teaches that believers can gradually cleanse their past sins by doing only these things and practicing the precepts.

It can be said that the teachings of Buddhism are completely opposite to the current Brahmanism.

The believers followed the teachings of the "Three Refuges and Five Precepts" and were no longer driven by sin and desire as they had been under the rule of Brahma.

Instead, through observing precepts and practicing, one begins to do good deeds continuously and accumulate the "merits" advocated by Buddhism.

This Buddhist practice is in stark contrast to the violent plundering of Brahmanism.

Brahma forces its followers to commit crimes in order to obtain a good life.

Buddhism, on the other hand, encourages people to exercise self-discipline in order to obtain a better afterlife.

This sharp contrast made Buddhism's reputation spread rapidly among the people.

People who were once skeptical of Buddhism have also begun to trust it.

Even in the core of Brahma, many priests began to secretly believe in Buddhism.

These believers appear to be worshippers during the day, but gather together at night to chant Buddhist scriptures.

They did not realize the difference between the two religions.

It is only because of the power that Brahma could give them in the past.
Buddhism seems to be able to give them that, and even more!

After all, the chaos within the Brahma religion has caused their power to gradually weaken over a long period of time.

The reduction of sin resources and the loss of believers have left them unable to take care of themselves.

At the same time, Buddhist "ascetics" also began to walk on the land of Brahmanism.
These "ascetic monks" preached the teachings of Buddhism and possessed power no less than that of Brahman priests.

These scenes were seen by many priests.

This may seem simple, but it also shook the Buddhist priests' awe of Xinrao.

Once upon a time, the priests were extremely enthusiastic about Xinrao.
After all, Xinrao can give them extremely powerful strength!
As a result, the priests' fear of Sinrab gradually wavered.

The belief in Buddhism quietly took root in my heart.

They began to think that there might be more ways to gain power than just faith.

The defeated Xinrao also knew that the Brahma sect was now at the end of its strength.

He also made a desperate decision to fight against Buddhism.

He decided to forcibly merge the seven incarnations to fight against the "Buddha" of Buddhism.

However, due to the heavy sins, a series of chaos occurred in Xinrao's soul.

This series of chaos was also difficult for Xinrao to bear.

Due to the confusion of his sins, Xinrao's body began to fall into madness.

It was unknown how much time had passed before Xinrao gradually disappeared from the eyes of many believers and priests.

They prayed to God but received nothing, and even if they committed sins they could not receive any blessings.

Even the eighteen apostles lost the source of their power due to Xinrao's disappearance.

As their power declined, these apostle gods realized that they were no match for Buddhism, so they retired or disappeared.

And among the people, a new legend began to spread.

That is the story of "Sinrab turning into a demon", which is also quoted in many Buddhist scriptures.

People have passed down the story from mouth to mouth, telling how Xinrao went from being a revenger to a demon devoured by his sins.

Xinrao used to be just an ordinary and kind hunter.

Later, Xinrao, with his wisdom and strength, quickly gathered a group of followers and established the Brahma religion.

Under his leadership, the power of Brahma continued to grow, and believers worshipped him and regarded him as the incarnation of God.

As his power grew, Xinrao's heart was gradually corrupted by desire.

Since he established the "Seven Halls of Sin", he began to promote distorted doctrines, causing believers to sink deeper and deeper into the abyss of sin.

Under the influence of such teachings, the whole world became turbulent.

But as time went on, Xinrao gradually lost control in his pursuit of sin.

Eventually, it was replaced by Buddhism.

This legend spread quickly among the people and became a topic of conversation after dinner.

Under the influence of Buddhist teachings, most believers believe that the demise of Shinrab and Brahma was due to the many crimes committed by Shinrab and Brahma under his rule.
In the end, they suffered the consequences of their sins and ended up in destruction.

Buddhist believers firmly believe in the Buddhist theory of cause and effect.

In their minds, everything in the world has cause and effect. Good deeds will bring good results, and bad deeds will bring bad results.

They also believed that all the evil deeds done by Xinrao were rewarded with evil consequences in the end.

Xinrao forced his followers to commit crimes, causing countless originally kind-hearted people to do all kinds of evil things under the influence of his distorted teachings.

At the same time, he established a sinful ruling system.

All these evil deeds accumulated his sins, like piled-up dry firewood, waiting to be ignited by the fire of retribution.

And Xinrao's ending just confirms the Buddhist teaching that evil will be punished, making believers more convinced of the correctness of Buddhist teachings.

As a result, the authority of Buddhist teachings was further consolidated.

Buddhist monks would also quote this legend when preaching to explain the principle of cause and effect to believers.

After Xinrao disappeared completely, the world also ushered in a brief period of peace.

At this time, Buddhism was at its peak, and Dipankara Buddha was in charge of Buddhism.
There are more than tens of thousands of believers in the world, and its teachings are many times more lenient than those of the old Brahmanism.
This has made the current Buddhist power much more prosperous than the Brahma religion in the past.

But it was precisely because the power of faith in Brahma had weakened to the extreme that Sinrab, as the "Father God", could no longer absorb enough sins to sustain himself.

The Sinful Skull fell into a deep sleep, and Maha finally got rid of the identity of "Sinrab".

After being controlled by sin for tens of millions of years, he was finally able to recover himself!

With the help of mountain treasures, Maha began to hide in a big mountain.

Now he does not have too much hatred towards Buddhism. After all, all his deeds in the past
All of these happened involuntarily under the control of the Sin Skull.

In Maha's eyes, the former Brahma was like a passing cloud.

Maha doesn't care about these past events.

Today, he has completely gotten rid of the identity of "Xinrao" and returned to his true self.

He is no longer the puppet bound by the skull of sin, and he no longer does anything to achieve his goals.

Now he is just walking in this world, looking for his own path.

However, in his heart, there is always an unsolved mystery.

That is the "mountain treasure", but Maha is still confused.

With Maha's current level of strength, he can still see through the essence of the Sin Skull.

However, he had no idea of ​​the origin of this "mountain treasure".

However, Maha was not without gain.

In his continuous research on the "mountain treasure", he was able to gain some insight into it.

It is a martial art, or rather a magical power, called "Hongmeng Parasitic Art"!
Moreover, the source of his "blood" that he used to absorb vitality and even his sins in the past was this Hongmeng Parasitic Art.

Blood vessels are only a small part of this magical power.

Maha knew nothing about other information about this magical power.

However, Maha could also vaguely feel that this magical power was not only based on vitality,

Everything in the world, as long as it contains invisible matter, seems to be able to be devoured by this.

Everything it eats turns into nourishment for itself.

Then one can transform oneself into a river of blood, a sea of ​​blood, or even a world of blood.

This is the third level of Hongmeng Parasitic Art.
After Mahaji transformed into "Shinra", he went through tens of thousands of years of devouring, but he still remained in the realm of sea of ​​blood.

As for the blood realm, he simply couldn't imagine it.

However, Maha did not intend to go on the journey of "destroying the world" in the Hongmeng Parasitic Art.
Apart from the time when he was controlled by the Sin Skull, his character did not change much.
Just for revenge, he destroyed the Jingyuan Temple.

Now he just wants to live a good life.

Thinking of this, Maha transformed into an ordinary person and began to walk in this world.

The world today is very different from what it was at Maha's time.

The tribal system of the past has completely disappeared.

What replaced it was a system that evolved from the priest aristocracy of the ancient Brahma period.

Although there are still different levels among people, it is not as strict as it was during the time of Brahmanism.

In addition, the Buddhist belief that "all beings are equal" has resulted in little difference between people.

……

Three years later, Maha had traveled to many places.
He has seen many things and met many people, and is full of curiosity about everything in the world.

After all, in the tribal days, he had no other fun except hunting.

He was dressed in coarse cloth, just like an ordinary person.

And over the years, he has never used any power beyond that of an ordinary person.

Over the years, what touched Maha the most were those monks.

He originally thought that Buddhism was just Brahma covered with a layer of goodness.

Unexpectedly, Buddhism actually practices its teachings.

Maha still remembers last winter,

It was snowing when I met the monk in the deep mountains when it was freezing cold.

A monk had half of his leg bone bitten off by a giant beast, but there was no sign of pain on his face.

Maha drove away the tiger with his archery and carried the monk out of the mountain.

At that time, he was very confused as to why the monk did not feel pain or hate the tiger.

When Maha asked about his doubts, the monk also said:
“Animals that have been hungry for three winters are also living beings.”

When Maha heard this, the wind and snow suddenly changed direction.
The wind filled with the smell of blood blew on my face, like some unfinished initiation.

Later, there was a heavy rain.
Maha found a temple among the mountains and fields as a shelter from the rain.

The monks in the temple were very kind-hearted and even gave Maha some clean clothes to change into.

At this time, Maha had not eaten for a long time.

Although he would not feel hungry, he still maintained the normal eating habits of a mortal over the years.

He saw some offerings on the altar, and a desire suddenly surged in his heart.
Maha walked to the altar without saying a word, reached out for an offering and started eating.

Although he thought the Buddhist teachings were good, he never had any reverence for gods and Buddhas.

Because once upon a time, he was the greatest god in the world!
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Donor, what are you doing?"

Maha turned his head and saw the abbot standing behind him.

Although he does not fear gods or Buddhas, he still feels a little embarrassed.

However, what Maha did not expect was that the abbot of the temple did not blame him.

The host walked up to Maha and said with a smile, "Hungry ghosts are fed with food, and Bodhisattvas also have compassion on them."

Then he went to the kitchen, took out a steamed bun and handed it to Maha: "Donor, you must be hungry, have some steamed bun."

At this time, Maha suddenly had the idea of ​​becoming a monk. (End of this chapter)