Born with immortal seed

Chapter 927 Retribution Body vs. Incarnation

Without any hesitation, the six Azure Emperor Longevity Swords were unleashed simultaneously, carving out a territory in the Buddhist Kingdom.

An illusory river, whose source and end are unknown, suddenly bursts in without warning.

Even a divine power like the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of one's hand, which clearly exceeds the standards of the human realm, cannot resist the emergence of the River of Time.

In the blink of an eye, many of the three thousand Buddhas were swept away by the river of time, submerging layers of pure land.

Before the combined sword of time had even truly fallen, the seemingly invincible Buddha Kingdom in the palm of one's hand had already shown signs of weakening.

Bai Zichen had never before combined so many Azure Emperor Longevity Swords into one and wielded them in the mortal realm.

This force caused a qualitative change, giving the illusory river that appeared in the real world a more substantial feel.

Similarly, it surpasses the upper limit of the Great Dao that the human realm can contain, causing heaven and earth to freeze and Buddha to remain still.

Those crystal Buddha palms, black and white Buddha palms, and dark gold Buddha palms, have been swept away by the long river of time, as if they have been bound into a landscape painting.

It has lost its agility and its majesty, leaving only stiffness and clumsiness.

Various strange phenomena flashed through the purple-clad youth's eyes, sometimes rapidly, sometimes slowly.

The spirit of Yuan Ying Sword transformed into a priest, wearing an ancient crown and wide robe, holding a horsewhip, and posing as a carriage.

The true meaning of time surrounds it, flowing ever forward.

With each step the sword light advanced, a piece of the Buddhist kingdom cracked, giving the impression that it was about to collapse.

As an incarnation of Zifu Jing, he cannot directly control the Great Dao of Time and must rely on the power of his true self through a medium.

The current form of Yuan Ying's sword spirit is exactly the same as that of Guang Yin Lang, the legendary charioteer who drove the Heavenly Emperor.

It is both a carrier and a booster.

"The Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword!"

The Demon Buddha's expression changed, his lips moved slightly, and for the first time, he was out of control.

How could he not recognize this supreme divine power? He had even interacted with the Azure Emperor, one of the Five Sons of the Human Race.

The other party is the one who has achieved the highest level of accomplishment in the Great Dao of Time since the first Eternal Life Celestial Venerable.

He has always lived a secluded life, with only a handful of disciples, and is very low-key.

However, the power of this sword still exceeded expectations, and one could already imagine that when it fell, it would drag the entire Buddhist kingdom into ruin.

Every Buddha possesses the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, yet they are so fragile in the face of the long river of time.

Anyone who falls into the river will disappear without a trace after a few waves, leaving not even a splash.

When the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword reaches him, it will likely cause his Buddha body to decay and irreversibly disintegrate.

This outcome was unacceptable to him; so many millennia of planning had come to naught.

However, from another perspective, there is no doubt about this person's identity. He must be the person we imagined. The reason why the Hidden Dragon Realm is so special and has attracted extra attention from various forces in the Immortal Realm is because of him.

"Capture this man, and half the battle will be won!"

The demon Buddha formed a peculiar mark, unlike any found in mainstream Buddhism, and a state of being neither alive nor dead appeared on his body.

All the Buddhas sat cross-legged, and Bodhi trees instantly bloomed and blossomed, embodying the boundless meaning of Nirvana.

Only specks of ash remained, drifting towards the Demon Buddha and adding inch by inch of gold spots to his body.

Even before the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword could fall, the solemn aura of the Buddhist Kingdom rapidly receded, falling back from its transcendent state to its normal state.

Layers of pure earth collapsed with a crash, burying the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword.

This situation doesn't seem to be entirely caused by the passage of time; it seems more like something that happened intentionally.

"However, when the great calamity begins, the Hidden Dragon Realm will be used to bury us and take our lives!"

An unprecedentedly enormous and majestic Buddha statue emerged from behind the Demon Buddha, stepping onto the ruins of the Buddha Kingdom, and took the initiative to guide the great calamity of the end times.

The Demon Buddha is nothing but a manifestation of the Buddha, so it doesn't matter if he perishes here.

As long as you can drag the other person down into the abyss and bear the calamity together, the karma fed back to your true self will be enough to make him take another step forward.

Then, all the Sambhogakaya bodies are withdrawn, the Dharmakaya is perfected, and the supreme Pure Land is achieved where heaven and earth perish but I do not perish, the universe is destroyed but I do not perish.

Even if an era ends and the three realms reopen, it can still protect believers and usher in a new era.

There is no precedent to follow on this path.

Taiyi and the Heavenly Emperor represent the most orthodox immortal path, cultivating one's inner nature and seeking the Great Dao.

As for the path of Buddhist practice, he has already reached the very top, and is himself a pioneer and innovator.

In their pursuit of the highest realm, they rely entirely on trial and error, making them even more lost than other great beings.

That realm, to be precise, cannot be called a Mahayana True Immortal, but its power is comparable.

He gave himself a name: Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

The Demon Buddha had a vague intuition that even with a perfect Dharma body and a supremely pure Pure Land, it would be difficult to achieve the feats of the two mentioned earlier.

But at least, during the transition of eras and the end of the Dharma, it can not only survive itself, but also protect the most devout believers.

Therefore, upon identifying the target and discovering the unimaginable power of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword, they made the best decision without hesitation.

Bai Zichen has been an ascensioner for less than a thousand years. If we estimate that he can cultivate to the mid-stage or late-stage of the Void Refinement realm, that would already be with the added bonus of his extra identity.

When the Demon Buddha sensed the stronger essence behind his opponent's perfected Nascent Soul stage, he never considered that this person might be an incarnation.

This means that even if the two were buried together here as the Buddha and the demon had hoped, the karma they would accumulate would be pitifully small.

That is far from enough to achieve the purpose of supporting the deity and elevating the Pure Land.

"madman!"

The purple-clad youth's sword flashed, creating a bright spot amidst the collapsing Buddhist kingdom, preventing it from being completely submerged.

Anything that came close to the range of the sword light was annihilated into ashes.

The Buddha statues and the Buddhist kingdom disintegrated simultaneously, and an apocalyptic atmosphere permeated the air. This large island, hidden deep in the open sea, could not escape and was dragged into the apocalypse.

Ten breaths later, both the Buddha-land in the palm of his hand, where Buddhas stood in abundance, and the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword that patrolled the heavens with time, vanished completely.

Even the large island, inhabited by millions of survivors, is as if it never existed; not a trace can be found on the sea surface.

However, the end of the cataclysmic phenomenon was a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

At least it didn't drag the entire Hidden Dragon Realm irreversibly down into the abyss.

As the sea breeze blew by, two enormous, mountain-like whales passed by and curiously surveyed the area a few times.

It seemed as if they were wondering where those annoying bald monks who occupied the island had gone, and how the island itself had disappeared.

With the bloodline of an ancient wild beast, and being a fourth-tier demonic whale that is difficult to transform into human form upon adulthood, it is simply the best candidate for a mount at sea.

Those Buddhist monks had many ideas, trying to lure a few of them to serve as sacred beasts in Buddhism.

However, after sacrificing some of its intelligence, the Demon Whale gained immunity to the supernatural powers of bewitching and delusion, thus escaping its fate.

After circling the sea three times to confirm that it was truly not there, it excitedly let out a long roar, and the water column shot up to a hundred feet high.

The strange phenomena that had occurred earlier quickly triggered a chain reaction throughout the cultivation world.

For any being at the fifth level, at that moment their personal celestial abode was obscured by shadows, and their connection with the Great Dao was severed.

All actions are in vain; one can only watch helplessly as the cave, into which countless efforts and resources have been poured, decays and declines.

In just a moment, it felt like the end of the world had arrived.

Fortunately, the apocalyptic visions eventually faded, and the omen appeared to be nothing more than an illusion.

The devastation of the cave proved that the entire cultivation world was perhaps only a hair's breadth away from destruction.

Various rumors have emerged in the cultivation world, the most popular of which is the return of the demon race.

The remaining demon race has colluded with the Heavenly Demon Realm, intending to sacrifice the entire world in exchange for a chance to ascend.

The story was told in such a detailed and convincing manner that many cultivators believed it.

Outside the gates of the Moral Sect and the Azure Maple Sect, cultivators who came to pay their respects quickly gathered. They were all sect leaders, alliance leaders, and the like.

The main point is this: please ask the higher sect to investigate thoroughly. If it is true that a demon race is stirring up trouble behind the scenes, then we should resume the pioneering war to cleanse the outer seas.

But regardless of whether the requests were made publicly or privately, they didn't cause a ripple after they were sent in.

It is unclear whether the two parties have communicated or not, as neither has responded and has maintained a deliberate silence.

However, those sects with slightly lower status began to stir.

The war of pioneering was a crisis, but also a great opportunity.

Taking advantage of the great war between the two races, the Qingfeng Sect soared to new heights, completing its magnificent transformation from a small border sect to the number one sect in the cultivation world.

Only a few people remained in shock at the distant battle that had already ended, wondering what had happened.

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The Two Elements Immortal Realm, the Blessed Land of Taiwei.

Tian Jianzi regarded severing cause and effect as the foundation for transcending the Integration Realm and climbing to a higher realm, but he couldn't even see the causal connection on Bai Zichen's body, let alone how to sever it in the next step.

This was a significant blow to him, meaning that his immortal foundation was not as lofty as he had imagined, capable of standing above destiny and looking down upon all living beings.

For a time, he wavered about his actions.

In the past, Tian Jianzi felt that he had reached the perfect state of the Integration Realm and that the road ahead would be difficult.

Sword cultivators are already second to none in combat power. Under the great tide of destiny that the sword path is flourishing, severing cause and effect may attract the favor of the Great Dao of Destiny.

The third Mahayana cultivator of the human race, but no one would say it out loud, yet everyone wanted to achieve it.

But this setback made him doubt whether he really had that chance.

If one is too far removed from Mahayana Buddhism, then stepping forward to confront the Heavenly Emperor would be futile, and one would only be doing the work for someone else.

Bai Zichen had no time to pay attention to Tian Jianzi's changing state of mind and went straight to the Two Elements Immortal Realm.

Before the departure, another major piece of news came: for the first time in ten thousand years, the Tianyuan battle line had been moved back.

The human race was ambushed, and several unknown demon gods appeared, setting up a massive array of ten thousand demons.

A purple-armored commander, a city lord of the Five Emperors City, and thousands of elite Void Refinement cultivators were all wiped out inside.

Even at the last moment, a phantom of a blue dragon appeared in the sky, stopping the two powerful beings who had merged into one in order to tear open space and escape into the void.

With a single inhale from the dragon's head, the two people's primordial spirits fell into it, chewed up, and swallowed.

This incident caused an uproar, and the Daoist court has sent letters to all sects, requesting them to allocate manpower to strengthen the Tianyuan defense line.

While the damage was indeed severe, what truly put the Daoist court on high alert was that illusory figure.

It was none other than the Azure Dragon, the true spirit that had fought against the Heavenly Emperor and also disappeared to this day.

Since their disappearance, the True Dragon lineage has been unable to even borrow power, and the Azure Dragon statue has also been lost from the Demon Emperor's Palace.

The reappearance of the Azure Dragon's phantom image raises the question of whether this true spirit might awaken, which is what the Immortal Realm should pay the most attention to.

The addition of a true spirit can change the格局 (geju, a concept encompassing the overall structure and overall situation) of the Three Realms without the need for personal intervention.

What Bai Zichen was thinking was that the Azure Dragon's movements meant the Heavenly Emperor's return was imminent.

He needed to speed up all his actions; he hadn't yet grasped any substantial clues.

(End of this chapter)