Born with immortal seed

Chapter 931 The Saha Buddha Land Activated at Full Power

Four towering Bodhi trees burst into flames of blue light, burning their branches and leaves until they withered and turned black.

Countless beings wept and wailed in agony, a scene worse than hell, but the Buddha remained unmoved, forming the Nirvana Mudra and sitting cross-legged in the center.

All the white lotuses on the entire Buddhist land withered, and the Merit Pool dried up to its bottom, solidifying into a clear and transparent Buddha.

One finger points to the sky, the other to the earth, its gaze sweeping in all directions.

"If I attain supreme enlightenment, withering is glory, and glory is withering."

The grand sound spread far and wide, and the Bodhi tree sprouted new branches, lush and green, growing taller and more abundant than before on the ruins.

The contrast between flourishing and decay creates a more intense impact.

"If I attain unsurpassed enlightenment, my light will be immeasurable, all things will be pure and adorned, and there will be no more suffering in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss."

Light suddenly rose, extending outward from the Buddha and gradually illuminating the dark universe beyond the Buddha's land.

Even in the boundless chaos of the primordial universe, before the separation of Yin and Yang, the Buddha's light shines silently into all things.

All evil spirits and demons have nowhere to hide under the light of Buddha and can only be reduced to ashes.

"If I attain unsurpassed Bodhi, all beings in the Buddha-land will be free from illness and disaster, and will all die peacefully."

The pure land within those Bodhi leaves, where vanished creatures reappear as if untouched by calamity.

External changes have no effect on them; they continue their ordinary lives, living different lives.

"If I attain unsurpassed enlightenment, all sentient beings born in my land will be able to see hundreds of thousands of billions of Buddha worlds and go together to the next era."

All the Pure Lands revolve around the Buddha, constantly rotating and pushing him higher, making him appear illusory, as if he had jumped out of the real world.

One after another, the Buddha's aura merged into the Buddha, making it almost tangible, while at the same time, marks from different historical junctures were illuminated.

Once this process begins, it cannot be stopped halfway.

Either become the progenitor of all Buddhas, reach an unprecedented realm, and open up a new path for Buddhism.

Either drag the Saha Buddha Land and countless Pure Land worlds down with it, causing Buddhism to disappear completely.

In the future, this once prominent sect will only be known in ancient texts in the Immortal Realm.

Later generations, upon seeing Buddhist practices, would only laugh and joke, considering them to be fabrications and compilations by their predecessors.

Because no matter how you try, there is no possibility of success in cultivation; you can't even complete the first wisp of Qi.

Only now do we realize the profound depth of the Saha Buddha Land and the immeasurable supernatural powers of the Buddha.

At least three seventh-order perfected Sambhogakaya masters have arrived, and judging from this, there are Sambhogakaya masters from even more distant worlds who have not yet arrived.

Buddha should not have been included among the Five Sons of Humanity at all; he was far superior to the others.

If they were to go all out, I'm afraid even the Daoist court wouldn't be able to withstand the power of the Saha Buddha Land.

He alone could take on the remaining members of the Six Emperors.

"Once the karma between the Demon Buddha and the Buddha is resolved, I will become the ancestor of all Buddhas!"

Countless faces changed on the Buddha's face, and each of the 108 arms formed a mudra.

The Saha Buddha Land expands infinitely; wherever the Buddha's light shines, its boundaries extend to that point.

Each passing moment is more magnificent and grander than the last.

But it's always just a hair's breadth away from being perfect.

Perhaps it will only last a moment, or perhaps it will never come.

According to the Buddha's own deduction, he could not achieve success within a thousand years; his glory would turn to decay, and he would have no more chances.

Only then will the Buddhist sects be mobilized, no longer needing to conceal their strength, and all arrangements will be activated.

For the birth of Buddha, any sacrifice is worthwhile.

……

The young novice monk emerged from the center of the Buddha's Pure Land, and his body suddenly grew taller, transforming into a young monk with rosy lips and white teeth.

It shone with a radiant light and possessed profound Zen qualities; it was indeed a seventh-level Buddha.

Taking two steps forward, the Divine Footsteps traversed the pure lands and landed in a magnificent Buddhist temple.

The divine speed surpassed that of the Buddha in the center of the Buddha's land by hundreds or thousands of times, which can be described as supernatural.

It wasn't that I intentionally hid my abilities, but rather that I was constrained by the rules.

"By order of the master, the five Buddhas are to set out for the Heavenly Abyss. The summoned spirit beasts shall proceed according to plan and shall not delay..."

Facing a hall full of Buddhas and a forest of Arhats, the young novice remained calm and composed.

Even if one's Buddhist cultivation is inferior to that of several high-ranking figures in the Saha Buddha Land, the status of those serving by the Buddha's side is no different.

"My Lord has finally taken that step!"

The Buddha statue on the left, entirely made of crystal, holding a medicine vessel in one hand and forming the Three Realms Mudra in the other, stood up and exclaimed in surprise.

As a true high-ranking figure in the Saha world, Medicine Buddha knew the general plan of the Buddha and had been looking forward to it.

The Buddha's path has a grand aspiration: to attain Buddhahood on the spot, meaning that these people can also rely on the Buddha's land to enjoy an alternative form of immortality.

"I will immediately mobilize Buddhist soldiers so that we can reach Tianyuan as soon as possible."

The Buddha, with his entire body golden and his right palm facing upward, was in charge of the conquest and immediately began to deploy his troops.

In an instant, the Buddhas and Arhats in the main hall were all busy.

Only the future Buddha calmly observes in his palm, while the old monk enters into meditation, awaiting the Buddha's summons.

"How is my junior brother?"

After the Buddhas withdrew and began their busy work, the young novice monk asked the question, pretending not to care.

"A trace of the Buddha's true spirit is hidden in the Dinghai Relic, but even the relic has been cracked and is being nurtured on the top of the twelve-petaled lotus platform... It will take at least fifty or sixty years to nurture the Dinghai Relic and slowly reshape the physical body before it can be resurrected."

The Medicine Buddha is in charge of eliminating disasters and prolonging life, and he is responsible for healing Buddhist disciples.

Of course, there's no need for him to take action himself; several Arhats under his command specialize in this.

"That's good. We can't overlook the fact that skipping steps will leave our junior brother's reunited body with defects."

The young novice monk spoke with earnest concern.

"Rest assured, we will follow the highest and most detailed procedures and will not let any Buddhist disciple miss a single step."

For such a trivial matter, the Medicine Buddha would certainly give him face.

If a Buddhist disciple is not present to serve at the most crucial moment when one is striving to reach the Buddha's realm, it will be difficult for them to be ranked at the top when it comes time to reward merit.

He's already far ahead, but it's always good to be careful to avoid being overtaken by someone on a curve.

……

Trapped Island.

The handsome monk ran across the sea as if walking on flat ground, and arrived at the top of a steep mountain peak.

The golden talisman didn't seem mysterious or magical; it looked like the kind of talisman paper commonly used by low-level rogue cultivators.

It was unremarkable, just pasted on the mountain wall, with the six large characters "Om Mani Padme Hum" written on it, shining with golden light and exuding boundless power.

He stepped forward and bowed three times to the talisman. The handsome monk tore off the yellow paper talisman, and the mountain shook twice before showing no further change.

"Strange, this talisman only immobilizes the demon, it's a far cry from killing it, so why is there no reaction..."

After waiting for a long time, the handsome monk could only cast a mountain-moving spell to move the mountain peak a hundred feet away.

At the bottom of the mountain, a huge white rat lay on its back, eyes closed, no longer breathing.

"Great Sage Who Steals the Heavens, by order of the Buddha, we request that you come out of the mountains... to move the earth's veins, change the river courses, so that the temperature in the Five Cold Immortal Realms will rise and the glaciers will melt."

The handsome monk bowed and spoke to himself.

"Sigh, you shouldn't take advantage of the old man. You should have just accepted the Dao Court's request back then and become a guardian spirit beast for ten thousand years."

After a long while, the white mouse turned over and transformed into a lean Taoist priest.

"This job puts me in a very difficult position. Those sects that follow the Frostflower Ice Soul path will hate me to the bone. They'll skin me alive and tear me apart, which would be the least of their worries."

The handsome monk remained silent, simply holding the talisman in his hand and presenting it forward.

"I know, I know, how could I dare to delay the old man's affairs... If I can't return to the Heavenly Demon Realm, and offend you all again, there will be no place for me in the Three Realms."

The white mouse rolled the whites of its eyes, stomped its left foot, and vanished in a puff of gray smoke.

The Great Sage Who Steals the Heavens, a prominent member of the Bai Kan Jun clan, possesses bloodline supernatural abilities in escape techniques and void magic.

He once stole a fruit plate from the Demon God Palace, causing a huge uproar. He was seen as provoking the Demon Ancestor and was jointly hunted down by several holy clans.

He fled and injured several members of the Holy Clan along the way. Unable to stay in the Heavenly Demon Realm any longer, he simply came to the Earthly Immortal Realm.

At that time, faced with offers from both the Daoist court and the Saha Buddhist land, it chose the latter without hesitation.

True Dragon Island.

A bare-chested Arhat with a cloth wrapped around his waist arrived riding a dragon and began shouting loudly from a hundred miles away from the island.

"By order of the Buddha, Ananda Dragon King is hereby ordered to attack the Three Immortal Islands, seize the teleportation array, and forbid a single soldier from leaving the Six Blessings Immortal Realm."

Countless dragons took to the sky, glaring angrily at this uninvited guest.

The young man in white silently accepted the Buddhist decree, without uttering a word, and began to summon the dragon sons and grandsons on the island.

They then reversed the twenty-three wells, and countless dragon-like monsters leaped into the sea, creating giant waves.

In the blink of an eye, several large armies were assembled, more than double the size that Wulonghai had estimated.

Their target was the Three Immortal Islands, which sent the various forces in the Five Dragon Sea into chaos.

I was truly shocked by the fact that Zhenchi Island, which usually keeps a low profile, actually harbored so many demon saints in secret.

Dragon-type monsters are naturally very fast in the sea, and in just a few days they passed Rotten Axe Mountain and headed out of the Five Dragon Sea.

The sheer size of the demon army directly altered the course of an ocean current.

Huangwapo.

A white elephant, as large as a hill, swayed its body, flattened the hills, broke off mountain peaks, and transformed the land into a plain.

Behind them was a much smaller white elephant, which opened its mouth to eat ten bunches of bananas while lying on the ground.

“The Buddha has summoned us; it is time to repay his kindness.”

A lotus flower mark appeared on the white elephant's forehead, indicating that it knew what it was about to do.

Having settled its only bloodline, it charged forward, growing six gleaming tusks and expanding its body further.

The seventh-order, six-tusked celestial phenomenon is earth-shattering when it crashes into anything in its path; it can break through anything that stands in its way.

In particular, each of the six tusks is imbued with the power of bloodline, and they enhance each other, making them invincible.

It charged fiercely toward a majestic immortal city, its hooves striking the ground like muffled thunder.

Such scenes are played out in various parts of the Immortal Realm, with little variation.

Only now did everyone realize that the Saha Buddha Land actually had such a great appeal among demons.

Most of the demon gods who betrayed the Heavenly Demon Realm followed the path of the Saha Buddhist Land.

For some reason, they all went mad at the same time, discarding their past facades and committing heinous acts.

……

Outside, all was bustling and noisy; inside the bamboo grove, however, lay a serene and timeless tranquility.

The countless purple bamboos were actually fifth-tier spirit bamboos, and occasionally a few sixth-tier purple bamboos could be seen.

"Where exactly should we begin with the so-called Celestial Venerable's Mark?"

Bai Zichen did indeed sense that the rhythm of time changed every time the bamboo forest swayed.

Below the level of fusion, this change is completely imperceptible.

Even if a powerful being at the fusion level senses it, they still cannot resist it unless the entire Purple Bamboo Forest is destroyed.

However, he possesses the Immortal Foundation Burning Night Lamp, which prevents him from losing his way and avoids the calamity of lifespan depletion, making this not a problem for him.

He felt that rather than saying that only the Azure Emperor successfully comprehended the Imprint of the Eternal Heavenly Venerable, it was more accurate to say that the other powerful figures gave up when faced with difficulties, and none of them went all the way down a dark path.

If you go into the Purple Bamboo Forest, find the mark, and fail to sense it, it would be a huge waste to lose your lifespan of a thousand years.

Such a risky move with uncertain returns is only suitable for desperate people who have nothing to lose.

Even if a cultivator at the Integration Stage is doing poorly, it's unlikely they'll make a desperate, all-or-nothing move.

There is another possibility: that one knows the ending in advance and comes to the Purple Bamboo Forest with the answer in mind.

"Among the five sons of the human race, he was born into the humblest family. He had no illustrious relatives, no prestigious family to support him, and no master to help him. His achievements today are by no means as simple as they appear on the surface."

Bai Zichen plucked a bamboo leaf and blew on it lightly.

"He created the Azure Emperor Longevity Sword. If it weren't for the Longevity Celestial Venerable appearing in his dream, he might not have been able to come up with such an amazing idea even after a lifetime of hard work... Could he really be the reincarnation of the Longevity Celestial Venerable? But that era is too far removed from his, so perhaps he failed to awaken his innate wisdom during several reincarnations?"

If the Azure Emperor is the reincarnation of the first Eternal Heavenly Venerable, then many of his actions would make sense.

This also aligns with Zhong Zhu's statement that Taiwei Blessed Land and the Azure Emperor are one family.

Why did the then-unknown Azure Emperor dare to challenge the mark of the Eternal Heavenly Venerable, and why did the higher-ups of Taiwei Blessed Land agree to it?

Thinking about it this way, everything makes sense.

The so-called enlightenment in the Purple Bamboo Forest, or the comprehension of the true Dao of Time from the Heavenly Venerable's imprint, is nothing more than inheriting the legacy of a previous life, so of course the journey is smooth.

"We've arrived. The place in the Purple Bamboo Grove where the true meaning of time is most concentrated, and the place that attracts me the most..."

The lamplight illuminated the way, and even a tributary in the long river of time could not cloud his vision, let alone a grove of purple bamboo.

Bai Zichen squatted down, brushed aside the thick layer of fallen leaves, and revealed a small earthen mound.

The stone tablet above is engraved with a line of golden tadpole script: "Tomb of Lu Yanping".

"Whose tomb is this? Why does it gather so much time and essence... It's not driven by external forces, but rather it gathered spontaneously."

I had considered many possibilities, but finding a tomb was still beyond my expectations.

"Was it a former master of Taiwei Paradise? No, the timeline doesn't match up; it should have been earlier than all of them."

"Moreover, even after death, it can still attract the true essence of time to linger, forming the wondrous sight of time guarding the tomb, which is something that ordinary fusion cultivators cannot achieve..."

Just as I was about to give up, I reached out and touched the stone tablet, when a sudden flash of inspiration struck me.

Tian Jianzi had mentioned to him that the first Changsheng Tianzun's surname seemed to be Lu!
The specific name of the first Eternal Heavenly Venerable seems to have been erased from the river of time, just like the information about the Heavenly Emperor before he attained enlightenment.

Otherwise, the life story of such an important person could not have been overlooked.

Based on this, it is highly likely that Lu Yanping is the first Eternal Life Celestial Venerable!

But why is his tomb so simple, with no biographical details, no Taoist name or evaluation, just like the lonely grave of a rogue cultivator who has reached the Core Formation stage?

Why wasn't the spirit tablet placed in Zhongji Immortal City, and why wasn't a tomb built in Taiwei Blessed Land?

"Not long after the Heavenly Emperor disappeared, the Daoist court split. It seems that the Celestial Venerable of Longevity rarely appeared, which led to the Jade Emperor taking away a large number of elders... There is no record of the exact time of his death."

(End of this chapter)