Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

boom!
Golden light burst forth, and countless thunderbolts surged forth like a celestial pool pouring down upon the world, causing the surrounding space to tremble and shatter.

Amidst the golden lightning, Jiang Sheng's azure magical power transformed into lotus petals that closed together, protecting him from being blasted by the golden Buddhist lightning.

Ow! ! !
Amidst the vast thunderclouds, flashes of golden light revealed a ferocious beast with its mane bristling, roaring towards the sky. Its voice was like thunder shaking the heavens, drawing down a vast expanse of golden lightning that seemed intent on annihilating everything.

After a roar, the beast flicked its mane, its scarlet eyes fixed on the Azure Lotus in the golden thunder prison, as if it could see Jiang Sheng hidden inside through the layers of lotus petals.

The next moment, as the beast shook its enormous head, the three bells hanging around its neck rang, and amidst the chanting of Buddhist hymns, Jiang Sheng clenched his fists: Here it comes again!
The melodious sound of bells and chanting of Buddhist hymns surged forth, wave after wave of sound waves crashing down on Jiang Sheng's soul and mind. Even with Jiang Sheng's cultivation and supernatural powers, he could not help but lose his composure and momentarily lose his focus in the face of these overwhelming waves of chanting.

In that instant, golden lightning burst forth from the beast's single horn, and a magnificent lightning pillar, ten thousand feet thick, crashed down, blasting the Azure Lotus apart. By the time Jiang Sheng reacted, the beast was already in front of him, and with a single horn from its enormous head, it sent Jiang Sheng flying.

That one blow broke several of Jiang Sheng's ribs, even though his body had been tempered by fortune and merit. He almost couldn't catch his breath.

With a series of thuds, the beast treads on golden thunder and leaps through the vast thunderclouds. Its single horn on its head draws in lightning that stretches for thousands of miles. Its divine might is as awe-inspiring as that of a thunder god. It roars at Jiang Sheng once more.

Jiang Sheng clutched his chest, watching the ferocious beast leaping and dancing in the thunderclouds. He finally understood what the Great Bodhisattva Mingguang had borrowed from the Great Bodhisattva Jinglian.

That damned golden-haired lion!

Even with Jiang Sheng's composure, he couldn't help but curse the raging beast in the thunderclouds.

That beast with its long mane, enormous head, and single horn was none other than the Golden-haired Hou, the mount of the Bodhisattva Guanyin.

What appeared here was naturally not the real Golden-haired Hou.

As a renowned Bodhisattva of the Dao Realm throughout the myriad realms, the mount of the Great Bodhisattva Mingguang Guanshi is naturally no ordinary creature. This Golden-haired Hou is one of the innate sacred beings, capable of summoning golden lightning, unafraid of water and fire, able to manipulate time and space, and shatter the void. Its roar shakes the heavens and can even stir up faint tides of time.

Especially since the Golden-haired Hou is the mount of the Great Bodhisattva Mingguang Guanshi, it has been nourished by Buddhist wisdom and various treasures, making it one of the strongest in Mahayana Buddhism. Using the Golden-haired Hou as the test for this third trial is sufficient. However, the Great Bodhisattva Mingguang Guanshi borrowed something from the Great Bodhisattva Jinglian Guanyin!
Jiang Sheng stared at the three bells hanging below the golden-haired beast's head and gritted his teeth, saying, "Golden and Purple Three-Tone Bells!"

Once this golden and purple three-tone bell is rung, it can attract the Guanlan Tide Sound, one of the fundamental powers of the Pure Lotus Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Once the Guanlan Tide Sound is activated, it is enough to cause the soul to lose its defenses and shatter. The Buddhist chants that forcefully convert you will sweep in wave after wave like a raging storm until they destroy all your defenses, break through your consciousness, and convert you to Buddhism.

In this level, the Golden Purple Three-Tone Bell cannot unleash its full power, but even so, it is enough to make people lose their focus and give the Golden-Haired Hou the upper hand.

Originally, a golden-haired beast was difficult to deal with, but Jiang Sheng still had a chance of winning. After all, both the tides of time and the golden lightning were within Jiang Sheng's range of handling. Moreover, Jiang Sheng had a way to deal with the creature that could manipulate time and space and was not afraid of water or fire.

Unfortunately, the Golden-haired Hou also possessed the Golden-Purple Three-Tone Bell, which truly allowed Jiang Sheng to experience what it meant to be a top-tier Mahayana cultivator among all the heavens and myriad realms, and what it meant to have the strongest power below the Pure Yang level.

Shaking its massive head, the golden-haired beast looked at Jiang Sheng with a half-smile in its scarlet eyes. The single horn on its head attracted lightning that stretched for thousands of miles. Golden wisdom thunder gathered like a tide, continuously condensing above the golden-haired beast's head, and finally forming a golden thunder tide that engulfed thousands of miles.

As the golden lightning surged, the heavens and earth flashed with lightning, and the world began to flicker, as if the heavens and earth were about to collapse with the surge of the golden lightning.

Knowing that the golden-haired beast was about to use its methods, Jiang Sheng suppressed the dizziness and confusion caused by Guanlan Chaoyin and urged his four swords to fly out from his sleeves. The four swords of Zhulu Xianjue flew up and down around Jiang Sheng, stirring up wind, thunder, water and fire.

Despite the fact that the thunder in the world had been transformed into Golden Wisdom Buddha Thunder by the Golden-haired Hou, there was no trace of Golden Wisdom Buddha Thunder in the three-zhang area around Jiang Sheng, where only a gentle breeze blew and purple thunder surged.

The heavens and the earth are the Golden-haired Hou's domain, but the area within three zhang (approximately 10 meters) is Jiang Sheng's own territory.

This was the first time the Golden-haired Hou had seen Jiang Sheng unleash the Four Swords of Slaughter and Despair. Before, Jiang Sheng would either summon wind and thunder or cast spells, and occasionally use the Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique to break through thunderclouds. He had many methods and his power was not weak, which made the Golden-haired Hou very interested in this Taoist boy who had only reached the third tribulation level.

At this moment, in this third level, the Golden-haired Hou transformed into countless forms to deal with more than three thousand geniuses from all races at the same time. The Golden-haired Hou's own abilities were certainly not enough, but with the Golden-Purple Three-Tone Bell, it was completely different. With the blessing of this Buddhist treasure, the Golden-haired Hou could not only deal with more than three thousand geniuses from all races at the same time, but also beat them so badly that they could not even utter a curse.

Of these three thousand people, only a few could arouse the interest of the Golden-haired Hou. Many of them were blasted away by the Golden-haired Hou's Golden Wisdom Buddha Thunder when they first faced Guanlan Chaoyin. The remaining people were just struggling to hold on.

However, they are all outstanding talents selected from all the heavens and myriad worlds. Which one of them who has reached this point does not have some cultivation and supernatural power?
For example, the Golden-haired Hou was very interested in that celestial demon with two horns on its head and a dragon-like origin. Its dragon-like heavenly lightning could barely withstand its own Golden Wisdom Buddha lightning, and it was even stubborn enough to withstand the Golden Wisdom Buddha lightning and clash with it. It was an interesting fellow.

And that Xuanjia kid, his white armor not only withstood the Golden Wisdom Buddha's lightning, but also defended against the Guanlan Tide Sound, which really surprised the Golden-haired Hou. If it weren't for his shallow cultivation, his white armor alone would have been enough to give the Golden-haired Hou a headache. Fortunately, he was still young and hadn't fully grown up yet. After the Golden-haired Hou pushed aside his defense with a horn, he could only passively take the beating.

Besides, the Suanni, whose body was engulfed in golden flames, and the Chongming Bird, whose eyes shone like the sun and drew the light of day, both delighted the Golden-haired Hou. After all, it had always served as the mount of the Great Bodhisattva Guanyin of Bright Light, sleeping either at the Bright Light Temple in the Lesser Light Realm or elsewhere, and rarely had the chance to run wild like this.

Just as the Golden-haired Hou's thoughts were drifting, the wisps of apocalyptic energy in the world caught its attention. As the Golden-haired Hou looked down, it saw that the four swords surrounding Jiang Sheng were all wrapped with heavy calamity spells.

That was the combination of three calamities: disaster, catastrophe, and calamity. The golden-haired beast recalled the origin of the Taoist boy in front of it: Penglai Spirit Abyss, skilled in the method of destroying the three calamities.

It turns out that this Taoist lad is skilled in this kind of Three Calamities Annihilation.

Just as the Golden-haired Hou was pondering, the aura of the final calamity and impending doom lingered between heaven and earth like drifting catkins, causing the originally surging and raging Golden Wisdom Buddha Thunder to begin to dim and dissipate. At this, the Golden-haired Hou's expression changed, and it looked at Jiang Sheng in astonishment. It saw that all kinds of laws were gathered on the four swords around Jiang Sheng's body: wind, thunder, water, fire, the passage of time, spacetime, yin and yang, creation, and many other laws were gathered on the four swords, finally transforming into fierce and sharp sword energy, transforming into the Dao of the final calamity and impending doom.

What shocked the Golden-haired Hou the most was that it could actually sense the power of fortune and merit on these four fierce and malevolent magic swords!
What kind of malevolent magical artifact could possess the power of good fortune and merit?!
"Since the great calamity of the Xuanmen, I have kept my four swords unsheathed for decades, tempering them with fortune and merit, and nurturing them with Xuanhuang Qi, waiting for the right opportunity."

"I originally thought these four swords were prepared for that person in the west, but I never expected them to be used on you first!"

As Jiang Sheng spoke, he made a hand seal, and the four swords hummed and shattered the sky, pinning down the east, west, south, and north of this world, locking in time and space, and severing the creation of yin and yang. Looking at the four swords that were tens of thousands of feet high and bursting with ferocity, the golden-haired lion actually felt a trace of fear, as if being struck by these four swords would really mean being reborn.

Do not!
These four swords are not afraid of fate or destiny, nor are they bound by cause and effect. I'm afraid that when the time comes, they won't even be able to reincarnate!

Realizing something was wrong, the Golden-haired Hou disregarded everything else and focused all its attention on dealing with Jiang Sheng.

In an instant, the golden-haired beast's mane bristled, and golden lightning from ten thousand miles away condensed on its single horn, transforming into a three-foot-long golden lightning lotus. This three-foot-long golden lightning lotus gathered the essence of ten thousand thunderbolts, golden wisdom, and Buddha thunder. In the instant it condensed, heaven and earth began to shatter, and time and space were reversed and disordered. A sense of great destruction and great transcendence arose spontaneously.

Jiang Sheng's four swords also triggered the final calamity and destiny, shattering the five elements and yin and yang, and cutting through the years. As the golden-haired beast swung its three-foot golden thunder lotus, Jiang Sheng also made a hand seal, urging the beast's aura and true spirit, which had been locked onto by the killing and trapping technique, to fly away into the air: "Slash!"

The greatest sound is silent; all phenomena perish.

Time and space have lost their meaning here. The five elements have been destroyed and yin and yang have vanished without a trace. This world has collapsed.

At the same time, whether it was Fa Hui, who was using his Buddhist golden body to fight against Jin Hui Fo Lei, or Ying Tian, ​​who was tearing at the Golden-haired Hou with his Yinglong true body, or Bai Jia, who was being circled and kicked around like a ball by the Golden-haired Hou, they all realized that the Golden-haired Hou they were dealing with had become weaker and easier to deal with, as if they had lost their minds for a moment.

All of them were renowned geniuses and Daoists from all the heavens and myriad realms, and each of them had an excellent grasp of timing. When the Golden-haired Hou revealed a flaw, the group of geniuses seized the opportunity and immediately made their move, quickly determining the winner and successfully passing the trial.

However, when Fa Hui, Ying Tian, ​​Bai Jia, Emperor Liu Yuan and others broke through the barrier, they discovered that they had all passed through at almost the same time, and in front of them was only Jiang Sheng.

In the blink of an eye, the group figured it all out. Jiang Sheng must have used some means to force the golden-haired beast to concentrate its spiritual sense, which allowed them to seize the opportunity.

Thinking of this, whether it was Fa Hui, Ying Tian, ​​or Emperor Liu Yuan, their expressions towards Jiang Sheng couldn't help but carry a hint of complexity. If it weren't for Jiang Sheng's intervention, they would probably still be trapped in the checkpoint, struggling to hold on.
Soon, more people passed the third test. Golden Lion Demon Lord, Venerable Putai, Venerable Puhua, Venerable Miyin, Venerable Mijian, Demon Lord Kongling, Venerable Xingyue, Immortal Lord Fuyun, Demon Lord Qingyu, and others all passed the test. At this moment, Daoist Qiongyun's voice rang out: "The third test is over. The first place is Penglai Lingyuan!"

In an instant, all eyes turned to the Taoist in the blue crown and black robe. Jiang Sheng remained calm and composed, but his hand trembled slightly in his sleeve. The golden-haired beast's head was indeed quite hard, making his hand numb from the impact.

As the trials of the Great Bodhisattva Guanyin are overcome, the trials of the Great Bodhisattva Maitreya Buddha also begin.

Maitreya Buddha Bodhisattva is clearly compassionate. Unlike the Pure Lotus Guanyin Bodhisattva, whose intricate plots left everyone racking their brains for clues to break through, or the Bright Light Guanyin Bodhisattva, who used Buddhist treasures to make her mount run wild, causing everyone considerable suffering.

The challenge set by Maitreya Buddha Bodhisattva is very simple: an endless expanse of lush green melon field, within which lies the Dharma body of Maitreya Buddha Bodhisattva. As long as one finds the Bodhisattva's Dharma body within that boundless expanse of melons, the challenge will be overcome.

Unfortunately, this level forbids supernatural powers and divine senses; one can only patiently search and gather clues in the melon field. This is undoubtedly a grueling test of patience.

Fortunately, this level isn't too outrageous. As long as you search carefully in the melon patch, you'll eventually find clues.

The first person to pass the fourth test was neither Jiang Sheng, nor Fa Hui, nor any of the Heavenly Demon Daoists from the holy lands of the myriad worlds, but simply a seemingly honest and simple wandering immortal from the Middle Thousand Worlds.

This wandering immortal was diligent and honest, and he really checked each one one by one. In the end, with perseverance and patience, he was the first to find the Dharma body of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

Jiang Sheng and the others had no objections to this, and soon they faced the fifth challenge.

The one who set the questions for the fifth level was Dong Yu, the Great Emperor of Cangwu.

The question setter switched from Buddhism to Taoism, so the challenge was naturally different.

The challenge set by the Cangwu King and Emperor was not difficult. Everyone was placed on a boundless celestial pool, each with a fishing rod, and those who caught a golden carp would pass the challenge.

However, this level does not allow the use of divine sense. Everyone can use their divine sense to explore the fish in the Heavenly Pool to find golden scales, and they can also use their divine sense to shake other people's fishing lines and hooks. Faced with this pure contest of divine sense, everyone was unwilling to fall behind.

It is evident that Venerable Puhua used his Buddhist wisdom to interfere with the fishing line of the demon lord Kong Ling, causing Kong Ling's hook to twitch. Furthermore, we see the rebirth king and Venerable Pushe secretly battling it out, their fishing lines nearly tangled in a knot. And while Immortal Lord Fuyun appears to be calmly fishing, his hook is actually getting caught on the bait of the deity Chunqiu Shenjun.
The immortals from all sides used every means at their disposal, and in the end, the first person to pass the test was Qingyu Demon Lord from the Tushan Holy Land in the Great Wilderness Realm.

No one expected that during the fierce competition, this old fox secretly used his divine sense to lure the golden scales of others to bite the hook, and forcefully snatched the first golden scale from the hands of the various Mahayana cultivators.

After passing the fifth level, the sixth level is the turn of Xi Yu, with the Queen Mother of the West as the question setter.

In this stage, everyone arrived at a place where golden lotuses swayed and water rippled.

Kunlun Sacred Land, Jade Pool! (End of Chapter)