A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 649 After Crossing the Sea of ​​Bitterness
The Buddha of Nirvana held this vast expanse of Nirvana spirituality and pondered for a long time before figuring out what had happened and digesting the insights of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor that had been transmitted back with it.

"The main body was forced to go to work, and because the workload was a bit heavy, it had no choice but to come to the forefront of the River of Time to 'seek help'."

"My master is really not human. Uh, although fundamentally, my master is a holy spirit born from heaven and earth, not a human in the universe."

The Buddha of Nirvana slowly stood up, looked back at the Bodhi tree behind him, which was bathed in golden light carrying the wishes and merits of all sentient beings, and fell into deep thought.

He needs to use this Buddhist avatar to once again attain the status of Quasi-Immortal Emperor, gaining more power to help his main body withstand the immense pressure from his divine duties.

However, since he had already cultivated the sixth secret realm of the "Secret Realm Method" cultivation system, "All Paths Return to Nirvana" and "Outer Heaven of the Mysterious Yellow Heaven," to the quasi-Immortal Emperor level, it was difficult for him to make further efforts in the "Secret Realm Method."

Establishing a new cultivation system would take far too long, even for a quasi-immortal emperor like him who had already broken the first shackle. His physical body simply couldn't wait that long. Moreover, the emergence of a new supreme Dao Ancestor might also provoke the sensitive nerves of the strange side.

"Therefore, I can only use other cultivation systems to advance along the way, or use extremely unorthodox 'heretical' methods to once again attain the Dao Fruit of Quasi-Immortal Emperor."

The gaze of the Buddha of Nirvana slowly shifted, from the golden Bodhi tree to the Zhulong, which was coiled around the tree trunk as if dozing off.

The Buddha of Nirvana clasped his hands together, softly apologized, and slowly extended a divine palm towards the dragon's head, which was dripping with spiritual saliva. "Benefactor Zhuqing, please offer yourself. This humble monk will remember your contribution."

Awakened by his spiritual awareness, Zhu Qing opened his eyes to find an endless Buddha's palm, covering his entire field of vision, slamming towards him with an overwhelming sense of supreme Dao.

"Ok?"

"Hold the grass!"

Zhu Qing felt a little frightened, because he realized that he could not dodge. It was as if no matter where he tried to dodge, a huge palm was falling from the sky, with clear palm lines, like a phantom world of countless realms.

"Well!"

In an instant, a palm strike containing only the power of the Emperor Light Immortal King landed on the crown of the head, causing the Candle Dragon on the Bodhi Tree to lose control of its body and only be able to instinctively let out a few groans of resistance.

“Benefactor Zhuqing, as my friend, please do not struggle. It will be over soon. This is for my own good.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Qing's already somewhat unfocused dragon eyes seemed to focus a little more.

What do you mean by "for my own good"?
Isn't it supposed to be for your own good?
You've got it backwards, haven't you?!

Furthermore, you suddenly imprisoned my Quasi-Immortal Emperor primordial spirit, causing me to temporarily lose control of my Quasi-Immortal Emperor body and the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit. What are you trying to do, kid?
The Buddha of Nirvana made a hand gesture of holding up a flower, chanted a Buddhist mantra, and explained softly, "Please, my friend, do not resist. Let me see this 'heretical' method clearly. I need to use it to attain the Dao Fruit of the Immortal Emperor."

Zhu Qing was stunned for a moment, and in that instant of distraction, he suddenly sensed a divine sense that was so powerful that it exceeded the limits of the King Realm and even surpassed his own current strength. This divine sense swept across the "Dao" and "Dharma" flowing through the dragon's body, which was extremely incredible.

This special divine power is one of the six great supernatural powers of Buddhism: telepathy!
You son of a bitch!
Nirvana Celestial Venerable, how dare you use this divine power on your quasi-Immortal Emperor level Dragon Lord!
Wait a minute, I'm now a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and your true form is just a mere Emperor Light Immortal King. How did you manage to influence your Dragon Lord?

How did they manage that?!

unreasonable!
The Buddha of Nirvana slowly moved his palm, revealing the secrets of the "heretical" methods and explaining their mysteries using Buddhist methods, while softly saying, "The original body has broken through the King and become an Emperor, and at the moment of attaining the supreme Dao fruit, it had another enlightenment and took a step forward."

"Your advancement to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm using such an 'unorthodox' method will not affect your future creation of your own sixth secret realm and attainment of the Dao Ancestor of the 'Secret Realm Method.' However, your combat strength will inevitably have a great deficiency. At least before attaining the Supreme Dao Ancestor, you will only be slightly better than those Quasi-Immortal Emperors who ascended by taking shortcuts."

"A Quasi-Immortal Emperor is a supreme being, but attaining the supreme Dao Fruit does not mean that he is a supreme Dao Ancestor who has opened up a cultivation system. The difference between a Quasi-Immortal Emperor who has ascended the path and a true supreme Dao Ancestor in the same realm is almost immeasurable."

Zhu Qing blinked; he had finally regained some control over his Quasi-Immortal Emperor body.

He understood this principle, as explained by the future Buddha of Nirvana.

However, there are only two ways to become the supreme Dao Ancestor who has even the slightest chance of ascending to the rank of Immortal Emperor.

Alternatively, one can create something from nothing and independently develop a cultivation system of their own.

The cultivation and evolution systems such as "Bloodline Method," "Secret Realm Method," and "Return to One Method" are like this.

Alternatively, one needs to forge a new path within the existing system of spiritual practice, and deduce the branches of that system.

The various sixth secret realms that have appeared in the "Secret Realm Method" are examples of this.

However, regardless of the method used to attain the supreme Dao Ancestor status, it is all extremely difficult. To deduce a supreme method that allows one to ascend to the supreme realm while still at the Immortal King level, solely through one's own efforts, is simply beyond the capabilities of ordinary King-level geniuses.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have used the "external path" method, which had less impact on his own path, to first elevate his own life level to the supreme level, and then, relying on the comprehension of that level, to comprehend his own sixth secret realm in order to attain the supreme Dao Ancestor.

So, the Future Buddha of Nirvana said that Li Xiang had successfully integrated his independently created sixth secret realm, "All Paths Return to Nirvana," with the microcosm of the human body, thus attaining the status of the Supreme Dao Ancestor?!

He remembered it clearly: Li Xiang had only just reached the perfect and flawless sixth secret realm, and had only recently begun to attempt to merge with the human microcosm. How could her progress be so fast?!

Could it be that they were forcibly merged using extremely cruel methods?

But not only is the success rate pitiful, it also causes extremely serious injuries!

Seeing the confusion in Zhuqing's eyes, the Buddha of the Future of Nirvana slowly put his hands together and left the bewildered Zhulong's spirit—he had already used his mind-reading ability to analyze this "heretical" method.

The Buddha of Nirvana smiled and replied, "The Buddha said: It cannot be spoken."

This is something I really can't say outright.

The original body broke through to become an emperor during the Probability Era, relying on the "unknown" derived from the "chaos" of that era to obscure the perception of several Dark Immortal Emperors, and is currently absolutely safe. However, once these words are spoken, it will undoubtedly add variables.

Before Zhuqing could say anything more, the Buddha of Nirvana sat down cross-legged again, his hands forming the Dharma mudra, and he recited the Buddhist scriptures he had created, word by word. His whole body radiated a gentle Buddhist light, filling the manifestations of the Buddhas born in the mortal world with an immortal golden quality.

"All phenomena arise from causes and conditions; I say they are empty."

The Buddha of Nirvana, with hands clasped in prayer, made another promise in his great enlightenment.

In an instant, countless sins and karmic debts arising from the impure thoughts of living beings descended as overwhelming karmic force, igniting a terrifying karmic fire that even a quasi-immortal emperor would fear, causing the immortal Buddha's golden body to be stained with rust and cracks, reflecting the intricate evil consequences of the mortal world.

Unrestrained collection of rare and precious materials, and unplanned mining, turned the entire planet into a wasteland. They sacrificed the corpses of billions of living beings, extracted the blood of all living beings to refine blood pills, and extracted souls to weave sacred banners. They crushed countless life-bearing stars to become fuel, and squeezed the spiritual essence of heaven and earth to evolve immortal destiny.
Every minute, every second, every moment, countless sins descend upon the Buddha of Nirvana, igniting flames of blood and pushing him ever closer to the edge of true Nirvana. He teeters between life and death, his ears filled with hatred and resentment, his purity severed, and he experiences all eight sufferings of the world, yet remains without liberation.

At the same time, boundless vows and limitless merits emerged from the void, descending upon the Pure Land of Salvation, blooming countless supreme golden lotuses, evolving into the Eight Treasures of Merit, and scattering countless cherry blossoms, fully displaying transcendence and purity.

This is the manifestation of the Buddha of Nirvana, who spreads throughout the nine heavens and ten earths and gradually appears in all the myriad realms in response to karmic conditions. He is constantly saving beings from the suffering of countless lifetimes, performing one meritorious deed after another with great fearlessness, great enlightenment, and great perseverance, and saving one sentient being after another who has accumulated evil karma.

To Zhuqing's utter astonishment, boundless crimson karmic fire and vast golden light of merit bloomed together in the Pure Land of Salvation, while the Buddha who was originally sitting cross-legged under the Bodhi tree became illusory, as if he was about to be annihilated and turn into a dream.

This state, which was almost infinitely close to death, left Zhu Qing stunned, his dragon eyes somewhat vacant.

With a puzzled look, he lowered his dragon head and asked in surprise, "What are you doing? You've actually attracted all the sins of the myriad realms. If these karmic fires were to touch me, I would be half-dead. You don't even possess the body of a quasi-Immortal Emperor yet, and you dare to court death like this. Aren't you afraid that this golden Buddha body will perish completely?!"

"Furthermore, what did you glean from my body? This is completely unlike the 'heretical' methods I've comprehended; it has absolutely no connection to the rules and logic of the origin of heaven and earth!"

The Buddha of Nirvana, with his hands clasped together, calmly endured the pain inflicted upon him.

He replied with a slight smile, "I am imitating your 'heretical' method in order to advance to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level."

"However, the object I chose to unite with is not the origin of any particular world, nor some special symbol, but the karma created by living beings in all the heavens and myriad worlds."

After hearing what the Buddha, whose face was faintly cracked, had to say, the entire dragon Zhuqing lost his composure.

After the mythical era of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the will of the Great Universe gradually became more active and could actively send down divine punishments. In addition, with the guidance of generation after generation of enlightened beings who were in harmony with the will of Heaven, and with the help of the Spirit Realm and the Immortal King, the beings in the universe and starry sky are slowly learning to restrain themselves and dare not act recklessly.

However, in other great realms outside the Great Universe, unless there is a Celestial King guarding them and understanding the current development trend of all the heavens and myriad realms, no living being would care about their reckless actions.

If this land of life is drained dry, then move on to another place to continue the exploitation. If this star of life is completely reduced to ruins, then move on to another star of life. If there are no natural resources to be obtained, then slaughter all living beings in the world and use the blood and bones of countless beings as nourishment for cultivation. Such situations are the most common occurrence in the many worlds of the myriad realms.

Otherwise, an emperor whose body is in harmony with the will of Heaven would not feel so tired, as he would be blessed by the universe.

The troubles caused by these mortal beings are what truly trouble many of the most powerful figures in the world.

They not only need to bring their faith to these ruins or send cultivators to make up for the deficiencies as much as possible and restore the cultivation environment for the birth of life and resources, but also need to pass on the cultivation methods in these destroyed cultivation places again, in the hope that more geniuses who can become Immortal Kings will emerge.

As for punishing or even exterminating the beings who created these sins, most emperors who are in harmony with the will of Heaven are powerless to do so.

Therefore, most of these karmic actions are difficult to dissipate. Only when these karmic actions accumulate to a certain degree, generating karmic force, transforming into karmic fire, and allowing the power within to slowly sublimate over time, burning away the souls of those carrying karmic force, annihilating their true spirits, and preventing them from ever being reborn, will they dissipate.

Now, the object of the "union with the Tao" of the Buddha of Nirvana is actually the karma accumulated by all living beings in the myriad realms.

After a long silence, Zhu Qing said with an extremely complicated expression, "Are you trying to transcend this boundless karma to become the Supreme Dao Ancestor?"

"However, there is too much karma in all the heavens and myriad worlds. Even if you can save this part now, another being will create it the next moment. It is impossible to save it all. I suspect that even the beings at the end of the road cannot save this almost boundless karma, which is like a vast ocean, and cannot convert all the beings who are creating boundless karma at every moment."

"Moreover, if you 'merge' with the vast ocean of karma, then once this karma is forcibly annihilated by external forces, your Buddha-like golden body will also perish. This is the defect of 'heretical paths' compared to normal practice systems; it lacks sufficient independence, which is why it is called that."

“You have seen my ‘unorthodox’ practice of ‘merging with the Dao’ in the ‘Four Symbols’ with your divine eye, so you should know very well that it is not true.”

The Buddha of Nirvana nodded. He knew, of course, that this karma could not be completely eradicated, and that even the supreme enlightenment he had attained had its flaws.

Putting aside the fact that with his current level of cultivation, it would be difficult for him to deduce a new cultivation system in a short period of time, even if he could, he would not do so.

If that were to actually happen, the several Dark Immortal Emperors outside the barrier would surely go berserk.

He looked at Zhu Qing and smiled faintly, “I know better than you what level the power of life can reach at the end of the road. I also know that it is unrealistic to think that with the power at this time, I can save countless beings from their karma and attain the supreme Dao Ancestor.”

"However, as I began to redeem this boundless karma, my level of life gradually improved, and my magical power gradually approached that of a quasi-immortal emperor. This is an 'outside path,' and whether I can attain the supreme Dao ancestor is not my concern."

What he cares about right now is whether he can obtain a power at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level outside of the "Secret Realm Technique" in a short period of time.

"Moreover, this boundless karma is not truly inexhaustible."

The eyes of the Buddha of Nirvana held a light that Zhu Qing could not understand, as if he were seeing a corner of the extremely distant future.

"I can't save them all by myself, but what if I add another person? Even if two isn't enough, how about three?"

"In Buddhism, this vast ocean of immeasurable karma is also called the sea of ​​suffering. Even if the three of them are no longer capable, there will be no shortage of people in Buddhism who will walk this 'heretical path' in the future."

"When I have crossed this sea of ​​suffering in the mortal world using the methods of Buddhism, what I will attain will not only be the supreme ancestor of the Dao."

(End of this chapter)