Living in the deep palace

"With such a brittle hardness, you dare to call yourself indestructible? That's laughable."

Su Chen sneered and traversed billions of miles of void in one step, appearing directly in front of the [Long-browed Arhat] who had crashed to the ground and was already severely injured and on the verge of death.

The golden body that the Long-Browed Arhat was so proud of was now covered with terrifying cracks, and golden blood gushed out like a spring. He looked down at Su Chen, who was looking down at him, and his eyes were filled with unprecedented fear.

"What...what exactly do you want to do..."

"What?"

Su Chen crouched down, and the gluttonous fire that made all Buddhas tremble was rekindled in his unfathomable eyes. He stretched out his fingers, covered with chaotic scales, and gently tapped on the cracked golden body of the Long-Browed Arhat, producing a muffled "bang bang" sound.

"I really have no appetite for this kind of dead meat wrapped in batter and fried."

Su Chen suddenly changed the subject, a greedy smirk creeping onto his lips.

"However, I have heard..."

"When you great Buddhist masters pass away, the essence of Buddhist teachings accumulated over millions of years of arduous practice within your bodies will condense into an indestructible relic."

"This relic is the purest and most potent tonic in the world!"

Upon hearing the words "sarira," the long-browed arhat trembled violently, desperately trying to move backward: "You...you demon! What are you going to do?!"

"What for? To get the medicine, of course!!!"

Without uttering a single word, Su Chen's right hand, like an unparalleled sharp blade, pierced directly and mercilessly into the cracked golden dantian of the Long-Browed Arhat!

"Aaaaaaaaahh ...

The long-browed Arhat let out a heart-wrenching scream. He felt a huge hand, like that of an ancient ferocious beast, frantically searching through his body. Finally, it tightly gripped his [Ancient Arhat Relic], which contained the fruits of his life's cultivation!
"Pfft!"

Su Chen's arm suddenly yanked outwards!
Amidst a spray of golden blood, a golden bead the size of a fist, radiating dazzling Buddhist light and an unparalleled fragrance, was forcibly ripped from the body of the Long-Eyebrowed Arhat by Su Chen!
The moment the relics were lost, the golden body of the Long-Eyebrowed Arhat dimmed instantly, turning into a pile of lifeless mortal stones, and he passed away completely.

"What a powerful medicine!"

Looking at the relic in his hand that emitted a warm, Buddhist light, Su Chen couldn't help but take a deep breath of its intoxicating medicinal fragrance.

He neither refined it nor stored it in his storage space.

He actually threw that ancient relic, which was as hard as a supreme divine weapon, directly into his mouth as if he were eating a candy!

"Crack!!!"

Su Chen snapped his jaws shut!
That relic, which was considered supreme and indestructible by Buddhist believers, was actually crushed by Su Chen's terrifyingly sharp teeth!
The crisp sound of chewing echoed in the deathly silent Wanfo Sacred Ancient Realm, like the Grim Reaper tolling a death knell.

"Mmm...the texture is superb. It's like chewing on a fine piece of cartilage, hard on the outside but bursting with rich, fragrant marrow inside. Crunchy and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes!"

Su Chen swallowed the relic fragments and commented with great satisfaction.

Then.

He slowly stood up, his eyes, filled with endless appetite, looking at the seventeen remaining ancient Arhats, who were lying limp and injured on the ground, as if they were looking at a pile of scattered "candies".

"No...devil...don't come any closer!!!"

The remaining seventeen Arhats completely collapsed! They watched helplessly as their senior brother's relics were ripped out and chewed like candy. This double torment of spirit and body caused these ancient monsters, who had lived for countless epochs, to cry out like ordinary children.

Why are you running?

Su Chen walked calmly toward the next Arhat, his eyes filled with a palpable greed.

"Cartilage should be eaten while it's hot; once it's cold, it'll get stuck in your teeth!"

"Pfft!"

"Crack!"

"It tastes good. This one has the Thunder Sound attribute, and it makes my mouth feel a little numb when I chew it."

"Pfft!"

"Crack!"

"This one is of the water element, and it's quite juicy and thirst-quenching."

……

In the next half incense stick's time.

At the edge of this ancient realm of ten thousand Buddhas, a scene of extreme slaughter unfolded that would haunt the nightmares of all the gods in the myriad realms for millennia!

Su Chen was like a farmer picking fruit in his own orchard, strolling leisurely past the bodies of ancient Arhats.

He ignored the pleas, curses, and threats of self-destruction from the Arhats.

He shattered a golden statue with a single punch and pulled out a relic of an Arhat radiating unparalleled Buddhist light with one hand.

Then, without hesitation, I threw it into my mouth.

The crunching sound became the only note in this world.

Eighteen ancient Arhats, renowned throughout the ages, who suppressed the void.

In less than half an hour, they were reduced to a pile of broken mortal stones. The fruits of their arduous cultivation over millions of years were all reduced to "candy" and "brittle bones" in the mouth of this Origin Emperor.

"call……"

Su Chen swallowed the last relic and exhaled a cloud of colorful smoke containing rich Buddhist chants.

The ethereal light of origin surrounding his body grew ever deeper, and faintly, a dark golden halo composed of pure [Gluttony and Devouring Laws] began to condense behind his head!
This is an extreme demonic ring forcibly evolved through the esophagus after devouring a powerful Buddhist master!

"These peripheral guard dogs may have a lot of odds and ends, but they are ultimately just scraps that can't be served in public."

Su Chen picked the golden residue from between his teeth with his little finger, then casually kicked a broken golden body into the turbulent void below.

He slowly raised his head, his unfathomable divine eyes piercing through the golden temples covering the mountains and plains, and straight towards the very center of this ancient world of ten thousand Buddhas.

There stood a supreme temple, so vast it defied description, radiating an aura that would make even the multiverse kneel in submission—

【Da Leiyin Temple】!
At the highest point of that sacred temple, atop that ninth-grade innate golden lotus, sat a supreme ruler who governed this great world and received the worship of countless believers from all the heavens and myriad realms—

Lord of All Buddhas!
"I'm already tired of eating the cartilage of those Arhats." A mad, sinister smile slowly crept onto Su Chen's lips. He drew his bone knife from his waist, the blade carving a rift through time in the void, pointing towards the supreme Great Thunderclap Temple.

"The main course is finally about to be served."

"I've heard that the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas cultivates the most supreme 'Sixteen-Foot Golden Body' in this Great Void? This kind of fatty meat, pickled for countless epochs, if used to make a pot of 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall'..."

"It must be the most exquisite delicacy in the world!!!"

"My minions! Follow me—and raze Leiyin Temple to the ground!!!"

……

……

"Crack... Snap..."

The crisp chewing sound, along with the indestructible golden remains of the ancient Arhat, transformed into the purest bone marrow fluid between Su Chen's sharp teeth, which he swallowed in one gulp.

The edge of this ancient realm of ten thousand Buddhas has been transformed into a golden Asura field that makes all the heavens tremble. The eighteen ancient Arhats, whose names resounded throughout the void, along with their dragon-taming and tiger-subduing disciples, have all become scraps used by this Origin Emperor to "grind his teeth."

"Although this appetizer is crispy, chewing it too much can make your mouth feel dry."

Su Chen used his little finger to remove a trace of Vajra Buddha blood remaining between his teeth. His eyes, which shimmered with the color of the origin of nothingness, slowly rose, like two extreme swords piercing through the long river of time, pointing directly to the deepest part of this vast Buddhist kingdom.

Surrounded by endless golden clouds of merit and shimmering Buddha light, stands a supreme holy temple so vast that even the entire world cannot measure it—the Great Thunderclap Temple!
This ancient temple was formed at the dawn of creation, from the first ray of Bodhi Buddha light in the world. It is covered with the power of countless believers' daily chanting and worship; every brick and tile is a treasure of innate merit. Around the temple, the Eight Treasures Merit Pool shimmers, each drop of water containing a boundless vitality capable of granting mortals ascension; the ancient Bodhi tree sways in the wind, each leaf imprinted with the Sanskrit truths of the Three Thousand Great Paths.

But in Su Chen's eyes, this was not some pure and solemn supreme holy land.

"What a huge 'pig farm'."

Su Chen stuck out his bright red tongue and greedily licked his dry lips. He took a deep breath of the rich sandalwood and incense power emanating from the Great Thunderclap Temple, and the gluttonous red light in his eyes exploded like two chaotic karmic flames that scorched the heavens and boiled the seas!

"The water in that pond is perfect for making soup; the trees planted in that yard are perfect for firewood!"

"As for the 'fat pig' hidden in that temple..."

Su Chen's sinister smile widened to a chilling degree. He gripped the bone knife stained with the blood of the Heavenly Dao and the gods in his backhand and took a step forward!
"You come out here and face your death!!!"

boom--------!!!!

As Su Chen took this step, his supreme blood and qi of the [Seventh Realm - Great Dao Venerable Position] erupted without reservation! A dark gold torrent of the Great Dao, composed purely of "Gluttony" and "Devour," crashed down on the Great Thunderclap Temple like a cosmic tsunami that had burst its banks!

Wherever he went, those golden spiritual mountains and glazed pagodas that blocked his way didn't even have the right to utter a mournful cry; they all turned into the most primordial cosmic dust under Su Chen's feet!
"Kill! Follow our lord and raze this bald thief's lair to the ground!!"

Above the Eternal Heaven, the Demon Lord of Chaos and the Corpse Lord led tens of thousands of demon troops, like an ancient pack of wolves that had smelled blood, closely following behind Su Chen, unleashing raging demonic flames that turned this golden Buddhist kingdom into pitch black.

"Boom!!!"

In less than three breaths, Su Chen's figure, like a world-destroying demon god, descended before the towering [Nine Brahma Purple Gold Gate] of the Great Thunderclap Temple!
The gate was tightly closed, and the Myriad Buddha Seal, which even the pinnacle of the sixth realm could not break through, flowed upon it.

"How dare you refuse visitors when faced with my recipe?!"

Su Chen didn't bother searching for a way to break the formation. The purple-gold dragon spine in his body emitted a dragon roar that shattered the void. He raised his right foot, which was covered with the color of chaotic glass, and kicked down hard and violently at the arrogant purple-gold gate!
"Smash to me!!!"

"Clang—!!!!"

A terrifying roar that made the entire Ancient Realm of Ten Thousand Buddhas cry out in anguish!
The Nine-Colored Purple-Gold Gate, which was said to be indestructible and had blocked countless demons from other realms, was actually shattered in the middle like a fragile, withered wooden plank by Su Chen's kick, which was imbued with the power of the seventh realm's origin!
A shower of purple-gold fragments shot into the interior of the hall like a storm!

With the shattering of the gate, the vast true form of the Great Thunderclap Temple, hidden for countless epochs, was finally revealed to Su Chen without reservation.

Inside the hall, there was no panicked escape, nor any desperate fighting.

What exists is only the boundless, layered spectacle of "Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Ancestor"!
Tens of millions of ancient Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Vajras sat serenely on their respective lotus thrones, filling the vast hall, large enough to contain countless galaxies, to capacity. Their eyes were closed, and they chanted in unison, a vast and unified chant that seemed capable of crushing all the heavens and the myriad worlds.

And in the very center, at the highest point of the main hall, surrounded by countless Buddhas!

Suspended above is a [Nine-Rank Innate Merit Golden Lotus], radiating the first ray of golden light of merit from the beginning of creation!
On the golden lotus sat an unparalleled being whose size was beyond description, whose every inch of skin flowed with the origin of the Great Dao at the early stage of the seventh realm!

He was bald, his face radiating extreme compassion, yet also exuding an absolute indifference that viewed all things in the world as mere straw dogs. Behind his head floated three thousand layers of the Mahayana Merit Wheel, formed from the faith of all the heavens. Within each wheel, it seemed as if a vast world was undergoing birth, death, and reincarnation!

This person is the ruler of this great world, one of the ten great giants of the Great Void—the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas!
"Amitabha."

The moment Su Chen kicked down the door, the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas slowly opened his eyes, which reflected the emptiness of all time.

His voice wasn't loud, but it was like a decree from heaven, instantly drowning out the deafening battle cries of the tens of thousands of demon soldiers behind Su Chen, causing time and space in this world to fall into absolute stillness.

"The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, but turning back is the shore."

The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas' gaze passed over the countless fragments of the purple-gold gate flying everywhere and landed on Su Chen's green robe. A deep sense of pity and a hidden fear flashed in his eyes.

“Benefactor, your sins of killing are already immeasurable, even the Heavenly Dao of the Divine Realm has fallen victim to your poison.”

"Your demonic obsession has become a malignant tumor in this vast universe. Today, if you are willing to lay down your butcher's knife, disperse your resentment and venom, and kneel before my nine-tiered lotus platform, I am willing to use this boundless Buddhist Dharma to cleanse your sins and help you attain enlightenment."

To be enlightened? To attain enlightenment?
Hearing these lofty pronouncements, Su Chen, standing at the broken gate, showed no sign of being enlightened by Buddhism.

Instead, he lowered his head slightly, and his shoulders began to heave violently.

"Gaga... Hahahaha... Hahahaha!!!"

A low, hoarse laugh, followed by a maniacal roar that echoed throughout the Great Thunderclap Temple like a volcanic eruption, burst forth from Su Chen's mouth! The extreme arrogance and disdain in that laughter even caused the hundreds of ancient Buddhas closest to him to crack their golden bodies and spit out golden blood!

"You want me to lay down my butcher's knife? And you want me to attain enlightenment?!"

Su Chen suddenly raised his head, and in his empty Origin God Eyes, the gluttonous red light had transformed into a tangible karmic fire that incinerated all the heavens! He stretched out his finger and pointed at the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas sitting on the Nine-Rank Golden Lotus, like a butcher pointing at the fattest pig in the sty.

"You old bald monk!"

"I thought you, the manager of Leiyin Temple, had some novel way of treating guests, but it turns out you're nothing more than reciting this set of chewed-up, sour scriptures!"

Su Chen stepped into the Great Thunderclap Temple, and the blue bricks beneath his feet turned to dust inch by inch.

"The knife in my hand is for cutting meat and removing bones! The fruit I cultivate is the Dao fruit that fills the stomach!"

"You, this 'main course' covered in fat and preserved with incense for millions of years, actually dare to make a diner put down their chopsticks?!"

"This is absolutely—the most ridiculous thing ever!!!" (End of Chapter)