Living in the deep palace

"presumptuous!!!"

"You audacious demon, how dare you utter such filthy words before the Buddha! You blaspheme the supreme Buddha!!!"

Su Chen's words, "the main course is full of fat," were like a sharp blade coated with deadly poison, piercing the hypocritical tranquility of the millions of Buddhas in the Great Thunderclap Temple.

The [Precious Light Ancient Buddha] closest to Su Chen was enraged. He suddenly stood up from the lotus platform, his body bursting with the brilliant Buddhist light of the peak of the sixth realm. In his hand, a demon-subduing golden pestle, carrying the power to crush stars, smashed down towards Su Chen's head!
"A noisy side dish, does it even have the right to interrupt when the main course is being spoken to?"

Su Chen didn't even lift his eyelids, nor did he look at the falling golden pestle. He casually slapped it with his backhand!

"Bang--------!!!!"

A piercing explosion!

The ancient Buddha Baoguang, whose cultivation was comparable to that of a divine general in the divine realm, along with the demon-subduing golden pestle in his hand, was shattered into a cloud of golden blood mist and countless fragments in the void by Su Chen's casual slap, just like a ripe watermelon being hit by an iron hammer!

"hiss--"

Su Chen took a deep breath and inhaled the entire mass of Buddha's blood, which exuded a rich sandalwood fragrance, into his stomach, then casually smacked his lips.

"Although the meat is a bit tough, the flavor of this incense-cured meat is indeed much richer than that of the tasteless false gods in the divine realm."

Silence! Deathly silence!

He shattered a peak sixth-realm ancient Buddha with a single slap, and even swallowed it whole in front of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas! This extreme ferocity, which regarded all Buddhas as pigs and dogs and the Great Thunderclap Temple as a buffet, made the tens of millions of Bodhisattvas and Arhats who originally wanted to attack him all gasp in fright and swallow their angry shouts.

Faced with this absolute violence and appetite, all Buddhist teachings and majesty appear pale and powerless!
"Amitabha."

At the highest point of the main hall, the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, seated on a nine-tiered golden lotus, watched as the Ancient Buddha of Precious Light was transformed into blood food. Finally, a ripple of rage appeared in his usually calm and unwavering eyes.

“Benefactor, your actions have completely reduced you to a beast driven by the desire for food and drink.”

The voice of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas was no longer compassionate, but carried the heavy weight of the Great Dao's suppression. The three thousand layers of merit wheels behind his head spun wildly, and a pressure from the Great Dao belonging to the early stage of the Seventh Realm, like ten thousand Taixu Divine Mountains, pressed down firmly on Su Chen's shoulders.

"All living beings in heaven and earth possess spirituality. Our Buddhist tradition emphasizes compassion and universal salvation, using the power of incense and vows as a vessel to ferry people across the sea of ​​suffering."

"Yet you regard all things as food in a cauldron, wantonly killing and devouring, severing the life force of all living beings. Such perverse actions defy the law of cause and effect in the universe. Aren't you afraid that the boundless karmic fire of all the heavens and myriad realms will burn your soul to ashes?!"

"Cause and effect? ​​Karmic fire?"

Despite enduring the pressure of the early seventh realm of Buddhism and Taoism, Su Chen's upright spine did not bend in the slightest. The purple-gold dragon spine within his body let out a disdainful groan, easily crushing the pressure.

Su Chen put away the bone knife in his hand. Instead of making a move immediately, he looked at the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas with great interest, as if he were watching the last struggle of the ingredients before they were put into the pot.

"You old bald monk, you dare to talk to me about cause and effect? ​​About compassion?"

Su Chen's lips parted in a grin, revealing his gleaming white fangs. In his ethereal Origin God eyes, an extreme mockery that seemed to see through all the falsehoods of eternity flickered.

"You sit high in this Great Thunderclap Temple, worshipped day and night by hundreds of millions of believers. Those ordinary people and lowly cultivators have sacrificed their life's energy, fortune, and even their souls for a vague and illusory 'blessing in the next life'!"

“You regard this vast universe as a giant ‘faith farm’ and the billions of living beings as ‘livestock’ to provide incense offerings!”

Su Chen strode through the void, heading towards the lotus platform of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas. With each step he took, a dark golden lotus, condensed from the Law of Gluttony, bloomed in the void beneath his feet, devouring the surrounding Buddhist light inch by inch!

"They have worshipped you for billions of years, and apart from giving them a few bland and meaningless scriptures, who have you truly saved?!"

"In the end, all that incense and prayers were used by you to refine your own golden bodies and to maintain the extravagant luxury of this Great Thunderclap Temple!"

Su Chen abruptly stopped, raised his head, pointed at the enormous golden body of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and uttered a furious question that shattered three thousand layers of merit wheels:

"I do not seek a next life, I only care about my appetite in this moment!"

"You captive the masses, harvest their faith, and use their blood and bones to gild yourselves!"

"This is because I have descended to this place today to keep you bald monks as livestock, to use your flesh and blood to fill my belly, and to brew a pot of unparalleled nourishing soup..."

"What's the difference?!"

Rumble! ...

Su Chen's "morality as a diner" was like an extreme divine hammer that tore apart the mask of hypocrisy, smashing hard on the foundation of the Heavenly Dao of the Ancient World of Ten Thousand Buddhas!

In the struggle for supremacy, every word pierces the heart!
The millions of Buddhas who were originally seated on lotus platforms were shocked to hear these outrageous words that overturned their understanding of billions of years. Some of the Bodhisattvas with weaker willpower even spat out blood on the spot, and the golden wheel of merit behind their heads showed signs of collapsing and falling into demonic possession!
"You...you're talking nonsense!!! This is demonic delusion!! This is the devil's sophistry!!!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas' eternally calm and compassionate face was finally twisted into extreme rage under these piercing words!
He knew that in the debate, he had already lost. The man before him, who viewed everything as "eating and being eaten," possessed a steadfast resolve and an overbearing logic that no Buddhist teaching could shake!
Since Buddhist teachings cannot save us, the only option left is—[a fierce and wrathful deity, a physical act of deliverance]!
"You wretched creature! Since you are so stubborn and determined to carry out that world-destroying and heaven-devouring act!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas suddenly stood up from the Nine-Rank Golden Lotus of Merit!

Buzz—! ! ! !

In an instant, an unparalleled Buddhist might that made the entire Taixu Star Sea tremble erupted from his body! His originally normal-sized Buddhist body expanded wildly at this moment, directly breaking through the dome of the Great Thunderclap Temple, transforming into a [Sixteen-Foot Undying Golden Body] with his feet on the Taixu, his head above the Milky Way, and his body imbued with the most ultimate and purest [indestructible golden body] in the universe!
This golden body is different from the previous Arhats. It is an absolute defense and absolute power forcibly fused with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth in the early stage of the seventh realm and the faith of all living beings throughout countless eras! Its hardness is so great that it can even withstand the extreme impact of the Big Bang!

"Today, I will relinquish this compassionate appearance!"

"With this [Sixteen-Foot Indestructible Golden Body], I will shatter your heretical demonic body and suppress you beneath the eighteenth level of hell, never to be reborn!!!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas roared like thunder, and his massive, pure gold fist, as large as a galaxy, carrying the power of the Great Dao that could destroy all heretics, slammed down towards Su Chen's head!
Faced with such an enraged giant who could make the ten top worlds tremble, he unleashed a powerful attack.

Su Chen did not dodge at all.

He looked up at the golden giant fist that was crashing down like an ancient blazing sun. Instead of feeling any fear, he was so excited that his blood and qi were roaring wildly!
"That's more like it!"

Su Chen's arms suddenly swung to the sides, and the Void Origin Divine Power of the [Seventh Realm - Great Dao Venerable Position] within his body exploded like a chaotic universe that had been suppressed for billions of years!
"All the nonsense in this world is not as real as the feeling of a punch landing on your flesh!"

"You old bald monk!"

"Today, I will use these very fists to shatter your golden, incense-covered skin!!!"

"Let me see just how much wealth you, the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, truly possess in your very marrow!!!"

……

...“Rumble Rumble Rumble ————————!!!!”

The void trembled, and all things cried out in anguish!
The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas' colossal [Sixteen-Foot Undying Golden Body], large enough to fill the entire Great Thousand World, carrying the pressure of the Great Dao at the early stage of the Seventh Realm, crashed down on Su Chen's head like a dazzling golden sun falling from the Primordial Era!
This punch contained no fancy supernatural powers, only the purest and most absolute physical strength, forged through countless epochs of incense and vows from billions of believers! Before the fist even arrived, the terrifying pressure that crushed all illusions had already torn apart the thick, auspicious clouds of merit above the Great Thunderclap Temple, turning them into an absolute vacuum of death!

"Amitabha! You wicked beings, beneath my indestructible golden body, which embodies the faith of all beings, may you be reduced to dust!!!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas' roar was like a thunderclap, causing the millions of ancient Buddhas and Bodhisattvas below to cough up blood and prostrate themselves on the ground, not daring to even raise their heads.

However, facing such supreme fist power that could shatter even a top-tier realm.

Su Chen did not retreat even half a step. His green robe fluttered wildly in the violent wind of his fist, and his extremely arrogant face instead showed the extreme fervor of a gourmand who finally saw the main course being served!

"A sixteen-foot-tall golden body? The faith of all living beings?"

Su Chen laughed wildly, and in his eyes, which had transformed into the color of the origin of nothingness, the raging fire of vengeance suddenly burst forth and shot straight into the void!

"In my opinion, you're nothing more than a lump of old meat coated in countless layers of inferior spices and fried until it's rock hard in a frying pan!"

"Today, I, the Supreme Being, will personally shatter your tough, golden shell with these iron fists!!!"

"The Laws of Heaven and Earth—The Origin of Gluttony!!!"

roar--------!!!!

With a wild roar from Su Chen that could tear apart the river of time, the primordial blood energy within him, which had reached the pinnacle of the Seventh Realm - Supreme Dao Position, erupted without reservation like a chaotic volcano that had been suppressed for billions of years!

His body did not transform into a height of tens of millions of feet like the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, but instead compressed all the ultimate Dao blood and energy into his seven-foot body! Every inch of his skin flowed with the void light that devoured all things and annihilated the Great Dao; every bone of his emitted a clanging and exploding sound like the awakening of the Chaos Ancestral Dragon!

"Smash to me!!!"

Su Chen stomped his right leg backward, instantly turning the foundation of the Great Thunderclap Temple, paved with innate Dao gold, into a bottomless cosmic black hole!

Using the force of the recoil, Su Chen, like a chaotic blade soaring into the heavens, met the enormous golden fist, which was as large as a galaxy, and threw a straight punch without any fancy moves!
"Thump—!!!!!!!!!!"

Two fists, one large and one small, one gold and one dark, collided fiercely at the very center of the Ancient Realm of Ten Thousand Buddhas!
The instant of the collision.

The whole world seemed to lose its sound and color, and even time itself seemed to freeze for a fraction of a second in this extreme violent clash!
Followed by.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

An indescribable, destructive shockwave, exceeding the limits of this universe, emanated from the point where the two men's fists clashed, transforming into a world-destroying ripple of purple-gold and azure hues, sweeping wildly in all directions!

The first to be affected is the Great Thunderclap Temple, which has stood for countless eons and is hailed as the most solid and precious temple in the Great Void!
"Crack... Boom!!!"

The dome formed by the first ray of Bodhi Buddha light, and the towering Buddha pillar inscribed with the three thousand Great Dao Mantras, were like fragile sand table blocks in the face of this shock wave. They couldn't even withstand it for a moment before collapsing and disintegrating, turning into golden dust flying everywhere!

"No!!! Our Great Thunderclap Temple!!!"

"Help! Buddha, save me!!!"

The millions of Bodhisattvas and Vajras below, who were originally chanting sutras, were swept away by the aftershocks that could severely injure even those at the seventh level. They were like fallen leaves swept up by a hurricane, exploding into clouds of golden blood mist in the void!
With the power of a single punch, the ancient temple was reduced to ashes! Countless Buddhas perished or were injured!
However, the two people at the very center of the storm still kept their fists pressed tightly together!
"How is this possible?!"

The enormous golden body of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas trembled violently in the void. His once high and mighty Buddha eyes were now filled with unprecedented horror and fear!

He felt as if his full-force punch, powerful enough to shatter a top-tier world, had struck a piece of supreme divine iron that transcended all the rules of the myriad worlds!

Not only did he fail to crush the madman in the green robe in front of him, but from the opponent's seemingly insignificant fist, a domineering, greedy, and terrifying [Origin Giant Force] emanated, as if it wanted to devour his entire right arm!
"You old bald monk, is this the indestructible golden body you're so proud of?!"

Su Chen's cold, death-like voice pierced through the raging torrent of laws, like a sharp knife stabbing straight into the Dao heart of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

"Soft and weak, like rotten cotton!"

"In my recipes, even making a chewable cartilage isn't hard enough!!!"

Su Chen abruptly raised his head, his eyes, reflecting the annihilation of all things, now brimming with a mixture of killing intent and hunger. A deafening roar erupted from the purple-gold dragon spine within him, and the primordial blood energy at the pinnacle of the seventh realm surged once more to an unbelievably terrifying level!
"Since your skin is too thick, then this venerable one..."

"I'll personally peel it off for you!!!"

……

……

"The Law of Origin—All things crumble, devouring bones and sucking marrow!!!"

Accompanied by Su Chen's furious roar, which sounded like an ancient gluttonous beast opening a feast.

His right arm, which was pressed against the giant golden fist of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, had muscles that bulged high like a coiling dragon. A dark golden blood energy, purely composed of [Devour] and [Annihilation], was like a million greedy venomous snakes, frantically drilling into the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas' massive right arm along his fist!
"Buzz—!!!"

The right arm of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, which was said to be invulnerable to all laws and forged from the golden light of immeasurable merit, emitted a violent boiling sound like hot oil being poured onto snow the moment it touched this primordial blood!

"Aaaaaah!!! What have you done to my golden body?!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas let out the first truly shrill scream of his life! He was horrified to discover that his sixteen-foot-tall golden body, tempered by incense offerings over countless epochs, was being frantically decomposed, corroded, and even—devoured—like mortal rotten wood in the face of this extremely domineering power!
That dark golden blood energy was not only damaging his physical body, but also forcibly extracting the Dao origin and incense essence contained within his golden body!

"What did I do? Of course, I was loosening the bones in this stubborn old meat!!!"

Su Chen grinned with an exaggeratedly sinister smile. His right fist suddenly transformed into a palm, like a peerless boning knife, and his five fingers gripped the massive knuckles of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, which were as large as mountains!

"Snap!!!"

A crisp cracking sound, which made the entire Ancient Realm of Ten Thousand Buddhas tremble, suddenly rang out!
Under the piercing gaze of those remaining Buddhas below.

A terrifying, bottomless crack suddenly appeared on the supposedly indestructible golden fist of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas!
"Smash to me!!!"

Su Chen suddenly clenched his five fingers inward!
"Boom————————!!!!!"

The right fist of the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, which was larger than a star, shattered under the combined crushing force of Su Chen's incomprehensible and terrifying brute strength and the laws of origin!
Countless fragments of bone, like those cast from pure gold, and viscous golden Buddha blood, erupted from the sky like a burst dam of a celestial river, spraying wildly into the void! (End of Chapter)