I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 476: The Buddha's Journey to the West
When leaving the palace at night, Zhou Tieyi first went to the Mingde Palace on the eleventh floor with the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict.

In the main hall, the word Tao exists forever and incense is burned continuously.

Just as Su Xibi was about to read out the decree, the Daming Palace Master smiled and waved his hand, "No hurry."

Su Xibi looked embarrassed. Even someone as arrogant as Zhou Tieyi had never refused an imperial edict. But today, at such a critical moment, when he was waiting for the Lord of Daming Palace to receive the order, the other party blocked the imperial edict for the first time.

The Lord of Daming Palace didn't care at all and said to Su Xibi, "It would be easy for me to accept this imperial edict. Please go back and ask His Majesty if he has agreed to what I asked for."

Su Xibi was in a dilemma for a moment, and finally he could only grit his teeth and say, "I'll go quickly and be back soon."

After that, he used the power of Feng Shui master to go underground and return to the palace.

Taking advantage of this gap, Zhou Tieyi asked, "What is it that Master wants?"

The Lord of Daming Palace turned around and smiled, "Haven't you already guessed it? Since Buddhism is in chaos, it's natural to change Buddhism into Taoism."

As he spoke, he placed the chessboard in front of him and invited Zhou Tieyi to play against him again.

Zhou Tieyi sat down while thinking. Just as he was about to pick up the black chess piece, he saw the Daming Palace Master reaching out to stop him and said with a smile, "You went first last time, this time it's my turn."

After saying that, the Lord of Daming Palace picked up the black chess piece and also placed it at Tianyuan.

Zhou Tieyi held the white chess piece and pondered.

It is well known that the Lord of Daming Palace hates Buddhism and wants to expand Taoism. During the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in previous lives, there were precedents of Buddhism and Taoism absorbing each other's traditions in the process of transforming into religions.

For example, Lin Lingsu of the Song Dynasty used the story of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty changing Buddhism to Taoism.

But compared to the previous life, Buddhism and Taoism in the Daxia world both possess extraordinary power. It is basically impossible to simply suppress Buddhism with imperial power, and the backlash caused will inevitably cause chaos in the world.

Even though part of the Buddhist tradition has now become Buddhism, forcing Daxia to send troops to eliminate it, it is still unrealistic to want to transform the entire Buddhism into Taoism.

If the Lord of Daming Palace insisted on doing so, Zhou Tieyi would have to doubt whether he could stabilize the situation in the western provinces.

While Zhou Tieyi was thinking, Su Xibi went in and out quickly. In just half a cup of tea, he had returned after asking for permission.

"Palace Master, His Majesty has agreed, but it is limited to the Buddhist obstacles in the nine western provinces."

Although the final decision of the Emperor of Daxia was discounted, the Lord of Daming Palace still achieved his first step goal. He stretched out his hand, and without Su Xibi reading the decree, the bright yellow imperial edict was like a golden dragon, which he put into his sleeve. Then he waved to Su Xibi, indicating that he could leave.

Seeing this, Su Xibi could only bow and leave.

After Su Xibi left, the Daming Palace Master looked at Zhou Tieyi, who was still silent, and asked with a smile, "Have you thought it through?"

He was asking Zhou Tieyi whether he had thought clearly about why he insisted on changing from Buddhism to Taoism, and also asking Zhou Tieyi whether he had thought clearly about how to make his move.

"I've thought half of it through."

Zhou Tieyi put down the white piece in his hand, but did not let it go easily.

"Which half?"

"Everyone knows that the Palace Master has the 'Four Wonders'. The first three are 'Chess Wonder', 'Sword Wonder', and 'Luck Wonder'. However, the fourth wonder is still unknown to the world. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to witness it?"

The legend of the four unique skills of the Lord of Daming Palace originated so long ago that it is difficult to verify, but everyone has already witnessed three of them and naturally believes in the fourth one.

Hearing Zhou Tieyi asking about his secret so directly, the Lord of Daming Palace laughed and said, "Others can't guess it, but can you?"

After saying that, he raised his hand and pressed his palm down towards Zhou Tieyi.

In an instant, the palm of the Lord of Daming Palace turned into infinity, nine-colored Buddha light rose to the sky, and the lines on the palm turned into changing white clouds in the sky. Suddenly, the Buddha appeared, and the face of the Lord of Daming Palace seemed to merge with the dome, and seemed more grand than the entire Buddhist kingdom in his palm.

[Buddha Kingdom in the Palm], and it is not an ordinary [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm]. Zhou Tieyi himself practiced and comprehended a part of the [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] and evolved the [Five Finger Mountain] which is closer to the material world.

He once explained to Zhou Tiege the essentials of [Buddha's Kingdom in the Palm], which was to use oneself as the boundary to leverage the power of the inner and outer world, so one only needed to break through that boundary to escape from [Buddha's Kingdom in the Palm] and return to the outer world.

But now the [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] of the Lord of Daming Palace has achieved consistency inside and outside. Outside of this [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm], the face on the dome is still that of the Lord of Daming Palace.

In other words, the Lord of Daming Palace has been able to do infinite nesting dolls in the [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm]. To use a vivid poem as an analogy, it means that one mountain is passed after another, and you never know which level you are on.

Just like when Monkey King saw that Buddha's palm was like a dome, he turned over and should have jumped ten thousand miles to the outside world, but the outside world was still an "illusion", still in Buddha's palm.

This is no longer limited to the distance in space. Even if Monkey King jumps a few more times, as long as he does not realize the supreme truth that the four elements are empty and only I am the real me, then all the worlds he sees are layers of the Buddha's palms.

Zhou Tieyi had seen this level of [Buddhaland in the Palm], that is the huge Buddha statue holding the Western Paradise in his hand. The lotus in his hand has 24 petals, and each petal shows the Buddhaland. But is the Buddhaland in the Buddha's hand only 24 petals? It's just that one petal withers and another petal blooms.

An infinitely high moonlight fell, and Zhou Tieyi communicated with the holy power of the Mingyue system. In an instant, all things in the world became illusory, and he was like looking at a painting from a higher place. The Buddha transformed by the Lord of Daming Palace stretched out his palm, encompassing the heaven and earth, earth, wind, water, fire, and all tangible matter.

The Buddha's light reached the sky and turned into nine colors, but it was just a magnificent painting. At the moment when his mind was transcended, Zhou Tieyi had returned to the main hall of Mingde Palace.

The hand extended by the Lord of Daming Palace paused for a moment, then he put it back with a smile and sighed, "It is truly a Taoist dragon."

Even though Zhou Tieyi did not use the holy power just now, as he was in an over-dimensional state, he was still able to use the holy power to position himself and maintain a high-dimensional state of mind for a short period of time.

Therefore, as long as the Lord of Daming Palace does not really want to take action against Zhou Tieyi, Zhou Tieyi will be able to break through this tentative restraint.

Zhou Tieyi said modestly, "It's just that my master gave in to me."

The Lord of Daming Palace shook his head. Even though he didn't use his full strength in that palm strike just now, it was already better than most of the magical powers in the world. Moreover, if he was bound and couldn't break through, then if he didn't break through today, it would be even more difficult tomorrow.

He originally wanted to take this opportunity to test how far Zhou Tieyi's martial arts had progressed, but he did not expect that Zhou Tieyi's understanding of the use of holy power had already surpassed the ordinary.

Everyone thought that Zhou Tieyi was able to deal with the Holy Saint of Daxia only with the help of the two holy powers.

But after today's test, the Lord of Daming Palace already knew that even without these two holy powers, Zhou Tieyi still had the means to deal with the Holy Lord of Daxia.

Zhou Tieyi was silent for a while. The fourth unique ability of the Taoist founder was the "Buddha's unique ability". Although this would surprise the world, Zhou Tieyi would not be too surprised.

He continued to ask, "Since the founder was a Buddhist, why does he hate Buddhism so much? Was it because he was bullied by his peers in the temple?" If so, it is similar to Lin Lingsu's situation at the beginning.

The Lord of Daming Palace laughed loudly, "You were so smart before, why did you suddenly become so stupid?"

Zhou Tieyi also smiled slightly. Indeed, even if he was bullied by monks when he was practicing in the past, after practicing to the level of the Lord of Daming Palace, he must have overcome his inner demons long ago, otherwise it would be too easy for him to become the best in the world.

What's more, how could someone who has reached this point change to Buddhism and Taoism because of such a thing?

Take Lin Lingsu as an example. Even though he was bullied by monks and hated them, he dared to do something like converting to Buddhism and becoming a Taoist, which would result in a death sentence. The interests involved must have outweighed his initial anger. The so-called reasons were just for the world to see.

The Daming Palace Master's smile faded, and after a moment's thought, he continued, "I was born in the Qinglian Temple."

Zhou Tieyi showed a look of realization. Just now, when the Lord of Daming Palace used [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm], Zhou Tieyi thought that the other party had learned it by chance, or it came from Fahua Temple.

But people have forgotten that one of the three treasures of Fahua Temple, the [Buddha Subduing Demons Picture], originated from the enlightenment gained by a monk while observing the sea of ​​blood, and Qinglian Temple, as the most mysterious of the four holy places in Buddhism, was built to suppress the abnormalities in the sea of ​​blood.

"I heard that there are few people in Qinglian Temple?"

“Yes.” The Daming Palace Master didn’t care about Zhou Tieyi asking about his past. “There are not many people, so even if someone bullies me, it’s just a normal joke between fellow apprentices. There’s no way I’d hate them for hundreds of years.”

Then the Lord of Daming Palace said something that was enough to surprise the world, "The reason why I changed from Buddhism to Taoism was because of the Buddha's instruction."

The Lord of Daming Palace had been observing Zhou Tieyi's expression, "You don't seem surprised."

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "At our stage, even the most bizarre things seem to be a combination of chance and necessity, so it's not worth being so surprised."

He said, "No wonder you once said that you respect the Buddha, but despise Buddhism."

The Lord of Daming Palace nodded slightly, "How much do you know about the Daotong?"

"Everything that can be known is already known."

The Lord of Daming Palace raised his head and looked at the huge word "Tao" hanging in the main hall.

"The Buddha suppressed the Great Illusionary Lord and the Blood Sea Lord in succession, but conversely, he was also suppressed by the Great Illusionary Lord and the Blood Sea Lord. Can you understand this?"

"Understandable."

The Lord of Daming Palace continued, "When the Buddha finally suppressed the Blood Sea Lord, the Blood Sea Lord once predicted that in the end of the Dharma, my disciples would wear cassocks and destroy your Dharma. They would have the name of monks but do demonic things. The five hundred years after the Buddha's Nirvana would be the true Dharma, the thousand years would be the Dharma-Image, and the ten thousand years after that would be the end of the Dharma."

Zhou Tieyi savored the secrets told by the Lord of Daming Palace.

The time of Buddha's Nirvana is roughly the same as that of the Confucian sages. The Confucian sages replaced the will of heaven with their own hearts and suppressed Shintoism for five hundred years. During this period, even the arrangements left by the saints could not be carried out, so it is natural to call this period of time the Dharma.

Because this period of time was the time when Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism flourished in humanity. Then the Holy Emperor was born, the Great Yan Holy Dynasty lasted for 500 years, and the Five Dynasties of the North and South lasted for 500 years. This is called the time of Dharma Image.

At the end of the Five Dynasties, Shintoism had already begun to flourish, but after the fall of Taizu of Great Xia, Shintoism was suppressed for another three hundred years. But in fact, it has now entered the Dharma Ending Age.

The timing was just right. Zhou Tieyi couldn't help but sneer. Reaching the future point through death, the Shinto is indeed not to be underestimated. It seems that the future anchored by another god who fell from the holy throne has been found, and that is the Demonic Buddha!

"Why don't you believe it?"

Zhou Tieyi said calmly, "Whether you believe it or not, this is a heresy after all, and we can just destroy it!"

"Indeed, whether you believe it or not, this is already the truth, so I want to convert to Buddhism and enter Taoism."

Zhou Tieyi put down the white piece he was playing with and dropped it into the chess box, making a crisp knocking sound.

The Lord of Daming Palace looked at the chessboard in the middle. He still had only one black chess piece standing alone. He smiled and said, "Are you giving up now?"

Zhou Tieyi shook his head and said, "We're only in the middle of the game, and there are still some things I haven't figured out, so I have to close the game."

"Close the plate?"

This time it was the Daming Palace Master's turn to be surprised. He said in a tone that didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Even that shameless Taoist priest from Baiyun Mountain didn't close the game after the first move."

Zhou Tieyi stood up and bowed to the Lord of Daming Palace, saying, "This is related to the situation in the world, so I have to think about it for a long time."

The Daming Palace Master restrained his smile and said seriously, "Indeed."

After Zhou Tieyi exchanged greetings with the Daming Palace Master, he turned around and walked out the door. However, when he reached the intersection of the main gate of Mingde Palace and the outside world, he suddenly stopped. Without turning around, he turned his back to the Daming Palace Master and asked, "The Palace Master said that it was the Buddha who instructed you to convert to Buddhism and Taoism, but did the Buddha tell you personally?"

The Lord of Daming Palace noticed the change in Zhou Tieyi's title. He was silent for a breath or two and said, "This is what I gained from observing the sea of ​​blood and comprehending the Buddha's spirit."

Zhou Tieyi suddenly turned his head, dimples appeared on his face, and he smiled brightly, "Then how can the Palace Master be sure that this is not what the devil said?"

Without waiting for the Lord of Daming Palace to answer, Zhou Tieyi strode out of Mingde Palace.

Watching Zhou Tieyi's disappearing back, the Lord of Daming Palace turned to look at the chessboard in front of him. The black chess piece was still standing alone at the Tianyuan position. He had never played chess for two hundred years. Even when facing the old Taoist priest from Baiyun Mountain, who had played a game of chess for twelve years, he finally won. But in this game, he did not dare to be sure that he could win from the beginning.

"Fighting with others is fun, come on!"

Following a light shout from the Lord of Daming Palace, the golden boy and jade girl walked in from outside the door.

"Ancestor."

"Get the carriage ready and travel west to become a Buddha!"

"Yes, Patriarch."

The boy and girl were about to put away the chessboard in front of them, but the Lord of Daming Palace stopped them with his hand, "This game of chess will just stay here."

The golden boy and the jade girl were stunned and looked at the chessboard in front of them. There was only a lonely black piece. This could also be called a game of chess, but since it was the order of the master, they had no choice but to do it.

(End of this chapter)