I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 512 The Price of Ambition

The two second-grade ghosts and gods who carried the origin of the underworld and wanted to integrate into the Western Buddhist Kingdom looked horrified.

The sword wielded by the Lord of Daming Palace not only severed their connection with the Buddha's light, but also cut at themselves.

Before the Netherworld Divine Kingdom was completely integrated into the Boundless Pure Land, it was invaded by a strange sword energy.

This sword energy is so small and invisible, yet it blends with all things in the world. In the eyes of the two ghosts and gods, between every speck of dust, there is a Lord of the Daming Palace, making sword gestures with his hands and separating all things.

The two ghosts and gods used their magical powers and gathered infinite willpower to see clearly the sword moves of the Lord of Daming Palace. Because only by seeing clearly from which direction the sword moves fell and why they fell into their kingdom of gods, could they think of a way to deal with it.

However, when the surging power of wishes from all directions was bestowed on the two ghosts of the underworld, their eyes became as sharp as lightning, and they were able to see clearly the cause and effect of the world, and even foresee the past and the future within a certain range.

But even with such divine eyes, when one can see through those tiny particles of dust, and when one sees all things in the world like a chain of dragon seals.

But between these dragon seals, there are still masters of the Daming Palace holding swords, swinging their swords and slashing down, severing the connections between the dragon seals, making the magical rules constructed by humans and gods no longer exist, and transforming them back into the most original particles and the most basic material rules between heaven and earth.

At this time, the masters of the Daming Palace looked up between the dragon seals and smiled disdainfully at the two ghosts.

"You two, can you see clearly this sword of the old Taoist?"

The first-class Taoist priests coexist with all things. The Lord of Daming Palace has taken this to the extreme, so he can transform into millions of incarnations and exist between every speck of dust in heaven and earth. Naturally, his swordsmanship can also penetrate every speck of dust between heaven and earth.

In the past, Zhou Tieyi and the Lord of Daming Palace had tested each other. Zhou Tieyi evolved the Five Finger Mountain to be large and complex, while the Lord of Daming Palace evolved the sword finger to be small and simple. That sword finger could even touch the dragon seal that constituted the rules of heaven and earth, and completely separate the two connected dragon seals.

However, the vast majority of magic in the world, including the kingdom of gods, are the evolution of the rules of heaven and earth. Using the specific expression of the dragon seal, the Lord of Daming Palace can directly separate two connected dragon seals, and naturally can separate the vast majority of the rules between heaven and earth.

Countless existing cracks quickly converged, just like sword lights converging together, evolving from the smallest to the largest. This was a giant sword that reached the sky formed by the gaps that originally existed between all things. It was born from the Netherworld Kingdom of God and intended to directly shatter this kingdom of God.

Faced with a sword technique that was so close to the holy way, the two ghosts from the underworld felt that they were like children who had just learned to walk in front of the Lord of Daming Palace.

They were about to use their magical powers to resist, but the moment they raised their hands, cracks appeared on their fingertips.

"you you……"

They wanted to speak, but even their voices were cut off into pieces of incoherent words. Even with the sword light everywhere, they felt that their thoughts began to become discontinuous, as if they were being cut by sword lights one after another, unable to be connected into a complete action.

How could the gap between the first rank and the second rank be so huge?
No, it’s not that the gap between the first and second rank is big, but the Lord of Daming Palace who has been undefeated in 200 years and has mastered the Four Wonders is still underestimated by the people of the world. Even among the first rank, this Four Wonders is unrivaled in the world. Even if he has not tried to become a saint, he is already close to being a saint, so he dares to risk the disapproval of both worlds!
Teach the Great Saint of Xia to achieve enlightenment!
Transform Buddha into Tao!

Suddenly, a ray of Buddha's light descended from a great height. The gigantic Buddha's head transformed into the entire underworld sky. With drooping eyebrows, he looked toward all things in the world and toward the Lord of Daming Palace with compassion.

The Buddha stretched out his right palm, and a lotus flower blossomed in the palm of his hand. There were twenty-three flowers in bloom, and each petal showed the Buddha's kingdom, except for one missing petal in the northwest corner.

However, the 24th petal of the lotus that was originally missing reopened at this time in the grand aspiration of connecting all sentient beings in heaven and on earth, encompassing all sentient beings and truly demonstrating the power of the holy path!

"When I attain Bodhi, my own light will be like the sun, illuminating countless boundless worlds, making all sentient beings the same as me."

When the Buddha opened his mouth, his aspirations were as vast as ink.

The Buddha's light shines everywhere, descending from the higher dimensions to the human world, encompassing everything and absorbing everything, even between the tiniest dust particles. The masters of the Daming Palace are enveloped by the Buddha's light, with the swords in their hands turning into palms, and they sit cross-legged, just like the Buddha.

The Buddha sees that all living beings are like Buddhas, so naturally everyone is a Buddha.

The twenty-fourth lotus petal grew out from between Mo Jian's Infinite Pure Land and the Netherworld Buddhist Kingdom, wanting to embrace the Lord of the Daming Palace who was standing between the two, and to save him as well.

On that day, the Lord of Daming Palace dropped one of the twenty-four petals of the lotus. Today, the twenty-four-petal lotus has bloomed again, and will convert the Lord of Daming Palace into a Buddha.

Buddhism has cause and effect.

The cause cannot be reversed, and the result cannot be forced.

The evil deeds done in the past may produce good results today.

"Evil devils and heretics, everyone will find them and kill them!"

The eyes of the Lord of Daming Palace were round, and purple energy was surging on his face. A stream of clear air leaped out from the top of his head and turned into a layer of sky.

This sky is full of pavilions, full of Taoist spirit, and light purple in color, like the rosy clouds in the sky. Wind and thunder are bred within, and true practitioners gather there. A portal that connects heaven and earth has auspicious dragons and phoenixes on both sides. This is the Yunzai Tianfenglei Realm, standing above all living beings and under all the heavens. It is the gateway to the thirty-three heavens, commanding wind and thunder, and bestowing clouds and rain.

The Thirty-three Heavens are based on the Yunzaitian Fenglei Realm of the Lord of Daming Palace, and are drawn from the eight directions of heaven and earth.

From the Taoist Xuandu Mountain, curls of elixir energy rise up into the sky, forming a majestic red cloud. In the glow, the sky is like a furnace, and every person who practices truly is as round as a golden elixir. This is the true realm of the elixir furnace.

There is also Qingpingzhou with beautiful mountains and rivers, with rising pine waves turning into white mist, which lingers to form green pines that live thousands of years and everyone lives to be a hundred years old. This is the free and easy realm of Shangshantian.

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Sky towers rise from the gates of Taoism.

When the Shantong Mansion was fighting against the Twenty-Four Heavenly Gods, the various Taoist palaces responded to the call and built nine heavenly palaces. Now, two months later, another fourteen heavenly palaces have been built, including the ancestral palace of the Qing Emperor's lineage, which is neither Taoist nor non-Taoist.

In the imperial study of Daxia, amidst the dark clouds, the Great Xia Emperor said, "The Lord of Daming Palace has subdued the evil monk today, so I will lend a helping hand."

He looked at the Queen who was sitting next to him. The Queen nodded and said, "I obey."

In an instant, the white clouds on Yujing Mountain parted for thousands of feet, revealing a luxurious palace that was originally hidden among the white clouds. The palace was bright purple in color, and the steps were made of white jade. Bright yellow national destiny gathered from above the people and became flying dragons, carrying the entire palace among the stars. The sun and the moon were gestating in it, shining brightly on the world. This was the Sun and Moon Realm of Zixiao Heaven.

The Queen of Heaven drove out the Purple Sky to assist the Lord of Daming Palace. Zhou Tieyi could not stand by and watch no matter what. After all, the Lord of Daming Palace had resisted the Buddhists who had tried to plot against him several times before. A radiance flowed in his eyes, and a strong wind suddenly blew up in the imperial study. The next moment, bright stars pulled the night sky up from the strong wind. Tens of thousands of original stars brought half of the night sky and shone with the sun and moon hidden in the sky, covering the area of ​​Yujing Mountain for a thousand miles.

The twenty-three celestial bodies extend from top to bottom, covering all four corners of the world. In the uppermost layer of the Purple Sky, dragons of national destiny fly out like chains, connecting the layers of celestial bodies together in the void, forming a huge ship carrying all the living beings of Daxia.

Even if the Buddha's light descended from the sky and the lotus petals rolled up, it would be impossible to save all living beings in the world with just one lotus petal.

"The Palace Master is also very wise. Building the netherworld pure land today is the wish of the people of the world. Why should the Palace Master go against the people of the world?"

In the brilliant Buddha's light, Mo Jian, who had already attained the first-grade Pratyekabuddha in Buddhism and had made an unprecedented vow, still looked happy. He certainly did not think that it would be so easy to convert this Taoist master of the Four Supremes.

His long hair that was originally tied with a headband had fallen off like three thousand worries, and round fleshy buns had grown like bumps, stacked up like a pagoda.

Even if they are still wearing coarse cloth clothes, the wishes of all living beings are wrapped between each thin thread, which is like gold, or even more precious than gold.

Although he could not convert the Lord of Daming Palace and the Thirty-three Heavens that had not been fully built, he naturally could not prevent the Buddha's light from falling on the two ghosts and gods of the underworld in Yuanmeng Divine Court.

The two ghost gods with cracks on their golden bodies suddenly smiled with enlightenment. They sat cross-leggedly, and the cracks on their bodies fell off like clay sculptures in a temple, and the original marks of the gods were melted away with the help of the smallest sword of the Lord of Daming Palace.

But the inside of it became more and more brilliant, transforming into two Bodhisattvas, one called "Ferry", holding a boat pole, and the other called "Condemnation", holding a judgment pen. They naturally appeared on the left and right sides of Mo Jian, serving as the left and right attendant Bodhisattvas.

With the return of the left and right attendant Bodhisattvas, the Netherworld Divine Kingdom separated from Yuanmeng was naturally integrated into Mo Jian's infinite Buddhist Pure Land, allowing the new Buddhist Pure Land to grow and solidify rapidly and pass the weak period at its infancy. Although it is still far from perfect, with this as the foundation, with the help of the supreme power of Buddhism, and with Zhou Tieyi's repeated enhancement of the Netherworld's foundation and the laying of the Netherworld's rules, just like Tian's father at that time, Mo Jian also saw an illusory road in front of his eyes.

This road leads directly above all living beings and onto the holy path.

"Going against the will of the world?"

Purple air rose from the face of the Lord of Daming Palace, and clear air flew out from the top of his head, converging with the Taoist spirit coming from all directions to fight against the Buddha's light that kept falling from above his head.

If the Thirty-three Heavens are fully built, they will naturally be higher than the Twenty-Four Heavens of Buddhism. After all, more people are involved in the construction of the Thirty-three Heavens, and the foundation is richer.

However, the establishment of the Thirty-three Heavens was proposed to deal with the Twenty-Four Heavens of Buddhism. Even though twenty-three of them had been built with the cooperation of all parties, let alone the complete construction of the Thirty-three Heavens, even the force was coordinated by the destiny of Daxia, so the Lord of Daming Palace received far less blessing than Mo Jian, who was integrated with the Twenty-Four Buddha Kingdoms.

If it was against an ordinary opponent, less blessings wouldn't matter, but Mo Jian was different. The Lord of Daming Palace had a solemn expression. If Mo Jian was like Tian's father at this moment, he would be willing to take the risk and embark on the holy path.

With the help of the power of the Holy Way and the great wishes of the people of the world at this time, it is possible to severely damage him and the embryonic form of the Thirty-three Heavens.

However, the Lord of Daming Palace has always been strong. Since his life and death are not in danger, he will not soften his words. "Do you think that you represent the will of the people of the world by building a Netherworld Kingdom where everyone is punished equally?"

"Father Tian has been trapped in his fantasy of loving all people all his life and never figured it out. How come you do the opposite and use 'combined punishment' to scare the world? Will it scare people for a while, but will it scare them forever? The good and evil of people are not something that can be easily explained. If the laws of the world cannot judge them, then the underworld will also not be able to stand up to scrutiny, otherwise the world would have been at peace long ago!"

Facing the preaching of the Lord of Daming Palace, Mo Jian seemed to have known it for a long time. He smiled and said, "So the teacher was wrong that day. As long as people are alive, there is hope to continue. I want to live forever. I want to see if the Netherworld I built can withstand scrutiny."

On that day, Tian's father taught him the last lesson by sacrificing his life to ascend to the holy path, so today he will teach the people of the world a lesson by sacrificing the holy path.

Mo Jian looked noble, with the compassion of a martyr, "When I attain Bodhi, I will make all the evil ghosts in the netherworld be saved, and live on the Bodhi path. I will not attain Bodhi until hell is empty."

Mo Jian made three great wishes.

The first great wish is that all sentient beings are like Buddhas, so I am a Buddha.

This is the beginning of the Buddhist great aspiration method. Because the power of Buddha comes from sentient beings, only sentient beings are Buddhas. Only today can we achieve Buddhahood through great aspirations. This is putting the cart before the horse.

The second great wish is to establish a pure land in the netherworld and lead all the evildoers in the world to be punished.

This is the cause and effect process of repaying the wishes of all living beings and is the foundation that supports everything.

The third great aspiration is to save all evil spirits in the dark world, lead them to the path of Bodhi, and ultimately lead them to attain Bodhi.

This is to cut off the results of the future and leave only the causes of today.

The three were connected, forming a grand paradox, causing the illusory bridge of the holy way in front of Mo Jian to suddenly break, and allowing endless holy power to fall from the broken bridge of the holy way, falling on him who had not yet attained the holy way.

Mo Jian wants to borrow the true power of the Holy Way at the cost of never attaining the Holy Way!

For people like them who would rather die than hear the truth in the evening, never attaining enlightenment is naturally a more cruel price to pay than death.

Since he has paid a cruel price, the power that Mo Jian has gained is enough to shake the world and change the world!

The magnificent power of the holy way burst out from Mo Jian, condensing the sunlight into substance. In the light, Mo Jian took out a white banner. This banner was similar to the Fallen Banner in Miaoyu's hand, but it had three tails. Wisps of yang and vitality rolled from the banner, which was completely opposite to the Fallen Banner.

Mo Jian felt the body of the banner with his hand, then threw the white banner into the air towards Sunset Pass. The two Bodhisattvas beside him who were as new as the Pure Land saw this scene, smiled and looked even happier.

They, the Yuanmeng Divine Court, were willing to split up the entire origin of the Netherworld, willing to hold back nearly half of Daxia's top combat power, and willing to let two second-grade gods directly transform into Bodhisattvas as Mo Jian's attendants. Naturally, this came at a price.

The white flag passed through the Buddha's light, spanned thousands of miles, fell into the underworld, and landed in the hands of the Xuanming God.

At this moment, the rules of the underworld are boiling like never before because of Mo Jian's ambition. All the underworld spells cast at this moment have almost increased their power by three points.

The Xuanming God held a long banner in his hand and waved it vigorously, "Soul, come back, you are my king!"

This banner summons souls!
(End of this chapter)