I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 699 Take up the butcher's knife and slaughter all the false Buddhas under heaven

The black star fell from the Great Luo Palace, cleaving through the heavens and earth along its path, heading straight for a dark valley.

This valley is devoid of light and objects, pitch black, a sedimentation of the spirits of all living beings, an ocean of subconsciousness.

Among them lies a huge Buddha statue, with one hand supporting his head and the other resting on his buttocks, fast asleep.

This is the Dark Valley, the place where the Buddha attained Nirvana.

In the dreams of all beings, when they saw that star descending from the sky, the Lord of Illusion chuckled and pointed at the star, bestowing upon the black star the authority of his own dream.

In the Western Paradise, the moment Maitreya Buddha discovered the falling black star, he felt an unprecedented fear. He stood up from his throne, stretched out his palm, and it transformed into an enormous golden lotus.

The lotus flower has twenty-four petals, each petal representing a Buddhist kingdom. This golden lotus flower wants to stop the black star from falling into the dark valley.

But Ah Da, wielding the Ten Directions Annihilation Technique, severed all causal and temporal constraints. He acted first, and even Maitreya, the Quasi-Saint, could not stop the stars from falling into the valley.

The instant the black star fell into it, Maitreya foresaw the future. He placed the golden lotus upside down in the dark valley, completely enveloping the Buddha's body, trying to cut off the connection between this place and the outside world. At the same time, he roared at the Blood Sea Lord on his spiritual platform, "Kill him!"

Even without Maitreya's reminder, the Blood Sea Lord had already made his move.

He acted from two directions simultaneously.

The first method is to use the authority of one's own flesh and blood to seize Ah Da's body. As long as one can control Ah Da's body, then one can end this battle.

However, within A'da's body lies a 'sacred seed' bestowed by Zhou Tieyi. This was originally one of the powers of the Blood Sea Lord, which Zhou Tieyi seized and, combined with his own flesh and blood lineage, bestowed upon his subordinates.

At this moment, the Blood Sea Sovereign wanted to seize A'da's physical body, which at the same time meant altering Zhou Tieyi's flesh and blood. This was an insurmountable obstacle for him, a god who had not yet been resurrected.

The first method didn't work; the Blood Sea Venerable could only control the enormous golden Buddha statue.

Suddenly, the reclining Buddha underwent a strange change. He slowly rose up, and his enormous body stirred up waves in the ocean of subconsciousness.

All sentient beings in the world experienced a change in their emotions at this moment. In an instant, they all felt an unprecedented fear, but they did not know the source of this fear.

The next moment, a scene appeared before their eyes: terrifying stars fell from the sky, trying to assassinate the sleeping Buddha!

The more devout one's faith, the clearer the images one sees.

They chanted Buddhist mantras one after another.

The Buddha grew a face on each side. On his middle and right faces, his eyes were closed, as if he were still asleep. His left eye was wide open, and he raised a hand that could cover a world to grasp the falling star.

The stars are held in the Buddha's palm, as easily caught as mosquitoes and flies.

Just when Buddhists all over the world thought the matter was over and that the Buddha had won.

Suddenly a voice resounded in all directions.

"If I become the supreme and unfettered demon king, I will surely destroy the Buddha and slander the Dharma, and kill all Buddhist followers in the world!"

This is the great aspiration of Buddhism.

However, although it was equally majestic, it was filled with destruction, slaughter, and unspoken terror.

In the Western Paradise, Maitreya, who had risen from the altar, was no longer pleased with his seat. His eyes reflected illusory rivers, each corresponding to a possible future.

His true form has entered into time, with a huge golden lotus blooming beneath him, blocking all corresponding possibilities.

No one is more familiar with the Great Vow Dharma than Him.

However, while He attempted to block the possibilities of the future, He failed to notice the changes in the lotus flower beneath Him. In one of the Buddhist kingdoms, slaughter was a constant companion. Monks, clad in blood-red robes and wielding long knives that had broken precepts, wore expressions of rage and were impure in their three senses. They were the Dharma protectors of Buddhism, dedicated to helping Buddhism with its sordid deeds.

However, in the last two or three decades, Buddhism has gradually flourished, but within Buddhism itself, people have begun to be wary of and dislike the Dharma protectors.

They only teach generals to quell chaos, but forbid them from seeing peace.

The same principle applies to Buddhism.

When Buddhism faces its most difficult times, it needs Dharma protectors who are willing to take lives.

However, with the rise of Buddhism and the promotion of justice, peace, and compassion, they naturally did not want to be associated with the Dharma protectors who killed living beings.

Even within the Buddhist pantheon, there was a growing idea to expel the Dharma-protecting monks from the monastic community and demote them to the status of heretical Dharma-protecting deities.

Although there is only a one-word difference between Dharma protectors and Dharma protectors, they are worlds apart.

Therefore, the tradition of killing has accumulated countless resentments over the years.

Before the Buddha of Killing, Shenxiu sat upright. He looked at his grandmaster and said, "Killing cannot make one a Buddha. Even if one becomes a Buddha, one is only a false Buddha, aiding and abetting evil, just like Western Buddhism today."

The Buddha of Slaughter looked at Shenxiu, "Then how does one become a Buddha?"

Shenxiu looked from the Buddha Kingdom of Killing to the other, splendid Twenty-Three Buddha Kingdoms.

He laughed and said, "I don't yet know the way to become a Buddha; I've only grasped the way to become a demon."

"Buddha and demon are one. If there were no demon, where would Buddha come from? It's just that demon doesn't kill people, only Buddhas. A single thought arises, and the demon picks up the butcher's knife, seeks out karma, and cuts down all the false Buddhas in the world!"

As soon as Shenxiu finished speaking, the broken Buddhist certificate on the back of the Killing Buddha emitted a sharp, piercing sound, like a sword being drawn from its sheath.

A Buddhist certificate for breaking precepts.

In ancient times, the Buddha held this belief, attempting to eliminate karma without harming people.

But even the Buddha could not truly achieve this in the end; eventually, his Buddhist scriptures were stained with blood and considered an ominous sign.

The emergence of every peerless divine weapon signifies a major trend in the world, and the breaking of the precepts of the Buddha should happen today!

The Buddha of Slaughter sensed the will of the Broken Precepts Certificate. He understood that even if he did not allow it, Shenxiu would still seize the certificate, kill him, and then slaughter all the false Buddhas in the world.

He was not without decisiveness; he took off the Buddhist certificate for breaking the precepts and handed it over to Shenxiu, along with the Buddhist kingdom of killing.

Shenxiu held the Buddhist scriptures and made a great vow.

"If I become the supreme demon of slaughter, I will pick up the butcher's knife and slay all the false Buddhas in the world!"

The Bodhi tree that had blossomed anew on his spiritual altar withered instantly, but it did not completely perish; rather, it remained in a state of half-withered and half-flourishing. His bodhisattva status, at this moment, was completely transformed into magic because of his great vow.

A blood-red blade of light slashed out from within the twenty-four petals of the lotus, shattering the future that Maitreya had tried to prevent.

A phantom future emerges, presented in pure crimson, connecting to this moment.

The future has already connected here, and naturally, even Ah Da's grand vows cannot be stopped.

Amidst the horrified gazes of the masses, the Buddha's hand, which had been holding Ah Da, suddenly burst open with a wound on the back of its hand, and the Buddha's blood flowed, spreading to all Buddhist disciples. The black blade continued to fall along with this Buddha's blood.

Following the spiritual realm, strike down those who vainly attempt to chant the Buddha's name and vainly ascend to paradise!

Thus, one by one, the Bodhisattvas passed away, and the Arhats were beheaded!
(End of this chapter)