Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 620 The Tribulation of Heaven? Are you a Demonic Cultivator?

Fahai may lose face, but he won't lose his composure, even now that he's been captured by Luofu.

But he still stubbornly refused to admit it.

Luo Fu's lips twitched, and he said, "Zen Master Fahai, is it possible that the real monster is this thousand-year-old tree demon?"

With a cold laugh, Fahai said, "This humble monk witnessed with his own eyes that you were being worshipped by a hundred ghosts."

Fahai wasn't stupid; of course he knew that the thousand-year-old tree demon was a monster.

But in his eyes, Luofu, who was worshipped by a hundred ghosts, was definitely not a good thing.

Even compared to the thousand-year-old tree demon, Luofu is far more troublesome and far more evil.

It can only be said that Fahai has not yet overcome his tribulation.

Although my original intention is firm, it still only exists at the level of seeing mountains as mountains.

He has not yet been tested by the five poisons and the five desires. Although his Buddha-heart is bright and clear, it is also superficial and has not truly washed away its impurities.

Luo Fu knew that Fahai's stubbornness was something he couldn't persuade with just a few words.

It's important to know that Fahai's obsession was such that he could turn his back on Green Snake after losing a bet. Although this only proves his poor gambling etiquette, it also shows how persistent Fahai was in his pursuit of a Buddhist heart.

His gaze fell to the side, to the many female ghosts he had protected.

Among the group of female ghosts, a beautiful young girl seemed to understand something and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Master, you have misunderstood the immortal. We are all lonely souls manipulated by that tree demon. What you just saw was us begging the immortal to save our lives, not... not my worship of the immortal."

"Hmph, what a load of nonsense." Fahai remained unmoved and said, "Kill me if you want. I have been defeated today, but the righteous spirit of heaven and earth will live on forever! The devil may be one foot tall, but the righteous spirit is ten feet tall. You are only arrogant for a short time."

Even when these female ghosts appeared, they couldn't persuade Fahai.

Luo Fu simply stopped paying attention to this monk who was extremely attached to his own ego.

Compared to persuading Fahai, Luofu is now more concerned about who is stronger between the Tree Demon Granny and the mad consciousness that split off from her.

Although the mad consciousness was merely a distorted consciousness born from the radiation of Luofu, and its foundation was far inferior to that of the Tree Demon Granny, its most terrifying aspect was its polluting nature.

In particular, his manic consciousness itself originated from the Tree Demon Granny; in a sense, it is like a state of self-evolution within the Tree Demon Granny's consciousness.

However, this evolution has no pattern at all; it is a completely chaotic state.

The reason why the two sides have been able to remain deadlocked until now is largely due to their mad consciousness; even their battle with the Tree Demon Granny is a constant internal struggle.

He wasted most of his strength on internal strife.

Even so, the frenzied consciousness clearly gained the upper hand, and its advantage grew stronger and stronger.

The reason is simple: the frenzied consciousness itself is a kind of pollution. The Tree Demon Granny failed to completely erase this incomprehensible consciousness the moment she noticed its birth, and thus completely lost her chance to defeat it.

As time passed, the Tree Demon Granny was unaware that she herself was beginning to develop a mad mindset.

From an outsider's perspective, Luo Fu and the others were the ones who truly saw things clearly.

The Tree Demon Granny is getting closer and closer to madness.

After Luo Fu gave up trying to persuade him, Fahai, unable to use his magic and bound by armor, could only focus his attention on the battle between the Tree Demon Granny and the mad consciousness.

But because of this, Fahai gasped in shock.

"What...what kind of monster is this?"

No wonder Fahai, a rising star in Buddhism who has achieved such cultivation in just twenty years, was so surprised.

Indeed, the existence of the Cthulhu Mythos is an incomprehensible catastrophe for any being on the side of order.

Reason, logic, order... everything is utterly meaningless before this tree spirit, created by the radiant light of Luofu and so closely resembling a Cthulhu mythos.

Everything about the other party, even its very existence, seems designed specifically to subvert rationality.

Fahai was also taken aback. He had seen quite a few demons and monsters, and the number of demons and monsters he had personally subdued was enormous.

Even if someone is just an ordinary person, Fahai can see through the ugliness and distortion deep in their heart.

The existence of the Tree Demon Granny completely overturned Fahai's consistent understanding.

This frenzied consciousness not only subverts rationality and logic, but more terrifyingly, the very existence of the other party also seems to subvert aesthetic perception.

At first glance, the tree, which seemed to combine too many illogical organs, gave people a strong sense of unease. However, it soon began to exude a unique kind of beauty.

What's particularly terrifying is that, deep down, Fahai was certain that the other party was a demon, yet the other party's twisted posture gave him the illusion that the other party had achieved enlightenment in Buddhism.

Those eerie tentacles, twisted branches, and haphazardly growing flesh and blood tissue that shouldn't exist on a plant at all, now gave people a sense of holiness.

Realizing this with horror, Fahai immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He couldn't even imagine what would happen if he were truly bewitched by the other party.

But Fahai dared not stare at the tree demon any longer.

With a complicated expression, Fahai looked at Luofu and said, "This humble monk has indeed underestimated you. You are not an ordinary prodigy at all; you are a giant of the demonic path."

Yes!

In Fahai's eyes, Luofu was the instigator of everything, and he, who created the Mad Tree Demon Granny, was already a being like the Demon King Mara.

That was not some demon or monster, nor any heretical sect, but a giant of the demonic path, an existence equal to Buddha.

Fahai was deeply attached to his own ego, so any explanation to him would be meaningless. Only when he truly saw through and understood it himself would it be meaningful.

After such a long standoff with the mad consciousness, even though he was almost completely assimilated by it.

The Tree Demon Granny, however, seemed to have a sudden burst of energy before death, and awoke abruptly for a moment.

In that instant of clarity, the Tree Demon Granny lost all of her previous arrogance and swagger.

"Spare me, Your Majesty, spare me! This lowly demon is willing to surrender, please spare my life!"

"Hahaha...Grandma only realized the profound mystery of life's creation today. Grandma has achieved enlightenment, and Grandma will ascend to the upper realm! Hahaha..."

After only a brief moment of clarity, the Tree Demon Granny was completely assimilated by her frenzied consciousness.

The thousand-year-old tree demon that once brutally enslaved a vast number of female ghosts, devoured the souls and blood of passersby, and wreaked havoc for many years, to which even Yan Chixia could only turn a blind eye, has now completely ceased to exist. In its place is a mad being that is completely incomprehensible to normal life.

The mad consciousness originated from radiation, and its thinking was completely illogical, yet it also incorporated the Tree Demon Granny's cognition.

This resulted in the birth of an unprecedented and extremely dangerous demon. "Moro, do you really want to destroy the world?" Having witnessed the appearance of the Mad Tree Demon Granny, even though he was now bound by armor and unable to move, Fahai still couldn't help but speak to Luofu.

Luo Fu glanced at Fahai and said, "What makes you say that, Zen Master Fahai? Even without me, wouldn't this demon still wreak havoc on the world? Why didn't we see Zen Master Fahai or the masters of Jinshan Temple come to slay the demon back then?"

Fahai was speechless.

In reality, Jinshan Temple, despite being so close to Jinhua, has consistently ignored the existence of the thousand-year-old tree demon behind Lanruo Temple for so long. This is partly due to the fact that some heretics are more hateful than heretics.

On the other hand, it is precisely because of the conflict between lineages that, after one lineage declines, the other branches are dealt with.

Unless it is confirmed that a certain lineage has been completely severed, such matters of revenge are usually left to the inheritor of the lineage. At most, other lineages will only provide some support.

However, after the Lanruo Temple lineage was destroyed by the thousand-year-old tree demon, no other monks from this lineage have come to visit for a long time.

This is also one of the reasons why Jinshan Temple has remained silent.

In fact, even Luo Fu misunderstood.

Lanruo Temple did not completely sever its lineage; at least a portion of it was passed down. Luo Fu even met the person who carried on this lineage of Lanruo Temple.

That's right.

It was Yan Chixia who followed the path of the unity of the three religions. The lineage of Buddhism he inherited came from Lanruo Temple.

"Amitabha." Fahai rarely uttered a Buddhist chant, and looked at Luofu with a complicated expression, saying, "Moro, evil cannot prevail over good. Even if you can be arrogant for a while, you will eventually perish under the righteous law."

"The true Dharma?" Luo Fu scoffed, "Zen Master Fahai, the true Dharma you speak of, could it be this thousand-year-old tree demon?"

Fahai didn't bother to reply to Luofu's obviously joking remark.

Meanwhile, the tree demon grandmother, who had been acting crazy for a while, seemed to realize that she was still a bit short of achieving enlightenment in that chaotic state of mind.

Countless eyes, each with its own unique shape, all turned to look in the direction of Luo Fu and the others.

"You fiends, don't even think about disturbing Grandma's Dao heart."

The thousand-year-old tree demon was originally rooted in Lanruo Temple. Although it was a demon, it was still deeply influenced by the Buddhist lineage of Lanruo Temple.

At this moment, amidst the confusion of perception, the tree spirit clearly mistook him for the righteous path.

In a way, the tree spirit can no longer be considered to have overturned the heavens and earth, since she is no longer a demon, and even the terms "demon" and "monster" cannot accurately define her.

Falling into a state of chaos and madness, the tree spirit is completely unaffected by order, reason, and logic. He has embarked on the path of a standard Cthulhu mythos, a path that is utterly incomprehensible.

It is chaos that is incompatible with the system of laws that symbolize order.

Chaos and order are inherently contradictory yet unified; simple good versus evil cannot define the path to chaos.

At this moment, the tree demon, who saw Luo Fu and the others as obstacles to her path to enlightenment, decided to take action.

The earth surged instantly, and countless roots and branches grew out of control. What was truly terrifying was that these roots and branches grew in ways beyond the realm of common sense.

Not to mention plants, even animal organs grew on it in a mess.

It's so good that just looking at it makes you feel like you're about to be mentally polluted.

This was far more frightening than the previous methods. Even Fahai, whose meditative state was almost broken, couldn't help but change his expression.

Luo Fu never expected that the radiation martial arts from the world of Joy of Life would have such an unbelievable development direction.

However, the Tree Demon Granny, as his experiment, provided him with a model that cannot be defined by success or failure.

To call it a success would be an understatement; the Tree Demon Granny's power has indeed increased dramatically. To call it a failure would be an understatement; this kind of cognitively distorted and chaotic situation has absolutely nothing to do with success.

Even the slightest trace of such a madman would pose a huge hidden danger.

However, Luo Fu was not confident that he could completely eliminate the Tree Demon Granny.

Ultimately, the power he shared has not yet been fully localized.

However, this doesn't mean that Luofu has no way to deal with the tree demon.

Even if it is not possible to completely eradicate them for the time being, Luo Fu still has the means to control them.

For example, you could throw the tree demon directly into the underworld and let him fight the Black Mountain Demon like dogs.

This is what Luo Fu thought, and this is what he did.

As the overwhelming, tree-like roots and branches rushed towards him, a huge spatial ripple instantly spread in front of Luo Fu.

Caught off guard, the Tree Demon Granny crashed into it, and in an instant, her body was transported from the human world to the underworld.

In the underworld, in the city of the unjustly dead.

On a majestic mountain range that stretches for an unknown distance.

Twisted into a chaotic mess, it showed no trace of plants whatsoever. It resembled a monstrous mass of roots, tentacles, and various animal and plant tissues haphazardly crammed together, suddenly tumbling out from a massive spatial ripple.

As soon as it landed, this chaotic and frenzied tree demon, like a source of pollution, took root in the mountains.

Its roots penetrate deep into the mountains.

The mountain suddenly trembled, then shook violently, causing most of the City of the Dead to shudder as if an earth dragon were turning over.

Inside the City of the Wrongfully Dead, the Black Mountain Demon, who resembled an architectural sculpture, roared angrily.

"Tree demon."

The tree spirit, who had fallen into chaos and madness, paused for a moment, then exclaimed with delight, "Lord Black Mountain, so this is your true form! Hahaha... Lord Black Mountain, you are earth, and I am wood. Earth gives birth to wood, and I have achieved the Great Dao!"

As the tree demon's chaotic, incoherent voice rang out, it became both roots and barbed tentacles, taking deeper and deeper rooting itself into the depths of the mountains.

The tremors in the mountains grew increasingly intense.

At the command of the Black Mountain Demon, countless ghostly soldiers rushed towards Black Mountain like madmen.

Unfortunately, the Black Mountain Demon was unaware that the current Tree Demon Granny had transformed from a thousand-year-old tree demon into a chaotic entity that was completely unknowable and undefinable.

The many dead souls and ghostly soldiers who rushed towards the Tree Demon Granny were swept away by an evil radiation or fluctuation the moment they got close to her.

The dead and the ghost soldiers have no physical bodies to protect them. Their existence is more like a spiritual body formed by the convergence of the Yin energy of heaven and earth and the three souls and seven spirits. They have no resistance to the corruption of the tree demon.

(End of this chapter)