Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 183 The Beginning of Tathagata
After Tianming passed all of Yan Dan's internal energy to Gao Yue, he explained to everyone in the Mohist School: "Today I will pass the position of the leader to Gao Yue."

"Tianming, you..." Tianming stopped everyone from saying anything. "Ghost Tathagata came to this world because of me and caused bloodshed in the martial arts world. The sins he committed must be shouldered by me alone. The Mohist School cannot be implicated."

Then he moved the Buddha Punishment Zen as he wished, and flew out from behind. Seeing the knife standing on the ground, Tianming said to him: "I have made a decision. Buddha Punishment Zen responds to the Buddha's original intention."

At dawn, Tathagata was urged to summon the heart, and everyone felt the holy energy rising from the sky. Amidst the shining sword light, the Brahma shackles and punishments emerged.

Surrounding Tianming's body, the last of the Buddha's energy entered his body, and with his merits fulfilled, Tianming's physical body transformed into the form of the Tathagata Emperor.

Amid the flickering Buddha's light, a hundred-meter-high Buddha wall reappeared, with sutras written on it. The familiar magnificent appearance, accompanied by earth-shaking poems, shocked the three thousand worlds.

Everyone present was stunned by the spectacle before them and was speechless.

"The results of the three bodies originate from the mortal roots, and there is no trace of the causes and conditions in the six realms. The passing of good things has never been the original nature, and the birth and death of glory and death are all empty gates."

The two phases coexist, representing the intersection of the past and the future, just for the salvation of the present.

"You finally show up, Emperor Tathagata." said Tianming, who had transformed into an emperor.

But the Emperor Tathagata pointed out his true intention, "Who is this monk?"

"Emperor Tathagata."

"Who is the Emperor Tathagata?"

"The one who protects life and redeems sins."

"Whose life you protect, whose sin you redeem."

"Protect the people, redeem your own sins, and all the karma in the world will be returned to the Tathagata himself."

“Since you have a choice, I only hope that you will not let down Tathagata’s original intention amidst the countless fires of karma.” As soon as the words fell, everyone felt the scene before their eyes change strangely. The emperor’s appearance dissipated with the light, and the scriptures on the Buddhist wall responded at the same time. In the flashing holy light, Tathagata appeared holding a knife, with a kind face saving the world.

"The results of the three bodies originate from the mortal roots, and there is no trace of the causes and conditions in the six realms. The passing of good things has never been the original nature, and the birth and death of glory and death are all empty gates."

The next poem has a completely different artistic conception.

With Buddha's punishment and Zen in hand, the hundred-foot Buddha wall turned into starlight, all contained in the sword.

When everyone came back to their senses, the only person they saw before them was Tianming, who had transformed into Emperor Tathagata!

Gai Nie, who had returned with Wei Zhuang, Da Tiechui, Gao Jianli and others after contacting the remaining anti-Qin forces, saw this scene and felt ominous. He stepped forward and asked, "Emperor Tathagata, Tianming has not encountered a fatal crisis, so why are you here?"

"Mr. Gai, calm down." Zhang Liang realized that something was wrong with Gai Nie.
But at this time, Emperor Tathagata placed his hand on the blade, activated the remaining Buddha power in the Buddha's punishment meditation with his own holy blood, and said: "In the opening chapter, only the Buddha is always victorious."

Then, he threw it into the sky, and Buddha Xing Zen turned into a meteor of fire from the sky, heading towards the origin of cause and effect.

Emperor Tathagata looked at the holy weapon that turned into a meteor and said, "Go and end this endless reincarnation." "Are you Tianming or Emperor Tathagata?" Gai Nie asked.

Emperor Tathagata had no expression of sadness or joy on his face. "Emperor Tathagata, or Tianming, from now on, it belongs to one person."

"What a great success, Emperor Tathagata! Then I will use the sword in my hand to make you return to your so-called reincarnation." Wei Zhuang was also surprised that his senior brother, who had a calm and composed temperament and handled things coolly, actually showed an unprecedented anger.

Gai Nie attacked angrily, and the wooden sword in his hand, combined with Guiguzi's unique style, "Hundred-Step Flying Sword", was still capable of dismembering a human body.

But facing Emperor Tathagata, there is only one word: defeat!
The attack was filled with anger, but was broken by Emperor Tathagata with just a finger.

The wooden sword in Gai Nie's hand was just an ordinary object after all. With a flick of his finger, it turned into wood chips and flew away.

"Cough!" Gai Nie, who was defeated, suffered the backlash of the Hundred-Step Flying Sword and vomited blood immediately.

"Gai Nie!" With a shout, Duanmu Rong immediately stepped forward to check Gai Nie's injuries.

After a closer inspection, it was found that there was nothing serious, it was just a backlash of the force causing temporary weakness.

After repelling Gai Nie, Emperor Tathagata once again displayed the supreme Buddhist Dharma, and took the "Yuanhong" that had been broken into several sections from a distance, and recreated Yuanhong with the Buddha's Heaven-Refining Casting Technique.

The reshaped Yuanhong is more powerful than before, and the treasure is shining.

Emperor Tathagata waved his sleeves and returned Yuanhong to Gai Nie, saying: "Yuanhong has been recast. I hope you will hold this sword and keep your original intention."

Then he said to the crowd, "I have just used the Buddha Punishment Moment to send a message to Ghost Tathagata. In three days, he will come here to fight me. You should leave here quickly."

Zhang Liang did not intend to leave like this. To sort out the doubts in his mind, he asked Emperor Tathagata: "It seems that Ghost Tathagata is indeed related to you. May I ask the Buddha, can you tell us the origin of Ghost Tathagata so that we can resolve the doubts in our hearts."

"Alas~" With a long sigh, Emperor Tathagata faced the past and said to everyone: "I know you have many questions, such as what is the relationship between Emperor Tathagata and Ghost Tathagata? Similar names, same faces? All these are derived from a massacre."

The words of Shengsheng tell the beginning of Tathagata, the beginning of sin. "In the suffering, before the three major sources of Buddha, Buddha Emperor and Buddha Head appeared, a monk inexplicably obtained a rhinoceros horn magic weapon. In the dark, a voice was heard, telling him that this weapon could cleanse all the sins in the world and prove his own great way. In the process, the monk acted more and more extreme, and even went to the rumored sin city to carry out the "Thousand Sins Blood Sacrifice Ceremony". In the legendary sin city, blood flowed like a river within seven days. The monk who committed this evil deed was called"

"Ghost Tathagata!" Zhang Liang said the monk's name.

"Yes, this is the origin of the Ghost Tathagata and the evil sword in his hand." After Emperor Tathagata confirmed Zhang Liang's words, he continued, "However, his obsession with eliminating sins backfired on his Buddha roots. When the Ghost Tathagata was on the verge of disintegration, he sacrificed his life with the blood of goodness to break the demon barrier. He woke up from his nightmare and repented. And just when the Ghost Tathagata regained his sanity and was helpless, a monk who called himself Zhaoti gave him an empty sword with abundant spiritual power that was enough to compete with the sin-purifying rhinoceros horn, representing the choice to start from scratch. After that, the Ghost Tathagata gradually cultivated into the Emperor Tathagata, and even in the process of creating Yungu Leifeng, he also cultivated the empty sword into a physical image, called 'Buddha Punishment Zen'."

Master Ban also asked: "As Buddha said, Ghost Tathagata is Emperor Tathagata, then why did you, Buddha, reincarnate into this world and become two people?"

"Ghost Tathagata's sins came from his obsession with sin and indiscriminate killing. Even though the Capital of Sin is a place full of original sin, according to general Buddhist concepts, compassion is still the main thing. Such a place where sins gather will inevitably attract everyone's attention. Therefore, the crazy behavior of the monks naturally attracted the attention of all walks of life and became a past that the Buddhists at that time were ashamed of. Naturally, they tried their best to block it. Later, after the changes of the times, the three sources of Buddha, Buddha Emperor, and Buddha Head emerged together, laying the foundation for the complete system of Buddhism. But the long years also made the karma created at the time forgotten, and no one knew that the Buddha sin back then was the Buddha Head today."

"Later, due to the turbulent times, after the Sin-Cleansing Horn officially left the forbidden land, the bloodthirsty desire locked deep in the heart of Emperor Tathagata gradually became impossible to suppress. And because the Sin-Cleansing Horn and the Ghost Tathagata were born from the same spirit, Emperor Tathagata did not want to become a demon and chose to pass away. However, the Ghost Tathagata's appearance in the world was God's will. After Emperor Tathagata passed away, his spirit was immortal and he came to this world through reincarnation. Little did he know that this method would also bring the Ghost Tathagata to this world. When dawn came that day, they encountered another crisis, and Emperor Tathagata's spirit reappeared, prompting the part of the Ghost Tathagata to appear in the world."

"In that case, those people all died because of you." At this time, Wei Zhuang grasped the key point in one sentence.

(End of this chapter)