Under One Person: I Opened the Age of Mythology

Chapter 576

With the battle at Kunlun Ruins over, the fragments of the Chaos Pearl scattered from the disintegration of the evil god giant were absorbed by the vortex of the Pure Lotus in Nezha's hand.

As the last fragment of light disappeared into the lotus platform, the original warm luster of the blue lotus was instantly filled with countless surging and entangled black-purple resentments and deep purple energy. The entire lotus platform trembled violently and emitted a low hum, as if it were bearing the karmic burdens of the entire Three Realms.

The void rift slowly closed, but the chaotic and eerie aura emanating from the lotus platform was even more oppressive than during the fierce battle.

"You must return to Tushita Heaven immediately!"

Nezha's expression was solemn as he carried the incredibly heavy Pure Lotus, the lotus platform almost emitting a mournful sound as if it were symbiotic with his lotus root body.

Although Yang Jian was exhausted, his Heavenly Eye still shone with a resolute light. He mustered his last breath and led the Thunder Gods to escort him.

Sun Wukong withdrew his Vajra Dharma Form. The distortion in his left arm and the burning pain deep in his meridians remained, but as he gazed at the restless lotus platform, his golden eyes held a resolute determination as firm as a rock.

Inside the Tushita Palace, the atmosphere was solemner than ever before.

Laozi had pushed the Nine-Turn Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace to its limit, causing the alchemical fire to rise and the ancient runes flowing on the furnace wall to emit an unprecedentedly strong glow.

The furnace itself is no longer just a container for alchemy; it is more like a beating heart, trying to suppress the chaos within the lotus platform that is enough to overturn the world.

The Pure Lotus was placed in the central palace of the Eight Trigrams Furnace. As soon as the lotus platform entered the furnace, the furnace fire began to flicker wildly, emitting a piercing sizzling sound. A storm of resentment mixed with sharp curses, desperate cries, and greedy evil thoughts almost burst through the furnace, impacting the incredibly sturdy immortal restrictions of the Tushita Palace. Even the runes on the furnace wall began to flicker.

"The Buddha's decree is about to arrive!"

A golden beam of Buddhist light swept across from the west, piercing through layers of space and shining directly into the main hall of the Tushita Palace.

The peaceful and magnificent atmosphere attempted to soothe the rage, but it was still insufficient.

At the same time, high in the sky, boundless purple energy came from the east, with thousands of auspicious clouds and the pervasive Taoist charm.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable descended upon the Tushita Palace in a nine-dragon sandalwood chariot, facing the Buddha Tathagata who had stepped down from Vulture Peak.

"The survival of the three realms depends on this one action; Buddhism and Taoism must work together."

The voice of the Primordial Celestial Venerable was clear and peaceful, yet it contained the power of the laws that governed the creation of heaven and earth.

The Tathagata joins hands:

“Excellent. We should purify the impurities with compassion and vows, and establish the order of heaven and earth. This furnace of Laozi is worthy of being the foundation of the furnace of creation.”

Laozi's hair and beard were all white, and his face appeared somewhat pale from activating the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but his eyes were incredibly sharp:

"The foundation of ten thousand years of Dao and the grand aspirations of Buddhism are fused into one furnace. This formation is unprecedented. How about we name it 'Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow'? Let the light of Buddhism cleanse its impurities and the Dao give rise to its righteousness. Let chaos be transformed into a clear source and resentment into merit!"

Buddha nodded with a smile:

“Excellent. The core of this formation must be without flaws or fear, both Buddhist and Taoist, capable of bearing calamities and restoring the power of creation.”

Upon hearing this, all eyes in the Tushita Palace focused on Sun Wukong, who had just returned from Kunlun Ruins, covered in wounds but standing ramrod straight.

The Kunlun Divine Stake, formed from the Golden Cudgel, is still maintaining the foundation of the Three Realms. The scars on his arm and the chaotic power entangled within his body are proof of "bearing calamities." The repeated extraction of the essence blood from his heart to protect the divine stake is a manifestation of "fearlessness and perfection" and "rebirth and creation," containing his supreme will to protect the Three Realms and the essence of creating heaven and stabilizing the sea.

Sun Wukong grinned, a hint of weariness mixed with arrogant pride: "How much blood do you want? I may not have much else, but I have plenty of this stuff! As long as this damned source of chaos can be completely eradicated, I'll give you my bones, even if they're broken up and used as firewood, let alone blood!"

He stepped into the Eight Trigrams Furnace, his gaze sweeping over the Pure World Green Lotus within, which was tormented by resentment and resonated with Nezha's lotus root Dharma body. He then looked towards the Milky Way outside the Sumeru Space, dimmed by the wounds of Kunlun and the cracked earth veins.

Without hesitation, he stretched out his left arm, which had been mutated and temporarily suppressed by Buddhist power, and turned his palm into a claw. With a hiss, he slashed it across his own heart!
An indescribable golden-red light suddenly burst forth! That was no ordinary blood, but the divine blood from his heart, which contained the essence of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, the indestructible will of Buddhism, and the protective mark of the Kunlun Divine Stake!

It was as if billions of golden dust particles floated in his blood, shining with the brilliance of merit and flowing with unyielding sincerity.

One drop, and then another!
As the blood left his body, Sun Wukong's face instantly turned ashen, and the powerful aura around him visibly shrank. Even his figure swayed slightly, but his golden eyes shone even brighter, like two burning stars.

Buddha Tathagata and Yuanshi Tianzun attacked at the same time!
The Buddha pushed his palms out, and the boundless Buddha light no longer scattered in all directions, but transformed into a torrent of billions of tiny "卍" characters, as fine as dust, condensing into a pure golden torrent, which flowed into the fire of the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable then drew lines in the air with his fingers, each line containing innate mysteries, evolving yin and yang and the five elements, outlining the rise and fall of purity and turbidity, condensing into a winding and swirling stream of primordial yellow energy, which was then poured into the alchemy furnace with a roar!

"Array up!"

Laozi's hair and beard flew wildly, and the whisk in his hand transformed into a radiant golden light, guiding the supreme power of Buddhism and Taoism with all his might.

boom--!
The entire Tushita Palace, no, the entire highest dimension of the Three Realms, seemed to tremble!
The Nine-Turn Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace shone brightly. On the furnace body, Buddhist light, Sanskrit characters, and Taoist immortal seal script seemed to come alive, intertwining and entwining, eventually forming a grand array that covered the entire furnace body—in the center was a black and white Tai Chi symbol, constantly rotating, with a golden "卍" character nested at its core. The Tai Chi symbol was surrounded by mysterious talismans, like the phantom image of the primordial yellow membrane that supported chaos and order at the beginning of the world!

The Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Formation! Success!
The divine blood of Sun Wukong, imbued with his will, flew automatically toward the core of the "卍" character at the center of the Taiji symbol the instant the array was formed, like molten gold falling into a pool of mercury.

Zizzi——!
An unimaginable noise erupted from inside the furnace. The surging, raging, chaotic, resentful black energy, upon contact with the array's light, violently evaporated and disintegrated, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun.

The array slowly rotated, each rotation like a millstone crushing the hard shell of resentment.

The Pure Lotus seemed to have been infused with new life.

The dark purple resentment on the lotus platform was as if it had encountered a natural enemy. It was forcibly stripped and torn apart by the Buddhist light and Taoist seal script, and then frantically absorbed and purified by the core of the Tai Chi "卍" character.

The negative energy, the resentful cries, and the twisted desires accumulated over millennia from countless fragments, under the merciless refining of the formation, emitted a heart-wrenching yet futile silent shriek. Purification is a fierce confrontation, but also the beginning of rebirth.

After the negative energy was stripped away, the pure and violent chaotic power within the fragment's origin was revealed.

This force was immense, primal, and destructive, but under the dual guidance of the Daoist mysteries and Buddhist compassion of the "Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Array," it began an incredible transformation.

The dark torrent of energy is decomposed, neutralized, and reconstructed by the rotating Tai Chi Yin-Yang symbol, while the Buddhist swastika symbol gives it a tranquil and peaceful core.

Ultimately, an indescribable, pure, and ethereal energy began to emerge.

This pure and ethereal energy is incomparable to ordinary celestial energy; it is more refined and primordial, containing the Daoist principles of repair, nourishment, and harmony, while also embodying the boundless compassion and generative power of Buddhism.

At first, it was just wisps of water, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, that escaped from the furnace, and soon it turned into gurgling spring water.

Lao Tzu, the Supreme Lord, promptly guided: "Restore the order of Heaven and Earth, nourish the source! Go!"

The pure and ethereal energy, as if guided, split into three torrents:
A stream, like a giant blue dragon, stretched straight to the Kunlun Ruins in the west!

The hideous dark marks and eroded Dao patterns remaining on the Kunlun Divine Pillar were gently smoothed out as if by an invisible hand under the cleansing of the pure spiritual energy.

The last stains left by the Dark Star Agents "Void Ghost" hissed and dissipated into black smoke, and the divine pillar once again radiated a solemn glow interwoven with golden red and warm blue.

More importantly, it is deeply embedded in the cracks of the Kunlun ancestral vein!
The parched, cracked, and nearly fractured earth veins greedily absorbed the breath containing the power of creation.

The roar of the mountains was no longer a sign of collapse, but rather a pulse of earth reorganization and the mountains radiating vitality!

The cracked earth healed at a visible speed, withered spiritual plants sprouted new buds like never before, the thick chaotic foul air was neutralized and expelled, and the ancient Kunlun Mountains emitted a deep, joyful hum!
A stream, like a clear, sweet spring, flows upstream, reaching straight to the heavens!
The water level of the Milky Way, which had been fluctuating due to damage to its source during the Kunlun Crisis, now seemed to have been infused with an eternal, stable foundation.

The churning waves quickly subsided, and the water returned to its mirror-like state.

The damaged riverbed was repaired under the nourishment of the pure spiritual energy, the dried-up spiritual springs gushed forth again, and even the aquatic spirits that had been restless due to the anomalies in the celestial river calmed down and felt an unprecedented peace and nourishment.

The Milky Way, this lifeblood of the Three Realms, once again flows steadily.

The last, even more powerful surge of pure spiritual energy scattered across the Three Realms like a celestial maiden scattering flowers!

They merged into the scorched earth ravaged by chaos, bringing new life to the barren land; they merged into the mountains and rivers tainted by resentment, dispelling the foul miasma; they merged into the bodies of every living being weary and wounded by this catastrophe, soothing their wounds and nourishing their souls.

The lingering aura of those chaotic fragments scattered at the edge of the Three Realms that could not be found in time also melted away under this all-encompassing, ethereal light, severing the foundation for resurgence.

As the core of the formation, the eye of the formation, and the one who contributed crucial divine blood, Sun Wukong's feelings at this moment were the most peculiar and profound.

The cleansing energy within the furnace and the rotation of the Tai Chi swastika core seemed to resonate with the drop of heart and soul he had poured into it.

The continuous flow of purified merit power flowed back into his body through the connection of the formation.

It's not just an ordinary energy infusion; it's more like a tempering process from the inside out!
The source, which had become empty and exhausted due to the enormous consumption, recovered rapidly under the nourishment of the power of merit, and each heartbeat became more powerful.

The golden light of Buddhism in the golden eyes was refined to a purer state, and its opening and closing revealed the power of Vajra.

The most astonishing change came from his body!
Those arms, once mutated by the power of chaos and with their tiger's mouth split open, were reshaped deep within their bones and flesh as if by the furnace of heaven and earth!
Flesh and bones are repeatedly washed and tempered by the power of merit, each wash being like forging refined steel.

The indestructible body, which had already reached a certain peak, began to slowly transform into an unknowable, indestructible and impure realm after experiencing the pain of chaos erosion, the sacrifice of divine blood, and the feedback of merit.

A layer of dark golden light flowed across his body, with countless fine runes seemingly appearing within. These were the marks bestowed by the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Array and the merits of the Three Realms, enabling his Dharma body to move towards true "golden immortality".

He could even feel that the stubborn, entangled, and conflicting chaotic forces within his body, under the tempering of merit, were beginning to dissolve, assimilate, and become part of his golden body!

The resentment on the Pure Lotus diminished, and the verdant petals unfurled once more. Its core was no longer a vortex, but a chaotic pearl mother core embryo that was being continuously compressed, purified, and transformed by the array. It no longer exuded evil, but instead carried a wondrous, gentle, and primordial chaotic mother energy. This was the core power after being completely "ordered".

The Eight Trigrams Furnace operated normally, without any more violent tremors. Only the grand melody of Taoist chants and Buddhist sounds resounded throughout the Tushita Palace, proclaiming that the foundation of the Three Realms had been re-established on a more stable and pure foundation.

Sun Wukong felt the surging vitality within his body, stronger than ever before, and the newly born Vajra power. Looking at the Pure World Lotus Platform in the furnace, which was about to be completed, there was no longer any fear or confusion in his golden eyes, only the clarity and determination that came after experiencing tribulations and achieving enlightenment.

He knew that this Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Array not only purified the fragments but also cleansed the dust of the Three Realms, and forged a ladder for him to reach a higher realm.

The path to enlightenment has opened up a new world!
After that, both inside and outside the Heavenly Court, the exhaustion from the calamity had not completely dissipated, but there was more relief as the dust settled and the tribulations were over.

The Qitian Hall was solemn and majestic. Auspicious clouds and mist poured in from outside the hall, reflecting a faint, almost immortal golden glow around Sun Wukong on the glazed throne.

The chaotic power entangled within his body had perfectly merged with the restorative divine blood, transforming into a pure essence. That great merit, which served as the core of the "Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Array," not only fully restored his injuries but also led him onto the higher path of Vajra Immortality.

At this moment, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven had a gaze as deep as an abyss and an aura as vast as the sea. Only his eyes, which held both concern and majesty, were directed at the assembled immortals and gods standing solemnly below him.

At this moment, the white-haired, youthful-looking Venus, holding a purple jade tablet, walked steadily out of the procession. Behind him, two celestial attendants respectfully held a scroll of cloud-patterned immortal documents shimmering with rosy light. On it was the record of merits of the Three Realms from the beginning of the Dark Star's calamity to the present.

"Reporting to the Great Sage..." Taibai Jinxing's clear and resonant voice echoed in the magnificent hall, "Thanks to the Great Sage's courage in supporting the heavens and stabilizing the world, the Buddha and the Taoist Ancestor's purification efforts, the valiant efforts of all the Immortal Lords, and the determination of all living beings in the Three Realms to jointly resist the calamity, the calamity of chaos has been quelled, the order of the Three Realms has been restored, and the universe has been brightly restored once again!"

He unfurled the celestial scroll, and auspicious light rose from its pages, illuminating the palace.

(End of this chapter)