There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 315 Professional Delivery
Inside the temple, Chen Qing casually waved his hand, causing a breeze to rise from his sleeves and dispel the scattered golden light. The surrounding Buddhist light gradually faded, leaving only the half-lit, half-dark phantom of the Buddha behind him shimmering with light.

"Amitabha! Congratulations, Buddhist disciple! Your Buddhist practice has progressed to a higher level, and your supernatural powers are immeasurable!" Huiming quickly stepped forward, put his hands together, and his face was full of praise. The monks of the Kuchan Temple behind him looked at Chen Qing with almost pious eyes!

"Buddha's disciple? Me?" Chen Qing shook his head slightly, his gaze passing over the crowd and looking behind him.

There, the Buddhist disciple Xuan Tan stood still, his face somewhat pale, and his aura fluctuating wildly, clearly indicating that forcibly tearing apart a part of the Buddhist kingdom had had a significant impact on him.

He squinted at Chen Qing, his lips moving slightly as if he was about to speak.

But as soon as he spoke, Chen Qing raised his hand and made a grabbing motion towards him!

"Master, you forcibly took me into your Buddhist kingdom without saying a word, intending to enlighten me. Such behavior is domineering and unreasonable, and it's truly displeasing. It has completely destroyed any goodwill I had for you. It would be impolite not to return the favor..."

A faint golden light emanated from the Buddha behind him, containing immense spiritual power!

The light flowed like water, without the slightest killing intent. It was as if a gentle breeze had swept past Xuan Tan, whose expression had changed slightly, and gently swirled in the empty space behind him!
"Om-"

A circular opening with mysterious runes flowing around its edges appeared out of thin air!
The cave entrance was not dark, but rather a vast expanse of sky, with drifting white clouds and a biting wind!
Xuan Tan's pupils contracted, and he immediately formed a Buddhist mudra with his hands. His body surged with precious light, and he was about to dispel this strange portal!
However, just as his Buddha seal was about to be completed—

"The Xuanmen (mysterious sect) leads the way."

Chen Qing uttered four words softly.

In an instant, a terrifying suction force erupted from the circular portal!

A sense of serene Buddhist tranquility suddenly descended!
Caught off guard, and with his Buddhist kingdom damaged and his mind shaken, Xuan Tan's Buddhist power seemed to be restrained by the characteristics of that portal, causing it to stagnate for a moment!
"Um?!"

He only had time to utter a short, surprised sound before his body was involuntarily pulled back two steps by the suction force.

Two steps is nothing unusual, even in a fight. For Xuan Tan, two steps would be enough to stabilize his body. But those two steps caused him to disappear into the circular portal!

The portal then flashed with light, like a vortex gathering, instantly closing and disappearing without a trace.

Five hundred miles away, above the desolate mountains.

The void suddenly twisted, and a similar circular portal flashed by.

Xuan Tan stumbled out in a disheveled state, a gust of wind blowing in his face, his monk's robes disheveled.

He quickly steadied himself in mid-air, and golden light gathered beneath his feet to form a lotus platform, supporting him.

Suspended in the air, he looked around with surprise and doubt. Seeing that the surroundings were no longer the scene of the deserted Zen Temple, and feeling the mysterious fluctuations in the space that were of the same origin as Chen Qing, his expression changed.

Immediately, Xuan Tan formed a hand seal and sensed something in the darkness, only to find that he had been instantly teleported hundreds of miles away!

"What kind of supernatural power is this?! So domineering and unreasonable? And he wielded such a powerful supernatural power involving teleportation with such ease!"

He subconsciously lifted his foot, and a surge of Buddhist light appeared around him. He was about to return to the Kuchan Temple to find Chen Qing and ask him for an explanation.

But just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly remembered the other party's bizarre behavior of devouring wisdom light in the Buddhist illusion, as well as that unfathomable and extraordinary Buddhist status...

In the end, they couldn't take that step.

In the deserted temple, Chen Qing slowly withdrew his hand, as if he had only done a trivial matter.

"This is just a small punishment and a warning. If anyone continues to cause trouble, it won't be as simple as just asking them to leave. Don't blame me for taking real action then."

In the distant sky, the Buddhist disciple Xuan Tan seemed to have heard these words. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and sighed, then his voice echoed from afar—

"This time, I was indeed presumptuous and have offended you greatly."

As he spoke, his tone turned serious: "However, Fellow Daoist, the Buddha's status you possess is ancient and vast, belonging to an ancient lineage. Your path is destined to be arduous. If you wish to explore your own roots and understand the path of your past life, you will have to come to us sooner or later, otherwise you will surely be a burden to your sect!"

After he finished speaking, a golden light shot down from the sky and landed in Chen Qing's hand. It was a strange rune with a complex structure.

"Once you have thought it through, you can activate this command."

Chen Qing looked at the mark in his palm, but did not answer, and casually put it away.

The aura of Xuan Tan had already faded into the distance and never returned.

The storm seemed to have subsided. "The ancient lineage? Buddhism is currently flourishing in the Immortal Dynasty, spreading everywhere. How come, in his words, it's as if there's a hidden crisis?"

After a moment's thought, Chen Qing couldn't figure it out, so he stopped investigating. He was just an imposter, and once he found the clues to the Demon Buddha's Dao Fruit, he would leave. What did the Buddhas' troubles have to do with him?
Having figured this out, he turned his attention to calming his mind and contemplating the changes within himself.

Although the process of his forced "enlightenment" was dangerous, it was not entirely without its benefits.

The most striking feature is the strange silhouette of the Buddha behind him.

This object is not an external scene, but exists between reality and illusion. It is more like a bridge or portal connecting to a vast spiritual world! Through it, Chen Qing can vaguely sense the existence of that hazy world and draw a few strands of strange power from it.

This power is not manifested in killing, but rather in enlightening wisdom and refining the mind. It is added to the Purple Mansion, making his thinking exceptionally clear and agile. Its effect is no less than that of the Tathagata Talisman, and it even gives him a feeling of innate enlightenment!

In addition, the power of the spiritual world has many other wonderful uses.

For example, just now, with a slight thought, he used this power, mixed with Buddhist aura, and created a teleportation portal behind Xuan Tan as if creating something from nothing. This allowed him to use the "Mysterious Gate Ferry" supernatural power, which originally required specific conditions to be used, even more freely.

"In this way, the applicability of my supernatural power has greatly increased. With a single finger, it can send someone away professionally. It is no longer useless! However, the effect is so exquisite. That spiritual world is indeed not simple. Could it be a place similar to the Buddhist Kingdom just now? Is it a pure land created by the demon Buddha in the past? This time, I used external force to stimulate my Dao Fruit. I have made a preliminary breakthrough in its connection?"

Thinking of this, Chen Qing felt not joy, but rather vigilance.

Taiyuan's evil corpse spoke with absolute certainty that although the Demon Buddha had vanished like a bubble, he had not been completely annihilated. As long as the Dao Fruit had not changed hands, there was a chance for him to return. The deeper one got involved with Him, the greater the risk!
"We're already lucky to have this much leverage. If we're too greedy and reckless, the Demon Buddha might take advantage of our weakness. We still need to be careful. However, this spiritual world is difficult to explore. Perhaps we can figure out the outline of the Buddha behind us..."

He focused his mind, sensing the outline, and felt that it contained a profound and vast Buddhist aura, yet also revealed a touch of eeriness and incongruity.

"Amitabha."

The old monk Jingyan had arrived at some unknown time, his hands clasped together, his gaze fixed intently on the phantom of Buddha behind Chen Qing.

"Congratulations, Buddhist disciple, on forming the initial form of the 'Awakening Dharma Image'! This is a phenomenon that can only be manifested in the early stages of awakening by a true Buddha who has profound wisdom roots from past lives and a profound understanding of Buddha-nature! It is proof of communication with supreme Buddha wisdom! It is something that ordinary practitioners cannot achieve through arduous cultivation!"

After speaking, he took a step back and led the monks of Kuchan Temple behind him to respectfully bow to Chen Qing and the image behind him!
"We pay our respects to the Dharma Master!"

Chen Qing's eyes flashed, and he vaguely understood.

This thing is called "Awakening Dharma Image," which is one of the important signs for Buddhists to recognize "the reincarnation of a true Buddha."

"It seems my disguise is becoming more and more convincing," he thought to himself, but remained outwardly calm. "Master, there's no need for such formality. It's just a coincidence."

The old monk Jingyan straightened up, his smile widening: "Buddha's disciple is too modest! The manifestation of your awakened nature signifies that your wisdom from your past life is rapidly awakening, a sign of the great prosperity of our Buddhist sect! Given time, when you fully understand your past life and regain your position as Buddha, you will surely lead us and illuminate the world!"

Chen Qing remained noncommittal, but felt the subtle connection between the Awakened Dharma Image behind him and that spiritual world, which was both close and distant. His thoughts deepened, so he asked, "Since this thing carries the name of Dharma Image, how does it compare to the true Dharma Image Realm?"

Upon hearing this, the old monk Jingyan replied, "Reporting to the Buddha's disciple, as your innate wisdom gradually recovers, this awakened Dharma form will become increasingly solid, gradually gathering the power of the Buddhas of the past lives hidden in the wondrous realm of the Buddha Kingdom! Once it recovers to a certain degree, it will surpass ordinary Dharma form True Lords!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing immediately understood.

This is not some rudimentary form of Dharma; it is clearly using this "Dharma of Awakening" as a bridge to retrieve the power left behind in the Buddha's Pure Land in the previous life and manifest it in the world in the form of Dharma!
"No wonder the Buddha's shadow behind Xuan Tan could suppress the entire Kuchan Temple when it appeared. It turns out that he used power that exceeded his current level. Logically speaking, such power is difficult to control if one's level is not high enough, and it is very easy to backfire. But if one uses the power of one's past life, it is naturally a different story, and it is perfectly compatible."

But the problem also followed.

He, Chen Qing, is not the real Buddha from a previous life!

"According to Jingyan, the spiritual world is the Buddha-land where Buddhas store their power?"

With this thought in mind, Chen Qing became even more vigilant.

"We should avoid lending this power if possible! If we accidentally bring the Demon Buddha back to life prematurely, given the resources of this era, who knows if anyone will be able to suppress Him!"

However, despite his thoughts, Chen Qing knew that ignoring the demonic Buddha was not the best course of action to avoid attracting its attention. He needed to further understand the mysteries involved in order to take targeted measures.

So he continued to ask, "Master, do you know what other wonderful uses this awakened Dharma form has besides connecting with the Buddha's Pure Land and gathering the power of past lives?"

The old monk Jingyan looked ashamed and put his palms together, saying, "Buddha's disciple, please understand that I am not a reincarnated Buddha and my knowledge of this matter is very limited. I have only heard that reincarnated Buddhas can inhabit the Buddha's body with their own divine sense to perceive the various mysteries of the Buddha's body and thereby comprehend a higher realm. As for how exactly they do it and what kind of wonders they possess, I have no idea."

"Divine consciousness inhabiting? Sensing the body of the Buddha?"

Without hesitation, Chen Qing immediately separated a wisp of pure divine thought and poured it into the half-light, half-dark Buddha image!

(End of this chapter)