Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 106 Only by embarking on the Journey to the West can one achieve sainthood.

"You have cultivated within the Buddhist and Taoist systems for countless years. In order to maintain the purity of the Buddhist and Taoist systems, you did not cultivate the Three Methods of Severing the Path. Instead, you have been painstakingly accumulating. Now that your accumulation is too profound and you have obtained the Three Methods of Journey to the West, it is time for you to break through." Di Qing then took out the top-grade spiritual root, the Bodhi Tree, and enveloped Jieyin and Zhunti.

Under the Bodhi tree, Jieyin and Zhunti experienced a transformation in wisdom and an increase in understanding, which gradually accelerated their practice of this method.

It must be said that both Jieyin and Zhunti possess great wisdom and perseverance. Even though their origins are not comparable to the Three Pure Ones, they gained the favor of the West and their cultivation progressed extremely quickly.

In a short period of time, relying on years of accumulation and experience, he successfully cultivated the third realm of the Journey to the West: Enlightenment and Tranquility.

The Buddhist realms that both created in their hearts also evolved accordingly. In the Buddhist realm within Jieyin's heart, there was the Buddha he had manifested, seated on a high lotus throne, below whom were countless cultivators resembling demons. Clearly, Jieyin still harbored many shadows and hatred towards the demons of yesteryear. Therefore, in the Buddhist realm he evolved, a scene was presented of him suppressing the demonic path with his own self.

However, as he cultivated the three realms of the Western Journey, the Buddha within his heart manifested a special Buddha seal. Instantly, it dissolved endless demonic paths and purified the Buddha realm within his own heart. Just as if purifying the world, it made the entire Buddha realm seem empty, leaving only his own Buddha-path Dharma form.

As he completed his cultivation, those distracting thoughts transformed into a fierce cultivator dressed in a black robe, faintly exuding demonic energy.

Jieyin opened his eyes: "This is the Wujing in my heart. Unfortunately, this Wujing is mixed with my hatred for the demonic path, making this incarnation of mine seem like a demonic cultivator. If I want this incarnation to be perfect, I need to make the Wujing incarnation completely perfect, transforming it from a demon into a Buddha."

After explaining, he continued his cultivation, preparing to evolve into the Incarnation of Enlightenment.

At the same time, the figure of Wujing faintly appeared in the Buddhist realm within Zhunti's heart. This Buddhist realm within Zhunti's heart was filled with endless greed and desire—greed for resources, greed for spiritual treasures. He used this endless greed to generate numerous resources, planting them within his Buddhist realm. That Buddhist realm resembled Mount Sumeru, and also resembled the Western Paradise.

Clearly, the core of Zhunti's idea is to plunder the primordial world to compensate for the unique Buddhist realm formed in the West.

Thus, the Buddhist realm, along with the purification, was like the end of the world, ultimately becoming nothingness. The Buddhist realm exploded, eventually transforming into countless heavens, carrying the enlightenment in his heart.

Although Zhunti's emanation of enlightenment did not exhibit the mannerisms of a demonic cultivator, it was still filled with desires and appeared to be rife with evil.

Zhunti also lamented, "My enlightened incarnation also needs to evolve into a Buddha to achieve perfection."

Overwhelmed with emotion, they once again immersed themselves in cultivation. Within a few thousand years, both evolved their own manifestations of enlightenment. However, the enlightenment manifestation of the guide took the form of a unique Buddha.

Zhunti's incarnation, Wuneng, is a special Taoist. He seems quite mysterious.

As for their incarnations of Wukong, they transformed into an incarnation that was 99% similar to theirs as their hearts extinguished.

In a short time, Jieyin and Zhunti had mastered the three realms of the Journey to the West. However, this was only the initial stage; to reach perfection, they still needed to completely convert their respective avatars into Buddhas.

Seeing that Jieyin and Zhunti had cultivated so easily, Di Qing nodded and smiled: "Very good. You two are indeed worthy of being the past and present Buddhas I chose. Your comprehension and temperament are both first-rate. Now that you have cultivated the three realms of the Journey to the West, the Great Dao is within reach."

Upon hearing this, Jieyin and Zhunti dared not claim credit. They immediately clasped their hands together and chanted the Buddha's name: "We are deeply grateful for the teachings of the Buddha Diqing, which has enabled us to achieve our current level of cultivation. We brothers are eternally grateful."

"You two are being too polite. Alright, get back to cultivation and try to perfect your three avatars as soon as possible. Come find me again after you've perfected them. Then I'll tell you how to become a true Primordial Chaos cultivator." Di Qing transmitted these words through his Qi.

Since it involves the secrets of attaining enlightenment, Di Qing didn't want to publicize it widely. He could only tell them privately that he would teach them after they truly reached that level.

Upon hearing this, Jieyin and Zhunti were deeply moved and expressed their gratitude repeatedly.

Di Qing waved his hand, as if remembering something: "Right, since Buddhism was born, and you are the Buddhas of the past and present, how can you not possess treasures? This supreme spiritual root, the Bodhi Tree, originally belonged to you. Now I return it to you as a sacred tree of Buddhism. Secondly, I bestow upon you the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, the Six Roots Purification Bamboo, the Palm Leaf Sutra..."

Since Buddhism belonged to their own faction, Di Qing couldn't be stingy. Especially since the West was impoverished, and Buddhism couldn't offer anything of value. So Di Qing decided to provide Buddhism with the necessary resources.

Numerous spiritual treasures and resources were handed over to Jieyin and Zhunti, who were then in charge of their management.

When did Jieyin and Zhunti see so many precious resources and spiritual treasures? They were all incredibly excited. They immediately put their hands together, shouted the name of Emperor Qing Buddha, and knelt down, crying out, "We are very grateful for the blessings of Emperor Qing Buddha. We Buddhists will never forget the Buddha's teachings."

Di Qing smiled, nodded, and said nothing more. Then he vanished from the sight of the many Buddhist disciples and arrived deep within Mount Sumeru.

At the same time, all the Buddhist disciples shouted the Buddha's name: "Immeasurable Buddha, we respectfully send off Emperor Qing Buddha."

With a unified shout, they offered their faith and their excitement. Then they dispersed to pursue their own spiritual practice.

Di Qing felt the continuous flow of faith, which gradually gathered on the land of faith he had evolved, along with the chanting of Buddhist hymns by Western Buddhist disciples.

This Buddhist chant was not created by Di Qing himself, but rather it was developed under the leadership of Jieyin and Zhunti. Clearly, this also reflects the respect shown by Jieyin and Zhunti.

Di Qing smiled gently: "Immeasurable Buddha, is this my Buddha name? Compared to Amitabha Buddha of later generations, this Immeasurable Buddha is somewhat more venerable. All Buddhist disciples chant this Buddha name daily, contributing their faith to me. Cundi and Jieyin, very good..."

He continued to refine his true form of faith and cultivate his own divine system.

After many years, the figures of Jieyin and Zhunti finally appeared.

Upon seeing their arrival, Di Qing showed no surprise: "You've come!"

"Boundless Buddha!" ​​Jieyin and Zhunti first chanted the Buddha's name, offering their faith, then said with devotion, "Emperor Qing Buddha, your disciples have comprehended the Three Realms of the Journey to the West you created, cultivating the three incarnations of Wukong, Wuneng, and Wujing. Now that the three incarnations are perfected, we still have not reached that final realm. Therefore..."

"I thought it would take you tens of thousands of years before you could perceive the limits of the Three Realms of Journey to the West. But you anticipated it much earlier than I did." Di Qing had long anticipated this and knew what the Three Realms of Journey to the West he had created meant: "Actually, your senses are correct. To achieve the Great Dao Primordial Realm, relying solely on the Three Realms of Journey to the West is not enough."

(End of this chapter)