Honghuang Taihuang

"Fellow Daoist, even your Dao Fruit avatar possesses such power. I'm truly curious, was your previous tribulation truly a genuine tribulation?"

Looking at the dark spring opposite him, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha said with a smile that Mount Sumeru stood behind the three Buddhas, shattering the fierce, scarlet sword lights.

Among the three Buddha images of Shakyamuni, Vairocana Buddha is domineering and stern, Amitabha Buddha is indifferent and silent, and only Bhaisajyaguru Buddha appears to be gentle, but this Buddha shows no mercy when he attacks.

The incense offerings on Mount Sumeru were pushed to their limit by Bhaisajyaguru, and the overwhelming incense power, like a golden-red tide, repeatedly swallowed the terrifying sword light unleashed by Youquan.

Youquan looked at Bhaisajyaguru Buddha without saying a word. Due to their different positions, he had nothing to say to the three Buddhas before him.

The Holy Evil Lord unleashed another extremely fierce sword light. The moment the scarlet sword light appeared, the three great hand seals of the Great Sun Tathagata transformed into the All-Light Seal.

The dazzling and domineering Buddhist light forcibly gathered up the countless sword lights in the starry sea, and the supreme power of Mount Sumeru was added to the body of the Great Sun Tathagata, shattering the blood-red light that the Holy Evil Lord had unleashed.

Blood Tathagata split off from the Holy Evil Lord, and the domineering sword light, interwoven with gold and red, carrying the power to subdue all external demons, slashed towards Amitabha Buddha, who had not made any move. The three great thousand light wheels behind his head rotated, and three thousand Buddhas and one hundred thousand Arhats appeared behind Amitabha Buddha.

The boundless power of Buddha's light burst forth, and the sword light unleashed by Blood Tathagata seemed to have touched the hardest thing in the world, stopping a hundred feet in front of Amitabha Buddha.

Holding his sword in both hands, You Tian looked at the three Buddhas opposite him with a solemn expression. The Great Sun Tathagata, Amitabha Buddha, and Medicine Buddha, each of these three Buddhas alone was no weaker than an ordinary Great Luo Dao Lord.

Vairocana Buddha can perfectly harness the power of Mount Sumeru, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha can draw upon the immeasurable incense offerings and prayers of Buddhism, and Amitabha Buddha can draw upon the power of countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Buddhism.

Each of these three Buddhas was extremely difficult to deal with. Even though Youquan's strength far surpassed that of these three Buddhas, he still felt somewhat troubled. However, this also aroused Youquan's fighting spirit. Only such opponents were worthy of making him use his full strength!

The Holy Evil Lord and Blood Tathagata slashed in turn, their domineering and fierce sword light piercing through the sky like shooting stars, blasting the three Buddhas away one after another.

Crimson ripples rippled continuously in the void. The divine swords of the Holy Evil Lord and Blood Tathagata intertwined, and even Mount Sumeru, which was also a supreme treasure of the Great Void, was gradually unable to withstand the increasingly flamboyant and fierce crimson sword light.

The Dao Fruit of the Debate Between Positive and Negative reversed everything before Youquan's eyes. Only when the power of the three Buddhas combined could they barely block Youquan's true Dao Fruit of the Debate Between Positive and Negative.

The Nirvana and Rebirth of Vairocana Buddha ensured the immortality of the three Buddhas; Amitabha Buddha's Amala Consciousness Fruit granted the three Buddhas the supreme power to communicate with all things and control all laws; and Bhaisajyaguru Buddha's Lapis Lazuli Universal Salvation Fruit restrained all filth and evil, as well as the Blood Sea Demonic Path of the Netherworld.

The three Buddhas, working together, were no weaker than Shakyamuni Buddha himself. The battle between Youquan and the three Buddhas was a true clash of equals.

The debate between the positive and negative forces constantly reversed the foundations of the three Buddhas opposite them, and these three Buddhas were also constantly erasing the supreme demonic nature rooted in their bodies by the Nether Spring. The great battle between the two sides gradually turned into a clash between the essence of Buddhism and the demonic path.

The Holy Evil Lord and Blood Tathagata split off, each blocking the immeasurable incense and spiritual power accumulated by Mount Sumeru and the Buddhist sect over millions of years. Youquan himself, carrying the demonic nature accumulated by the demonic path over millions of years, merged with the boundless Buddhist light transformed from the three Buddhas.

The pitch-black demonic energy is domineering and unrestrained; the golden Buddha light is majestic and powerful, saving all sentient beings.

Two conflicting truths of the Great Dao constantly intertwine and collide. As the Lord of the Demonic Path, Youquan has gained the recognition of all demonic cultivators and is also the person in the primordial world who understands the demonic path the most.

The three Buddhas—Mahavairocana, Amitabha, and Bhaisajyaguru—are the golden manifestations of Shakyamuni, the master of Buddhism. They can also be considered as a part of Shakyamuni. Their understanding of Buddhism is unparalleled in the entire primordial world.

Youquan cultivates both demonic and Buddhist paths, and this time he can take advantage of the three Buddhas to further improve his foundation in both paths.

Blood Demon, Heavenly Demon, Yin Demon, Yang Demon, God Demon, Monster Demon, Human Demon, Earth Demon...

Countless demonic essences intertwined to form a massive vortex, and Youquan single-handedly suppressed the three, including the Great Sun Tathagata.

The three great mudras of Vairocana Buddha, the nine great meanings of Amitabha Buddha, and the universal salvation light of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha all continuously collapsed and sank into this profound yet chaotic demonic truth.

The immense power of the Nether Spring surged and spread continuously, while the true meanings of the Blood Sea Path and the Vajra King Path constantly absorbed the foundations of the three Buddhas and evolved and grew.

The debate between the positive and negative constantly permeated the foundation and origin of the three Buddhas, including Mahavairocana, while Youquan used this opportunity to explore the supreme Buddhist tradition carried by these three Buddhas, the path of the Tathagata World Honored One.

Youquan was absorbing the supreme inheritance of Buddhism, and Shakyamuni immediately sensed this. The path of the Tathagata is the foundation of Buddhism. Once Youquan fully obtains it, Buddhism will inevitably be suppressed by the demonic path in the future. Even someone as peaceful as Shakyamuni could not agree to this.

A vast and peaceful will crossed countless mountains and rivers and entered the body of Vairocana Buddha. The sublime Buddhahood within the three Great Luo fruits of Nirvana Rebirth, Amala Consciousness, and Lapis Lazuli Salvation was instantly merged.

A majestic Buddha, as imposing as Mount Sumeru, surrounded by countless stars and revolving through the three thousand great worlds, appeared in the center of the turbulent abyss. His pair of azure eyes, containing the supreme demonic qualities of Buddhism such as compassion, emptiness, and salvation, looked at the dark spring before him, which was as small as an ant.

A pair of Buddha's hands, bearing billions of stars and encompassing all the heavens and myriad realms, slowly emerged and slapped down at Youquan!

Boundless flames burned, and the blazing Buddha-nature exploded like millions of suns in an instant. For the first time, Youquan, who had transformed into the source of the demonic path, felt a sense of horror from his very origin and from his soul.

The power of Shakyamuni, the master of Buddhism and Taoism, was far greater than he had originally estimated, and had even approached that of Zixiao, who had previously transformed into the Creation Dao.

The Holy Evil Lord and Blood Tathagata intertwined before him. Facing Shakyamuni, who had transformed into the Great Extinction Buddha, Youquan no longer held back. The origin of the demonic path and its fortune surged and burned at this moment. A huge lotus platform, interwoven with pitch black and scarlet, appeared opposite the Great Extinction Buddha.

An unparalleled demon ancestor, whose size was as high as heaven and earth and whose form was unbelievable, slowly took shape. He held swords in both hands, wore the crown of the Heavenly Demon King, and was draped in the cloak of ten thousand demons. Beneath his feet was the abyss of demons where all living beings were sinking.

As soon as this demon ancestor appeared, the two killing swords in his palms transformed into two dazzling galaxies that divided the universe, severing the immeasurable palm unleashed by the Great Annihilation Buddha with a single sword strike.

Demon and Buddha clashed, their swords laid out horizontally, and in an instant, the proud hands of the Demon Ancestor and Buddha reached their peak.

Behind the Buddha, countless Buddha palms appeared like a peacock spreading its tail feathers. Each pair of Buddha palms could hold a vast world, representing the essence of Buddhism and Taoism, and shimmering with extremely dazzling golden light.

On the Demon Ancestor's side, concentric rings of interlocking crimson sword wheels also appeared. The Taiyin Sword, the Turbid Qi Sword, the Heavenly Fiend Sword, the Slaughter Sword, the Destruction Sword, the Return to Nothingness Sword, the Soul Sword, and countless sword lights evolved from the Demonic Path swept out, colliding with the endless Buddha palms behind the Buddha.

The clash of swords and palms was like the explosion of billions of stars. The endless sea of ​​stars was forcibly ruptured by this terrifying power. The other Great Luo Dao Lords around also looked at these two colossal ancestors who were countless times larger and more glorious than the sun and moon with astonishment, marveling at the power of Youquan and Shakyamuni.

As the sword wheel slashed down and the Buddha's palm roared, Youquan, transformed into the Demon Ancestor, calmly wielded each of the killing swords he had evolved. At this moment, Youquan mobilized the origins and insights of countless demonic cultivators in the primordial world, and the increasingly powerful force gradually suppressed the Great Annihilation Buddha's Palm of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

In terms of the current development of the two paths of Buddhism and Taoism in the vast primordial world, Buddhism and Taoism, which are confined to the far west, are still somewhat inferior to Buddhism and Taoism.

Faced with Youquan mobilizing the power of billions of demonic cultivators, Shakyamuni could only mobilize the mental power of countless Buddhist cultivators in the far west to bless the Great Buddha of Nirvana, resisting the countless crimson sword wheels in front of him.

The clash between the two supreme beings never ceased. The surging incense and spiritual power transformed into seven-colored Buddhist light, enveloping the Great Nirvana Buddha. With the blessing of the seven-colored spiritual power, the golden Buddhist light once again erupted with even more vast power.

The Great Extinction Buddha's Palm of Ten Thousand Buddhas struck out once more. The Buddha's Palm, which saves all beings, caused the countless scarlet sword wheels that Youquan had slashed out to gradually transform into golden wisdom relic swords. In the next instant, the Dao Fruit of the Debate between Positive and Negative caused these relic swords to transform back into demonic swords.

The demonic path emphasizes self-importance and the transformation of all things into demons; the Buddhist path emphasizes universal salvation and the Buddha entering into the lives of sentient beings. The two are almost identical in their ultimate goal, which has created an irreconcilable contradiction between the demonic path and the Buddhist path.

Although Taiwei had previously cooperated with Buddhism and had a good impression of Shakyamuni, this should not be the reason for Taiwei's determination to defeat Shakyamuni.

Because of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Pangu's heart, Taiwei owes Taiyi a huge favor. In addition, given the relationship between Taiwei and Fuxi and Nuwa, Taiwei must exert all his strength in this divine mandate of Yin and Yang.

The Holy Evil Lord and Blood Tathagata in Youquan's palm once again pierced out. Under Youquan's control, the origins of Buddhism and Demonism were perfectly merged. Demon is Buddha, and Buddha is Demon. At this moment, the Blood Sea Path and the Vajra King Path were almost perfectly merged into a new Great Path.

A blood-gold rainbow, like a waterfall of light, parted countless Buddha's palms. Buddha represents Yang, demon represents Yin; Buddha represents righteousness, demon represents opposites; Buddha represents strength, demon represents gentleness; a blood-gold scroll illustrating the true meaning of the two paths of Buddha and demon slowly unfolded.

The countless rays of Buddha light surrounding the Great Nirvana Buddha swayed continuously due to the appearance of this scroll of Buddha-Demon Treasure Map, and the will of Shakyamuni's descent let out a silent sigh.

In terms of Buddhist and Taoist attainments, Youquan is certainly far inferior to Shakyamuni. However, Youquan, who has mastered the origins of both the demonic and Buddhist paths, has undoubtedly surpassed Shakyamuni, who only cultivated the Buddhist path, in terms of rank.

The blood-gold light easily tore apart all the Buddha's palms and slammed heavily into the Great Nirvana Buddha's brow. The dazzling light instantly covered the Great Nirvana Buddha's entire body.

The supreme sword light, which governed both the demonic and Buddhist paths, easily cleaved through the origin and consciousness of the Supreme Demon Ancestor. The Palm of Ten Thousand Buddhas collapsed silently. The Great Annihilation Buddha was ultimately powerless to withstand the sword strike from Youquan, which perfectly contained the origins of both the demonic and Buddhist paths.

However, Youquan underestimated Shakyamuni. The moment the blood-gold rainbow pierced through Shakyamuni's will, three relics radiating perfect Buddhist light silently entered the body of the Supreme Demon Ancestor.

The Buddha's Way, the Path of Supreme Enlightenment, and the Path of Vajra King—the three supreme traditions of Buddhism—fully released the original true meaning of the Buddhist Way, and the majestic body of the Supreme Demon Ancestor collapsed and disintegrated in that instant.

Youquan appeared pale-faced amidst countless collapsing, wispy demonic energies. Opposite him, the Great Sun Tathagata, Amitabha Buddha, and Medicine Buddha also appeared one after another. However, Amitabha Buddha and Medicine Buddha completely collapsed the moment they appeared. Youquan's previous sword strike was not so easy to withstand.

The two radiant relics transformed into streams of light and merged into the body of Vairocana Buddha. Vairocana Buddha's aura began to surge continuously, but even so, Vairocana Buddha did not have much confidence in defeating Youquan, who was wielding his sword again.

The immense power of Bai Liu's timeless Dao Fruit continued to spread, transforming the vast star sea into an endless ice plain and snow river. With a flick of Taiwei's fingertip, tens of thousands of ice carp, constructed from extreme cold energy, swam out of the ice plain.

With a flick of the whisk, the ice carp were shattered by the silver threads of the whisk, transforming into a vast and boundless flow of spiritual energy.

The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi fell from the sky, and carrying the great power of the sun, moon and stars, it easily crushed countless ice fields and snow-capped mountains.

The Qingping Sword, like a green dragon, sliced ​​through the sky, neatly cleaving the boundless ice plain in two, causing the ice plain to bulge and crack to both sides.

Taiwei looked at the three Heavenly Venerables of Xuanmen surrounding him in the center, their chilling aura emanating from them. Wiping away a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth, Taiwei had a general understanding of the three's combat strength.

Under normal circumstances, Taiwei would be able to defeat any one of these three, but the current situation is three against one, and it is already quite remarkable that Taiwei has been able to hold on until now.

However, Taiwei had specifically chosen the White Glazed Timeless Dao Fruit, which was used for killing and fighting, for the sake of the Yin-Yang Sacred Mandate of the Divine Path this time. Taiwei had no intention of admitting defeat so easily.

The icebergs and snowfields trembled, and countless ice crystal storms swept across the heavens and earth. The full power of the White Glaze Timeless Dao Fruit erupted, and ice crystals condensed around Taiwei. The other two Taiwei slowly took shape under the sculpting of ice and snow.

With the same aura, the same cultivation level, and the same Great Luo Dao Fruit, the appearance of these two Taiwei beings caused the Supreme Heavenly Venerable to frown simultaneously. Only at this moment did the power of the White Glazed Timeless Dao Fruit begin to manifest. (End of Chapter)