Primordial Era: A God-Level Choice, Possessing Zhao Gongming at the Start

Chapter 558 The Supreme Being of the Underground Path After a Thousand Years of Facing the Wall

The boundless golden light of Brahma fell upon Kinnara, instantly producing a hissing sound. The black demonic flames seemed to have encountered a formidable enemy they had never faced before, and began to rapidly diminish and recede.

In just a moment, the demonic flames on Kinnara's body dissipated completely, and the demonic seed within him was greatly suppressed, returning him to his original, unremarkable state!

At the same time, Kinnara's aura gradually declined, falling from a level where he could initially contend with the three Buddhist masters back to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Kinnara opened his eyes. The two Buddhist saints were looking at him calmly, their eyes as still as water. "Kinnara, do you know your crime?"

Kinnara clenched his fists, his fingertips digging deep into his flesh. "This disciple does not know where I have sinned. Ashu has reformed and has never done anything wrong. Why has she ended up like this?"

"Everything is predestined, and so is Ashu's fate!"

The sage's voice was calm and even, yet it resounded throughout the entire underworld, echoing in the ears of all the wandering souls in the netherworld.

"life?"

Mosquito Daoist sneered inwardly. "We cultivators are in our own hands, not in the heavens. Our teacher said that fate is always in our own hands. Everything else is an illusion." However, despite this fact, with the silver tongue of the two Western Saints, they could make the false seem true and the dead seem alive. He was already used to it.

Kinnara looked up at the sage and slowly asked, "Then this disciple wishes to ask, where exactly has Ashu's primordial spirit gone? Since she has already perished, why continue to imprison her soul?"

Kinnara's implication was that the two Buddhist saints had captured Ashu's primordial spirit and wouldn't let go.

Zhunti's face immediately darkened, and he explained, "Kinnara and Ashu's primordial spirit were not taken away by us."

"If they aren't saints, could they be your fellow disciples?"

Kinnara smiled wryly as he looked at the pharmacist and the others.

The sage's gaze fell upon the pharmacist and his companions, "Ashu's primordial spirit, was this your doing?"

The Medicine Master, Maitreya, and Dipankara immediately looked wronged. "Master, please understand! Ashu is just a mortal. Why would your disciples attack Ashu?"

"Furthermore, the Buddha is merciful; even an ant will try to survive, let alone a living person. We disciples did not lay a hand on it."

The pharmacists and the others quickly defended themselves, saying that they had been wronged, and by the sage no less, and that they absolutely could not admit it.

Zhunti's gaze fell on Kinnara again. "Kinnara, did you hear that clearly? Ashu's primordial spirit was not created by us."

Kinnara shouted, "In the Netherworld, there is a Saint of the Earthly Path who is in charge. Besides a Saint, who else can do this?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the air fell silent, and everyone looked at Zhunti and Jieyin with strange expressions.

The Western sage was famous throughout the primordial era for not needing dough.

Even though Buddhism has become influential over tens of thousands of years and sages rarely travel to the wilderness anymore, reputation is something that cannot be changed in a day or two.

In the eyes of countless cultivators in the Three Realms, a Western sage might actually be capable of such a thing.

Jieyin sighed and began to calculate with his fingers.

But after calculating for a long time, nothing could be calculated. Ashu's fate disappeared inexplicably at the moment of her fall.

No matter how many all-knowing and all-powerful deductive abilities Jieyin used, he could not deduce even a single hair.

The calculations suggest only two possibilities: either Ashu has already died and her soul has vanished into nothingness, leaving no trace behind, and all cause and effect have dissipated.

Secondly, a powerful cultivator used his supernatural abilities to hide Ashu's primordial spirit.

It's possible to deceive even a saint, and only a saint could do that. There are only so many saints in the Three Realms, so who would bother to do such a thing? It's simply unrealistic!

Jieyin sighed, "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, Kinnara, your fate with Ashu is over. There's no need to force it. In the end, you'll be the only one who gets hurt."

A gentle breeze blew by, lifting the hem of Kinnara's robe. A faint smile appeared on Kinnara's lips. "May I ask, Your Majesty, what shall you do with me?"

Just as Zhunti was about to speak, he was stopped by Jieyin. Zhunti glanced at his senior brother with resentment and quietly took a few steps back.

He knew his senior brother was afraid he would punish him too severely, but Kinnara was the future pillar of his Buddhist sect, how could he bear to punish him?

With a blank expression, Jieyin slowly said, "You have disregarded the rules of our Buddhist sect, acted disrespectfully, and dared to attack the Buddha. Therefore, I punish you by sending you to the Great Thunderclap Temple to face the wall for three thousand years."

Upon hearing this, all the cultivators in the entire Netherworld couldn't help but twitch their lips.

That punishment is really lenient!

He wreaked havoc in the underworld, fought against the Buddha, and even forced a sage to personally intervene, ultimately suffering the punishment of facing the wall for three thousand years.

The three of them—the pharmacist, Maitreya, and Maitreya—also twitched their lips, secretly feeling indignant, but dared not show it on their faces.

Zhunti asked, "Kinnara, do you confess your sins?"

Kinnara clasped his hands together and said, "This disciple confesses his sins."

Zhunti and Jieyin's expressions softened slightly. They cupped their hands in greeting to Mosquito Daoist, saying, "My disciple has been impolite and has disturbed the Underworld this time."

Mosquito Taoist said with a grin, "The arrival of a sage is too much for our underworld to handle, let alone blame you."

"We're off."

Zhunti and Jieyin uttered a Buddhist chant, their bodies radiating brilliant light, and in the blink of an eye, they left the Netherworld.

Medicine Master, Maitreya, and Dipankara, along with Kinnara, also quickly left, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Everyone left in a flash, and the Netherworld immediately returned to silence.

Mosquito Daoist arrived at the depths of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, in the Pingxin Hall, without stopping.

Is the Goddess Houtu here?

Mosquito Taoist stepped forward and gently knocked on the door.

"Come in."

A clear and melodious voice came from the hall, and the gates of Pingxin Palace opened.

As Mosquito Taoist entered, he saw two figures in the Pingxin Hall. Who else could they be but Houtu and Ashu?

Mosquito Taoist laughed and said, "Empress Houtu, is Ashu doing well here?"

Houtu smiled and said, "What, you're still not at ease?"

Mosquito Taoist quickly shook his head, "How dare a little mosquito like me?"

After saying that, the Mosquito Taoist cautiously added, "The two Western Saints just descended upon the Underworld; they didn't notice anything unusual, did they?"

Houtu nodded and casually chuckled, "In my Netherworld territory, we are naturally in charge. Even if the Two Sages of the West discover something, what can they do?"

With just a few simple words, she exuded domineering power. As a supreme being of the true realm, she was not afraid of even if Zhunti and Jieyin were combined.

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Mosquito Taoist then offered a flattering remark before saying, "Your Majesty, what about Ashu next?"

Ashu is, after all, just a mortal. Compared to the Earthly Supreme, the difference between them is like heaven and earth. Ashu can hide in Pingxin Palace for a short time, which is fine. But if she stays there indefinitely, the Earthly Supreme will be furious. In that case, even he, the Great Emperor of Fengdu, might not have a good outcome.

Houtu smiled faintly, "Axiu, very good. Let her stay with me for now. It's been a very long time since Pingxin Palace has been filled with the warmth of human presence."

(End of this chapter)