Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

Chapter 222 The Tribulation of Inner Demons

"Heh heh, a cultivator actually dares to practice magic here! They're truly courting death!"

"This body smells so good! Don't you dare try to take it from me!"

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Attracted by Ao Peng, the remnants of ancient demons' souls flowed continuously into his body as he absorbed the Geng metal energy of this place.

When these remnant souls of demons entered Ao Peng's body, they were overjoyed. If an ordinary cultivator were to absorb the Geng metal Qi of this place, they would need to corrupt the other party's magical power and supernatural abilities after entering before they could successfully complete the possession.

However, Ao Peng's body seemed to have been prepared for these remnant souls of demons. As soon as they entered, the many remnant souls of demons felt like fish in water, and their will, which had been suppressed by Bing Shan, showed signs of being somewhat restored.

"Where is that kid's spirit? Everyone, search quickly, before he realizes what's happening and runs away!"

"Don't run, don't run!"

Ao Peng's spirit manifested within his spiritual platform.

He sat upright on a platform, the platform radiating light that illuminated the surrounding void.

In the illuminated void, ancient demons appeared one after another. Among them was a water monster with nine heads and nine tails, resembling a giant serpent covered in scales, its entire body dark red. With a sweep of its nine tails, it struck the surrounding void, drawing forth a pool of poisonous water. There was a man-eating monster with the body of a tiger, leopard, or wolf, with eyes growing from its armpits and claws like hooks. Beneath it lay piles of human bones. There was a gluttonous monster, as large as a mountain, whose gaping maw could swallow rivers, seas, and mountains whole…

Ao Peng glanced at them and discovered that many of these demons were monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It was likely that when the Supreme Dao Ancestor opened up the Journey to the West world, he introduced the myths from the Classic of Mountains and Seas into this world, which is why the mythical demons in the real world could be reflected in this world.

Besides the demons in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Ao Peng also saw many beings that were half-human and half-beast. They could swallow gold and iron and had supernatural powers. These should be humans of the Chi You and Jiuli lineage, and they had also evolved in this world.

The numerous demonic remnants saw that Ao Peng's soul not only did not run away, but also manifested on the spiritual platform. Each of those ferocious beast remnants transformed into a mountain-sized being, their bodies almost covering the entire void, looking down at Ao Peng with pairs of huge red eyes.

"Aren't you afraid of us?"

Ao Peng laughed and said, "Since you have all come to help me attain enlightenment today, how could I be afraid of you? However, I only have one spiritual platform here. With so many of you, how should I divide it among myself?"

There are tens of thousands of demonic thoughts here, but firstly, they are all incomplete souls, and secondly, they have been suppressed here for millions of years, and their original power has long been almost non-existent.

The reason why ordinary cultivators cannot absorb the Qi of Geng Metal in this place is that they are afraid that a wisp of demonic thought will escape into their body, lie dormant, and turn into a demonic calamity at a critical moment.

At the same time, although the demonic thoughts here are almost powerless, their various supernatural abilities and the rules they represent are strange and bizarre. They constantly use underhanded tricks and fight in the spiritual platform. As long as the cultivator has the slightest fear, the opponent's magical power and supernatural abilities will continue to rise. The higher the cultivator's cultivation level, the more powerful these demonic thoughts will be.

This is what is meant by "the devil is one foot taller than the saint."

For example, the Nine-Headed Serpent Demonic Thoughts constantly pounded the void, attracting poisonous springs, attempting to corrode Ao Peng's spiritual platform. Ordinary cultivators would find it difficult to deal with even one of them, let alone so many demonic thoughts.

These demonic thoughts were not fully conscious, and seeing that Ao Peng was fearless, they knew that it was best to deal with Ao Peng as soon as possible.

The nine infants opened their nine mouths, transforming into nine tornadoes of poisonous wind that swept towards Ao Peng's soul.

Before the nine tornadoes of poisonous wind could even get close to Ao Peng's body, a green lamp suddenly lit up beside him. The lamp was ancient and had a tortoise and snake design on it.

The lights inside were bright, and suddenly they grew to a height of ten thousand feet, revealing a Dharma image that reached the heavens and the earth.

This image stands on a tortoise and snake, holding a demon-subduing sword; it is none other than Zhenwu Dangmo Tianzun.

This is the spiritual platform of Ao Peng, so his twelve auspicious cloud palace lamps here, like these ancient demonic thoughts, can evolve into the true divine will of the Heavenly Venerable, not just a vague phantom of the Heavenly Venerable in the outside world.

The Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable took a step forward, and the poisonous wind subsided. Then, he cleaved the Nine-Headed Serpent's head with his True Martial Demon-Subduing Sword, and all nine of the serpent's heads fell to the ground instantly. The remaining snake heads continued to shake, trying to grow new heads.

However, for the Demon-Subduing Celestial Venerable, this was nothing more than child's play. With a turn of the Demon-Subduing Sword, the nine necks of the Nine Infants circled around each other, intertwining and evolving into a strange Tai Chi concept of life and death, causing the Nine Infants' heads to fall into a state between life and death.

Seeing that Ao Peng was protected by the Daoist palace lanterns, a demon sneered, "I said, how dare you be so bold, kid? It turns out you're relying on the protection of the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable. But there's only one Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable. You shouldn't have brought all of us in here."

The numerous demons instantly understood. They transformed into a sky full of dark clouds and surged towards Ao Peng with the force to sweep across the heavens and earth. The Heavenly Venerable of Subduing Demons only had one divine thought, but there were tens of thousands of demons here. Even if the Heavenly Venerable could fight against ten thousand, as long as a single demonic thought slipped into Ao Peng's spiritual platform and destroyed the green lamp, the Heavenly Venerable of Subduing Demons would immediately disappear.

"One?"

Ao Peng chuckled, and then one palace lantern after another lit up around him. These palace lanterns were generally the same in shape, but each had different patterns.

Some palace lanterns depict the compassion of Bodhisattvas, some depict a sky full of stars, and some depict Fubo pacifying the world...

One after another, Bodhisattvas, Heavenly Venerables, and Primordial Sovereigns manifested on Ao Peng's Spirit Platform under the illumination of palace lanterns. Their radiance reached the heavens and the earth, shining brightly in all directions. Their mere appearances were enough to suppress Ao Peng's Spirit Platform, preventing it from moving. Their radiance formed a continuous stream, turning into water flowing from the eaves and falling from Ao Peng's Spirit Platform, almost untouched by any magic.

Numerous remnant souls of demons: We've met our match!

Ao Peng's mind was clear and bright. He was protected by the divine thoughts of twelve great gods. Even if each of them only had a wisp of divine thought, they were nothing more than a wisp of demonic thought. Why should I be afraid of them?

Ao Peng felt no fear whatsoever. These tens of thousands of demonic thoughts naturally had no chance to grow. Although they appeared numerous, they were nothing but clay chickens and earthen dogs to the Heavenly Venerable Divine Thoughts guarding this place!

After realizing they had encountered a tough opponent, the remnant souls of the demons quickly fled. Who the hell would dare to seize such a spiritual platform? They may be evil, but they are not stupid!

Unfortunately, Ao Peng had already foreseen this moment when he led them in. "The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, but there is always a shore to turn back from! Why don't you all follow me to the Avici Hell!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an inner vision manifested on his spiritual platform, transforming into a boundless Xuanming Sea. This sea was chaotic and endless, encompassing the infinite universe, and spread out on Ao Peng's spiritual platform, enveloping countless demons.

At the same time, he threw out the finger bone of the Naga princess, which landed in the Xuanming Sea. The next moment, the Xuanming Sea underwent a new change, and a second pattern appeared, signifying the boundless sea of ​​suffering.