Free Web NovelChapter 582: Chapter 582: I’ll Be the Righteous Dao
Vast, boundless Buddha Light streamed from within the world-spanning Sword Qi. Like a bursting flood, it inundated the Cloud Sea, splitting it in two and plunging Heaven and Earth into a silent Void.
For a moment, a dead silence fell.
Even high in the firmament, the battle between Emperor Jia You and the Old Dragon Monarch paused. Their gazes, tinged with shock, turned toward Lü Yang.
’She was actually killed...’
’Bao Lian is the official Sect Leader of the Pure Land Buddhist Cultivators, and she even mastered the Seeking Dao Immortal Technique. Despite all that, she was still killed?’
Inconceivable!
But in the next second, as the melodious chime of a stone bell echoed, a newborn baby girl in an ordinary family’s home in Jiangxi opened her eyes.
"Amitabha!"
The Buddha’s Name boomed like a Thunder Sound, and the scattered Buddha Light instantly re-gathered. The baby girl landed and transformed into an adult, once again assuming the form of Bao Lian Hidden Buddha. Her Qi trace remained at its peak, and aside from the deathly pale look on her seductive face, her Mana and Position were utterly unscathed!
Seeing this, Lü Yang couldn’t help but sigh.
’A Middle-stage Golden Core cultivator, whose Grotto Heaven doesn’t fall... They’re just too hard to kill.’
That earth-shattering sword strike just now had drained almost sixty percent of his Mana. At his level, Mana was already bound to his Soul Gold Attribute.
If he were given time, it would only take a moment to recover.
However, in the midst of Combat, with their Qi traces clashing, how could she give him the time to calmly regulate his breathing and recover his Mana? Striking an enemy when they’re down is the only logical course of action!
——He couldn’t win.
At this moment, Lü Yang clearly understood the truth: even though he had attained the Emperor Fruit and possessed the combat strength to contend with a Middle-stage Golden Core Perfected Lord...
He could even gain the upper hand and kill them once.
But in the end, he could only win a single battle, not the war. As long as his opponent’s Grotto Heaven didn’t fall, any number of deaths was just a meaningless statistic.
’And of all things, their Grotto Heaven... I can’t interfere with it!’
The Grotto Heaven of a Middle-stage Golden Core cultivator is completely hidden within their Fruit. Even using the Engraving Laws, he couldn’t touch it, let alone forcibly strike it down.
Unless—
’...Unless I had the Cultivation of Ang Xiao—the Position and Cultivation of the Late Stage of Golden Core. Perhaps then I could forcibly strip away their Fruit and kill a Middle-stage Golden Core cultivator for good.’
Thinking of this, Lü Yang couldn’t help but recall World Purger Fei Xue’s frankly ridiculous battle record. A mere hundred years after Seeking Gold, she fought a Middle-stage Golden Core cultivator to the death and killed them over fifty times... She didn’t even have an Emperor Fruit, yet she could accomplish such a feat. No wonder she shook the world back then.
How did she pull that off?
Lü Yang’s brow furrowed slightly. He already had an answer:
’Something’s not right... At the time, I was just shocked. But looking back now, that’s not a level of strength an Early Stage Golden Core cultivator should have. World Purger Fei Xue definitely cheated!’
We both fought against Middle-stage Golden Core cultivators.
I have a mighty Emperor Fruit, and I was exhausted after killing one just once. You, with your Fruit of Gully-Rill Water, killed one over fifty times. That clearly defies all logic!
While Lü Yang was still pondering...
On the other side, the recently reincarnated Bao Lian Hidden Buddha wore an ugly expression. The corner of her eye twitched, and her face flushed red then turned pale.
’I died... I actually died once!’
Even if it was at the hands of someone with an Emperor Fruit, being killed once was a matter of utter humiliation for Bao Lian Hidden Buddha. From now on, she would likely become a laughingstock.
At this thought, a cold glint flashed in Bao Lian Hidden Buddha’s eyes. She looked at Lü Yang, whose Qi trace was now weak, and was about to strike again... But the very moment the thought formed, a Celestial River came rolling through the sky, stretching across Heaven and Earth to separate her from Lü Yang.
"Xue Feihong... You!?" Bao Lian Hidden Buddha’s expression changed slightly.
"A loss is a loss. What are you still doing here?"
From within the vast Celestial River, an arrogant, domineering voice boomed out, making one imagine the figure of a woman with her hands on her hips, striking an imperious pose:
"Get lost!"
Hearing this, the killing intent in Bao Lian Hidden Buddha’s eyes faltered, and she couldn’t help but sigh internally: ’Today... I’m afraid we’re truly going to lose Jiangxi!’
At this point in the battle, the outcome was clear.
On Lü Yang’s side, with the Old Dragon Monarch holding the line and World Purger Fei Xue providing backup, their position was as solid as a mountain unless the Sword Pavilion’s True Monarch Gangxing himself intervened.
They were far beyond the Pure Land’s ability to challenge!
As for the Bhagavat descending... Bao Lian Hidden Buddha had considered it. In fact, she had been trying to contact the Bhagavat from the very beginning.
However, the Bhagavat did not reply.
The attitude behind the silence was all too clear, leaving Bao Lian Hidden Buddha feeling even more helpless. She understood in her heart that insisting further was meaningless.
"...Amitabha."
Bao Lian Hidden Buddha let out a long sigh. Then, her brow smoothed, she dispersed her cold killing intent, and a seductive yet compassionate smile reappeared on her face.
In the next second, she stared fixedly at Lü Yang, who stood in the sky, and chuckled lightly. "Patron, your attainment of the Fruit of Celestial Fire is certainly an unprecedented miracle. However, you’ve chosen the wrong time. The thousand-year calamity is approaching. As a newly ascended Perfected Lord, you will surely become a target for all. Do you have a way to avoid this disaster?"
"Daoist, you jest."
Lü Yang smiled calmly upon hearing her words. "A great calamity is also a great opportunity. We Cultivators should cut through thorns and brambles, facing challenges head-on. How could we simply hand over such an opportunity?"
At these words, Bao Lian Hidden Buddha was taken aback for a moment, then she sneered.
’Does he really think the thousand-year calamity is just Lower Cultivators fighting it out, with everyone else holding back? It’s a true struggle for the Dao, a war where even the fall of a Perfected Lord is commonplace!’
"Arrogant junior..."
"Hahaha! Well said!"
On the other side, however, World Purger Fei Xue burst into laughter, her beautiful eyes filled with approval as she glanced at Lü Yang. "With an attitude like that, you’re worthy of being one of us!"
Lü Yang clasped his hands in a salute, inwardly breathing a sigh of relief. He knew that his carefully calculated words had struck just the right chord with World Purger Fei Xue. Now that she looked upon him so favorably, it wouldn’t be difficult to have her intervene on his behalf and stabilize the situation with the various factions.
That was right; Lü Yang had deliberately spoken with such bravado.
After all, he was different from other Perfected Lords. If other Perfected Lords died in the thousand-year calamity, they were dead for good. They only had one life. If he died, what’s the big deal? He could just start over.
With an ace up his sleeve, he had no reason to fear!
In the next instant, Bao Lian Hidden Buddha simply dispersed her Buddha Light, and her graceful figure vanished.
Meanwhile, the Grand Tutor and Grand Protector—the only remaining survivors of the Three Ministers of the Daoist Court—had long since vanished. They had clearly made a decisive retreat, already fleeing to the East.
At the same time, the battle in the depths of the firmament was also coming to an end.
BOOM!
With a tremendous roar, Emperor Jia You broke free from the vast ocean conjured by the Fruit of Vast-Sea Water. Without a backward glance, he swiftly fled back to the lands of Jiangdong.
When they arrived, seven Perfected Lords came with menacing momentum.
When they left, only four Perfected Lords remained, fleeing in disgrace. Of the other three, two were Bodhisattvas now forced into seclusion, and the Daoist Court Grandmaster had been slain in battle by Lü Yang himself!
This—this was a battle to establish his foundation!
Lü Yang’s figure descended. Billowing Mana surged, erupting from the crown of his head as a blazing fire. It cast a crimson glow of a thousand shades, blanketing the lands of Jiangxi.
In the next second, the trillions of beings in Jiangxi and the many Foundation-Stage Cultivators who had been observing the battle all stared with wide eyes. They watched as the land of Jiangxi, once covered in Buddha Light and dotted with temples, was set ablaze. A tide of crimson light washed over the entire region, scouring it from one end to the other!
"Today, I establish the Righteous Qi Dao!"
Lü Yang had always believed that, without exception, every sect in this godforsaken place, big or small, belonged to the Demon Dao. The so-called Righteous Dao simply didn’t exist; it was all a lie.
With this thought, he made up his mind:
’Since no one else can do it, then I will be the Righteous Dao!’
"All Cultivators under heaven, regardless of righteous or evil, regardless of origin! So long as you are willing to enter my sect and call upon my name, you may become my disciple. All will be taught Divine Technique Formulas."
As his thunderous, grand voice passed over, the entirety of Jiangxi began to change.
Rivers were rerouted, floods were reversed, mountains were moved, and the very earth converged. Following Lü Yang’s will, the land gradually took on the shape he desired.
He moved mountains, shifted stones, and turned rivers into land.
It all happened with unbelievable speed. It was as if Lü Yang wasn’t using Great Magical Power to reshape Heaven and Earth, but rather, Heaven and Earth were catering to his will, changing themselves of their own accord!
