Free Web NovelChapter 642: Chapter 377: Shatter the Other Shore World, Slay the False Buddha!
The deep and profound space, the sound of the Dao arises, myriad techniques manifest, all Dao images follow.
The Daoist raises the Taoist Scripture high, singing loudly.
"Heaven and earth first opened, all Dao split into eighty-four thousand, yin and yang together with life and death, questioning creation..."
He is both preaching the Dao and singing it.
The Dao flows from his mouth, through the Taoist Scripture which is still an embryo, transforming into golden characters,
These words convey Immortal Tao Rhyme, are engraved in the starry sky, even blown by cosmic winds, they neither sway nor extinguish!
"Questioning the Dao of heavens and earth, all techniques of the world."
"Beings awaken and align with the Dao, this is called Innate."
"Beings are born and learn the Dao, this is called Postnatal."
"Beings manifest and only then have Dao, should perform Fulai..."
Zhang Fusheng begins to preach the Dao, the Taoist Scripture now just an embryo, though bearing the Hunyuan and Fulai,
Yet of its eighty-four thousand pages, those with writing are few and far between—
The Flying Daggers for Slaying Immortals creates a page of "Slaughter," the Immortal Sinking Sword accomplishes a page of "Transformation," the Purple Lightning Hammer derives five pages of "Earth," "Fire," "Water," "Wind," and "Thunder"...
And Zhang Fusheng’s own cultivation also leaves traces in the Taoist Scripture: the "Buddha" page emits a virtual shadow of a nine-tiered lotus platform, Brahma Sound wafting,
The "Pure" words are as translucent as glass, unstained by dust,
The "Merit" page is surrounded by golden clouds, rays of light emanating,
The words "Cause and Effect" are entwined with black and white threads, connecting the stars of the heavens, conveying the profound mystery of "every drink and peck predetermined."
But all these, are merely an infinitesimal portion of the eighty-four thousand pages, hardly assembling a hundred pages, which is why this Taoist Scripture remains in embryo.
It is also at this moment,
Accompanied by the reverberating sound of preaching, the golden words in the starry sky undergo changes,
Zhang Fusheng speaks the "Great Sun," his words transform into a golden sun hanging high, ten thousand feet of golden light pours down, dyeing the golden characters with radiant celestial light, a three-legged Golden Crow virtual shadow appearing,
Not far away in the star clouds, an Ancestor Golden Crow spreads its wings spanning thousands of miles, suddenly opens its eyes, bewilderment fades, its gaze revealing clarity, wings flapping to invoke the true fire of the sun, rippling golden waves,
The Vermilion Bird on the red star stone raises its head and cries out, its cry resonates with the sound of the Dao, its body glowing with Spiritual Light.
He speaks "Water Action," golden words give birth to water wave Dao patterns, the condensed water droplets reflecting the skies, vast and endless, shining boundlessly
Among the star beasts,
The Ancestor Dragon coils, its tail stirring the sky full of vapor, the Ancestor Roc Peng spreads its wings, absorbing the Tao Rhyme of Water, scales gleaming with deep blue radiance, Chaos Wisdom gradually clears.
One speaks of decay and flourish, yin and yang, the golden words then flicker, like the breathing of heavens and earth, flourishing with star grass wild growth, decaying with life concealed, the rules manifest amidst the alternation of yin and yang.
And mention Buddha, Pure, the golden words illuminate with thick Brahma Sound,
Thousand Buddhas chant sutras, ten thousand monks recite Buddha, the violent star beasts gradually trend towards peace, ferocity transforms into tranquility,
Then speaks of earth, fire, wind, water, Chaos Cause and Effect, the golden words imbue with vast Tao Rhyme,
Chaos Mist spreads, dense threads of Cause and Effect intertwine, forming an all-encompassing net over the heavens.
The star beasts become increasingly diverse, the Qilin strides on clouds, the White Tiger roars among stars, the Xuanwu hibernates,
Countless Innate spiritual beasts bathe in the golden light of the sound of the Dao, their intellect buds like shoots breaking through soil, a clarity and reverence appearing in their eyes.
One type after another of star beast,
Thus there is a trend and sign of awakening.
The Dao continues to be preached.
The sound of the Great Dao echoes in this deep starry space, the immortal golden characters grow ever heavier and grander, illuminating eighty-four thousand lights, reflecting three thousand six hundred wonders,
Until the Taoist Scripture itself begins to glow,
Within Douluo Palace,
Grim skeletons finally find a hidden gourd in the depths.
The gourd appears purple-gold, flowing with infinite Tao Rhyme, exuding vast alchemical scent,
The True Monarch Fulai, preaching and explicating the Dao,
Holding the Taoist Scripture, his gaze falls upon that purple-gold gourd, first reflecting two grains of Great Sun Golden Lamp,
Then the golden lamp gradually brightens, illuminating into a sea of gold, revealing the myriad causes and effects upon the purple-gold gourd without any concealment!
The characteristics of "Cause of All Results" and "Results of Causes," both simultaneously triggered under the creation of Fire Eyes Golden Gaze,
Zhang Fusheng’s face emerges with realization, he sighs—"I see!"
He sees the purple-gold gourd, and knows the causes and consequences,
Both because the owner of the gourd hasn’t concealed or disguised, and because he attained True Monarch Fulai Fruit Position, gaining the Fulai Seven Souls,
His own natural affinity for all Dao...
His attainments in Cause and Effect far surpass what they once were.
"Shen Baobao mentioned, that the person named Zhang wants her to try to find the ’Suppressive Object’ in Douluo Palace—a Supreme Treasure suppressing certain things, yet it turns out to be this purple-gold gourd."
Zhang Fusheng both preaches the Dao and sighs inwardly.
The purple-gold gourd, held as a treasure by the Celestial Lord of Tao and Virtue,
Within the gourd, one thing is suppressed—namely, the intelligence of the star beasts.
He looks towards the many star beasts crouched in the starry sky listening to the Dao,
Among them, the level-6 star beasts, are clearly Innate spiritual beings, similar to Ancestor Golden Crow, Ancestor Roc Peng, Ancestor Dragon...
But just as Ancestor Golden Crow cannot be Di Jun or Eastern Emperor.
The rest of the Innate spiritual beings are not truly them either,
Rather, after the final calamity, created life by The Three Pristine Ones together, and suppressed their intelligence in the purple-gold gourd,
Thus, there are these unlearned, unintelligent wild star beasts!
As for why The Three Pristine Ones would do this?
Zhang Fusheng does not know, the purple-gold gourd doesn’t reveal specifics, but he can somewhat guess.
"If The Three Pristine Ones’ focus truly lies upon me...."
"Then they ought to foresee the supreme ones, will launch a killing formation aimed at me, to remove their precious chess piece."
Zhang Fusheng murmurs inwardly, his face shows bitterness,
If the speculation is true,
These star beasts, perhaps are ’backhand’ left by The Three Pristine Ones for himself.
Left for himself as a means to counter the Supreme Killing Formation.
After all, looking around, level-6 star beasts—or rather top Innate spiritual beings, there are a full nine!
Which equates to nine beings nearing Daluo level!
"Though many of the Daluo True Spirits have awakened, they are not complete, very flawed, strong as Guang Chengzi, Xuanqing Daoist and others, their abilities are only equivalent to those nearing Daluo..."
Zhang Fusheng’s heart is stirred,
Thus, with this group of star beasts, facing the killing formation, I seemingly truly have the capability for direct confrontation!
After all,
Even if the treasure-holding Guang Chengzi can easily suppress one or two level-6 star beasts, but what if faced with a hunt of nine?
If I bestow one Supreme Treasure upon the nine level-6 star beasts?
Guang Chengzi will suffer too!
The other Daluo True Spirits, likewise.
But Zhang Fusheng cannot feel joy regardless.
"These star beasts, are both my assistance and used to monitor me..."
Zhang Fusheng murmurs to himself, during his preaching of the Dao,
With the aid of immortal gold words and the Taoist Scripture, he can clearly sense the presence of restrictions within the souls of all the star beasts,
As for whose hands hold these restrictions?
If my guess is not mistaken,
It’s probably in the hands of some being secretly monitoring and watching over us as set by The Three Pristine Ones.
"To master the Purple Gold Gourd is to gain the power to restore the intelligence of all the Star Beasts."
"To control the restraint is to gain the ability to forcibly manipulate these Star Beasts—even I, who have enlightened them, cannot compete with the holder of the restraint."
Zhang Fusheng felt a complex mix of emotions, but suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"So, who are you?"
"No worries... I will find you."
Even though he understood that in some sense the Star Beasts were used to limit him,
Zhang Fusheng resolutely opened the Purple Gold Gourd nonetheless!
And so——
The countless Star Beasts regained their intelligence and were finally enlightened.
The exposition of the Tao continued.
The sounds of the Tao resonated, reverberating endlessly, as if the grand sounds of heaven.
.........
Mother star.
It has been seventy-three days, and dramatic changes have appeared on the mother star.
Outside the Celestial Capital.
Su Qiansuan rubbed his brow, took a deep breath:
"Now, it truly is the best time."
The being standing beside Him nodded slightly, speaking deeply:
"Countless powerful existences and True Spirits of the old world have all gone to the Netherworld, revealed in the Celestial Capital, leaving the Federation vulnerable; it is indeed the best opportunity."
As they spoke,
The two Deities gazed at the Capital, or rather, at the enormous dark object above the Capital.
Within, lies the Netherworld.
Su Qiansuan rubbed his brow and spoke deeply:
"Now, all those who have foresight are contending within the Netherworld, many True Spirits and Great Divine Power Users of the old world are observing the battle."
Pausing for a moment, He continued:
"To my knowledge, even the ’Wusheng Old Mother’ from the Celestial Dao Province, as well as the Speaker and the Grand Secretary, have entered the Netherworld."
The being beside Him spoke softly:
"However, it’s hard to shake the Federation and the suddenly emerged ’Celestial Court’ solely with our power."
Upon hearing the words "Celestial Court," Su Qiansuan’s eye twitched, and a look of apprehension appeared on his face.
Two months ago, after the opening of the Netherworld, many powerful beings entered the Netherworld,
and as a result, an organization named Celestial Court suddenly emerged, filled with beings at the Great Divine Techniques level!
In just two months,
forty-nine provinces, over ten of them have been overrun by the Celestial Court...
Even the Golden Province, which had already declared independence, was no exception.
Su Qiansuan took a deep breath:
"Governors of the provinces are now gathered in the Celestial Capital, though they have not entered the Netherworld."
"If only we could persuade them to break away from the Federation and oppose the Celestial Court together... there might still be hope."
The ancient being beside Him nodded deeply, and Su Qiansuan suddenly looked at Him:
"You all came from the Two Realms Mountain, and now that place has plunged into mystery, it can’t be spied on or entered... what has happened there?"
He carefully assessed the ancient being before Him, or rather... a True Spirit of the old world.
Though the other had just returned for two months, in that short span, they had grown from the Celestial Human level to Great Power!
It’s feared that soon, they might even enter the realm of Great Divine Techniques!
The ancient being’s face showed intense apprehension and shook his head, saying:
"It cannot be spoken, within the Two Realms Mountain... there is great terror."
Su Qiansuan swallowed, unable to resist asking again:
"Then, senior, just how many True Spirits of the old world have returned?"
"Over a hundred."
The ancient being sighed softly:
"All were once Celestial Venerates or Buddha-level existences; many, like myself, have likely already revived to the Great Power Realm."
Su Qiansuan remained silent for a moment before asking:
"I still don’t quite understand why you would choose me?"
"You carry the aura of Merit Purple Qi."
Su Qiansuan looked confused, not understanding what Merit Purple Qi means, he shook his head, and just as he was about to walk into the Celestial Capital alongside the ancient being, his expression suddenly changed.
The two Deities looked up as they gazed, and above the celestial vault, at some unknown time, ten grand figures had descended!!
One of the grand figures spoke coldly:
"Sandalwood Merit Buddha, we have searched so bitterly for you..."
The ancient being’s face showed a look of shock, his lips parched, he smiled bitterly and spoke:
"Ah Nan Venerate ah...."
The majestic figure in the sky spoke indifferently:
"Sandalwood Merit Buddha, since you possess the Merit Purple Qi, it seems that opening the Other Shore World and helping us behead the false Buddha... shouldn’t be difficult?"
The voices resounded as ten True Spirits of the old world acted in unison, the ancient being and Su Qiansuan had no time to resist and were suppressed and taken away!
"Go, go, go!"
Ah Nan Venerate looked into the distance, at the world like a radiant celestial light, a smile appeared on His face:
"With the Sandalwood Merit Buddha in hand, opening the so-called Other Shore World should be effortless."
He glanced at the Netherworld, a look of dread appeared on His face, shaking His head, He then strode towards the direction of the Other Shore World.
Now let this world be opened, to slay the false Buddha, and return to Ling Mountain!
.........
Deep in the starry sky.
"Thus, it is."
"The Tao has been fully expounded, the Teachings have been completed."
An ethereal voice reverberated, silent, silent.
And then, countless Star Beasts erupted with sound, together chanting:
"Praise."
"True Monarch Fulai, Primordial Tao Ancestor!"
They... have become Them.
Zhang Fusheng patted himself off, standing up from the ancient star, one hand holding the Taoist Scripture embryo, the other raising the Purple Gold Gourd:
"Within it lies a world, if you are willing, enter it."
"We heed the teacher’s Decree!"
The Star Beasts again respectfully responded together, the vast limitless tide of beasts surged into that small Purple Gold Gourd!
Closing the Gourd,
Then hanging it by his waist,
Zhang Fusheng stretched lazily and looked towards the direction of the mother star.
"It’s time to go back."
