Chapter 644: Chapter 378_2
"Compassion, compassion!"
Ah Nan Venerate sighed softly, his expression unchanged, only gazing at that resplendent Other Shore World, like a luminous sun, illuminating the entire mist-shrouded plateau,
He calmly said:
"Even the young and small dare to steal the celestial position of the Past Buddha and Great Bodhisattva Guanyin... As the Buddha says, the Furious-eyed Vajra."
The sound surged like rising tides, clearly only awakening to the level of Great Power, yet when these words fell,
A vast Buddha Land of Jambudvipa emerged in reflection,
Within the Buddha Land, a boundless and majestic Furious-eyed Vajra manifested, its body made of golden stone, incense converging its spirit, its aura as magnificent as a [Great Divine Power User]!
The Golden Cicada’s expression changed:
"Dharma Guardian Great Vajra? How could it be in your hands?"
Ah Nan Venerate chuckled lightly:
"In the past at Ling Mountain, a hundred thousand Dharma Guardian Great Vajras, three thousand were under my command... Alas, during the doomsday chaos, many were destroyed."
As he spoke,
From Sumeru Buddha Land emerged one Dharma Guardian Great Vajra after another,
They had no awareness, no true spirit, purely made of the Great Brahma golden stones and dense incense,
Their strength rivaled Great Divine Power Users, and although they could not enforce iron laws verbally, they possessed the [Near-Path Body], allowing them to bypass ordinary iron laws,
In other words...
Each Dharma Guardian Great Vajra, although lacking a Fruit Position and merely a ’lifeless thing,’ had the genuine capability to confront a Great Divine Power User head-on!
"Appear, appear, appear!"
Ah Nan Venerate uttered the word ’appear’ thrice in a row,
and the Dharma Guardian Great Vajras emerging from Sumeru Buddha Land now numbered thirty-six!
Buddha’s Light stretched endlessly, radiant like a sea of clouds, blocking out the sky and sun.
"Go forth!"
The thirty-six Great Vajras stepped forward in unison.
’Boom!!!’
Like thirty-six million ancient bronze bells being struck simultaneously, under the shroud of the Celestial Court, ten Great Divine Power Users remaining in the province, not yet having entered the Netherworld, all coughed up blood,
The vast bell tolls merged into one, pressing down upon the Other Shore World!
’Booming!!!’
The Other Shore World emitted an unbearable rumble.
"Look."
Ah Nan Venerate said gently:
"Even without the aid of Sandalwood Merit Buddha, breaking this Other Shore World is not difficult for me."
After a pause,
He glanced sideways, speaking leisurely:
"However, out of compassion, if the Other Shore World is forcibly broken, the living beings within would likely face extinction."
"Therefore, I would like to ask Sandalwood Merit Buddha to personally unseal the Celestial Stele and spare the living beings from suffering."
The Golden Cicada’s lips trembled.
Though filled with great resentment, anger towards Ling Mountain, hatred towards the Buddha, in the end, he was still the same Tang Sanzang of the past.
Despite harboring great resentment, he was still willing to save all sentient beings, to relieve their suffering.
"Hmm?"
The Moonlight Great Bodhisattva standing nearby suddenly glanced sideways, once nearly achieving the Daluo existence at his peak,
At this moment,
He gazed intently at Su Qiansuan:
"Your mind is unsettled, you seem to be deeply entangled with this Other Shore World in cause and effect... Do you recognize that false Buddha?"
Su Qiansuan’s expression suddenly changed.
The other Buddhas and Great Bodhisattvas also turned their gaze, while Ah Nan Venerate looked at Su Qiansuan in surprise and said calmly:
"Little donor, since you know, why not speak truthfully?"
The light words fell into Su Qiansuan’s ears, yet it felt like thousands of bhikkhunis were chanting Brahma Sound beside him,
His heart wavered in an instant, dyed by Buddha’s Light,
Though not yet enlightened or converted, he couldn’t help but speak:
"The... World-Honored One Tathagata, Zhang Fusheng..."
He panted, speaking with difficulty:
"Is the godfather of my disciple, a friend..."
Ah Nan Venerate paused in surprise and said with interest:
"Little donor, you know a lot about this false Buddha?"
Su Qiansuan, short of breath, continued with difficulty:
"Behind him, there stand many terrifying existences..."
All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were smiling, shaking their heads,
Ah Nan Venerate also smiled and said:
"Terrifying existences... Who are they? Great Divine Power Users?"
Su Qiansuan’s expression was dazed, his mind already captured, involuntarily narrating:
"One is [Mingyue], a Great Power... But later, from various clues I’ve seen, he might be an old-world True Spirit!"
Ah Nan Venerate displayed a puzzled look on his face:
"Mingyue... Was there such a person before the doomsday?"
The Pure Buddha beside him mused:
"Among the child attendants of the Five Mansions Temple, there is one named Mingyue."
All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas burst into laughter—it turned out to be just a little child, thus... could such a one be called a ’terrifying existence’?
They shook their heads, thinking this little fellow’s knowledge was too shallow, but upon reflection, it made sense—even in an old world, to be a child attendant of a high deity would indeed make one a significant figure in this time and world.
Ah Nan Venerate, losing interest, casually asked:
"Anyone else?"
"Yes!"
Su Qiansuan couldn’t restrain himself from answering:
"There are three more, one is, Central Pole Sect Leader!"
With the mention of the Central Pole Sect Leader, all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas paused, their expressions slightly serious,
Clearly recognizing that [Master of the Nine Netherworld],
Only Ah Nan Venerate, who possessed some temporal features of the Daluo Fruit Position, raised an eyebrow:
"Central Pole Sect Leader, a master of the Nine Netherworld appearing out of nowhere... interesting, who are the remaining two?"
Su Qiansuan breathed heavily, recalling the terrifying existences he saw with Golden Armor in the Purple Bamboo Forest,
He spoke with difficulty:
"The third is... called [Cyan Emperor]!"
This time, the contempt on the faces of the Buddhas completely faded, and Ah Nan Venerate frowned deeply, then relaxed.
"Cyan Emperor... is it the Cyan Emperor among the Innate Five Emperors?"
He said calmly:
"To my knowledge, the Cyan Emperor has already been removed from the Innate Five Emperors, his position replaced by the Eastern Prince... How could someone long suppressed appear in the present age?"
"Who is the last one?"
Su Qiansuan inhaled and spoke:
"Great Celestial Venerate."
"The Great Celestial Venerate of the High Heaven Association... Mingyue, the senior said, is the [Taiqing Tao Ancestor]."
The light words fell, and the once noisy sky suddenly grew deathly silent.