Chapter 416
Chapter 416
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Buddhist Son Guang Ming
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Buddhist Son Guang Ming!
Even Suo Huan knew of the World Honored One's reputation for "fishing." In an instant, he felt a chill rush straight to the crown of his head, and a suspicion arose almost instinctively:
"Could the World Honored One be the mastermind behind the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land?"
"Is he here now to convert me?"
But he quickly came to his senses. Back then, he had considered entering the Pure Land himself, yet even the Pure Land had rejected him as an otherworldly cultivator.
And since he wasn't here for him...
"He's here for the senior?"
Suo Huan glanced back at the island where Lu Yang was in secluded cultivation, and instead of alarm, joy surged within him. This was practically a gift from the heavens! An opportunity to make merit had just fallen into his lap!
"Amitabha!"
At that moment, with a Buddhist proclamation, Buddhist light bloomed across the seas surrounding Lu Yang's seclusion island. Golden lotuses unfurled one after another upon the waves.
Buddhist Son Guang Ming stepped across the lotuses, approaching the island step by step. His eyes remained tightly shut, but the Victorious Will Generating Brilliance Dharani Heaven Worldly Manifestation behind him cast down its gaze. Within those eyes, the scenes inside and outside the island were clearly reflected, as if no one could hide or conceal anything from it.
Yet in the very next second...
Patriarch Tingyou flicked his wide sleeve, and a layer of illusionary barrier instantly enveloped the deepest part of the island, firmly concealing Lu Yang's seclusion cave abode.
"...Hm?"
Seeing this, Buddhist Son Guang Ming abruptly halted. The Victorious Will Generating Brilliance Dharani Heaven Worldly Manifestation behind him seemed to furrow its brows slightly as well.
"This benefactor possesses profound cultivation."
Buddhist Son Guang Ming spoke slowly, his voice neither high nor low, yet calm and composed, as if all things under heaven were firmly within his grasp. Suo Huan felt his scalp tingle at the tone.
After all, this was a Buddhist Son!
Though not the true descent of the World Honored One, he was still one of the pinnacle figures of the current world, an absolute powerhouse even among those at peak Foundation Establishment.
Especially in recent years, after the Dao Court's Prince Who Pacifies the South, Wu Tai'an, had shaved his head and formally taken refuge under this Buddhist Son, his prestige had soared. Just recently, he had even journeyed north to the fringes of the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea, clashing fiercely with the Holy Sect's peak great Perfected Being, Xiang Ye.
Such might, such divine abilities.
Who in the world was not afraid?
"A trifling trick, nothing worth the Buddhist Son's notice."
Facing Buddhist Son Guang Ming's gaze, Patriarch Tingyou's expression remained calm as he said gravely, "What brings the Buddhist Son to our humble abode today?"
Buddhist Son Guang Ming smiled faintly upon hearing this. "I have come specifically to invite all you benefactors for a visit to my Pure Land."
"We must decline."
Patriarch Tingyou shook his head. "The Pure Land is vast, yet it tolerates no outsiders. We immortal cultivators seek great freedom and supreme liberation—we truly cannot enter the Pure Land."
"Great freedom?"
Buddhist Son Guang Ming chuckled. "In that case, benefactor should enter my Pure Land all the more. Is there any place under heaven more free than my Pure Land?"
"The Demon Sect, Sword Pavilion, Dao Court—which of them does not exploit those beneath them?"
"Only in my Pure Land do we share one heart from top to bottom. Bodhisattvas, Arhats, or novice monks—we are all equal, free from the world's schemes and struggles."
"If this is not freedom, what is?"
"If this is not liberation, what is?"
Buddhist Son Guang Ming pressed his palms together, his tone serene. "As for the rumors of the World Honored One seizing bodies, they are utterly baseless. To think otherwise is to cling to appearances."
Patriarch Tingyou fell silent at these words.
"What a sharp tongue."
So either way, it suited him, did it?
With that thought, Patriarch Tingyou grew too lazy to argue further. He directly mobilized his incense fire divine power, elevating his status to steadily block Buddhist Son Guang Ming's path.
"In any case, please do not proceed further, friend."
But Buddhist Son Guang Ming turned a deaf ear, staring fixedly at the incense fire divine power upon Patriarch Tingyou, a look of delight emerging.
"What an otherworldly Dao lineage!"
"Human hearts can stir the forces of heaven and earth? What technique is this... Could it be that the world-heaven from which benefactor hails also possesses fruition positions? This fruition is fated with my Pure Land!"
At this point, Buddhist Son Guang Ming could scarcely contain his joy. "Excellent, excellent, excellent! Tian Qiu was originally the one I selected for Buddhist affinity, destined for a master-disciple bond with me. Now that Tian Qiu is dead, it seems this bond must fall upon that otherworldly benefactor still in seclusion."
"It was worth my haste to come!"
Before Buddhist Son Guang Ming finished speaking, the Victorious Will Generating Brilliance Dharani Heaven Worldly Manifestation behind him stirred. Lips and teeth as vast as mountains slowly uttered a Buddhist chant:
"Amitabha!"
The chant boomed like thunder, instantly spreading in all directions. Fish and shrimp in the sea trembled, and boundless visions manifested between heaven and earth.
"He's making his move!"
Suo Huan's eyes widened. In the distance, Buddhist light surged in the sky, transforming into rolling auspicious clouds that blanketed the heavens, pressing forward like a sky-obscuring Buddhist palm! At the palm's center gleamed a swastika, and as it descended, deafening chants assaulted the mind like demonic sounds piercing the soul, battering the sea of consciousness. If an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator stood here, they would likely be converted into a die-hard loyalist of the Pure Land in an instant!
"Buddhist Son's Five Divine Abilities—Knowing Others' Minds!?"
In that instant, Suo Huan's pupils contracted sharply.
Knowing Others' Minds directly linked "their hearts" to "my heart"!
Unlike worldly cultivators, the Buddhist Son's divine abilities did not draw from the heavenly stems or earthly branches but manifested from his Dharma image, thus utterly distinct from ordinary divine powers.
Over the past decade or so, however, Buddhist Son Guang Ming's methods had become widely known.
Knowing Others' Minds was one of them. It was said that the Dao Court's Prince Who Pacifies the South, Wu Tai'an, had been converted by this very ability, willingly taking refuge in the Pure Land!
"Boom!"
In a flash, any smugness from Suo Huan's recent breakthrough to peak Foundation Establishment was shattered. He immediately mobilized his full incense fire divine power to meet the sky.
Not only that.
On the other side, Patriarch Tingyou summoned the Unborn Mother, Yan Ancestor, City God, and other banner spirits from the Seven Radiances Heaven, bolstering them with incense fire divine power as well.
Yet he did not deploy the Yama Hall.
First, without infusing it with metallic essence, the Yama Hall relied solely on peak Foundation Establishment status for accumulation—quantity alone could not spark qualitative change.
Second, deploying the Yama Hall would expose his identity for certain.
Better to hold that card.
Even so, under the incense fire divine path's enhancement—approaching double digits of peak Foundation Establishment—the incense fire great gods were still enough to shock countless onlookers.
But upon seeing this, Buddhist Son Guang Ming revealed a trace of disappointment:
"Such a feeble system."
He shook his head, casually appraising, "Unlike what a fruition-possessing world-heaven could evolve... So it's a proto-fruition?"
Before his words finished, he had already formed hand seals.
In the next second, boundless illusory colors manifested behind him. Amid the colors flickered temples and Zen groves, with countless monks chanting sutra essentials.
"Earthly Buddhist Kingdom!"
In an instant, golden illusory colors blanketed the heavens and earth. The host of incense fire great gods were enveloped within, their statuses plummeting wildly!
'The incense fire has been severed!'
Patriarch Tingyou reacted swiftly, instantly grasping the issue. 'The flaw in the incense fire divine path is too great... Incense fire gods can only wield power within their own domains. Once shifted elsewhere, the distance grows, and the empowerment sharply diminishes!'
Thus, Lu Yang had never treated the incense fire divine path as a combat method.
In Lu Yang's view, its sole purpose was to assemble the Yama Hall, then bully the weak with numbers—utterly useless against equals.
Now it was proven.
Buddhist Son Guang Ming's profound cultivation pierced the incense fire divine path's weakness at a glance, countering it perfectly and shattering the encirclement of nine incense fire great gods in a breath!
At the same time.
On the other horizon, two streaks of escaping light raced forward one after another, revealing figures—none other than Xiang Ye and Hong Ju hurrying from the north over the seas.
"Dharma image... Buddhist kingdom."
Seeing this, Xiang Ye seemed to recall something, a deep wariness flashing in his eyes as he cursed inwardly. 'The Pure Land has no shame!'
Peak Foundation Establishment Dharma image.
Earthly Buddhist Kingdom comparable to a blessed land.
Plus the profound cultivation from the World Honored One's reincarnation.
In the realm of Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings, each was top-tier among top-tier, and now they were all combined—who the hell could stop it?
Even Xiang Ye had only wanted to warn Lu Yang ahead of time, then invite him into the Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea before Buddhist Son Guang Ming arrived.
But now, the Buddhist Son had beaten them to it.
"Too late..."
As Xiang Ye sighed inwardly, and just as Patriarch Tingyou, Suo Huan, and the others seemed doomed to be crushed to powder by the Buddhist palm, the heavens and earth suddenly blazed with light.
It was a circle of pure white jade-like radiance.
As the halo spun, countless web-like patterns spread, linking heaven and earth, blocking squarely before the descending Buddhist palm.
"With the World as One!"