Chapter 493: Chapter 493
"What a terrifying influence!"
Flying high in the sky, Soul Annihilation watched the devout believers everywhere on the ground, inhaling sharply, his heart filled with horror.
Looking around, the number of people of the Western Territory who were not kneeling was scarce. Standing among the believers, they seemed like outsiders.
"Senior Elder, Buddhist Law has a way of bewitching the human heart. Those bald monks from the Three Great Temples often perform miracles in public. Over the ages, nearly all the natives of the Western Territory have become followers of Buddhism!" On Soul Annihilation’s left, a tall, slender man clad in a black robe with a chilly expression spoke.
His name was Soul Nine Eagle, the leader of the Western Territory’s Eternal Temple. His cultivation was outstanding, reaching the late stage of the Great Emperor Realm. However, due to his usually discreet presence, he was not widely known.
"One can imagine, if the Buddhist Congregation is successful, the influence of Buddhism will reach an unprecedented peak!" another man in a black robe spoke, his voice somewhat feminine and soft, conveying a touch of concern.
He stood to Soul Annihilation’s left. His name was Soul Eight Fate, the Pavilion Master of Boundless Valley’s branch pavilion in the Western Territory. He was a competent assistant to Soul Nine Eagle, and his cultivation had reached the initial stage of the Great Emperor Realm.
"Humph! That’s only if the Buddhist Congregation can actually be held!" Soul Annihilation retorted coldly, suddenly quickening his pace and leaving a black hole in the Void.
The remaining experts of the Eternal Temple hurriedly trailed behind. Even those with the weakest cultivation had reached the Quasi-emperor Realm. Their terrifying aura and boundless killing intent were directed straight towards the Western Heaven World.
In the full splendor of Buddhist radiance, Wufa Buddha of Thunder Sound Temple was the first to join his hands and recite, "All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew and lightning. One should contemplate them in this way!"
Phrase after phrase of Buddhist doctrine poured from his mouth, creating an endless sea of Buddhism.
Countless golden Sanskrit characters floated within this sea of Buddhism, embodying endless mysteries. They underwent numerous transformations, seeming both illusory and extraordinarily real.
"Good and evil receive their due; misfortune and happiness are intertwined. One bears one’s own burdens; no one can take them on for another!" Jisai Bodhisattva of White Horse Temple followed up.
Stupendous phenomena flickered around her. There were those who, despite being virtuous for nine lives, committed a single misdeed and were consequently reviled by the masses, losing their accumulated blessings and fortune.
Then, there were those who, despite being wicked for nine lives, suddenly developed a kind heart. They laid down their butcher’s knife, deeply repented, and became prodigal sons returning to the right path, loved and adored by the people.
In such cases, is it the evil of the good man or the goodness of the evil man? Digging even deeper, whose sins are more profound: the good man of nine lives or the evil man of nine lives?
"A Buddhist saying goes, ’These painful practices are a lowly karma, leading to extreme suffering and hardship. They are what ordinary mortals practice, not the Sacred Path!’" Ascetic Monk Kushi of Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple whispered gently, as a dazzling Buddhist light burst from his tattered robe. Within the boundless Buddhist realm, it formed a distinct domain of suffering.
The Buddhas of Thunder Sound Temple and White Horse Temple are Buddhas of joy and auspiciousness. However, the world is full of suffering; how could everything always be pleasant? Buddhism, like the world itself, naturally encompasses Buddhas of suffering! The path that Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple pursued was that of the Buddha of suffering, perfectly supplementing the aspects that other Buddhist traditions might not fully address.
Countless Buddhas, ascetics, Arhats, and Bodhisattvas sat cross-legged, listening in a trance, enveloped in Buddhist light, gaining an even deeper understanding of the Buddhist Law.
The cultivation of quite a few Buddhas advanced by several realms!
Throughout the entire Western Territory, every believer who listened to the Buddhist Congregation experienced some form of gain.
Those with lingering obsessions let them go.
New learners of Buddhist Law achieved rapid breakthroughs in their cultivation.
Countless rays of Buddhist light shot towards the sky, painting the over six hundred Dao Realms in the Western Territory entirely gold, as if they were within a Buddha world.
Suddenly, a thunderous explosion echoed through the Heavenly Universe, shattering the Buddhist chants.
Numerous alarmed believers opened their eyes. They looked towards the Buddhist city with displeasure, their eyes widening in utter astonishment.
The golden, glittering Buddhist city was now shrouded in surging dark Qi. The air between heaven and earth was filled with an evil aura, as if a demon had broken its seal and was about to destroy everything.
"Issue the command: eradicate the Buddhas!" high above the Buddhist city, Soul Annihilation ordered loudly.
Two dark chains tore through the air, carrying tremendous power, directly penetrating the Buddhist city. Countless Buddha statues were shattered, their fragments crashing onto the praying believers, splattering blood everywhere.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Towering plumes of black Evil Qi rose to the sky one after another, like wolf smoke signals on a beacon tower, heralding the imminent arrival of a great war.
More than three hundred experts from the Eternal Temple, their faces cold and indifferent, swarmed into the Holy City. They killed whomever they encountered, be it mortal or Buddha. They were like three hundred grim reapers unleashed upon the world, exterminating everything in their path.
A vast aura of death permeated everything within a radius of thousands of miles, eradicating all life.
Almost in the blink of an eye, this Holy City, revered by the sentient beings of the Western Territory, was utterly destroyed. Hundreds of millions of lives perished.
The power of countless resentful spirits surged to the heavens, casting a pall of dark mist over the Fortune of Thunder Sound Temple.
"Shatter!" Soul Annihilation stood in the Void, exerting force through his arms. The two chains, like colossal dragons descending upon the world, exuded a blood-red radiance that shook heaven and earth as they struck towards the Void.
The overwhelming power instantly annihilated the Changkong, and the Heavenly Universe above shattered completely, revealing the Western Heaven World, a realm attached to the main world.
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"Break for me!" Soul Nine Eagle and Soul Eight Fate roared. Four chains tore through the sky. Their mighty Evil Qi pulverized the Azure Sky and ripped apart the Western Heaven World, revealing a world fissure.
The mustard seed world of Western Heaven trembled, and dense Buddhist Qi leaked from the fissure in the world.
"Go!" Soul Annihilation sneered coldly, his eyes filled with bloodlust. Leading the experts of the Eternal Temple, he charged into the Western Heaven World. After crossing the world fissure, they stood atop the Western Heaven World.
At this moment, heaven and earth trembled, and the Nine Heavens themselves seemed to collapse.
An endless torrent of black Qi permeated the firmament of the Western Heaven World, covering the vast expanse of the universe for thousands of miles!
"The Eternal Temple invades!"
"Defend! All Buddhas, form your arrays to meet the enemy!"
Within the Western Heaven World, countless Buddhas looked up at the firmament, their eyes blazing with anger.
Teams of Buddha armies gathered. They wore yellow monk robes, revealing their muscular arms, and wielded clubs reinforced with Buddha seals, exuding a faint air of killing intent.
Buddha does not (just) guide those with affinity!
Martial Monks suppress evildoers!
In an instant, ten Buddha armies stood arrayed across the land. The number of Martial Monks reached the tens of millions. The power of their collective military spirit coalesced, materializing into ten ancestral Buddha spirits.
Several tens of high-ranking monks from Thunder Sound Temple, clad in Kasaya and standing on golden lotus flowers, positioned themselves before the army, Imperial Dao Laws interweaving around them.
Moreover, the high-ranking monks accompanying from White Horse Temple and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple also joined the battlefield!
"We must not let them disrupt the Buddhas’ scriptural debate!" Ru Yuan, the Host of Thunder Sound Temple, ordered in a deep voice.
Several dozen Thunder Sound Temple powerhouses and the ten massive Buddha armies launched their attacks simultaneously. Buddhist light bathed the entire field, its power resonating through the eight wildernesses and six harmonies.
"Ant-like tricks!" Facing this barrage of attacks, Soul Annihilation responded with a disdainful smile. With a wave of both hands, the black chains descended like falling meteors. The dozens of approaching attacks were shattered, displaying an awe-inspiring and terrifying might.
The unmatched shockwaves swept across, tearing the ground of the Western Heaven World. Buddha mountains collapsed one after another, Buddha temples were destroyed, and Buddha statues were sucked into the Void, all turning to dust.
Several dozen Thunder Sound Temple experts were sent flying, blood spraying from their mouths.
The ten Buddha armies were smashed into the ground, sprawling haphazardly, their military spirits shattered. The intense backlash caused their blood and Qi to surge chaotically, and their faces turned deathly pale.