Chapter 571: Far Beyond the Divine Dao Realm
"Golden Cicada, do you think breaking through the Illusory Dream makes you my opponent?"
The Evil Buddha sneered, also chanting Buddhist Scripture, the Brahma Sound ringing in the ears.
However, the Evil Buddha’s Brahma Sound was completely different from Golden Cicada’s, which had the effect of purifying the mind and calming the heart.
The Evil Buddha’s was quite the opposite, capable of evoking the deepest desires in people’s hearts, exposing one’s true nature and turning them into demons.
Two extreme forces clashed, energy rippled, causing Chen Lan’s body to tremble slightly. Were it not for his tough physical body, he might have been injured by the impact.
But the greater impact was on the soul, the sound generated by the clash of the two Brahma Sounds had a significant effect on the soul.
It was like two little voices, one urging you to maintain justice, keep compassion, and purify your evil thoughts, while the other constantly igniting your evil thoughts, exposing your desires.
If one’s soul was not strong enough, they could go crazy at any moment, potentially leading to suicide.
"Demon Emperor, you should not linger here, it may affect you. Leave the Evil Buddha to this humble monk to enlighten," Golden Cicada spoke calmly.
As his voice fell, a space tunnel opened behind Chen Lan, allowing him to leave immediately.
"Alright, I’ll leave it to you then," Chen Lan shrugged. Since Golden Cicada chose to face it himself, he would give him that chance.
He would personally settle his own vendetta.
He did not worry and directly stepped into the space tunnel, leaving the Illusory Dream.
Outside, he found many Buddhists had gathered, each showing a fearful expression upon seeing him.
"Perfect timing, let’s cleanse you while I’m at it."
In an instant, Chen Lan began a massacre. Under his Celestial Eye, the false Buddhists had nowhere to hide. Having allied with the Evil Race and slaughtered the innocent, they were long deservant of death.
Moreover, they had participated in the great war of the past, besieging his Demon Race, and that vendetta had yet to be avenged!
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Who knows how long the killing lasted, but the sky had darkened and brightened again.
Chen Lan had long used a Barrier to enclose the entire Buddha Domain, preventing any information from leaking out. If anyone tried to communicate or use some Secret Technique to inform the Evil Race outside, it was impossible.
Gazing at the corpses strewn across the ground, the lifeless Buddhists laying on the earth, Chen Lan sat atop a pile of bones, feeling invincibly lonely.
He retrieved a flask of Immortal Wine from his Storage Ring, opened it, and poured it onto the ground.
This was in honor of his Demon Race brothers who once fought alongside him through life and death. That great war had involved the nine major domains of the Celestial Domain, including the Buddha Domain, Demon Realm, Ghost Realm, Divine Domain, Human Domain, and others. The Buddha Domain was just the beginning; he would go on to settle scores with the other domains one by one.
If it weren’t for the Evil Race, the Demon Realm would have become the strongest domain in the Celestial Domain, and the Demon Race would have been the first race to rule the Celestial Domain, though not by oppressing others like the Evil Race.
The arrival of the Evil Race had changed the Celestial Domain, making it unfamiliar to him.
"Since you’re here, show yourself," Chen Lan said calmly, gazing into the distance.
As he spoke, a figure appeared out of nowhere—it was an old man, thin as a stick, bald, hunched, wearing a thin Kasaya, and rubbing a strand of Buddhist Beads in his hands.
"Why has the benefactor slaughtered almost all of the Buddha Domain? What offense did the Buddha Domain commit against you, to warrant such a deadly strike?" the old monk bowed and asked in a deep voice.
"Old thing, don’t you remember me?" Chen Lan sneered.
At his words, the old monk was slightly taken aback, straining his eyes to see Chen Lan’s appearance clearly, and his body shuddered.
"Demon Emperor, you are the Demon Emperor!"
"Old thing, I didn’t expect you’d still be alive; it suits me well. Back then, you betrayed the Celestial Domain and sided with the Evil Race, leading the Buddha Domain to follow the Evil Race and participate in the siege on the Demon Race. I haven’t settled that account with you yet," Chen Lan sneered.
The person before him was the first from the Buddha Domain to join the Evil Race back then, known as the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha, possessing Dao Ancestor level strength.
And now, he had stepped into the Divine Dao realm, seemingly having acquired numerous resources under the Evil Race.
"I didn’t expect you to come back, I thought you had died outside," the old monk said solemnly.
Having not seen Chen Lan for over a million years, he assumed Chen Lan had perished outside, not expecting him to return and nearly wipe out the entire Buddha Domain.
Had his descendants not forcibly roused him from seclusion, the Buddha Domain might have been completely annihilated by the time he awoke.
"If you die, I won’t," Chen Lan snickered, "Do you, this old thing, still have the strength for one last fight?"
"Alas, the causality unresolved, seems today is the day of retribution," the old monk sighed, endless energy pouring into his body, his aura exploding forth.
In an instant, his body became youthful, no longer appearing on the verge of death, bursting with vitality!
"Make your move, Demon Emperor," the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha said calmly, a true Buddha manifesting in the world.
Chen Lan said nothing, his figure flickering, surrounded by thunder, approaching the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha like a Thunder Demon God, slashing horizontally with a sword.
Clang!
The Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha merely raised his left hand, blocking it with just two fingers!
"You’ve grown weak," the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha remarked coolly.
Seeing this, Chen Lan narrowed his eyes, retreating instantly.
"I didn’t expect after all these years your strength hasn’t progressed; instead, it’s regressed so much," the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha looked at Chen Lan perplexedly.
Logically, Chen Lan’s strength should be above his, so why was he only at the half-step Divine Dao realm?
Chen Lan remained silent, slashing several times more, each easily deflected by the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha.
"Is this your full strength? If so, you may as well die," the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha said coldly, suspecting Chen Lan was toying with him.
The esteemed Demon Emperor, how could his strength be weaker than his?
If it were true, then Chen Lan was as good as dead, for he could end him in one stroke.
"Alright then, I intended to toy with you, but if that’s the case, I’ll go all out,"
Chen Lan shrugged lightly, smiling slightly, his body radiating divine brilliance, his aura soaring, vaguely suppressing the Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha!
"Divine Dao realm." The Heaven-Reaching Giant Buddha was not surprised, but suddenly his eyes widened, "No, this isn’t just the Divine Dao realm, it’s power far beyond the Divine Dao realm; to possess such oppression at the half-step Divine Dao realm, has your Divine Body achieved perfection?!"
Many knew of the Demon Emperor’s physique, the Devouring Demon God Body, recorded in Ancient Texts, passed down to posterity.
This physique was extremely terrifying; never had it been heard of someone achieving its perfection, could the Demon Emperor become the first to do so?
"You have keen insight," Chen Lan said with a faint smile.
Through the cycle of three lifetimes, his physique had reached perfection, the Divine Bone within him had also reached its utmost, if he unleashed his full power he could elevate his strength tenfold!
Half-step Divine Dao realm, then raising his strength tenfold, far surpassing the Divine Dao realm.
If he reached the true Divine Dao realm, it would be unimaginable; this was his confidence, the reason he dared to come to the Celestial Domain alone was because of the strength his physique gave him!
Otherwise, how dared he challenge the Divine Dao realm Golden Cicada at the half-step Divine Dao realm, though the Divine Bone had yet to be utilized.
His trump card was always to be held in reserve, just in case!