Chapter 548 - 17: The Buddha’s Gift, Victorious Buddha Demon Venerate
The body of the Zizai Celestial Demon was supple, moving like a beautiful serpent, then both hands held the Bodhi Tree, dark hair cascading over a back as smooth as jade. Turning back to gaze at Lu Chengfeng, the demon’s eyes were enchanting.
"I told him at the time, can the Buddha save all beings, could he save me?"
"What do you think he said?"
"Wretch!" Lu Chengfeng roared, not even knowing when he’d regained mobility, yet he could bear it no longer, charging straight ahead. The Red Dragon soared, the Vajra Pestle radiating dazzling golden light, swearing to break the Demon Abyss.
Whoosh!
A great battle erupted!
One side wielded the Vajra Pestle, aggressively attacking.
One side held the Bodhi Tree, turning its back on all beings.
This was an unprecedented battle. The Zizai Celestial Demon controlled everything, guiding Lu Chengfeng through the past maneuvers and techniques of the Buddha, driving him into a frenzy, attacking like a mindless beast.
Lu Chengfeng used Purifying the Heart with Sexual Desire. After coming to the Divine Continent, this method seemed too primal and ancient, far slower than honing Combat Techniques.
Yet now he could feel his spiritual will ascending and transforming at a terrifying speed.
An ancient Celestial Venerate aiding him in Purifying the Heart with Sexual Desire, what kind of creation is this?
Moreover, everything the two of them were doing now coincided with some of the imprints the Buddha left behind.
Additionally, this body of his was originally created by the Three-Life Golden Lotus, which suited certain imprints even more.
Lu Chengfeng’s Spiritual Cultivation had already reached the Ninth Layer of Tongyou, reaching the pinnacle of this realm.
Yet wanting to cross into the next realm, Nether Union, was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
The gap between Tongyou and Nether Union was vast.
Tongyou was merely communicating with Biluo Heaven, rooted in the Celestial River, comprehending the Heaven and Earth Law, borrowing the power of heaven and earth.
But Nether Union was about using pure spiritual radiance to sense Cyan Nether Heaven.
Cyan Nether Heaven, also called the Divine Tomb, the Land of Divine Burial, was the home of Ten Thousand Gods, with a Netherworld gate. When the Jade Emperor forged the Gods’ List, he invaded the Netherworld, enslaving the gods by his might, then sat above the Netherworld gate, suppressing the Eighteenth Layer of the Netherworld with unparalleled divine might.
Cyan Nether Heaven, where Yin and Yang intersect, divine might runs rampant, and killing aura soars, unlike the peace of Biluo Heaven.
If one’s spiritual will was not resilient, venturing into Cyan Nether Heaven rashly could easily lead to the Divine Soul falling into the Netherworld, never to be redeemed.
For Immortal Gods, this was a great crisis.
A True Immortal has a lifespan of nine thousand years, but should one recklessly intrude into Cyan Nether, once falling into the Netherworld, one would meet death and Tao transformation in an instant.
Throughout history, countless Immortals and Buddhas believed their Tao Heart was firm, ventured into Cyan Nether, only to be devoured by the Netherworld gate, transforming into heaven and earth.
The various Divine Spirits on the Gods’ List, aside from those Divine Beings suppressed by the Jade Emperor in the Netherworld, were largely Immortals and Buddhas who failed in breakthrough, transformed into heaven and earth, fell into the list, turning into puppets without freedom.
The Nether Union Realm was a point of spiritual brilliance entering the Netherworld, not captured by the Gods’ List, not devoured by the Netherworld, leaving an imprint at the Netherworld gate as a foundation.
From then one could attempt to step into the Netherworld, encountering danger and returning at a thought, treading Cyan Nether, entering the Nine Nether, this was the Realm of Great Power.
Lu Chengfeng was originally a great distance away from this realm, Spiritual Union in the Netherworld being the combat power of a Divine General.
Amongst the Demon Subduing Celestial Army of millions of Immortal Gods, over thousands of years, reaching the level of Divine General was by no means common, showcasing the difficulty of this realm.
Although Lu Chengfeng had cultivated the Power of Time, advancing rapidly, he was still lacking the essence needed to reach Divine General.
At this moment, battling the Zizai Celestial Demon with madness, caused his spiritual will to transform and elevate at an astonishing speed.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
He felt his Divine Soul further merging with that Lotus Seed.
That Lotus Seed was formed when his Lifebound Divine Techniques and Gifted Golden Flame merged into the Great Sun Golden Saber divine technique, devouring the power of the Three-Life Golden Lotus. It was Lu Chengfeng’s Tao Embryo.
His original Tao Embryo was the Great Sun, which now transformed into this Lotus Seed.
Lu Chengfeng could feel that the Power of Time contained within the Tao Embryo was now more complete than before, and he could communicate with the Three-Life Golden Lotus, borrowing the power of this Ultimate Buddha Treasure.
With his body and Tao Embryo both linked to the Three-Life Golden Lotus, he did not know whether this would be good or bad, but for now, at least, he had obtained immense fortune and benefits.
The Lotus Seed and body radiated golden light, communicating with the Three-Life Lotus Platform, drawing from its power to continuously refine the Tao Embryo and body.
Lu Chengfeng’s Divine Soul was nourished by the body and Tao Embryo, and with the Zizai Celestial Demon purifying his heart with desire, he began to rapidly advance.
Under the Bodhi Tree, flowers bloom and wither.
Lu Chengfeng did not know how much time had passed. Eventually, he was utterly captivated by the Zizai Celestial Demon, immersed in desire, unable to extricate himself.
Until the fusion of his three great combat techniques into a single spirit light underwent a mutation, nurtured by the Three-Life Golden Lotus and spiritual power.
The totems of the Life-Slaying Saber, Cosmic Light Wheel, and Red Dragon Skill were crushed by the Zizai Celestial Demon’s thought, then fused together, forming a single spirit light.
In Lu Chengfeng’s Divine Soul, changes gradually occurred.
The Cosmic Light Wheel transformed into twin wheels of sun and moon, representing past and future, separating into left and right blades on the knife-edge;
The Red Dragon coiled around the knife handle, stretching it continuously.
In the end, it transformed into a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Saber, entwined with a red dragon, blazing with flames and veiled in time.
Originally, this Three-Pointed Double-Edged Saber was vanquished by the Zizai Celestial Demon, leaving only a spirit light which fled into Lu Chengfeng’s Divine Soul.
