Chapter 274 : The Final Shackles
Chapter 274: The Final Shackles
“Buddha?”
“What a pretentious act.”
Li Tianwei watched Tianshu Demon Lord's actions. He had thought it was about to unleash some great trump card, but to his surprise, it was still relying on this kind of petty trick.
Li Tianwei could also sense that, for some reason, Tianshu Demon Lord was unable to directly interfere within the Cultivation World.
Likewise, Li Tianwei did not dare to attack rashly.
If he went out directly to deal with the existence lurking in the void, he felt that he would probably be forcibly driven into Ascension before the battle was even over.
Whenever Li Tianwei did something, he intended to see it through to the very end.
Moreover, he had already seen those strange existences within the Interworld Rift.
Even if he eliminated one of them, several would still remain.
If he ascended then, what would become of the Cultivation World?
Therefore, Li Tianwei was also searching for a way to break the deadlock.
However, in Li Tianwei's view, that might not even be necessary.
He did not necessarily have to take the initiative.
His opponents were most likely already trying their utmost to enter completely.
Just as Li Tianwei had expected, Tianshu Demon Lord and the other Evil Demons had only one objective—
To replace the Heavenly Dao.
To replace the Heavenly Dao of the Cultivation World and turn the entire Cultivation World into a breeding ground for the Evil Demons.
Therefore, even if Li Tianwei did not go after them, Tianshu Demon Lord and the others would still find every possible way to enter and eliminate Li Tianwei as a threat.
Li Tianwei had already seen through the answer at a glance.
He could feel that there was no need for him to search for them.
They would come before him of their own accord.
With Tianshu Demon Lord's empowerment, the aura of the Great Lotus Temple's demon-extermination force surged upward once more.
At this moment, Li Tianwei could even feel that this power had surpassed that of the Fallen Immortal.
“Not bad.”
Li Tianwei commented.
Tianshu Demon Lord also knew that even with its empowerment, the people of the Western Spirit Domain still could not defeat Li Tianwei.
But its objective had never changed.
It wanted to replace the Heavenly Dao.
And allow the True Buddha to descend.
“Come.”
“Believers of the Western Spirit Domain.”
Tianshu Demon Lord completely ignored the battle between Li Tianwei and the Great Lotus Temple.
Instead, it began activating the arrangements it had long since established throughout the Western Spirit Domain.
The temples spread across the Western Spirit Domain had never been built in vain.
Ever since the Evil Demons had reappeared, Tianshu Demon Lord had continuously manipulated the cultivators possessed by Evil Demons, having them construct methods that would allow it to invade the Cultivation World.
After such a long time...
Now was finally the moment to activate everything.
“Didn't you expect this?”
“I'll enter the Cultivation World before all of you.”
Tianshu Demon Lord glanced into the distance.
At that moment, Evil Manifestation Demon Lord and Defiled Evil Demon Lord were watching Tianshu's actions, their expressions becoming considerably more solemn.
“No wonder he was so confident.”
“So he was already on the verge of succeeding.”
Evil Manifestation Demon Lord was somewhat surprised.
“Let's hope everything goes smoothly.”
Defiled Evil Demon Lord thought to himself.
After only a single glance, his gaze returned toward the Cultivation World.
Before Defiled Evil Demon Lord lay the battlefield of the Western Spirit Domain.
His eyes never once left Li Tianwei's figure.
Boom...
With Tianshu Demon Lord's enhancement, the Great Lotus Temple's Golden Arhat Manifestations possessed an inexhaustible supply of power.
The strength of the Tribulation Transcendence cultivators had been elevated to a level approaching immortals.
And that was not even counting everyone else.
Buddhist chants.
Dharma Seals.
Countless spells.
Even Divine Abilities.
As well as magical treasures and artifacts.
Everything howled across the heavens.
There was no denying that Buddhism's strength rivaled the Four Sacred Lands of the Northern Spirit Domain.
If this had been the Li Tianwei of before, facing the Great Lotus Temple and the Buddhist forces' combined siege would have required tremendous effort before he could possibly deal with it all.
But now...
To Li Tianwei...
This was all there was to it.
Li Tianwei remained as calm and composed as ever.
Prison Heaven in one hand.
Heavenly-Ending Yin Fiend in the other.
Combined with his power of decay and collapse, he had absolutely no fear of exhausting his strength.
In fact, Li Tianwei was continuously absorbing the power released by these cultivators.
Just as he had done previously in the Northern Spirit Domain, when he had absorbed vast amounts of power in an attempt to break through his cultivation realm.
However, although Li Tianwei was now absorbing even more power than he had in the Northern Spirit Domain, it no longer brought him the explosive growth it once had.
Now, with the Path of Cultivation integrated into himself, together with his various abilities and that sensation of nearing the limit...
Everything was telling him the same thing.
He had already reached the absolute peak of the Cultivation World.
Therefore, the power erupting from the Great Lotus Temple's cultivators was no more than a drop in the bucket to Li Tianwei.
Even so, Li Tianwei had no intention of wasting it.
He rose directly into the sky, calmly facing every technique unleashed by the cultivators.
The countless attacks of the Golden Arhat Manifestations descended continuously, their power climbing ever higher.
Yet when they landed upon Li Tianwei...
It was as though they had struck nothing more than cotton.
They could not injure him in the slightest.
“Ah! Th-this...”
“It's useless! Our power has no effect on him! That's impossible!”
“He must have a limit!”
The monks attacking Li Tianwei stared with widened eyes, their faces filled with disbelief.
After all, they had continuously combined their strength, employing every possible method to amplify their power.
They even had the assistance of the Buddha from the Immortal Realm.
They were no longer what they once were.
Yet they still could not bring down Li Tianwei.
They could even tell that Li Tianwei seemed to be toying with them.
“Y-you... y-you...”
Some of the monks pointed trembling fingers at Li Tianwei, unable to utter another word.
But in their eyes, it did not matter.
They still had the Buddha.
As long as the Buddha was present, Li Tianwei, this great evil and great wickedness, would surely be exterminated completely.
“Buddha...”
“Namo Amitabha.”
With those thoughts filling their minds, countless monks ceased attacking.
They sat cross-legged, pressed their palms together, and began chanting scriptures.
It seemed they wished for the Buddha in the heavens to hear their prayers, descend with divine punishment, and completely eradicate Li Tianwei.
As for Li Tianwei, watching the monks' actions caused him to frown.
“This is exactly why I hate religious sects.”
Seeing these monks place all their hopes in an illusory spiritual existence filled Li Tianwei with displeasure.
Because in Li Tianwei's understanding...
Such dependence was an extremely illusory thing.
It was also what he hated the most.
Seeing this scene even reminded him of those invisible objects of hope described throughout the Twenty-Four Histories.
They painted a magnificent ideal of a heroic ruler.
People placed their hopes in a wise sovereign.
If no wise sovereign appeared, they hoped for an honest official.
If there was no honest official, they waited for a wandering hero.
And in the end...
They placed their hopes in something completely intangible.
Yet they never stopped to consider...
What use was hoping?
When they stopped hoping...
Zhang Jue, Huang Chao, and Li Zicheng appeared, did they not?
That was why Li Tianwei despised these religious sects.
They were the final restraint.
The shackles that were hardest to cast off.
“This must be completely uprooted.”
“One cannot simply hope for things and expect them to appear.”