Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Lü Yang remained completely motionless. On the other side, streaks of radiant light had emerged around Ang Xiao. Each streak of light was a Magic spell, attempting to reverse his declining situation. The Daoist Lord of the Dao of Arcane Arts! Compared to the Daoist Lord of the Magical Power Dao, his methods were clearly more exquisite and versatile, effortlessly summoning various profound mysteries of imagery at his fingertips.

With his empowerment, the Constant on Ang Xiao actually began to waver slightly. However, when he attempted to completely alter the Constant, these brilliant lights of Magic instantly vanished—the process of achieving the Constant could be influenced, but the outcome remained unshakable.

Was this the end? Ang Xiao did not give up. Instead, he carefully calculated within the already dwindling Great Dao of Curved and Straight, barely managing to extract a bit more of its profound mysteries. He thought, "Yuting Command!"

Radiance suffused his fingertips. However, it was not directed outward, but at himself. In the next second, his vitality was reversed, and a death aura skyrocketed instantly! Ang Xiao died! It was not a true death; rather, he had reversed his own principles of life and death, achieving one of the conditions of the Constant to a certain extent—perishing in death.

In doing so, the Constant that originally bound him like chains slightly loosened. However, as stated before—only the process was influenced. The outcome would not change.

"Emperor Muni!!!" Ang Xiao roared at the top of his lungs, his Daoist voice surging. This was the Bhagavat's True Name. At this moment, it impressively triggered a response from the Other Shore above the Sea of Suffering.

In the next instant, the Bhagavat made his move. Ang Xiao calling out his True Name intensified the karmic links between them, acting like upgrading the size of a faucet for him. Thus, he could increase his output! Immediately after, the Bhagavat didn't hesitate in the slightest. While continuing to block the Sword Pavilion Daoist Lord with the Time Scroll, he cast his gaze toward the Pure Land.

Almost simultaneously, inside a temple in the Pure Land, Lü Yang's original body in this life—Yuan Tu, who had been transformed into a Life Form Body—abruptly opened his eyes. His Qi traces were fully revealed, impressively already at Foundation Establishment Perfection. Above his palm, a Fruit with circulating karmic links was bobbing up and down. The Fruit of Rampart Earth!

"Amitabha," Yuan Tu chanted softly.

Almost at the same time, Bao Lian Hidden Buddha, Bhumba Bodhisattva, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, and even the Profound Turtle Great Saint who had defected to the Pure Land, all bowed their heads.

"Amitabha!"

Rumbling Zen chants echoed thunderously. "Good, Good. Now that the End of Dharma is approaching, our Buddha is merciful, specially descending once again into the Jambudvipa world to deliver humanity once more!"

Before the Buddhist voice faded, Yuan Tu's Qi traces exploded exponentially. Without performing any Magic Instrument, he instantly triggered a response from the Fruit of Rampart Earth in his hand. They merged together, directly smashing through the threshold of the Golden Core. It was as if this was not Seeking Gold, but a fallen Perfected Lord returning through reincarnation, reclaiming the Golden Position! Immediately after, the Pure Land Bodhisattvas gathered together. The Fruit of Rampart Earth, the Fruit of Willow-Poplar Wood, the Fruit of Pine-Cedar Wood, the Fruit of Hairpin-Brace Metal, and the Fruit of Thunderbolt Fire—these Five Dao Fruit Positions manifested around Yuan Tu as their center.

"What a pity... it lacks a Water Element." Yuan Tu's eyes were bright at this moment. He glanced thoughtfully Overseas. "That little dragon... did he escape? Celestial Human Residual Consciousness? It's too late, though. Never mind."

Retracting his gaze, Yuan Tu solemnly raised the Fruit of Rampart Earth in his hand. The other Four Dao Fruit Positions resonated with it, and the mighty Buddha Light stacked layer upon layer. One Fruit Position meant one layer. In the blink of an eye, the Five Dao Fruit Positions stacked into a Slaughter Treasure Tower. The Fruit of Rampart Earth sat highly atop the tower, reflecting upon the boundless universe, with countless figures appearing around it.

Almost at the same time, in Jiangxi, countless Zen Masters, Arhats, Bhikkhus, and Novice Monks wept with joy. Sitting cross-legged on the ground, great joy and great enlightenment appeared on their faces. Thus, they chanted the Buddha's Name and burned away to nothingness within the Buddha Light. Infinite karmic links gathered toward Yuan Tu. The Earthly Buddha Country!

At this moment, in the Void Sea of Light, toward the direction of the Celestial Mansion, the Spirit Platform located on the 9th Layer also awakened instantly. It then directly abandoned Si Chou's remnant soul and arrived at the Immortal Pivot. In the blink of an eye, the Spirit Platform merged into the Buddha Country. This integration was like drawing the eye of the dragon. It instantly elevated the Position of the Earthly Buddha Country to the Extreme, brazenly breaking through the limits of a Great Perfected Lord! However, it was not the Nascent Soul. Because it lacked the Water Fruit Position, the Earthly Buddha Country was not at Perfection... But even so, its Position was now infinitely close to the Other Shore.

Immediately after, the Fruit of Rampart Earth was activated! The Supreme Fruit Position's profound mystery—Zhi Gu Jin! In an instant, centering on the Pure Land, the entire Immortal Pivot, the Void Sea of Light, and the Billions of World Heavens seemed to distort. The Great Net of Karma Links also fell into chaos. The karmic links were plucked.

At this moment, all the Perfected Lords who could observe this battle held their breath. Without even needing to deduce, the Great Net of Karma Links provided the answer:

"This is actually not Ang Xiao's true body.

"It is Ang Xiao's Earth-Walking Avatar. The previously revealed Earth-Walking Avatar was actually his true body, which feigned death and has been hiding until now.

"Now, the true Ang Xiao is in a state of Perfection and can attempt Seeking Gold for the Nascent Soul at any time..."

Altering the cause, shifting the effect! Inside the Nourishing Life Master, Lü Yang's eyeballs were about to burst. Beside him, Mu Changsheng had already stabbed his own eyes out, not daring to observe this great battle any longer. At the same time, Ang Xiao within the Netherworld finally reached his end. Due to the Bhagavat's negligence, the sword chime pierced through the obstruction of the Time Scroll and directly slashed him. Under the heavens, all karmic links related to Ang Xiao the Sun Veiler vanished. He was absolutely dead!

However, in the next second, a new figure appeared. It was a handsome young Daoist with eyes as bright as stars. No longer obscured by hazy mist, he was high-spirited and carried a strong, soaring aura.

"The cause of the past is the effect of today... Lingxiao, look out for yourself."

By the young man's ear, Piaomiao's voice rapidly faded away. At the same time, the Bhagavat, who had been obstructing the Sword Pavilion Daoist Lord, swiftly withdrew all of his Mighty Power.

"HAHAHA!" The young man immediately burst into loud laughter. Ang Xiao was dead, dead in the most thorough way. Yet, his final trump card had ultimately taken effect at this moment.

He thought, "It wasn't a waste for me to transfer and store my True Name and Honorary Title with the Bhagavat in the past!

"Let's do it once more!"

In a flash of lightning, the young man had already mobilized all his Mighty Power. Burning his Spiritual Space, Dharma Body, Mana, and Great Dao, he lunged madly toward the core of the Netherworld. No one could stop him now! This instant was his last chance. In the next instant, the Sword Pavilion Daoist Lord would draw his sword again, and the Saint Sect Ancestral Master would write down a new Constant.

However, in this instant alone, he was free! More free than the Perfected Lords of the Immortal Pivot, and more free than any Perfected Lord in the Void Sea of Light!

In an instant, dazzling light bloomed explosively from the deepest core of the Netherworld. The young man melted and distorted within the light, transforming into a higher and more ethereal existence. And then—he collapsed. The young man froze right there at the most brilliant moment of his life. The erupting light of the Netherworld halted along with him, and only an incredulous residual voice drifted out: "How is this possible...? The Netherworld... already has an owner...?"

RUMBLE!

In the next second, the light shattered. With the young man's attempted ascension, a certain entity that had always been entrenched in the core of the Netherworld finally broke apart and turned into a patch of nothingness. It was destroyed, but it also completely crushed the young man's consciousness. Or put another way, the young man's countless years of scheming and his very act of trying to take control of the Netherworld were actually meant to destroy that entity at the core of the Netherworld!

Therefore, without the slightest pause, the various Masters of Dao who had just been locked in fierce combat instantly made peace. By coincidence, they simultaneously reached out their giant hands toward the Netherworld, which was finally completely open and no longer rejecting their entry! They attempted to drag the Netherworld dimension, which had sunk beneath reality, back into the Current World! This time, it was no longer just sending down Mighty Power from the Other Shore while their true bodies remained unmoving. Looking around, it was impressively several Masters of Dao truly undergoing Dimension Reduction from the Other Shore. They did not hesitate to damage their own Cultivation just to pull the Netherworld out from beneath the Current World!

Complete silence fell over the world.

The Netherworld, which had already covered the Void Sea of Light, was now yanked into the Current World. It almost instantly swallowed the Current World, causing all living beings to head toward their doom. Only the Perfected Lords survived. However, even so, the Spiritual Spaces of those Perfected Lords who directly looked at the giant hands of the true bodies of the Masters of Dao burst from madness, and they simultaneously marched toward death. Including Lü Yang.

"Centome!!!"

The Sea of Light extinguished and All Phenomena turned to nothingness. Only a single shout rang out, instantly attracting the gazes of all the Masters of Dao. Yet before they could react, they were entirely erased, turning into nothingness.