Chapter 99: Mahayana Supreme Awakening Fundamental Sutra

The Jiangxi Buddhist cultivators practice the "Profound Joy of Nirvana Path," yet their ability to remain secluded in a corner rather than being forced into exile overseas is already sufficient proof of the strength of their lineage.

However, unlike the Yushu Jiange, the Holy Sect possesses such numerous supernatural arts.

For the Jiangxi Buddhist cultivators, cultivation methods and supernatural arts are indistinguishable; therefore, they cultivate nothing else, focusing solely on one scripture, from which all cultivation methods and supernatural arts are refined.

Its name is the "Mahayana Supreme Awakening Fundamental Sutra."

It is said this sutra was transmitted by the World-Honored One of the "Profound Joy of Nirvana Path," whose purpose is to guide people toward goodness, achieving Nirvana after Nirvana, thereby seeking the "True Self."

However, this "True Self" is not the Buddhist cultivator's own self.

It is the "Self" of that World-Honored One.

When the "Profound Joy of the Nirvana Path" is cultivated to its extreme, one extinguishes one's own self, comprehends the principle that "I am the World-Honored One, and the World-Honored One is I," and from then on becomes indistinguishable from the World-Honored One.

The sutra calls this "becoming a Buddha" and "Supreme Awakening."

Because the World-Honored One is a Buddha, if I become the World-Honored One, it is equivalent to me becoming a Buddha.

All sentient beings are the same; all sentient beings can become Buddhas. Since "I" am a Buddha, all sentient beings can become "Me." To comprehend this principle is to attain Supreme Enlightenment.

Within the "Mahayana Supreme Awakening Fundamental Sutra," there are forty-eight Great Mantras, said to have been established by the World-Honored One when He attained the Dao in the past. Each Great Mantra possesses infinite mysteries and can give rise to countless supernatural arts, and a complete Great Mantra has effects comparable to the great supernatural arts of the Yushu Jiange and the Holy Sect.

The more Great Mantras one masters, the closer one is to "becoming a Buddha."

At this moment, facing Lu Yang's 【Yama Hall】, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han, pressing his hands to the ground to form a seal, was casting one of these Great Mantras, named "No Three Evil Realms in the Land."

"If, when I become a Buddha, there are hells, hungry ghosts, or beasts in my land, I shall not attain Supreme Enlightenment."

The sound of the Dharma rang out brightly, reflecting clear light.

Although it is a compassionate Great Mantra, its power is not compassionate in the slightest. How to remove hells, hungry ghosts, and beasts? Just kill them; once dead, they cease to exist.

And it is quite obvious that this supernatural art is extremely effective against Yin Evil Qi.

When the rosy light descended, Lu Yang immediately saw the 【Yama Hall】 crumbling inch by inch, and the Su Nu stationed within suddenly let out a piercing scream.

This is the true power of the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment!

Lu Yang felt a chill in his heart. Although the 【Yama Hall】 was invincible against the Heaven-Mending Peak Master who was left with only his soul, that was actually due to a special attack bonus.

But a true Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, with spirit and flesh perfectly complete, like the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han in this peak state, could make even a single supernatural art enough to keep the 【Yama Hall】 busy defending itself. Moreover, if not for the continuous reinforcement of Yin Evil Qi from the Skull Mountain's earth veins, it would likely have been breached by now!

"Amitabha."

Seeing this scene, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han's expression did not change. He tossed the nine-ringed khakkhara in his hand into the air, immediately producing a thunderous, metallic clashing sound.

'Not good!'

Lu Yang's pupils suddenly contracted. The 【Yama Hall】, suppressed by the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han's "No Three Evil Realms in the Land" Great Mantra, was on the verge of collapse and could no longer protect him!

Lu Yang had not calculated this change in time, but the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han, having a higher cultivation, had seized the battle opportunity in advance. He summoned the nine-ringed khakkhara before the 【Yama Hall】 fell and struck the moment it collapsed, giving Lu Yang no chance to mend his pen after the sheep were lost.

In the blink of an eye, the nine-ringed khakkhara had landed right before Lu Yang's eyes!

At the critical moment, Lu Yang acted with supernatural speed, grabbing the Dharma-Protecting Deity Su Nu from inside the 【Yama Hall】 and then firmly shielding her in front of himself.

Boom!

Su Nu didn't even have time to scream before she was struck until her entire body cracked; only the solid Dharma body, falsely holding the Foundation Establishment level, allowed her to withstand this blow.

"I cannot continue like this!"

Lu Yang casually threw Su Nu back into his dantian, his mind racing, knowing that continuing like this would only mean passively taking hits, and defeat was merely a matter of time.

While he was thinking of a countermeasure, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han refused to give him the chance.

The nine-ringed khakkhara, having failed to strike once, spun in the air before descending again. The nine rings on the staff interlaced, chiming, enough to scatter others' souls.

Fortunately, Lu Yang had cultivated the "Slay Thought, See My Celestial Silkworm Secret," transforming his spiritual sense into divine sense, identical to a Foundation Establishment True Person. Although his head throbbed painfully under the influence of the nine-ringed khakkhara, he could still support his actions through willpower, using Su Nu to reinforce the Foundation Establishment status, and then formed a seal right where he stood.

The next second, the nine-ringed khakkhara descended.

"As for the Corpse-Release, it is the transformation of the form, the refinement and shedding of the true essence, the escape and transformation of the physical body!"

Lu Yang offered no resistance, allowing the khakkhara to smash down just like that. One strike turned his physical body into dust, and the exploding flesh and blood scattered into a sky full of red mist.

However, the next second, the red mist rolled back!

The body that had turned to dust fled hundreds of miles away, finally landing just on the edge of Skull Mountain to reassemble, even manifesting a physical body once more!

And the injuries the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han had just inflicted on Lu Yang, whether on his soul or his body, vanished into thin air after the "Corpse-Release." Moreover, Lu Yang even used this to break free from the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han's divine sense lock. Such a exquisite escape technique made the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han show an expression of praise:

"Benefactor, you are truly brilliant and extraordinary!"

This is the supernatural art of the 【Corpse-Release Immortal】, but it is not a combat technique; rather, it is a method to avoid calamities and disasters. When reinforced with the Foundation Establishment status, it is infinitely mysterious.

"If I drag this out for a moment longer..."

Lu Yang exhaled deeply. He had already let go of the heavenly secrets he was originally concealing, so anyone with a karmic connection to him could certainly calculate that he was in grave danger.

At the very least, that True Person Chongguang could definitely calculate it.

And he still held the 【Heavenly Corpse Evil】 that the True Person of Yinshan wanted. Just considering this, True Person Chongguang and True Person of Yinshan would definitely come to rescue him.

So, as long as he holds out until they arrive, that will be enough!

At the very moment Lu Yang had this thought, he saw the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han suddenly sigh: "Pity. I originally intended to keep this physical body of yours."

Before the words finished, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han pressed his palms together.

"Amitabha!"

The next second, a brilliant spiritual light burst forth from the crown of his head, illuminating the universe. At the same time, the 【Luo Han Fu Long Temple】 behind him rang its bells loudly.

And within that spiritual light, a massive dragon, its entire body burning with searing white flames and towering like a mountain, coiled around it. Then, the dragon's head lowered, suddenly becoming illusory, overlapping with the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han's own head. The two exhaled and opened their mouths simultaneously, roaring out a beam of fire!

Whoosh—whoosh—!

The searing white flames, like a sharp arrow loosed from a bow, hit Lu Yang. The terrifying high temperature incinerated his shell, turning Lu Yang into a handful of flying ash in the blink of an eye.

However, very quickly, this ash reassembled in the distance, forming Lu Yang's figure once more.

But this time, even though he had already cast the Corpse-Release technique, sparks of fire still lingered on his body, sticking to him like a festering sore on the bone.

Moreover, as time passed, this fire began to show signs of reigniting!

"This is... the 【Fiery Dragon】?"

Several months had passed since the battle with the Master of Senior Butian Peak, and Lu Yang had now mastered the inheritance of the Wugui Dao, no longer having only a superficial understanding of Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, he recognized at a glance that this was the path manifested by the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han.

"The 【Fiery Dragon】 belongs to the 【E Feng】 position of the Cheng Tian Gang, pure yang wood, towering and mighty; wood burns while sitting in Chen, generating wood that drains fire, thus called 'Fiery Dragon Riding the Dragon'."

In other words, the fiery breath exhaled by the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han now seemed to rage like a towering inferno, but in truth, the fire was merely an external form; actually, it was earth generating wood, and wood strengthening fire, so no matter what divine arts or methods suppressing the Fire element were employed, facing this 【Fiery Dragon】 was utterly meaningless.

"To break it, one must use Metal, or..."

Just as Lu Yang's thoughts raced in his mind, he saw the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han stride through the empty air, arriving before him, a smile of assured victory still on his face:

"Does the benefactor wish to take refuge?"

(End of this chapter)