Chapter 46: The Old Buddha Realm, Light Illuminating the Great Thousand (Seeking Monthly Tickets, Seeking Continued Reading)

Once again, an A-plus evaluation.

If it were the Jiang Yan of before, he might have worn his joy on his face, but at this moment, he was as calm as water.

It was not that he was indifferent, but that he believed the path he walked was correct,

and naturally, he would receive the reward he was due!

To use professional terminology, it was...

a firm Dao heart.

"Hahahahaha!"

A manic laugh rang out, drawing Jiang Yan's gaze.

Shou'e looked like a mad demon, muttering: "No wonder... no wonder you were still smiling at me before you died, and didn't even resist. Was I always that stupid in your eyes?"

"Clearly, we were friends at the very beginning, dreaming together of opening up a beautiful new world. Why? Why did you have to walk a different path than me?"

"If I waited until I refined you into a protective Dharma image, wouldn't we have been able to be together forever?"

"Have I changed, or have you?"

It talked to itself, looking as if it had gone insane.

This was understandable.

The so-called resentment of the Monkey King was actually a Heart Ape born of fear, trapping it for thirty years.

Anyone would collapse under that.

Jiang Yan did not mock the other party; since the mission was complete, the Lamp of Ashes shone, preparing to collect the soul.

"This is..."

The King of Deceit Beasts raised its head, looking at the dreamlike candlelight, its body trembling as many memories surfaced in its mind.

Whether it was when the egg of the Heart Ape appeared,

or when it betrayed their friendship, changed its original intention, and chose to incite the Heart Ape to challenge stronger demons,

or when it carved out the five viscera of the Heart Ape to plate them in gold,

it had always seen the firelight shining.

The faint firelight guided it forward.

"So that's how it is... All things are fate; nothing is decided by man."

Shou'e looked up at the sky, tears falling from its eyes. Its body stopped struggling, and its claws slowly pressed together in prayer. Its eyes were no longer filled with fear, but instead held a touch of peace.

It was as if, in the face of life and death, it had reached a great enlightenment.

Its gaze shifted from the Lamp of Ashes to Jiang Yan, and it said softly:

"Actually, you and I are the same; we are both just birds in a cage."

Jiang Yan frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The Buddha says, it cannot be spoken."

Shou'e shook its head and chuckled: "Fate is all ordained by 'Heaven.' If Heaven does not give it, even if you clench your fingers tight, it will still slip through."

"But... this poor monk hopes the benefactor can, just like today, seize that glimmer of survival in this man-eating world."

As it finished speaking, its soul voluntarily entered the Lamp of Ashes, transforming into a white candle.

Jiang Yan’s brows were locked tight. Through the white candle, he sensed that this fellow had not lied, but had truly realized something at the end of its life.

Yet it wouldn't speak clearly.

Riddle-makers deserve to die!

Jiang Yan complained in his heart, threw its corpse to the Demon God embryo, and turned to look at the remaining Deceit Beasts captured by the Shadow-Winged Snakes.

Sensing his gaze, dozens of Deceit Beasts trembled in fear.

For the sake of easy control, all the Deceit Beasts were only at the Spirit Opening realm; even those who luckily broke through would be eaten by it.

Over these years in the illusion, they had constantly extracted their own flesh and blood to turn into blood peaches; although they ate them back, there was inevitably some loss.

Therefore, they all looked somewhat sallow and thin.

"So thin, it's actually suitable for making cold-eaten rabbit meat." Jiang Yan touched his chin, thoughtful.

With that one sentence, they were frightened into shivering, nearly fainting away.

As for Xiaobai, she remained in human form, sitting on the ground with her hands hugging her knees, her gaze dull, indifferent to everything in the outside world.

She seemed not to care about life or death.

The next second,

a large number of Deceit Beasts were tossed in front of her by the Shadow-Winged Snakes, kicking up clouds of dust, their wails constant.

She slowly raised her head, looking at Jiang Yan with confusion in her eyes.

She did not understand what he was doing.

Shouldn't he be taking revenge on her?

"Consider the debt for that bottle of Blood Qi Pills repaid by them."

Jiang Yan turned around with ease, waved his hand, and said faintly:

"Are the things we lose not just appearances?"

"If you see that all appearances are not appearances, you see the Tathagata."

"When the time comes, Xiaohei will naturally return."

As his voice fell,

endless dust of history submerged him, and Jiang Yan left this domain of sickness.

"Great, we're saved!"

"Thanks to you, Xiaobai!"

"I never thought we could survive in the hands of such a terrifying guy; we're truly lucky!"

"Our luck is just too good!"

Many Deceit Beasts were overjoyed, not only having survived the disaster but also having lost the "King" who exploited them—it was a double blessing.

Seeing this scene, Xiaobai’s four ears twitched slightly, and she revealed a heartfelt smile:

"The luck is indeed not bad; you were left behind specifically to complete the path of the lie for me."

"What do you mean?"

The Deceit Beasts were still in the midst of their revelry, asking casually without paying much attention.

However, the next second...

Countless peach wood roots swept over, piercing their bodies and dragging them into the skull of the Heart Ape corpse, instantly melting them into blood to irrigate it.

In the eye sockets of the skull, which had already gone silent, a wisp of gray flame ignited.

Rumble!

The massive Heart Ape corpse slowly stood up, shaking off countless sand and dust, turning into a sky full of smoke.

Its six arms formed the Meditation Seal, the Lotus Seal, and other Dharma seals; among them, the Sanshan Seal pointed at itself, and its originally empty abdomen grew five viscera and six entrails out of thin air.

"Roar!"

Accompanied by a roar, the six-armed Heart Ape erupted with vast spiritual energy, shaking the ten directions.

Xiaobai stood on top of the Heart Ape corpse, her dress fluttering, her face becoming increasingly holy and beautiful, as she murmured:

"Xiaohei is my Heart Ape, and I... am I not the inner demon of the Heart Ape?"

"To condense the [Disorderly Heaven Demon Old Record of the Calamity Heart Bodhi], one must stage a grand drama of dying after being betrayed by a close friend, creating a prison of the heart."

Only by using good and evil as materials and the human heart as a furnace can one complete the ritual of the heart being reborn from death.

It should have been irrigated with the flesh and blood of the King of Deceit Beasts at the end, but ordinary Deceit Beasts are fine too; the successful birth of a second-grade Old Record, condensing the seed of divine ability, gives a glimmer of possibility to peek at the fruit position of a Great Divine Ability."

"Second-grade is already enough to reverse reality and illusion; I wonder what kind of power the legendary first-grade Old Record would have?"

Xiaobai talked to herself; the reason she had been dazed was simply because she was digesting her past memories.

Although the Heart Ape was dead, it had used Shou'e's heart to gestate a new Heart Demon Ape.

Which was herself!

The Bodhi Heart Ape and the Heart Demon Ape merged, successfully shedding their old bodies,

and ascending to a higher level.

"Lies are the mask of the heart; only with them can one refine the false into the true!"

She whispered softly, glancing behind her.

Xiaohei, with long hair fluttering and wearing a black dress, smiled and said:

"Sister, you're back!"

"Thanks to one person."

Xiaobai smiled slightly, looking in the direction Jiang Yan had left, recalling the words he had said to her, her cheeks flushing and her heart beating faster.

Her eyes were filled with a morbid possessiveness.

She murmured softly: "Sima Luoshui, we will meet again."

A man with such a perfect heart should belong to her.

And she had also given her heart to him.

In the physical sense.

"The Old Record is complete; it's time to return to the Buddha Realm!"

The six-armed Heart Ape corpse formed a seal.

Hum!

Countless illusory threads intertwined, transforming into a mysterious talisman that was like a dream or a bubble.

From within it emerged an illusory bronze lamp, its golden flame burning and swaying slightly, yet it was more brilliant than the sun.

Its light illuminated the entire domain!

Rumble!

The Sickness Domain trembled, the earth shook and the mountains swayed.

If someone were to look down from above the long river of history, they would discover...

The entire Sickness Domain was like something being dragged by invisible threads, continuously sinking into the deeper layers of the past at an extremely rapid speed.

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(End of this chapter)