[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t":3,"chapter-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-426":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Invincible, and You Tell Me This Is Journey to the West?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2360927,4615,"Chapter 426: Buddhism Flourishes, Demon Also Flourishes; True Demon Emerges from Seclusion","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-426",426,"\u003Cp>At the very moment Tang Seng was ordained and shaved at the Golden Mountain Temple’s Mahavira Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the western continent of Niuhe, beneath Lingshan, within a hidden fold of empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dim fragments of the demonic realm, black demonic energy raged unchecked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the demonic pool, Qiao Ling, clad in white robes, sat cross-legged in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A phantom of the twelve-petaled World-Ending Black Lotus enveloped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twelve petals, inscribed with primordial Daoist runes, slowly opened and closed, swallowing and refining torrents of liquid demonic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This supreme primordial magic treasure had once accompanied the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou in his wars across the primordial chaos; deep within its origin, slumbered Luo Hou’s lingering will of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This will was ferocious and uncontrollable, saturated with the murderous aura of slaughtering all life, relentlessly assaulting Qiao Ling’s spiritual sense, attempting to seize control and turn him into a mindless puppet driven solely by slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling’s expression remained calm; his hands formed seals, and the True Demon mark on his third eye erupted in brilliant dark light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Freedom, shatter illusion,” Qiao Ling’s voice, cold and clear, echoed above the demonic pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Freedom demonic energy coalesced into a sharp blade of will, slicing into the Black Lotus’s origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Hou’s destructive will let out a silent roar, launching a furious counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two utterly distinct demonic forces clashed fiercely within the Black Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Hou cultivated slaughter, seeking to destroy all things, using killing to prove the Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling cultivated Great Freedom, seeking to shatter all constraints, placing himself above all, unbound by any rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Freedom demonic energy embraced all phenomena, gradually dissolving and forcibly devouring the destructive will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these years, Qiao Ling had continuously refined his Great Freedom Dao by drawing insights from the process of subduing primordial seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twelve-petaled World-Ending Black Lotus contained forty-five primordial seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling had already successfully subdued thirty-four of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the critical moment to subdue the thirty-fifth primordial seal—when the lingering will of Luo Hou within the Black Lotus’s origin suddenly emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it caught Qiao Ling off guard, it did not greatly affect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Luo Hou’s lingering destructive will had been purged, Qiao Ling seized the opportunity to fully subdue the thirty-fifth primordial seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Break.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling muttered, shifting his hand seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His understanding of Great Freedom Dao continuously refined the thirty-fifth seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the twelve-petaled World-Ending Black Lotus emitted a tremor that shook the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thirty-fifth seal was finally subdued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thirty-five seals linked together, fully opening the origin’s core to Qiao Ling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the demonic pool, endless liquid demonic energy was drawn forth, forming a colossal black column that poured into Qiao Ling’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling activated his cultivation method, guiding the demonic energy to scour his limbs and meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His magic power surged upward, and the five energies long condensed in his chest advanced further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five elemental forces—wood, fire, earth, metal, water—circulated endlessly within his heart, reaching perfect harmony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, above Qiao Ling’s head, the empty space twisted, and three phantom black lotuses bloomed in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling’s aura shattered through the peak of Jin Xian’s barrier, stabilizing firmly in the early stage of Taiyi Jin Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent pressure surged outward, repelling all dense demonic energy around him, carving out a hundred-zhang-wide vacuum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling opened his eyes; a flash of black light vanished from his pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sensed the surging power within, his expression composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thirty-five seals—this is the limit my current realm can subdue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling silently calculated; he had no intention of forcing further subjugation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greed leads to indigestion; forcing the remaining seals would only invite backlash from the magic treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling decisively halted the subjugation, ending this long period of seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled deeply and rose to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he divert his attention to survey his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized he was within a formation, its aura pulsing with primordial magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master’s work,” Qiao Ling felt warmth in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Su Chen must have left ahead of time, deliberately setting up this protective formation to ensure his seclusion remained undisturbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling raised his right hand, palm upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Retreat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twelve-petaled World-Ending Black Lotus hovering above rapidly shrank, becoming the size of a palm, settling into his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primordial Daoist runes flowed across its surface, radiating a terrifying aura of annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then activated the Black Lotus’s origin; a terrifying suction erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the thousand-zhang-wide demonic pool, which had accumulated countless eons of energy, drained visibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within mere breaths, the entire pool’s liquid demonic energy was devoured by the Black Lotus; even the black mud at the bottom was stripped of its demonic essence, turning into ordinary gray soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deprived of the pool’s support, the already shattered demonic realm fragment began to violently tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black clouds above shattered; the earth cracked into abysses; the spatial barrier split with massive fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Howling winds surged, and chaotic spatial currents poured through the cracks, tearing apart everything in this small world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This small world was about to collapse entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Qiao Ling’s mind stirred; the Black Lotus became a dark streak, sinking into his third eye, leaving behind a faint black lotus mark on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling stood in the empty space, calm and unhurried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused his mind; Great Freedom demonic energy retracted inward, the black lotus mark vanished beneath his skin, and the demonic aura swirling around him fully withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without demonic aura clinging to him, Qiao Ling once again became the refined, immaculate white-robed scholar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could possibly link this scholar to the ultimate True Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling smiled, raised his hand, and formed a finger-sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the Black Lotus’s power, he lightly slashed at the collapsing spatial barrier ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gap, a zhang wide, tore open in the empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling stepped forward, his form dissolving into the empty space, silently escaping the Lingshan territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, he appeared above a desolate wasteland in the western continent of Niuhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle breeze stirred; his white robes fluttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling glanced back at Lingshan, radiant with golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingshan remained majestic, its Buddhist chants lingering in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas had no idea that, right beneath their noses, the True Demon they had pursued for so long had secluded himself for decades, subduing a supreme demonic treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling stood atop the clouds, gazing eastward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within his soul, he sensed the Buddhist fortune rising in the southern continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this the opportunity Master spoke of—the great flourishing of the Buddhist sect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling murmured softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current Taiyi Jin Xian early-stage cultivation base and the protection of the twelve-petaled World-Ending Black Lotus, he could even defend himself against a Da Luo Jin Xian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Realms were now open to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling decided not to return to Huaguo Mountain; instead, he would travel through the Three Realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once ordered Fen Chen and others to spread the Great Freedom Dao—how had things progressed now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Ling’s form flickered, becoming a streak of light, vanishing into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after Qiao Ling departed, within the Great Thunder Sound Temple on Lingshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The World-Honored Maitreya Buddha, seated upon the nine-petaled lotus throne, suddenly furrowed his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his eyes, his gaze piercing the empty space, gazing toward the deep mountains beneath Lingshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, he had sensed an extremely faint tremor in Lingshan’s earth veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That tremor was no ordinary earthquake—it was a residual ripple from a spatial collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prajnaparamita,” the World-Honored spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prajnaparamita, standing nearby, stepped forward, palms together: “What is the World-Honored’s command?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There appears to be spatial disturbance among the mountains beneath Lingshan. Go and investigate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By your decree,” Prajnaparamita bowed and withdrew from the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Prajnaparamita returned to the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“World-Honored, this disciple is dull-witted and detected no anomaly,” Prajnaparamita reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maitreya Buddha nodded slightly, did not press further, and gestured for Prajnaparamita to withdraw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no idea that a hidden demonic realm fragment beneath Lingshan had already been utterly annihilated by spatial chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>",1361,"2026-06-21T05:42:12.148Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0c99b805cdcd06c314d8361892514a734ae65a44177d4f5bc5fbfe2d69c7f792","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-427","i-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-chapter-425",470,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-invincible-and-you-tell-me-this-is-journey-t-cover.jpg"]