Chapter 531

The World in the Palm!

Since Buddha truly enjoys crushing others with his Palm Buddha Realm, he shall be met with his own method.

He lightly pressed his right palm toward empty space.

A colossal palm-shaped shadow, carrying an entire world, instantly appeared above Buddha's head, descending to crush him.

The vast world exerted terrifying pressure, causing the surrounding space to creak incessantly.

Facing the descending Palm World, Buddha, just now reacting, immediately summoned his Great Sun Tathagata Body to raise his remaining left hand and slap the falling Palm World.

Moreover, the right hand of the Great Sun Tathagata Body was rapidly regenerating.

Boom!

A colossal palm, ten thousand zhang tall, met Luo Fu's Palm World.

Crack!

Upon collision, Buddha's left hand began to shatter under the unbearable weight.

Boom!

Seeing this, Buddha swiftly commanded his newly restored right hand to meet the Palm World.

Unfortunately, even with both hands combined, it was insufficient.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

More shattering sounds followed; both colossal palms shattered piece by piece under the Palm World's pressure, failing to hold for even a breath.

Boom!

The Palm World continued descending upon Buddha, and wherever it passed, the Great Sun Tathagata Body crumbled inch by inch.

In the blink of an eye, the Palm World reached Buddha's head, about to crush him beneath its world.

Flash!

At that moment, a seven-colored light shot forth from Buddha's head and slammed into Luo Fu's Palm World.

Struck by the seven-colored light, the once overwhelmingly powerful Palm World suddenly halted, ceasing its descent.

Flash! Flash! Flash!

The seven-colored light swept across the Palm World repeatedly.

The once grand and heavy Palm World began to tremble.

"The Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree! Your Buddhist sect truly dares greatly—Ancestor Hongjun long ago forbade sages from lightly entering the Three Realms, yet your sect dares wield a sage's magic treasure."

Glancing at the seven-colored light behind Buddha, Luo Fu instantly identified its origin.

The seven-colored light enveloped a branch inlaid with seven precious treasures—the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree, the magic treasure of Saint Zhunti, the Second Patriarch of Buddhism.

"Friend, you misunderstand. Our Buddhist sect has not violated Ancestor Hongjun's decree. This Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree was lent to me by Saint Zhunti for protection; since I am the one wielding it, it cannot be counted as a sage's direct intervention."

Having caught his breath, Buddha gently beckoned with his right hand, grasping the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree, his tone still solemn and radiant with divine light as he defended himself.

His voice betrayed no sign of distress, as if the one whose body had just been shattered was not him at all.

"Moreover, the place we now occupy is the Heavenly Beyond, not part of the Three Realms."

"Using the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree is not my wish—but if you are willing to surrender Sun Wukong and the Palm Buddha Realm, I will not trouble you."

As he spoke, Buddha gripped the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree and swept it toward Luo Fu's Palm World.

The Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree was Saint Zhunti's enlightenment treasure, famed for being able to sweep away anything.

Luo Fu's Palm World clearly fell within the range of what it could sweep.

One point Buddha said was correct.

That was: the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree had been given to him by Saint Zhunti for protection, and it was Buddha himself wielding it, not Saint Zhunti.

Otherwise, Luo Fu's Palm World would have been swept apart long ago.

Of course, even though Buddha was wielding the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree, it was still a violation.

As a sage's magic treasure, the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree naturally bore the sage's imprint.

Using it meant borrowing a fraction of the sage's power.

More importantly, since the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree carried the sage's imprint, if Saint Zhunti wished, he could strike remotely through it.

Given the Buddhist sect's shamelessness, one could imagine that when the moment came, Saint Zhunti would certainly intervene.

After all, remote intervention was not quite the same as a sage personally acting.

Moreover, as Buddha had said, this was the Heavenly Beyond, not the Three Realms.

Ancestor Hongjun forbade the six sages' true bodies from walking within the Three Realms, but he never explicitly prohibited sages from acting in the Heavenly Beyond.

This could be considered a loophole in Ancestor Hongjun's decree.

Aside from the Western Sages, other sages would hardly dare exploit it.

For sages, face mattered greatly. To strike below one's rank was utterly disgraceful.

Other sages cared about face; the Western Two Sages did not.

Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's faces were already thicker than city walls—otherwise, during the Investiture War, the Western Two Sages could never have swept away countless Xuan Sect elites with the phrase: "You are destined for our Western path."

Though Buddha's power could only unlock a limited fraction of the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree's strength,

it was still a sage's magic treasure.

Luo Fu's Palm World was indeed profound, but to conceal his true strength, Luo Fu had used only Quasi-Saint layer Dao subtleties.

Even the most profound Quasi-Saint layer power still fell short of resisting a sage's magic treasure.

Under the assault of the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree, the Palm World began to violently tremble; the earth cracked, the sky churned, and countless fissures appeared on the world's barrier.