Chapter 557

In fact, this was indeed the case; before Ancestor Minghe besieged and killed the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, Lady Pingxin had already tacitly handed the eighteen layers of hell over to the Daoist Sect for the time being.

The most important thing right now is to annihilate the Buddhist Sect and subsequently force out the hidden hand of the Dao Ancestor Hongjun; other gains and losses are not important.

As long as Dao Ancestor Hongjun can be suppressed, the Heavenly Dao's blockade on the Earthly Dao and the Human Dao can be lifted.

Then the entire Nine Nether Underworld will return to the Wu Clan, and Lady Pingxin does not mind temporarily sharing a portion of the benefits of the Nine Nether Underworld with others.

Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, who had fallen into complete despair, had no choice but to choose a final struggle.

Rumble!

Under the control of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, the Buddhist kingdom behind him suddenly collapsed completely; all the Buddha light and sins burned violently, turning into two streams of light—one black and one gold—that rushed into the Golden Body of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.

Under the rendering of the gold and black streams of light, the entire Golden Body of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha remained golden on one half, while the other half turned completely black.

This is the final form of the Golden Body of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha: Buddha and Demon as one.

The cultivation of the Buddhist Sect is actually not much different from the Demonic Path; Buddha and Demon are separated by only a single thought.

Unlike ordinary Buddhist believers, the beings Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha chose to convert were evil ghosts.

The nature of evil ghosts is much stronger than that of ordinary believers, but the difficulty of converting them is also much greater.

To completely convert an evil ghost, one must completely wear away the sins upon the evil ghost.

Wearing away sins requires a great deal of time and patience.

Most disciples of the Buddhist Sect follow the path of forced conversion; they simply do not have the time or energy to slowly convert evil ghosts.

Therefore, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha also chose to forcibly convert evil ghosts.

When forcibly converting evil ghosts, the sins upon them were not worn away.

These sins that were not worn away then needed to be borne by Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.

Because after being forcibly converted, the evil ghost became a puppet of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.

Everything of a puppet belongs to its master, and naturally, the sins belong to the master as well.

In all these years of presiding over the eighteen layers of hell, the number of evil ghosts Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha has converted is immeasurable, and the sins he needs to bear are also immeasurable.

Originally, these sins would have long since crushed Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.

But Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha can be considered a genius; he chose to cultivate both Buddha and Demon.

For ordinary cultivators, sin is poison, but for a demon, it is the best resource.

Cultivating both Buddha and Demon, he naturally no longer needed to worry about being unable to bear the sins.

As for the change in temperament brought about by cultivating both Buddha and Demon, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha did not care.

After all, from the moment he decided to forcibly convert believers, his actions were already no different from the Demonic Path.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that the dignified Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha would secretly practice the Demonic Path. However, come to think of it, the operating style of your Buddhist Sect is already quite similar to the Demonic Path, so it is not strange to practice the Demonic Path in secret."

Seeing the Buddha-Demon Golden Body revealed by Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, Ancestor Minghe sneered and mocked him.

To Ancestor Minghe's mockery, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha did not have any reaction, but instead stared at the surrounding Blood God Children with red eyes, and tyrannical killing intent began to rise around his body.

Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha had never revealed the Golden Body of Buddha and Demon as one.

He is one of the Bodhisattvas with the highest status in the Buddhist Sect; once he reveals the Buddha-Demon Golden Body, it will inevitably stir up a huge uproar in the Three Realms.

But in the current situation, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha could no longer care about such things.

The Buddhist Sect is on the verge of annihilation; compared to the reputation of the Buddhist Sect, the most important thing is how to survive.

As long as the green hills remain, there is no need to worry about firewood.

Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin will be resurrected sooner or later.

As long as the two Saints are resurrected, the Buddhist Sect will have a day to rise again.

And what he must do is live until that day.

As long as Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin are resurrected, then regardless of whether he is Buddha or Demon, he is the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha of the Buddhist Sect.

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Just as Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha revealed the Golden Body of Buddha and Demon as one.

The Ruyi Golden Cudgel in Sun Wukong's hand, like a pillar supporting the sky, once again fell upon the mountain-protecting array of Lingshan like a violent storm.

In just a few breaths, Sun Wukong crazily attacked the mountain-protecting array ten thousand times.

Crack!

Rumble!

Under the violent bombardment of the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, the mountain-protecting array, which was already at the end of its strength, finally could not withstand it and exploded directly.

After the mountain-protecting array was broken, the chaotic Lingshan appeared in everyone's eyes once again.

Swish!

At this moment, countless spatial fluctuations suddenly appeared around Lingshan, and several figures suddenly appeared near Lingshan.

Among these figures, the three most conspicuous ones stood out.

One group was all clad in armor, looking mighty and extraordinary, and the leader was wrapped in thunder, as if he were the incarnation of thunder itself.

This force was clearly the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of the Heavenly Court, and the leader was the True God of the Thunder Department—Wen Zhong, the Heavenly Venerable of the Nine Heavens Responding to the Thunder and Universal Transformation.

Wen Zhong was originally a disciple of the Jie Sect.

But because Saint Tongtian was confined to the Zixiao Palace, the Jie Sect had always been in a state of scattered sand, and its situation was much worse than that of the Chan Sect.

Therefore, Wen Zhong was one of the few disciples of a Saint that the Jade Emperor could mobilize.

In the current situation, it was undoubtedly very appropriate for Wen Zhong to come forward.

With Wen Zhong's status, even if he appeared at Lingshan following the Jade Emperor's orders, people would inevitably associate him with Saint Tongtian behind him.

Having been suppressed by the six Saints for so many years, the Jade Emperor had long since become accustomed to being cautious whenever matters involved Saints.

Although Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin had fallen, they would have a day of resurrection sooner or later.

The Jade Emperor did not want Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin to attack the Heavenly Court directly after they were resurrected.

The second force all carried mysterious auras, and the leader was an old Daoist priest riding a white tiger and holding a cane.

This was the Antarctic Immortal, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect.

It was very clear that he represented the Chan Sect.

Saint Yuanshi had personally taken action to resolve the karma between him and the Buddhist Sect, but that did not mean the Chan Sect would not participate in the feast of carving up the Buddhist Sect.

A Saint is a Saint, and the Chan Sect is the Chan Sect.

Saint Yuanshi might not look upon many of the benefits of the Buddhist Sect, but the many disciples of the Chan Sect certainly did.

For Saint Yuanshi, capturing back the several direct disciples who had betrayed him was more important than anything else.

But for the Chan Sect, carving up the benefits of the Buddhist Sect was more important.

Cultivation requires resources, and the assets left behind by the Buddhist Sect contained vast cultivation resources.

Of course, the Antarctic Immortal appearing here was also tacitly approved by Saint Yuanshi.

Saint Yuanshi was merely uninterested in carving up the Buddhist Sect, but that did not mean he would not do it.

The legacy of the Buddhist Sect was just sitting there; rather than letting others benefit, it was better to benefit himself.

The third group was the Demon Race force, and the leader was a Green Luan.

The Green Luan revealed her demon form.

Although she was of the Demon Race, her body contained a light and spiritual aura, without much tyranny.