Chapter 169: Achieved the Manifested Body, Late-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal!

Nüwa sensed the opportunity to attain the Dao!

This is not only Nüwa's great opportunity.

More importantly, it also signifies the arrival of a completely new era.

That is the era of sages!

Having memories of two lives, Chen Ku clearly knows that Nüwa's attainment of the Dao is the beginning of all sages.

After Nüwa created humanity, only then could the Three Pure Ones become sages.

Finally, it is Jieyin and Zhunti who establish the Western Sect and also achieve the position of sage.

Thinking of this, Chen Ku couldn't help but look toward the summit of Mount Sumeru, the direction where Jieyin and Zhunti are located.

In this life, I have painstakingly revived the Western Sect, originally hoping to be some help so that my master and uncle could get ahead one step.

But looking at the present situation, it seems unlikely.

Chen Ku is not disappointed either; after all, Jieyin and Zhunti becoming sages is bound to happen, just a matter of sooner or later.

He then changed expression dramatically.

"Nüwa shaping humans from clay is a tremendous merit!"

"This absolutely cannot be missed, that is......"

Chen Ku wore a thoughtful expression, considering how to intervene in Nüwa's attainment of the Dao in order to share a wave of boundless merit.

But after only a moment, he shook his head and gave a wry laugh.

Even if one wanted to intervene when Nüwa created humans, one must not rush.

For now, I continue to comprehend the Dao, striving to condense the manifested body as soon as possible; that is the most important.

Moreover, although Nüwa has already preliminarily grasped the opportunity to attain the Dao, it is certainly not something that can be accomplished overnight.

Chen Ku can take his time.

Immediately, he gathered his scattered thoughts, stopped overthinking, and entered secluded meditation to comprehend the Dao.

His dignified appearance shone, his body radiated light, and his qi and blood surged vigorously.

Vast expanses of cosmic order flowed around him, profound and profound, ineffable.

Such speed of Dao comprehension is already astonishing.

Chen Ku, however, is not satisfied.

"Unite body with Dao!"

With a thought, he continued to execute the technique he had comprehended earlier in the Purple Cloud Palace.

In an instant, the laws of the Heavenly Dao, of force, of space......

Various laws of the Great Dao surrounded him, shining brilliantly, endless, illuminating Chen Ku's whole body to become even more extraordinary, mysteriously divine.

In the sea of consciousness, his profound and obscure insights also began to advance rapidly.

Form, appearance, function—three in one!

Dharma, retribution, transformation—neither separate nor united, yet mutually supportive.

In the depths, Chen Ku's heart suddenly gave rise to a profoundly wondrous insight.

"Tathagata Heart!"

Just a few short words, yet like a doctrine encompassing all things, profound and unfathomable, a vast method.

All of his cultivation is included within the scope of the Tathagata Heart.

"Buddha-nature!"

"Self-nature!"

"Dharma-nature!"

Constantly observing, reflecting on his own words and deeds, arising thoughts, whether they are good thoughts? Good deeds, etc......

The primordial universe, time and space, heavenly beings and earthly creatures, flowers, grasses, trees, wind, clouds, rain, mist......

Within the Three Thousand Great Worlds, everything, myriad dharmas and myriad appearances, seem to evolve within Chen Ku's mind.

To see the mind and perceive the nature—nothing else but this!

Also in such cultivation, Chen Ku gradually awakens to the true mind.

Gradually, above his head rose six kinds of indescribable divine qi.

These are the Six Perfections of the Buddhist path.

Generosity, observance of precepts, patience, vigor, meditation, wisdom!

Cultivate all goodness, cease all evil!

Accumulate blessings, increase concentration!

This feeling is unprecedentedly clear and pure.

Making Chen Ku feel that his own Dao heart seems illuminated by endless Buddha light.

If Jieyin and Zhunti were here, they would surely stare dumbfounded, even drop their jaws.

Nothing else!

At this moment, Chen Ku's aura can be called unprecedentedly vast and also unprecedentedly profound.

But this does not mean he has truly attained the Dao.

The profundity and marvel of cultivation cannot be gauged.

At present, Chen Ku can at most be said to have knocked open the door to his own Dao, entered the inner gate, and gradually come to see more profound and marvelous, more fundamental principles of the Dao.

Only thus can he possibly achieve Buddhahood in the future.

Around Mount Sumeru, there is a tranquil and harmonious atmosphere.

It was when Chen Ku earlier intervened and dispelled that demonic qi Great Calamity storm.

Moreover, numerous spiritual roots and immortal fruits are now laid out, exuding overwhelming spiritual aura.

Therefore, the demonic qi turmoil in the western heaven and earth has also diminished and weakened considerably.

Chen Ku, in his secluded cultivation, also suffered no disturbance.

Time flies!

Unbeknownst, a thousand years gradually passed.

On this day, among those present, Chen Ku's aura reached the extent of being vast as an abyss.

The mighty qi surged, like substance, visible to the naked eye, rising and falling, endless, possessing an oppressive feeling that captures the heart and soul.

The Dharma Body and Reward Body successively emerged, standing behind Chen Ku, magnificent and unparalleled.

"Break!"

Chen Ku felt something in his heart and uttered a soft command.

In an instant, streams of unmatched, heaven-and-earth-dominating aura surged from his body, hovering high in the void.

Divine light intertwined and shifted, unfathomable and deceptive.

After a moment, the final Response Body also gradually condensed into form.

This final Response Body differs from the previous Dharma and Reward Bodies.

It appears rather illusory, constantly changing.

At times it takes the likeness of Chen Ku himself, identical.

At times it transforms into an ordinary cultivator of the world, unremarkable.

Or it evolves into the myriad aspects of worldly beings.

Endless variations!

This is the marvel of the Response Body: in a thought, it can become countless incarnations, with endless wondrous uses.

Thus, the Three Bodies of Buddha method, Chen Ku finally cultivated the final body.

At the instant the Response Body emerged, his internal qi also suddenly began to rise steadily.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Chen Ku's qi and blood roared, waves surging, hard to calm.

Streams of astonishing fluctuations swept out, causing the void to roar incessantly.

Finally.

At one moment, the bottleneck of the mid-stage Primordial Yuan Golden Immortal was shattered with a boom.

Chen Ku's cultivation also advanced a step, firmly stabilizing in the late-stage Primordial Yuan Golden Immortal.

The Primordial Yuan True Classic circulated, cultivating the Dharma Body in tandem, yielding a tremendous increase.

Every inch of his flesh and blood burst with golden light, comparable to an innate spiritual treasure, its radiance even more dazzling.

The power of his divine sense also transformed astonishingly, reaching the utmost elevation, a single thought perceiving billions of billions of miles.

With a thought, Chen Ku unleashed the Buddha Golden Body Great Divine Ability.

This divine ability was formerly condensed with the aid of heavenly Dao merit; initially it was only a thousand feet in size.

But today, with Chen Ku's cultivation breakthrough, the Buddha Golden Body surged enormously, reaching five to six thousand feet.

Once unleashed, the merit-forged golden light forms an indestructible body, shattering everything.

Chen Ku felt his own mighty and vast aura, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Ku... ku......"

"This Buddha Golden Body is absolutely one of my strongest trump cards."

"But... alas, there is no place to use it."

Chen Ku sighed.

Not bad!

Although this Buddha Golden Body had long been condensed, it had never been used until now.

If such words were heard by outsider experts, they would surely be filled with black lines, cursing Chen Ku as a "pretentious fool."

Trump cards keep emerging, and still there's the audacity to suffer?!

Moreover, although that is so, Chen Ku's face could not hide its smile.

The Buddha Golden Body strengthened; if later combined with top-tier divine arts such as the Tathagata Divine Palm and Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, sharing the same origin, its power would increase exponentially, unfathomable to ghosts and gods.

This thousand-year secluded cultivation yielded a harvest that can be called astonishing.

After a long while, Chen Ku suppressed the joy of this breakthrough.

His expression shifted, and he again thought of Nüwa's creation of humanity.

"Now, I don't know what level of insight Nüwa has attained."

Muttering to himself, Chen Ku directly employed Destiny Communication to begin investigating Nüwa's whereabouts and thoughts.

After investigation, however, he found that Nüwa was neither in her dao field nor had she gone to the Heavenly Court.

After quite a while, Chen Ku's expression then changed.

He clearly sensed that Nüwa was actually located on the mountainside of Mount Buzhou.

That place was also where the innate gourd vine was born in antiquity, and Chen Ku had once set foot there.

His expression changed greatly, and Chen Ku hesitated not.

"Gateway of Myriad Mysteries!"

With a thought, he directly employed the Gateway of Myriad Mysteries.

He took a step.

In the blink of an eye, he had already reached Mount Buzhou!