[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-412":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Secret Buyer",{"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},1758761,2324,"Chapter 412 - 292: Supreme Above and Below, None but Myself","secret-buyer-chapter-412",412,"\u003Cp>The fruit is gradually swelling and glowing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>with a boundless Buddha charm blossoming and emanating from within!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s coming!\" Hu Zhongli exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in a corner of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure in a black robe gazed at the Buddha Tree, muttering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shakyamuni Tathagata... could it be Him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it can’t be. Such an existence cannot return so soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy figure narrowed its eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if it’s not Shakyamuni Tathagata, then who is being born? A manifestation of His ego, a form of Him? Is He preparing for a true return? Or perhaps...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure recalled the Tao Te Ching verses that echoed throughout the world earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On that day, the scripture almost frightened him into sealing himself within the depths of the stars,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but later, the more he thought, the less it seemed right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it really [Laozi]?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it really [Supreme]??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An existence on Laozi’s level couldn’t return so easily; it must be an impostor, or perhaps merely someone fulfilling the inevitable fate of the day of Passing through Hangu Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the guess is true,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Buddha supposedly born today could not be the true Shakyamuni Tathagata, then perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy figure lightly licked its lips, breathing became somewhat rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if I eat the descending Buddha Infant, what would happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would the Tathagata be unable to truly return?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really want to try it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of the shadowy figure became increasingly deep, and the darkness on it grew heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming early, opportunities are indeed everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ready to devour the Buddha Infant—unless the one descending is the true Shakyamuni.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting, waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy figure stared at the Bodhi Tree, seeing the Bodhi fruit on the tree suddenly fall to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Chongyang was dead silent at this moment, and even the deities from beyond the heavens unconsciously stretched their necks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed minute by minute,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the first ray of sunrise broke at dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Crack!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge Bodhi fruit suddenly cracked a line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All celestial humans, and even the deities beyond the heavens, were all focused, and the shadowy figure had already started moving forward, licking its lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Devour him...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Buddha Infant...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fruit continued to crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No earth-shattering divine light, nor endless anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A... serpent?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the shattered fruit, half of a serpent’s body could be seen emerging, countless celestial humans and deities were stunned,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even the shadowy figure was taken aback:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could it be a serpent? Where is the Buddha Infant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, intending to make a move to quietly snatch away the serpent within the fruit,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and it was at this moment that the fruit completely cracked open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its scene completely revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compassionate Buddha Son was astonished, eyes widened, looking at the ’serpent’ or ’person’ inside the fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More accurately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a half-human, half-serpent being, a stunningly beautiful woman, her abdomen high and swollen as if ten months pregnant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the shadowy figure was about to act, he suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? Familiar...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked and looked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body rigid on the spot, sweat seeped from his forehead, falling in large drops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the chill,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>chill exploded from the tailbone, instantly rushing to the back of the head, the entire body tingling and numb at this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my god.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy figure let out a near-groan of a whisper, dumbstruck:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s, it’s [Wa]...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shivered, his legs going soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s Wa!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What grew from the fruit was Wa!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy figure almost wanted to flee immediately, but stubbornly held his steps, his heart pounding violently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he wanted to see clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would it be Wa??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge confusion not only emerged in the shadowy figure’s mind,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the many onlookers were also bewildered at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This half-human, half-serpent, stunningly beautiful woman... is she really the Buddha descending?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone exclaimed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s pregnant, is it her child within her belly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Multiple gazes fell on the half-human, half-serpent woman, who at this moment, slowly opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost the instant she opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mortals, Grandmasters, Innate Realm, Celestial Humans...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each and every one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exception, each and every one, even the deities beyond the heavens, and even two Great Divine Power Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as they were [human], as long as they were observing this place [human].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All uncontrollably, toward that half-human, half-serpent woman, bowed down worshiping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not due to any forced power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but stemming from deep within their heart and spirit, an indelible, irresistible primal impulse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She, she...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few who did not bow, including the bewildered Old Bull in the sky, saw Kong Shentong below speaking absent-mindedly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is... Mother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Shentong didn’t know why he uttered the word ’Mother’—but it just slipped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though it were always like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between heaven and earth, it was a silence of ten thousand living beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All who gazed, all who were human, without exception were bowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the shadowy figure was now prostrated on the ground, sweat pouring heavily, mind utterly blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s truly Wa...\" he whispered softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-serpent half-human woman being worshipped by countless people, suddenly held her massive abdomen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>skin began to crack little by little, with a deep, grand Brahma Sound ringing out, and Buddha’s Light piercing from within her abdomen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waa--wah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud cry resounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those prostrating struggled against Buddha’s Light, turning toward the sound of the cry,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman’s torn abdomen had somehow healed, shrunk down, while in her arms, a newborn baby was held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the first cry of the baby, the Brahma Sound rose vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the second cry of the baby, golden lotuses began blooming everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the third cry of the baby, countless Buddha’s Light rained down from the Celestial Vault, a golden river flowed from south to north, with heavenly flowers and Immortal Flowers gently falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the infant halted his cry on the third sound, originally lying in the mother’s embrace, he suddenly manifested in a seated posture, face inexplicably solemn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the terrifying gaze of countless eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newborn infant of three cries, leapt down from the mother’s embrace to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A little slower,\" Wa softly beckoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infant remained silent, solemnly majestic, only clumsily stepping forth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>each step planting a marvelous lotus and a golden spring!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast, treading forty-nine lotuses and forty-nine golden springs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then smiled, showing Great Compassion, Great Purity, Great Wisdom, Great Brightness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infant, face devoid of joy or sorrow, sighed with compassion, uttered one boundless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The living call me [Tathagata], the followers call me [World Venerate].\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle voice rose from here, echoing in Chongyang, then across eight hundred miles, throughout Chongyang Heaven and Earth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chang’an Town, many formidable beings pricked their ears to listen to the spreading Brahma Sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tathagata... World Venerate??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people gasped, hearing the still resounding Brahma Sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their cries are so loud, calling from the Sea of Suffering to the Other Shore, so——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I came, journeying from the Other Shore back to the Sea of Suffering, the living have no raft, hence I’m here to ferry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the infant spoke, reaching out, pointing to the heavens, also reaching to touch the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hand pointing to the heavens, one hand touching the earth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as the morning bell and evening drum sound rang——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Above the sky and beneath the earth, I am the sole revered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Brahma Sound vast, as if rightly, naturally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>heaven and earth trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>",1251,"2026-06-08T09:33:25.352Z",1,"novelbin.me","0e69d84beb9959ff78bda68db5ad31b9bf683f19711c66cae6a2f34ab117f64a","secret-buyer-chapter-413","secret-buyer-chapter-411",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]