[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t":3,"chapter-struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-437":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect",{"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},1730130,2212,"Chapter 440 : Who Says Good Men Can’t Be Devious?","struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-437",437,"\u003Cp>Chapter 440: Who Says Good Men Can’t Be Devious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, all was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guang Ming stood there dumbfounded, his mind replaying everything that had happened until now. Cold sweat uncontrollably streamed down his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What have I done?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming the Buddha Child, ruling over the Pure Land, manipulating the world, scheming across the Four Realms—he had seemingly held all under heaven in his grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But damn it, was that really him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That’s not me!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew himself better than Guang Ming did. He was just an ordinary man without grand ambitions—content to live peacefully, with enough food and drink to get by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could someone like him risk everything to stir up worldly chaos?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, through all these years, he had felt nothing amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What exactly am I doing?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guang Ming stared blankly at his hands. The golden body that had once been full and radiant with flesh and blood now seemed nothing more than a thin layer of human skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Ah...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lifting his head, he gazed toward the Demon-Suppressing True Person. His eyes gleamed brilliantly—yet the emotion that surfaced at the end was not fury or hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So that’s how it is... I’m already dead.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was different from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were not the 【Buddha Child】. Even if their connection was severed, they could return to their true selves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his very life had long been anchored elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Demon-Suppressing True Person cut off his link with the World-Honored One, it was as though his roots had been severed. Now, he could not even speak a word—he merely pressed his palms together and allowed the Buddha light upon his body to intertwine, stagnate, collapse, and finally scatter into a cloud of golden dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soul drifted down gently into reincarnation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guang Ming was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Buddha Child did not vanish with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind his dissipating form, the vast and magnificent vision of the 【Manifest World Aspect of Shengyi Shengming Heaven】 stirred for the very first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Amitābha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grand Buddha voice echoed across the Pure Land, yet none of the Pure Land monks answered in chorus as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each stood frozen, faces blank, gazing around in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Demonic influence... demonic influence!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, an old Arhat with white hair and beard moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was filled with shock and fury, as though a fledgling bird had suddenly glimpsed the boundless sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dare you! How dare you do this!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed furiously at the Demon-Suppressing True Person and shouted, “You have ruined the very foundation of my Pure Land! You have destroyed its roots! Great Demon! What a Great Demon indeed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, the moment those words left his mouth, the monks would have rushed forward as one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, their reactions were entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A newly ascended Arhat suddenly shut his eyes tight—then, with a thunderous explosion, self-destructed on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soul floated gently into the cycle of rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old Arhat turned, aghast. “Why!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To enter reincarnation, to wash one’s soul clean—and now, with their connection to the World-Honored One severed—this meant they wished to completely depart from the Pure Land!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How utterly foolish!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old Arhat’s hands trembled with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The World-Honored One, out of compassion, shone his light upon us so that we might cultivate to this blissful land of Jiangxi’s Pure Realm—why, then, would anyone wish to leave!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he could only blame everything on the Demon-Suppressing True Person, convinced that this fiend had corrupted the Pure Land’s purity and deceived its monks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the Demon-Suppressing True Person suddenly laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Great Hero Treasure Hall—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rising clamor slowly faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Demon-Suppressing True Person regained his senses, he realized a young man had appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth’s face was unremarkable—common, even familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Suppressing True Person felt he had seen him somewhere before, yet could not recall where.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as though every face beneath heaven had been merged together to form this one countenance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the youth was studying him with calm curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second later, the youth spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was gentle, like that of a soft-spoken woman, yet carried a masculine firmness—aged like an elder, yet vibrant as a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Amitābha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single Buddha name instantly made the Demon-Suppressing True Person’s expression turn grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked upon the youth with deep solemnity and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The World-Honored One?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forgive the disappointment,” the youth said, seeming to read his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am not the World-Honored One. The World-Honored One is far beyond—he would not descend personally to meet you, Daoist friend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the Demon-Suppressing True Person’s mind raced before realization dawned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So... you are that Dharma Aspect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Manifest World Aspect of Shengyi Shengming Heaven】！\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the thought, the Demon-Suppressing True Person frowned again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why have you come to see me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There is confusion in my heart.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth joined his palms and said calmly, “Your sword intent is unparalleled. You skillfully borrowed the not-yet-formed 【Sword Dao Fruitional Rank】 to strike that sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But in the end, it is rootless water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those monks who self-dissolved and entered the cycle of rebirth aside—when you perish and your Dao dissipates, the others’ connection to the World-Honored One will quickly be restored.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since that is so, what meaning does your action hold?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so?” The Demon-Suppressing True Person smiled instead of despairing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could it be meaningless? Did you not just say several monks have entered reincarnation? Then I have saved those few. That, in itself, is meaning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth’s expression did not change. He pressed further:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You condemn our Pure Land as a false path, yet you carry countless severed heads in your\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bag—deciding countless fates by your own will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that not another form of a Pure Land?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To deny the Pure Land—is it not, in essence, to deny yourself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, the Demon-Suppressing True Person laughed even more joyfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could that be the same?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those simple five words stunned the youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I nearly forgot—you are of the Sword Pavilion...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, unwilling to give up, he asked again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And what of the Sword Pavilion? You suffered under its yoke all your life—do you feel no resentment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course I do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Suppressing True Person nodded without hesitation, smiling faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s why I left the 【No Killing Sword Intent】 and sword techniques with the Ye Family, didn’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 【No Killing Sword Intent】 was the Pure Land’s coveted goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its accompanying sword arts—how could the Pure Land not desire them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To obtain them, they would inevitably become entangled with the Ye Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer the connection lasted, the heavier the karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Suppressing True Person had deliberately left behind 【No Killing】 while withholding 【All-Slay】—just to set up the Ye Family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utterly devious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have learned much,” the youth sighed, joining his palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems your heart’s wish is truly fulfilled. You have no further attachments and are prepared to sacrifice yourself to the sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Suppressing True Person had not changed his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was destined to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he did not die—did not sacrifice himself—then the 【Sword Dao Fruitional Rank】 could never manifest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That outcome could not be altered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth’s expression grew sorrowful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I had thought, at your final moment, you might waver. With Guang Ming’s death, I now lack a vessel to anchor in. Had you been willing to merge with me, you might have been reborn anew.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Demon-Suppressing True Person refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack—！”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding scene fractured inch by inch—an omen that the illusion was fading, reality returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also meant that death was near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, the world’s foremost sword cultivator still wore a tranquil smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having upheld No Killing nearly his entire life, even in his final moments he did not break that vow—choosing instead to save lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, all illusions vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Yang’s sword incarnation lifted his head—only to see the Demon-Suppressing True Person gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating in the air remained only the 【Sword of No Killing】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the blade, an inscription gleamed with radiant light:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To sacrifice one’s body for righteousness is to honor righteousness above oneself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Therefore, of all things under heaven, nothing is more precious than righteousness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, ten thousand sword auras converged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven and earth echoed with a restrained sword cry—stifled, yet brimming at the brink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Yang’s eyes widened in astonishment as he perceived the Demon-Suppressing True Person’s final stratagem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He bound the formation of the 【Sword Dao Fruitional Rank】 to the Pure Land itself—anchoring its foundation to the unity of all beings!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Suppressing True Person had severed the Pure Land’s “oneness of all hearts,” thereby defining the very root of the 【Sword Dao】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Pure Land later restored its unity, that act would overturn the sword’s foundation—instantly causing the 【Sword Dao】 to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What a man!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Lü Yang was awestruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unity of all hearts was the Pure Land’s foundation— while the 【Sword Dao】 was the Sword Pavilion’s ultimate pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this man had forced them into enmity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Sword Pavilion desired the 【Sword Dao】—they would have to keep undermining the Pure Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Pure Land wished to preserve its unity—then it must destroy the 【Sword Dao】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who said good men couldn’t be devious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon-Suppressing True Person—what a master schemer indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had simply been biding his time all these years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, with one move, he had trapped both the Pure Land and the Sword Pavilion together in his web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single pit, deep enough for all!\u003C\u002Fp>",1612,"2026-06-06T16:06:03.280Z",1,"novelbin.me","5a3bc212369e8fea14d0af53de7e989db49153e8f9a480762ed7cb09abc79387","struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-438","struggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-chapter-436",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstruggling-to-survive-with-regression-power-in-t-cover.jpg"]