Chapter 116

After Rulai arrived by Kinnara's side, he raised his hand and struck a palm directly onto the top of Kinnara's head, but it was still blocked.

"This poor monk would like to see how many strikes you can block." Rulai snorted coldly.

Next, Rulai let go and began to attack Kinnara continuously.

"Tsk tsk tsk, is this still the Duobao I know? To be so cruel to his own disciple, no wonder Wutian was determined to kill him." Panhuang said in his heart.

"Husband, I am afraid this is the most spectacular part you were talking about." Seeing Kinnara wreathed in demonic energy, Xihe asked Panhuang.

"Correct, this is the most spectacular part I was talking about." Panhuang nodded.

After Rulai had attacked for about half an incense stick's time, the black barrier protecting Kinnara shattered with a boom, revealing the Kinnara inside.

"Evil obstacle, to actually fall into the demonic path, I cannot spare you!" Killing intent flashed in Rulai's eyes, and the next second, he slapped his palm onto Kinnara's head.

Boom—

This strike directly blasted Kinnara's physical body to pieces. Seeing this scene, the killing intent in Rulai's eyes finally disappeared, and that warm smile hung on his face once again.

"Hypocritical, truly hypocritical!" Seeing Rulai's performance, Xihe and Changxi were filled with disgust.

After Rulai killed Kinnara, he prepared to leave, but just then, a crack suddenly appeared in the void, and then a black lotus appeared before Rulai.

"World-Destroying Black Lotus? No, this black lotus actually has the aura of that evil obstacle!" When Rulai saw this black lotus, he was first startled, then furious.

But before Rulai could make a move, the black lotus emitted a monstrous killing intent and then fired a primordial spirit attack directly at Rulai, because Kinnara discovered that his physical body had actually been destroyed—how could he not be angry?

When he was in the Demon Realm, he had retained a trace of kindness, which he had sealed within the black lotus without devouring it. But now, Kinnara directly devoured this trace of kindness and completely fell into the demonic path.

"Hmph!" Rulai did not fear the black lotus possessed by Kinnara at all.

He waved his hand, and the Buddha Kingdom in his palm appeared, directly taking the black lotus inside. But the next second, a black line appeared in his palm. Seeing this black line, Rulai's expression changed abruptly.

When all was said and done, this was still the World-Destroying Black Lotus. With Rulai's Quasi-Saint cultivation, he could only barely suppress a spiritual treasure of this level. Most importantly, there was a primordial spirit causing trouble inside the black lotus, making it even more difficult for him to suppress.

Therefore, upon seeing this trace of black line, Rulai returned to Mount Sumeru without a word. After returning to Mount Sumeru, he went behind the mountain and entered a barrier; this was the place where the Western demonic energy gathered, known as the Abyss of Darkness.

In the past, the West was the birthplace of the Demon Ancestor Luohou, and this place was originally a demon den. When Hongjun and Luohou fought, they shattered the Western earth veins. After Jieyin and Zhunti were born, they had been repairing the Western earth veins, but they discovered that no matter how they sorted them out, demonic energy would always grow within the Western earth veins.

Finally, they thought of a method: to gather these demonic energies and suppress them. This was the origin of the Abyss of Darkness.

After entering the Abyss of Darkness, Rulai quickly took out the World-Destroying Black Lotus, added several seals to it, and threw it into the deepest part of the Abyss of Darkness.

After doing all this, Rulai returned to Spirit Mountain, came to the side of the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, and reached his right hand into the pond.

After a sizzling sound, several wisps of demonic energy floated out of the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, and then, blown by the wind, dissipated on the spot.

Seeing the dissipated demonic energy, Rulai finally let out a long breath.

Do not underestimate this wisp of demonic energy; if not handled well, it might bring immeasurable harm to Rulai.

"As expected of the World-Destroying Black Lotus, its power is actually so strong. Fortunately, it is now sealed in the Abyss of Darkness." Rulai muttered to himself.

"Hahaha, hilarious! I'm dying of laughter! How could Tongtian have chosen such a blockhead as a disciple back then! Hahaha!" After seeing the scene of Rulai sealing the World-Destroying Black Lotus, Panhuang was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Husband, I think there is no problem with this at all, right? This World-Destroying Black Lotus is a demonic artifact; if it isn't sealed in the Abyss of Darkness, could it be sealed in the Eight Treasures Merit Pond?" Changxi looked at Panhuang with a pair of clear yet foolish eyes.

"If it were ordinary demonic energy, this idea would be fine, but this is the World-Destroying Black Lotus. Do you know what the World-Destroying Black Lotus is?"

"I don't know!" Changxi and Xihe shook their heads honestly.

"Alright, then I will tell you the story of this World-Destroying Black Lotus, the Abyss of Darkness, and Luohou."

"Demon Ancestor Luohou? This matter has something to do with Luohou too?" Xihe exclaimed.

This Demon Ancestor Luohou was someone who had fought the Dao Ancestor back in the day! To think that her husband even knew about Luohou's affairs.

"The West was the birthplace of the Demon Ancestor Luohou. The West at that time was not like this; it was a demon den. The sky was gray, the earth was scorched black, and even the sun in the West was scarlet." Panhuang described the scene of the West back then for them.

"Is it that terrifying?" Hearing this, Changxi hugged her arms.

"Later, the three innate clans fought a great war, and Luohou acted as the mastermind behind the scenes, eventually leading to the three clans suffering heavy losses. After the three clans saw through Luohou's plan, they voluntarily agreed to eternally suppress the Four Seas, the Undying Volcano, and the center of the Primordial World. Once the three clans were dealt with, Hongjun fought a great war with Luohou to compete for the ownership of the Primordial World. In the end, Luohou was one move short and lost to Hongjun."

"And then? And then?" Xihe asked, hugging Panhuang's arm.

"After Luohou lost, he swore an oath to the Great Dao, established the Demon Sect, and then opened up the Demon Realm outside the Primordial World, while the Western Primordial World was left to Hongjun. At this time, after the great war, the Western Primordial World had been smashed to pieces. Hongjun also spent over ten thousand years repairing it before he could barely straighten out the Western earth veins, but he had no way to dissipate the Western demonic energy, not until Jieyin and Zhunti were born.

After they were born, they were often eroded by demonic energy, and they finally decided to clear it away. But if even Hongjun couldn't clear it, how could they? However, they had their ways. They opened a different space at their dojo, which was the back of Mount Sumeru, named the Abyss of Darkness. When sorting out the earth veins, Jieyin and Zhunti would lead the demonic energy into the Abyss of Darkness. In this way, all the demonic energy of the West gathered in the Abyss of Darkness, and with Mount Sumeru sitting there, it was impossible for the Abyss of Darkness to erupt."

"So that's how it is. Then what does this have to do with the World-Destroying Black Lotus?" Changxi was still a bit confused.

"The World-Destroying Black Lotus is Luohou's companion spiritual treasure. Luohou had three companion spiritual treasures: the God-Slaying Spear, the Heavenly Demon Tower, and the World-Destroying Black Lotus. Back then, Luohou used the Heavenly Demon Tower to self-destruct and destroy the West; the God-Slaying Spear was obtained by Hongjun, while the World-Destroying Black Lotus was taken by him to the Demon Realm." Panhuang explained.

"I understand, Rulai is helping Kinnara grow!" Upon hearing this, Xihe immediately reacted.

"Exactly!" Panhuang snapped his fingers.

"Rulai probably doesn't know the origin of the World-Destroying Black Lotus; otherwise, he would never have sealed it in the Abyss of Darkness. The demonic energy in the Abyss of Darkness, after the accumulation of these few epochs, is almost no different from the Demon Realm. Sealing the World-Destroying Black Lotus there will only help Kinnara grow rapidly. Perhaps Kinnara might even be able to condense a demonic body using the demonic energy. Of course, there is also a benefit here."

"Benefit? What benefit?" The two sisters asked.

"Kinnara absorbing the demonic energy in the Abyss of Darkness is equivalent to helping Mount Sumeru share the pressure. Otherwise, at this rate of accumulation, by the day the Abyss of Darkness erupts, the entire West will return to the state it was in when Luohou was born."

"I'm afraid Rulai wouldn't want such a benefit at that time." Changxi smiled.

"That is not something we can manage. What we need to do now is shift our focus to Jin Chanzi and that Nine-Aperture Stone on Mount Huaguo."

"Nine-Aperture Stone? Isn't that Nine-Aperture Stone on Mount Huaguo what was left over from Nüwa's mending of the sky? At most, it's just a stone with a little bit of merit." Xihe was a bit strange; what could be so miraculous about this Nine-Aperture Stone?

"You didn't listen to the Red-Buttocked Macaques and the others last time; that Nine-Aperture Stone is now nurturing life, and Rulai even sent people there before." Panhuang tapped Xihe's forehead.

"Does this Nine-Aperture Stone have something to do with the rise of the West?" Xihe asked.

"You just said it yourself, this Nine-Aperture Stone has the merit of mending the sky. If the West obtains this merit of mending the sky, and then they operate it a bit, do you think the West can rise?" Panhuang said with a smile while eating the spiritual fruit Changxi had washed for him.

"So that's it. When we came back from the human world before, Mother Pingxin and Di Xin sent messages to Husband; they were talking about the West's schemes!" Xihe finally remembered.

"Sister, you only just figured it out? I figured it out long ago." Changxi covered her mouth and laughed.

Xihe glanced at Changxi and said nothing.

"You two should practice first. In a while, we will go to the Netherworld to take a look at that Jin Chanzi. It should be about seven or eight hundred years from now; Rulai should start moving frequently, and we need to move as well." Panhuang said.

"Good!" Changxi and Xihe nodded.

"In this life, forget about Bajie and Sha Seng; let's go directly with Yang Jian and the Dapeng. Then, after training Jin Chanzi, we'll see how this kid Rulai cleans up the mess." Panhuang looked in the direction of Spirit Mountain and muttered to himself.

Just as Panhuang was muttering to himself, Rulai, far away at Spirit Mountain, suddenly felt a palpitation for no reason. But he could not calculate the source of this palpitation, so he could only give up.

"Buddha, do you have any leads on the people for the journey to the West now?" Guanyin asked at this moment.

"Saint Zhunti once said that in the Mount Huaguo of the Eastern Victory Continent, there is a divine stone left over from when Mother Nüwa mended the sky, which is now nurturing life. This poor monk previously sent people there, but they were unable to get close; I suppose it is the protective array of that Nine-Aperture Stone. He counts as one." Rulai said.

"And the others?"

"Marshal Tianpeng and General Juanlian of the Heavenly Court are quite good. Ao Bing, the Third Prince of the East Sea, once had karma with the daughter of Shennong; that is also acceptable."

"And the Saintly Court side?" Guanyin asked.

Hearing Guanyin ask this, Rulai was silenced. He had subconsciously forgotten the Saintly Court, but soon he remembered. Whether it was the chaos in the Netherworld or the chaos in the Heavenly Palace, it all seemed to have something to do with Panhuang. At the time, he had only been busy painting big pictures. If there were no people from the Saintly Court or the Ren Sect in this scripture-seeking team, it was highly probable that the West would not be able to rise.

"We shall discuss this later." Rulai said with a frown.

Afterward, Rulai went to the back hall, lit the incense stick given to him by Saint Zhunti, and after seeing Zhunti, he recounted the previous events and asked for Saint Zhunti's opinion.

"With the current strength of the West, you simply cannot afford to offend these parties. Not to mention the Saintly Court, even the Netherworld is something that not even I and my senior brother would dare to provoke easily. You want my Buddhist protector to cause chaos in the Netherworld? If you don't have great sincerity, just wait to collect the corpses. Also, behind the Saintly Court is Panhuang; he is a Hunyuan. I will only say this much."

"Hunyuan? Did the Dao Ancestor not say that Saints must not linger in the Primordial World?" Rulai was a bit panicked.

"That's right! We are Saints; Panhuang attained the Dao of Hunyuan and is not a Saint." When Zhunti said this, his words were full of helplessness.

"This disciple understands." Rulai took a deep breath and nodded.

After returning to Spirit Mountain, Rulai reformulated the candidates. Jin Chanzi could not be moved, and that Mending-Sky Stone could not be moved, so only the last three remained. The Ren Sect should not have any interest in the mounts, and the remaining two were in the Heavenly Court, so one had to be shared with the Saintly Court.

To tell the truth, Duobao really did not want to give it, but now that Saints could not descend to the Primordial World, Panhuang was currently the strongest in the Primordial World. If he offended him, the West would be turned to ashes in an instant.

But what he did not know was that, right in the Abyss of Darkness, Kinnara's primordial spirit black lotus had already corroded the seal and was now wantonly absorbing the demonic energy here to grow.

While Kinnara was growing, the Nine-Aperture Divine Stone on the peak of Mount Huaguo also suddenly emitted a dazzling light. The Red-Buttocked Macaque and the Long-Armed Ape, who were responsible for guarding the Nine-Aperture Immortal Stone, immediately discovered it and sent a message to Panhuang.

After learning of this, Panhuang only took two breaths of time to travel from Mount Shouyang to the peak of Mount Huaguo.

"It seems you couldn't wait either! In that case, come find your master." Panhuang cast a ray of light into the Nine-Aperture Stone, then came before the Red-Buttocked Macaque and the others.

"When the time comes, you must guide the life nurtured in this Nine-Aperture Stone to the Spirit Terrace Square Inch Mountain, in the Slanted Moon Three Stars Cave. Your task will then be completed, and you will be the Mountain Gods of my Mount Shouyang." Panhuang said, looking at the Red-Buttocked Macaque and the Long-Armed Ape before him.

"Yes!" The two of them nodded.

After giving his instructions, Panhuang left Mount Huaguo. Afterward, he opened up the Spirit Terrace Square Inch Mountain and the Slanted Moon Three Stars Cave in a barren mountain in the Western Continent.

When Panhuang established the Spirit Terrace Square Inch Mountain, Zhunti suddenly felt as if something of his had been taken away, but he did not know what it was.

"Forget it, I won't think about it. Let me first think about how to take that Nine-Aperture Stone under my tutelage." Zhunti muttered to himself.

After Panhuang established the Spirit Terrace Square Inch Mountain, Wu Gang walked out from his body. The next second, a flash of light shone on Wu Gang, and he turned into a Daoist with white hair and a flowing beard.

"From now on, you shall be called Patriarch Bodhi. Then, you will enlighten some spirits and monsters in this mountain, and you can also take in a few mortal named disciples, then spread the reputation of this place to pave the way for what comes later." Panhuang said to Wu Gang.

"Rest assured, leave it to me!" Patriarch Bodhi nodded.

(End of this chapter)