Chapter 263: Heaven-Earth Phenomenon: Clash at the Other Shore

I am Taihao!

I am Qingdi!

The ethereal and majestic voice suddenly sounded, in the past, in the present, in the future, at every time node of the boundless spacetime.

At this moment, whether in the True Realm, the Nine Nether Realms, the Nine Heavens Realm, or even throughout the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, everywhere was filled with this majestic voice.

The voice overlapped layer upon layer, causing the entire spacetime river to tremble, and also causing the myriad heavens and worlds to lose their color.

The heavens and earth became hazy, and in the void a phantom, weathered river emerged, within which appeared various figures: a Buddha with perfect Buddha light, azure in hue; a Daoist wearing a bamboo cap; a handsome youth in green robes; they were situated at different time nodes, and at the source stood a hazy, ancient Chaos Azure Lotus.

Numerous figures simultaneously realized themselves, looking back at the present from each time node of the spacetime river; the Nine Great Spacetime Reincarnation Power flowed, linking all the figures across time nodes into a line, becoming the 'Ancient Snake' coiled atop the spacetime river.

The True Realm's boundless starry sky instantly lit up; self-sealed Great Divine Ability Practitioners instinctively awakened; special star domains resembling immortal mountains, Daoist temples, Buddhist temples, pure lands, demon realms, and so on appeared, directly merging into the True Realm's outer spacetime, causing the True Realm's territory to expand by an unknown multiple.

Other Shore Phenomenon?

Qingdi?

Qingdi actually chose to ascend to the Other Shore at this time node!

Cries of alarm rang out; the newly awakened Great Divine Ability Practitioners, not yet fully understanding what had happened, were immediately drawn by the heaven-earth phenomena filling the myriad heavens and worlds.

What happened?

They had merely sealed themselves for a period; how did Qingdi suddenly complete his accumulation, enabling him to ascend to the Other Shore?

Gazing upon the Ancient Snake on the spacetime river that was almost instantly forming, many Great Divine Ability Practitioners showed expressions of extreme envy.

Although it was unclear what had happened to Qingdi, the scene before them made them understand that Qingdi's accumulation had reached the extreme, far surpassing the level of creation; ascending to the Other Shore was virtually certain.

That is the Other Shore, the true chessmaster of this realm's heavens.

Now, will another Heavenly Will appear in the myriad heavens?

Other Shore.

Within Chaos, Qingdi's form gazed back with deep eyes, clearly 'seeing' himself rising from the Sea of Suffering filled with endless decadence, breaking free of the spacetime river's entanglement, slowly yet resolutely climbing toward an unknown height.

When he truly escapes the Sea of Suffering, completely breaks free of the spacetime river, stands at the highest layer of the myriad heavens, and reaches a place close to the Dao, that is the moment he ascends to the Other Shore.

This is the essence of the Other Shore realm in this heaven; as for the traits of tracing the past and occupying the future, they are merely outward manifestations.

For example, the Three Pure Ones of this heaven are innate Other Shore beings because at their birth they already resided in a place close to the Dao, and can even be said to be a manifestation of one aspect of the Dao.

Thereafter, as time passed, they naturally left their imprint on the spacetime river, forming an Ancient Snake, a true manifestation of the stronger and older.

Qingdi's current path first condenses, via the Nine Great Spacetime Reincarnation Power and the imprints existing in past and future, an Ancient Snake coiled atop the spacetime river; together with his coalesced illusory Dao fruit, they form a Dao vessel, aiding him to fully break free of the spacetime river and ascend to the Other Shore.

This amounts to blending Qingdi's original path with the Nine Great Spacetime Reincarnation System mastered by his true form, constructing a special path to the Other Shore.

Outside the spacetime river, within Chaos, Fuhuang's form had closed eyes, the Buddha light within him growing ever brighter; however, the bright moon and Taiji likewise burst forth with radiant light, entwining with it.

In the Tushita Palace.

The Dao-robed elder gazed at Qingdi's figure on the spacetime river, his eyelids opening and closing, his eyes shifting.

However, he ultimately placed his gaze on the Eight Trigrams Furnace before him.

Western Pure Land.

The golden-bodied Buddha lay reclined in the Pure Land world, fallen into sleep, as if completely indifferent to Qingdi's ascent.

Deep in the Vacuum Homeland.

A round moon hung high, within it faintly revealing a pair of lofty, indifferent eyes, silently gazing at the figure on the spacetime river.

In the Bodhi Pure Land.

The azure-gold Buddha glanced in surprise at the spacetime river, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes.

Amitabha Dao friend, Morality Dao friend, Golden Emperor Dao friend

His tone slowly changed: 'Fuhuang Dao friend likely harbors an extremely special secret, this secret even surpasses Qingdi's ascent.'

Before the sound faded, a wisp of vague, illusory Buddha light flowed within the Bodhi Pure Land, carrying the meaning of the myriad worlds' emptiness, causing the azure-gold Buddha's eyes to twitch slightly as he looked toward the Ultimate Bliss Pure Land.

After a moment of contemplation, the azure-gold Buddha sighed softly, then looked again at Qingdi within the spacetime river who was retracing the past.

Om

Buddha light shone, purity arose spontaneously, all things ceased, a slightly damaged bodhi branch appeared, the shadow of the Buddhist Seven Treasures flowed, carrying the meaning of pure wisdom, as if it could cleanse all of the world.

The supreme treasure of Buddhism, the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree!

The light of wisdom illuminated the spacetime river; the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree transformed into a half-withered, half-flourishing bodhi branch, drilling into the spacetime river, appearing at each time node, seeking to sweep Qingdi from the spacetime river, causing his ascent to fail.

Jade Emperor Mountain.

Before the solemn and sacred statue of the Heavenly Emperor, a jade casket forged by immortal spirit jade suddenly opened, revealing a simple yet ancient long blade with inwardly converging rippling light, as if condensed from the entire spacetime river, bearing an air of vicissitude and antiquity.

Ah

A sigh echoed, actually coming from within the ancient simple blade.

Ripples like water spread, stirring the river of years, causing time to flow backward; faintly, a venerable, ancient, noble figure appeared, standing atop the heavens, as if suppressing the myriad heavens.

You're right, I'm still unwilling after all!

At this point, that noble figure gazed toward the direction of the Southern Jin Divine Capital, his eyes reflecting a pale gold sword brimming with endless kingly dao aura.

I hope I haven't misplaced my trust this time!

Whoosh

The moment the words fell, an illusory water sound rang, and around the ancient simple blade appeared an illusory river.

Clang

A clear, transcendent knife cry suddenly rang out, echoing through the myriad heavens, as if heralding the return of an emperor who once suppressed an age, causing everyone's minds to fall into a daze.

In an instant, the myriad heavens suddenly became hazy, as if losing color in a moment, turning black-and-white, directly reducing from three dimensions to two, becoming a picture scroll condensed in the river of time.

A simple ancient blade with rippling light appeared in the spacetime river, extending to every time node of the spacetime river.

The blade's light was hazy and weathered, like water and wind, elusive and hard to grasp, just like the quietly flowing river of years.

Clang clang clang

Wave after wave of metallic clang rang out; the ancient saber and bodhi tree branches intersected at each time point, constantly colliding, causing the entire spacetime river to continually boil.

Time-Space Heavenly Emperor!

In the Bodhi Pure Land, the azure-gold Buddha's expression tightened; he looked in surprise toward the direction of the real world, locking gazes with that venerable, weathered figure on Jade Emperor Mountain.

How is that possible?

After the Heavenly Court's fall, shouldn't the present Time-Space Heavenly Emperor honestly remain within the Time-Space Blade? How could he suddenly choose to intervene in the affairs of the Green Emperor?

This is the tacit understanding among those who have reached the other shore; they need the Heavenly Emperor to keep the era undying, and the Time-Space Heavenly Emperor should also understand this.

Thinking of this, the azure-gold Buddha's doubts grew ever stronger.

Amitabha, Morality, Golden Emperor, Demon Emperor, Heavenly Emperor.

Each one seemed to have become different from before.

He always felt that something special had changed in the myriad worlds, yet only he himself was unclear about the source of the change.

Heavenly Emperor.

The clash upon the spacetime river also drew the attention of many mighty divinities, causing their expressions to undergo drastic changes.

After the Heavenly Court fell, it was rumored that the Heavenly Emperor transformed into the Time-Space Blade and had completely perished.

However, those mighty divinities who understood the secret 'If the Heavenly Emperor falls, the era collapses' knew that the Heavenly Emperor had not truly perished.

But now, the Heavenly Emperor actually directly intervened to help the Green Emperor, leaving many mighty divinities feeling puzzled.

What on earth happened?

In the desolate, ruined Spirit Mountain Holy Land.

Seeing the Heavenly Emperor suddenly act, the dark-gold kasaya figure before Five Finger Mountain could no longer sit still; in his eyes, a dark-red reversed swastika symbol flowed, carrying endless connotations of decadence and destruction.

But just then, a fierce phoenix cry rang out, and a black-gold phoenix-wing spear appeared above Spirit Mountain.

The Five Virtues' meaning flowed, resembling a noble phoenix looking down upon all beings, coldly gazing at the figure below.

On the spear tip, a world‑burning flame flickered faintly, causing the dark‑gold kasaya figure before Five Finger Mountain to contract his pupils slightly, and the dark‑red reversed swastika symbol in the depths of his eyes gradually faded.

However, as the reversed swastika symbol disappeared, a dark‑red vortex filled with endless chaos faintly appeared in the depths of the dark‑gold kasaya figure's eyes.

In the spacetime river.

The embodiment of the Green Emperor gradually passed through the Middle Ages, the Human Sovereign era, and the ancient mythic age, fully assimilating his selves at each time point, causing the 'Ancient Snake' coiled in the spacetime river to grow ever larger.

Surrounding light and shadow flowed like water, wielding a powerful tearing force that prevented him from backtracking to the past.

However, with the flow of the nine great spacetime reincarnation forces, the embodiment of the Green Emperor was not greatly affected, slowly but resolutely walking toward the ages of the past.

Hum

Just then, a vast Buddhist proclamation suddenly appeared in the spacetime river, echoing at each time point, carrying the meaning of emptiness of the myriad worlds.

In an instant, the azure‑blue Buddha's aura shifted; his flawless, pure glazed golden body began to decay.

Formation, dwelling, decay, emptiness — this is the Buddhist principle of the arising and ceasing of all phenomena.

At this moment, the azure‑blue Buddha also seemed to follow the supreme truth of heaven and earth, beginning to gradually return to emptiness, causing the 'Ancient Snake' coiled in the spacetime river to sever.

The Green Emperor's embodiment's back‑tracking image began to slow, unable to resolutely return to the past, as if tightly bound by a sturdy causal chain, unable to break free.

Creak creak

At the same time, a grating, heart‑trembling sound rang out; the spacetime river suddenly became chaotic, dark‑red vortices appeared, spinning wildly, exhausting all capacity for chaos, seemingly fundamentally linked to the Green Emperor's embodiment, seeking to assimilate it as its own vessel.

In the Green Emperor's embodiment's eyes also appeared a hint of dark‑red, as if affected by the dark‑red vortices, completely halting his steps of back‑tracking to the past.

Heavenly Dao Monster

Among the myriad worlds, countless mighty divinities stared in shock at this scene, and for a moment countless thoughts surged in their minds.

The hidden controller behind the Heavenly Dao Monster is actually the Demon Buddha!

It's hidden too deeply!

But why would the Demon Buddha today expose this trump card? He and the Green Emperor shouldn't have any major grudge, right?

One after another, thoughts rose in their minds, and many mighty divinities felt somewhat puzzled.

However, considering the Demon Buddha's treacherous nature, some who knew his true identity felt it was not surprising.

On the Demon Buddha, this madman, nothing that happens seems strange.

At the same time, watching the Green Emperor, whose aura grew ever more chaotic under the influence of the Heavenly Dao Monster, many mighty divinities couldn't help but sigh.

Reaching the other shore requires not only sufficient personal accumulation, but also consideration of external calamities!

Looking at the Green Emperor, many mighty divinities seemed to see their own future scene of reaching the other shore, thereby giving rise to a hint of the sorrow felt when a rabbit dies and a fox grieves.

Sea of suffering!

Southern Jin Divine Capital.

Within the Hall of Supreme Polarity.

Gu Xiaosang held the plain‑colored Cloud Realm Banner, seemingly having seen the sight upon the spacetime river, and said with a bright smile: 'Your Majesty, it seems the Green Emperor's path to shore this time will fail!'

Failure?

Feng Yi gazed deep‑eyed into the void, and said lightly: 'Why would it fail? Xiaosang lass, you think I'm going to fetch the Human Emperor's Sword?'

Human Emperor's Sword?

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaosang's eyes twitched slightly as he looked toward that pale gold long sword imbued with a king's aura.

Hum

An inexplicable surge arose; countless lights and shadows rose and fell upon the pale gold long sword, as if a complete myriad worlds existed within it.

In the next moment, a figure clad in a dark robe, with double pupils and an imposing aura, appeared within the Hall of Supreme Polarity.

Crack!

At the instant this figure appeared, Gu Xiaosang seemed to hear the tremor of the entire real world, as if a new myriad worlds had entered the real world, leaving it unable to contain and about to split apart.

Human Emperor's remnant.

Gu Xiaosang spoke this name, and a hint of realization appeared in her eyes.

"Exactly, it is the Human Emperor's remnant, and also the true reason I seek the Human Emperor Sword."

"Actually, I originally just wanted to use it to forge a supreme treasure, but now it has another wonderful use!"

The moment his words fell, Feng Yi's entire aura shifted, transforming into a Great Dao imprint imbued with imperial intent, which directly merged into the Human Emperor's remnant.

Boom

The Human Emperor's remnant suddenly opened its eyes, reached out, and the Human Emperor Sword fell into its palm, directly stepping into the River of Time and Space.

Clang!

Suddenly, a sword cry that shook the heavens and earth rang out above the River of Time and Space, followed immediately by a pale gold long sword appearing above the dark red vortex.

The Kingly Dao sword qi swept across the heavens, carrying the power of all beings, with sagely virtue like water, and slashed straight down at the dark red vortex.

Boom

Endless rumbling rose, the heavens dimmed, and everything took on a hazy feeling.

The intent of the Kingly Dao enveloped time and space, a sovereign with double pupils appeared, holding a pale gold long sword, firmly suppressing the dark red vortex, preventing it from further affecting the Azure Emperor's body.

"Human Emperor!"

Seeing that pale gold long sword imbued with the intent of the Kingly Dao, and gazing at the black-robed figure wielding the long sword, the heavens fell silent in an instant.

"How is that possible?"

"Hasn't the Human Emperor already completely fallen?"

Many powerful cultivators began to doubt their lives, even wondering if history had been altered again at the moment they sealed themselves.

Only those with the Other Shore Heavenly Will could see that it was not the true Human Emperor, but merely the Human Emperor's remnant, occupied by a being mysteriously linked to the Human Emperor, able to temporarily wield the power of the Human Emperor's remnant and the Human Emperor Sword.

Above the River of Time and Space, as the Heavenly Dao monster was blocked by the Human Emperor's body bearing the Human Emperor's remnant, the Azure Emperor's body returned to normal.

He gazed at the continually decaying Azure Blue Buddha in the River of Time and Space, his pupils flickering, then suddenly pointed a finger.

Hum

An illusory Dao resonance sounded, and the Azure Blue Buddha in the River of Time instantly turned into an imprint, not merging into the Azure Emperor's body, but instead, relying on a mysterious connection, flew directly to the true realm of the present time node.

Lotus Terrace Mountain, Shaolin Temple.

Around the body of Shakyamuni suddenly appeared an illusory, hazy River of Fate, and a Dao imprint resembling the Azure Blue Buddha emerged, directly merging into his body, perfectly absorbed by him without any hindrance, as if it were originally part of him.

Boom

In an instant, Shakyamuni's body seemed to have been completed and perfected, drawing closer to the status of the Patriarch of All Buddhas, its aura rapidly expanding, carrying the intent of the Buddhist source that frightens Buddhas.

Hum

Above the River of Time and Space, as the Azure Blue Buddha was absorbed by Shakyamuni's body, the Azure Emperor's body, originally entangled by some karma, dissipated; its aura became ever purer, no longer hindered, directly tracing back to the beginning of the current era, stepping into the chaotic void between two eras.

Boom—

The myriad heavens and worlds plunged into darkness, heaven and earth lost all light, even black and white vanished, leaving only Chaos.

Other Shore Phenomenon: Heaven and Earth in Chaos!

(End of Chapter)