Chapter 265

Upon the spacetime river, a figure in azure robes stood drifting, like the center of all heavens and myriad worlds.

The ease with which this peer of the Heavenly Dao suppressed the Heavenly Dao monster, and the leisurely bearing as if upholding a realm of all heavens and myriad worlds, were deeply etched into the eyes of every great divine ability wielder, and also appeared in the hearts of many Other Shore beings.

Bodhi Pure Land.

The Azure-Gold Buddha held a bodhi branch shimmering with the shadow of the seven treasures, his eyes sparkling as he gazed upon the azure-robed figure upon the spacetime river.

"It is not attained through the wood element and vitality; when did the Azure Emperor elevate his own Great Dao?"

"Donghuang Taiyi's Time Great Dao, Haotian Supreme's Universe Great Dao."

"Similar to Fellow Daoist Houtu's Reincarnation Great Dao."

"Plus Fellow Daoist Yuanshi's Opening-Up Dao, and there seems to be a hint of Fellow Daoist Lingbao's Ending Dao."

"It actually merges the Great Daos of many fellow Daoists into one."

"Even if the Azure Emperor is based on the Fusang Divine Tree, taking the Great Dao authority of Donghuang Taiyi and Haotian Supreme as its foundation, drawing upon the primordial divine spirit born from the power that ended the previous epoch and opened this one, he should not have taken this path!"

Having said this, the Azure-Gold Buddha glanced toward the Pure Land of Bliss and let out a soft sigh.

"Fellow Daoist Amitabha, what secret did you uncover on Emperor Fu's person, that you would even leave this Azure Emperor fellow Daoist, whose situation is clearly amiss, to his own devices?"

"Moreover, Morality, the Golden Emperor, and the Heavenly Emperor."

"What on earth has happened among all heavens and myriad worlds?"

Wisdom light burst from His two Buddha eyes; after a moment, as if sensing something, He pondered briefly, Buddha light flowing around His form, and an emanation stepped out from within Him.

It was a daoist with hair tied in twin buns, sallow face with faint whiskers, lean and carefree—indeed one of His three corpses, the Zhunti Daoist.

The Daoist smiled, took the Seven Treasure Wondrous Tree from His hand, nodded to Him, stepped forward, and left the Bodhi Pure Land.

After doing all this, the Azure-Gold Buddha once again turned his gaze to the spacetime river.

Upon the spacetime river.

After the Azure Emperor's body sealed the Heavenly Dao monster by fusing the Great Dao divine abilities of the Donghuang Bell and the Haotian Mirror into the Great Dao of Spacetime Reincarnation, he turned his gaze toward the Human Emperor's body, which wielded the Human Emperor Sword.

The two exchanged a glance; the Human Emperor's body put away the pale gold longsword in his hand, gave him a nod, moved his feet, and directly left the Spacetime River, returning to the Real World.

Seeing this, many great divine ability users felt a surge of emotion, realizing that after this move to block the Heavenly Dao monster and help the Azure Emperor reach the Other Shore, this suspected Human Emperor likely gained a powerful Other Shore ally.

In the future, the myriad worlds may yet see another Human Emperor who rules over the four extremes!

The Real World, the Divine Capital of Southern Jin, the Hall of the Supreme Ultimate.

As the Human Emperor's shed stepped out of the Spacetime River, a Dao imprint imbued with imperial aura emerged from its brow, transforming into Fengyi's Human Emperor body.

The next moment, the Human Emperor's shed closed its eyes again, and the vital aura around it faded away.

Fengyi reached out, and the Human Emperor Sword fell into his hand; the Human Emperor's shed then entered the sword's interior, which contains the myriad worlds.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Gu Xiaosang withdrew his gaze from the Human Emperor Sword and chuckled lowly: "Thanks to today's grace of achieving the Dao, Your Majesty also counts as having gained an Other Shore ally; retaking the Human Emperor throne is merely a matter of time."

"Perhaps!"

Upon hearing Gu Xiaosang's words, Fengyi's eyes also showed a faint smile.

Although the Azure Emperor's body had reached the Other Shore and still could not rival Amitabha Buddha, the oldest of them all, in this realm's myriad worlds he now had a genuine backer, allowing him to undertake many things he previously could not with confidence.

After all, no matter how powerful the ancient ones are, they have not surpassed the Other Shore realm; they remain on the same level, both being players who move the pieces in the myriad worlds.

With the Azure Emperor's body present, he too counts as one of the heavenly wills of this realm's myriad worlds.

With thoughts turning in his heart, Fengyi turned his gaze, connecting his mind and spirit with the Human Emperor Sword in his hand, and looked toward the Spacetime River.

Above the Spacetime River, the Azure Emperor's body surveyed the myriad worlds, locking eyes with each Other Shore being, causing each great divine ability user to lower their head.

As the present Other Shore being, carrying the grand momentum of reaching the Other Shore, he now is like the sole will of the entirety of the myriad worlds.

After a moment, the Azure Emperor's body lightly extended a palm, probing into the River of Time, and stirred the entire myriad worlds' River of Time.

In an instant, time was reshaped, the past timeline shifted, and an invisible hand enveloped the past and future of the myriad worlds, safeguarding them.

Within the past timeline, the aftermath of the Other Shore beings' clash was blocked by a hand reaching back into the past, and many worlds that had been destroyed were unaffected due to the alteration of the timeline.

Within the myriad worlds, the beings that had faded into nothingness reappeared one by one, yet they remained utterly unaware that they had died once.

Without any other Other Shore beings to impede them, the past and future of the myriad worlds became like building blocks, freely arranged and altered by the Azure Emperor's body.

In one hidden place after another, many great divine ability users felt their minds sway, as if they had undergone a strange and wondrous illusory dream, and a new memory lacking much substance arose in their minds.

"Ah"

Regarding their own changes, they felt nothing unexpected in their hearts, having long grown accustomed, yet they could not help but sigh quietly.

This is Creation, this is the Sea of Bitterness!

To the Other Shore beings, everything in this realm's myriad worlds is but an illusory bubble; a single thought can make it exist, a single thought can make it vanish.

As for whether it ultimately exists or vanishes, how the timeline develops—all of it depends on the interplay among the many Other Shore beings.

As for the beings beneath the Other Shore, they are like those illusory dream entities, possessing no right to intervene and no will of their own; their existence or non‑existence rests entirely on the outcome of the Other Shore beings' game.

Only those great divine ability users who have entered the Creation Realm can feel the scouring of the River of Time, thereby retaining their original memories and knowing that the timeline has shifted.

And for beings below the Creation Realm, even these memories do not exist; they are unaware of how many times the myriad worlds have restarted in their ignorance, or how many times the timeline has been altered.

The distinction of realms in this myriad worlds is by no means merely a matter of strength.

Moreover, the Other Shore and Creation are the two realms among many with the greatest gap; even to call it a heaven‑and‑earth chasm fails to convey its full extent.

To repeatedly feel one's memories change while being powerless to act, merely watching—this is the Creation Realm.

Were it not for their steadfast Dao hearts, these Creation‑level great divine ability users might have long gone mad.

This is also why, in this myriad worlds, the Creation Realm closest to the Other Shore is called the Sea of Bitterness.

Above the Spacetime River, after the timeline had been rewound, the Azure Emperor's body turned his gaze toward the desolate, ruined Spirit Mountain, where he saw a young monk clad in a monk's robe.

"Demon Buddha!"

Or perhaps it is the manifestation of Haotian Supreme's obsession!

Now the Heavenly Dao monster spawned from Donghuang Taiyi has been sealed by the Azure Emperor's body; in the future, it can gradually draw upon the Dao fruit of this ancient emperor to perfect the half‑step Dao fruit it has condensed.

If one could also suppress the Demon Buddha, the reincarnated form of Haotian Supreme, and obtain his Dao fruit, then the Azure Emperor's body could, by tapping into the connection between oneself and these two Primordial Emperors, absorb their Dao fruits and swiftly perfect one's own half-step Dao fruit.

We'll translate terms as decided:

Demon Buddha

Haotian Supreme

reincarnated person

Dao fruit

Azure Emperor's body

two Primordial Emperors

connection

absorb their Dao fruit

to perfect one's own half-step Dao fruit as quickly as possible

Now produce English: "If one could also suppress this Demon Buddha, the reincarnated person of Haotian Supreme, and obtain his Dao fruit, the Azure Emperor's body could, by leveraging the connection between itself and the two Primordial Emperors, absorb their Dao fruits and perfect its own half-step Dao fruit as quickly as possible."

If one could also suppress this Demon Buddha, the reincarnated person of Haotian Supreme

Even if one cannot perfect their half-step Dao fruit, achieve a Dao fruit prototype, and become an Ancient One, they can still speed up this pace, allowing themselves to approach this level

Translate:

Even if one cannot perfect their half-step Dao fruit, achieve a Dao fruit prototype, and become an Ancient One, they can still speed up the process and draw closer to that level.

perfected

Dao fruit prototype

become an Ancient One

speed up this pace

allow oneself to approach this level

English: "Even if one cannot perfect their half-step Dao fruit and achieve a Dao fruit prototype to become an Ancient One, they can still quicken this pace, allowing themselves to approach this level."

Even if one cannot perfect their half-step Dao Fruit, achieve the embryonic form of a Dao Fruit, and become an ancient one, they can still hasten this pace, drawing themselves closer to that level.

At that point, relying solely on the Azure Emperor's body, perhaps one could barely contend with Amitabha Buddha, allowing the Fuxi Emperor's body to completely escape the predicament

Translate:

At that point, relying solely on the Azure Emperor's body might barely be enough to hold off Amitabha Buddha, allowing the Fuxi Emperor's body to completely escape the predicament.

relying solely on the Azure Emperor's body

perhaps could barely contend with Infinite Light Buddha

allow the Fuxi Emperor's body to completely escape the predicament

English: "At that time, relying solely on the Azure Emperor's body, perhaps one could barely contend with the Infinite Light Buddha, allowing the Fuxi Emperor's body to completely escape the predicament."

Thoughts turned in his mind, the Azure Emperor's form's gaze grew profound, faintly carrying a touch of coldness.

Upon Spirit Mountain, before the peak of Five-Finger Mountain.

The Demon Buddha's heart stirred, his gaze shifted, locking eyes with the azure-robed figure upon the river of time and space, sensing the killing intent contained within the other's gaze.

"Ha ha."

The Demon Buddha first froze, then burst out in angry laughter: "Arrogant!"

Even the Buddha and Yuanshi Tianzun, these two powerful beings, could not truly kill me; they could only seal me here.

Now, a being who has just transcended the sea of suffering, a shore-reacher, actually wishes to slay me!

At the same time, realizing that this present-era shore-reacher's source is none other than himself, the Demon Buddha's anger flared even more.

"I originally just wanted to hide temporarily."

The laughter faded, a plain yet low voice rang from the Demon Buddha's mouth, carrying a hint of demonic intent, causing heaven and earth to fall silent for a moment.

Om

Before his words even finished, brilliant Buddha light suddenly burst from within the Five-Finger Mountain before the Demon Buddha, causing the Bodhi Wonder Tree that suppresses the mountain to tremble incessantly, within which a grand Buddhist resonance rang out continuously.

"'Om' 'Ma' 'Ni' 'Pad' 'Mi' 'Hum'"

The sound of the Buddhist true words rang forth, carrying an ancient, weathered sentiment, as if it were the source of the Buddhist gate.

However, the Great Dao contained within this Buddhist sound was completely different from that of the Bodhi Wonder Tree suppressing the Five-Finger Mountain; instead, it carried the sense of the void of myriad worlds.

"'Amitabha Buddha.'"

Upon hearing the grand six-syllable true words of the Buddhist gate, sensing the true meaning of the Great Dao contained within, the Azure Emperor's form's mind conjured this name.

"It turns out the Demon Buddha's seal had long been secretly undone by Amitabha Buddha!"

"Was this a deal achieved in the mysterious cosmos?"

"They actually managed to deceive the Virtuous Heavenly Lord?"

"Or perhaps the Virtuous Heavenly Lord intentionally indulged?"

Boom

As the resounding grand six-syllable mantra rang forth, a glazed barrier bursting with boundless Buddha light appeared within the Five-Finger Mountain, carrying the sense of the myriad worlds' void where heaven and earth would not destroy me, and it mutually annihilated with a azure-gold Buddha resembling a jade ruyi.

In an instant of one part in a hundred million, the entire Five-Finger Mountain directly transformed into endless Buddha light, dissipating between heaven and earth.

The Demon Buddha's figure appeared directly at the original position of the Five-Finger Mountain's peak, his dark-gold hand reaching out to grasp the Bodhi Wonder Tree that had originally sealed him.

Om

But just then, the Bodhi Wonder Tree suddenly burst forth with warm, harmonious glazed Buddha light, carrying the sense of nirvanic purity, temporarily blocking the Demon Buddha's hand.

"Just a mere peerless treasure of the shore."

Cry!

Before the Demon Buddha's words even fell, a phoenix's cry that shook the nine heavens rang out; the azure light of the phoenix-wing black-gold spear upon Spirit Mountain flared brilliantly, its tip entwined with flames that would burn all heavens, piercing time and space, thrusting toward him with an resolute momentum.

"Is it not just that I deceived you once? Why must you persist so obstinately?"

A faint smile curled on the Demon Buddha's face, a dark-red reversed swastika symbol flowed within his pupils, and suddenly a mysterious small seal appeared atop his head.

The small seal seemed to tower above all, omnipresent, surrounded by various scenes: the ninefold heavens, divine immortals and buddhas; the suffering of the Nine Nethers, vengeful ghosts and wicked spirits; the mortal realm of humanity; the lament of beasts; the beings of the Demon Race; the shadows of evil demons—as if it encompassed the entirety of the myriad worlds and all living beings.

Peerless treasure of the shore, the Reincarnation Seal!

When Hou Tu ascended to the shore, she took her half-step Dao Fruit as the foundation, fused all of herself, and forged this peerless divine weapon.

Om

The Reincarnation Seal slowly turned, its dark, mysterious profound light merging with the surrounding scenes, forming six directions of dark, mysterious vortices that directly halted the phoenix-wing black-gold spear entwined with world‑burning flames.

Taking this opportunity, the Demon Buddha again extended his palm, wishing to forcibly seize the Bodhi Wonder Tree that had sealed him for countless ages, to obtain this supreme Buddhist treasure belonging to the Buddha, that transcendent one.

Dong!

A low bell toll rang out, echoing through the myriad worlds; time stalled, light reversed, and all of Spirit Mountain fell under the shroud of the Great Dao of Time, as if everything had come to a standstill.

"Donghuang Bell"

The Demon Buddha slightly furrowed his brows, directly broke free from the influence of the Great Dao of Time, and saw the azure‑robed figure slowly walking from the river of time and space above, whose head bore a massive bronze bell.

Meanwhile, taking this opportunity, the Bodhi Wonder Tree instantly shattered the void and vanished.

The Great Dao of Time formed by the Donghuang Bell's divine power did not affect this peerless treasure of the shore.

"Forget it."

Seeing this, the Demon Buddha, though unwilling, also understood that he could no longer obtain this supreme Buddhist treasure, the Bodhi Wonder Tree.

"Azure Emperor."

Gazing at the azure‑robed figure approaching him, whose head bore a massive bronze bell, the Demon Buddha's eyes flashed with an icy killing intent.

However, he did not continue his attack; instead, his entire aura shifted, the surrounding void changed, and he sank directly into a special world filled with endless demonic, ghostly, and deathly qi.

Nine Nethers!

As the symbol of the apocalyptic demon, the Demon Buddha's Great Dao perfectly harmonizes with the Nine Nethers; once he enters the Nine Nethers, even when facing a true ancient one, he gains some capacity to resist.

Om

But just as the Demon Buddha was about to enter the Nine Nethers, the Azure Emperor's form pointed a finger, gathering the boundless void of the universe; a somewhat illusory ancient mirror appeared upon Spirit Mountain, causing everything to congeal, as if becoming a reflected scroll within the mirror.

Upon seeing this familiar ancient mirror, the Demon Buddha's gaze turned extraordinarily terrifying, carrying an uncontainable fury:

"Azure Emperor, you're courting death!"

The Demon Buddha's aura surged and expanded; behind him appeared a black demonic form with nine heads and twenty‑six faces, each expression different, yet each embodying various negative emotions.

This is the Demon Buddha's strongest dharma‑body, condensed when he reversed the Tathagata's Divine Palm and manifested as the apocalyptic demon, comparable to the golden bodies of the Tathagata and the true form of Yuanshi, the supreme dharma‑body known as the Reverse Buddha Demon Body.

Reverse Buddha Demon Body stepped on a black lotus, having twenty-four arms, each holding a white bone rosary, a human skin wooden fish and other evil objects, its whole body filled with endless evil intent.

Boom—

At this moment, the Demon Buddha seemed to have reached the peak of anger, with black flames burning around the Reverse Buddha Demon Body, as if different silhouettes appeared simultaneously, each forming different hand seals.

In the next moment, all the silhouettes merged into one, and a black giant palm, embodying the symbols of great terror, great destruction, great submersion, and great madness, descended upon the Qing Emperor's body.

At the moment the black giant palm appeared, the Qing Emperor's heart darkened, feeling as if all the heavens and myriad worlds were weeping, heading toward utter destruction, and his spirit also plunged into extinction.

"Tathagata Reverse Palm!"

This thought arose in his mind, and the Qing Emperor's vital energy shifted, directly transforming into a Chaos Azure Lotus rooted in Hongmeng.

The Azure Lotus blossomed, and a supreme axe light that split heaven and earth appeared, directly chopping down at the black giant palm ahead.

"End the Opening!"

Boom—

Endless roaring sounds rang out, the ancient bronze bell atop the Qing Emperor's head constantly tolled, the illusory ancient mirror continually shone, channeling all power into the river of time and space, and with the great cycle of transmigration it turned into nothing, causing no harm to itself.

However, blocked by the Tathagata Reverse Palm, the Demon Buddha's silhouette also completely entered the Nine Abysses.

It coldly glanced at the green-robed figure holding an illusory ancient mirror, with an ancient bronze bell atop its head, outside the Nine Abysses, its eyes brimming with uncontrollable killing intent.

(End of Chapter)