Chapter 277: Spirit Will, Ancient Immortal Emperor

Crack!

Feng Yi slowly rose to his feet, his figure continually climbing, as if shrouded above the myriad heavens and worlds.

The myriad heavens and worlds faintly emitted a cracking, sobbing sound, as if an immensely heavy thing had been forcibly shoved in, giving it a feeling of being hard to accommodate.

His stature was not particularly huge, yet he stood like a pinnacle of the world; a slight movement caused the legal order to collapse and the spacetime cosmos to disintegrate.

This is pure strength!

The myriad heavens and worlds fell silent together; the many combatants on the other shore temporarily halted their actions, quietly watching that tall figure slowly rising.

In their perception, at this very moment, within the myriad heavens and worlds, the boundless Great Dao principles all trembled, as if pierced by an ultimate force.

"This is a pure battle-born heterodox path to the other shore!"

Gazing at that figure whose aura was extremely pure and yet powerful, the eyes of each other-shore being flickered, reflecting various future branches in their depths, deducing the mysteries of this entirely new heterodox path to the other shore.

But in just a moment, the brows of the other-shore beings furrowed slightly, a hint of disappointment appearing in their eyes.

For those single-mindedly seeking the Dao, who regard everything in the world besides the Dao fruit as illusory bubbles, this cultivation system born purely for battle is not highly valued.

After all, even if combat prowess were immense, without completing the practice of reduction to seek emptiness, drawing upon the power of the era cycle to let one's Dao fruit mature, one could still not transcend.

What they need is to seek the Dao; combat prowess is merely an incidental thing on the path of the Great Dao.

Within the Bodhi Pure Land.

"Not right."

The Azure Gold Buddha seemed to sense something, and suddenly a brilliance never before seen burst forth from his pair of Buddha eyes, staring fixedly at that tall figure.

"That is."

Extinction. Emptiness, not opposing, burns all into emptiness.

Voices of self-talk rose one after another from the mouth of the Ancient Bodhi Buddha, at this moment his mind and spirit violently trembled.

Unlike the Infinite Light Buddha's Dao of myriad-world emptiness, the fundamental path of the Ancient Bodhi Buddha himself is the Dao of extinction and purity.

Now, he faintly sensed from within that tall figure's body a qi related to his own future Great Dao.

Although that strand of qi was very weak, it carried a special flavor, causing him to feel an indescribable flutter.

"This is certainly not just a simple battle-focused heterodox path to the other shore!"

"This is a brand-new path comparable to the Dao fruit!"

This thought arose in his mind, and the eyes of the Ancient Bodhi Buddha grew resolute.

"I will surely obtain this brand-new path!"

He had a premonition that this path might be more suitable for him than the Dao fruit path of reduction to seek emptiness pioneered by the Dao Venerable.

Or rather, the Dao Venerable's Dao fruit path of drawing upon the power of the era cycle is more suited to Daoists seeking harmony between heaven and humanity, whereas the path of returning all to emptiness walked by this Daoist friend Fuxi is more suited to their Buddhist sect.

"I never expected there to still be such a unique path in this world."

Speaking of this, the Ancient Bodhi Buddha's eyes involuntarily showed a trace of emotion.

Back then, the Dao Venerable pioneered the path of reduction to seek emptiness, using it to accomplish transcendence; during that process, these other-shore beings also secretly promoted it, gaining great inspiration from it.

After the Dao Venerable transcended, they each, according to their own circumstances, used it to forge their own Dao fruit paths.

And the Dao fruit path deduced by the Ancient Bodhi Buddha himself is most similar to that of the Dao Venerable.

The Dao Venerable severed the Yellow Old Lord, making him bear his own karma, thereby accomplishing reduction to seek emptiness.

He, however, placed his hope on his own three corpses, wishing that the severed three corpses would bear his karma, just like the Dao Venerable, to accomplish reduction to seek emptiness.

However, doing so also has a major flaw: the three corpses are too deeply connected to himself, making it hard to easily accomplish reduction to seek emptiness.

After the Yellow Old Lord severed by the Dao Venerable followed the era's destruction, he still did not transcend; rather, in the next era, only after the East Emperor Taiyi formed from a strand of the Yellow Old Lord's spiritual light arrived on the other shore did he barely manage to transcend.

Even so, the Dao Venerable still retained a Heavenly Dao monster, a being mysteriously linked to him, which does not count as a truly perfect transcendence.

Thus, whether it be the Infinite Light Buddha, the Three Pure Ones, or the Demon Emperor, their own paths of reduction to seek emptiness are not exact copies of the Dao Venerable's; instead, they re-deduced them based on their own insights, making adjustments.

The Ancient Bodhi Buddha himself falls short of the Three Pure Ones and the Infinite Light Buddha by half; he could never truly complete his Dao fruit path, so he could only place his hope on his own three corpses.

This is also why he cooperated with the Demon Buddha.

He intends to use the Demon Buddha's world-ending demonic nature to infect his three corpses, giving them independent consciousness and making them completely separate.

That way, the Ancient Bodhi Buddha could have the three corpses bear his karma, allowing him to accomplish reduction to seek emptiness through this clever method.

However, this path exists only in his deductions; he cannot be certain whether it will truly succeed.

But now, the Ancient Bodhi Buddha has seen a path more suited to himself than the Dao fruit path.

"Fuxi."

A low voice sounded, and the gaze of the Ancient Bodhi Buddha grew deep.

Beyond the endless Chaos.

The Infinite Light Buddha's gaze instantly brightened a bit, reflecting that tall figure in his eyes.

Not only the Ancient Bodhi Buddha, but he also perceived the essence of this brand-new path within that Daoist friend's body, and even from it gained a hint of the Great Dao's mystery.

All returns to emptiness. Myriad worlds emptiness.

Insights arose one after another in his mind and spirit; the Infinite Light Buddha faintly felt that his previous move might have unintentionally fulfilled this Daoist friend Fuxi.

At the same time, this also convinced him that this path is highly compatible with his Dao of myriad-world emptiness.

Boom—

In the sight of all other-shore beings, a boundless, tremendous roaring sound arose from within Feng Yi's body, like the heavenly tone of the Great Dao, raging and surging, vast and mighty, echoing throughout the ten directions of the heavens, shaking the myriad heavens and worlds.

At this moment, Feng Yi's eyes shone with unmatched brightness, firmly fixed on the Infinite Light Buddha beyond the endless Chaos.

Let us test his combat power after attaining the Immortal Emperor fruition by using this most ancient one!

The moment the thought settled in his mind, Feng Yi slowly extended his palm.

Boom

In infinite spacetime, the heavenly Great Dao trembled in unison, and a radiant wheel of light appeared to the utmost brilliance in the center of Feng Yi's palm.

Yi Dao Taiji as the foundation, time-space universe as the form, Eight Dao reincarnation as the branch, forming a circle that penetrates everything between existence and non-existence, the Great Dao reincarnation.

In an instant, myriad dao boiled, endless principles intertwined, as if guarding Feng Yi's silhouette.

At this moment, Feng Yi seemed to grasp all the myriad worlds in his hand, holding the Great Dao reincarnation of the myriad worlds.

"Amitabha Dao friend, I have a palm; please appraise it!"

A vast and icy voice sounded, followed by a palm that covered endless time-space and spanned the myriad worlds.

Hum

The myriad worlds dimmed, all the Great Daos seemed to sink into silence, leaving only a terrifying giant palm of blinding extremity.

Where the giant palm passed, time-space contracted, the Great Dao shattered, everything seemed compressed by it back to the original point.

The river of time-space boiled; all beings at every time point in the myriad worlds trembled; their vision was filled by this palm that collapsed the river of time-space, nothing else.

Beyond endless Chaos.

In Amitabha Buddha's eyes was reflected that giant palm wrapped in a blazing halo; deep in his heart arose a rare tremor.

This palm was simple and direct, seemingly without any technique, yet domineering to the extreme.

Such a will of sole supremacy, pure and ultimate, even He, the oldest one, trembled before it.

"So it turns out; is this the essence of this path?"

"Precisely by relying on this supreme will of sole supremacy can one walk the path that returns everything to emptiness."

"This is a path of cultivating the heart!"

Amitabha Buddha is indeed, aside from the Three Pure Ones, the sole one who achieved the status of the oldest through his own effort; in such a short time he faintly perceived the essence of the cultivation system of the Three Part Heavens.

That is will, or rather, the heart!

To step into the Sacrifice Dao Realm, or even the realm above it, one needs a supreme will, an indestructible supreme heart-thought.

Only with such supreme will can one, after sacrificing everything and returning to eternal stillness, still be reborn from extinction, rise from ruin, and utterly transcend all.

It can be said that cultivation in the Three Part System, physique and supernatural powers are merely external; the essence lies in cultivating the spirit and will.

After all, each realm advancement in this system is a sublimation toward death and life; without a supreme belief, how could one repeatedly break one's own limits?

And Shi Hao, who fused ancient laws to create a body-as-seed system, opening door after door within himself, clarifying heart and seeing nature, has brought this quality to the utmost.

"Heart"

A glimmer of Buddha light shone in Amitabha Buddha's pupils, compassionate and tranquil.

The Buddhist path is essentially also a cultivation of the heart; this way has affinity with their Buddhist gate!

"Compassion, compassion"

Gazing at the terrifying giant palm descending upon him, Amitabha Buddha uttered a Buddha proclamation, his body bursting forth with boundless Buddha light, illuminating the ten directions of all worlds, carrying the Buddhist gate's true nature of emptiness.

In an instant, the Great Dao laws of the myriad worlds changed, following some special rule, constantly shifting, endless.

Formation, dwelling, destruction, emptiness

At this moment, Amitabha Buddha seemed, with his own Great Dao, to alter the primordial rules of the myriad worlds, becoming the source of the Great Dao, everything determined by himself.

"Let me see the true mystery of this path!"

At the moment a thought fell in his heart, Amitabha Buddha formed a mysterious Buddha seal with both hands, gently raised his Buddha palm, and lowered it forward.

Boundless Light, Boundless Life, Boundless Buddha, Boundless Sumeru.

Boundless Buddha light coalesced into a brilliant Buddha palm, which fell forward.

Meanwhile, the two figures in the bright round moon and the light of creation merely watched silently, with no intention to intervene.

In the astonished gaze of all, Feng Yi's giant palm collided with Amitabha Buddha's Buddha palm.

Hum

The myriad worlds fell silent, as if everything had stilled.

The next moment, an indescribable ripple suddenly spread, filling endless time-space and the heavens-universe.

In an instant, endless time-space, the myriad myriad daos seemed to turn into sand, directly collapsing and shattering.

At this moment, the myriad worlds seemed to become like illusory bubbles, about to dissolve into emptiness and head toward termination.

From the beginning of all epochs to the present time point, all time-space seemed to be directly torn, heading toward utter destruction.

At the critical moment, heaven and earth suddenly brightened; a golden bridge composed of countless Great Daos extended from beyond the heavens, as if from the source of all time-space, spanning the Sea of Suffering.

The Other Shore Golden Bridge!

The Venerable Lord of Morality's most important supreme treasure, the other side of the Taiji Diagram, the embodiment of the transcendent path of the world.

The Other Shore Golden Bridge, from the beginning of all epochs, passed the earliest epoch, the ancient era, the primordial barbaric era, the ancient era, and extended to the present time point, like the foundation of the myriad worlds, connecting many epochs, supporting the myriad worlds, allowing the myriad worlds that were to return to emptiness to restore their original appearance.

At the same time, the Other Shore beings each acted in turn, wiping out the effects of this collision.

After an unknown time, everything returned to calm.

Beyond endless Chaos.

"Excellent, excellent"

Amitabha Buddha uttered a Buddha proclamation, looking with a sorrowful expression at the three figures not far away.

And upon His perfect golden body, there actually remained a faint palm print.

The Other Shore beings silently watched this scene, their gaze growing ever deeper.

Although they do not pursue martial prowess, they were also somewhat shocked by the formidable positive combat power of this novel heretical Other Shore.

Buddha light flowed; the palm print vanished without trace; Amitabha Buddha's aura underwent no great change.

And opposite Amitabha Buddha, Feng Yi calmly watched this scene, his emotions undisturbed.

Having just attained the realm of Immortal Emperor, even if his power were stronger, it could not truly harm Amitabha Buddha, the oldest one.

However, being able to leave a palm print on Him already proves that Feng Yi's current positive power is likely approaching, or even reaching, the level of the ancient ones.

In this situation, Feng Yi was already quite satisfied.

"Mercy, mercy"

Amitabha Buddha uttered a Buddhist proclamation, then said: "Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on attaining the Dao!"

Feng Yi looked at Amitabha Buddha before him with a smile in his eyes, and, like an old friend, said: "I owe much to Fellow Daoist Amitabha's help; I will remember Fellow Daoist's 'kindness'!"

Ah!

Amitabha Buddha sighed, glanced at the two figures beside Feng Yi, and let go of certain thoughts in his heart completely.

Afterward, he did not say anything more; with a thought in his mind, he vanished on the spot like a dreamy illusion.

Seeing Amitabha Buddha's figure depart, Feng Yi had no intention of stopping him.

Although he had attained the realm of an Immortal Emperor, he was at most comparable to an Ancient One, and this only in direct combat.

In terms of the application of rules and principles, he even fell short of an Ancient One by half a move; wanting to defeat Amitabha Buddha, the Most Ancient One, was utterly impossible.

At the very least, the Most Ancient One has already traced back to the nothingness before the primordial epoch; unless one reaches an equivalent realm, it is utterly impossible to truly harm such an existence.

Throughout all the heavens and myriad worlds, only the Three Pure Ones could pose a threat to Amitabha Buddha; everyone else could not truly defeat him.

This is the greatest difference between the Other Shore and the Immortal Emperor: although the Other Shore's combat prowess falls short by half a point compared to an Immortal Emperor of the same realm, its mastery over spacetime is incomparable.

However, at his current level, it is not so easy for Amitabha Buddha to completely overcome Feng Yi.

Under these circumstances, Feng Yi temporarily gained the ability to protect himself and no longer needed to worry about his own safety.

His thoughts turning, Feng Yi shifted his gaze to the two figures beside him.

He clearly understood that, were it not for the Golden Emperor and the Demon Emperor restraining some of Amitabha Buddha's energy, his palm might not have left a trace on Amitabha Buddha.

Even most of the reason for Amitabha Buddha's retreat lay with those two.

Looking at the two, Feng Yi was about to say something when the Demon Emperor in the Light of Creation glanced at the Golden Emperor, then vanished on the spot, leaving only a slightly stern voice: "Brother, after you finish handling matters, remember to come to the Demon Emperor's Palace."

Before Feng Yi could react, Jiaojie Mingyue also vanished on the spot, leaving a clear, elegant voice: "Fellow Daoist, do not forget our previous agreement!"

"This"

Feng Yi stared for a moment, but he also did not stop the two from disappearing.

After a moment of thought, he shook his head and looked toward the True Realm.

(End of chapter)