Chapter 278

Within the True Realm.

When Fengyi's true form achieved the Immortal Emperor's fruition and moved to strike Amitabha Buddha, the oldest of them all, the entire battle situation changed instantly.

The palm of the Azure Gold Buddha, who was battling the Heavenly Emperor and the Demonic Saint, glowed faintly; within it, the Bodhi ancient tree swayed with the light of wisdom, carrying the sense of tranquil extinction, and directly dissipated into nothingness.

Seeing that nothing could be done, the Bodhi Ancient Buddha was the first to choose to withdraw.

Around the Time Blade, the river of time flowed, carrying faint ripples, and naturally merged into the highest layer of the Nine Heavens, returning to the hand of the Time Heavenly Emperor.

Although He and the Demonic Saint had both approached the level of the ancient ones, it was still impossible to defeat the Bodhi Ancient Buddha, the true ancient one.

The Demonic Saint's spear was like a spreading-winged phoenix, the flow of the Five Virtues' qi turning, changing direction, and thrusting toward the Supreme True Buddha who was battling Donghuang Taiyi.

At that moment, a mysterious small seal appeared before the Demonic Saint's spear, transforming into a profound, unfathomable six-direction vortex, dreamlike and illusory, temporarily blocking the Demonic Saint's spear.

Taking this opportunity, the Supreme True Buddha, with a single move of Creation, forced Donghuang Taiyi back; around them a crack split open, filled with endless demonic qi of decay—this was precisely the Realm of the Nine Nethers.

The Supreme True Buddha uttered a strange Buddhist name, then naturally fell into the Nine Nethers and vanished.

In the Nine Nethers' realm, within the Fengdu Hell, the hand of the Great Emperor Fengdu holding the Reincarnation Seal withdrew from the True Realm, and the six-direction profound vortex formed by the Reincarnation Seal also vanished like a fleeting dream.

The Demonic Saint's spear trembled in place for a moment, as if it had received some information, tore through space, and disappeared.

Lightning flashed; seeing this, the Heavenly Punishment Axe, which had been entangled with the Reincarnation Seal, retracted its nine Dao patterns into its blade, flew into the Chaos beyond the heavens, was grasped by a pure, crystal-clear palm, and returned to a world like the destination of all realms.

The Devil Emperor's Claw wrapped around the Devil Sovereign, turning itself into a point of nothingness, and vanished directly between heaven and earth, undetectable even to those of the Other Shore.

Although the Other Shore's peerless divine weapons, judged solely by combat power, are inferior to true Other Shore beings, each has its own strengths; in certain aspects, their qualities may even surpass those of the Other Shore.

As a peerless Other Shore artifact renowned for its filth and secrecy, the Devil Emperor's Claw excels at deceiving heaven and crossing the sea, at decaying concealment; this is also why the Devil Sovereign could, relying on this Other Shore artifact while still not having reached the Other Shore, repeatedly escape from the Human Emperor and the Demonic Saint.

"Sadhu, sadhu"

The Seven Treasure Wonderful Tree and the Primordial Yang Ruler, which had been entwined with each other, also separated; Zhunti Daoist, holding the Seven Treasure Wonderful Tree, performed a Daoist salute to the True Martial Emperor, transformed into a beam of pure light, and thus vanished.

"Ah"

The True Martial Emperor sighed, glanced at the surrounding heaven and earth, felt a stirring in his heart, and headed toward the Purple Cloud Palace beyond the Chaos.

He still, to this day, doesn't quite understand what exactly happened.

In the blink of an eye, the formerly fierce combatants all withdrew, each scattering, letting heaven and earth return to tranquility.

The situation is settled; now this 'Fuxi' has fully attained the Other Shore of the Outer Way, and even displayed combat power comparable to that of the ancient ones; those who originally sought to stop him, such as the Bodhi Ancient Buddha, tacitly withdrew, lest they replace Amitabha Buddha and become the sacrificial blade for this newly risen powerhouse.

At the same time, Amitabha Buddha's three Dharma-reward bodies also vanished, and the ocean of Buddha that filled heaven and earth receded.

When Fengyi reappeared in the True Realm, the entire True Realm had already completely returned to peace.

Moreover, with the ability of many Other Shore beings to reverse timelines, the myriad worlds that had originally been destroyed in the Other Shore war also returned to normal, as if nothing had changed.

Aside from the many great divine beings of creation-level who have already touched the sea of suffering, the innumerable sentient beings have no idea that a war affecting the myriad realms of the Other Shore ever occurred; even this memory does not exist.

"He sure slipped away quickly!"

Fengyi's gaze swept over; seeing the myriad realms restored to peace, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but marvel that Other Shore beings and Immortal Emperors are indeed two different kinds of beings.

And as Amitabha Buddha's three Dharma-reward bodies retreated, the three embodiments of Taihao, Fuxi, and the Human Emperor also lost their opponents and came before Fengyi.

Fengyi glanced at the three embodiments, a hint of contemplation appearing in his eyes.

After a while, he pointed a finger, and the Divine Capital Ancient City reappeared, situated at the heart of the True Realm, linking the myriad realms.

The Human Emperor's embodiment, wielding the Human Emperor's Sword, returned to the Divine Capital Ancient City, suppressing the heavens and earth.

Taihao's embodiment also returned to the Fusang domain, back atop the Fusang ancient tree, continuing to contemplate the supreme treasure of this near-Dao fruit.

Fuxi's embodiment, however, directly transformed into countless black and white points of light, expounding the principles of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, the heavenly secrets and fate of the Yi Dao, and naturally merged into Fengyi's body.

Hum

The fruitions condensed from the Immortal Emperor and Other Shore systems, two different systems, merged within Fengyi's body, blending along his will, causing his aura to undergo a mysterious change as well.

The originally pure and mighty Fengyi now also incorporated the sense of loftiness and inscrutability, making his aura become ever more terrifying.

Immersed in his own transformation, Fengyi's overall strength hasn't increased much, yet he feels an ever-growing sense of perfection.

Feeling his own change, a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

At that moment, Fengyi's heart stirred, his pupils slightly turned, and he directly gazed toward the Realm of the Nine Nethers.

Boom—

A tremendous roar erupted from the Realm of the Nine Nethers, causing the river of fate of the myriad realms to tremble.

Originally, after the Human Emperor's embodiment reached the Other Shore and condensed the sixth omen of 'Eternal Humanity,' the many future fate streams that had led to ultimate destruction changed; they were no longer all headed for the final calamity, but a glimmer of hope appeared.

But now, all those future fate streams have changed again, converging in one direction, leading toward an end that resembles a black hole.

Many Other Shore beings also turned their gaze to the Realm of the Nine Nethers, seeing the changes in its various realms.

The entire Nine Nethers realms were filled with endless black-red reversed swastika symbols, like pairs of strange eyes, together forming an immense, boundless Reverse Buddha-Demon form that seemed to loom over the Nine Nethers.

At the deepest point of the Nine Nethers, the aura of the Devil Buddha Ananda became obscure and ancient, as if an ancient demon had existed since the dawn of epochs; his layered shadow penetrated many ages, causing the future tributaries of the river of time to continually converge.

He seemed to stand at the end of all futures, like a black hole devouring everything, swallowing all futures whole.

All the negative qi of destruction, apocalypse, slaughter, and doom from the myriad realms continually gathered upon the Devil Buddha Ananda; at this moment he seemed the embodiment of termination and doom, the true devil of world's end.

Even the Unborn Old Mother, the ancient one representing all destinations, at this moment, in the rank of the symbol of termination, falls short of the Devil Buddha by a notch.

Unless the Lingbao Celestial Venerable returns to the world and takes charge of the Great Dao of Termination, then at this moment the Devil Buddha is truly the symbol of termination, the source of the Return to Ruin, and the agent guiding the myriad realms toward the final calamity.

Seeing Fengyi direct his gaze toward the Nine Nethers, the Devil Buddha Ananda's eyes flashed with a hint of provocation, and the corner of his mouth also curled into a smile.

Although the process underwent changes far beyond what He anticipated, His purpose has already been fulfilled.

Having refined the Realm of the Nine Nethers, leveraging its special status to become the symbol of termination, and attaining the rank of the Devil of World's End, He is now truly an ancient one.

By now, He fears nothing.

"Hehe."

With thoughts turning in his heart, the Devil Buddha's eyes ignited with terrifying dark-red flames; a qi of destruction and doom rose from his body, sweeping directly across the myriad realms.

Boom—rumble

An immense, boundless roar rang out; one world after another, one universe after another, began to link with the Nine Nethers, being eroded by endless filth and decay.

The myriad worlds seemed, in an instant, to have arrived at the epoch's end, shrouded by endless killing intent, destruction, and apocalyptic feeling.

Endless demons appeared within the myriad worlds, invading every world, every universe, and even the true realm began to show rifts of the Nine Abysses.

Moreover, these demons are almost the condensation of the myriad worlds' negative qi; since the source, the Nine Abysses, is indestructible, they seem to flow endlessly.

The Nine Abysses are inherently the gathering place of the myriad worlds' negative qi, the yin-yang counterpart of the Nine Heavens within the Great Dao, also linked to the entirety of the myriad worlds, representing their ultimate destruction.

At this moment, the Demon Buddha Ananda was using this trait of the Nine Abysses, with his own symbol of ending, to drive forward the early arrival of the apocalypse.

After doing all this, He looked at Feng Yi with a smiling face, an expression of self-satisfaction as if everything was under control.

Even if your combat power rivals that of the ancient ones, what can you do? The myriad worlds' eventual march toward ending is the trend of heaven and earth; even the Virtuous Heavenly Sovereign, the foundation of existence, cannot stop it, so what can you do?

Wanting humaneness to be eternal? Dream on.

"Courting death!"

A cold, sharp voice rang out; a hint of indifference appeared in Feng Yi's eyes, and his internal qi surged and changed.

The power of the Immortal Emperor and the Other Shore, two different Dao fruits, merged into one, just like the yin-yang of the Great Dao, water and fire extremes united at once, fusing their supreme strength.

Boom

An immensely vast qi rose from Feng Yi's body, reaching the utmost extreme, directly suppressing the apocalyptic qi that permeated the myriad worlds.

The next moment, Feng Yi lightly raised his palm and pressed it directly toward the realm of the Nine Abysses, utterly heedful of its backlash.

Boom

The myriad worlds dimmed!

A vast and lofty supreme will shrouded the heavens; brilliant light wheels cycled in Feng Yi's palm, as if he held the entirety of the myriad worlds in his hand, descending toward the Nine Abysses, toward the Demon Buddha at its deepest depths.

This palm, ancient and unadorned yet heavy, yet contained the world's most profound principles and laws—eternal and unique, yet a fleeting brilliance.

This palm is stronger and more inscrutable than the one he used when fighting Amitabha Buddha before.

In the myriad worlds, all those of the Other Shore were shaken by this palm.

They never expected that, when they previously fought the oldest ancient one alongside Amitabha Buddha, that palm comparable to an ancient one was still not the limit of this Daoist friend, Fuxi!

The deepest depths of the Nine Abysses.

The Demon Buddha Ananda suddenly widened his eyes; the self-satisfied expression on his face froze, for he actually sensed a hint of crisis within this palm.

How could this be?

Without the slightest hesitation, the Demon Buddha Ananda directly manifested his Reverse Buddha Devil Form, condensing the apocalyptic trend of the entirety of the myriad worlds.

Streams of demonic shadows flowed around his sides, each representing a different apocalyptic trend, each forming its own demonic seal, together forming their own distinct Tathagata Reverse Palms.

In an instant of one part in a hundred million, all the demonic shadows completely merged into a single palm.

The Ten Forms of the Tathagata Reverse Palm united, demonic palms aligned, the epoch perishes!

A terrifying giant palm formed of boundless demonic qi rose from the deepest depths of the Nine Abysses, moving to meet the magnificent palm that Feng Yi had pressed down upon the myriad worlds.

The entirety of the Nine Abysses realms also continually trembled; the Reverse Buddha Devil Form, shrouded above the Nine Abysses in dark-red reversed swastika symbols, also emitted a palm that merged with the palm emitted by the Demon Buddha Ananda.

Rumble

A vast, boundless roar sounded; the realms of the Nine Abysses collapsed inch by inch, each demon exploding into demonic qi, which then turned into nothingness.

The myriad worlds seemed, in an instant, to constantly expand and then constantly shrink, as if being incessantly squeezed by the two forces.

The Nine Abysses collapsed, the origin of the myriad worlds trembled; from the boundless heights, terrifying demonic light seemed to fall, as if a punishment of the Great Dao, seeking to corrupt Feng Yi's innate spiritual light, dragging him into the sea of suffering to utterly sink.

This is a backlash, coming from the Nine Abysses' backlash!

Hum

But just then, a grand, brilliant pillar of light rose from the true realm; endless humaneness radiance shone, the supreme and holy authority of the Heavenly Dao gathered, directly penetrating the entirety of the myriad worlds.

And within that pillar of light, the Human Emperor's form, wielding the Human Emperor's sword, swung a single stroke; the authority of the myriad worlds gathered, boundless humaneness power shone, directly turning that demonic light into nothing.

At the same time, this sword light swept across the heavens, penetrating universe after universe, linking world after world; humaneness radiance poured down, carrying the supreme will of self-reliance and self-confidence, wearing away the apocalyptic aura shrouding the myriad worlds and slaying each demon.

Next, the Other Shore Golden Bridge fell from beyond the heavens, stabilizing earth, water, wind, and fire, and also stabilizing the changes of the myriad worlds; it brought the sense of virtue, cleansing the myriad worlds' apocalyptic trend, delaying the arrival of the end.

After an unknown span of time, heaven and earth returned to tranquility; half of the Nine Abysses had collapsed, with spacetime fragments flying about, everywhere filled with the aura of destruction, countless demons turned to nothing, and boundless demonic qi continually dissipated.

In the deepest depths of the Nine Abysses, the Demon Buddha Ananda gazed at Feng Yi with a grim expression, his breath faintly unstable.

Feng Yi stood outside the Nine Abysses, his gaze indifferent as he looked down upon the Demon Buddha, lightly saying, "Do as you will!"

The instant his words fell, he paid no heed to the Demon Buddha, turned his body, and gazed toward the Other Shore Golden Bridge spanning the horizon.

'Virtuous Heavenly Sovereign.'

A vague feeling arose in his heart; Feng Yi faintly understood something, moved his foot, and directly appeared upon the Other Shore Golden Bridge.

The golden bridge cut across the horizon, directly carrying his image toward an unknown height, toward that ordinary Daoist temple.

The deepest depths of the Nine Abysses.

The Demon Buddha Ananda's face grew ever uglier, yet he suppressed his inner anger, re-evolving the realms of the Nine Abysses to calm their destructive qi.

Thereafter, he cast a cold, icy glance at the true realm, gazing at the figure standing upon the Other Shore Golden Bridge, then turned the entirety of the Nine Abysses into black light and vanished.

(End of chapter)