Chapter 172: [Golden Body Buddha, Demon Monarch in the Sea] (First update, begging for votes)

However, he didn't plan to ascend; he wouldn't consider this matter for now.

After twenty years of paving the way, he finally became a great monk and had a group of devout believers.

After these years of preaching, the Buddhist path of the Sixteen-foot Golden Body had already gone deep into people's hearts; even Master Zhenwo, the Holy Buddha, was yearning for it.

Five years later, Lianxin officially stepped into the Heaven-Communication realm, which was the Land Immortal level.

On the same day, while he was preaching, a golden lotus suddenly bloomed above his head; the golden petals danced one by one, then turned into nothingness, leaving twenty-one golden lotus seeds in mid-air.

Everyone looked at those lotus seeds, feeling that they were not ordinary objects.

Lu Runping found Master Zhenwo with the lotus seeds and said:

"These twenty-one lotus seeds are supernatural power lotus seeds transformed from my realization of the Golden Body Dao; after refining them, you can obtain the supernatural power of 【Sixteen-foot Golden Body】. I came to the lower realm this time to spread the Golden Body Dao; soon, I will return to the upper realm."

Master Zhenwo said in surprise:

"To be able to directly obtain such Buddhist supernatural power, you are indeed a great being reincarnated. Originally, I wanted you to inherit the position of Holy Buddha, but now it seems that is not possible."

Lu Runping replied:

"The Holy Buddha inheritance has its own karmic predestination. I will preach in the Holy Buddha Temple for another eighty-one days; after these lotus seeds are distributed and absorbed, listening to my preaching again will have better results. The Golden Body Dao is the Great Dao to prove the Buddha; I hope you can pass it on well."

Master Zhenwo changed into a respectful appearance, lowered his eyebrows and said:

"I will follow the Buddha's decree!"

The Holy Buddha Temple had an inheritance and knew a thing or two about the upper realm; entering the upper realm, becoming an Arhat, then obtaining the Bodhisattva fruit position, and finally achieving the True Body of a Buddha; a Buddha was at the Golden Immortal level.

In the Buddhist gate, it symbolized an existence that was eternally indestructible and did not enter reincarnation.

Hearing Lu Runping speak like this, Master Zhenwo subconsciously thought that Lu Runping was originally a Buddha, and now he had just sent a primordial spirit or something down to the lower realm to preach.

A beautiful misunderstanding; Lu Runping didn't expose it.

Master Zhenwo quickly selected twenty-one people to take the so-called 'lotus seeds', including himself, totaling twelve Land Immortals and nine Second-Turn Heavenly Monarchs.

After the eighty-one days of preaching ended, Lu Runping disappeared on the spot, leaving behind a legend of the 'Golden Body Buddha, Lotus Buddha Ancestor'.

Thus, Dao had been planted in all four continents; as for the other five continents, the cultivators at the Land Immortal level on them were no more than ten each, and they were distributed among various races, which was not easy to operate, and the cost-effectiveness was not high.

With this time, it would be better to return to Donghua Zhenzhou and cultivate the geniuses of various sects well so that they could ascend as soon as possible.

To this day, in the 1536th year of the Supernatural Power Era, Dao had been planted in the four continents; Lu Runping returned from the sea and suddenly remembered that there were quite a few demon races in the ocean that had good potential.

For example, the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon race that he exterminated back then possessed more than twenty Tribulation Heavenly Monarchs; even with a one-in-ten ascension probability, there could be two people ascending.

And if he could gather fifty races of this level, wouldn't there be another one hundred ascenders?

Of course, it was basically impossible to gather fifty races like the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon; otherwise, the demon army would have already attacked the human race, although ocean resources were richer, the heavenly materials and earthly treasures produced on land were also not few.

In the Nine Provinces, there was little communication between continents.

One reason was that they were too far apart; between the two closest continents, a Land Immortal flying at full speed would still take three days and three nights, and cultivators at lower levels would take several months or even a year to make a trip.

Such a large distance brought huge risks.

There were various demonic beasts in the ocean, some of which specifically hunted creatures in the sky; even flying at high altitudes, there was a great risk of becoming food in the mouths of demonic beasts.

Those who had the ability to fly across continents didn't care about the resources there; after all, the resources for the Land Immortal realm were already occupied by the Land Immortals of each continent, and they didn't care about the rest.

Those who cared about these things didn't have the ability to cross continents.

So there was little intersection between the nine continents.

Generally speaking, it was mostly evil masters who had to take risks to avoid being hunted down.

Lu Runping transformed into a Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon, roaming in the ocean, scouting for information about powerful demon races everywhere; it took him five years to collect information, which could be considered a relatively accurate grasp.

In the ocean, the most powerful demon races could be divided into three categories: the first category was Dragon-blood demon races similar to the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon; the second category was Xuanwu bloodline demon races currently represented by the Heaven-Sea Universe Turtle; the third category was ancient demon races like the Void-Swallowing Sun Kun.

The first and second types were Immortal cultivators, achieving Demon Immortals, while the third type cultivated ancient demon power, achieving Great Demons.

There were three in the upper realm: Dixian Jie, Netherworld Realm, and Demon Realm.

The Buddhist gate also ascended to the Dixian Jie, but it had a dedicated area.

Demon Immortals ascended to the Dixian Jie, and Great Demons ascended to the Demon Realm.

Both sides were fighting for resources in the ocean.

After scouting the ocean forces, Lu Runping discovered that he had been narrow-minded before.

The power of the ocean demon races was not weak; just divided into three categories, each of these three types of demon races had more than five Land Immortals; as for the Tribulation Heavenly Monarch level, there were even more.

Demon races originally had very long lifespans; without confidence in passing the tribulation, they would just hide, and perhaps they would have a way in the future.

Therefore, many Tribulation Heavenly Monarchs were stuck at one stage for a long time.

This was also a problem.

If the Dao seeds were given to them, but they didn't ascend, this would make Lu Runping unable to harvest the Dao fruits for a long time.

Therefore, before distributing the Dao seeds, he had to think of a way to promote their ascension.

With supernatural powers to help them pass the Heavenly Tribulation, there was no fear of the threat of the tribulation.

But after passing the Heavenly Tribulation and becoming a Land Immortal, why didn't they ascend?

There were two reasons: the first was to maintain the competitiveness of bloodline inheritance; without a Land Immortal sitting in charge, there would be trouble in resource contention.

The second was greed for enjoyment; having finally reached the top level in this realm, ascension meant a new beginning, so they naturally needed to consider the gains and losses.

The first problem was easy to solve; as long as there were enough Land Immortals, this problem wouldn't appear.

But it wasn't absolute; if one considered that the enemy's Land Immortals were increasing, one's own side would want to keep more.

The second problem, unless they were made to live poorly in the lower realm, they wouldn't think of ascending to leave here.

Lu Runping thought about it repeatedly and determined a relatively tough method.

As long as he put a knife to their necks and asked them if they wanted to ascend, they would definitely give an answer that satisfied him!

As long as he held a blade to their necks and asked them if they wanted to ascend, they would certainly give him an answer that satisfied him!

"In the ocean, all demon races shall revere me as the Emperor Supreme and all come to kneel and worship!"

This sound made the Green-Scaled Silent Python at the Land Immortal realm feel a great provocation; under the gaze of a crowd of clansmen, she immediately rushed out.

Wearing a green long dress, sky-blue hair, emerald-green eyes, and barefoot, she looked like a little girl in her twenties, but in reality, she was an old snake spirit of over five thousand years.

When Lu Runping sized up the person who came, the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal was also looking at him.

The person in front of him had distinct features, a single horn on his head, dressed in white, but revealed a kind of dominance, and between his brows, there was a kind of arrogance that looked down on the world.

For some reason, the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal felt a sense of wariness in her heart and didn't take action directly.

"With such a tone, what means do you have to be able to do this?"

Lu Runping raised his hand and cast a ray of Ice Soul Divine Light formed by 【Taiyin True Water】, directly freezing the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal into a block of ice; her whole body was sealed, leaving only her head exposed, but it was also covered with a layer of frost.

What was even more powerful was that such terrifying extreme cold true intent was controlled within a very small range, and the surrounding water was actually still flowing slowly.

Lu Runping stretched out a finger, lifted the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal's chin, and smiled evilly:

"Can this means make you bow your head and become a subject?"

The Green-Quiet Demon Immortal sensed that her body and magic power couldn't move, and even her true spirit was about to be frozen; how could she dare to resist, and immediately shouted:

"I pay respects to the Emperor Supreme! I ask the Emperor Supreme to forgive my sins!"

Lu Runping waved his hand, and the freezing was lifted, only to see the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal directly pounce over, her body hanging on him, her two arms hugging his neck.

"Emperor Supreme, let me breed offspring for you!"

Snakes are lustful, and this green snake was of the top grade.

The Green-Quiet Demon Immortal was also yearning in her heart, but now within the clan, or even looking at the entire Dragon-blood demon race, there was no one who could catch her eye.

And when Lu Runping appeared, his dominance leaked out, and his strength was extremely strong, directly conquering her.

Therefore, she pounced on him.

Lu Runping had no intention of breeding offspring; the mission he originally gave himself was to become a Land Immortal, and now it was to protect the Immortal Clan; the Lu Immortal Clan was one aspect, and he himself was another.

The Immortal Clan needed to breed and needed offspring, but he didn't.

However, at this time, as an evil and wild Demon Emperor, having some pleasure was still possible; playing along, leaving neither feelings nor seeds!

He hugged the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal's waist, letting her lean tightly against him; as soon as she got close, the woman was trembling all over, her eyes like silk.

Good guy, worthy of being a five-thousand-year-old snake spirit.

"You are not qualified yet! Proclaim to all demons, starting from today, three months later, I will hold an enthronement ceremony; I am the Emperor Supreme, all demons in the sea, above the Second-Turn Heavenly Monarch, come to pay respects, and there will be rewards; those who don't come are not respecting me, go to your deaths!"

Saying this, he patted the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal's butt, letting her go and mobilize the clansmen to spread the news.

Although she was disliked, the Green-Quiet Demon Immortal's eyes were still full of fanaticism and infatuation; the more he said she wasn't worthy, the more she liked it.

Only such a Great Demon was qualified for her to pursue.

Within three days, this news spread throughout the entire sea area.

It was impossible to do this by relying on demon races spreading it one by one, but it wasn't difficult to do this through the teleportation array channels between demon races.

For a time, all demon races in the sea area were shocked; there was actually such an arrogant guy who just popped up and wanted to call himself Emperor, directly ordering the three major races to come and worship; what do you think you are? ===== CHAPTER 173 =====

For a time, all the demon clans in the sea region were shocked beyond measure; there was actually such an arrogant fellow who, just after showing his face, wanted to proclaim himself Emperor and directly ordered the three great clans to come and pay homage—what did he think he was?