Chapter 248: 【Sign of Great Prosperity, Destiny Returns】 (Thanks for the support)

Seeing that Xuan Ye, who was originally only at the Mysterious Immortal level, transformed into a half-step Immortal Venerable level Red Lotus Buddha Lord, the Buddhas of the Spirit Realm were all stunned.

Samsara Buddha Lord found Sansheng Buddha Lord and asked doubtfully:

"This person, did you arrange it?" 【24

The Three Lives Buddha Lord shook his head and said:

"That is not it! His appearance should be in response to the tribulation; as such, it is a sign of the great flourishing of our Buddhism!"

Compared to the Heavenly Emperor Palace and the Shangqing Spirit Hall, Buddhism had always been relatively weak; even within the three thousand small worlds, they dared not infiltrate too much, fearing that these great powers would deal with the Spirit Realm.

They had also always wanted one more Buddha Lord, but for existences of this level, every birth is accompanied by great karma.

Now, this was an opportunity for a new Buddha Lord to be born!

With the cultivation of a half-step Immortal Sovereign, the Red Lotus Buddha Lord was already enough to contend with an Immortal Sovereign; such potential and combat power were absolutely qualified to become the third Buddha Lord of the Spirit Realm.

And since he styled himself as "Buddha Lord," according to the Samsara Buddha Lord's deduction, he had already seen his own future and learned that he had truly become a Buddha Lord.

Otherwise, he would not have such a title and take on such great karma.

They did not know, however, that this was merely Yan Zhe wanting to borrow the power of Buddhism to contend with the Heavenly Emperor Palace, thereby muddying the waters.

The Great Tribulation was about to end; if Xuan Ye had originally died and killed Yu Qiongxiao, and the Xuanzhen Immortal Court had won, then everything should have come to a close.

But now that the Red Lotus Buddha Lord was born, and his own evil thoughts and tribulation force had been absorbed, the Great Tribulation still required a new person to respond to it.

This person's strength could not be low—a top-tier Great Luo Golden Immortal, or even, an Immortal Sovereign!

The Red Lotus Buddha Lord fought the Northern Heavenly Emperor to a draw with a single palm; such combat power made even the five Heavenly Emperors somewhat shocked.

Although Yan Zhe had an estimate of this avatar's power, he was also a little surprised to see the combat power he displayed at this moment.

He discovered that a considerable portion of the combat power came from the twelfth-grade Red Lotus of Karmic Fire beneath him.

A supernatural power that was originally his had actually evolved into an Innate Supreme Treasure after absorbing evil thoughts and tribulation force.

This treasure was one with the Red Lotus Buddha Lord, and the power it displayed was extremely formidable.

It was still constantly absorbing the karmic force from the surrounding immortals, merging it into itself to amplify its own power.

"Heaven and Earth are unkind, my Buddha is compassionate! The Heavenly Emperor Palace acts on behalf of Heaven but fails to distinguish between good and evil; the Northern Heavenly Emperor is entangled in karmic force and is already on the verge of falling into the demonic path!

Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot! Northern Heavenly Emperor, if you cannot understand my Mahayana Buddhism, I am also slightly proficient in fisticuffs and hope to help you turn over a new leaf!

The bitter sea is boundless, turn back and you are at the shore!"

The Red Lotus Buddha Lord's tongue blossomed with lotus flowers; every sound and every sentence went straight into the hearts of people, and half the living beings of the Dixian Jie could hear it.

Facing such provocation, the Northern Heavenly Emperor naturally could not endure it.

He descended directly from the Heavenly Emperor Palace and appeared in mid-air; a long spear came from beyond the heavens and fell straight toward the top of the Red Lotus Buddha Lord's head!

At the same time, a voice emerged in the air.

"Within the Heavenly Palace, how dare you, an evil monk, spout nonsense and deceive the masses! Die!"

Yan Zhe did not strike, because he sensed that someone else had.

A gray seven-story pagoda appeared, blocking the Northern Heavenly Emperor's "God-Forsaking Spear"; the latter was an Innate Supreme Treasure, and the quality of this seven-story pagoda was naturally not low either—it was the Samsara Buddha Lord's Innate Supreme Treasure, the Samsara Pagoda.

Seeing this pagoda, the Northern Heavenly Emperor's expression immediately turned gloomy.

"What is this? Does your Buddhism want to go to war with my Heavenly Emperor Palace?"

He said coldly.

The Samsara Buddha Lord and the Three Lives Buddha Lord emerged from mid-air and stood behind the Red Lotus Buddha Lord.

The Samsara Buddha Lord spoke:

"This is the third Buddha Lord of our Buddhism, Red Lotus. Entering the tribulation this time is to comply with the Heavenly Dao; could it be that the Heavenly Emperor Palace intends to act against Heaven?"

The Northern Heavenly Emperor shouted:

"Mere Buddhism dares to speak of the Heavenly Dao? My Heavenly Emperor Palace is the symbol of the Heavenly Dao!

You defy my Heavenly Emperor Palace, which is to defy the Heavenly Dao! Acting against Heaven, you should suffer Heavenly Punishment!

The Red Lotus Buddha Lord is the source of all disaster; I advise you to join me in slaying him, otherwise, you are enemies of my Heavenly Emperor Palace and enemies of all living beings!"

The Three Lives Buddha Lord spoke:

"Northern Heavenly Emperor, I fear you cannot represent the entire Heavenly Emperor Palace!

The living beings of the world are not something your Heavenly Emperor Palace can decide with a single word.

In this Great Tribulation, numerous immortals and living beings have already fallen; it is time for our Buddhism to end this matter!

The day of Buddhism's great flourishing begins now."

In the Heavenly Emperor Palace, the Central Heavenly Emperor and the other three looked at the situation below and fell into a dilemma.

Looking at this posture, it was clear that Buddhism intended to protect the Red Lotus Buddha Lord at all costs; if they stepped forward, it would inevitably trigger a great war.

At that time, the entire Dixian Jie would be affected, their rule would suffer an extremely strong impact, and if a situation of invasion by extraterrestrial demons were to occur at this time, they might be in mortal danger.

But to watch this Red Lotus Buddha Lord join Buddhism, allow Buddhism to grow strong, and even soar into the sky through this Great Tribulation to preach in the three thousand worlds—that was clearly also impossible.

The inheritance of Daoist orthodoxy involves higher levels of cultivation realms; they would absolutely not concede even a little bit.

The Northern Heavenly Emperor, however, could no longer restrain himself.

He had sacrificed his own disciples and even many subordinates to facilitate this Great Tribulation.

If the final result did not meet expectations, then these hundred-plus thousand years of planning would have been in vain.

Among the five Heavenly Emperors, the most powerful was undoubtedly the Central Heavenly Emperor, simply because he held the greatest authority in the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

It was impossible for the Northern Heavenly Emperor to think of going a step further and directly contending for power with the Central Heavenly Emperor.

So he chose to take a different path, establishing a powerful Immortal Court orthodoxy in the Dixian Jie, thereby making himself the Heavenly Emperor of the Dixian Jie and subsequently controlling power that could rival the Central Heavenly Emperor.

But now, things had gone wrong.

Since Yan Zhe could not be killed by Xuan Ye's hand, it was almost impossible to get rid of him.

Then the Xuanzhen Immortal Court had no possibility of achieving final victory; if the Nine Heavens Immortal Court won, all his planning would become empty.

Therefore, he was very angry at this moment and killed his way directly toward the Red Lotus Buddha Lord.

"I want to see if you can stop me from killing him by blocking me!

I will let you know that the Heavenly Emperor Palace is the symbol of the Heavenly Dao and the true destination of Heaven's Mandate!"

With the God-Forsaking Spear in hand, the Northern Heavenly Emperor was like a god of slaughter descending to the world, completely out of character for an Immortal Sovereign.

Yan Zhe keenly discovered the problem.

The evil thoughts of the Evil Thought Demon Luo had actually invaded the body of the Northern Heavenly Emperor.

One must know that he was at the Immortal Sovereign level; strictly speaking, it was impossible for him to be influenced by the Evil Thought Demon Luo at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level.

He immediately thought of a possibility.

This Northern Heavenly Emperor had likely been infected by extraterrestrial demons.

His words just now were not spoken casually; he had truly seen the heavy karmic force on the Northern Heavenly Emperor—for a dignified Immortal Sovereign to have so much karmic force was truly inappropriate.

It was very likely that he had been influenced by extraterrestrial demons, leading him to do things inconsistent with his status.

Gradually accumulating to this level.

And then he was invaded by the Evil Thought Demon Luo; perhaps a new demon was about to be born!