Chapter 1

The hum~

Between the shifting light and darkness, in a world where shadows and the Taiji diagram coexisted, a pure and vast golden Buddhist light suddenly appeared.

The Buddhist light, newly emerged, already illuminated the heavens, spreading along the 'Qi mechanism' in the darkness in all directions, heading straight for the ends of the earth.

This was Buddhist light, but not Buddhist light in the ordinary sense. It was more akin to the light of wisdom that bursts forth during the enlightenment of a Buddhist.

The light of wisdom surged like a tide, transforming into rings of enlightened Buddhist light behind Gautama's head, layer upon layer. These rings of Buddhist light were both illusory and real.

Like a divine power, yet like a magical treasure.

This was the culmination of Gautama's lifelong cultivation. Its light was continuous and without interruption, and wherever it reached, there was a peaceful and compassionate aura flowing.

Smoothing the terrified minds of the myriad spirits amidst the earth-shattering collision, and also smoothing the invisible turbulence between heaven and earth.

"So perverse?!"

Those watching the battle hadn't felt it yet, but now, being the first to bear the brunt, locked onto by the aura, the expressions of the emperors above the imperial court all changed, shocked and angry.

Shocked by this person's courage to point fingers at the heavens and the earth, wanting to use his own strength to contend against the four of them and the incarnation of the Great自在天魔主 (Dà Zìzài Tiān Mózhu - Great自在 Heavenly Devil Lord) sitting in the sea of blood.

Angry that they had fallen to the point of being underestimated like this?

First, Hong Xuan Daoren, and now this mad monk!

But in an instant, everyone's hearts stirred, as if they had heard something, and they suppressed the anger in their hearts.

Coldly sweeping over the noisy imperial court and the monk walking alone in the long sky.

Finally, they landed on the magic domain below the boundless earth, overlapping with the Earth Immortal Dao, yet clearly distinct.

Whirr!

As if the wind had arrived, the sea of blood surged.

"Pointing a halberd at me, very courageous!"

On the scarlet blood lotus, the Great自在天魔主 (Dà Zìzài Tiān Mózhu - Great自在 Heavenly Devil Lord) slowly raised his eyebrows, a ripple of disgust appearing in his indifferent and cold eyes.

Buzz!

Wherever the Great自在's gaze went, everything moved. Ripples spread in the void, and all dimensions of space retreated, not daring to block his gaze.

His gaze pierced through the desolate, surveying all realms.

While looking at the lone monk in the long sky, it also landed on the summit of Mount Sumeru in the depths of the void, seemingly extremely small, yet infinitely high.

The summit of Mount Sumeru, as if it had been burning with flames for many years, was now shrouded in Buddhist light.

A Buddhist light, not particularly dazzling, flowed down from beyond the heavens like a waterfall, fixing the Mount Sumeru's size-as-desired supernatural power.

It also sealed off the surrounding void dimensions, isolating the old Buddha on the mountaintop from escaping through the void.

"If the world is a sea of suffering, it is not easy to save oneself, so how can one expect too much? Pudu, Pudu, Pudu..." (Pudu - Universal salvation)

On the lotus platform, he seemed not to care about the surrounding Buddhist light at all, nor the attention of the will coming from an unknown place.

In his eyes, there was only the lone monk walking in the long sky.

There was calm, there was contemplation, and there was also a trace of inexplicable regret.

"Miesheng, I am very curious, what exactly do you want to do?"

The Great自在's words followed the law. The moment the sound came out, it had already echoed on the summit of Mount Sumeru. Spots of devilish mist collided with the Buddhist light, stirring up layers of ripples.

"You're curious..."

As if his thoughts had been interrupted, the old Buddha slowly frowned and said lightly, "What does that have to do with me?"

Rumble!

The gaze turned violent for a moment, and in the magic domain of Sumeru, the infinitely distant void boiled, even making earth-shattering cracking sounds.

"Miesheng!" (Miesheng - extinguish life)

The sea of blood shook, its color penetrating the magic domain, staining the boundless void. The Great自在's cold words seemed to pierce through countless voids like a celestial sword.

Carrying the terrifying killing intent of extinguishing all living beings, slashing everything, it spread with the sea of blood. Countless Asuras trembled:

"You are too presumptuous!"

Boom!

When a saint's thought moves, heaven and earth can be overturned.

Even though his main body was far away in the outer heavens, fighting fiercely with a great enemy, his power still surpassed the highest point that Creation could reach.

In a fit of anger, the colors of heaven and earth changed. In the boundless earth, strands of blood color had already flashed, dyeing the void red, dyeing the earth red.

In the blood color, all things melted, everything was slowly melting, and it was, completely disappearing!

"One wave has not subsided, and another wave rises?! The Devil Lord, is the Devil Lord also going to take action to destroy the world?"

"The sea of blood, he has stirred up the sea of blood! Legend has it that the sea of blood is the place where all things return to nothingness. Does he really want to return the world to nothingness and destroy all living beings?"

"What is this for?!"

......

At the moment of seeing the blood color, countless people's hearts were filled with despair.

Unwillingness.

Incomprehension.

Anger.

Why?

What is it all for?

The great panic, even though the Buddhist light still shone, spread again.

"Whether I am presumptuous or not..."

On the summit of Mount Sumeru, the old Buddha's aura did not fluctuate, and his gaze was even more unwavering: "What does that have to do with you?"

"Ah!"

The sea of blood surged, rushing out of the magic abyss, the scarlet color greatly increasing, rendering the heavens and all realms!

In the viscous blood color, the Great自在 rose to his full height, pointing his fingers like a sword, and from across the endless void, thousands of dimensions, he slashed out with a sword.

The sharpness was shocking, revealing a ferocious aura:

"Kill!"

Boom!

Like a scarlet flash of lightning in the vast night, tearing through the long sky, dyeing the ancient times red, boundless killing intent burst forth.

In front of the eyes of all living beings in the heavens and earth, a picture of the extinction of all living beings was vented.

Whoosh whoosh!

From across the boundless void, the surroundings of the summit of Mount Sumeru had already cracked inch by inch, terrifying void cracks, appearing inch by inch, spreading rapidly.

"No matter how much nonsense you talk, you still have to fight..."

Under the seven-colored treasure tree, on the lotus platform, the old Buddha slowly got up, and with a casual wave of his hand, he held the treasure tree like a heavenly pillar behind him in his palm.

He stepped forward, the seven colors like a pillar, slashing towards the sea of blood containing boundless devilish aura in the darkness:

"I have waited for this day for too long, too long..."

Boom!

In the endless void, the seven colors intertwined, shining brightly, but only in an instant, all phenomena were destroyed, and even the light and shadow completely disappeared.

For a time, not to mention the ordinary cultivators alarmed by the blood color, even the many Creation Realm experts in the unknown places could not capture the slightest image.

It was as if beyond the void, it had become a complete 'black hole', and everything had been 'brushed away'.

"That is..."

Only the Xuan Jin emperors above the imperial court, Gautama, who was walking, and Yang Jian, with his divine eyes wide open in the long sky, vaguely saw it.

Everything did not disappear.

The moment the seven-colored treasure tree swept down, it did not brush away anything. On the contrary, in an instant, a violent fusion occurred.

Under the fusion of the seven colors, it turned into a darkness that even divine consciousness could not distinguish!

This was definitely not just darkness.

Because, as the seven colors disappeared and the black color appeared, an indescribable fear and panic suddenly exploded in everyone's minds.

"Devilish art? Devilish art! Hahaha!"

Below the boundless earth, in the immeasurable magic domain, an aura of excitement surged, and the sea of blood was滔滔 (tāotāo -滔滔 usually describes continuous flow of water. Here, it's used figuratively), covering everything.

The Great自在 stood above the滔滔 (tāotāo) sea of blood, and after looking at the ink-like black color with a slight look of surprise, he couldn't help but laugh loudly:

"Who would have thought that the descendant of Brahma, the Second Leader of Sumeru, would actually enter the demonic path?"

Even he had not expected that the ultimate meaning of the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree was extremely similar to his demonic art.

And he intended to use this demonic art to contend against him, the master of this magic domain.

"What Buddha or devil?"

In the endless darkness, Miesheng's expression became even more indifferent. Hearing this, he was not touched in the slightest, he just held the giant tree and slammed it down heavily.

But it was not facing the fierce sword light that seemed to open the sky.

Instead, it was smashed towards the magic domain that was blended with the Earth Immortal Dao, yet clearly distinct:

"I am just me!"

"Huh?!"

"What?"

"Why doesn't he dodge? What is the Buddha going to do?"

Seeing Miesheng not dodging or resisting at all, allowing the fierce sword light to cut through the endless darkness and slash towards himself, including Yang Jian, the hearts of several Creation Realm giants all jumped.

Only Gautama's eyes shrank, and in an instant, he restrained the divine intent that was deterring the emperors of the imperial court and the Creation Realms of the major sects.

Stepping out again, he raised one palm in front of his chest, his five fingers naturally bent, his palm facing outward, forming a great handprint, separated by the boundless void.

He slapped towards Mount Sumeru, which suddenly burst out with various colors of Buddhist light after Miesheng left.

This was one of the five great seals of fundamental divine powers formed by Gautama combining the Daoist insights of two supreme giants and his own insights from the darkness,

The Abhaya Mudra!

This was not just a great divine power, but also contained the great vow deep in Gautama's heart that must not be shaken.

Buzz~

The Buddhist halo of wisdom and perfect enlightenment completely exploded at this moment, manifesting into infinite light curtains bursting towards the eight sides of heaven and earth, the universe and the sea of stars.

It seemed that Buddhist sounds and Zen chants echoed inside and outside the long sky, and the depths of the sea of stars sounded at the same time.

In a trance, a reassuring, fearless will also rose in everyone's hearts.

Resisting the fear that arose after the sudden appearance of darkness.

Why?

Why did he attack Mount Sumeru?

Seeing this scene, many eyes showed surprise, and a trace of doubt arose in Yang Jian's heart.

"Hmm?"

The indifferent heavenly voice rising from the immeasurable magic domain below the boundless earth answered the doubts lingering in everyone's hearts:

"You want to destroy the magic domain? No, is it all the realms of heaven and earth? Ha, you actually believed the false words of the Great Dao Heavenly Book and wanted to destroy the heaven and earth to become a saint?"

The Great自在 saw through Miesheng's purpose at a glance.

He did not expect that this old Buddha actually held such thoughts in his heart, but destroying the heavens and destroying the earth has nothing to do with the saint position!

What heaven, earth, all things, all kinds of spirits.

Even if it is destroyed thousands of times, how could it be possible to condense a saint position?

Such a principle, ordinary Creation Realms and even near-saints may not understand, but Miesheng is different.

He is the Second Leader of Sumeru, the true biography of Brahma!

He is the seventh saint of Huangtian, tacitly approved by the saints!

How could he?

"The five realms of Huangtian combine to produce six saints! The saint position is only in the heaven and earth. You combine the ways of heaven and earth and think you are saints, which is ridiculous!"

And in the next instant, in the dark darkness, in the absolute loneliness, the voice of Miesheng old Buddha sounded again, and echoed in the sea of stars, the heavens and the earth, and the dimensions of all realms:

"Killing is for protecting life, and cutting karma is not for cutting people!"

"Let me destroy this decaying heaven and earth, along with your so-called saint positions, all together,

Annihilate it!"