Chapter 72 Tianxin's Divine Power

Is this the world as seen through the eyes of Tianxin?

Although Ji Xiang's consciousness remained within his body, it was as if he had merged with the entire Vajra Realm. The ancient image of the Celestial Venerable was reflected behind him, Lingbao Tianzun lending his aid, briefly granting Ji Xiang the state of Tianxin.

But in the eyes of the Great Sun Tathagata opposite him, the Celestial Venerable was no longer there.

Tianxin refers both to the "thought" deep within the ancestral aperture of a cultivator's brow, and also to the will of Heaven. To replace the will of Heaven with one's own will, to replace the heart of Heaven with the heart of man, this is the realm of Tianxin. In ancient times, reaching this level meant being called a Dao Lord.

When the human heart is removed, the heart of Heaven returns. Within the square inch of the mind lies the magnificence of the Senluo Xiao Terrace, the wonder of the Jade Capital's Crimson Pavilion, even the dwelling place of the most ethereal and spiritual gods.

Confucians call it emptiness, Buddhists call it the spiritual platform, Daoists call it the ancestral land. To prove the existence of this world, to comprehend the Taiyi Daluo, to understand the fundamental existence of all the heavens and worlds, one can grasp the rules within, and one's own will will become the "original self before birth."

Ji Xiang felt that he was omnipresent, even the Vajra Realm itself, yet also transcended this world. Although the Vajra Realm was a Buddhist world, he also possessed the form and spirit of the Ucchusma and Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara, so the Vajra Realm did not reject him. It was it that embraced him, and it was he who occupied it.

And within this realm, even peering through it to the human world, the myriad living beings became one illusory sphere of light after another. They were constantly being born and destroyed, and after a glance from Tianxin, the scene of birth and death would reverse, falling into an endless cycle.

That was the rule of the world's cycle of birth and death, which even immortals could not see, but Tianxin could. And it could insert, join, and disrupt this existing cycle, allowing it to develop in the way it wanted.

Afterwards, if one were to carefully observe each sphere of light, it could even reflect their future, and one's own consciousness would seem to travel to that future, leaving behind a reflected body to fix that future.

The future and the past reflected each other, thus influencing the present. The present is the past of the future, so the history that travels to a certain future, that has not yet happened, becomes real, and also becomes something that will inevitably happen.

The reflected body constructed by Tianxin in the future is also the true self, existing both in the future and in the present, and even in the past within the long river of time carried by this event.

"The divine power of Tianxin."

Although he himself had not comprehended Taiyi and Daluo, the state of Tianxin bestowed by Lingbao Tianzun was close to completion. Of course, more of its divine power could only be carefully sensed after truly entering this realm. He did not have that much time now.

The state of Tianxin only lasted for a moment!

The dozens of arms of the Ghost Killing General struck the Great Sun Tathagata, causing his figure to dissipate. Those rays of Great Sun light scattered towards the cosmic corners of the Vajra Realm, and countless stars were lit up by the Great Sun light. Those stars flowed, and in a cycle of birth and death, reassembled, transforming into dozens of Great Sun Tathagatas.

He did not speak, because the changes in the situation had exceeded his control.

Ji Xiang also did not speak. After erasing the Great Sun Tathagata once, those arms did not stop, but continued towards the Vajra Realm, and even more towards the human world.

The sky above the South Sea began to tremble. Only immortals could sense that the Dao and Dharma of the South Sea were incomplete, beginning to disappear piece by piece.

That was because the Dharma of the South Sea had been erased by the Ghost Killing General!

When all Dharmas do not arise, all cultivators do not appear. The South Sea will become a place like Osaka, without any Dao or Dharma existing!

The Great Sun Tathagata was anxious.

Along with Ji Xiang borrowing the False Gospel, and the blessing of Lingbao Tianzun, that false future had been fixed as the true future, that future being that he would be annihilated here, entering Nirvana and turning into fire.

A future set by Tianxin, as the Demon Heavenly Master said, to break this cycle of cause and effect, one must tamper with the gap between cause and effect, or from effect to cause.

The longer the time dragged on to reach this future, the more variables there would be.

So in the present moment, if the Arctic Dharma Master broke all of his Dharmas, then in the land of the South Sea, there would be no way to modify the new future he had reflected.

And after leaving the South Sea... he would have to return to Li Shanhe.

In this instant, the Great Sun Tathagata could not make a decision. Should he continue to fight and verify the other party's future, or should he save his own life and dissipate his response body, returning his spirit to Li Shanhe?

But he was truly unwilling to do so. He had put in so much effort, and this was the only chance.

The current Arctic could already use Immortals to kill Ascended Immortals.

Under the blessing, he could even suppress a Tianxin Mahayana like himself for a moment. This was simply an unimaginable situation in the world. There were too many variables on the other party's body, which also meant that he could do such a thing now. If he was given another twenty years, what else could he do?

If he achieved Tianxin, then wouldn't the true realm descended by the Heavenly Dao inevitably be taken by him?

In this instant, the Great Sun Tathagata seemed to have thought of something.

His thoughts spread to all realms and worlds. From the brow of his main body in Li Shanhe, countless blazing Buddhist thoughts rushed out.

"All Buddhas, hear me!"

"I can give up the position of the original Buddha, but the future achieved by the Arctic Dharma Master may be even more terrifying than me."

"I know that you all covet my Esoteric Buddhism's luck, wanting to take the opportunity to eliminate me, to take the Five Directions Buddha Dharma and strengthen your respective sects. Now, I can make a promise to you all. If you all cast a curse to stop him, I will dissipate half of the Esoteric Buddhism's luck and distribute it to all the Buddhas."

"If the Arctic transforms into Tianxin, then the true realm of the Heavenly Dao will inevitably be obtained by him. At that time, our Buddhist sect will inevitably be suppressed, with no benefits."

Those Buddhist thoughts appeared on the summit of Mount Sumeru, in the Great Thunderclap Temple, in the Prosperous Realm of Saha.

Afterwards, in Li Shanhe, a vast sound of Buddhist chants resounded. It gathered into thunder, roared like a mountain collapsing and the heavens howling, and surged like the sea.

A smile appeared on the face of the Great Sun Tathagata.

But in the next moment, that sound of Buddhist chants, like the sea, like a mountain roaring, like thunder and the heavens howling, suddenly turned into a silence. In the void, only three voices fell.

"Aranya."

All the Buddhas were silent. Aranya meant the place of great silence. Once the Buddha's words were spoken, even the Great Sun Tathagata could not make a sound. And the master of that voice that dropped Aranya spoke again:

"Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara has returned to his position. Why does the Great Sun Tathagata speak of killing?"

The voices of the Buddhas disappeared. The Great Sun Tathagata was furious in an instant, and those Buddhist Dharma sounds also entered the ears of Avalokiteśvara. She was stunned for a moment, a look of disappointment flashing across her face, but then she heard another voice coming:

"If you can guide him into Buddhism, even if he transforms into a Sambhogakaya Buddha, welcoming the return of Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara, you can also prove the Sambhogakaya, and establish the Five Perfections, obtaining ten thousand virtues. You need to guide him with immeasurable and selfless actions."

"If you can achieve it, after obtaining the Five Perfections, you should transform into a True Buddha."

Upon hearing this, Avalokiteśvara was overjoyed and immediately bowed her head in agreement.

As for the Great Sun Tathagata, the Buddhas abandoned him, which made him uncontrollably angry. However, Ji Xiang's attack came again, and this time, appearing at the same time, were the other three that accompanied the dissipation of Acala!

Ksitigarbha, wrapped in karmic fire from the Six Paths of Reincarnation, crashed towards him like a meteor. It was completely a style of play that embraced self-sacrifice and Nirvana. The Great Sun Tathagata's expression changed in shock. Although what descended here was only a part of his spiritual power, projecting the power of Tianxin with the body of a Buddhist ghost, the Six Paths of Reincarnation was a concept that existed from the origin of Buddhism. Once entangled by the karmic fire of the Six Paths, even Tianxin would be injured!

Because negating the karmic fire of the Six Paths is negating the Six Paths of Reincarnation, which is negating the origin of Buddhism! The Great Sun Tathagata neither wanted to be entangled by the karmic fire of the Six Paths, transforming into a karmic fire sun, nor did he want to deny Buddhism, causing his Buddhist Dharma to greatly regress or even his Buddha-nature to collapse. If he negated the origin of the Buddha, then all his spells would be distorted, and he didn't know what they would turn into!

On the other side, that white humanoid sphere of light once again recited unintelligible Western words, and along with those words, four kinds of light and shadow were driven out by him, namely the Lion, the Human, the Ox, and the Eagle.

These were the Four Living Creatures in the Gospel. They appeared in the scene of Heaven, and were often found near and around the throne of God, as well as near the Lamb. They were the Four Gospels themselves, symbolizing the four essences of the world mentioned in Christianity.

Along with the appearance of the Four Living Creatures, four phantoms also appeared on the Great Sun Tathagata's body, but they had not completely detached.

[Constantly study the words of me in the Bible, and constantly release the original nature contained in the body by relying on my Holy Spirit.]

[The moment of repentance and acceptance, the "spirit" of man is alive, showing my appearance, but the "soul" and "body" of man are still subject to "sin" due to inherent and external factors.]

[However, my words are with ability. The Holy Spirit living in your body can hear my words and make your "soul" be repeatedly washed and renewed, and finally your "body" will also be driven to change.]

[You will get benefits, your "spirit, soul, and body" will all be new, and it will be done.]

The Great Sun Tathagata's figure became distorted, which symbolized the changes in essence, energy, and spirit. This was a rule-like ability, just like the Dao Heart Demon Seed. Christ also called out the inner consciousness of the Great Sun Tathagata, wanting to make it his spirit, and then reverse to occupy the Tathagata himself, and constantly influence him.

Tianxin and the human heart separated at this time, which made the Great Sun Tathagata choose to escape.

Without any further hesitation.

However, Sun En's illusion blocked the Great Sun Tathagata's path:

"That's not good, is it? Coming and going, going and coming, we have put in so much effort, you have to leave something for us as a souvenir."

Before the Great Sun Tathagata could make any further movements, Sun En's spell had already been completed.

The Tathagata looked up at the vast universe above, and found that the Vajra Realm was actually filled with clouds and mist. A team of divine and ghostly soldiers in sackcloth and red passed by with a rumbling sound "from north to south"!

That was the Yin Dou Sky, the "Chang Sheng Ren"! It was a special ghost soldier transformed from the Five Pecks of Rice School in ancient times. They were immortal and indestructible, without souls, illusory and untrue, yet able to touch the real world. If the Chang Sheng Ren entangled into the formation, they would be exhausted alive. All their essence and energy would be restrained, their three souls and seven spirits unable to move, as if bound by millions of shackles, suppressed under the Three Mountains and Five Peaks!

"You have entered my Chang Sheng refining sacrifice formation. Be the food for the Yin Dou Sky!"

The Great Sun Tathagata had no way out.

Because Ji Xiang was already holding that nine-colored flowing light and coming, and at the same time, a vast demonic aura, began to influence the Great Sun Tathagata with the power of Tianxin.

There is a demon in Buddhism, and the demon will influence the Buddha. The Great Sun Tathagata had not been influenced by demonic thoughts for many years, because he had already reached Tianxin, but now there was a great demon at the Tianxin level here!

The mighty voice shook the universe:

"You wanted to see the Tai Xu Treasure Light, wanted to see the Yuqing methods?"

"Today, I will let you see it!"

The Eight Emperors Great Demon summons ten thousand Heavenly Demon Soldier Talismans—the Great Exorcism Treasure Chapter!

Countless Heavenly Demons manifested in the Vajra Realm, manifesting in response to the Great Exorcism Treasure Chapter, vast transforming into a sea of demonic aura. Under the changes of Tianxin, blessed with the ancient Heavenly Demon Qi, truly transforming into 80,000 ancient Heavenly Demons on a tour. This power could even make the world糜烂 and all Dharmas collapse!

And Ji Xiang, taking advantage of this moment of Tianxin, used the true meaning of the Three Teachings! At the moment when the calamity of the mortal world appeared, the Tianxin Realm transformed away this part of the calamity, turning it into strands of worldly Qi, strengthening the three souls and seven spirits.

The Tai Xu Treasure Light was refined into the Great Exorcism Treasure Chapter!

Boom! All of the 80,000 ancient Heavenly Demons were wrapped in nine-colored treasure light, allowing the Great Sun Tathagata to see it, and his scalp went numb!

"You destroy and kill Tianxin. When you fall from your realm, Heaven and Earth will have their own induction. Tianxin is invincible. Even if you destroy this descending body of mine, you will have a tribulation in your fate. This is karmic retribution!"

The Great Sun Tathagata lost the divine power of reversing cause and effect, but he still had other unique abilities that he had cultivated himself after cultivating Buddhism to Tianxin.

The Buddha is not easy to provoke, because of the cause and effect, karmic retribution. Karmic retribution is a common situation in Buddhist scriptures. Harming the Buddha's body will cause one to suffer the addition of swords and soldiers in the future, and the burning of the Buddha's body, there will be water and fire retribution in the future!

Today, 80,000 Heavenly Demons are wrapped in Tai Xu Treasure Light to charge into the formation, driving and killing the Vajra myriad forms. In the future, ten thousand Buddhas and Dharmas will transform the great demon!

At the moment the Great Sun Tathagata said these words.

Another voice sounded in his ears.

"This is karmic retribution. As I saw, you did well."

It was the voice of Ucchusma.

"What are you saying... what exactly are you saying?"

The Great Sun Tathagata was stunned.

"The original Buddha position should be proven, but not by you, but by me."

Ucchusma laughed: "Karmic retribution has been laid down, the Arctic will transform into a Great Buddha. He has my Vajra imprint, and will surely see the original position in the future."

"What is heard, what is seen, what is known, what is wisdom, what is proven."

"But his Buddhist Dharma is not refined, and after seeing and hearing, it is difficult to obtain wisdom, so he cannot prove it. Instead, he will send me up. I will not harm him, nor will I harm myself, and for you, there is no great harm either, but only damage to a spiritual body of yours."

The Great Sun Tathagata was dumbfounded, but after a moment he forgot the voice he had just heard, because the connection between this spiritual incarnation and the main body had long been severed. It was only at this time that he realized it.

"The Tianxin in the world each have their own thoughts. I helped you because you have value, and something I want. The Buddhas have their plans, and I also have my plans. The Six Heavens Righteous Emissary, the Purple-Clothed God, they also have their plans."

"He who holds my Vajra seal."

"Is my traced body."

Ucchusma's voice disappeared, but the Great Sun Tathagata could no longer hear it. His body was melting, and this spiritual incarnation was also difficult to escape. Eighty thousand ancient Heavenly Demons toured, damaging all Dharmas, and Buddhist Dharma could not be used within, and even more so because he was still trapped within the ghost formation!

Thousands of ghosts sacrificed and refined, ten thousand demons toured. The Vajra Realm transformed into a world of ghosts and demons. The Buddhist ghost's fleshly body occupied by the Great Sun Tathagata dissolved in an instant, and this part of his spiritual incarnation was also destroyed within the Vajra Realm and swallowed by the ghosts and demons!