The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror-Chapter 853 - 395: Jade Shattered (Part 2)

"Form the array." The Righteous Tathagata's voice was as cold as melted snow on a mountain, devoid of any emotion, as if all things in heaven and earth were as insignificant as dust in His eyes.

Five Ming Kings simultaneously crushed the positions of the Five Elements. With each step they took, the void trembled with innumerable golden Brahma scriptures.

As the six-character mantra sounded, massive Buddhist texts converged into six golden dragons. Their bodies were entwined with endless Buddha sounds, sweeping through the Netherworld like a tsunami.

Among the Yellow Springs of Yin Mountain, countless resentful spirits shed their hostility in the Buddha light, devoutly kowtowing. Their heads created densely packed cavities in the ground, where bluish-black soul energy mingled with soil to form eerie patterns, as if offering sacrifices to this great battle.

The moment the six-character Buddha sound erupted from the Five Ming Kings and the phantom of Guanyin, the laws of the entire Netherworld began to twist and collapse.

Xu Qing first heard a sharp buzzing, followed by the booming of a great bell that exploded in his Sea of Consciousness, causing golden blood to seep from his seven orifices.

Buddha sound materialized into a sound wave. Wherever it passed, the giant waves of the Yellow Springs froze into ice crystals, the mountains of Yin Mountain cracked inch by inch, and even the ancient Nether Temples suspended in the void collapsed with a roar.

This six-character mantra seemed to contain the mighty power of Heaven and Earth Opening. Though chanted by only six, it seemed to overshadow the chorus of billions of Buddha countries in Paradise.

Golden Buddhist texts leaped like living creatures from the mouths of the Ming Kings and the Righteous Tathagata. Each character was as heavy as a mountain, its surface coursing with intricate Brahma scripts, as if countless Buddha phantoms floated within.

The golden dragons formed by the Buddhist texts of the Six Paths had dragon scales inscribed with infinite Buddhist verses. As their whiskers stirred, they generated ripples in space, and wherever their tails swept, the void shattered like fragmented mirrors.

The foremost Righteous Tathagata raised a hand with a gentle wave, causing the six golden dragons to simultaneously raise their heads and roar. The Buddha light they spewed transformed into a sky-obscuring golden veil, seemingly enveloping the entire Yin Mountain.

The Yin Yang Qi surrounding Xu Qing surged wildly under the pressure of the Buddha light. The black and white streams spun frantically, eventually condensing into a massive grinding disc.

The surface of the grinding disc manifested the Innate Eight Diagram, with Chaos Qi swirling at its edges. Each rotation produced a Heaven and Earth Opening roar, causing dragon scales to fall from the Buddha dragons.

Yet the Buddha sound grew even more grand. Golden chains formed by the six-character mantra dropped from the void, piercing through the Yin Yang grinding disc directly at Xu Qing's primordial spirit.

"Om!" The Unmoving Ming King struck the ground heavily with a Wisdom Pestle, causing a golden light column to surge into the sky. As it passed, the space was refined into liquid Buddha light, imprisoning Xu Qing's Yin Yang grinding disc.

"Ma!" The Conqueror of Three Worlds Ming King wielded a three-pronged halberd, with evil qi erupting from its tip, transforming into innumerable black skeletons that gnawed at the edges of the grinding disc's Chaos Qi.

"Ni!" The Gundari Ming King's Vajra Pestle's spell lit up, and countless black chains coiled around the grinding disc, attempting to shred it.

"Pad!" The Great Virtuous Ming King spat black flames from its blood-red mouth, instantly dyeing the Yin Yang Qi into an eerie purple.

"Mei!" The Vajra Yaksha Ming King shook the Vajra Bell, emitting a piercing shriek that caused Xu Qing's spirit to tremble violently, noticeably slowing the grinding disc's rotation.

"Hum!" In the Righteous Tathagata's palm appeared a Jade Purification Bottle. The Three Lights Divine Water poured from it, transforming into a golden waterfall. Merging with the six-character mantra, it formed a cage containing limitless Buddha Power, trapping Xu Qing in the center.

Buddha sound hit Xu Qing's heart like tidal waves, while golden Buddha light penetrated his skin, flowing through his meridians, attempting to cleanse his Dao heart.

Xu Qing's primordial spirit struggled in the Sea of Consciousness, while the Taoist Dharma Form around him continually collapsed and reformed. The plain white monk's robe and mystic Daoist robe alternated upon him, the light of his scalp scars and jade hairpin rising and falling.

He bit the tip of his tongue, spat a mouthful of vital blood onto the Yin Yang grinding disc, causing black and white fish to transform into two giant dragons. Their eyes flashed with unwavering light, charging toward the golden cage.

The Righteous Tathagata stood atop the golden dragon's head, with compassion hidden beneath the pressure: "Benefactor Xu, the Sea of Suffering is boundless, turn back to the shore!"

He pointed with a hand, and a golden light column descended from the sky, striking the Yin Yang grinding disc.

The grinding disc's surface was instantly riddled with cracks, as Xu Qing spat out a mouthful of golden Dao blood, his face turning pale as paper. Yet his eyes remained calm, hands swiftly forming seals, mobilizing his last reserves of strength into the grinding disc: "If you wish to convert me, first tread over my Dao!"

In the fierce clash of Buddhist and Taoist powers, vast black holes appeared in the space of the Netherworld, absorbing countless resentful spirits.

Yet more resentful spirits, illuminated by the Buddha light, lost the hostility in their eyes, showing devotion, kneeling toward the phantom of Guanyin. Their power of faith transformed into golden light dots, merging into the Hexagram Array, enhancing its power.

The Righteous Tathagata stood with hands behind atop the golden dragon's head, his gaze increasingly compassionate as he watched Xu Qing, trapped by the grand array, relying solely on the Yin Yang grinding disc to struggle. He lamented: "If the battle continues, this Netherworld will shatter, and you will bear infinite consequences and immense karma!"

Xu Qing: "Have you not heard, Bodhisattva? Better to be a broken jade than an intact tile!"

As Xu Qing's words fell, they resonated with the remains of the Golden Roc's bones.

The remnants of its fragmented bones completely turned to dust, and simultaneously, the hidden Peacock Ming King's blood curse in the stone carvings no longer remained under the Righteous Tathagata's control, converging like rivers into Xu Qing's primordial spirit.

This was the conclusion of Xu Qing's shattering of the Taiyi Dao Seed, converging karma, igniting the Nirvana talent from the Phoenix's legacy of the Golden Winged Roc and the Peacock Ming King.

Under the blazing flames.

Xu Qing's primordial spirit, physical body, and even consciousness completely vanished.

A gigantic Wutong Tree suddenly emerged from the void.

This Wutong Tree, burning with Nirvana flames, bore the traits of both Fusang and Laurel.

Sun and moon shining together!

As the shadow of the Wutong branches swayed, countless laurel branches extended, burning with great solar flames that could incinerate the Eight Desolations.

The vast Buddha light evaporated instantly.

The Buddha light dragons let out mournful roars.

Even more terrifying was that the Five Great Ming Kings were pierced by the laurel branches. In an instant, each of their faces contorted, and on closer inspection, Xu Qing's shadowed visage was clearly discernible.

This was the Five Great Demon Gods Visualization Method Xu Qing had cultivated since the Yu Dynasty.

Past causes, present effects.

After the Taiyi Dao Seed shattered, Xu Qing's Hehua Zizai Heavenly Demon Great Method was sublimated to the extreme, forcibly reversing and converting the Five Great Ming Kings through the laurel branches derived from the Wutong Divine Tree.

The current Five Great Ming Kings were no longer the Five Great Ming Kings but the Five Great Demons, exclusively Xu Qing's Five Great Demons.

This was also the convergence of karma from the Taiyi Dao Seed.

Or one could say, the past Xu Qing saved the present Xu Qing.

The Righteous Tathagata stood atop the dragon's head, white garment billowing, eyes flickering.

The situation before Him had surpassed Guanyin's original plans, spiraling out of control.

Just a little more.

If Xu Qing was converted, Guanyin's grand schema, calculated over two epochs, would finally succeed.

He sighed softly; fate was rightfully elusive!

Seeing the Five Great Ming Kings undergo reverse conversion, the Righteous Tathagata knew that today He had lost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, also indicating that Guanyin and Ksitigarbha's game was finally falling behind.

A truly commendable Ksitigarbha, an extraordinary Xu Qing.

The Righteous Tathagata, along with the golden dragon at His feet, instantly dispersed into golden grains in the void.

Upon seeing this, Xu Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was already exhausted.

This battle could not be considered a victory.

For he had lost the Taiyi Dao Seed, hard-won through cultivation.

But to preserve his self, not being converted into a Buddhist Guardian, was indeed a blessing amid misfortune.

"Congratulations, Daoist, on escaping this tribulation, drawing near to becoming immortal." The slender black Divine Dog, though battered, could not conceal its excitement.

This time, although it wasn't Guanyin personally acting, it was the past incarnation of the Righteous Tathagata, personally descended from the Buddhist sect.

That Xu Qing could weather this tribulation suggested hope of achieving "immortality."

For figures like this, they often qualify as candidates for the Three Pure Taoist Ancestors, their stature hardly inferior to Ksitigarbha.

"Pure luck." Xu Qing waved it off.

Having abandoned the Taiyi Dao Seed, he also gained understanding of the principle of nothing existing outside the heart, his primordial spirit becoming increasingly clear.