Chapter 41: The Magic Buddha Spreads the Way, Hong Jun Stops Speaking

  In the vast and desolate northwest, a sea of mountains and rivers was shrouded in demonic flames that reached the sky. A majestic palace of magic rose into the air, emitting an aura of carefree and unbridled power, as well as a bewitching melody that spread throughout the northwest wilderness.

  "The Devil's Way, the Great Free and Easy Way. With a demon in one's heart, one can control the Great Freedom. The heavenly devil, the earthly devil, the human devil, abandon the Heavenly Way, slay the immortal Buddha, cultivate the Devil's Way to reach the Extreme Bliss Heaven, and enjoy eternal great freedom!"

  I am Luohu, establishing the demonic path, grasping the ancestor of the demonic path!

  All living beings in the vast wilderness with seven emotions and six desires can enter the demonic path and cultivate the Great Self-Existing Demonic Way!

  "Magic Way, Establish!"

  A voice full of ferocity, darkness and grandeur resounded from the Ten Thousand Meter Magic Palace. A tall and majestic figure appeared in the sky above the Northwest Wilderness. The man's face was stern and his body was filled with demonic energy. Rows of magical symbols flashed on top of his head, forming a world filled with extreme pleasure. People in this world acted as they pleased, infinitely magnifying their desires and satisfying all their cravings at will.

  He was seen with his feet treading on a twelve-petaled black lotus flower, his back carrying four giant swords that emitted a chilly aura, inscribed with the words "Exterminate, Punish, Entrap and Annihilate".

  Killing one is for guilt, killing two is for heroism, killing 900 million, and becoming the king of heroes! A formless aura of murder spreads, making people's hearts boil with murderous intent.

  This man is the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou. In those years, he stirred up conflicts between the three tribes, leading to a great war that nearly wiped out the Scales, Flying Birds, and Beasts. He wanted to use the Great Calamity's evil energy to cultivate his demonic path, but at that time, the Not Week Mountain had the Guardian of the Twelve Ancestors' Chaotic Heaven Array, which absorbed most of the killing energy in the Primordial Chaos, rendering Luo Hou's plan futile. Later, a powerful Dragon Ancestor established the Dragon Court, seizing control of most of the Primordial Chaos' vital energy and causing a drastic change in the Heavenly Way, making it unclear.

  But Luo Yu was who? The ancestor of the Chaos Tianmo, is a decisive cow person, of course, will not easily give up the Great Way, so he secretly cultivated for 10,000 years, finally established the Demon Dao, spread the teachings to Hongyuan, and established the Demon Palace.

  Outside the Demon Palace, countless living beings sat in a circle, including various divine beasts with great magical powers and primordial spirits of different forms. These living beings listened to the demonic dao's teachings with relish, forming dark and shiny yuan shen on their heads, all of which were transformed from demon infants who had entered the demonic dao.

  "In the midst of the Way, in the midst of the calamity, the winner becomes the king and the loser is eliminated. To prove that one has obtained the pre-heavenly sacred way, one must still look at the luck of the heavens. The ancestral dragon established the Dragon Court, causing a great change in the heavenly way, and the evolution of countless calamities. For my demonic way, isn't this also an opportunity? The demon palace sweeps across the vast expanse, controlling the luck of the vast expanse!" Luo Hou muttered to himself.

  "From today on, you seven will be my Seven Great Disciples of the Devil's Path, codenamed Seven Kills! You are the seven killing swords that protect my Devil's Path aura!"

  "Yes! Demon Lord!"

  In the westernmost part of the Desolate Land, the living beings here are full of peace and harmony. Every day, they pray in front of a statue at home with smiles on their faces and hope in their hearts, filled with boundless joy.

  They temper their bodies daily, becoming radiant and golden. They pray daily, obtaining a mysterious power that makes their spirits increasingly strong, even forming something called "Sarira" in their souls. This power is matchless, and with this power combined with their eloquent speech, they form various magical powers.

  They call this practice "Xiū Fó", and they are all Xiū Fó practitioners! The object of their prayers is the founder of the Western Buddhist Tao of the Primordial Chaos - Hún Kuī Zūn Zhě, where Hún means primordial chaos, and Kuī refers to Buddha's language.

  This Kun Xun Zun was a great power who awakened at the beginning of Honghuang and did not care about the tribulations of Honghuang. He had been cultivating in secret in the Western Mountains of Guanluo, but after the birth of the Dragon Heaven Court, he suddenly went against his usual behavior, came out to preach the Tao, and spread the Tao to save the world.

  The way taught by Hunyuan Zun is called Xuanling Dao, also known as the Buddhist Way. Through cultivating the mind, a kind of empty and spiritual energy is produced, which strengthens the soul and refines it into a sharira (a relic or remains of a Buddha). Through prayer or the devotion of believers, a power called "yuanli" (karmic power) is generated, refining the body into an indestructible golden body. This can be said to be incredibly powerful. They use the power of cause and effect to unite people together, making great vows. When these vows are fulfilled, it actually produces a strengthening of the soul out of thin air.

  In the Western Mountains, majestic and extraordinary, with rugged rocks and flying cranes, the spiritual energy is vast and boundless. What a wonderful place for cultivation! On the mountain, rows of devout disciples sit in meditation, listening to a great master's sermon.

  This great being is an old man wearing white clothes, with a kind and gentle face, full of great wishes on his face, beautiful sparkles in his eyes, sitting cross-legged on a twelve-petaled golden lotus, with a golden giant tree behind him.

  "The Bodhi is originally no tree, and the bright mirror is also not a stand."

  The Buddha-nature is always pure and clean; where can dust and dirt exist?

  The mind is a Bodhi tree, the body is a bright mirror stand.

  A bright mirror is originally clean and pure; where can dust and dirt come from? The Bodhi tree was originally no tree; the bright mirror is also not a stand.

  Originally there is not a single thing, where can dust be stirred up? The Bodhi tree is only to be sought in the mind, why bother seeking it outside with effort? It's said that by practicing according to this, the Western Pure Land is right before your eyes!

  As the old man spoke, a golden lotus suddenly surged forth, his tongue unfolding like a lotus flower. Golden characters flew up into the air, forming a golden lotus one moment, a Bodhi tree the next, and then a golden world where people were serene and free from worries.

  "All phenomena are empty and false. If you see all phenomena as non-phenomena, then you see the Tathagata."

  All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows; they should be regarded as such.

  Time is impermanent, the country's foundation is fragile, the four great sufferings are empty, the five aggregates have no self, birth and death change and differ, false and without a master, the mind is the source of evil, the body is a prison of sin.

  Again, K?itigarbha, in the future, if there are good men and women who cultivate wholesome roots in the Buddha's teachings, whether by making offerings, repairing stupas and temples, or copying scriptures, even to the extent of a single hair, a single grain of sand, or a single drop of water. Such meritorious deeds, if dedicated to the Dharma Realm, will bring infinite merit to that person for hundreds and thousands of lifetimes, resulting in supreme bliss. However, if they are dedicated solely to one's own family or personal gain, the reward will be limited to three lifetimes, with a single act bringing a thousandfold return. Therefore, K?itigarbha, this is how the causes and conditions of generosity work.

  The Buddha said: When I contemplate the four elements in my body, each has its own name, but none of them are me. They are all empty, like an illusion.

  "A" represents the ten directions and three periods of Buddhas, "Mi" represents all Bodhisattvas. "Ta" represents the teachings of the eight thousand sages, and the three characters together are complete. The phrase "Amitabha Buddha" is the king of Buddhas, the king of Dharma, the king of mantras, and the king of merits. Single-mindedly reciting "Namo Amitabha Buddha" is equivalent to holding all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, scriptures, and practices in one's mind. This is what is meant by "the 84,000 Dharma gates are fully contained within six characters." It also means that "the eight teachings of the Mahayana and the five schools of Buddhism are completely encompassed." Not only can one attain birth in the Pure Land at the end of life, but one can also obtain peace and happiness in body and mind in this very life.

  A sound of the Great Tao spread throughout the entire Western Wilderness, enveloping the entire West in a golden light, forming an enormous Buddha image that appeared behind one's head, revealing the Extreme Bliss World!

  "The World-Honored One, as before, made offerings to the infinite merits of the Dharma. The merit of making offerings to the Dharma for a single thought is equal to the infinite merits. This accomplishment brings about the infinite results of the Buddha's enlightenment and attains the ultimate blissful reward!" Countless disciples were filled with reverence, suddenly enlightened, and spoke out in unison with profound words.

  Majestic and unyielding, the Zhōu Shān mountain range stands under the auspices of Pangu's will. Here, an aura of inviolable sanctity prevails. However, in a bygone era, the cataclysmic war among the three tribes rent the heavens asunder, unleashing a miasma of malevolent energy that enfeebled Pangu's will upon Zhōu Shān, giving rise to a primordial cave, known as Tiān Wài Tiān, which was subsequently seized by the founder of the Vermilion Dawn Sect.

  Chi Ming Tao Zu is a figure of the same era as Hong Jun, who was born from the essence of fire in the Primordial Heaven and cultivated the Way of Fire Transformation into Rainbow.

  Leaving the fire to rainbow, straight up nine million miles, one step across ten million miles of space, can be said to be the ancestor of speed. Therefore, the character is carefree and unmatched, never accepting apprentices, traveling everywhere in the vast wilderness, collecting spiritual treasures, exploring the land.

  However, today he was unusually solemn, sitting cross-legged in the Tianwai Tiandong Mansion on Mount Buzhou, gazing at the vast expanse of the Honghuang Great Sun, his expression changing endlessly.

  "Ancestral Dragon, Hunyuan, Luohou, Qiankun, Yin and Yang, and even the unparalleled Hongjun Daoist, alas, they are not easy to deal with. Having survived the Great Calamity of Heaven's Creation, can't they just hide and cultivate in peace? Still vying for the position of Sage, isn't this self-imposed bondage? Alas, I don't care, I'll cultivate my own Dao, regardless of whether the world is chaotic or not. Pangu, Pangu, in this life, I'll only be carefree, don't count me in, heh heh, my two disciples are about to make their debut, with the body of the Three-Legged Golden Crow and the Sun, their innate talents are quite satisfactory!" Lu Ye stroked his whiskers, gazing at the sun in the sky, muttering to himself.

  To the north of Mount Bu Zhou, there is a cultivation holy land that is 100,000 zhang high and extremely large, known as the Hong Dao Holy Land. On it are four old immortals with great magical powers, comparable to those of the Ancestral Dragon.

  One is the Ancestor of Qiankun, with feet treading on the Qiankun diagram, bringing all the mountains and rivers within his embrace.

  The second is Yang Mei Old Ancestor, with an empty heart and a willow-like transformation. One hand can control space and achieve the ultimate in defying heaven, good at collecting treasures.

  Third is Yin Yang Lao Zu. It means that the Ultimateless gives rise to the Great Ultimate, the Great Ultimate transforms into yin and yang, yin and yang change into the Five Elements. One hand holds the great way of yin and yang, known as the method of dissolving all things.

  Fourth is Kunwu Laozu, known as a great mountain that calms the chaotic void. He cultivates the Way of Suppression and holds in his hand the Primordial Spirit Treasure, Mount Kunwu, weighing 10 million tons, suppressing all under heaven.

  Four powerful old immortals, with ardent hearts, regarded themselves as spreading the Tao to benefit all people. They spread their great Tao far and wide across the vast lands, benefiting countless living beings, causing countless living beings to regard themselves as disciples of the sacred land of spreading the Tao.

  The names of the four old immortals were unmatched in the Primordial Chaos, even surpassing the majestic and awe-inspiring Ancestral Dragon. The Sacred Land of the Vast Expanse also became a sacred place in the hearts of most living beings in the Primordial Chaos, becoming their faith.

  Apart from these forces, the Desolate Era also saw the emergence of powerful ethnic groups such as the Witch Clan and the Spirit Clan. Countless mysterious lands also appeared, which were extremely perilous but contained great Daos and spiritual treasures, attracting the attention of even the most powerful beings in the Desolate Era.

  However, no one knows that in a mysterious place called Yun Xiao Mountain, there lives a Taoist named Hong Jun. He is seen with a jade butterfly on his head, his eyes are murky, and he gazes at the sky. His hands form a mysterious hand seal as he says, "The profound clarity of the void is the Way. The Pre-Heavenly Sage grasps the Heavenly Way, from this creation is hidden in the palm, achieving eternal life that will never perish! Emptiness, emptiness, emptiness, an empty heart without bounds!"

  Not mentioning the changes in the vast wilderness, the southern wilderness was indeed blowing with waves of toxic storms, gathering towards a desolate mountain. A white-haired young man was constantly pinching his fingers into a mysterious handprint, setting up a mysterious formation, continuously absorbing the toxic aura from the southern wilderness, causing the southern wilderness to slowly regain its vitality.

  "The Chaotic Heavenly Array is indeed not to be underestimated, it's no wonder that the Chaotic Array ranks among the top ten killing arrays. It's perfect for absorbing evil energy. No wonder Pangu used it to cultivate the twelve ancestral witches. Haha! Before leaving, I absorbed the toxic evil energy from the Southern Wilderness, restoring vitality to this place, which can be considered a meritorious deed!" The young man said.

  This white-haired young man is Huang Xiaoyou. After saving Bai Qi, he set up the Hunyuan Tianxia formation and absorbed the poisonous evil spirits from thousands of miles away in Nanhuang. This process has been going on for hundreds of years, and the entire Nanhuang has been slowly recovering its vitality, with the earth's veins reborn, giving birth to spiritual energy, trees regaining their vitality, and forming piece after piece of forest.

  Huang Xiaoyao had already thought out his next itinerary, the first stop being the Southern Fire Domain in the south of Nanhuang, the birthplace of the Phoenix Tribe. This was what he promised to You Huan, and also the wish of the Ancestral Phoenix who was currently cultivating in the Barbarian Dragon Realm.