Chapter 9.5 Sanctification

  "Oh my god! Taishang Laojun is going all out. Brothers, are we going to resist or retreat? Decide quickly. My Golden Steel Bracelet can't withstand such a huge flame." The monster urged while activating its maximum defensive magic and turning back to ask the crowd.

  "Second brother, aren't you harming us? With nothing better to do, why provoke that old man? He's already so irritable, and you're still provoking him. This time it's gone too far. In the past, when the monkey stirred up a few bricks, they turned into Flaming Mountain; this time, won't the entire Nine Provinces be burned?"

  "Oh no, old cow, don't talk nonsense, let's hurry up and work hard, otherwise you'll become beef jerky soon."

  This is what Pengmo Wang said in a hurry. I'm afraid that after this big war, if Pengmo Wang is lucky enough not to die, he probably won't get close to fire for the rest of his life.

  On the other hand, Taishang Laojun was also secretly suffering. Although this fire was from the Bagua furnace, and the Bagua furnace was originally Taishang Laojun's magical treasure, but once it broke out, it was truly terrifying. Moreover, when Laojun was furious at that time, he exploded the Bagua furnace and added all the fuel into the Bagua fire, which made it a heavenly thunder stirring up the earthly fire.

  What a treasure is the Bagua furnace? This is the object of Taishang Laojun's verification. It is a pre-heavenly treasure, and the fire in the furnace has been burning since Pangu opened the sky. Now that the two are combined, its power can be imagined.

  "Brother, help me."

  At this sentence, Lao Jun's mind was slightly distracted, and the Bagua fire overflowed with a thread, instantly burning that space into nothingness, pitch black.

  Seeing the power of this flame, Niú Mó Wáng and others' faces turned green. What the hell is this fire? It's comparable to the chaotic flow in the void of the nine heavens! The space itself was burned away; if it touched one's body, just thinking about it would be terrifying beyond measure.

  Then everyone's footsteps involuntarily slowed down and retreated backwards.

  Stillness, an unparalleled stillness, even more shocking and still than the sight of Tang Sanzang's Peach Blossom Rain just now.

  In this eerie silence, two sighs were faintly heard. One was from the Tongtian Sect Master, and the other came from Tang Sanzang beside the Western Xia Queen.

  The Heavenly Master sighed, it was a pity that the Supreme Elder's cultivation had come to this, they were fellow disciples and brothers for tens of millions of years, this feeling wasn't ordinary deep.

  Nowadays, the Taishang Laojun self-destructed his original name Fa Bao, and his cultivation was 80-90% gone. Moreover, it greatly damaged the foundation of Taoism. Even if he didn't die this time, in the future, he would become a third-rate immortal god. Unless... reincarnation and rebirth.

  What's even more severe is that these flames, once they fall to the mortal world, will harm countless living beings. The causal karma from this alone would be enough for the Jade Pure One to bear. In short, the Jade Pure One is done for.

  But why did Tang Sanzang sigh?

  Time rewound to the moment when Tongtian Sect Master discovered Laojun's anomaly and shouted "Master, slow down!" At this time, Tang Sanzang also sensed Taishang Laojun's intention, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at Xiliang Queen beside him with a deep sense of reluctance and helplessness in his eyes.

  The Queen of Western Liang didn't say a word, as if she understood everything. She then stretched out her slender wrist, gently held Sanzang's head, and slowly lowered it to lightly kiss his forehead. In her eyes were dense, unresolvable love and determination.

  After the kiss, he took out a small, round stone from the perfume pouch on his waist and placed it in Sanzang's hand.

  Then, she stood up and danced. Beside Tripitaka, on that lotus platform, under the icy killing intent, she danced so freely. Letting go of everything as if nothing existed, with only Tripitaka by her side. As her dance became more urgent, the Queen of Western Liang's figure grew fainter. Finally, it faded away until it disappeared. At the same time, on the Dharma Flower surrounding Tripitaka, three emerald green leaves appeared.

  And Sanzang was already in tears.

  The left hand grasping the stone tightened, and then Sanzang stood up. Just as Sanzang stood up and raised his head, a vast and mighty aura swept across the seven realms and eight desolations.

  At this time, Sanzang's eyes no longer had sorrow and reluctance, but instead had a fierce overbearing aura and the courage to sacrifice his life.

  Tang Sanzang has become a saint.

  Not by force of arms, nor by merit of works.

  But it is unprecedented in history, and proves the truth with love.

  Everyone was shocked again.

  The shock experienced on this day. Almost more than a lifetime. So much that everyone thought they had an illusion, thinking they were dreaming. Although this dream is incredibly real.

  However, all those present, including Tongtian Jiao and Taishang Laojun, were unwilling to believe that someone could attain enlightenment so easily.

  Since Pangu opened up the sky and earth, which of the proofs of the supreme Tao has not been believed in for thousands of generations, and which one has not been felt bit by bit to understand the heavenly way?

  At first, Nüwa created humans and refined the five-colored divine stone to repair the sky. Only then did she use her merits and virtues to prove the Tao, and thus became a saint. From this, we can see that proving the Tao and becoming a saint is how difficult and hard it is.

  But did Tang Sanzang become a saint just like that? Without doing anything, without saying anything, without any earth-shaking or heaven-stirring words, he just quietly went from sitting to standing and became a saint, becoming an indestructible existence.

  Tang Sanzang slowly extended his left hand, and the constantly swirling Transformation Flower gently landed on the back of his hand. With extreme tenderness, he stroked it with his right hand, then drew a line across a green leaf with his index finger before lowering it down.

  The green leaf seemed to have a spiritual nature, and after shaking for a few times, it flew away from the Bodhi flower, circled around Tripitaka once, and landed on his forehead. However, it didn't stay for long and flew away again in an instant. This time, it flew directly to the side of Peng Demon King and circled around his severed arm.

  At this time, a shocking thing happened. Originally due to the lack of soul, Pengmo Wang would never be able to grow out his arms again, but unexpectedly, new arms grew out. Although the newly grown arms were still slightly tender, there was no doubt that these arms were truly real arms.

  The Demon King Peng was already shocked and didn't know what to say, his originally incomplete soul not only became whole but also more refined and condensed. The Demon King Peng believed that after returning and stabilizing it a bit, it would be equivalent to his 300 years of bitter cultivation.

  This green leaf, after healing Pengmo Wang's arm, flew above the crowd again. A lush and luxuriant emerald mist fell down, and all those who were splashed by this mist had their previous injuries immediately recovered. Moreover, a faint emerald glow lingered on their bodies.

  This was Tang Sanzang finally speaking up, he gazed calmly at his surroundings and said: "This green light can instantly heal everyone's injuries and has a very strong fire-resistant effect. Next, please assist me, I will now subdue the flames of Laojun."

  The unhurried and gentle words, combined with the magical green leaves and the transformation flower, caused everyone's confidence to skyrocket.

  As the saying goes, one family's joy is another family's worry. The Tongtian Sect Master was extremely anxious at this time. He couldn't have imagined that Tang Sanzang would suddenly become a saint at this critical moment. Although the stalemate had been broken by the arrival of Bai Gujing and others, it was still a close call, but Tang Sanzang's sudden enlightenment forced Tongtian Sect Master to go all out as well. Otherwise, Lao Jun's Eight Trigrams Furnace would have exploded in vain.

  These words are tedious, but in fact, it's just an instant. Just as Tongtian was about to go all out, he suddenly felt that the power used by Bodhi Old Ancestor to suppress himself had decreased slightly. What kind of person is Tongtian? Although this is only a fleeting moment, Tongtian still seized the opportunity.

  His whole body's Fa power surged forth, and the Bodhi Tree actually shook violently for a moment. Taking advantage of this shaking, Tongtian had already managed to break free.

  The Patriarch Bodhi's face changed color, and then he shouted loudly: "Everyone, hurry up and take action, Wukong is in trouble."

  This cry was no different from a giant stone falling into the lake, stirring up layer upon layer of ripples.

  The first to take action was not Tang Sanzang, but rather Niu Mo Wang.

  The Bull Demon King's eyes turned bright red as his magic surged. His hands, gripping the iron club, bulged with veins, and he shot forward like an arrow towards the Heavenly Master. The iron club, imbued with the Bull Demon King's full strength, was raised high, with a momentum that seemed to split the sky, and came crashing down on the Heavenly Master. If this blow were to land, even Mount Tai might be reduced to dust.

  The slightly slower one was Tang Sanzang's green leaf, which did not fly towards Lao Jun's flame, but stopped beside the Huahua flower. The Huahua flower seemed to have a feeling, and its bright petals shook, and countless bright petals flew out from the Huahua flower, rolling endlessly towards Lao Jun's direction. The green leaf stopped beside the flower, and if you looked closely, you would see that the petals were continuously emitting a weak green light, and all the petals were rolling out through the green light.

  After Tang San made his move, the rest of the people also came to their senses one after another, and they all used their most powerful techniques.

  The Hundred Eyes Demon Lord suddenly opened countless eyes on his body and shot dazzling rays at the Tongtian Sect Master.

  Hong Haier's four-true flame wrapped around the fire-tip spear also shot towards Tongtian.

  The pale skull of Bai Gu Jing, the three-eyed god wind of Huang Feng Guai and so on all poured onto the body of Tong Tian Jiao Zhu.

  Why is everyone attacking Tongtian Jiaozhu and ignoring Taishang Laojun?

  That's because the Tai Shang Lao Jun and the eight trigrams of fire behind him have been covered by endless flower rain, and among them, you can vaguely see the six-headed Tian Mo flying up and down after being transformed.

  A moment later, a scream accompanied by a roar and an ear-splitting explosion rang out simultaneously.

  At this time, taking a closer look, the one who let out a miserable cry was actually the Monkey King in mid-air. It could be seen that the Monkey King had a blood-red long needle inserted into his chest, and behind him was the Bull Demon King. The Bull Demon King's situation wasn't good either, his arms were covered in blood and flesh, his tendons and veins were all severed, and faintly visible were his white bones.

  The angry shout was from Tongtian's master. Although Tongtian had severely injured the Bull Demon King and the Macaque King, he himself was also left in a rather sorry state by everyone's attacks.

  "Ahh, Monkey King! Ahh... Heavenly Grandmaster, you and I are sworn enemies!"

  It turns out that the Bull Demon King's one move not only failed to harm Tongtian, but was instead blocked by Tongtian's top-grade treasure, the Wheel of Reincarnation, and all its power was reflected back. So the Bull Demon King ended up injuring himself with his own move. Just as the Bull Demon King was rendered helpless by the counterforce, Tongtian still wouldn't let up, and subsequently shot out the top-grade treasure, Blood Shadow Needle.

  Blood Shadow Needle: Top-grade Pre-Heaven Spirit Treasure. Originated from the treasures of the Underworld Blood Sea. There are a total of 129,600 needles. It is an extremely poisonous treasure. Once this treasure is activated, those who are affected will instantly turn into blood water.

  Just as the Blood Shadow Needle was about to hit Bull Demon King, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him at an extremely fast speed.

  A bloodstained needle was deeply inserted into his heart.

  Yaozu Seven Victories - Monkey King, fallen in battle. Not even having time to say a final word.