Chapter Thirty-One: The Past Buddha's Body

  Hongjun has already harmonized his body with the Tao, and led away a piece of heart disease. The current focus is on how to become a saint, as for Emperor Jun, it will be temporarily put aside, and the account will be settled later. Jiying and Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru to sort out what they had gained.

  The numerous powerful beings in the vast wilderness also have different thoughts. Now that the Six Saints have been established, they have become lofty existences. Even if they haven't become saints, it's not something these powerful beings can covet. Emperor Jun and Taiyi are filled with boundless regret and extreme worry. They absolutely refuse to be content with being beneath the saints, wanting to make a desperate struggle.

  Zhun Ti has already used the Regicide Gun and the Qian Kun Ding to kill two corpses, but he still can't find a way to kill his obsession. Instead, he gained insight into the method of condensing the Golden Body from the Dao Zu's lecture, and after a brief exchange with Jie Yin, he went to condense the Golden Body.

  Jieyin seems to have a feeling about the obsession, but still can't cut it out quickly. However, Jieyin's cause and effect of the Great Tao has made progress again. Jieyin took out the Red Lotus of Karma Fire, held it in his hand, and merged a point of his own refined Karma Fire into it. He then performed the Great Dharma, and saw the Karma Fire rise up to several meters high, burning fiercely as if it were going to incinerate heaven and earth. Jieyin revealed his three Chaotic Sheli, separated one from them and let it fall onto the Red Lotus. The Red Lotus grew bigger and bigger, seemingly about to give birth to something among the twelve grades of lotus flowers.

  For thousands of years, the chaotic sarira transformed into a vague human figure, an extremely old elder wearing dark red robes, with features that could not be discerned clearly.

  The Great Law of Escort and Motivation, the countless karma fires of the Red Lotus, along with the main body of the Red Lotus itself, all entered into this person's shadow, becoming a ball of burning karma fire. Gradually, this ball of karma fire grew smaller, shrinking down to only the size of a fist.

  Jieyin knew that this was the most critical moment, and without hesitation, he poured all his karma into it, along with his own understanding of the Great Way.

  After a long time, a loud noise shook the sky and the flames dispersed, revealing an old man with a red lotus under his feet. This was the Buddha of Karma, condensed from the karma fire and the red lotus, embodying the complete understanding of the law of cause and effect. He could control the most mysterious power of cause and effect between heaven and earth, and his strength was immeasurable. As long as he gathered enough karma fire, he could erase a person's merit, even that of a saint. For example, if Nüwa relied on her merit to become a saint, would she still be a saint if her merit were erased?

  This is absolutely a threat to the existence of saints, and now it's still far from enough. I'm afraid that even if it's increased by ten thousand times, it will be just barely sufficient. However, this alone is enough to become a powerful trump card for Jieyin. Once the Buddha body of Karma Fire is formed, it's different from the previous few times when Jieyin used his own karma to condense the Karma Fire. After all, the quantity was limited back then. Now that the Buddha body of Karma Fire has gained an understanding of the Great Way of Karma, it can continue to cultivate its own karma and absorb the karma of all living beings from the heavens and the earth to strengthen itself.

  As long as the time is sufficient to guide the industry fire Buddha body, it will definitely have the power to kill the holy ones. The guide knows that this big killer is best not to let outsiders know, otherwise, the three purities will fight for their lives and first abolish themselves, so don't expect them to be able to infight anymore.

  The Buddha's body has reached an unprecedented level in the application of karma, and it would be unwise not to use it in future struggles. Jieyin thought for a long time and came up with a complete solution. In Buddhism, there is the concept of three bodies of the Buddha: the past, present, and future Buddhas. What does "past" mean? To Jieyin, the past refers to cause and effect; whether it's people or objects, their pasts are all formed by the accumulation of causes and effects.

  A single thought arises and karma is born, a single thought ceases and the fruit is achieved. The Buddha's body of karma fire is the true Buddha of the past. With a hint of the ultimate truth, a mysterious change occurred in the Buddha's body of karma fire. The red Taoist robe on his body turned into something similar to the monk's robe of later generations, and the color also changed to golden yellow. The feeling it gave people was also vastly different, no longer evoking fear and trepidation from the karma fire, but rather as if one had caught a glimpse of their own past, like countless memories gathering together, causing one to become entranced without realizing it.

  Once you are indulged in it, countless karma fires will cut off your merits, stir up your cause and effect, and ultimately lead to your death and disappearance. It is extremely dangerous, who has no past, who can have no memory? The power of karma is triggered by this, and prevention is not enough. This is absolutely different from the ordinary illusory realm that can stir up heart demons, which only requires a round and smooth dao heart. These karma fires, no matter how perfect your mental state is, will make you live in the world, as long as you have a past, it's hard to escape death.

  Under the heavens, merits are limited, while karma is infinite. The true Buddha of the past was a nightmare for practitioners. The task of the present Buddha is to purify and equalize the accumulated causes and effects of the past true Buddha, and then shine brightly.

  The past Buddha's body has been formed, and it will no longer be disturbed by cause and effect. The Dao heart is full, and the attachment to thoughts is clear. Only when the opportunity arrives can one cut off the three corpses. To speak of the attachment to the idea of "who am I?" - this question becomes more distant yet clearer with time. One's past life and present life are guided by the Dao, the master of all Buddhas, a chaotic demon god, or one of countless cultivators seeking the Great Way in the world... And then there is another voice telling oneself: you are just an ordinary university student, this is only a dream, wake up...

  Jieyin lightly stepped out of the thatched hut and arrived at the Xinqing Palace, summoning Maitreya and Yaoshi. Upon seeing that both disciples had attained the Great Luo state, with Yaoshi having reached perfection, he was overjoyed.

  "The pharmacist, the master has never given you any treasure. This time in the Purple Mansion, my brother and I have also made a fortune, so let's give you a few treasures." As he spoke, he took out a pearl and a wooden fish.

  "This is the seven-treasured pearl of Sha Men, deeply connected to the teachings of our Buddhist sect. It's a pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, and this wooden fish is also a pre-heavenly spiritual treasure. In my early years as a master, I even obtained the remnants of the Tian Mo Tower, which have now been refined through karma fire. As soon as your Master Uncle comes out of seclusion, I'll use the Qian Kun Ding to refine a magical artifact for you. As for what kind of artifact to practice, you can choose yourself." The Medicine Master hastily accepted the seven-treasured pearl and wooden fish, bowing his head in respect.

  "Master Shi Bo is biased, why don't I have any?" Maitreya knew the temper of the guide and straightforwardly asked for the Dharma treasure.

  "How dare you, Maitreya, say that I'm biased! The Treasure Cave of the Taoist Ancestor is a supreme treasure that can give birth to the Chaotic Spirit Treasure. Why didn't I let the Medicine Buddha take it? Instead, I let you have it cheaply?" Escort glared at Maitreya fiercely.

  "What's so special about that broken stone over there?"

  "Do you think the founder of the sect can use so many pre-heavenly treasures like scraps?"

  Maitreya wasn't unaware of the value of Fenbao Rock, but after studying it for a long time without discovering anything, and with both Jieyin and Zhuan Ti in closed meditation, he left Fenbao Rock in his bedroom, using it as a stone bed. Now that he heard Fenbao Rock had such a great origin, he hastily picked it up.

  "Master Shibo, what's this big stone going to be used for?" Mile asked with a smile.

  A wave of the hand, a blast of industrial fire shot out, and the treasure rock quickly ignited, turning a boulder several meters in size into a small, dark grey stone block only one meter square.

  The flames of industry that ignited it are also hard to burn, this is the true body of the Chaotic Spirit Treasure, although its essence has gone, but it's still an extraordinary object.

  The atmosphere at home and school is too different, Xiaodao got sick, this chapter is a bit late, but I'll try my best to get two more chapters out tonight. Also, fellow daoists should pay attention to keeping warm, as the saying goes "keep warm and think..." Hehe