novelLand of Reincarnation
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Xiao Chen's group of three trailed behind Xie Zixuan from a distance. Along the way, they found the various hells changed.
The sinister and gloomy atmosphere was gone. Instead, it was peaceful and auspicious. Even the sky was clear.
Everywhere they went, they did not see a single wandering spirit or feral ghost. What was more, there were no scary, aggrieved spirits and malicious ghosts.
Xiao Chen felt startled. Could it be that the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva had purified all of the aggrieved spirits of hell?
He had sworn not to become a Buddha if hell was not empty!
The sins in Xiao Chen's body were once a part of hell. Back then, the Azure Emperor snatched them over.
Now, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva had already purified all of the sins the Azure Emperor had taken. Then, he also purified all of the aggrieved spirits of hell.
Does this mean that the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva already accomplished his great ambition?
With this thought, Xiao Chen stopped. Then, he raised his head and looked coldly at Xie Zixuan's figure in the distance.
"Azure Dragon King, what's wrong?" the Ghost Empress, Xi Xun, asked as she stepped forward, feeling confused.
Qing Cheng, who was at the side, also did not know why Xiao Chen suddenly stopped.
Xiao Chen muttered, "We might be entering a trap. The other party is probably luring us over."
The Ghost Empress and Qing Cheng exchanged looks, feeling extremely shocked.
What kind of enemy could this be for the Azure Dragon King, an existence who defeated the Demonic God, to find it difficult to deal with?
However, the two quickly discovered that they had misunderstood Xiao Chen.
"On the other hand, this is fine as well. This saves me some effort. We'll just wait here for him, " Xiao Chen said softly, smiling faintly.
Qing Cheng thought to herself, The current Xiao Chen is really confident.
Indeed. After a while, a patch of Buddhist light emerged before them.
Amid Buddhist chanting, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva appeared, sitting on a lotus flower platform, in the sky with a group of arhats.
Two novice Buddhist monks flanked the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva, holding up a canopy over his head.
There were eight hundred arhats dressed in kasayas, all of them clutching Buddhist prayer beads in one hand and forming hand seals with the other, radiating rings of Buddhist light.
Like stars around a moon, they praised the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva, glorifying him. He seemed benevolent, his eyes narrowed as he spoke.
"You are indeed the Azure Emperor's descendant. You are very intelligent and quick-witted. You should just follow this bodhisattva and join the Buddhist sect. With me caring for you in the outer realm, you are guaranteed a rapid rise."
"You already purified all of the aggrieved spirits of hell?"
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. As he looked over, he found that the other party appeared somewhat unfathomable.
"Benefactor Xiao, your guess is right. I left a clone here and purified the aggrieved spirits of hell. Now, my main body and my clone have merged back together and already purified all of the aggrieved spirits of hell. My Ancient Buddha Qi has already spread throughout the Kunlun Realm. Once the Buddhist sect holy land in the outer realm notices my Qi, the high-ranking monks of the Buddhist sect will immediately come and receive me.
"As long as you are willing, you can achieve salvation the moment you turn away from evil. With the Buddhist sect powerhouses making a move, you can easily leave this abandoned land with me, " the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva said. His Dharmic Incarnation appeared solemn and dignified. When he spoke, his words sounded like some kind of great principle, inspiring respect and submission from others.
Xiao Chen smiled coldly and retorted, "What if I'm not willing?"
"May the Lord Buddha preserve us! In that case, this old monk can only forcibly purify you and wash you of your sins."
The many arhats leaped out and gazed at Xiao Chen with sinister expressions. The Buddhist prayer beads in their hands shone with bright light as they sent out the Buddhist swastika mark.
When eight hundred arhats attacked en masse, they looked very mighty. However, Xiao Chen was someone who had experienced an epic war with Demons.
This was nothing next to that. Eight hundred arhats would just be like eight hundred Martial Emperors.
An ordinary Prime would probably fear this. After all, the destructive power of eight hundred Martial Emperors attacking together was extremely terrifying.
However, Xiao Chen was different. His Azure Dragon War Body gave him a physical defense that surpassed that of the Heaven Punishing Corpse God.
His Veritable Essence Energy was an energy that surpassed Primordial Energy. Furthermore, the fight with the Demonic God had led to many comprehensions.
Xiao Chen's cultivation had grown considerably, but the improvement of his combat prowess was even more remarkable.
"Sharp Spirit Finger, break!"
Xiao Chen could not be bothered with wasting time. Against the simultaneous attacks of the eight hundred arhats, he directly executed the Sharp Spirit Finger.
"Crack." The countless swastika symbols instantly shattered, and the bodies of the eight hundred arhats exploded into a pool of blood, dying on the spot.
"You..."
The K?itigarbha Bodhisattva's expression changed drastically. He had not expected the eight hundred to be killed instantly by Xiao Chen when they attacked together.
Xiao Chen asked indifferently, "K?itigarbha Bodhisattva, did you not see my fight with the Demonic God? Are you still not clear on my strength? To think you tried to set a trap for me. Don't you know that is exactly what I wanted?"
The moment Xiao Chen said that, he glared. Blood surged in his eyes, and Dragon Might gathered. His eyes suddenly turned dazzlingly golden.
These were the Great Desolate Divine Eyes that the members of the Great Desolate Hundred Races had.
Under the strong pressure, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva's Buddhist light withdrew entirely into his body, firmly suppressed and unable to unleash any Buddhist Might at all.
"Damn it! How are you so strong? Even the Azure Emperor back then was not at this level!"
The K?itigarbha Bodhisattva panicked. In his original expectations, even if Xiao Chen became strong, he would only be as strong as the Azure Emperor back then.
How could the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva have anticipated that Xiao Chen's strength would surpass the Azure Emperor's?
This was far from what the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva, who just recovered some of his true strength, could handle.
Damn it! The K?itigarbha Bodhisattva wished that he could slap himself heavily. To think he thought himself clever and lured the other party over to the Nine Layers of Purgatory!
If the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva had known, he would have just found a place to hide while waiting for the Buddhist sect powerhouse to receive him and take him away from the abandoned land.
The lotus flower platform immediately sped off, carrying the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva away in retreat towards the Yellow Springs Road.
"Wait for me for a while."
Xiao Chen left this instruction and set out in pursuit alone. One fled and one chased. Soon, they passed the Gates of Hell and entered the Yellow Springs Road, where the world was only black and white.
Yellow Springs Road, Yellow Springs Road. Never, ever look back.
Xiao Chen remembered that back then, he had been very wary when he walked this Yellow Springs Road, feeling very nervous. Now that he came to this place again, he was chasing the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva, who was fleeing in a panic.
The matters of the world toyed with men.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Xiao Chen sent out strands of saber light towards the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva in front.
Everywhere the strands of saber light appeared, this black-and-white world gained color, looking brighter.
Now, Xiao Chen could do what the Azure Emperor could do back then. Due to his comprehension of the Saber Dao, it was even easier for him.
Speaking of which, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva was truly unfortunate. Ten thousand years ago, he ran into the Azure Emperor, who used the Demonic Dao to gain the Dao.
Ten thousand years later, after making a comeback with much difficulty, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva ran into Xiao Chen, who was even scarier than the Azure Emperor.
This showed that heaven did not permit such an evil bodhisattva to bring disaster to the world.
While this looked like a coincidence, the cause and effect had already been put into place. It would be difficult to go against karma.
"Damn it! Why are the major characters of the outer realm's Buddhist sect not making a move yet? Could it be that after all my schemes and my bitter vigil in hell for so many years, I am fated to end up with nothing?"
The K?itigarbha Bodhisattva continued to dodge the saber lights, no longer putting on airs like he had earlier. Now, he was panicking and in a sorry state.
"Puc ci!"
A strand of saber light struck the lotus flower platform, which immediately disappeared. Caught off guard, he immediately fell.
The K?itigarbha Bodhisattva fell into the sea of bitterness below, kicking up a large splash. After he climbed back up, he continued running forward.
In front was where the six paths of reincarnation were. If he kept running, he would run out of space to flee.
"Lord Buddha, could it be that I, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva, have reached the end of my road?!"
The K?itigarbha Bodhisattva turned around with some despair. As he looked at Xiao Chen, his eyes filled with rage.
Xiao Chen said indifferently, "Might I ask this bodhisattva if he still wants to take me in?"
"Your Dragon Race is truly hateful. If not for the Daoist sect making a move back then, the Buddhist sect would have purified them and turned all of you into our guard dogs. To think that I, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva, a legendary character, would fall at the hands of you, a dog!" the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva shouted furiously, unable to contain his rage.
Xiao Chen had heard the old Dragon Horse mention this before. There was a time when the Buddhist sect nearly drove the Dragon Race to extinction. Many of the Dragon Race members had been purified and turned into guardian Divine Beasts for the Buddhist sect.
After that, the Buddhist and Daoist sects fought each other, which gave the Dragon Race a chance to survive and gradually increase in number. The Dragon Race had rerisen only after the Blood-Soaked Dragon Emperor.
Just at this moment, a beam of light suddenly descended and encased the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva.
This light illuminated the entire Yellow Springs Road. Xiao Chen felt a slightly piercing pain in his eyes and moved back a few steps.
"Rapture light? Hahaha! There are no dead ends in the world! Xiao Chen, our matter will definitely not end so easily. When I cultivate my Buddhist Golden Body, no matter where in the world you hide, I will find you and end this karma!"
[TL Note: The literal translation for what I called "rapture light" is actually "receiving light." It is basically the Buddhist concept of being received into the pure land or holy land. However, "receiving light" did not make that much sense in English; since the concept shares some similarities with the rapture, I went with "rapture light."]
Being rescued from an impossible situation, the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva laughed maniacally in great joy.
Xiao Chen was somewhat stunned. Was Liu Ruyue summoned like this as well?
However, it was not that simple for the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva to leave!
"Dragon Blood Soul Breaking Finger!"
Suddenly, a horrific aura erupted from Xiao Chen's body. A certain will burst forth from him, merging with the world.
The glistening might and pressure dimmed that rapture light somewhat.
Once Xiao Chen sent out the finger attack, sin poured out of the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva's body continuously in beams of scarlet light.
"Ah!"
The K?itigarbha Bodhisattva's face twisted in pain from the rebound of sin. He wanted to say something, but before he could, the rapture light took him away.
Xiao Chen stood upright with his hands clasped behind his back as he contemplated whether the other party had died or not.
However, even if the K?itigarbha Bodhisattva had not died, he would not be in good condition anyway. Although he left the abandoned land, he would likely end up a cripple.
Xiao Chen collected his thoughts and looked at the six paths of reincarnation before him.
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