Chapter 1734 — The Mortal World a Purgatory, No Buddha in All the Heavens

The ancient-god monk's eyelid twitched. He looked at his nose, his nose at his heart, and walked past the Tathagata Zhankong, who lay deep in slumber, into the twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm.

At that same moment, Shen Mu was speeding straight for the Great Thunderclap Monastery, thinking: "Senior Brother Wei leads the Yulin Guard and has the strength to fight a Heavenly Worthy; for the time being he can keep himself safe. The two Xuanwu Emperors hold their ancestral lands, and their strength is fierce beyond measure; they can hold off two of Lord Lingguan's avatars for a while! I cannot delay. I have no time to hunt down the three Lingguan ancient-god avatars here, so let them hold out a little longer! " The twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm are vast beyond measure.

The twenty heavens are the realm of the Buddhas; the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha, with great wisdom, founded the School of Mind and attained the Tathagata realm, cultivating from the Yama realm all the way to the Great Brahma Heaven realm, and as his state of mind rose, so too did his cultivation.

King Buddha Li Youran of the Indra Heaven, for instance, had cultivated his mind to the Indra Heaven realm, second only to the Great Brahma Heaven realm. To cultivate to the Great Brahma Heaven realm was extraordinarily difficult; though Li Youran of the Indra Heaven had reached the Imperial Throne realm, he had not attained the Great Brahma Heaven realm, and was still very far from it.

Advancement in the state of mind is the hardest of all.

The ancient-god monk passed through one heaven of the Buddhist realm after another until he came to the Indra Heaven, and suddenly his heart went cold; he hurriedly looked up, and there beyond the twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm a vast head was rising slowly, rings of samsara light revolving behind it, its halo shrouding all twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm! That body was more colossal than the twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm, taller than Mount Sumeru; a single head alone was more immense than an entire heaven!

"Seventh Young Master.

. . " The ancient-god monk's heart lurched, then he steadied himself. He had altered his face and changed his appearance, and he reckoned that even one who had attained the Dao could not see through it.

"I have too many avatars, and by now they have scattered to different places; to gather them back and reassemble my body to fight the Seventh Young Master is no longer possible. Now there is only one road, and I must walk it to the end.

If the Seventh Young Master is delayed even a moment, then one step slow means every step slow.

" He was quite certain that this ancient-god avatar of his could not escape; sooner or later Shen Mu would root him out. But if Shen Mu wasted even a moment here, that would be enough to set off a chain reaction!

In that moment, another of his avatars could enter the Dao Sect and kill the Dao Ancestor! By the time Shen Mu reached the Dao Sect, his other avatars would already have slain Wei Suifeng and the Northern Emperor Xuanwu; by the time Shen Mu reached the Kan Land of the northern frontier, Lady Dide Gongsun Yan, Emperor Yanfeng, and the rest would already be dead! This was what it meant: one step slow, every step slow!

If Shen Mu delayed even slightly, the consequences would be unforeseeable! Suddenly Shen Mu's figure faded and vanished.

The ancient-god monk was taken aback.

"The Seventh Young Master has given up? He means to abandon the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha and go to the Dao Sect or somewhere else to hunt down my other avatars?

Heh heh, the Seventh Young Master is rather too naive.

If he cannot find me here, he will not find my other avatars elsewhere either!

He will still find himself one step slow, every step slow!

" He set his mind at ease and stepped toward the Great Brahma Heaven realm. The ancient-god monk sought out the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha and saluted him, saying, "King Buddha, Lingguan pays his respects. " Then he exploded into motion, and in a single move he reaped the life of the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha. The ancient-god monk killed the King Buddha and destroyed his soul, so that not even the black sand of his soul remained, and chuckled: "The Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha's abilities are no more than this.

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. Heh heh, the Seventh Young Master is rather too naive.

If he cannot find me here, he will not find my other avatars elsewhere either! He will still find himself one step slow, every step slow! " He set his mind at ease and looked up: above the Indra Heaven realm, the Great Brahma Heaven realm was in sight. The ancient-god monk sought out the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha, killed the King Buddha in a single move, striking him until his soul became chaos, and laughed: "The Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha's abilities are no more than this.

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. Heh heh, Seventh Young Master.

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" Before long, the ancient-god monk raised his head and gazed up at the Great Brahma Heaven realm, and walked toward it.

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"World-Honored One, there is an outsider monk here. " The Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha was presiding over the Nether Capital within the Great Brahma Heaven realm. Hearing this, he divided off a body and came with a host of Buddhas to the Indra Heaven realm, where they saw a big monk with a ferocious face standing frozen in place, a smile all over his face, not moving at all.

The Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha examined him carefully and said, "This man has been caught in the Heavenly Worthy Mu's samsara and dream realm, and cycles endlessly within the dream. His cultivation and strength are extremely high; with this divine ability alone, the Heavenly Worthy Mu cannot kill him, he can only trap him. " He raised his head and looked into the distance.

"The Heavenly Worthy Mu is conserving his strength; he can no longer unleash his strongest divine ability to kill this big monk. Is it lack of time, or lack of dharma power? Or both? " His face was troubled as he instructed the Buddhas to descend the mountain.

"This monk is indeed not of our Buddhist order; I fear he is a monk of the Heavenly Court or the Ancestral Court. Since he could come here, it means the power of the Heavenly Court has already invaded this place, and not only through the Nether Capital.

Now the human world is a hell; go down the mountain, all of you. Until the hell of the human world is emptied, do not come back.

" The Buddhas bowed in reverence. One of them voluntarily extinguished the Buddha-light behind his head and said, "The Great Brahma Heaven stands alone against the demon gods of the Nether Capital.

Can he hold them off? " The Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha said, "So long as no Heavenly Worthy comes in person, I have my own way to preserve my life. Do not worry for me.

Go quickly!

" The Buddhas descended the mountain one after another and left the Buddhist realm, and when they came to the Great Thunderclap Monastery they called out, "Senior Brother Zhankong, wake up! " The Xuanliao Demon Ape, who lay asleep across the Great Thunderclap Monastery, awoke.

The Buddhas said, "The world has turned into a hell and is about to be lost.

We must quell the compassion in our hearts and subdue demons and monsters. Will you come, Senior Brother?

" The Xuanliao Demon Ape said, "I will go with you.

" He gazed up at the Great Brahma Heaven realm, where Buddha-light shone in eternal day, blazing with radiance; yet his fur streamed in the wind, and a hidden worry showed on his resolute face. The Buddhas escorted him away.