plumnovel Chapter 571 - 319: Unparalleled Dao Heart Demon Seed
Chapter 571 - 319: Unparalleled Dao Heart Demon Seed
In the Arhat’s memories, he had learned of several Small Worlds occupied by Spirit Mountain.
He felt that the Small World where he was born was somewhere he could not return to in the short term.
After all, he had gone on a killing spree there and completely destroyed everything Spirit Mountain had set up.
The Vajra at the Tenth-Layer of the Realm of Merging, together with two low-tier Realm of Merging Arhats, had all gone missing in that world.
It was very possible that a Spirit Mountain Bodhisattva would personally go to that world to stand guard.
To be on the safe side, he decided not to go down there for now.
Once this thought arose, his heart stirred. He immediately cast the Six Desires Divination Skill and the Dark Clone.
At once, a mass of black mist drifted up from his body, growing denser and denser, vaguely taking on a human form.
This was a clone with the Third-Layer of the Realm of Merging.
Whereas his current cultivation was at the Eighth-Layer of the Realm of Merging.
This clone contained a considerable portion of his Essence Qi and spirit.
From the Arhat’s memories, he knew the strength of the various Arhats guarding the Small Worlds occupied by Spirit Mountain.
He planned to start with the Small Worlds where the guarding Arhats were weaker, to suck away the Essence Qi and spirit of Spirit Mountain’s believers there and accumulate Karmic Force.
Once his cultivation improved, he would then split off even more powerful clones to go to the Spirit Mountain Small Worlds with stronger forces.
Thinking this, Su Que immediately used his mind to control the clone.
The still-misty black clone flew out of the cave, diving straight downward, piercing the sea of clouds and rolling toward one of the Small Worlds.
...
Without noticing, five days passed.
Su Que glanced at his Attributes.
Eight-Nine Evil Technique (3rd Realm: Ascension 13%) [Upper Level Heaven-Reaching Technique]
These last few days, he had been splitting his focus in two.
On one hand, he controlled the clone in the Lower Realm to absorb Essence Qi and spirit, and on the other, he used the Karmic Force generated by the clone’s slaughter in the Lower Realm to cultivate the Eight-Nine Evil Technique.
After five days, he had already destroyed Spirit Mountain’s belief in four Small Worlds.
His body had accumulated a considerable amount of Karmic Force, enough for him to cultivate for another month or so.
’Have the clone return first and merge the Essence Qi and spirit it absorbed into myself.’
With that thought, Su Que moved his mind at once.
The clone that had just slaughtered an entire bandit den in a Small World and rescued several merchant caravans suddenly vanished before the mortals’ eyes and flew up toward the sky.
The Spirit Mountain barrier of that Small World had already been shattered by Su Que’s clone when it first entered that Small World.
Su Que’s clone first passed through the Small World’s barrier, then flew out through the gap in the Spirit Mountain barrier.
The clone turned into a mass of black mist, shooting straight upward, piercing the sea of clouds, and before long entered Su Que’s cave, merging into Su Que’s body.
The Demon Seed within the clone also entered Su Que’s Dantian.
Su Que ran the Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique, pouring all the Essence Qi and spirit within the Demon Seed into his own body.
About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later, Su Que glanced at his Attributes.
Remaining lifespan: 28216
The Essence Qi and spirit of this clone had extended his lifespan by more than three thousand years.
After merging the Essence Qi and spirit, Su Que used the Karmic Force within his body to cultivate the Eight-Nine Evil Technique.
The Karmic Force merged into the power of the Eight-Nine Evil Technique, roaming through his body and nourishing his flesh.
He could see the number for his Remaining Lifespan flickering nonstop.
Whenever it increased by one year, the lifespan value would change.
As he cultivated the Eight-Nine Evil Technique, his physical body underwent constant transformation.
Not only did it become tougher, but its very nature also changed, becoming even more flexible.
...
Upper Realm, Spirit Mountain.
The news that the belief in six Small Worlds had been destroyed was fermenting within Spirit Mountain.
The Eighteen Arhats and the Eight Great Vajra were discussing the matter together.
Ever since the belief of one Small World had been destroyed, and the White Elephant Vajra at the Tenth-Layer of the Realm of Merging had gone missing there...
A Spirit Mountain Bodhisattva whose cultivation had reached the Eighteenth-Layer of the Realm of Merging had personally descended to the Lower Realm to stand guard.
Yet unexpectedly, before long, other Small Worlds also fell.
In the fallen Small Worlds, all of Spirit Mountain’s believers had vanished, and the buildings and statues of the Buddhist Temples had been smashed to dust.
At first they suspected that this mysterious destroyer of Spirit Mountain’s belief came from the Celestial Court.
If the Celestial Court had sent someone to destroy Spirit Mountain’s belief, then, having dispatched this person, the strength of their other forces should have decreased accordingly.
Thus, over these few days, Spirit Mountain launched attacks against the Celestial Court.
Arhats, Dharma Guardian Deities, and Bhikkhus not only attacked the Celestial Court’s territory in the Upper Realm, but also struck at the Small Worlds occupied by the Celestial Court in the Lower Realm below.
However, they discovered that the Celestial Court’s strength did not seem to have diminished.
This indicated that the one destroying the belief in their Small Worlds was very likely not one of the Celestial Soldiers of the Celestial Court.
But someone outside the Celestial Court’s power.
The Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra all wanted to use Destiny Communication.
Yet they feared the karmic tangle would be too great, the Karmic Force too strong for them to bear.
After some discussion, they decided to report this matter to one of the more powerful Spirit Mountain Bodhisattvas and let the Bodhisattva decide.
They reported the matter to the Spirit Mountain Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury.
In Spirit Mountain, Bodhisattva Guanyin, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva were the foremost.
These four Bodhisattvas, known as the Four Great Bodhisattvas of Spirit Mountain, had extremely profound cultivation.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury was on the tier just below the Four Great Bodhisattvas.
Although his cultivation was not equal to that of the Four Great Bodhisattvas, the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra all believed that if this Bodhisattva were to use Destiny Communication, he should be able to withstand the resulting karma and Karmic Force.
Thus, the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra came to the Dao field of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury.
They reported the matter across space to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury and waited for his response.
Before long, a flash of white light appeared before their eyes.
A handsome youth of about seventeen or eighteen, with a white cloth draped over his shoulders revealing a snow-white chest, his whole body shrouded in a faint white radiance, bare-footed, appeared before them.
This was precisely Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury was highly proficient in Space Skill and Time Skill.
Thus he could appear before them in an instant without the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra noticing a thing.
If, in battle, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury used this move, the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra would all die.
"Tell me the details once more, from start to finish."
The voice of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury was also like that of a youth and held a magnetic quality.
His body floated lightly in midair; around his bare ankles were anklets of ornaments and Buddha Beads.
The white radiance around his body faintly bloomed into one white lotus after another.
Hearing this, the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra elaborated once more on the destruction of belief in the Small Worlds, building upon what they had just said, and recounted everything in detail to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury.
After listening, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury showed no change of expression on his face, merely said calmly:
"Form an array and guard the ritual for me. I will use Destiny Communication to find where that person is."
With that, Ksitigarbha’s body moved, drifting toward a cliffside.
In the middle of that cliff a wide platform had been built, facing the violet clouded sky, with Enlightenment Trees planted all around, lush and verdant.
Ksitigarbha sat down at the highest point of the platform.
Then the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra followed up and sat cross-legged at various positions around the platform.
Immediately after, the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra began to form Buddha Seals, and a dense Buddha’s Light surged up at once from this platform.
Using Destiny Communication would give rise to Karmic Force.
Even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury feared Karmic Force.
However, he could bear more Karmic Force than the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra.
He had the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra safeguard him and set up the array.
This was so that when Karmic Force was generated, the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra could help him completely eliminate it.
Seeing that the Eighteen Arhats and Eight Great Vajra were ready, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury closed his eyes, formed a Buddha Seal, and cast Destiny Communication.
He intended to use this Buddhist Divine Power to seek out the whereabouts of the one who had annihilated belief in their Small Worlds.
The moment Destiny Communication was activated, the brows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury furrowed.
Because he sensed that the Karmic Force within his body was rising rapidly.
The Karmic Force was like a mass of flames burning within his Bodhisattva body, growing more and more intense.
’This person actually is entangled with great karma!’
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Void Treasury had originally wanted to see this person’s appearance and origin.
But this rapidly surging Karmic Force stirred fear in his heart.
He could only hurriedly use Destiny Communication to roughly probe this person’s location.