Wonderland

Chapter 1579 The catastrophe is coming

Chapter 1579 The catastrophe is coming

Seeing these four ancient seal characters, Xiao Lin was slightly stunned. He did not expect that he would unexpectedly find the ruins of an ancient cultivator's cave in this barren mountain.

The reason why he judged that this cave was very old was because these ancient seal characters were not only very old, but also very mottled and old. If you didn't look carefully, you could hardly see these four characters.

Xiao Lin brought Xiao Hei and walked into the cave. The cave was very dry, without any damp or cold air. After walking about a hundred feet, the view in front of them suddenly opened up to a large stone chamber. There were some stone tables, stone chairs, and stone beds in the chamber. There were also two shelves carved out on the rock wall.

Apart from this, there is nothing.

Xiao Lin felt a little disappointed when he saw this. The slight expectation he had originally had disappeared in an instant. It seemed that this was just an abandoned cave of an ancient cultivator, or the relics of the ancient cultivator in it had long been emptied out.

Xiao Lin didn't care too much about it. After all, such things also require fate. Besides, his purpose was not to explore the secluded places, but to find a secret place to comprehend the Buddhist mysteries on the golden bone relic, so as to improve his realm of Zen of Withered Heart and Extinction. Of course, another purpose was to improve his realm of Holy Spirit Burning Sky Art.

Now his magic power has been restored, and after more than a hundred years of traveling, both his realm and the magic power in his body have been close to perfection. Therefore, he plans to practice hard in seclusion here, and take the opportunity to break through the bottleneck of the late stage of tribulation.

After a simple arrangement, Xiao Lin set up several magic arrays around the cave as usual. With his current realm, the array he set up would take at least several days to break even if a Mahayana cultivator took action personally.

After doing all this, Xiao Lin began his long and boring retreat in the cave.

As time flies, the mountains and forests outside also constantly change their scenery with the change of seasons.

However, this inconspicuous little valley is empty except for a deep pool emitting cold air. It is very desolate. Even some wild beasts in the mountains will not come to such a place, let alone intelligent creatures.

Thousands of years have passed.

A thousand years is like dozens of generations for ordinary mortals. Even the world has undergone tremendous changes over the past thousand years.

Many major events also happened in the Continent of Lonely Sun. Thousands of years ago, Saint Ancestor Wu Lin suddenly appeared and fought a fierce battle with several top Buddhist masters of the White Buddha Temple. The White Buddha Temple was destroyed. Of course, the outside world did not know that the biggest reason for the destruction of the White Buddha Temple was actually Xiao Lin's doing.

Neither the White Buddha Temple nor the Buddhist holy land of Mahabodhi Temple publicized the matter, so Saint Ancestor Wu Lin naturally took the blame.

But the Holy Ancestor Wu Lin did not care about these things. He destroyed the Fayu Temple 900 years ago, destroyed the Weituo Temple 800 years ago, and even destroyed the Tianlong Temple, which ranked tenth among the 100 upper houses, 600 years ago.

Not only that, dozens of demonic sects were also destroyed by Saint Ancestor Wu Lin, and he integrated these dozens of sects to establish a new demonic sect - the True Demon Palace.

The emergence of the True Demon Palace made the entire Gu Yang Continent turbulent. Even the several giants of the demon sects, after fighting openly and secretly with the True Demon Palace in private, stopped their activities and began to keep a low profile.

Especially the Saint Ancestor Luoxue, who is known as the number one in the magic world. He is not only the leader of the Killing Demon Sect, but also has comprehended the Killing Rule, one of the ten rules. Moreover, tens of thousands of years ago, he had already condensed a half-demon body. He only needs the last step to tear through the void and ascend to the true demon world.

But even this Supreme Saint Ancestor Luoxue seemed to have disappeared. Facing the killing of the demon cultivators by the Saint Ancestor Wulin, it was as if he had never seen it. This made many demon cultivators even doubt that even this Supreme Saint Ancestor Luoxue was no match for the Saint Ancestor Wulin.

After thousands of years, the eighty-one Demon Soul Banners have been re-refined by the Saint Ancestor Wu Lin and have been reunited into nine sides. Each side is an eighth-rank holy weapon, which is equivalent to an eighth-rank immortal treasure. Moreover, when the nine sides are combined into one, they form the Ten Thousand Demons Array, which can kill immortals if it gets in the way, and kill Buddhas if it gets in the way.

Its power has gradually surpassed that of Luo Xue Zhishengzu, the number one figure in the magic world.

As for the Buddhist sect, what surprised countless Buddhists was that in the face of the mass killings by the Holy Ancestor Wu Lin, the Mahabodhi Temple never made any statement. Even six hundred years ago, when the Tianlong Temple was destroyed, the Mahabodhi Temple did not make any statement.

This made many people feel surprised and puzzled, and countless forces in the entire Lonely Sun Continent fell silent.

After destroying the Tianlong Temple, Saint Ancestor Wu Lin also came to a standstill and went into seclusion inside the gate of the True Demon Palace, and the entire Gu Ri Continent once again welcomed peace.

Only cultivators with a slightly higher realm know that a storm is about to come. The entire Lonely Sun Continent is likely to face a major reshuffle. The Buddhist sect, the demonic sect, and the Black Scale Saint Patriarch seem to have become the third force beyond the two sects.

The Great Bodhi Temple is located in the west of the Gu Ri Continent, in the Jinyang Mountains. The Jinyang Mountains are a huge mountain range that stretches for more than tens of millions of miles. This is also the core of the Jinyang Mountains. The mountains extend in all directions, and the area it spans occupies the land of two regions.

The center of the Jinyang Mountains is composed of hundreds of majestic peaks that are seven or eight thousand feet high. However, these peaks are all covered by densely packed Buddhist temples. On top of each majestic mountain is a branch of the Mahabodhi Temple. It is said that there are dozens of such branches, covering an area of ​​about tens of thousands of miles. Outside of this core area of ​​tens of thousands of miles are densely packed Buddhist kingdoms, probably hundreds of them. These Buddhist kingdoms are all merit pools of the Mahabodhi Temple.

Countless devout believers chant sutras and worship Buddha every day, and continuously input the massive power of faith into the Mahabodhi Temple through the countless pagodas built in the Buddhist country, to support the top Buddhist and Taoist monks in the Mahabodhi Temple.

This power alone brings with it a great sense of oppression.

The Great Bodhi Temple is the core of the Buddhist sect in the Solitary Sun Continent. The three major temples of the Upper, Middle and Lower Bodhi Temples are the core, occupying the three main peaks of the Jinyang Mountains respectively.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, the sound of scripture chanting resounded through the sky. The golden light rising from countless Buddhist temples condensed into a thick layer of golden auspicious clouds above the nine heavens, layer upon layer, extending all the way to the horizon.

In one of the three main peaks, inside a temple, in a hall, there is a huge lotus platform. On the lotus platform, sitting cross-legged is a skinny old monk with white eyebrows. His face is full of wrinkles and he is sitting with his eyes closed. There is no breath emanating from his body, just like a dry tree trunk.

And below, on both sides, there were rows of lotus pedestals that were several circles smaller. On the lotus pedestals were also sitting cross-legged Buddhist monks. Some looked very young, some were middle-aged men, some were fifty-year-old men, some were handsome, and some were extremely ugly.

But in the entire hall, there was not a single sound, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, and no one was chanting or reciting the Buddha's name.

Here, time seemed to have stopped and one could not feel the passage of time. An unknown amount of time had passed before the white-browed old monk who was sitting cross-legged on the huge lotus platform slowly opened his eyes. As his eyes opened, a huge burst of vital energy radiated from his body. At the same time, his eyes seemed to be able to see through everything in the world, flashing two golden vortices.

"Amitabha."

The moment the white-browed old monk opened his eyes, everyone around him chanted the Buddha's name loudly. The sound of the chant seemed not loud, but it penetrated the hall and echoed in the sky.

"Greetings to the Buddha."

The white-browed old monk nodded slowly, and then an old voice sounded from his mouth: "Qinghuan, has there been any unusual movement in the Demon Tomb recently?"

A young monk who looked to be in his twenties stood up hastily upon hearing this. He bowed and then said, "Master Buddha, demonic energy has been coming out of the demon tomb every once in a while since a thousand years ago. Especially in recent years, it has become more and more frequent. It seems that the demonic path is about to make a comeback, and our Buddhist sect will also encounter a disaster."

Hearing this, the white-browed old monk nodded in agreement and said, "The true demon soul suppressed under the demon tomb is the residual soul of an ancient true demon in the True Demon Realm. Once it is released, as long as it devours enough of its original spirit and spirit to restore its combat power before its death, my Buddhist sect will probably encounter a huge disaster."

Upon hearing this, many of the Buddhists below showed expressions of horror, and many even looked worried.

"Lord Buddha, is there any way to break this barrier?" another sturdy monk in his forties asked with his hands clasped together.

Others also cast their eyes on the white-browed old monk. The white-browed old monk in front of them, whose Dharma name was Hui'an, was one of the most senior Buddhas in the Buddhist sect. He was in charge of the lower courtyard of the Mahabodhi Temple and was the chief seat of the lower courtyard of the Mahabodhi Temple.

Among the Buddhist monks here, the lowest realm is that of the fourth fruit realm, and a small number of them are Mahavairocana Buddha and Mahavairocana Bodhisattva, especially Qinghuan, who is the direct disciple of the Buddha and the most promising candidate to succeed Hui'an and become the new Buddha in the lower courtyard of the Great Bodhi Temple in ten thousand years. His realm had reached the realm of Mahavairocana Buddha ten thousand years ago, and he also comprehended the rule of power, one of the ten rules, and cultivated the golden body of the Buddha to the realm of great success. The six-armed Dharma body, combined with the rule of force, makes even the Buddha Hui'an only slightly better than him. He is now the chief guardian of the lower courtyard of the Great Bodhi Temple.

Buddha Hui'an glanced at the expectant eyes around him, shook his head slowly, sighed and said: "The demonic calamity is a great calamity that the spirit world cannot avoid. It is one of the three great calamities of heaven, earth and man, the human calamity. Countless years ago, this calamity occurred on the Holy Moon Continent, causing the human race on the Holy Moon Continent to be almost extinct. Even after many years, it has not yet recovered to its peak state. The secrets of heaven are unpredictable. This Buddha did not expect that the demon would actually descend on the Lonely Sun Continent. He must be determined to get his remaining demon soul."

After a pause, he continued, "Nine hundred years ago, the Fayu Temple was destroyed, eight hundred years ago, the Weituo Temple was destroyed, and six hundred years ago, the Tianlong Temple, which ranked tenth among the top 100 upper houses of the Buddhist sect, was even destroyed."

"Lord Buddha, are we just going to let this demon grow stronger? Why don't we take the initiative to attack? With the current strength of our Buddhist sect, if we send out all our forces, even if a real demon from the real demon world comes to the spirit world, it will end in regret. Why should we be afraid of a mere remaining real demon soul?"

Upon hearing this, Buddha Hui'an waved his hands and said, "How can things be so simple? The Supreme Saint Ancestor Luoxue has already warned us at the Great Bodhi Temple that as long as we attack the True Demon Palace, she will join forces with the Supreme Saint Ancestor Fenwu and Jiang Yeliang to gather all the power of the demons and go to war with us."

As soon as these words were spoken, there were bursts of exclamations from the surroundings, and all the disciples of the Buddhist sect showed shocked expressions.

They were well aware of the power of Buddha Hui'an's words. Luo Xue, Fen Wu and Jiang Ye were the three great demons of the Demonic Path today. Among them, Luo Xue was the leader, who controlled almost 90% of the resources and strength of the Demonic Path. It was rumored that these three demons had always been at odds with each other. They even had a big fight with each other tens of thousands of years ago. But it was these three demons that created a delicate balance among the forces of the Demonic Path. Because once any one of the three supreme ancestors suppressed the other, the third one would take action, so the forces of the Demonic Path formed a three-legged tripod and no one could do anything to anyone.

At the same time, some top Buddhist monks also knew that among the three great demons, Luoxue Zhishengzu was the strongest. If he faced any one of Fenwu and Jiang Ye alone, he would be able to overwhelm the opponent and even defeat him.

But if you face two people at the same time, you will only be defeated.

Of course, there are times when the three great demons unite. That is, once the Buddhist sect invades the demon sect on a large scale, the three most holy ancestors will communicate with each other privately and join forces to deal with the Buddhist sect. Therefore, for nearly hundreds of thousands of years, the Buddhist and demon sects have maintained a delicate balance.

But the appearance of Saint Ancestor Wu Lin broke all this. Saint Ancestor Wu Lin refined the Demon Soul Banners, and after a thousand years of battles, he refined the eighty-one Demon Soul Banners into nine eighth-rank holy artifacts. If he could go one step further and refine these nine eighth-rank holy artifacts into one ninth-rank holy artifact, coupled with Saint Ancestor Wu Lin's own terrifying strength, I'm afraid that the Great Bodhi Temple would face an unprecedented catastrophe.

Especially after the sudden appearance of Saint Ancestor Wu Lin, the Demon Tomb suppressed at the bottom of the mountain in the Great Bodhi Temple began to stir. Every few years, true demonic energy would burst out, and a roaring sound would be heard from the bottom of the mountain. At this time, many eminent monks in the Great Bodhi Temple would use Buddhist teachings to bless the demon-suppressing and guardian formation to prevent the residual soul of the demon suppressed in the Demon Tomb from being reborn.

Combining the performances of the three most holy ancestors, Luoxue, Fenwu and Jiangye, Buddha Hui'an has guessed that this suddenly appearing Holy Ancestor Wu Lin is very likely related to the demon leader of the True Demon Realm whose demon soul was split in ancient times.

It was precisely because of the warnings from the three most holy ancestors that the Buddhist sect did not take any action. Even when the three upper houses were destroyed, it remained restrained.

(End of this chapter)