PFC Chapter 1052 He is Haotian, Who am I? (Reposted; the previous post was a free chapter)
Chapter 1052 He is Haotian, Who am I? (Reposted; the previous post was a free chapter)
Chapter 1052 He is Haotian, Who am I? (Reposted; the previous post was a free chapter)
Is liberation also transcendence?
What is He saying?
All thoughts paused, but soon, the emperor's figure, illuminated by the radiance of the Haotian Mirror, answered with action.
Time surged, and the body of the Jade Emperor became ethereal and powerful, seemingly spanning all the heavens and the myriad realms, past and future. With a pop, time within the Nine Netherworlds solidified like amber.
Ignoring the trans-dimensional pursuit of the Demon Saint Spear, the dark sword light that suddenly erupted rushed into the deepest part of the illusory darkness. Although the Nine Netherworlds were full of terrifying monsters that had devoured countless universes, at this moment, it inexplicably felt that it was being suppressed by the Nine Netherworlds.
In a state of utter astonishment, within the Black Heaven Emperor's dojo, born of the negative aspects of time, such as erosion, decay, doomsday, and the end.
This usually indifferent and ruthless evil god suddenly saw a pair of eyes from infinite heights, eyes that were far more lofty and colder than his own, filled with murderous intent.
He could instinctively use the Nine Netherworlds to manipulate time with his palm.
Being in the Nine Netherworld, they all possessed pseudo-Other Shore strength and could use the Nine Netherworld to condense their own illusory Great Dao into half a Dao Fruit. What used to be a smooth operation now seemed incredibly difficult.
In the blink of an eye, a dark sword beam followed, also originating from time, from the past, present, and future, omnipresent, piercing into the depths of the netherworld.
"How dare you!" The Black Emperor's roar echoed through all levels of the Netherworld.
The next second, cold words rang out.
"Shut up, die!"
Whether it was the absolute suppression of the Void Abyss by the God of Silence, or the Abyss God who was still under seal, the slight loosening of the seal made the ominousness and profundity of the Nine Netherworld even more intense.
Above the illusory river of time, time is chaotic, blood shadows abound, the body of the Black Emperor is torn to pieces, and fragments of his body fall into the river, reflected in the eyes of the Nine Netherworld demons at various points in time.
Unable to escape the Nine Netherworlds, and unable to resist, they were completely restrained to the extreme, as if the Nine Netherworlds had truly welcomed a Heavenly Emperor from the Other Shore who ruled over all the dark heavens.
In the real world, a towering ancient Bodhi tree appeared in the Western Pure Land, causing a tremendous tremor.
The precious light of the Seven Treasures Tree had just entered the Nine Netherworlds when it was also shattered to pieces.
It's a done deal.
The ancient Bodhi tree swayed slightly, as if sighing softly, before dissipating into the world. It would be better to hurry back and refine it again.
The Black Emperor was one of the three corpses severed by the ancient Buddha Bodhi, and the most mysterious one at that. Now, he has been completely slain within the Nine Netherworlds, signifying that the current era's pursuit of emptiness through reduction has been damaged, and transcendence has been hindered.
The discovery of the Black Emperor's origins and what the Jade Emperor had done upon his recent resurrection caused alarm among all parties.
There were multiple eras in the ancient times, and the Primordial Era was one of them. At that time, the Jade Emperor and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi were vying for the position of ruler of the Nine Heavens. The latter failed and perished, while the former was buried when the last era of the ancient times was destroyed.
This is common knowledge.
The Heavenly Emperor, a being who reigns supreme over an era, must also obey the fate of dying with the cycle of time, even those who have transcended the cycle.
To change this fate, the Jade Emperor nurtured the Tree of Era [Fusang] with his own blood and that of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi. The Azure Emperor was born from the ancient tree of Fusang, leading outsiders to speculate that he was reincarnated as the Azure Emperor. Even the Azure Emperor once believed that he was the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor.
Secretly, He was actually reincarnated as the Nine Heavens Thunder God through the Primordial Thunder Pool, becoming the most trusted confidant of the Jade Emperor of the New Era. At the same time, He severed his Buddhist identity and became Ananda, the direct disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni.
Therefore, not many people know the origins and true identity of the Demon Buddha.
The Three Pure Ones may have some guesses, but the only one who truly knows the truth is the Demon Saint Feng Xi.
He needs to exploit Feng Xi's love for the Heavenly God to make her willingly assist him.
His shadow is behind all these events: instigating the Demon Saint to lead the demon race to attack Mount Ling, reversing the Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation to cause the Buddhas to perish, plunging the demon race into a predicament of destruction, and causing the Heavenly Court to fall with the fruit of the Jianmu tree.
No one can connect the Demon Buddha with the former Jade Emperor, because the impressions they left on the world are too different, and their styles are completely different.
Now, the Demon Buddha and the Golden Emperor have joined forces, using the Shaolin incident as a pretext to lure the little fox, who originally belonged to the mythological organization, back to the demon race to intensify hatred. Then, through the Vacuum Hometown as a medium, they joined forces with the Luo Sect to infiltrate the Great Zhou Imperial Palace.
The ultimate goal was to make Su Meng publicly reclaim 'Ananda Tawo'.
To this end, the Demon Buddha did not hesitate to activate the arrangements laid in the Nine Netherworlds, sending those original selves tainted with pure demonic nature and fallen to this place through the gaps in the Nine Netherworlds.
The various anomalies and fluctuations caused naturally fell into the eyes of the various forces that had been paying attention to Su Meng and the demon race.
Including the killing intent of the Demon Saint Spear, the target of hatred and enmity, the source of the changes in the Nine Netherworld is actually the incredibly familiar Jade Emperor.
Through the ripples of time, the powerful figures on the other side instantly saw the whole picture of the events.
"—'Heaven left a glimmer of hope; the future holds many twists and turns. Even Haotian, reincarnated as the Demon Buddha, harbored such a contingency plan, enabling him to revive and return through the Nine Netherworlds despite being sealed by the World Honored One?'"
This is in chaos.
From this day forward, all arrangements in the real world will be completely disrupted.
Unanimously, they were astonished by the unfathomable mystery of the Jade Emperor, and even more shocked that He could plan from the ancient times to the eternity later, becoming the first to return to the other shore!
It should be noted that the closest time to the end of the world is still more than thirty years away, yet the Jade Emperor, residing in the Nine Netherworlds, is not afraid of wear and tear.
Various speculations emerged.
Apart from the lamp-bearing deity, his handsome, scholarly face appeared blank.
Previously, he felt that this 'Tang Sanzang' was too strange, so he chose to open the Nine Nether Rift at the location of the other party through the Wanderer's Lantern, intending to use the terror of touching the core of the Nine Nether to erode his time, so as to avoid any future troubles.
He was quite successful, so how come Tang Sanzang turned into the Jade Emperor as soon as he entered the Netherworld?
There is also the demon Buddha Ananda, who is still sealed within the Five Finger Mountain of Mount Ling.
Deep within the Nine Netherworlds, an eye flickered with dark red, displaying a reversed swastika. Its gaze traversed all levels of the Nine Netherworlds, filled with madness, cruelty, chaos, and evil, fixedly staring at the figure that resembled but was not the same as its former self.
'He is Haotian, then who am I?!'
'No, that wasn't me! He has taken over the imprint of the Jade Emperor from ancient times to the present, so much so that the Jade Emperor throughout the long river of time has been changed because of Him!'
'I cannot sense the scattered blood of Haotian throughout the heavens; my other backup plan has failed.'
The Demon Buddha was filled with shock and rage, staring intently at the figure of 'Haotian Shangdi', letting out a silent roar. But gradually, he felt that his connection with 'Haotian Shangdi' was not as simple as being possessed by a mark.
It is existence, it is origin, it is the return of the departed heavens to all worlds.
The anger and resentment subsided slowly, followed by a surge of joy, but only for a moment. This joy and excitement quickly turned into loss, confusion, and resentment.
'Why!? Why did you only show up now!'
'Why weren't you born before the beginning of time, when I was at my peak, to take everything from the Jade Emperor!'
Why am I currently trapped in this seal, my true spirit incomplete and flawed?!
A variety of bitter tastes spread across my tongue and in my heart, as if everything had turned into a dream, vanished into thin air, leaving only an unyielding void before my eyes, as if mocking the betrayals, depravity, and universal enmity I had committed so far.
Is this what they mean by the impermanence of life and the capriciousness of fate?
Do you regret it?
No, I don't regret it, I'm just unwilling to accept it!
The Demon Buddha's gaze burned with madness.
If He had appeared in the ancient times, He could have directly sought emptiness through subtraction and plucked the Dao fruit at the end of the era!
But that's just a hypothetical!
The current situation cannot change my pursuit of the Dao Fruit. Since I have failed once, I will not be afraid of failing a second time. Only in this way will everything I have paid off have meaning!
'This doesn't seem to be a 'God of Heaven' created by Su Mengren, but is this the source of his power?'
The Demon Buddha was able to confirm this because the independent 'other self' would become the enemy of its own origin, much like the relationship between him and Su Meng.
The stronger one becomes, the weaker the other becomes. If Su Meng creates 'Su Meng Other Self' at a future point in time, or 'Haotian Other Self' to limit himself, then they will definitely compete for the source power.
Right now, I'm just sensing the presence of the Jade Emperor, which has transformed into something else. If I can escape this predicament in advance and then find another way to achieve perfection, I can instantly perfect the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit, become the oldest being, and finally just wait for the end of the era to transcend.
"Hehe, Namo Amitabha." The Demon Buddha noticed the murderous gaze that "Haotian Shangdi" was casting.
"In the North lies Jesus Christ!"
The light came from chaos and pierced through all the layers of the Nine Netherworld, but before it arrived, the blood-red eye with the reversed swastika had already shattered.
The Demon Buddha withdrew his gaze and returned to the seal.
After all the Buddhas fell together, Mount Ling already possessed the characteristics of the Nine Netherworlds, enabling it to communicate with each other.
He could sense the other party's strange control over the Nine Netherworlds. Since that was the case, it would be better to retreat to Five Finger Mountain and leave a seal at the half-step Dao Fruit stage to isolate many powers.
It is likely that attention will be drawn to Lingshan much less from this day forward.
After all, weren't 'Ananda' and 'the Supreme God of Heaven' already outside?
The enormous pillar of light continued to collapse and shrink, and endless destruction swept out from the Netherworld.
Su Lin ignored the Demon Buddha's follow-up and walked back to the original position, quietly examining the Demon Saint Spear and Phoenix Little Saint, who were extremely excited, bursting with the light of the Five Virtues, and even affecting the wielder.
He didn't intend to explain, since explaining would be pointless.
The Jade Emperor of the real world perished with the change of eras. Unlike the Jade Emperor who refined himself into the Blade of Time, the reincarnated Demon Buddha, strictly speaking, is different from the Heavenly Emperor of the past.
The concept crystallization of the Abyss Heavenly Emperor automatically completed the binding of the 'Heavenly Emperor' within the World of Annihilation the moment it entered the Nine Netherworlds.
If the real world era is destroyed, the Jade Emperor will break free from the Heavenly Emperor's shackles and move on to the next era.
Even within the Nine Netherworlds, he could still control everything related to the Jade Emperor.
"The Heavenly Court has been rarely waging war lately, and has inexplicably received a bunch of expense reports for Enlightenment Tea and Magic Books. These demons can just make up for the deficit."
Su Lin, sword in hand, cleaved through the enemy ranks, deflecting the Demon Saint Spear as he walked toward the once-aggressive demon army.
"broken."
Meng Qi could tell from Su Lin's eyes that this guy had suffered a series of provocations and was now in a state of despair, his killing intent was no joke.
Meng Qi's words thundered, his voice resounding through the hearts of all the demons: "On this joyous day, I will not pursue the matter for now. Little fox, go and retrieve the Demon Saint Spear, and then get out of here!"
The little fox Qingqiu snapped out of its daze and quickly concealed the lingering naiveté in its eyes.
She still didn't understand why the Demon Saint Spear didn't go after Mad Blade Su Meng, the reincarnation of the Demon Buddha, but instead chose to attack the suddenly returned Jade Emperor. But at this moment, all the demons understood that unless His Majesty the Demon Emperor took action, they would all perish here today.
"I...I can't control the Demon Saint Spear anymore, and Senior Phoenix isn't responding either!" the little fox explained anxiously.
The speed at which the Divine Weapon Demon Saint Spear revived far exceeded expectations, but even so, for Su Lin, who had just completed the concept of the Heavenly Emperor from the past era of the real world, the gap between the two was as vast as the heavens.
Separated by the first firmament.
The blazing light flowed, the dark fire boiled, surging towards the Heavenly Emperor of memory, faintly.
"Those who are unfaithful and fickle, Yao Yao shall have the right to kill them!" Phoenix Little Saint roared with heart-wrenching despair.
As the light and shadow shifted, the thirty-three-story golden pagoda cascaded down streams of mysterious yellow energy, causing the Phoenix Saint, who had awakened prematurely and suffered the ravages of time, to rise to its peak.
Surrounded by the Five Virtues, the phantom of the Five Virtues Phoenix, with its dazzling and shimmering light, weaves together within the Nine Netherworlds.
Meng Qi's expression darkened, and he instantly understood what was going on: 'The Demon Saint Feng Xi.'
Whether it is the demon saint's obsession within the Other Shore Divine Weapon that has been stimulated and has spontaneously revived, or whether the current "Empress Nuwa" is controlling the Other Shore Divine Weapon, there is actually not much difference.
The Azure Jade Void Sword appeared in my hand, its blade constantly changing color, like flowing light and color. After a moment, the azure blue turned into blood red.
An incomparably terrifying aura of slaughter emanated from the River of Time in the Nine Netherworlds, dyeing the entire world with a brilliant and majestic crimson glow.
In an instant, a rain of blood-red swords fell, overturning time and shattering heaven and earth.
Inside the dilapidated Xuanhuang Pagoda, the Phoenix Saint was barely breathing, his physical body broken and on the verge of annihilation, yet he still stared intently at the 'Haotian Shangdi'.
“I once loved a phoenix,” Su Lin said calmly.
The hatred in Phoenix Little Saint's eyes remained unchanged.
“But that phoenix isn’t called Feng Xi, and you’re not white-haired and red-eyed.”
boom--!
As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible flame blazed up, its power even greater, reaching the strength of the Creation level!
The Demon Saint is extremely passionate and devoted, a rare exception even in the Other Shore. Meng Qi estimated that if Feng Xi inside the Demon Emperor's Palace wasn't still concerned about Nuwa's plan to reduce emptiness, she would probably have already drawn her sword and attacked.
"Can't you say something that won't upset her?!"
"Oh"
Su Lin looked at the phoenix phantom and said, "Don't you really remember anything from the past?"
With crackling sounds, the void exploded, the world-burning fire burned, and the five virtues' light intertwined. Using black qi and evil intent as fuel, it faintly possessed the power of the other shore in the Nine Netherworlds, but it was extremely restrained.
活爹
I made myself laugh. I posted it as a free chapter. When I finished my work and took out my phone, I realized I was going to pretend to be generous and keep it free, but then I remembered I didn't have a perfect attendance bonus yet, so I decided to be a little petty this time, haha.
(End of this chapter)