Chapter 797: Chapter 816: Reappearance in the World
“However, Zhunti had not expected that in just a few days, Ye Xuan had actually cultivated to his Myriad Buddha Dharma. This excited Zhunti immensely, filling him with utmost surprise.”
“Very good, very good. Junior Brother Qingming is indeed a genius, unparalleled in talent. Our Western Sect will surely flourish in the future, even The Three Pure Ones will have nothing to fear.” Zhunti laughed out loud.
“Now that Junior Brother Qingming has cultivated the Myriad Buddha Dharma, we can rest assured with his emergence into the world. However, the issue of the Hongmeng Purple Qi is of great importance, and we must not draw the attention of others. There’s no need for the junior brother to rush to the Netherworld Blood Sea. It’s better to first take charge in the Lower Realm’s Lingshan and pacify those Bodhisattva Buddhas, which will also stabilize the people’s hearts in our Western Sect.”
After a long deliberation, Jieyin finally planned a path of emergence into the world for Ye Xuan and determined it was necessary to arrange a suitable identity for him. Otherwise, the sudden appearance of a Quasi-Saint in the Western Sect would undoubtedly draw attention from the outside world.
Boom! Heaven and Earth Holy Light, radiant golden brilliance. A golden Dharma Decree appeared out of nowhere. Jieyin was seen writing something continuously on the golden decree until, after a dozen breaths’ time, he finished writing.
“Junior brother, take this decree from your senior brother to the Lower Realm’s Lingshan. From now on, you will be known as the Qingming Buddha of Lingshan, and all heavenly Bodhisattvas and Buddhas will heed your command. This way, you will also be able to carry out your duties in the outside world.” Jieyin spoke with a smile, handing the decree to Ye Xuan.
“Junior brother, before you leave, I have a few matters to entrust to you, and you must remember them well, never to be neglected.” Zhunti kept reminding Ye Xuan.
The first matter: a ten-thousand-year battle between the two Heavenly Courts tore the Heavenly Vault asunder. Countless miles of Tian Yu were unable to heal, and occasionally meteors and river stars would pour into the Three Realms, causing boundless calamities to all living beings. The four Divine Continents were not exempt, and the major Daoist sects opened Sealing Arrays only to alleviate the disaster, unable to truly resolve it.
Ye Xuan’s first task upon arriving at Lingshan was to pacify the billions of Buddhists in the Western Continent and to employ his Great Divine Power to strengthen the sealing barrier, sparing the countless Buddhists from disaster.
The second matter: Ye Xuan’s identity had been established as the incarnation of the Chaos Golden Lotus, always by the side of the Western Two Saints, and as the Buddha’s son of the Western Sect. Emerging into the world only with the opening of the great calamity of today’s Heaven and Earth, he became the junior brother of the Western Two Saints, with the Buddhist name Qingming.
The third matter: Upon reaching Lingshan, Ye Xuan would become the prime Buddha of Lingshan, commanding all heavenly Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. Ye Xuan would rise from Lingshan, and when appropriate, find a reason to go to the Netherworld Blood Sea to retrieve the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
As the Western Two Saints earnestly instructed him, Ye Xuan nodded slowly, showing he had remembered it, which made the Western Two Saints somewhat relieved. Then, the Quasi-Saint sent Ye Xuan away from Yuan Mountain.
“Junior brother, once you retrieve the Hongmeng Purple Qi, you will certainly grasp the opportunity to become a Saint. Then the three of us, as brothers, will have nothing to fear from The Three Pure Ones, and all in the Three Realms will revere our lineage of the Western Sect,” the Western Two Saints said with a smile.
“Do not worry, elder brothers. I shall certainly not let you down.”
Buddha Light shone from Ye Xuan, his hands pressed together as he softly chanted Buddha’s name. Gazing after him, the Western Two Saints watched as Ye Xuan rose upon a lucky cloud and headed towards the distant Heaven and Earth.
Watching Ye Xuan depart Yuan Mountain, Zhunti’s smile gradually faded, and he turned to Jieyin gravely, “Elder brother, are you truly at ease with Ye Xuan leaving?”
With a slight smile, Jieyin looked towards the distant figure of Ye Xuan and said, “Do not worry, junior brother. The Soul Redemption Buddha Sound has been a success. He is no longer simply Ye Xuan, but our junior brother, Qingming. Isn’t his journey to Lingshan a matter that we had already decided upon long ago?”
“Our Western Sect has always been suppressed by The Three Pure Ones. Now that Ye Xuan has joined our Buddhist sect, as long as he brings back the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and steps into the Saint Realm, we will be able to stand against The Three Pure Ones,” Jieyin pronounced inscrutably.
“Let’s hope everything goes well,” Zhunti responded with a sigh. For some reason, he felt a constant unease, yet he couldn’t pinpoint its source, and this feeling made him quite uncomfortable.
Having left Yuan Mountain and crossed the Bitter Sea, a golden Buddhist Sect gate appeared on the horizon. Once he stepped through this golden gate, he would enter the boundless Taixiao Starry Sky.
With Qiankun Shifting, it was as if the distance between heaven and earth had shrunk to nothing. Ye Xuan finally emerged from the Western blissful world and appeared in the Taixiao Starry Sky.
The Star Sea churned, and numerous stars stood tall. Ye Xuan stood in the midst of the starry sky, his body encircled by a dazzling and brilliant Buddha Light, yet his expression turned incredibly somber.
He made it out! He really made it out!
It was a matter of life and death, but Ye Xuan had, for the moment, just managed to pass through, even escaping from the Western blissful world, thus eluding the control of the Western Two Saints.
A breath of foul air surged out from Ye Xuan’s mouth, producing a booming echo across thousands of miles of the starry sky.
If it had been before, having escaped from the hands of the Western Two Saints, Ye Xuan would certainly have had to hide away in the Earth Immortal Realm under an assumed name until he withstood the Heavenly Dao Three Tribulations and reemerged.
But now, Ye Xuan’s thoughts had changed. He wanted to use the Western Two Saints to force the Primordial Spirit out and, if possible, to have the Western Two Saints and Primordial Spirit slaughter each other, which would align with Ye Xuan’s own intentions.
Moreover, at this moment, Ye Xuan held in his hand the Dharma Decree of the Western Two Saints, giving him full command over the Lingshan in the Lower Realm. This, in effect, also allowed him to do certain things that would be to his advantage.
Alas, now transformed into the Qingming Buddha, he must not reveal the truth of being Ye Xuan, nor could he return to the Thirty-Three Layered Heaven. It was an unavoidable predicament.
“Heaven and earth are but a chessboard, all living beings are the pieces; it is still unknown who the pieces are and who the player is!”
A cold smile curled at the corners of Ye Xuan’s mouth, his Buddha Light flaring up, transforming him into a streak of light that shot toward the Earth Immortal Realm.
In the Earth Immortal Realm, the Western Continent.
Heaven and earth were gloomy, void of sun and moonlight, and stars from all over could be seen through the shattered Heavenly Vault; meteorites frequently fell from above, and the vast Milky Way poured in, giving off an apocalyptic sense of terror. Yet all was held back by the Sealing Heaven Formation, extinguishing within the Heavenly Vault.
Within that Heavenly Vault, Bodhisattva Arhats could be seen shuttling back and forth, continuously bringing Spirit Stones and Magic Treasures to reinforce the Sealing Heaven Formation, to prevent the tattered Heavenly Vault from once again bringing catastrophic disaster to the Western Continent.
Not only the Western Continent, but the other three Divine Continents as well were in the same state. Years ago, when the two Heavenly Courts unleashed the Heaven and Earth Absolute Formation, they pierced through millions of miles of the sky, the extent of which was unimaginable, countless lives perished in this calamity; even after ten thousand years, the Primordial Qi of the four Divine Continents had scarcely recovered.
Amidst the swirling yellow sand, a whirlwind of dust, Ye Xuan, dressed in a moon white monk robe, with a halo of Buddha Light rising behind him, walked barefoot on the sand. His face was always with a smile, and under the reflection of the numerous stars, he appeared holy and imposing, instilling a sense of profound reverence at a glance.