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Chapter 653: The Fall of the Celestial Lord, the Demon's Enlightenment (End)
The Lion Demon King, the Peng Demon King who was Lin Dong’s incarnation, and the Bull Demon King whose Dharma body was several thousand feet long, the three great demons roared in unison.

The sound waves seemed to shatter Ling Xiao.

The mighty sound waves penetrate the three realms of man, god and ghost.

The Ziwei Emperor, who controlled all the immortals in the Milky Way and the stars in the sky and shared the four continents with the Jade Emperor in the Douniu Palace, was disturbed by the roar.

The Emperor of Ziwei was originally discussing with the Queen Mother of the West the plan to organize a new Heavenly Peace Conference to reward the immortals and Buddhas according to their merits.

The past thirty-three years have been turbulent, and the demons in Xihe Niuzhou among the four continents have now been mostly wiped out.

Logically speaking, Emperor Ziwei is indeed qualified to start a new round of Tianan Conference and reward a group of star gods.

There is only one thing that is more difficult.

That is - the most precious resource among the rewards, the peaches!
However, it can only be issued with the consent of the Queen Mother of the West.

Hence, there came the group of Emperor Ziwei to Douniu Palace.

However, Emperor Ziwei, who was waiting for the Queen Mother of the West in the palace, was disturbed by a terrifying demonic roar.

"what happened?"

The Emperor Ziwei waved his hand.

Immediately, an ear-reporting god stepped out from the void, bowed and said, "Report to the Emperor, in the depths of the Styx..."

"That's how it is."

Emperor Ziwei's eyes rolled around, and he looked as if he had no idea what Ksitigarbha was saying.

He frowned, "Since it is the evil demons causing chaos, the Beidou and Nandou Palaces have an unshirkable responsibility. Send out orders to arrest the three demons."

"promise."

The ear-reporting god kowtowed again and said hello.

As soon as Ziwei Emperor gave an order, the decree to arrest the three demons spread among the gods and spirits of the mountains and rivers in the three realms in an instant.

And the real Demon King Peng inexplicably took the blame for Lin Dong.

Lin Dong, who was currently fighting with Dizang above the Styx, was completely unaware of these things.

……

The golden Buddha's palm, constructed by infinite light and almost covering the sky, slammed into Mount Jiuhua.

In an instant, the mountain of Jiuhua Mountain collapsed, and the vegetation, trees, Taoist temples and Buddhist temples on the mountain were all shattered.

The mountain buildings were smashed into powder by the golden palm of Tathagata.

The Bull Demon King stood in the River Styx, the water reaching up to his knees.

He looked up at the huge golden Buddha's palm. His Dharma body, which was thousands of feet long, still looked extremely small under the palm of Tathagata.

The body of Jiuhua Mountain was crushed into slag by the force of the Buddha's palm.

The void was filled with flames, ashes, mud, rubble, broken ancient trees, ruined temples, and huge black pits formed by ruptures in space.

All kinds of magic spells turned into torrents that collided and intertwined.

Even the passage to heaven formed by the red lotus fire still seemed insignificant under the palm of Tathagata.

The Buddha seemed to be able to suppress everything in heaven and on earth with one hand.

"I am destiny. Destiny allows me to attain enlightenment."

Sunlight Ksitigarbha held the Buddha's head in his hand and stood at the top of the void and said arrogantly.

The red lotus fire wrapped around his body began to fade gradually, and behind him was endless golden flame.

The overwhelming golden Buddha fire and the Tathagata Palm that was as big as a mountain set off each other.

The entire sky was covered with golden Buddha light and flames.

"Destiny?"

"Everyone says that the Bodhisattva wanted to achieve enlightenment by making a vow to not become a Buddha until hell is empty. Why, you can't wait? It's only been a short time."

Lin Dong asked the question, and then he swung the Prison Breaking Sword in his hand and slashed out a terrifying blade light.

【All ten directions are destroyed! 】

The sky, which was originally filled with endless golden Buddha light, was like a golden ocean, but was cut by the sword light to create a criss-cross pattern.

A clear knife mark immediately appeared on the palm of Tathagata's Palm.

Thunder and lightning intertwined on the Prison Breaking Blade. With Lin Dong’s magic power as support, the sticky blue-purple lightning kept moving.

Lin Dong clenched the blade with both hands and swung it out with one terrifying sword intent after another.

Chi You's swordsmanship continued to strike, and traces of broken pieces appeared in the sky one after another.

With one palm, the Tathagata Palm overturned the Jiuhua Mountain, and criss-crossing cuts appeared on the palm.

Golden Buddha's blood dripped down from the end of the sky.

The Lion Demon King struggled to climb upwards step by step, and the road paved by the red lotus fire became narrower and narrower.

It seemed that the channel of karmic fire was about to be blocked by the endless and boundless Buddha's light.

"There has never been a destiny, never!"

"You people are just created by the prehistoric era! You are lucky, born with good fortune, and have some luck, so you think you have great power and can make the world run according to your own plan?"

"Lingshan and the Heavenly Palace are all like this. Gods and Buddhas, who are in high positions, never have empathy for the pain of ordinary people. You think the offerings from mortals are natural."

"Gods and Buddhas should rule over all things. Monsters are reduced to your mounts and elixirs. Mortals are nothing more than consumables and food for you to enhance your faith."

"You all call me a demon, a devil, but why did I devour the entire nation? It was simply because that dynasty lacked reverence for Lingshan. It was Lingshan's order, the Buddha's order. But you didn't allow me to achieve my goal, and dismissed me with just one word 'demon'. You made me bear all the consequences with just one word 'there is a change in the killing calamity'?"

"Old Ox and I, who hasn't surrendered to the Holy Mountain? But is there still room up there? Is there? Is there a fruit position? Everything is just about seniority, seating arrangements, and eating fruit? What destiny are you talking about? Ksitigarbha, let me ask you - what is destiny?"

The Lion Demon King no longer has a head, but he has directly revealed the dirty history that Lingshan has always covered up.

Unveiling the hypocritical veil of the saint, the Buddha.

Everything in the world revolves around power.

Everything that people fight for in the world, in the final analysis, is nothing more than a fight for fame and fortune.

Such is the case with mortals.

This is even more true for immortals and Buddhas!

Achieve enlightenment and attain Bodhi.

The so-called reduction to emptiness and transcendence to the other shore, which one is not for oneself?

The fame and fortune that mortals fight for is nothing more than the word "eternal life" for immortals and Buddhas.

What is higher than immortality is nothing more than the saints' pursuit of transcending everything, achieving self-realization, and standing on the great way.

Ultimately, it's just selfishness at work.

The great way is fair, but there are saints who represent the way of heaven and suppress the way of man.

The Human Emperor, who symbolizes the highest power in humanity and is the Supreme Being, had four of his powers taken away from him.

It is the greatest manifestation of the law of nature suppressing the laws of man.

So-called justice! There has never been such a thing since ancient times.

The entire prehistoric world is run according to the will of the immortals and Buddhas.

Pangu created the world and longed for world peace, but in the end, a group of saints took over his position.

The rules of the three thousand worlds have always been about oppression.

The Great Thousand Worlds oppress the Middle Thousand Worlds, and the Middle Thousand Worlds oppress the Small Thousand Worlds, just as Buddha oppresses monsters and monsters oppress mortals.

The Lion Demon King's mind became more and more clear, and all the past events from the ancient times to the present flowed through his mind one after another.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire Channel was about to be disconnected.

The fire raged again.

"You are just a demon. What qualifications and position do you have to judge me? I am the Buddha."

Ksitigarbha was burning with anger and his mind was in turmoil.

"Buddha is great not because of the title, not because of the positive result, but because of the cause." "It is the result of doing things that leads to the result!"

"There has never been justice, nor Buddha, nor monsters. You and I are just a bunch of ordinary people with a lot to offer."

The headless lion demon king stepped step by step onto the passage constructed by the red lotus fire and walked to the top of the passage.

He grabbed the Buddha's head held up by the Sunlight Ksitigarbha with his two claws and snatched it away.

"If I, the Qiu Shou Xian, the Green Lion Monster, can attain the right fruition and become the Shibi King Buddha, I will not respect the Buddha, I will not respect the sacred mountain, I will not respect the orders of the World Honored One, I will not respect the principles of the ancient Buddhas, and I will not respect the future Buddha Kingdom. I will only uphold the principle of the Great Dao, which is impartial! For thousands of calamities, I will keep this as my ambition! If I break my oath, the red lotus fire will burn my body, and my soul will sink into the hell of fire, where I will suffer for eternity and never be able to escape! If the Great Dao is impartial, please grant me the right fruition, and I will attain Bodhi! Amitabha."

The Lion Demon King held the Buddha's head and pressed it hard on his headless body. He clasped his hands together, and a ray of golden light of merit actually crossed thousands of worlds and fell from the sky.

Ksitigarbha Buddha fell into a daze.

The Tao is fair and impartial. In the darkness, there is a power that far exceeds that of the Buddha, which is exerted on Ksitigarbha Buddha, making it impossible for him to move at all.

"Death!"

The Bull Demon King roared, and the Abi Sword rolled up. The sword was wrapped in blood and returned to its normal size. The sword flew backwards and pierced through the chest of Ksitigarbha Buddha from the back.

The dark golden Buddha bone was chiseled open by the blood-red sword. Nikko Jizang lowered his head in disbelief, looking at the tip of the sword that pierced through his chest.

"Tathagata! World Honored One!"

He raised his head, his eyes bleeding, and murmured something.

The Tathagata Palm, which was as big as a mountain, never struck down from beginning to end, but instead retreated backwards.

"I will not attain Buddhahood until hell is empty? Humph, Ksitigarbha, you broke your vow first, so you deserve this disaster."

The Bull Demon King slowly exhaled the foul air.

Lin Dong narrowed his eyes, feeling vaguely that he was being plotted against.

"The fall of the Heavenly Lord, the demon leader attained enlightenment, the fall of Chong'en, the Lion Demon King attained enlightenment. One retreat and one advance is just in line with fate. However, why does this feeling seem so familiar, as if I have been used as a spear point by someone."

Lin Dong pondered in his heart.

Above the River Styx, the clouds disappeared and the rain stopped. The originally heavy golden sky now returned to its calm state.

The golden body of Ksitigarbha Buddha cracked and eventually turned into a ball of Buddha light and flew to the west.

Lin Dong raised his eyebrows. If he saw it correctly, there should be a fist-sized relic contained in the Buddha's light.

Given Lin Dong's personality, he naturally didn't want to watch the treasure of merit fly away from his eyes.

He subconsciously flapped his wings and tried to catch it.

now.

Roar!
The Lion Demon King roared, "I am the Buddha King Sibi, when..."

This is a promise made to all living beings, and it is also a loan of merit to the Great Dao.

There were shrieks in the void, and some unknown beings seemed to be cheering for the coming of the new god to welcome this great moment.

In the Three Realms, the ten kinds of creatures including heaven, earth, humans, gods, ghosts, insects, reptiles, hairy creatures, and finless fowl can all hear the Lion King, so they should not speak the oath of King Sibi Buddha.

A surge of power emanated from the Lion Demon King.

"Buddha?"

Lin Dong's mind turned, and the relic took advantage of this gap to fly away.

Lin Dong could feel King Shibi’s momentum rising steadily, but it seemed that in the end - his strength remained at the peak of the celestial being, the Heaven-Swallowing Level.

in other words.

Even with the blessing of the power of merit, King Sibi still had not stepped into the threshold of quasi-sainthood, as if something was still missing.

For example, to achieve the status of a quasi-saint, one must have his own Dao fruit.

It was only after Ksitigarbha Buddha attained the state of "Forbearance" that he had the thought of breaking through to the level of a quasi-saint.

What King Sibi lacks now is such a fruit of the Tao.

Although his cultivation level improved, he ultimately stopped at the Heaven-Swallowing Level among the Celestial Immortals.

When Lin Dong saw this scene, he had a slight understanding in his heart.

King Sibi was short of a fruit to attain enlightenment, and his vow was to be the most impartial of all.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva once vowed that hell would not be empty.

What about yourself?

Where is my path?

The oath and the fruit of the Tao, plus three tribulations! The tribulation of the heavenly demon, the tribulation of the inner demon, and the tribulation of the outer demon. Only by overcoming these levels can one break through to the Quasi-Sage.

Lin Dong thought about his own path, and he had some feelings in his heart.

Then, large amounts of blood-red gas were seen rising from the body of King Sibi Buddha, giving people an inexplicable and weird feeling.

If you look closely, you can see that those red air masses are filled with endless insects and lice.

Thousands of insects and lice plunged directly into the Styx, and the evil spirits at the bottom of the river were devoured in large chunks.

The group of lice were not full until the riverbed was exposed. Finally, they turned into a red gas ball and drilled into King Sibi's ear.

"Old Bull, you asked me to help the Lion Demon King achieve enlightenment. Now I have fulfilled my promise, so I will leave first."

Lin Dong nodded to the Bull Demon King.

The light in the Bull Demon King's eyes dimmed, and the Abi Sword turned into a ball of blood light and sank into the Bull Demon King's soul. Only then did a faint brilliance appear in his eyes.

"Brother Lin, the situation in the imperial court is so strong now, where are you going?"

The Bull Demon King couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing planned."

Lin Dong curled his lips and said casually.

"Why don't you join us? The Blood Red Ancestor has gathered a group of talented people. We can fight against the Heaven Court and the gods together. We are almost destroying all the monsters in Xihe Niuzhou. Let's join hands to resist and let the Heaven Court see how powerful we are."

The Bull Demon King became a lobbyist.

"Ah."

Lin Dong snorted with contempt. In the final analysis, he looked down upon the Blood Red Ancestor's abilities.

Not only the Blood River Ancestor, he also looked down upon Tathagata, who claimed to be the supreme ruler of the world on Lingshan Mountain.

Lin Dong is now considered a master at the peak of the Celestial Immortal level. Apart from the Heaven-Swallowing Emperor Ziwei, who is still not as strong as him, how many of the others can compete with him?
And if he can achieve Dao Fruit, then Lin Dong will be considered a quasi-saint in the future.

Being on the same level as Sakyamuni, how could he succumb to a small river of blood?

"I know that Brother Lin once had some dirty dealings with the ancestor, but..."

The Bull Demon King was unwilling and couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Is this your intention? Or is this the instruction of the Blood River Patriarch?"

Lin Dong suddenly interrupted the other person.

"The ancestor did give some instructions. I, Old Niu, also think so. The ancestor said that if Brother Lin is willing, he is willing to offer the Avici Sword and even respect Brother Lin as the deputy leader of the Blood River."

The Bull Demon King throws out his chips.

"He has a big appetite."

Lin Dong sneered.

"You don't need to say more. I'm not interested in the River Styx. Old Cow, I know you're deeply involved in it and can't extricate yourself, but don't mention me. From now on, you should be more careful."

After saying that, Lin Dong flapped his wings and flew away.

Getting rid of Ksitigarbha was a pleasant surprise.

However, Lin Dong has never forgotten his real enemies, the gods of the Dou Department in Heaven, the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper, and Yang Erlang of Guanjiangkou.

He will go after these guys one by one.

"..."

The Bull Demon King was in deep thought for a while, staring at Lin Dong’s disappearing back without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)