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Chapter 546: The Journey to the West Ends, Merits Are Distributed

Zixiao Palace.

Deep and quiet, cold and lonely.

"This is not the Three Realms."

The improvement in his cultivation allowed Hong Chen to judge the differences here more accurately.

Tongtian smiled and said, "Chaos is definitely not the Three Realms."

"So..." Hong Chen hesitated to speak, his eyes fell on Tongtian, and then looked at Zixiao Palace.

The next second, the space seemed to fold suddenly, and Hong Chen suddenly appeared in front of Tongtian, and his forehead was lightly tapped by the other party.

Covering his forehead, Hong Chen said aggrievedly: "Saint, why is this happening?"

Tongtian leered, "You are thinking of something impolite."

Hong Chen immediately lowered his head in embarrassment.

Indeed, what he was just thinking about was why in such a world where almost all possibilities could evolve, Tongtian was eventually confined to the Zixiao Palace.

Not to mention learning lessons from other worlds, at least such tragic consequences should be avoided, right?
Tongtian’s response to this was also very simple.

"Different road non-phase plan."

Yes, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal like Hong Chen is practicing his own path all the time. Only in this way can he move forward firmly on this road full of hardships and thorns.

So what about saints?
They will just be more determined than the others!

This kind of determination means that even if you know that doing so may bring about consequences that are detrimental to yourself, you will still continue to move forward unswervingly.

This is not paranoia.

It is because, rather than believing in the predetermined results that have evolved from other worlds, they believe more that their own path is capable of overcoming all obstacles and reaching their goals.

Even though they may not get what they want in the end, they will not think that there is something wrong with their approach.

Only with such a heart of Tao can one become a saint.

From this we can also see that the two saints of the West are actually not without merits.

Even if he is an ordinary mortal, if his will is strong enough, he can leave his own mark among the countless people in the world.

Of course, this does not mean success.

Because the meaning of life is far more than just "success".

Hong Chen: I have reached a higher level again. What a great understanding! I am worthy of being me!

Tongtian rolled his eyes at him again, then flipped his hand, and a square array diagram appeared on his palm, with four black marks and criss-crossing lines printed on a white background.

As soon as this formation diagram appeared, Hong Chen's Four Swords of Zhu Xian that were stored in his body felt something and immediately started clamoring to come out of his body.

Hong Chen released four swords, which first circled around Tongtian, and then impatiently fell into the formation diagram, transforming into four fairy sword patterns.

"I once said that I would give you the battle formation diagram when you have collected all four swords of Zhu Xian. Today I have fulfilled my promise."

As he spoke, Tongtian gave a gentle push and the formation diagram flew straight in front of Hong Chen.

Hong Chen did not refuse deliberately, because such euphemisms were meaningless to the saint and would only make him seem awkward.

Hong Chen bowed, gently holding up the formation diagram with both hands.

"Thank you saint for giving me this treasure!"

Tongtian lifted him up in the air and said with a smile: "This treasure is given to you, but it is not given to you for nothing."

Hong Chen said with a smile: "Whatever the saint says, I will do my best to help."

"With your current strength, you can't help me. But it doesn't hurt to tell you in advance. In the prehistoric times, before the Conferred Gods were launched, the Heavenly Court had already become a force to be reckoned with. But without the support of luck, the Jiejiao would sooner or later follow the footsteps of the Three Realms."

Hong Chen was stunned: "The Conferred God Ceremony hasn't started yet, so how can you..."

Why was he confined to Zixiao Palace?

Tongtian looked up and smiled, his eyes full of pride.

"I discussed the Dao with other saints, but they were no match for me. I wanted to defeat them one by one, but they were not stupid and united against me in advance. I set up the Immortal Execution Sword Formation in the chaos to fight them, but the Four Saints were unable to break the formation and I was able to kill one of them instead."

Hong Chen took a breath of cold air.

"I wonder who it is?"

Tongtian shook his head and did not answer. He just continued, "Although killing one person is an achievement, it also happened to fall into their calculations. The power of the Zhuxian Sword Formation followed the saint who was resurrected in the prehistoric world into the prehistoric world and tore the western land apart again. The legacy of the previous battle between Taoism and Demonism was once again aroused and broke out, causing a large number of lives to be killed and injured."

He didn't say anything after that, but Hong Chen understood it.

The death of so many people may not be a problem, because with the operation of the six realms of reincarnation, everything can be compensated and made up for.

However, the trauma left by the conflict between Taoism and Demons in the Western Land was extremely serious, which involved the core rules of the Way of Heaven.

The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiencies by making up for the losses.

What Tongtian did was tantamount to going against the will of heaven.

"House arrest is a punishment, but also a form of protection." Tongtian suddenly said again.

Hong Chen's brows furrowed slightly.

At this time, Tongtian said meaningfully: "The way of heaven in the prehistoric world is not what you understand."

Then, without waiting for Hong Chen to ponder over his intention, Tong Tian waved his hand:
"The Jie Sect in the prehistoric world can still be saved. If you go to the prehistoric world and take the Four Swords of the Immortal Slayer as your token, you can lead the Jie Sect. If you are willing, please protect more of the sect members on my behalf."

Hong Chen was shocked: "Uncle Master, I am not from Jiejiao, how can I lead Jiejiao?"

Tongtian frowned: "Why aren't you from Jiejiao?" He pulled Hong Chen's body casually, and immediately a pattern of light came out.

Hong Chen was very familiar with the circulation route of this ball of light, because it was the core of the Maoshan Shangqing Dadong Sutra.

"You learn my methods, but you don't want to be my man?" Tongtian asked back.

Hong Chen was speechless.

Now he finally understood why Wen Zhong had been so generous as to take out his eyeballs and give them to him.

"Disciple... obey your orders!"

Tongtian nodded with relief: "You don't need to worry that someone in Jiejiao will oppose you. You have already known Jin Ling in the Three Realms. When you come to Honghuang, she will naturally recognize you."

"What about Duobao?"

Tongtian smiled and said, "He is pursuing his own path."

Duobao’s way of thinking is simple: I am the only one who is supreme in heaven and on earth!
In other words, his path is to take the position of the leader.

In Jiejiao, he is the eldest brother, and his status is second only to one person.

But even if there was a saint above his head, it would still be an obstacle to his path.

Tongtian cannot and will not retreat, because Jiejiao is his own path.

But Western teachings are different.

The two saints of the West could completely abandon Western religion and hand over the huge family business to Duobao for management and control.

Because the most important thing facing the two Western saints is not to save all living beings, but to repay the money they borrowed from the Heavenly Dao as soon as possible.

"Disciple understands."

"Then go back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Chen's eyes blurred and he returned to the Earthly Immortal Realm.

After taking the Zhuxian Formation Diagram into his body and sensing and manipulating it for a while, Hong Chen looked into the distance: Tang Seng and others who had obtained the true scriptures from Lingshan suddenly discovered that the scriptures were all blank when they came out of Lingshan.

"time is limited!"

Hong Chen turned to the north and rose up as a rainbow.

Since the establishment of the Earthly Immortal Realm, this place has been occupied by the demon clan left over from the original battle between heaven and earth, between wizards and demons.

After years of development, the demon race has not fully recovered, but at least the population has increased significantly.

Of course, the styles of many demon tribes are very different from those of humans, and many demon tribes will feed on humans in order to practice quickly, resulting in many casualties.

As the protagonist of the world today, Heaven must naturally support the human race.

As a result, these murderous and man-eating demons became the main targets of the Heavenly Court.

The one who led this demon strike team was the Great Emperor Zhenwu.

"Long time no see. You have made great progress." Seeing Hong Chen, Emperor Zhenwu looked him over and nodded slowly.

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty." After bowing, Hong Chen explained his purpose.

When Zhenwu heard that he wanted to challenge him, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and curl the corners of his mouth.

"Good boy, you have courage, worthy of being a disciple of the saint! Follow me."

Zhenwu brought Hong Chen to the sky above the mountains, and Hong Chen immediately discovered that there were a large number of monsters with strong blood and karma below.

"We can exchange ideas, but it shouldn't be difficult to help eliminate the monsters at the same time?" asked the Great Emperor Zhenwu.

Hong Chen nodded: "As it should be!"

"Come on then, you first?"

"it is good!"

Hong Chen quickly agreed, and then spread out the formation diagram, set up the sword formation, and enveloped Zhenwu in the Zhuxian sword formation. Without stopping, he summoned the Red Dust Sword, the Xuanling Samsara Realm, the Xuanling Beiyin Banner, and the Xuanling Emperor Seal far away in the underworld, and hit the four gates of the sword formation respectively.

In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, and the power of the Zhuxian Sword Formation swept across the entire Northern Juluzhou from the very beginning.

With the addition of four top-grade innate spiritual treasures, the sword formation's aura exploded: it shook the thirty-six heavens in the sky above and the eighteen hells in the underworld below.

Countless powerful people were startled when they heard it, and traced the source. They couldn't help but twitch their eyelids and the corners of their mouths twitched.

Facts have proved that even the Great Emperor Zhenwu cannot withstand the combined power of eight top-grade innate spiritual treasures, not to mention that the number one killing formation of the Heavenly Dao is among them?

It needs to be made clear that the Daluo of the Three Realms and the Daluo of the Primordial Chaos are different.

The Daluo in the Three Realms is just a mark left by the Great Desolation Daluo for the evolution of the heavens. To help the heavens evolve, the clones who perform and realize the Tao are also beneficial to Daluo.

Of course, the wonder of Daluo cannot be described in words.

The strength of Daluo in the Three Realms will not be much weaker than that of Daluo in the Primordial Era, because Daluo is omnipresent and exists everywhere.

It can only be said that the top-grade innate spiritual treasure was born from the Three Thousand Great Daos, and its ability and status are already on par with those of the Daluo Golden Immortal.

Afterwards, Hong Chen went to heaven and looked for Zhao Gongming and Taibai Jinxing respectively.

Zhao Gongming entered the battle very cheerfully. After being defeated, he was not angry at all. Instead, he saluted Hong Chen with great joy:
"Emperor, please don't keep us waiting for too long."

Taibai Jinxing is different.

His sword skills almost destroyed Hong Chen's sword skills.

Fortunately, Hong Chen, who had stayed in the long river of swordsmanship for a long time, had already discovered the swordsmanship mark belonging to Taibai Jinxing. He even spent a lot of time exchanging and understanding each other's swordsmanship.

Among these three realms, except for the saints, Taibai Jinxing's swordsmanship can be ranked in the top three.

He is a true Daluo Sword Immortal!

When swords collide, there are sharp edges everywhere.

After the battle, Hong Chen's immortal clothes were torn and his immortal body was covered with crisscrossing sword marks. Blood was dripping along the cloth strips, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

Taibai Jinxing, who looked similar to him, nodded and smiled: "Not bad, not bad! But the Immortal Executioner Sword Formation is still much weaker in your hands. The Great Emperor needs to refine it carefully."

"Thank you, Star Lord, for your teachings. I am very grateful!"

"You're welcome. This kind of exchange is of great benefit to me. If you need an opponent in the future, you may come find me again."

"Okay, it's a deal!"

"A word is settled!"

At this point, Hong Chen has cleared all the main tasks that can be completed at present, a total of ten.

Hong Chen didn't even bother to look at the remaining one who wanted to surpass Tongtian Sage in swordsmanship.

Again, it’s not that there is no chance, but it takes time!
Hong Chen did not return to his Xuanling Imperial Palace, but turned around and came to the Taoist temple in the human world to go into seclusion temporarily.

On the one hand, he had to complete the refining of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the formation diagram as soon as possible. On the other hand, it was time to start the arrangements in the human world.

Shortly after.

A wave with lingering echoes swept across the three realms, and countless living beings, regardless of the depth of their cultivation or the height of their realm, felt a sense of relief, as if a layer of dark clouds and mist that had shrouded their hearts was suddenly lifted, and the world suddenly became bright and clear.

The catastrophe is over.

The calamity of heaven and earth dissipated with the successful completion of the journey to the West.

At the Leiyin Temple on Lingshan Mountain, witnessed by the Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat and other monks, the Journey to the West team each received their rewards.

The Sandalwood Merit Buddha Tang Sanzang, the Fighting and Victory Buddha Sun Wukong, the Altar Purifier Zhu Bajie, the Golden Body Arhat Sha Wujing, and the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Broad Power Bodhisattva Ao Lie.

Don't underestimate the attainments of Buddhism.

With the success of Journey to the West, the fortune of Buddhism increased dramatically almost instantly.

Such a tremendous change in fortune naturally attracted the envy or jealousy of countless practitioners.

Correspondingly, the accumulation of luck also made it possible to make up for the long-accumulated wounds under the western land, and the once barren land also regained its vitality.

This is the purpose of the two saints in the West, and it is also what the Heavenly Dao expects.

The journey to the West was complete and the group left Lingshan again.

Unlike the way they came here by walking on the ground, they rode on the clouds and headed straight for the Tang Dynasty.

But no one paid attention to them anymore.

Suddenly, the sky was filled with auspicious colors, and in the blink of an eye, countless charming golden rays of merit bloomed.

Seeing this scene, the large number of creatures participating in the Journey to the West could not help but be overjoyed and excited.

Now that the business is done, it's time to sit down and share the fruits.

Groups of merits of varying sizes split up and were cast into different areas of the Three Realms.

The role of merit is so extensive that it can be used to bless almost everything, such as cultivation, enlightenment, refining equipment, refining elixirs, etc.

If merit could be traded, it would definitely be the most perfect and scarce currency in the three realms.

The amount of merit that Hong Chen received was not small, because he participated in many disasters in the Journey to the West, and even personally arranged three of them.

However, the greatest merit naturally belongs to Buddhism, followed by heaven.

In Buddhism, the one who has gained the most merit is of course Guanyin Bodhisattva, the person in charge of the overall coordination.

In the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor took the most, followed by Taibai Jinxing who made many trips.

After the harvest, many people happily began to retreat.

Hong Chen took the merit into his body, but had not yet decided what to do with it.

He is having a brand new arm fused to him.

An arm of a Daluo Jinxian!

(End of this chapter)