Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 459 - 52 Emperor Haoling, Emperor Lao Bai_2

Chapter 459: Chapter 52 Emperor Haoling, Emperor Lao Bai_2

"Why is that? Is abundant Spiritual Energy and pills not enough?"

Inside Gu Wen’s Qi Sea, the Diluted World Scripture emerged, and the dim Buddhist light projected various Taoist Bodies, expounding how to break through life and death, disrupting Yin and Yang.

It also revealed why one must consume humans in their cultivation.

Because people have different aptitudes, their bottlenecks are also different. Pure pills and Spiritual Energy cannot forcibly help one break through.

And life and death are the greatest manifestations of Yin and Yang, containing power enough to overturn the heavens and earth, allowing one to break through their bottlenecks.

Moreover, the practice of consuming humans has been around since ancient times, and humans weren’t originally concerned with virtue.

For instance, the Dual Cultivation Skill is the most widely spread among the Three Religions, second only to Swordsmanship as the main cultivation method of sects.

Daoist have the Yin Yang Sect, Demon Sect has the Joyful Union Sect, Buddhist Sect has Joyful Zen. Since the word ’nature’ comes from ’innate nature,’ there is much potential in cultivating it.

Chi Yu Zi laughed, "For thousands of years, mortals have not known how many generations have passed."

"I am not capable enough, and I am ashamed," the Jade Sword Buddha earnestly apologized. Chi Yu Zi waved his hand, "I’m not blaming you. In fact, Gu Wen is right, the Buddhist Sect is always better than the Demon Sect. Now that more than half of the Demon Sect’s doctrines have been eradicated, that’s why the Buddhist Sect seems so glaring."

"At least with the presence of Hinayana Buddhism, things might change for the better in the future. By the way, Gu Wen, won’t you express your opinion?"

She lightly punched Gu Wen’s head with her small fist.

"The Qingcang Immortal has been praising you all along, saying you have the talent to govern the heavens and earth, and if you were to rule the world, it would definitely be a utopian society."

"I think those who consume humans should die."

"Indeed, we are birds of a feather."

"Birds of a feather is a derogatory term."

Afterward, Gu Wen asked, "Does the True Martial Palace have a definite target?"

Chi Yu Zi answered without hesitation, "Joyful Zen is one of them. They claim publicly that their cultivation does not harm lives and that they exchange for money instead. But according to True Martial Palace’s investigation, men and women who enter Joyful Zen do not live past three years."

"It’s the female Bodhisattva I held at the Buddha Meeting. I was planning to find an excuse to kill her, but I didn’t expect her to endure so much."

As the word ’endure’ fell, a dazzling sword light enveloped the area a hundred miles ahead. Above the clouds, a white-clothed female Bodhisattva turned into flying ash.

All the great powers, Bodhisattvas, originally quieted down, now were even more silent.

True Sword Dao?

Since when did the True Martial Demon Cleansing Heavenly Venerate learn the True Sword Dao? And why such indiscriminate killing?

Gu Wen asked calmly, "What else?"

Chi Yu Zi was stunned, then said, "You killed her just like that?"

Gu Wen countered, "Should I put her on public trial, summon countless mortals to witness, and confront her one by one? As the True Martial Demon Cleansing Heavenly Venerate, my authority is unlimited. I deemed her a demon and executed her without prior deliberation."

The voice wasn’t loud, but all the great powers present were staring at them. And the last part of Gu Wen’s speech wasn’t shielded from the outside world; naturally, it also reached their ears.

Their skins crawled.

Mad, completely mad!

They knew that the True Martial Demon Cleansing Heavenly Venerate was termed a Daoist God of Slaughter, whether it was the great war between humans and monsters or the chaos of the Demon Sect, he always left a trail of heads rolling.

But they never expected such recklessness, not even following the basic laws.

"..."

After a long silence, Chi Yu Zi finally spoke, "Lantuo Temple, each year they accept hundreds of thousands of disciples, yet never a single person leaves, and the temple never looks crowded. The number of monks gone missing each year reaches up to three hundred thousand."

A little reputation in exchange for eradicating evil and slaying demons is a profitable deal, besides, do I have a good reputation?

Chi Yu Zi remained skeptical, as she had killed too many, across all of the Three Religions.

Her words were shielded from the outside; the Bodhisattvas of Lantuo Temple couldn’t hear her, yet they suddenly felt a chill.

One of them, sitting on a lotus pedestal, slightly shifted backward, planning to blend into the crowd and employ a teleportation skill.

Otherwise, with everyone present, suddenly teleporting away would attract attention, and even if successful, it would lead to trouble later on.

A dazzling golden light shone on the lotus pedestal, and then a beam penetrated through the chest.

The Buddhist Position, protected by incense, the Bodhisattva’s body... all turned to nothingness, vanishing like smoke.

Another one dead?

Fear enveloped everyone like a tsunami, and the first instinct of the many great powers was to flee. The first to run headlong crashed into the edge of Sumeru Mountain, where a circle of golden light had unknowingly covered the entire mountain.

The golden light, as fine as strands of hair, framed heaven and earth. The cosmos stood still.

If a Bodhisattva was discerning enough, they could sense the power of vows within it, where the law and the divine were one, where Buddha and Dao coexisted.

Further understanding would reveal that the amount of mana used for this golden light was no more than what one in the Nascent Soul Stage could muster. But just as an arrow in hand can’t pierce iron armor, when shot from a bow it can penetrate solid metal.

Gu Wen’s Nascent Soul Stage was not about realm, but his understanding of the cosmos.

"Who else?"

Seeing the situation, Chi Yu Zi also couldn’t help but swallow, hesitantly asking, "Are you going to kill them all?"

Even she felt that a total slaughter was a bit too extreme.

"Of course not, it’s just to prevent them from escaping," Gu Wen replied, his voice even, neither cold nor warm, always in his typical, relaxed manner.

"Just in time for the Buddha Meeting, they gathered here. Miss this chance, and there will be no other. Since I see the problem, I’ll take care of it."

"You better speak quickly. This barrier is fragile like paper, they might still escape. Then I would have to exert even more effort," Gu Wen said.

"The Poison Temple, focusing on poison cultivation, secretly trades Mistaken Buddha Smoke for mortals to consume, controlling their minds that way and extracting their essence," Chi Yu Zi explained.

Gu Wen swept over with his Divine Thought, carrying Chi Yu Zi along, identifying a purple-kasaya Bodhisattva. With a casual touch, he grasped a wisp of incense, flinging it out like firefly light.

Three feet away it turned into a golden roc, spreading wings for a strike across a hundred miles, its talons piercing the Bodhisattva’s brow.

As they descended the mountain, talking, their stride was casual, as if on a spring outing, while around them, Buddhist temples collapsed like falling mountains, and Buddhas rained down from the sky.