Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage
Chapter 263 - 252: Slaying the Tathagata to Become a Saint

Chapter 263: Chapter 252: Slaying the Tathagata to Become a Saint

Wukong entered the Chaotic World and found the shattered Heaven and Earth where Tathagata resided, unleashing a great battle.

Tathagata had cut off his notions of good and evil, and only needed to sever his obsessions to reach the realm of a Heavenly Dao Saint, but Wukong’s arrival was timely, as Tathagata had not yet managed to cut them off. Now he had some clues, and given a few more years, he might truly be able to sever his obsessions, rid himself of the three corpse spirits, and greatly increase his Mana.

Wukong held the Giant Axe, with sickles revolving around him, his approach ferocious and unstoppable, full of strong revolutionary resolve.

However, Tathagata was certainly no pushover; though he only managed to temporarily summon the Turning Wheel Sage King, he had inherited some of the Sage King’s legacy, such as condensing the All Living Beings Aspect and capturing the will of all beings, his combat power was only higher than before!

"Boom!"

Wukong swung down his axe, and Heaven and Earth trembled, Chaos overturned, as if Pangu had been resurrected.

Tathagata responded with a Demon-Subduing Pestle, and upon contact, was sent flying, spilling golden Buddha’s Blood, wounded.

Tathagata said, "The Great Revolution Seal is truly extraordinary, to possess such power after a successful revolution of the world!"

Tathagata took a deep breath, raising a large bell, a bell from the pinnacle of Spiritual Mount, rung daily by many, laden with immeasurable Eight Treasures Merit and Incense Willpower, extremely powerful. Tathagata had meant to place his remaining obsessions into this bell, delaying its use. Now, cornered and with no way out, he could no longer care about preserving it, even if it shattered.

Wukong shouted, "Tathagata, meet your death!"

The axe fell, trailing a dazzling cold light that blinded onlookers.

Tathagata raised the bell and shook it slightly in the air, causing a sonic boom, like thunder. The cold light from the axe was completely dissipated by the sound wave, but the axe continued to fall! It struck the bell with a deafening clang, and the entire Chaotic World seemed to churn because of this noise.

Wukong was shocked and cursed, "Crafty Tathagata, what a sly trickster you are!"

This sound wave was massive, causing Chaos to roil and drifting who knows how far away.

With such actions, Tathagata likely intended to lure the Chaos Heaven Demon, an utterly devious move.

Wukong raised the Plain-colored Cloud Boundary Flag, but Tathagata vibrated the bell again, sending its sound wave far and wide, while the Cloud Boundary Flag protected Wukong, blocking all the sound waves.

"Boom!"

Taking advantage of the moment Tathagata rang the bell, the Cloud Boundary Flag suddenly struck down, unleashing brilliant white light, sweeping towards Tathagata.

Tathagata hastily retreated, raising his palms to release the Tathagata Palm, massive hand seals pushing through the Chaos, breaking open the white light to reveal the Plain-colored Cloud Boundary Flag. The flag fell swiftly, enveloping the skies, its banner flying, and attempted to engulf Tathagata.

Tathagata transformed into a beam of golden light, escaping, but Wukong was already waiting with the Eastern Emperor Bell at the ready!

"Bang!"

The Eastern Emperor Bell turned into a large hammer, striking Tathagata’s chest, sending him flying with blood gushing, his organs seemingly displaced.

Wukong pressed the attack, the Eastern Emperor Bell swung again, unleashing three hundred streams of Chaos Sword Qi towards Tathagata.

Defenseless, Tathagata could only dodge, but still, a stream of Chaos Sword Qi hit his chest, making a hole the size of a fight immediately, with golden Buddha’s Blood gushing forth.

Tathagata sighed, "There is no escaping this calamity!"

Wukong continued to exert force, attacking with the Eastern Emperor Bell. The sound waves vibrated, and Tathagata’s large bell shattered in an instant. Countless Eight Treasures Merit and Incense Willpower flew out, all of which were absorbed by Wukong’s Eastern Emperor Bell, thus increasing its power significantly. No longer needing to draw on Wukong’s Mana, it simply utilized the newly acquired Eight Treasures Merit and Incense Willpower to send endless Sonic Wave Slaughter Sword and Chaos Sword Qi.

This time, like a plague of locusts, sword qi filled the air, and the Eastern Emperor Bell continued to vibrate intensely.

"Rumble!"

Behind Tathagata manifested a Buddha three thousand zhang tall, protecting Tathagata in the center. The endless Sword Qi and Slaying Swords fell and struck the Buddha’s Dharma Body, bursting forth bursts of golden light—this was the Dharma Body that Tathagata had preserved and refined with the Eight Treasures Merit all along. Suddenly, the Dharma Body transformed into tens of thousands of arms, densely packed, with each arm holding either a blade, spear, scripture, Sarira, lotus... All these tens of thousands of Magical Treasures were deployed at the same time, a truly spectacular sight, with Buddha’s Light scattering in all directions, as if it illuminated the entire universe.

Wukong shouted, "How can your Prabhutaratna Tathagata Dharma Body withstand my Eastern Emperor Bell!"

Wukong poured a great amount of Mana into the Eastern Emperor Bell, and suddenly, a shadow of a person appeared on it—it was the residual Divine Thought of Eastern Emperor Taiyi, which Wukong had stimulated.

"Boom!"

An aura that could destroy the eight desolations of the universe and was invincible in the Three Realms swelled, then exploded, sweeping through, even forcing Chaos itself to retreat! Eastern Emperor Taiyi of that era, apart from Di Jun, was an invincible existence in the universe. Even the combined efforts of the two great saints of Buddhist Sect couldn’t touch him. If it were not for the Twelve Ancestral Witches turning the wheel of the heavens and sacrificing their lives in a life-for-life strategy to inflict heavy wounds on Eastern Emperor Taiyi, even Amitabha and Zhun Ti would not have been able to defeat him.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi clenched his fist and threw a punch, its power massive like a hurricane, destructive and powerful.

Although Tathagata had resisted the Chaos Sword Qi that burst from the Eastern Emperor Bell, at this moment, he was like a light boat on the sea, facing the boundless and vast tempest and waves, with no way to resist in the slightest!

"Bang!"

The Tathagata’s Prabhutaratna Tathagata Dharma Body shattered instantaneously, turning into specks of light rain that scattered and were completely absorbed by the Eastern Emperor Bell.

Tathagata also flew out from the midst, taking a direct hit from Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s mighty punch. His bones shattered, and his flesh blurred, even his seat of consciousness began to crumble.

"Bang!"

Eastern Emperor Taiyi launched another punch, several times more powerful than the previous one, with Immeasurable Divine Light bursting forth as if a planet had exploded. The tremendous power of the punch caused the shattered heaven and earth to continuously collapse, and Tathagata, caught in the midst of the vast punch wind, had nowhere to hide.

"I’m not reconciled!" Tathagata roared, extremely unwilling in his heart.

He was about to cut off all obsessions and reach the pinnacle of life when Wukong found him. He burned his Divine Soul Thoughts to make one final stand.

Wukong, however, shook his head and said, "It’s useless. Today’s you are no longer a match for me!"

Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s punch exploded Tathagata’s physical body, and his Primordial Spirit Thoughts, numbering over two hundred million, sought to transform into Divine Thunder to blast Wukong to death, but Wukong was not afraid at all.

He invoked the Great Revolution Seal, and the scythe and axe fell mightily, bursting with the strongest Revolutionary Will of all beings!

This was the pinnacle of the Will of All Beings, almost solidifying the void, immobilizing Tathagata’s over two hundred million Primordial Spirit Thoughts on the spot.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s palm fell, killing a billion thoughts, then scythe and axe, along with the plain-colored cloud realm flag, rose up together, wrapping around the remaining one billion Primordial Spirit Thoughts. They suddenly exerted force and ruthlessly strangled them!

"Hum!"

Tathagata’s Primordial Spirit Thoughts issued their final singing, letting out a mournful cry before being ground to dust, ending up as obliteration.

Having killed Tathagata, Wukong retrieved the Magical Treasures into his hand, and the residual Divine Thought of Eastern Emperor Taiyi standing on the Eastern Emperor Bell also slowly faded, sinking back into the bell. Wukong had not expected to have stimulated the remnants of Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

With Tathagata’s death, Wukong’s Primordial Spirit Thoughts swiftly grew stronger, with glimmers of light flashing through his eyes, brightening and dimming, appearing and disappearing, having broken through the shackles of a Primordial Golden Immortal and achieving the status of Heavenly Dao Saint! The Great Dao Golden Lotus inside him trembled, and the Three Thousand Great Paths vibrated in unison, sounding profound Dao tones.

"Tathagata is dead, the great karma is severed, I am the Heavenly Dao Saint!" Wukong roared.

The might of a Heavenly Dao Saint, even the peak combat power Wukong had during his fight with Tathagata, would be like ants, crushed by the Heavenly Dao Saint without any resistance. Having achieved Heavenly Dao Saint, Wukong was now an invincible existence in the Earth Immortal Realm like Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and even if Eastern Emperor Taiyi were to be resurrected, he would still not be a match for Wukong.

Vowing a grand oath, condensing the Will of All Beings, achieving the status of Heavenly Dao Saint—this was a path no one else had walked before. The path Wukong forged made him exceedingly powerful!

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