Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage
Chapter 270 - 259: The Past Life of the Victorious Fighting Buddha

Chapter 270: Chapter 259: The Past Life of the Victorious Fighting Buddha

Lu Ya utilized the Jade Being to activate the Time Law, opening a passage through time, traversing past, present, and future, to return to the past to strike down Wukong’s former self.

Wukong’s past form was extremely weak; as long as Lu Ya returned to the era when he had just burst forth from the stone, he could easily annihilate him. However, at a critical moment, Wukong realized something. This Heavenly Mechanism Staff that could traverse time and space had been thrust by him into the temporal tunnel.

Lu Ya had already found Wukong’s past form inside the temporal tunnel—it was an Intelligent Stone Monkey completely devoid of Mana.

Just as Lu Ya was about to exterminate it, a staff descended from the sky, aiming straight for his forehead.

Lu Ya’s heart skipped a beat. This was a temporal tunnel constructed by the Jade Being using the Time Law, generally impervious to others. Upon closer inspection, he couldn’t help but curse inwardly, "Clever Three Pure Ones, to scheme against me like this. It seems you knew I was going to clash with Sun Wukong, and thus you gave him the Heavenly Mechanism Staff!"

The Heavenly Mechanism Staff was made from the bones of a Divine Ape lineage and was incredibly powerful, able to manifest Divine Apes.

Among the Divine Ape lineage, there was a kind called the Drilling Mountain Divine Ape, which had mastery over the Time Law and could freely traverse between past, present, and future. The Heavenly Mechanism Staff contained a piece of rib from a Drilling Mountain Divine Ape and, naturally, inherited this ability. Wukong sent it through the temporal tunnel, chasing down Lu Ya.

Lu Ya performed a spell with his hands beneath the Jade Being’s feet, and a time storm was unleashed!

"Boom!"

The Time Law exploded, warping time itself—the Heavenly Mechanism Staff, no matter how it tried to advance, could not reach him, while Lu Ya had already struck at the Intelligent Stone Monkey.

As his hand was about to land, the Heavenly Mechanism Staff burst forth with golden light, with the Time Law exploding as well. The Intelligent Stone Monkey was enwrapped by the Time Law, and in an instant, it transformed into a majestic Buddha, adorned with a Treasure Crown and a golden Kasaya, the very image of the Victorious Fighting Buddha.

"Lu Ya, you actually intended to slay my past form? It won’t be so easy! I have already comprehended the Profound Mystery of past, present, and future, cultivating my past form to perfection." The Victorious Fighting Buddha said with a cold laugh, confronting Lu Ya with a palm strike.

"Boom!"

It would have been as easy as flipping his hand to kill the Intelligent Stone Monkey, so Lu Ya did not use much force. How could he have known that the Stone Monkey would transform into the Victorious Fighting Buddha halfway through, bursting forth with the overbearing aura of the Victorious Fighting presence, displaying the Buddhist Great Hand Seal against him. Lu Ya felt a shock to his chest, his arms went numb, and he vomited blood.

Wukong, upon seeing this, felt a slight relief in his heart. It seemed the Victorious Fighting Buddha was well prepared, having cultivated his past form, now confronting Lu Ya with a form no different from the Victorious Fighting Buddha’s own!

Naturally, Lu Ya was no match for him. He quickly manipulated the Time Law to flow rapidly forward, attempting to escape this past so as to avoid being struck by both the Victorious Fighting Buddha and Wukong, which would spell his doom.

The Victorious Fighting Buddha having cultivated a past form was something Lu Ya had never expected. True foresight had been shown, a talent spanning time possible only for Saints. The Victorious Fighting Buddha had started practicing even before becoming a Saint, clearly prepared for this battle. This ability to cross time, unique to Lu Ya, was hard for other Saints to achieve. Even Lu Ya relied on the Artifact Spirit birthed within the Jade Being—the great Blade of Banishing Gods and Slashing Immortals, the thousands-of-feet-tall Jade Person.

The Victorious Fighting Buddha charged forward, throwing a punch with supreme dominance, embodying the powerful conviction of the Victorious Fighting Buddha’s certainty of winning any battle.

"Boom!"

The Jade Being beneath Lu Ya’s feet struck back, clashing fiercely with the Victorious Fighting Buddha with a punch and then igniting a time storm. Time became disordered, the Victorious Fighting Buddha was engulfed in the river of time, struggling to break free, while Lu Ya seized the chance to frantically manipulate the Time Law, desperate to escape the temporal tunnel.

"Lu Ya, meet your doom!" Wukong roared, stirring the Heavenly Mechanism Staff.

A Divine Ape materialized, its fists pounding towards Lu Ya.

Lu Ya was furious. This ultimate move was originally his own, yet now it had turned into the most dangerous situation for him. If he did not escape and allowed the Victorious Fighting Buddha to break free from the river of time, being attacked from both sides would mean certain death! Within this river of time, any injury to the Primordial Spirit would cause the Primordial Spirit Thoughts to rapidly diminish, becoming lost within it.

This temporal tunnel bore a resemblance to the Reincarnation World; both could cause beings to lose themselves.

One Victorious Fighting Buddha, Lu Ya, was already no match, let alone with another, Wukong, wielding the Creation Heavenly Mechanism Staff and guarding the tunnel entrance? Lu Ya never imagined that his own ultimate skill would be the death of him.

Lu Ya exploded the essence of Separation Fire once more, turning it into Divine Thunder and unleashing it all.

But Wukong seemed to have anticipated this; the Victorious Fighting Buddha had cultivated his past self, and Lu Ya had rashly tried to return to the past to slay him. Now trapped in the time tunnel, it was the perfect opportunity to kill Lu Ya. Even if the wounds inflicted by the Great Dao caused damage to his Primordial Spirit Thoughts, he cannot be allowed to escape! This situation was as though Wukong and the Victorious Fighting Buddha were joining forces against Lu Ya. However, the time tunnel was Lu Ya’s home ground, and it was much more difficult to take him down than on a regular day.

"Boom!"

The Great Revolution Seal blocked the tunnel entrance, and Separation Fire Divine Thunders struck it, exploding upon impact. The Great Revolution Seal trembled as the will of countless revolutionaries burst forth.

What is a revolution?

A revolution is persistence, a revolution is determination, a revolution is strength, a revolution is also belief! A revolution is indestructible.

Hundreds of Separation Fire Divine Thunders fell upon the Great Revolution Seal, continuously exploding, yet the Great Revolution Seal firmly suppressed the mouth of the tunnel, not leaving Lu Ya a sliver of space to exploit and slip through with his ability to transform and escape.

Lu Ya cried out in urgency while the Jade Deity continuously unleashed time storms, causing the River of Time to become utterly chaotic, thus trapping the Victorious Fighting Buddha. Meanwhile, he launched successive deadly attacks against the Great Revolution Seal. But with the sickle and axe sparkling, the will of the revolution was as firm as a mountain, as towering as the heavens, truly immovable.

Wukong was also continuously vomiting blood, for blocking Lu Ya’s offensive had caused deeper outbursts of his Great Dao injuries, with vital energies rapidly draining away, and Primordial Spirit Thoughts steadily dissipating. However, this was all trivial, for as long as he held on for a little longer, once the Victorious Fighting Buddha discerned the trajectory of time and emerged from the River of Time, he could strike down Lu Ya! Should there be no other option, he could create a time upheaval, trapping Lu Ya permanently within this time tunnel.

"Boom!"

The Jade Deity punched the Great Revolution Seal, creating a tumultuous flow of time, hoping to use the force of time to push away the Revolution Seal.

Wukong grunted, channelling the Heavenly Dao Laws to suppress the chaotic flow of time, preventing it from moving the Great Revolution Seal, while the will of the revolution erupted even more fiercely, causing the time tunnel itself to seem like it was on the verge of collapsing.

Just as Lu Ya was about to exert more force, the Victorious Fighting Buddha had already broken free from the chaotic time flow, escaping the binds of the River of Time and advancing towards Lu Ya.

The Jade Deity turned and threw a punch, releasing a turbulent flow of time, attempting to once again drag the Victorious Fighting Buddha into it.

The Victorious Fighting Buddha, too, was a practitioner of the Heavenly Dao Saint Realm, and after being trapped by this chaotic flow of time for a moment, he had already discerned some of its profound mysteries. How could he be confined again? He placed his hands together, chanting Buddhist Scriptures, with Sanskrit circling around him as though three thousand Buddhas were chanting in unison, the Xuan Yin mysterious and extraordinary.

"Victorious Fighting Fist!" The Victorious Fighting Buddha shouted lightly as he threw a punch.

This punch transcended the constraints of time. The chaotic flow of time under the Jade Deity’s control was utterly incapable of affecting the punch’s direction. They could only meet it with a fierce clash, fist against palm, resulting in a thunderous explosion. The Jade Deity’s arm showed cracks, which, however, vanished in an instant, healed by a glint of mysterious light.

Wukong threw the plain-colored Cloud Boundary Flag into the time tunnel, and the Victorious Fighting Buddha caught it, flaring it open with a sweep. It covered the sky and obscured the sun, with white light flickering incessantly, obscuring the entire time tunnel and pressing down towards Lu Ya.

Lu Ya roared repeatedly, stabilizing the time tunnel. Three Heavenly Dao Saint Realm masters were engaged in a fierce battle within the time tunnel, which was already extremely unstable. If the time tunnel were to collapse, he would be trapped inside forever, losing his true self, unable to distinguish between past, present, and future. This was a serious matter!

If he were to lose his way, it would be akin to death; he would never emerge.

The Victorious Fighting Buddha, on the other hand, was different; being transformed from his past self, he would always exist within the time tunnel, and even if the tunnel were to collapse, it would not matter to him.

As to what became of Lu Ya’s fate, please tune in to the next episode to find out. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please go to qidian.com to vote for it with recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)