Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 705: Five Six Eight Tip of the Iceberg

Chapter 705: Five Six Eight Tip of the Iceberg

This spectacle convinced Jiang Chen even more that the Buddha and the others were indeed facing problems.

Otherwise, with their shrewdness, would they have been unable to control their emotions?

Jiang Chen saw strands of dark aura emanating from the bodies of the Buddha and others, gradually eroding them.

Jiang Chen recognized this dark aura—it was the transformation of resentment felt by all living beings.

Under the reign of the Buddhist door, the creatures of the Xiniuhe Continent lived in dire straits. How could they not harbor resentment?

The hatred of all beings accumulates, and as it grows, it eventually metamorphoses into resentment.

Resentment is the strongest weapon living beings have against the cultivators. Even the Daluo Jinxian of the Primordial is in danger of falling when afflicted with resentment.

In the Ancient Era, people like Di Jun Taiyi had already achieved the undying Dao Fruit of Primordial Chaos but still fell due to resentment backlash.

The Buddhists of Spiritual Mountain had committed countless sins and naturally couldn’t escape resentment. But at the height of the rise of Buddhism, with its astonishingly strong fate, it suppressed the resentment of all beings.

Originally, as time passed, the resentment of all beings would grow stronger and stronger. Eventually, even the Buddhist door’s fate would not be able to suppress it. The resentment would erupt, evolving into a Quantitative Calamity that would destroy Buddhism.

However, before this day arrived, Jiang Chen exterminated the Buddhists of Spiritual Mountain first, causing the fate of Buddhism to plummet. It could no longer suppress all this resentment, and it utterly broke out.

The debtor is always the one to pay.

This resentment naturally wouldn’t fall upon Jiang Chen but descended upon the Buddhists of Spiritual Mountain, the Buddha, and others.

If they were truly dead, that would be the end of it. But since they’re not dead, the resentment’s not blind—it naturally descended directly upon them.

Hiding in the Realm of Nothingness was the biggest mistake made by the Buddha and others.

Being a form of willpower, resentment thrives in the Realm of Nothingness—it’s basically its home turf. By hiding in there, the Buddha and others had merely walked into a trap.

With resentment lingering on their bodies, the Buddha and others were inevitably affected. Not only did their strength weaken day by day, even their existence was under threat, showing signs of being entirely eroded by resentment.

Why did the Buddha choose to back down when he saw Jiang Chen breaking in, instead of directly suppressing him?

It’s because the Buddha and the others were not in their usual state. They used all their cultivation to suppress the resentment on their bodies and had no energy to deal with Jiang Chen.

If they truly began to fight, even if they won against Jiang Chen, it would be meaningless. The resentment they stopped suppressing would swallow them and erase them completely.

"Retribution!"

"Buddhism preaches about retribution the most, it’s laughable that we, the buddhas, have forgotten about retribution, let the situation escalate to this extent, and ended up in today’s misfortune."

The Buddha wore a bitter smile. He truly hadn’t expected that one day he would be reduced to such a state, being at a complete loss under the threat of resentment.

"Since you recognize this as retribution, with the Buddha’s state of mind, you should accept it calmly; struggling now, wouldn’t you lose your grace?"

Seeing the regret on the Buddha’s face, Jiang Chen quickly stepped forward to confuse him.

The Buddha is clearly not in a good state now. If Jiang could use the power of confusion to persuade him to willingly self-annihilate, that would save Jiang a lot of trouble.

Unfortunately, Jiang Chen’s plan went awry. None willingly embrace death when in deep trouble, let alone people like the Buddha. How could he willingly succumb?

Even if there’s no way forward, they will fight to the death.

"Kill!"

What responded to Jiang Chen was an even more turbulent Buddhist Light.

At this moment, the Buddha had murder in his heart. He wanted to make sure Jiang Chen stayed here. Not only him, but the other four Buddhas also had the intention to kill.

Especially the Great Sun Buddha—when he looked at Jiang Chen, he wished he could eat his flesh and drink his blood.

"Kill!"

Powerful murderous intent emerged, and condensed in the hands of the Great Sun Buddha, turning into a bright light, slashing remotely at Jiang Chen.

Immortal-slaying Flying Knife!

The Immortal-slaying Gourd had been in the hands of the Great Sun Buddha for many years. He had refined it to the point of being his Life-bound Spiritual Treasure. Even if it’s not physically in his hands, it could still exhibit some of the Immortal-slaying Gourd’s power with just his Law.

The Immortal-slaying Flying Knife was fiercely barreling towards him from mid-air. The Great Demise of Ten Thousand Buddha’s Light riddled from the ground below, sealing off all escape routes and threatening to swallow him up.

"Stubborn fools!

"Since you’re unwilling to hit the road willingly, I will help you!

Seeing the opponent landing the first strike, Jiang Chen’s heart was filled with unstoppable murderous intent. Suddenly, a remarkable and spectacular radiance burst forth from him!

This was the radiance of the Human Path, representing the majesty of the Human Path. The moment it appeared, the entire Realm of Nothingness was wailing and trembling, as if it could not bear the grandeur of the Human Path and was about to shatter.

Next second, a majestic voice erupted from Jiang Chen as he utilized the Great Wish Technique for the first time since the common people’s willpower had transformed into the awe-power of the Human Path.

"When I become a saint, all beings, in millions of worlds, shall enter the Pure Land, where time is like water, and the past is just so!"

The moment Jiang Chen uttered these words, layers of space began to shake, countless sections of time started reversing, flowing backward.

Boom!

The space-time in front of Jiang Chen abruptly froze. The incoming Immortal-slaying Flying Knife and the surging Great Demise of Ten Thousand Buddha’s Light were all fixed in their original positions, motionless.

"Immortal-slaying Flying Knife, slay everything!"

"Ten Thousand Buddha’s Light, obliterate everything, return to Chaos!"

Seeing their attacks stalled, the Buddha and the Great Sun Buddha took action again. The massive Law surged out of their bodies, echoed with Jiang Chen, a similarly vast sound, and intimidated thousands of spaces.