Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 656 - 516: Ksitigarbha Achieves Buddha-Demon Saint Status

Chapter 656: Chapter 516: Ksitigarbha Achieves Buddha-Demon Saint Status

Those who were just about to leave, upon seeing the tightly shut doors, immediately had their complexions drastically change, and turned to look towards Ksitigarbha with the same expression as one would when encountering something extraordinarily terrifying.

"What I need is naturally your entire cultivation level and all of your essence blood!"

With a smile still adorning his face, Ksitigarbha watched the crowd, his expression remaining as calm and unfazed as he spoke.

But these words, once they reached the ears of the crowd, instantly caused an uproar!

"Ksitigarbha, what do you mean by this? We came to observe your ascension, and if we are unwelcome, we shall leave. Do you really think we are afraid?"

A quasi-saint pinnacle took a step forward, his aura creating ripples of energy around him as he charged towards Ksitigarbha.

However, Ksitigarbha seemed unbothered, still smiling cheerfully at everyone.

"Ksitigarbha, if you seek death, there’s no need for such an excuse to have us send you on your way!"

Another quasi-saint pinnacle stepped forward.

"This is the Yang clan territory, and your monastery is within the city walls. Any disturbance will lead to you being ground to dust by the Yang clan’s army! Ksitigarbha, you really are courting death!"

A third quasi-saint pinnacle also stepped forward.

Today in the dojo, these three were the only quasi-saint pinnacle cultivators present; the others, seven or eight quasi-saints, were mostly there to fill the numbers, possessing no real fighting capacity.

Still, they weren’t so easily dealt with by Ksitigarbha.

After all, Ksitigarbha was also at the peak of quasi-saint level and hadn’t yet achieved saintliness.

Especially considering these three quasi-saint pinnacles, all of whom harbored hopes of ascension, they wouldn’t have come to observe if they hadn’t reached the quasi-saint pinnacle, seeking the last opportunity for a breakthrough into sainthood.

It could be said that any one of them, taken alone, was no less than Ksitigarbha, and that was the very reason they stood up against Ksitigarbha without any fear.

"Hehe, you really are naive! But it is precisely because of your naivety that I have this opportunity.

Today, I will use your cultivation to break through and achieve saintliness!"

Ksitigarbha’s face still wore a smile, but the nature of that smile had changed.

To those present, half of Ksitigarbha’s smile seemed as pleasant as a spring breeze, as gentle and warm as if receiving Buddha’s blessing.

The other half was filled with sinister terror, like an evil ghost crawling out from an abyss, screaming and biting, causing a palpable sense of dread.

The two starkly different smiles appearing on one and the same face only served to intensify the fear.

And just as the three quasi-saint pinnacles were about to act, a blood-red net appeared out of nowhere high above the monastery.

The net descended, enveloping everyone within its grasp.

"Kui Shan!"

"Hua Xu!"

"You Long!"

The three quasi-saint pinnacles all sensed an intense stench of blood emanating from the net and thus, as it fell, emitted their strongest attacks in unison, trying to tear apart the net.

However, their combined assault made no impact on the net; it didn’t even slow down its descent.

The three, along with the surrounding quasi-saints and Great Luo Golden Immortals, acted at the same time. Ksitigarbha, standing on the other side, watched with indifference, not in the least concerned that they might succeed.

In the end, the blood-colored net settled upon them.

Upon contact, the bodies of the immortals began to decay, and every cultivator present let out cries of agony.

"Ksitigarbha, release us!"

"Ah, I curse you!"

"No... I don’t want to die!"

"Let me out, hurry and let me out..."

Ksitigarbha remained unmoved by their screams.

He even began pulling one end of the net, causing it to shrink even faster.

Seeing that the others no longer had any room to fight back, Ksitigarbha let out a small sigh of relief.

Over the past fourteen years, Ksitigarbha had been far from idle.

Like the net in his hands, it was a vast array that he had woven day and night over those fourteen years.

Despite its bloody nature, not even the quasi-saint pinnacles could escape it, and they were destined to become the nourishment for Ksitigarbha’s ascension to sainthood.

Before long, the net contracted to its limit, leaving behind just a head-sized, blood-red sphere.

The sphere contained the collective resentment of all the cultivators present, as well as their cultivation levels and essence blood.

Although some energy might be lost, the three quasi-saint pinnacles and the seven or eight ordinary quasi-saints were more than enough for Ksitigarbha.

"Hehe, today is the day Ksitigarbha achieves sanctity! Wang Yang, just you wait!"

After murmuring to himself, Ksitigarbha directly took the sphere back to the main hall.

Tossing the sphere upwards, the Golden Body Dharma Appearance that was originally enshrined there suddenly opened its mouth wide and swallowed the entire sphere whole.

Following this, Ksitigarbha sat down on a cushion to absorb and refine it, in preparation for achieving saintliness.

"It looks like it’s over!"

Yang Aotian’s gaze pierced through layers of space and settled upon the monastery.

"Hmm, Ksitigarbha must have succeeded already, I truly wasn’t mistaken about him! Being a One-Step Saint is merely a starting point for him,"

The Ancestor of the Yang Clan nodded and said, "Once he becomes a saint, we’ll welcome him into the Yang clan."

"Select some women from the Yang clan and present them to him."

"Ancestor, he’s a monk; isn’t it somewhat inappropriate to offer him women?"

Yang Aotian expressed his doubts, as the thought of a monk desiring women was somewhat inconceivable.

"Hmph, in this world, what is impossible? If I say go, you go. He will definitely accept them!"

The Ancestor of the Yang Clan spoke with an unambiguous tone.

There was no doubt in his mind that Ksitigarbha would accept the offer.

In the Ancestor of the Yang Clan’s opinion, even if one is a monk, he is still a man.