The Battle in Journey to the West
Chapter 358 - 307: Gathering of Ten Thousand Buddhas Amassing Luck_3

Chapter 358: Chapter 307: Gathering of Ten Thousand Buddhas Amassing Luck_3

Man lives by breath, and this breath encompasses destiny.

"Innate Deity Combat, Revolution of the Three Realms; Group of Immortals, All Buddhas, all obey my command! Embrace all things, nurture all beings; all things in the world, can be suppressed!" Wukong condensed the destinies of several people into one force and suppressed them all with the Divine Whip, only allowing a little bit to be absorbed by Tathagata.

So many people, Tathagata naturally could not notice that a few people’s destinies had not been gathered by him. Now, he was like the sun at its zenith, streaks of purple qi rising around his body, a phenomenon of destiny condensing to its peak.

"Too terrifying, if a bit more effort is applied, perhaps one could become a saint based on destiny!" Wukong couldn’t help but shudder.

He found that his God-Beating Whip had undergone a transformation. That black outer layer had shed, replaced by a golden hue, with the golden light trembling. Eighty-four talismans shone in resonance, nearly fusing together, feeling both Heaven and Man, even blocking the aura of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man from the outside.

"This is the real God-Beating Whip, not a counterfeit! I always thought I held a genuine article and believed the true one was hidden in the Jade Void Palace! It seems that the Divine Whip reveals its divine might only because the cosmic calamity has arrived! So that’s how it is!" Seeing the transformation of the God-Beating Whip, Wukong was astonished and suddenly realized.

The Divine Whip given to him by the Sect Hierarch had always been genuine, but because the cosmic calamity had not arrived, it could not exert its true power or reveal its true form.

The Pharmacist Tathagata exclaimed, "So the Divine Whip is in your hands! Good, good, good, it seems the Three Pure Ones have long anticipated this, which is why they gave you the true Divine Whip! There are too many counterfeits inside and outside the Three Realms, and except during a cosmic calamity, the Divine Whip can hardly show its true divine might! Back then, Jiang Ziya, a mere mortal, could kill many Golden Immortals with this Divine Whip. Today, with our internal and external cooperation, we will surely be able to kill countless False Buddhas!"

Wukong said, "The Three Pure Ones are old and deep in plots, and I have a fate with the Heavenly Dao. They probably foresaw today, which is why they gave me the Divine Whip! Good, when the time comes, we will activate the Divine Whip together and sweep through the Eight Desolates! These Otherworldly Buddhas all have fruit positions attached to them! As long as there is a fruit position, there is a divine position, and this Divine Whip can hit them!"

In the past, Jiang the Great, wielding the God-Beating Whip, swept through the Eight Desolates, swept through the Six Harmonies, any Immortal who saw it, could not help but fear.

That year, the Investiture of the Gods was endorsed, everyone had the chance to be listed, so anyone could become an Immortal and ascend to heaven in response to the calamity, hence the glory of the Divine Whip! However, those present now all have fruit positions attached to them, and the Divine Whip can still exert its true power.

"However, this Great Year Whip is a fake," Wukong further examined the Tai Sui Whip and found that it was indeed a genuine imitation, not a hidden true article.

With the advent of the Divine Whip, the great calamity descended; Wukong could even hold this Divine Whip and beat the Jade Emperor, removing him from the throne of Heavenly Emperor. Now that the Divine Whip has appeared, the destiny of heaven and earth is even more chaotic, no one can’t be killed, no one can’t be beheaded, no one isn’t implicated in the calamity! Anyone with cultivation could potentially respond to the calamity, regardless if they are destined by heaven or not.

The Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty had some cultivation but had not become an Immortal on the Dao of Immortals. The Human Emperor is protected by the destiny of the Human Path and cannot be harmed, but if Emperor Jiajing were in this era, those in the midst of cultivation could kill him! Being an Emperor might be good, but becoming an Immortal is far too difficult, even great figures like Qin Shi Huang did not become Immortals, let alone Jiajing.

Of course, Wukong would not take the Divine Whip to hit Huang Taiji, after all, Huang Taiji had no cultivation.

"Heaven and earth have upright Qi!"

A loud shout burst forth, and the Magnificent Righteous Qi within ten thousand li came sweeping in, turning into a Vast Spirit River, like a waterfall, cascading down three thousand feet, standing within that river were numerous Great Confucians!

"Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi... Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming!" Tathagata’s face darkened; it seemed the Hundred Sage Scholars had begun to make their move to preserve the Human Path, all of whom were Confucian Sages.

Zhu Xi created Rationalism during the Song Dynasty; although he had flaws, he ultimately became a Human Sage. Wang Yangming practiced both Confucianism and Taoism, cultivated Qi in the military, with one shout startling a thousand troops, defied the mind-thief, established Mind Study, liberating people’s thoughts and became a Saint, even revered as a Patriarch by countless Ming Dynasty Confucians.

"The Qi of slaughter, the Militarists have come!" A Qi of slaughter burst through the sky, with Sun Wu standing at the forefront and other Militarist Sages backing him.

"The Qi of Yin and Yang, the Qi of Legalism, the Qi of Miscellaneous Schools, the Qi of Mohism..." Qi after Qi turned into long rivers, all of which were Sages; the Hundred Sage Scholars all emerged from the Dragon Vein beneath Beijing, arriving at Mount Meru to attack Tathagata together.

Confucius shouted, "Tathagata, you act wrongfully and harm the common people! Now, the time for retribution has come! We are here especially to vanquish you!"

With a wave of his hand, an Iron-cast Commandment Scroll appeared in the void, in his hand appeared a pen, the treasure of Confucianism, the Spring and Autumn Annals Pen, he wrote down Tathagata’s crimes on the Iron-cast Commandment Scroll, decreeing to the world, to lead the scholars of the world in condemning with words and writing.

Tathagata’s destiny was instantly influenced by the Confucian Sages. Confucians, with the power of words and scripts, a pen could weaken a person’s destiny!

In the past, when Emperors lost their virtue, the Great Confucians would write their declarations, reducing the Emperor’s destiny, followed by a rebellion. Confucianism’s influence on the Human Path is indeed tremendous. Now, with Confucius wielding the Spring and Autumn Annals Pen, writing down Tathagata’s crimes on the Iron-cast Commandment Scroll, which is originally for leaving one’s name in history, he instead used it to record Tathagata’s misdeeds.

Part of Tathagata’s destiny was weakened, his face darkened, and he shouted, "Confucius, I have not interfered with your waters, yet today, you come to violate my Mount Meru! Very well, take advantage of the cosmic calamity to settle things with you all!"

Mencius stepped forward with a sneer, "Tathagata, you act against the current, as Confucian Sages, how can we sit idly by? Admit your crimes quickly, to spare your life."

The Confucians, masters of language and argument, began condemning Tathagata with literary grace, constantly weakening Tathagata’s destiny.

"Suppress!"

With a loud shout from Tathagata, a radiance twinkled between his eyebrows, and his destiny was supressed, unable to be weakened further.

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