The First Demon of the Chan Sect
Chapter 458 - 1 Conversation with Tongtian in Zixiao Palace (Part 1)

Chapter 458: Chapter 1 Conversation with Tongtian in Zixiao Palace (Part 1)

In the profound cosmic void, the quaint Zixiao Palace still floated aimlessly.

At this moment inside the Zixiao Palace, two old men with white hair and beards sat facing each other. One of them was naturally Hong Jun, while the other had a blurred face, his features indiscernible.

Hong Jun stared blankly at the elder in front of him and said, "Daoist Venerable, do we really need to open the Path to Heaven?"

"There’s not much time left. If we don’t do something now, by the time they arrive, the Huaxia World will ultimately be destroyed!" The elder with a blurred and illusory face nodded slightly, his voice filled with the vicissitudes of life echoing in the Zixiao Palace.

After pondering for a long while, Hong Jun also nodded slightly and said, "In that case, disciple understands!"

"Five hundred years later, the Path to Heaven shall be opened!" The old Dao left behind these words, his figure gradually dissolving into the great hall.

Hong Jun bowed deeply towards the spot where the old Dao had been, then saw a flash of golden light. Streaks of golden runes crazily converged into Hong Jun’s hands.

After a short while, Hong Jun looked at the talismans in his hand, completely condensed from the Power of Laws, a trace of bitterness flashed through his heart, and he said, "Daoist Venerable, what is to come will always come. Several Great Destructions, even if there are changes, what can be done?"

In East Kunlun Mountain, at the Three Pure Ones Hall.

The Three Pure Ones, as usual, were meditating in the hall. Suddenly, the sky above East Kunlun Mountain was filled with rosy clouds and Earth Erupting Golden Lotus. Accompanied by boundless Zen chants, the scriptures entered the ears, strikingly loud.

The Three Pure Ones opened their eyes simultaneously and exchanged glances.

Tongtian disdainfully said, "Didn’t I say that this old baldy couldn’t hold back? All three Emperors have followed our Sanqing Sect, given the character of that old baldy Jieyin, wouldn’t he be anxious?"

Primordial, eyes twinkling with a smile, glanced at Tongtian and said, "If you were Jieyin, with three Saints coming out from under your guidance, what would you think?"

Tongtian was startled and said, "Well, I have never really thought about that!"

Laozi stood up and said, "Come on, a visitor from afar is a guest! We cannot really reject him at the gate, can we?"

Saying so, Laozi summoned an auspicious cloud under his feet, and in the blink of an eye, arrived outside the Three Pure Ones Hall. Without seeing the visitor yet, he shouted, "Fellow Daoist Jieyin is rarely seen out! Should you not be studying the Great Dao on Mount Sumeru, why come to my East Kunlun Mountain?"

"Seeing as it’s for the Path to Heaven spoken of by Master, do you think I’d wish to come!" While Jieyin internally smiled bitterly, he politely responded aloud, "Taiching Fellow Daoist is courteous. Recently, engaged in quiet contemplation amidst deep thoughts on Mount Sumeru, I ventured out to tour and happened by chance to pass by Fellow Daoist’s East Kunlun Mountain, specially coming for a visit!"

Following swiftly behind Laozi, Tongtian, upon hearing these words, curled his lips and said, "Jieyin, spare us the pretense, just speak plainly!"

Jieyin’s breath tightened upon hearing this, and a faint hint of embarrassment emerged on his face.

Laozi glared at Tongtian, turned sideways, and with one hand invitingly said, "Fellow Daoist, please join me inside the hall for a chat!"

Jieyin’s expression turned better as he awkwardly said, "In that case, I dutifully accept!"

Laozi welcomed Jieyin into the Three Pure Ones Hall. Reluctantly, Tongtian still set up melons, fruits, and tea on the long table inside the hall to accommodate Jieyin.

As everyone took their seats according to their status, Jieyin, wary of Tongtian, directly cut to the chase, saying, "Taiching Fellow Daoist, presumably you have guessed the purpose of my visit! All three Human Emperors have emerged, and we of the Western Teachings have not intervened. Now as the Five Emperors reign, I kindly ask my fellow Daoists to let the Five Emperors’ teacher belong to our Western side!"

Laozi, upon hearing this, deliberately pondered for a long while before saying, "Fellow Daoist, as you know, although the old Dao is the leader of the Human Sect, I do not have the power to decide who the Human Clan’s Shared Ruler must take as a Master. I truly cannot help!"

Jieyin’s expression changed, and he said, "As long as Fellow Daoist does not intervene with the Five Emperors, I will have a way to obtain the position of Emperor Master!"

Tongtian sneered upon hearing this and said, "Jieyin, I thought your disciple had passed on, and the Western Teachings would restrain themselves a bit. I didn’t expect you to be even more shameless than your disciple!"

Even a mud figure has a spark of fire, let alone Jieyin, a Saint standing at the peak of Huaxia! Being lightly insulted by Tongtian many times, how could he suppress his anger?

Thus, the anguish on Jieyin’s face instantly turned to rage, and he retorted immediately, "Tongtian, don’t go too far!"

"Me, going too far?" Tongtian’s face twisted ferociously as he shouted, "Back when Shennong was just born, who was it that shamelessly ran to the East wanting to take Shennong under his wing and forcefully convert him to the West? And who was it that lost his life in that conflict? Yet you dare say you didn’t intervene in the matters of the Human Emperor?"

Jieyin’s face turned ashen, although he knew he was in the wrong, he still argued, "That was done under the orders of our Master, it’s not my fault!"

"Fine, since you are so shameless, it appears we must fight a battle!" Tongtian’s body emitted a chilling aura, an endless Killing Aura resonating throughout the Three Pure Ones Hall.

Jieyin’s expression also changed, as he narrowed his eyes and said, "I thought exactly the same!"

"Jieyin, if you have the guts, follow this poor Dao into the cosmic void!" Tongtian dropped these words and tore through the void stepping into it.

"Humph!" Jieyin snorted coldly, his figure like lightning, heading straight for the cosmic void.

Primordial and Laozi gave each other a bitter smile, helpless, they too had no choice but to follow behind the two figures and chase after them.

East Sea Penglai Island.

Originally, Li Qingming, who was preaching to the creatures on the island, suddenly felt that The Three Pure Ones and Jie Yin were rapidly moving towards the cosmic void.

With a flicker of thought, he knew everything that had just happened and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, murmuring to himself, "There’s a good show to watch!"

Saying this, he directly vanished his form and quietly followed.

In the cosmic void, gone was the desolation of the Witch Demon Great Tribulation; the vast sky filled with meteorites and stars had turned the entire cosmos into a silvery ocean.

Not far in the star sea, a blue light and golden light continuously intertwined, striking and colliding, emitting dazzling radiance.

"Jie Yin, it’s been many years. Your cultivation has deepened even more!" Tongtian, wielding the Qingping Sword, swept across, blocking the strike of Jie Yin’s Demon-Subduing Pestle.

Jie Yin did not reply; instead, he hastily retreated, dodging the sword light swept out by the Qingping Sword. Following that, he activated his Buddha Power and the Primordial Spirit Relics within his Sea of Consciousness, slowly materializing a completely miniaturized world amidst flickering gloom.

"A grain of sand a world, a leaf a bodhi!" Jie Yin shouted, like the sound of Heavenly Dao bells, deafening and mind-penetrating.

Mount Sumeru, this grand and supreme Buddhist Holy Land, slowly emerged from the palm of Jie Yin, and upon contact with the air, it grew rapidly, appearing out of nowhere in the cosmic void, imposing and reaching high into the depths of the void, immortal and everlasting!

It wasn’t an illusion; it was tangible and even vaguely visible were the Buddha’s sons meditating on Buddhist teachings inside, each with a dignified aura, surrounded by golden light.

Li Qingming, hidden in mid-air, blurted out, "Damn, a Buddha Country in the Palm!"

"What is this thing?" Tongtian, who was just about to charge forward, had his eyes bulging out. He had seen illusions and used illusion arrays before, but he had never seen such a realistic magic.

"Tongtian, your Three Pure Ones always bully our Western Buddha Sect! Today, I will let you suffer!" Jie Yin, with a sad face, shot two compelling lights from his eyes and angrily shouted, "Mount Sumeru, suppress!"

"Om!"

The entire Mount Sumeru began to shake violently. Immediately after, layers of milky white radiance cascaded down from the mountain top, grand and magnificent, enveloping the ancient mountain in a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

The heart-stirring sound of a big bell echoed long and loud from a great temple, pressing towards Tongtian with an overwhelming killing intent.

"It’s ridiculous that your Buddha Sect still claims to putting down the butcher knife to become a Buddha right away! Even your Sect Hierarch harbors such intense killing intent, how can you become a Buddha and ancestor? What a joke, hahaha, simply ludicrous!" Tongtian’s disheveled hair flew about as he looked up at the Mount Sumeru pressing down from above. He lightly tapped his Qingping Sword, transforming it into a longbow, which he pulled full circle.

A blue light slowly formed the Upper Pure Light Arrow, directly slamming towards Mount Sumeru.

This was an extremely terrifying beam of light, the arrow containing the Destruction Law comprehended by Tongtian, accompanied by thunder and lightning and fierce winds, charging directly at Mount Sumeru.

"Boom boom boom!"

Like Heaven and Earth Cracking, the azure Jade Pure Light Arrow accompanied by traces of black light directly tore through the cosmic starry sky, as if it could destroy all obstacles, striking the base of Mount Sumeru.

Upon seeing this, Jie Yin’s robes flicked lightly, and the vast radiance falling from Mount Sumeru turned into a waterfall, forcefully resisting against the light arrow.

The two forces held each other for a while until ultimately, with a "pop" sound, the light arrow shattered into powder.

Simultaneously, the effect was significant. Mount Sumeru deviated from its original trajectory, directly crashing into a sea of stars beside Tongtian.

"Boom boom boom"

A sound loud enough to shatter the void resounded, thousands of large stars within hundreds of miles in radius were pulverized by Mount Sumeru.

An unmatched grandeur swept across tens of thousands of miles of the void, countless meteorites moving violently, all the star power completely erupted.

From afar, Laozi, feeling the strong fluctuations of Law, remarked, "Second brother, it seems that Jie Yin really put in tough work!"

Primordial chuckled and said, "To my foolish brother, it seems that Jie Yin was really scared by us! If it weren’t for the matter of the Five Emperors, I’m afraid he wouldn’t even come to the Eastern Territory even if beaten to death!"

"Amitabha Buddha!"

At this moment, Jie Yin with a compassionate face uttered a Buddha’s name, but his actions were merciless as he once again infused the Buddha Power and that milky white power into Mount Sumeru.

"Om om om!"

The void shook violently, as if boundless thunder and lightning were colliding and resonating. Suddenly, a huge spatial crack opened atop Mount Sumeru, and milky white eerie energy continuously poured down from the spatial crack, sweeping over like an ocean, with tens of thousands of milky white waterfalls cascading down.

This power came from the Huaxia Land, the-beliefs of countless creatures worshiping Buddha on Huaxia Land! The power of belief like an ocean and also like a knife, surged violently, glowing hundreds of thousands of feet, sacred and grand, striking forward ferociously.

"Amitabha Buddha? Amitabha your sister!" Tongtian, furious in his heart, blurted out words he learned from Li Qingming, while the aura around him circulated, four green and red treasured swords with a sky-bursting killing aura suddenly soared, revolving around Tongtian. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote, recommend it on Qidian (qidian.com), and give monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)