Chapter 711

Chapter 711: Battle of Great Patterns

“At that time, within Iron-Wrapped Mountain, countless ghost kings, led by the King of Hell, all made their way to the Heaven of Indra and approached the Buddha.”

“These terrifying ghost kings include the Malicious Ghost King, the Great Malicious Ghost King, the Great Quarreling Ghost King, the White Tiger Ghost King, the Blood Tiger Ghost King, the Red Tiger Ghost King, the Scattering Disaster Ghost King, the Flying Ghost King, the Lightning Ghost King, the Wolf Fang Ghost King, the Thousand Eyes Ghost King, the Beast-Eating Ghost King, the Stone-Bearing Ghost King, the Master of Consumption Ghost King, the Master of Disaster Ghost King, the Master of Hunger Ghost King, the Master of Wealth Ghost King, the Master of Livestock Ghost King, the Master of Poultry Ghost King, the Master of Beasts Ghost King, the Master of Delusions Ghost King, the Master of Production Ghost King, the Master of Life Ghost King, the Master of Disease Ghost King, the Master of Danger Ghost King, the Three-Eyed Ghost King, the Four-Eyed Ghost King, the Five-Eyed Ghost King, the Qilishi Ghost King, the Great Qilishi Ghost King, the Qilisi Ghost King, the Great Qilisi Ghost King, the Anatta Ghost King, and the Great Anatta Ghost King.”

“These great ghost kings each commanded hundreds of thousands of minor ghost kings within the continent of Jambudvipa, each with their own claims and domains. These ghost kings, along with the King of Hell, harnessed the Buddha’s awe-inspiring powers and the might of the Earth Store Bodhisattva, all gathered in unity.”

The sky full of corpse Buddhas chanted scriptures, as they sought to taint the Buddha’s Dao fruit position with their ghostly forms. They promoted the equality of all beings, but this “equality” was laced with malice intended to dominate the world, with becoming Buddhas and ancestors merely to enslave living beings.

Li Hui scoffed, “What a show! Yet you stand on a crooked foundation, setting up this display just to face tribulation. Without me, there would be no you; the true guide is the True Buddha!”

In the distant center of the sky full of corpse Buddhas, the giant Buddha coldly declared, “I have endured all kinds of suffering, experienced the pains, evils, desires, and hatreds of humanity! Xun Zuoyuan is merely a manifestation of this Buddha among countless reincarnated souls, tied by fate to Li Maocai, thus becoming your eternal foe! Putting that aside, my junior brother has whimsically transformed into a guiding Daoist, later changing from Dao to Buddha. Don’t you see that this guiding should rightfully be my Dao fruit? Just like you and Zhang Daoheng, each of us is a necessary tribulation person within this world, destined to meet when the time comes!”

At this moment, Li Hui arrived near the Golden Luan Great Thousand Cave. He flicked his hand, releasing a radiant light that instantly transformed into the Dai Character Stele, beginning the construction of the fifth Mount Tai. Previously accumulated power was insufficient, but recently, some power of creation transferred from the Mufeng City in the Nine-Mystic Continent, barely enough to replicate the foundation of the Dai Character Stele!

With differing paths, Li Hui had his own convictions, while Xun Zuoyuan pursued grand dreams. Their clash could only be resolved in action, and strength would speak for itself.

“Wheel of the Underworld Buddha, kill!” Thousands of terrifying corpse Buddhas advanced toward the Celestial Tree, wielding black Buddha Treasures to summon ancient corpse energy. Immediately, the Celestial Trees started to wither, as if they might transform into ghostly trees!

“Calamity comes like a mountain, extinguish!” Li Hui raised his hand, releasing a dozen talisman decrees. The resonating Dao and laws echoed like a proclamation, summoning the four calamities of the Celestial Tree to charge toward the Wheel of the Underworld Buddha.

“Om… Ma…”

Many corpse Buddhas took out scripture rolls and began to spin them; the Wutu Continent appeared to shrink millions of times. The gigantic Buddha raised a palm to seize, and in a blur, the Celestial Tree looked like a sapling, perhaps unable to withstand the Buddha’s grasp.

Such a sight was truly terrifying! Even the dozen or so Void Ascension Stage Practitioners were greatly shaken.

Who could have imagined that after hundreds of years, a ghost cultivator could grow to such an extent without revealing his identity? Becoming a Buddha, the Buddha’s palm darkened the sky, turning the entire Wutu into his miniature Buddhist nation. If Li Hui did not act today, considering the imposing aura of the corpse Buddhas, charging into battle at any moment would be terrifying!

Li Hui raised his arm, extending his palm from thousands of miles away.

“Crack! Crack!” The Ninth Heaven of the Azure Sky flipped over, as the Tribulation of the Heavens converged in his palm, clashing with the Buddha’s colossal hand. This scene left countless practitioners in awe.

The Buddha’s palm let out booming sounds, but the calamity power hindered it from achieving full effectiveness!

Xun Zuoyuan’s face looked as cold as water as he said, “Junior brother, your vision really is expansive. Today, you reveal various techniques that do not seem like a short-term arrangement. That Chongguang actually originates from your hands, traceable back hundreds of years! From this, it’s clear you have ties within the Nine-Mystic Continent. You earned the Nine Maangs treasure cabinet and cultivated merits and fortunes in Wutu. The Nine Maangs practitioners are recklessly imposing pressure from afar, completely ignorant of how you play them like pawns! Now, that’s truly amusing!”

Li Hui answered lightly, “Except for the Dragon Vein of the Daxia, the dragon veins in this world have transformed into corpse dragon veins. Whoever has the greater vision takes control of Wutu; today’s victory or defeat will depend on now!”

Before he could finish, both sides struck simultaneously.

Clouds transformed rapidly as calamity clouds and fierce winds all converged, morphing in the air into massive dragon claws that shot down, unleashing deafening roars, clawing out of the depths of the vast earth: black Dragon Shadows, the current dragon veins.

“Humph, the Corpse Emperor ascends, the Nine Hells emerge!”

With a wave of the gigantic Buddha’s hand, black openings appeared above all important cities on the Wutu continent, soon revealing a vast realm reflecting the ghost city below, inhabited by countless ghostly beings. The Yin Moon Dynasty was right above the common folk’s heads.

“This…”

Li Hui was shocked; this revealed Xun Zuoyuan’s layout, deftly avoiding the watchful eyes of Chongguang. Previously triggering the heavenly tribulation to eliminate ghost cities and their strongholds was merely a façade.

In a daze, the Ghost Emperor ascended within the inverted ghost city, beginning to accept the torrent of fortune flowing “from the human world,” treating all living beings as mere livestock!

“Om… Ma…” The sky full of corpse Buddhas stirred the scriptures for strength; the fortunes of the Wutu surged, truly like waves of fire cooking, becoming a genuine collection of gods and Buddhas in the sky.

At the same time, even if Li Hui employed extraordinary techniques to seize the dragon veins tainted by corpse energy, bolstered by fortune, it was exceedingly difficult to destroy them.

Suddenly, light burst forth from the vast grassland, revealing countless Buddha lights and forms. The sounds of chanting spread out, gradually suppressing the sky full of corpse Buddhas.

Xun Zuoyuan snorted coldly: “Law Destruction Temple? The remnants of the Buddha’s path that fled from the Moko Buddhist nation, are you willing to expose them? In the past, the Buddhist nation prevented the Demonic Essence World for the sake of living beings, how many Buddhist cultivators bravely sacrificed themselves? But look at Wutu; for years, have beings like you truly cherished the great opportunity purchased with the lives of countless Buddhas? People are foolish, drunken and lost in dreams, with unending grudges. Therefore, this Buddha arises to set these sentient beings on a path to the left, they can never go right. If they must die, they cannot sneak a life.”

The guide’s booming voice echoed, “All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows. They should be viewed in this light!”

“Blasphemy!” Xun Zuoyuan exploded with fury!

“Hahaha!” the guide laughed, “You have pierced through one layer of ignorance, yet remain ensnared in your own. You believe Li Hui is a destined person created by the heavens, thus he has the guiding; little do you know I am merely a dream! You once had the chance to become the true guide, even the future Transcendent Tathagata Buddha! Yet you are trapped by your obsessions and cannot escape, turning into the dark shadow instead. Thus, it is not heaven that has dealt your calamity, but you have created your own shackles, binding tighter and tighter!”

“Words are useless; this Buddha believes only in power!” The gigantic Buddha raised both arms in a gesture of holding up the sky, and boundless darkness enveloped Wutu, turning it into a dark Buddhist nation, blocking the four calamities of the Celestial Tree, dispelling the vast tribulation clouds, causing Li Hui to lose his confidence.

The guide sighed softly and said, “The universe is a furnace; the Buddha and Dao pass down the flames; calamity is the ladder to ascend the heavens! It is time to reveal the way!”