Chapter 1042: Chapter 1036: The Next Dharma Master Of The “Hong” Generation
Breaking through to the Dao realm requires not only an abundance of laws but also a deep comprehension of them.
Li Dalong was in a decent situation; at the very least, he still had the Heaven-Piercing Coffin.
At this moment, Li Wei didn’t even have a door to speak of…
[Your descendant Li Dalong, with the assistance of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin, the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock, and the many zombies within the coffin, has reached the absolute limit of the Void Refinement realm.]
Looking at this message, Li Dalong only needed to find his targeted Dao path to slightly pry open a crack in the Dao Gate, allowing him to wield a bit of Body Integration Spiritual power and become a Half-Step Body Integration expert.
As for Li Wei…
“Where in the world are there that many spatial laws?” Li Wei smiled bitterly as he looked at his space-attribute Void Refinement space.
Black holes dotted the area, but these meager spatial laws were fundamentally insufficient to forge the Gate of the Great Dao.
However, it wasn’t as if there were no other methods.
That would be to find another Dao path—extracting spiritual items from Li Yunlin’s Skyveil Hall to slowly comprehend new laws and Spiritual power.
“That would be too greedy. Dalong has already taken the first step and set an example for our clan.”
After pondering for a moment, Li Wei instantly appeared within the Dusheng Nunnery.
…
Over the past fifty years, Li Wei had occasionally appeared inside the Dusheng Nunnery.
Back then, the Dusheng Nunnery had two hundred thousand nuns, but now it appeared much emptier.
This was simply because one hundred and eighty thousand nuns in the nunnery… had died.
In the Hall of Rebirth of the Dusheng Nunnery, a hundred massive cauldrons burned continuously.
Outside, temple bells tolled. Nuns sat in meditation, continuously chanting the “Sutra of Rebirth.” They rolled prayer beads between their fingers.
The scriptures manifested as solid golden phantoms drifting into the clouds, filling the entire Dusheng Nunnery with Buddhist chants.
Over a hundred nuns walked into the Hall of Rebirth, shed their robes, and, unafraid of the boiling heat of the glowing-red cauldrons, expressionlessly climbed onto them.
They sat inside, allowing the numb monks beside them to close the cauldron lids.
How did those one hundred and eighty thousand nuns pass away? Exactly like this. Their bodies turned into sarira relics as they departed for their “rebirth.”
Bullshit rebirth. The true use of the Sutra of Rebirth was “body-snatching.”
In this era of great chaos, the dynasty was littered with the dead.
These one hundred and eighty thousand nuns died in the Dusheng Nunnery, and under the effects of the Sutra of Rebirth, they seized the bodies of deceased mortals in the Dayu Prefecture, going forth to spread Buddhism across the various prefectures of the Azure Dynasty.
Bullshit Buddhism. It was no wonder Holy Monk Yidian had exterminated the Buddhists back in the day.
Now that Holy Monk Yidian was busy playing dead, the Dusheng Nunnery wasn’t hiding its true colors in the slightest.
At this moment, inside a courtyard.
Li Kuanghua, a petite and delicate girl, was still wearing her yellow dress, sitting cross-legged in front of the statue of the “Great Merciful and Compassionate Dusheng Bodhisattva” chanting scriptures.
To her, the Buddhist chants outside were nothing but decadent noise.
The little girl’s eyebrows were furrowed so tightly they almost formed a single line.
“Calling these Buddhist Sanskrit chants? They act more like demonic overlords than my grandpas and great-aunts.”
No sooner had her words fallen than Li Kuanghua’s expression grew even uglier.
Footsteps rang out in the courtyard.
Turning her head slightly, she saw a monk with his hands clasped together walking into her courtyard.
This was also the only male monk in the entire Dusheng Nunnery—Crown Prince Fei Heng…
The Crown Prince Fei Heng, whom the entire dynasty was searching for, had become a monk in the Dusheng Nunnery.
He had completely fallen for the old demoness Dairou’s tricks and obeyed Nun Dairou’s every command.
Fifty years had passed; by now, if Nun Dairou told Fei Heng to wipe her ass, Crown Prince Fei Heng would probably pick up the toilet paper while chanting scriptures.
“Amitabha. Dharma Master Hongzhen invites Bodhisattva Li to discuss the Dharma.” Crown Prince Fei Heng was devoid of worldly desires, his eyes pure.
He turned and left immediately after speaking, looking entirely like he had been reduced to a puppet.
When Li Kuanghua’s ancestral tablet lit up, she knew that the Ancestor was once again protecting her from the unseen world.
“Please protect me, Ancestor.
Please protect me, Great-great-grandfather in the Netherworld, and my demonic grandpas and great-aunts. Don’t let me fall for the tricks of these old demonesses.”
Li Kuanghua’s eyes were filled with devotion.
“…” Beside her, Li Wei, who was already drifting in the void, had a dark expression on his face.
Over these years at the Dusheng Nunnery, Li Kuanghua had used the Buddha-Demon Disk to balance the nunnery’s Buddhist Dharma against the flesh and blood she had devoured over the years.
Her power had long accumulated to a certain degree. In a few more years, even the flesh and blood within the Buddha-Demon Disk wouldn’t be enough.
The demoness Dairou in the Dusheng Nunnery was rumored to be in the Dao-Glimpsing realm, but in truth, she had already reached the edge of Dao Comprehension.
It was just that the realm she had glimpsed was Daoist law, not Buddhist Dharma.
After Holy Monk Yidian disappeared, the demoness Dairou had long since used Buddhist Dharma to refine incense offerings.
This demoness was simply an abomination—one person occupying two Daos, having reached the Dao Comprehension realm on the path of Buddhism.
And the three Dharma Masters of the “Hong” generation under her wing were no pushovers either.
The three of them now styled themselves as Bodhisattvas, and Bodhisattvas are genderless.
Among them, Dharma Master Hongzhen would use Buddhist Dharma to brainwash Li Kuanghua whenever she had free time.
In Li Kuanghua’s own words, the Dusheng Nunnery clearly treated her as one of their own, and her aptitude for the Buddhist Dao was second only to the three Dharma Masters in the nunnery.
The demoness Dairou had slated her to become the next Dharma Master of the “Hong” generation, subsequently planning to form a faction like the “Grand Thundervoice Monastery” led by Dairou herself.
It was truly a staggering ambition.
As for Crown Prince Fei Heng…
“Once the Dusheng Nunnery possesses the strength to contend with Holy Monk Yidian, or even the Department of Immortal Suppression, the demoness Dairou can send Crown Prince Fei Heng back to the imperial court.
Since Crown Prince Fei Heng has thoroughly become a member of the Buddhist sect, the Dusheng Nunnery would gain a foothold in the world.
At that time, just as Holy Monk Yidian said, no one would be able to suppress the Buddhist faction anymore.”
Li Wei pondered for a moment and understood the Dusheng Nunnery’s general plan.
“No wonder the first thing the old demoness did when the borders of Dayu were breached was to find Fei Heng.”
As Li Kuanghua went to meet Dharma Master Hongzhen, Li Wei also opened Li Kuanghua’s status panel.
Truth be told, the Dusheng Nunnery was also an opportunity for Li Kuanghua—a mix of fortune and disaster. The fifty years of time had not been spent in vain.
[Your descendant Li Kuanghua has cultivated the “True Buddhist Mantra of Deliverance for Self and Sentient Beings” at the Dusheng Nunnery, mastering the Void Refinement Buddhist technique: The Three Forms of Buddhism.]
[Form of the True Self: Can manifest a Buddha statue using Spiritual power to harvest the faith of believers.
Can transform into a Buddha Dharmakaya to ward off evil and repel enemies, suppressing vicious foes with the “Bodhisattva’s Divine Palm.”]
[Form of All Living Beings: The world lacks Samsara, but through Buddhist Dharma, one can deliver sentient beings to reincarnate, sparing them the fate of having their souls scattered or turning into vicious ghosts from accumulated resentment.
Can assume mortal forms, transforming into a thousand Dharmakayas to spread Buddhist Dharma in the mortal realm and collect faith.]
[Form of Nature: Can transform into the elements of heaven and earth—mountains, rocks, vegetation, birds, beasts, insects, and fish.
Brings blessings to living beings and the common people, acquiring Merit from heaven and earth.]
It had to be said that Buddhist Dharma was formidable.
The “Bodhisattva’s Divine Palm” of the Form of the True Self was already considered highly offensive among Void Refinement techniques.
Once locked on by the Buddhist Dharma, unless the opponent possessed special techniques, they would be forced to take the strike head-on.
The Form of All Living Beings and the Form of Nature were both excellent methods for accumulating Buddhist Dharma.
Moreover, these two Buddhist techniques were excellent techniques for shielding oneself from heavenly divination.
In the past, Li Kuanghua simply bombarded her enemies using the Buddha-Demon Disk.
Now, it was as if she had come to the Dusheng Nunnery for advanced studies.
As long as she broke through to the Void Refinement realm, she would possess decent Void Refinement techniques.
[Your descendant Li Kuanghua, whose inner demonic nature within the Buddha-Demon Disk has fought against Buddha-nature for many years, has accumulated massive amounts of Spiritual power in her body.
Her storage of the laws of both the Buddhist and Demonic paths is sufficient to forge a Void Refinement space.]
[Having racked her brains for many years to avoid being disturbed by the Buddhist chants of the Dusheng Nunnery, while also facing erosion from the demonic nature within the Buddha-Demon Disk, she has successfully prevented both from corrupting her for fifty years.
Acquired Trait: True Self. Does not believe in gods or Buddhas. Divine soul strength increased by 100%.]
Generally speaking, the divine soul strength of cultivators was quite weak.
If they encountered cultivators who specialized in techniques affecting the mind, one misstep could leave them waiting to be slaughtered.
Li Yaozu had been exactly like this back in the day, completely devoid of the power to resist.
However, Li Kuanghua’s divine soul strength probably ranked in the top three within the clan.
It was all thanks to the resilience of the Buddha-Demon Disk in her body; otherwise, she would have long since become a puppet of the Dusheng Nunnery.
“Kuanghua’s current Spiritual power has already reached the boundary for breaking through to the Void Refinement realm.
It’s just that she hasn’t dared to break through, fearing the old demoness inside the Dusheng Nunnery would discover her secrets.”
Li Wei sighed in admiration.
Among the clan’s children who had broken through to the Void Refinement realm without relying on external forces, Yunlin from many years ago had been the only one.
Now there was Kuanghua. Everyone else had relied on a False Void Refinement space to reach true Void Refinement step by step.
Soon, under Li Wei’s watchful gaze, Li Kuanghua arrived at a pagoda temple within the Dusheng Nunnery.
Sitting inside the temple was a nun who still retained her charm—Dharma Master Hongzhen.
Dharma Master Hongzhen still kept her appearance from when she was a Daoist nun, her beautiful hair flowing without any ornaments, and her visage bearing the serenity of a gentle woman. “Sit.”
“Yes, Dharma Master Hongzhen.”
Li Kuanghua obediently sat on the futon opposite Dharma Master Hongzhen.
Despite Dharma Master Hongzhen’s seemingly fragile appearance, facing her, Li Kuanghua felt a dense Buddhist Dharma wrapping around her like a sponge.
That was Dharma Master Hongzhen’s Buddhist power.
Behind Dharma Master Hongzhen stood a Bodhisattva statue.
The statue held a purifying vase in one hand and a fly whisk in the other, its face overflowing with compassion and tenderness.
It bore a ninety-percent resemblance to Dharma Master Hongzhen.
The Dusheng Bodhisattva.
The nuns in the Dusheng Nunnery all claimed that this Dusheng Bodhisattva could deliver all sentient beings, expelling evil thoughts from their hearts and severing ties to the mortal realm.
No matter how great the atrocities committed in this life, those who worshipped the Dusheng Bodhisattva could find inner peace.
They all said that the great chaos in the world was caused by the evil within human nature; as long as the people of the world all worshipped the Dusheng Bodhisattva, there would be no more wars.
Indeed, there wouldn’t be any wars, nor would anyone die because of the evil in human nature. There would only be cauldron after cauldron of sarira relics.
Li Kuanghua glanced at the Bodhisattva statue, which seemed to grow slightly stronger every time she visited, and cursed inwardly.
“Bodhisattva Li, are you very interested in my Bodhisattva statue?” Dharma Master Hongzhen looked at Li Kuanghua with a soft gaze.
Your Bodhisattva statue?
She’s not even pretending anymore. Trash Bodhisattva!
Li Kuanghua nodded with bright eyes.
“We cultivate Buddhist Dharma for nothing more than to deliver all living beings.
The Dusheng Bodhisattva possesses great Merit; it is a blessing to the people and a blessing to the Buddhist sect.
As a disciple from the Azure Cloud Prefecture, I know the suffering of the world.
I used my fists for the first half of my life, but while fists can slay evil bodies, they cannot slay evil thoughts.
If I could be like the Dusheng Bodhisattva, it would truly be a profound fortune.”
“Excellent.” Dharma Master Hongzhen nodded in gratification.
“Once you reach the Void Refinement realm, you too can manifest a Bodhisattva statue.
Your words aren’t entirely correct either. You and I can deliver the human heart, but there are always those in the world who have fallen too deeply into the demonic path…”
“This disciple understands.” Li Kuanghua nodded solemnly, but her expression suddenly froze.
“No, you do not understand,” Dharma Master Hongzhen shook her head, patiently instructing.
“Buddhist Dharma delivers the human heart, but those who have committed heinous evils cannot be delivered. In the past, the ancient Buddha used his own body as bait to feed the eagle…”
The veins on Li Kuanghua’s leg muscles bulged, but her face remained peaceful.
“This disciple understands. Our Buddha delivers all living beings, sacrificing the lesser self to achieve the greater self.”
“Wrong again.” Dharma Master Hongzhen sighed.
“Delivering the people of the world is important, as is saving the world. But if even the ‘self’ is gone, who will be left to help the people of the world…”
You motherfucker!
“This disciple…”
Just as she was about to respond, a furious Buddhist roar echoed through the Dusheng Nunnery. “Who? Who stole my incense offerings?!!”
When a Bodhisattva raged, the Dusheng Nunnery trembled.
Dharma Master Hongzhen furrowed her brow tightly. “It’s Hongdan. Bodhisattva Li, please study the Dharma discussed today on your own.”
“Yes, this disciple understands.”
Seeing Dharma Master Hongzhen’s departing figure, Li Kuanghua suddenly stood up, her teeth grinding with a “creak, creak” sound.
Pouting her cheeks, she spat inwardly. Study what Dharma? She headed straight back to her own temple.
“Incense offerings stolen?”
Li Kuanghua sat cross-legged, blinked her eyes, and picked up her ancestral tablet to inform the Ancestor.
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