Chapter 1044: Chapter 1038: Break Through To The Void Refinement Realm
Li Kuanghua returned to the courtyard and once again faced the statue of the Bodhisattva of Rebirth.
As for the matter of the stolen incense offerings, Dharma Master Hongdan of the Dusheng Nunnery had a fiery temper.
Coupled with the fact that everyone in the nunnery constantly listened to the “True Buddhist Mantra of Deliverance for Self and Sentient Beings,” their minds were already somewhat abnormal.
One only needed to ask around to learn the whole story.
It turned out that in the Dusheng Nunnery today, aside from Nun Dairou, the three Dharma Masters of the “Hong” generation had also sent their own Bodhisattva statues to various places to harvest the faith of sentient beings.
She had cultivated for fifty years and mastered the Three Forms of Buddhism without even using them yet, and she was already capable of collecting faith through the “Form of All Living Beings.”
The Dharma Masters of the “Hong” generation had long since cultivated themselves into existences akin to Bodhisattvas.
For the past fifty years, fearless of Holy Monk Yidian, they had madly amassed faith, willing to do absolutely anything.
Dharma Master Hongzhen was the “Dusheng Bodhisattva.”
As long as one faced her Buddha statue and chanted the scriptures written with her Void Refinement spells, one’s mind would become peaceful, allowing them to lay down their butcher’s knife and immediately become a Buddha.
Dharma Master Hongdan was the “Bodhisattva Ward.”
Believers trusted that in this era of great chaos, as long as they placed her Buddha statue in their homes, it would cause the Bodhisattva to manifest, driving away evil and avoiding disaster.
Their Dao paths lay within the Buddha statues.
Relying on the faith of all living beings, their cultivation bases had advanced by leaps and bounds over the past fifty years.
And today, Dharma Master Hongdan discovered that her incense offerings in the mortal realm had been stolen!
“Did Uncle Tianqi do this?”
Li Kuanghua instantly thought of Li Tianqi. Her three uncles were all too familiar with this kind of thing. However, after asking the Ancestor, she learned it wasn’t Uncle Tianqi.
It seemed the Ancestor of the Yun Clan was the thief. For some unknown reason, he had used his methods on the Dusheng Nunnery.
The clan was currently investigating to see if they could follow the trail to find the Dusheng Nunnery.
“Are the clansmen coming? But how can they find the Dusheng Nunnery? The demoness Dairou won’t reveal the slightest flaw.”
Li Kuanghua sat cross-legged in front of the statue of the Bodhisattva of Rebirth, a look of joy appearing on her face.
“It’s about time I try to break through to the Void Refinement realm too.”
Looking up at the Buddha statue before her again, this blasted Buddha statue—aside from brainwashing her every day—was actually quite decent.
At the very least, after fifty years had passed, Li Kuanghua gradually discovered that her manic heart had returned to a state of calm.
Ever since cultivating day and night in the Thunder Fire Demon Cave hundreds of years ago, she realized that those had actually been her most relaxed times.
Back then, running around everywhere with her eldest brother Kuangren and younger brother Kuangtu, playing around with demonic cultivators… after coming out, she never had such relaxing days again.
As soon as she came out of the Thunder Fire Demon Cave, she rushed to save face for her eldest brother and get him married.
She went from being a timid little girl to a genius who would never be bullied again.
She didn’t fear the extermination campaign launched by the sect forces of the Azure Cloud Commandery back then, nor did she fear those innumerable Wu tribes.
The clansmen always said she didn’t act like a girl—careless, unrefined, having followed an irritable master to cultivate.
Ever since Kuangtu’s accident, she maintained that careless appearance; even she believed that was just her true nature.
Later, Tian Xing appeared, and the elders and juniors passed away one after another.
Now, Aunt Tianyue was gone too.
During these years at the Dusheng Nunnery, Li Kuanghua finally realized that she was never as free-spirited as she had thought.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come to Shadowfell Prefecture for hundreds of years, blaming the Wu tribe for her unwillingness to accept Kuangtu’s fall.
If she had truly let it go, she wouldn’t have pursued power like a madwoman, all because she didn’t want to be powerless against her enemies.
And Aunt Tianyue… Li Kuanghua couldn’t let it go.
Fifty years had passed, and she thought day and night: if she hadn’t left back then, could she have persuaded her aunt to leave?
Then she wouldn’t have been sold out by Bi Shihu, Yun Manlou, and Nun Dairou.
“So I never stepped out of the shadow. I couldn’t let go. Only by letting go can I achieve the True Self Buddha.”
Li Kuanghua let out a long breath. Subsequently, a white light welled up around her body, radiating from the room.
A dazzling brilliance lit up the entire Dusheng Nunnery.
The passing nuns stopped in their tracks, turned toward Li Kuanghua’s courtyard, clasped their hands, and chanted Buddhist scriptures.
They knew that another Bodhisattva was about to emerge in the Dusheng Nunnery.
At this moment, in a courtyard beside Li Kuanghua’s, the only monk in the entire Dusheng Nunnery—whose eyes were originally pure—flashed a hint of solemnity.
His sword-like eyebrows furrowed, and he finally let out a long sigh.
“Fifty years in the Dusheng Nunnery… has even Li Kuanghua completely fallen for the Dusheng Nunnery’s evil and become their puppet?”
Immediately after, Crown Prince Fei Heng shook his head, returning to his usual appearance, clasping his hands and chanting Buddhist scriptures.
Meanwhile, in the temple, the three Dharma Masters of the “Hong” generation who were discussing the theft of the incense offerings all looked toward the Buddhist light with gratification.
“It has been fifty years. This girl’s obsessions were too heavy, which is why she could never transform into a Bodhisattva.
It seems today she has finally laid down her heavy burdens and become a Bodhisattva of my Dusheng Nunnery.”
Dharma Master Hongzhen’s expression was extremely gentle. For these past fifty years, it had always been her discussing Buddhist scriptures with Li Kuanghua.
She had always been able to sense Li Kuanghua’s reluctance to enter Buddhism, ultimately unable to let go of mortal worldly thoughts.
It seemed her years of discussing scriptures with Li Kuanghua had finally yielded results.
“From now on, our Buddhist Dao will not be alone.” Dharma Master Hongdan had shaved her head to become a nun.
One could see she had somewhat delicate features. Wearing a golden monk’s robe, it was hard to imagine how she was the same old nun who had been roaring furiously in the Dusheng Nunnery earlier.
Inside the innermost Dao Pagoda of the Dusheng Nunnery.
Nun Dairou and the Bodhisattva of Rebirth statue behind her both opened their eyes. Her lips parted slightly.
“Excellent. Bodhisattva Li has feigned conversion to our Buddhist sect for fifty years, and today she has finally opened her mind to the Buddha.
From now on, the five Bodhisattvas of the Dusheng Nunnery will strengthen our Buddhist Dao and spread our scriptures to the world.”
[Your descendant Li Kuanghua is currently breaking through to the Void Refinement realm, becoming a Buddha on the spot.]
At this moment, Li Wei took a deep breath as he watched Li Kuanghua’s Buddhist light.
Kuanghua had never dared to break through, fearing that Nun Dairou would discover her true background.
Not only that, she also feared that the demonic nature within the Buddha-Demon Disk would be unable to suppress her Buddha-nature.
The Dusheng Nunnery was said to be an important Buddhist site filled with nuns, but in reality, that place was more terrifying than the Thunder Fire Demon Cave.
The Buddhist scriptures in the Dusheng Nunnery were simply tools used by Nun Dairou for brainwashing.
Whether it was the three Dharma Masters or the nuns under them, having been brainwashed for years, they could no longer be called “human.”
Once she became a Buddha, the risk of brainwashing would skyrocket!
A complex look of anxiety and helplessness flashed across Li Wei’s eyes.
Waves of Buddhist light radiated within the Dusheng Nunnery, and Li Kuanghua’s Bodhisattva Dharmakaya gradually formed in the clouds.
The yellow-clad Bodhisattva sat upon a lotus platform, but the Bodhisattva Dharmakaya appeared exceedingly frail.
In the main hall, the hundreds of cauldron furnaces reignited with roaring fires, and over a hundred nuns sat upon them.
“If Kuanghua wanted to break through, it wouldn’t be this difficult. Faith.
For Kuanghua to break through to the Void Refinement realm and forge a Buddhist Dharmakaya, she needs faith—specifically, the ‘Form of All Living Beings’ Buddhist Dharma she cultivates.”
Li Wei sighed.
“Kuanghua opened her mind to break through to the Void Refinement realm and forge her Buddhist Dao Dharmakaya.
By doing this, Nun Dairou will be convinced that her Buddhist Dharma has influenced Kuanghua.
The Dusheng Nunnery is currently in desperate need of a true Buddha, and Kuanghua is a Bodhisattva.
To have Kuanghua forge her Buddha statue, the best method is to collect faith for her in the mortal realm!”
“Once Kuanghua’s Buddha statue appears in the mortal realm, she can lead us to find the Dusheng Nunnery!”
“We must arrive before she becomes a true Buddha; otherwise, she will have to unleash her demonic nature, and then we’ll be in trouble.”
This was the method Kuanghua came up with after they discovered that Hongdan’s incense offerings had been stolen.
Although the Dusheng Nunnery’s movements were erratic, they had connections with the mortal realm.
Over the years, it wasn’t that they hadn’t tried to find out how they acquired faith and incense, but they had found nothing.
Now, to find the Dusheng Nunnery, Kuanghua was willing to risk a try, though Li Wei tried to stop her.
But Kuanghua said she wasn’t a coward.
“The people of our Li family are all incredibly stubborn.”
Li Wei looked at Li Kuanghua, who was radiating waves of Buddhist light, and smiled faintly.
“I’ve already reached the peak of the Void Refinement realm, so what is there to fear from Nun Dairou? Let her beat me to death ten times if she has the capability!”
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Deston Prefecture.
At this time, Li Tianqi arrived following the trail.
Although Tianyi and Tianming weren’t here, and the seniors were staying inside the Profound Seals Talisman, Li Tianqi hadn’t let his skills rust.
When it came to searching and tracking, even the assassins of the Heavenly Principle Hall couldn’t hold a candle to him.
Before long, Li Tianqi arrived at a temple.
The temple was full of monks, yet they worshipped the statue of Bodhisattva Ward.
This was also the temple where the incense offerings had been stolen.
Li Tianqi staked out the place for a few days.
Monks came and went, and the most powerful abbot among them was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage.
How could they possibly detect his presence?
People came and went within the temple.
People always said that the human heart was complex in times of chaos, but looking at the faces of these People, one could only see peace.
Their innocent expressions were just like Tianming’s.
Li Tianqi looked at the People burning incense and worshipping the Bodhisattva.
These People were dressed in rags and starved to the bone, yet they knelt in pious worship, pulling copper coins to drop into the merit box.
Not only that, but after burning incense and chanting sutras, they brought a Buddha statue back to their homes.
“Wonderful! With Bodhisattva Ward’s protection, we no longer need to fear demons and ghosts!”
A traveler rejoiced upon receiving a palm-sized Buddha statue.
Li Tianqi felt that the Buddha statue was peculiar, but upon closer inspection, he found nothing unusual.
He immediately followed them and muttered sarcastically, “Can a single Buddha statue fend off demons and ghosts for you?”
But as he said it, Li Tianqi also somewhat understood.
In times of chaos, demons and evil spirits arise; the Azure Cloud Prefecture had been exactly like this back in the day.
Whether it was the battle with Prince Qian or the battle in the Immortal Domain, the blood and resentment left behind by powerful experts after major wars would nourish the heaven and earth, causing ordinary animals to turn into demons.
The dissipation of powerful Spiritual power also allowed those who died with deep resentment to become vicious ghosts lingering in the world.
It was just that these entities didn’t dare approach immortal cultivators at all; they only dared to bully mortals.
In Deston Prefecture, everyone was busy fighting the Wu tribe and acting as soldiers.
It wasn’t like their hometown in the Azure Cloud Prefecture, where major factions fought over the chance to use these mortal realm demons and evil spirits for training.
The mortals in Deston Prefecture lacked the power to slay demons and eradicate evil. If they didn’t believe in Buddha, were they supposed to believe in him, Li Tianqi?
But as soon as night fell, Li Tianqi’s expression turned ugly.
This family placed the Bodhisattva Ward in their home, and after worshipping, they truly awakened the Spiritual power of the Bodhisattva Ward statue.
Sensing the Buddhist aura, the demons and evil spirits dared not approach.
“Motherfucker!”
Li Tianqi cursed loudly.
That Buddha statue was absorbing this family’s vital energy to form the statue’s Spiritual power, subsequently driving away the demons and evil spirits.
At the same time, the Spiritual power formed by their vital energy drew the attention of an increasing number of demons and evil spirits to the village where the Buddha statue was located.
That night, a household was haunted by a vicious ghost. The next day, everyone in the village went to the temple to pray for a Buddha statue.
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