Zhang Chen also understood the ancient texts from the era of Ancient Gods and Demons. At a glance, he read it out: Tathagata’s Original Vow Curse.
"This seems to be a spell?" Zhang Chen murmured softly, then immediately closed his mouth, not daring to recite it further lest he summon some troublesome mishap.
Zhang Chen glanced at the scripture. It was very short, containing only eighty-one characters; otherwise, it wouldn’t have fit perfectly on two pages of the scripture book.
"Do you know the profundity of this Tathagata’s Original Vow Curse?" Zhang Chen asked.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon scratched his head upon hearing this: "It seems like a divine technique of sorts. I think I’ve heard of it, but exactly where or what it entails, I can’t recall."
Hearing this, Zhang Chen scanned the spell and then silently contemplated and memorized it, pondering the key points within it.
As he silently recited the spell in his Spiritual World, suddenly, a great light erupted, responding to the external world. Suddenly, from the entire temple ruins, a strange Golden Light emerged, converging into Zhang Chen’s Spiritual World. Countless Buddhist lights gathered in his world forming a brilliant point of light. A single ray of Buddha’s light arose majestically like the rising sun from the east. Zhang Chen’s Magical Power surged along with it, seemingly affected by the spell’s emanations. Then, the next moment, boundless Buddha light bloomed, and an inexplicable Qi Mechanism rose from Zhang Chen’s body, dispersing the book caused by the Qi Mechanism emitted from Zhang Chen’s body, turning into dust and dissipating between Heaven and Earth.
"What is going on?" Zhang Chen was shocked inside. He had merely recited a Buddha Mantra silently within his Spiritual World, yet such a transformation occurred?
The next moment, a mysterious force pushed Zhang Chen out from the First Heaven of his Spiritual World enveloped his consciousness, forcibly ejecting him.
"What is going on?" Zhang Chen opened his eyes, eyes filled with uncertainty and suspicion, hurriedly summoning the Great Freedom Celestial Demon, questioning if he was behind this trouble.
"The temple seems to be a revered Buddhist place of practice of an incredible existence. Even though it is extinct, its power is infused within the temple. It has endured countless years and tribulations without extinction. By reciting the Buddha Mantra in your heart, it resonated with the dissipated powers of the deceased Great One, resonating directly with you, and bestowed blessings upon you. Do you feel any changes within your Spiritual World?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon looked at Zhang Chen, his eyes filled with envy:
"You truly have a stroke of great luck! That Buddhist Great One suffered a tribulation and his death caused his powers to dissipate within the temple. Yet his dissipated power still remains in the place of practice. Unintentionally reciting the Tathagata’s Original Vow Curse, you resonated with the dissipated powers, and it bestowed blessings upon you directly. It’s as if, across countless years and eras, that Buddhist ancestor personally granted you an empowerment."
Hearing this, Zhang Chen was thrilled, then quickly closed his eyes to sense his own Divine Soul. The next moment, he saw in the Cyan Lotus of his Divine Soul, a Buddhist light circulating, transforming into a spell "Om" "Ma" "Ni" "Pad" "Me" "Hum".
The spell did not contradict Zhang Chen’s Magical Power, but like a fish, it swam within Zhang Chen’s Magical Power.
As if sensing Zhang Chen’s will, the spell suddenly exploded, turning into a stream of information, injecting into Zhang Chen’s consciousness. At this moment, Zhang Chen was enveloped by faint Buddhist light, appearing sacred and solemn, remarkably extraordinary.
"Great Creation! Simply Great Creation!" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon stood beside Zhang Chen, looking at the Buddha light emitting from him, his eyes widened.
After a long time, the Buddhist light around Zhang Chen receded, and he slowly opened his eyes: "So, it is this talisman. This Tathagata’s Original Vow Curse is the root of all Buddhist divine incantations, the foundation of all divine techniques. It seems that the temple’s origins are truly extraordinary."
"I wonder what are the origins of that temple."
"In my memory, the only temple with the word ’Little’ in its name seems to be Little Leiyin Temple. I wonder if there are any other temples with ’Little’ in their name."
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Zhang Chen’s eyes showed a hint of contemplation.
"How do you feel?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon, full of curiosity, came over up close.
"I have comprehended a divine technique. This divine technique has evolved from the Buddhist Original Vow Curse and is called: the Forbidden Word Technique." Zhang Chen replied.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon asked further: "What is the profundity of this Forbidden Word Technique?"
"Its profundity is unspeakable. Let me demonstrate it for you." Saying this, Zhang Chen’s gaze swept across the stone cave: "It’s a pity there are no Demon Beasts here. If there were Demon Beasts, the profoundness of this Forbidden Word Technique could be displayed. But here, with just you and I, it can’t be demonstrated."
Just as he said this, the little Fiery Demon King Zhao Lie in Zhang Chen’s embrace awakened. Sleepily blinking, it stretched its leg, crawled out of Zhang Chen’s embrace, and then let out a heart-wrenching howl. As soon as Zhang Chen heard it, he understood that the little one was hungry.
"Hey, it’s quite a coincidence. You beast have a fortune and Creation awaiting you. Today this Creation will just perfect you." Zhang Chen was just saying there were no living beings to demonstrate on, yet Demon King Zhao Lie’s actions reminded him that there was indeed a living being right in his embrace.
Then Zhang Chen reached out, took out the little Demon King Zhao Lie from his embrace. Demon King Zhao Lie, still half-asleep, was awakened after hearing Zhang Chen say ’you have a Creation waiting for you,’ suddenly a bad premonition surged within him for no reason.
Then Demon King Zhao Lie struggled fiercely, gnarling its weak limbs, trying to escape from Zhang Chen’s magical grip, but it being freshly born, where could it escape Zhang Chen’s palm?
"Be good, endure it, it’ll be over soon! You are destined for Creation, the Old Ancestor has just learned a divine technique, and you are fated to be the first to try it, what great Creation."
Without minding its struggle, next moment Zhang Chen’s Magical Power operated, the Mysterious Power inside his body boiled, and he suddenly breathed out Golden Light, transforming into the Supreme True Words of Six-Word Bright Curse ’Hong Ma Ni Ba Mi Hong,’ the True Words coming out of Zhang Chen’s mouth resonated with the surrounding ten directions. The Six-Word True Words turned into Golden Light directly crashing into Demon King Zhao Lie’s brow, breaking open its flesh defense, boring into its soul.
"What the hell is this stuff!"
Seeing the Six-Word True Words imprint into his soul and continuously seep into it, he felt an immediate sense of danger and struggled desperately to resist, though Demon King Zhao Lie was simply in no position to struggle. The Six-Word True Words smelted into Zhao Lie’s body, transforming into golden threads, starting to evolve within his soul, linking his three souls and seven spirits.
One side, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon witnessing Zhang Chen’s technique couldn’t help but reveal a hint of horror: "I seem to recall, is this the Ghost Divine Techniques? Is this actually the Forbidden Word Technique, specialized in subduing various Guardian Divine Beasts, to be used as steeds or directly for protection?"
"Unfortunately, my power is too weak; only at the Qi Refining Stage can it empower beasts below the first tier. But as long as they are hit by this Forbidden Word Curse, even if they break through to become gods or saints in the future, they will still find it hard to escape my clutches." Zhang Chen said with a smile.
The Great Freedom Celestial Demon remained silent at these words, complaining internally: ’Good thing you are just a Qi Cultivator. Were you to become a saint or immortal and pair it with your Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skills, who knows how many would suffer.’
Zhang Chen retracted the mnemonic, and Zhao Lie now widened his eyes, feeling the golden thread in his Divine Soul like shackles, constantly traversing through and sealing various key points of his soul tightly.
"What have you done to me!!!" Zhao Lie shouted furiously, but in Zhang Chen’s ears, it sounded like a cutesy roar, almost like a child’s tantrum, utterly melting Zhang Chen’s heart.
"You are destined for Creation, to gain this miraculousness. Awakening wisdom and becoming a Demon Beast in the future is simply a matter of course." Zhang Chen said with a smile, stroking Zhao Lie’s head.
Controlling and enlightening the Demon Beast was just a minor prowess of the Six-Word True Words. Its real Divine Power had yet to reveal.
Playing with the little tiger, Zhang Chen grew more curious about the ruins in his Spiritual World; to think it bore a Heaven-defying Divine Technique like the Six-Word True Words, what could be the temple’s origins?
"Let’s probe further, ascertain everything about it, for this temple is certainly no mere nameless one." Zhang Chen mused internally.