One Thousand Twenty-Four: The plan to pick up the lead
When the seal on Ancestor Styx is not triggered, it is a chain of mysterious rules locked on his body.
But when the extremely killing sword light fell on the seal, the divine chains of order suddenly changed, trembling crazily and making clattering sounds.
Dots of golden light rippled and condensed into a huge golden lotus in mid-air, and on top of the golden lotus, sat a golden Buddha.
The lotus platform and the Buddha are immovable, firmly suppressing the body of Patriarch Styx, exuding an aura of eternity and immortality throughout his body.
Not moving, not moving, never moving!
This is the supreme supernatural power realized by the two sages of the West after enlightenment to Mount Buzhou. They turned Mount Buzhou into an ancient Buddha and have great power to suppress all things in the world and the past, present and future.
With such magical power, even if the Hunyuan Da Luo Jinxian arrives, he will still be unable to break it.
But at this moment, under the extreme sword light, even the chaos will turn into nothingness. Although the eternal Buddha is powerful, it is not true eternity after all.
In just an instant, he was swallowed up by the bloody sword light. The golden light on his body was dim at first, and then gradually disappeared into nothingness.
The seal is broken!
So the seal used by the Two Saints of the West to suppress the Ancestor Styx was broken so easily? Jiang Chen destroyed the seal as soon as he saw it and released the Ancestor Styx who had been suppressed for millions of years.
"Ancestor, don't resist, just let me go!"
After breaking the seal, Jiang Chen did not dare to hesitate and called Ancestor Ming He not to resist. Then he sacrificed the Dao Jian that he had prepared for a long time and took him with him to move the void and go to the outer chaos.
As soon as Jiang Chen and Ancestor Minghe walked away, they heard an angry roar from the distance:
"you wanna die!"
As soon as the sound fell, a bright colorful ray of light and a cyan innate divine light were seen falling from the chaos outside the sky at the same time, blasting towards the place where the ancestor of Styx was originally sealed.
But it was the two saints Jie Yin and Zhunti who took action. When they broke the seal, they couldn't notice it because the cause and effect and heavenly secrets were cut off.
But now that the seal has been broken, how could they, as the ones who imposed the seal, not sense it?
Therefore, after learning that the seal they left behind had been broken and the ancestor of Styx had been rescued, the two saints who were far away in the chaos immediately became furious and took action at the same time to intercept the escaping Styx.
Ancestor.
That colorful ray of light is exactly the treasure of Saint Chunti's enlightenment, the top-grade spiritual treasure Seven Treasures Tree transformed from his own branches.
And that green innate divine light is the Eastern Blue Lotus Flag, the ultimate spiritual treasure of merit and virtue.
As for the Golden Lotus of Merit, although this treasure is the most precious treasure of Buddhism, it was injured by Taoist Mosquito during the Tribulation Period. So far, the two saints no longer dared to sacrifice this treasure when fighting with others, for fear of being injured.
Adding insult to injury has shaken the foundation of the West.
The two saints took action with hatred, and the power can be imagined. It is estimated that even the master who has just entered Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian will be seriously injured on the spot.
It can be said that if this blow is carried out, as long as Patriarch Styx remains where he is, given his cultivation level, he will definitely be beaten to the point of death, physically and spiritually.
However, the place where the ancestor of the Styx was sealed was the former site of the Blood Sea. The current source of the Styx is one of the foundations of the Netherworld. If this place is destroyed, even if it can be repaired afterwards, the Netherworld will be affected.
Empress Houtu is still here, how can she sit back and watch this scene happen?
"Jie Yin Zhunti, are you crazy?"
"For personal grudges, you actually want to destroy the Netherworld?"
In the deepest part of the netherworld, the place of reincarnation, Queen Houtu's angry voice sounded. Immediately, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, the first treasure in the world, vibrated, and a mighty force of reincarnation swept out.
Like the breeze blowing by, the angry blows of the two saints disappeared into nothingness, as if they had never appeared.
In the Netherworld, Houtu Empress is an invincible existence, and the power she can exert is even higher than that of Hunyuan. Even if the Tao Ancestor comes in person, she may not be her opponent.
The two saints of Jieyin and Zhunti may be able to compete with Empress Houtu in the outside world, but in the underworld, the two of them combined are not a match for her.
"Mother Houtu, please calm down. It's my brothers and sisters who are responsible for Meng Lang. I hope you will forgive me."
The next moment, the incarnations of the two saints, Jingyin and Zhunti, appeared in the Netherworld at the same time, and said to the Empress Dowager Tu apologetically.
"snort!"
Empress Houtu snorted coldly, ignored the two of them, and then disappeared.
In the final analysis, the Netherworld did not really suffer any loss. It was destroyed by the two saints. Even if Empress Houtu wanted to have a seizure, she could not use this as an excuse.
As long as it doesn't create an established fact, it doesn't matter. As a saint, you still have this privilege.
"It's too late, people have already left."
While apologizing to Empress Houtu, the incarnation of the Second Saint of the West had already looked at the place where Patriarch Styx was originally sealed, inside and out, several times.
I saw that since the seal was broken and the Styx Ancestor left, the previously dry river channel was now filled with pools of dark red blood from nowhere. It gradually filled the river channel and kept filling it up.
Spread outward.
Now that the seal has been broken, there is no suppression, and the blood sea that has disappeared for millions of years also begins to reappear at this moment.
And above the sea of blood, strands of dark red sword energy continued to rage, extremely fierce, containing the supreme killing intention, shattering the void, and destroying all things.
The incarnations of the two saints, Jie Yin Zhunti, had just touched this place when they were killed by the tyrannical sword intent that remained here.
"The person who rescued Styx is very powerful. The purity of his sword is even more powerful. Even fellow Daoist Shangqing is slightly less powerful."
After a long silence, the saint spoke with a look of sorrow on his face.
When they came here, they were already prepared to fail to catch Ancestor Styx, and the reason why they were in such a hurry now was simply to find clues to the person who rescued Ancestor Styx from the remaining aura at the scene.
These two saints really want to know who is so brave, knowing that they will offend the two saints, and dare to release the ancestor of Styx.
There is no doubt that this person dared to do this because he definitely had a grudge against the two of them. Otherwise, he would not dare to offend them like this.
And if a powerful enemy is hidden in the dark, even a saint will have trouble sleeping and feel like a light is hanging on his back.
"Speaking of fellow Daoist Shangqing, this sword intention does have a bit of the Immortal Killing Sword Intention."
"However, it's not like we haven't seen the Four Swords of Zhuxian before. Their sword intent is far from that powerful."
Saint Zhunti thought that during the Conferring God War, two of his brothers had joined forces with Saint Yuanshi Tianzun Taiqing, a total of four saints, to defeat the Immortal Killing Sword Formation.
It was precisely because of that incident that they came into contact with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and memorized the chilling meaning of the swords.
"Not only does it have the aura of the Four Swords of Killing Immortals, but also Yuantu Abi of Styx. In addition, there is also the Chunyang Sword of Dongwanggong."
"Well, there are three more sword intentions, which are not weaker than the first six sword intentions at all, but they are a bit unfamiliar. I don't know where they come from."
Saints are saints, even though the aura left at the scene has long been unrecognizable, they were still able to distinguish the nine ultimate sword intentions.
"Nine kinds of sword intent? More than that, senior brother, I seem to feel the aura of Tao Ancestor. The person coming here must be a direct descendant of Xuan Sect."
"No, in addition to the aura of Dao Ancestor, there is also demonic aura here. This demonic aura is so deep and dark that even the Demon Lord Yuanshi Tian is slightly inferior to it. It is like the demonic intention that exists deep in Mount Sumeru."
"This is the power of Demon Ancestor!"
Suddenly, Saint Zhunti changed his face and felt the aura of the Demon Ancestor, which brought back bad memories for him.
The entanglement between Buddhism and the Demonic Sect is as deep as that of Xuanmen, the mortal enemy of the Demonic Sect. In fact, since the two religions share the same ancestral court, no one would believe that the two religions are not related.
It has been rumored since ancient times that Buddhism was born out of the demonic path, and the two paths are one and the same. It is just that the demonic path is used for evil, and the Buddhist path is used for good. This creates the difference between the two paths, one is good and the other is evil.
"No need to guess, the person who rescued Ancestor Styx is Star Lord, but even if we know it is him, it is meaningless. Can we still question him face to face?"
"Forget it, just as Star Lord wishes, let out the news that the one who rescued Styx is none other than the Demon Lord of Yuanshi."
Saint Jieyin sighed and told Saint Zhunti not to guess anymore. He had already guessed who the person who made the move was, and it was undoubtedly Jiang Chen.
He didn't need evidence. He thought Jiang Chen was the one, so Jiang Chen was the one. It was just so idealistic and unreasonable.
"Although the Four Swords of Zhuxian are treasures of Taoist friends from the Shangqing Dynasty, they were indeed refined by the Demon Ancestor. The sword marks left on Mount Xumi are proof."
"The Demon Lord Yuanshi was at odds with the Star Lord. In order to take revenge on the Star Lord, he pretended to be the Star Lord and rescued Styx in order to sow discord between the Star Lord and us."
Saint Zhunti also said silently on the side, even if they guessed that Jiang Chen did this, they would not be able to confront him face to face. That would be meaningless, and Jiang Chen would not admit it.
Even if all the great supernatural beings in the world knew that this was done by Jiang Chen, no one would take the initiative to speak out. Instead, they all agreed that this was done by the Demon Lord Yuanshi Tian.
There are already so many scapegoats on Yuanshi Tianmo Lord, and this one is no less important. It is precisely because there are so many scapegoats that no one dares to delve into it.
If we really want to dig deeper, it will be troublesome if we find something that we shouldn't find. Not even a saint can bear to find out the dark history of many people with great supernatural powers at once.
"The Star Master seems to be expressing his dissatisfaction with us through this matter." Sage Jieyin vaguely understood something and said to Sage Zhunti beside him.
"Brother, it is normal for the Star Master to be dissatisfied with us. After all, since he became the master of Buddhism, we have always ignored him and have never even supported him."
"Looking back at Tathagata, we have never stopped supporting him since he became the Lord of Buddhism. In contrast to the two, it is normal for the Star Lord to be dissatisfied."
Saint Zhunti nodded beside him, agreeing very much with what Saint Zhunti said.
After Jiang Chen rescued Ancestor Styx, instead of getting angry, they were self-examined. It sounds outrageous, but that's the fact.
This is the change brought about by increasing strength!
If before, when Jiang Chen had just become the master of Buddhism, if he dared to release Patriarch Styx, the Second Sage of the West would definitely be furious and try their best to target Jiang Chen.
But now, Jiang Chen is the Star Master, and his status is even higher than that of a saint. For such a person to enter Buddhism and become the master of Buddhism, working for the two of them, but not getting the respect he deserves, it is okay to be dissatisfied.
Understood.
Because he was dissatisfied, he chose to release Ancestor Styx to create trouble for the two of them.
If they were Jiang Chen, they would do the same thing. The Second Saint thought about it from his perspective and understood everything.
Of course, being able to put the two saints in their shoes is a reflection of Jiang Chen's strength.
Otherwise, do you think anyone can make a saint think in his shoes? If a saint puts himself in your situation and looks at the problem, who do you think you are? The way of heaven?
"Styx, just let it go."
"Who told us not to help him? Then he would have to find help on his own. Moreover, after being imprisoned in Styx for so long, it is time to let him out."
I don't know what I thought of, but the eyes that greeted the saint became blurry for a moment.
"Let go of Styx, this..."
"Senior brother, when we suppressed Styx, we saw that the Sea of Blood was just a cover. The real purpose was to avenge fellow Taoist Hongyun and weaken the influence of the cause of sainthood."
"If we let him out now, I'm afraid that the cause and effect of sanctification, which has finally subsided, will jump out and affect us again."
Sage Zhunti heard what Sage Jieyin said, and when he thought about the consequences of this matter, he became very anxious.
"The cause and effect of Zixiao Palace's abdication, which has dragged on for so many years, should come to an end. Otherwise, you and I will never be able to transcend."
"I have calculated that our Buddhist sect will flourish in the future, and the Hunyuan Golden Immortal will be born at that time. You and I can leave this position to Hongyun to repay the cause and effect of becoming a saint that year."
The saint said with a complicated expression, being entangled in cause and effect is not a good thing, especially when it comes to the cause and effect of sanctification.
Over the years, although they have tried their best to minimize the impact of this cause and effect, they have not been able to completely get rid of its influence. As a result, they often cannot go as they wish when practicing, and they have to spend 120% of their energy to achieve success.
It has 10% of the effect of others.
And for this cause and effect, do they really think they don’t want to repay it? It’s not that they don’t want to, but they can’t afford it. Although they are saints, their family members know their own affairs, and their holy status is not stable at all.
If you want to repay Hongyun's karma, you must either give him an innate treasure or give him a holy status. The two sages of the West also want the innate treasure, but they really can't find it.
As for the holy title, they wanted to give it to him, but Heaven did not agree.
Their holy status is different from that of Sanqing Nuwa. It is itself the result of a debt from heaven. Before the debt is paid off, where is the chance to escape?
Is it so easy to transfer debt?
Therefore, this matter has been postponed again and again, and it is only now that Saint Jieying has the hope of repaying the cause and effect.
As long as Buddhism can prosper in the future, with the blessing of the surging luck, it will be enough for Hongyun to become the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, thereby repaying the cause and effect of the past.