Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2336: 180: Illusory Realm
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Realm Sea, Reclining Buddha!
At this instant, innumerable Innate Divine Demons along with the enormous hordes of World Eaters under their control had almost completely covered the whole Reclining Buddha!
Biting noises, combat roars, the booming collisions of Divine Skills and spells mixed with splashing sounds resounded everywhere…
The massive Golden Body of the Western Great Bodhisattva was now covered in the dirty blood from the shattered corpses of World Eaters, with chunks of meat and bone fragments slipping away from his Golden Body.
Should these elements enter a realm, they would turn into Chaos Origin Substance, yet within the Realm Sea, they looked just like the meat and blood of actual creatures.
Right now, his eyes burned red from the endless slaughter, and even the Buddha light surrounding him struggled to contain the fierce killing urge, lust, and brutality gleaming in his gaze.
His pupils slowly turned as dark as ink, seeming to spread blackness across the entire whites of his eyes.
The Buddha light shifted to a reddish-black hue, strands of Demonic Qi drifting outward.
The surrounding monks had grown fewer and fewer.
Despite the ongoing emergence of monks and evil spirits from the Buddha Kingdom, they simply couldn't stand against this overwhelming ocean of foes.
Besides the Innate Divine Demons and World Eaters, several cultivators were mixed in their ranks, striking when the main attackers paused briefly.
The assault rolled in like endless tides and waves, never ceasing!
The imposing Innate Divine Demon with horns atop its head, perched elevated and encircled by numerous fellow Innate Divine Demons—the one called the ‘Master of Quiet Cave’—observed the chaos and at last stood up gradually.
The handful of Innate Divine Demons still holding back near it also rose, filling the air with tension.
No emotion flickered in the Master of Quiet Cave’s eyes as it advanced with a small step.
The very next moment, its form quietly passed by the Western Great Bodhisattva who protected the entrance to the Buddha Kingdom!
Suddenly, silence enveloped everything nearby.
From not too far off, the cultivators concealed in the rear lines couldn't suppress a flash of terror in their gazes!
Under their stunned stares, the Western Great Bodhisattva's features stiffened, a sharp, even cut that had formed on his throat gradually surfaced, and then his head—bearing a trace of puzzled shock—quietly dropped from his shoulders!
The Demonic Qi within the Golden Body failed to erupt; rather, it poured from the neck like dense, ebony liquid…
“The Western Great Bodhisattva has fallen?!”
Shock spread across every cultivator's face!
“The Master of Quiet Cave is also a Mahayana?!”
Even from the remote void, a striking cultivator clad in the Cloud Sky Sect’s cloud-patterned robe was compelled to show himself, eyeing the spectacle with grave focus.
The enigmatic Master of Quiet Cave oversaw a perilous zone in the Realm Sea, assembling a host of Innate Divine Demons to evade capture and refinement at cultivators' hands.
Legends tell that ages back, a Great Realm launched an assault, only for that realm to end up desolate, and ever since, no cultivator has dared provoke it recklessly.
“It’s a pity that even if Innate Divine Demons match Mahayana strength, they can't attain Cultivation Ascension and remain confined in the Third Realm Sea forever. For them, it's likely akin to endless torment.”
A soft sigh escaped the handsome cultivator's mind, though a sense of ease also washed over him.
Were these Innate Divine Demons endowed with such immense might from birth and able to shatter barriers to rise into The Heavens with ease, wouldn't the toils of cultivators seem utterly ridiculous by contrast?
Heavenly Dao prizes equilibrium, the supreme principle!
Meanwhile, after effortlessly felling the Western Great Bodhisattva, the Master of Quiet Cave lifted its head a bit, staring at the serene Reclining Buddha ahead—eyes shut in slumber—and for the first time, its look held a spark of feeling.
Its own frame was no mere trifle, yet beside this Reclining Buddha, it resembled a tiny ornament beside a teapot.
Its eyes drifted downward slightly, landing on the lotus branch clutched in the Reclining Buddha's grasp.
Silhouettes kept emerging from the lotus's core, though their power had visibly diminished—from prior Bodhisattvas and Arhats down to mere common wanderers.
However, the pushing Innate Divine Demons and World Eaters halted them, ripping apart any that dared emerge.
“So you say that by destroying this place, the task is considered complete? It’s much simpler than imagined.”
It twisted its enormous form, directing its gaze at the handsome cultivator stepping forth from the distant emptiness, seeking confirmation amid its uncertainty.
Hearing those words, the handsome cultivator paused briefly, his eyes flicking to the lotus branch in the Reclining Buddha’s hold, before he gave a nod:
“Yes, as long as this Reclining Buddha is destroyed, the agreement between Quiet Cave and my Cloud Sky Realm is fulfilled, and we’ll adhere to our agreement.”
At those words, a iridescent sheen danced across the Master of Quiet Cave’s scaled face and jaw, a faint grin tugging at its lips:
“Then it’s simple.”
In a swift backward motion, it targeted the lotus branch in the Reclining Buddha's grip!
Buzz!
A beam of pitch-dark divine light burst from its hand, slamming into the delicate lotus branch!
Ping!
As if a vase exploding, liquid spraying in all directions!
The lotus bloom in the Buddha's hold snapped apart and dropped without a sound, crumbling away.
In that instant, myriad figures tumbled out from the lotus's depths.
Upon witnessing this, surprise flickered in the handsome cultivator’s eyes.
Yet right away, as though spotting something alarming, his face twisted in abrupt alarm!
Simultaneously, the Master of Quiet Cave felt an instinctive warning and whipped its head around, only to draw back two paces on reflex!
The Reclining Buddha statue, previously with lids sealed, had—unseen by all—unveiled its vast, impassive eyes, quietly staring down upon it!
Clearly, it was merely a statue of Buddha, but those eyes fixed unyieldingly on it!
“You… who are you?!”
Unsure and wary, the Master of Quiet Cave's majestic, lofty form saw its scales stand on end instinctively!