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Chapter 220: Even the Pure Land Seeks a Share of the Spoils
Chapter 220: Even the Pure Land Seeks a Share of the Spoils
At the Sky-Connecting Sea of Clouds and Holy Flame Cliff…
As Treasure-Child retrieved the Buddha statue and revealed his role as a Pure Land agent attempting to recruit the Black Iron Sword Master, True Monarch Qingcheng Feixue arched a delicate brow.
The next moment, she lifted her gaze toward the western Jiangxi region.
“The bald monk wants to meddle too?”
Before her words faded, a colossal Buddha head as vast as a mountain rose within the Pure Land, its eyes gleaming like lapis lazuli, lips parting to chant Buddhist sutras.
“Not quite.”
The cavernous hall echoed with a majestic voice: “This is merely a junior envoy seeking to guide fortunate souls to the Pure Land’s blessings amidst the coming battle.”
“Hmph!” Qingcheng Feixue’s crimson-hued eyes flared with barely restrained fury. “Fine. Let him play his game—just stay out of my way.”
“If he dies in northern Jiangxi, don’t blame me.”
“Amitabha. That is only fair.”
The colossal Buddha smiled. The envoy sent was a Great Arhat at the Late Foundation Building stage. Unless a Foundation Perfection expert intervened, who could possibly kill him? Foundation Perfection cultivators were all chasing Ascension, and provoking True Monarchs was the last thing they’d risk. Why would anyone dare offend a Bodhisattva over a mere Great Arhat? Such recklessness would doom their chances of Ascension entirely.
Thus, the colossal Buddha remained calm.
In his view, Qingcheng Feixue was simply yielding to pressure from the Daoist Court, Sword Pavilion, and his Pure Land—prudent submission was inevitable.
“A wise choice.”
With that thought, the colossal Buddha turned away, his mind drifting to the Nine Metamorphosis Dragon Art cultivator at【Citadel Earth】.
Earlier,【Precious Vase Moonlight Bodhisattva】had failed to capture the rogue due to Qingcheng Feixue’s interference. Now, with her preoccupied protecting Chongguang, this was the perfect chance to sway the villain into the Pure Land’s fold!
At Guillotine Dragon Pass…
The Dharma Body radiating golden light nodded approvingly at Treasure-Child and the Black Iron Sword Master. “I am known as【Vimala Bhadra】.”
In the Pure Land, cultivators at the Foundation Building stage became Arhats. Those at the Late Foundation Building tier were revered as Great Arhats—honored as “Worthy Ones” who had severed illusions, transcended rebirth, and earned celestial offerings.
To “sever illusions” meant eradicating all delusions of perception and thought.
“Transcending rebirth” meant never again reincarnating within the Three Realms.
“To earn offerings” meant accepting veneration from all worldly beings.
In essence, figures like【Vimala Bhadra】could freely draw upon the World-Honored One’s insights, facing virtually no bottlenecks in cultivating divine abilities. Their Dharma Bodies attained Nirvana within the Pure Land, their souls remaining eternally within its borders, unshackled from the Wheel of Reincarnation unless slain outright. Protected by countless disciples, monks, and Arhats, they could focus on attaining Bodhisattva status.
This was why the title “Worthy One” held such weight.
Thus, when the Black Iron Sword Master heard【Vimala Bhadra】’s name, his face lit with reverence.
“Honored Worthy, deliver us from this sea of suffering!”
“There’s no rush.”
【Vimala Bhadra】shook his head, smiling. “All sentient beings are bound in suffering—I shall find ways to save them.”
“…This—”
The Sword Master frowned. He’d surrendered for survival. Now being told “no rush” made his capitulation seem pointless.
“Rest assured, since you’ve chosen to abandon darkness and join the Pure Land, I won’t forsake you.”【Vimala Bhadra】smiled gently, projecting two beams of golden light. “Study these techniques. With the proper preparations, they’ll help you defeat the Holy Sect.”
“What is this—?”
As Treasure-Child and the Sword Master examined the divine consciousness fragment from【Vimala Bhadra】, a cultivation method materialized in their spiritual seas:
《Great Wrathful Ox-Head King Empowerment Method》!
“This technique requires a male born during a yang year, month, day, and hour as its medium. Only a pure-yang life-essence can bear this method.”
“Find such men and inscribe this technique onto their bodies. I shall then bless them, transforming them into【Wrathful Kings】. With my status, I can channel their bodies to unleash the full power of a Mid-Stage Foundation Perfection cultivator for a short time!”
Treasure-Child and the Sword Master stared in awe.
Mid-Stage Foundation Perfection! Such power could turn the tide of battle. No wonder True Men were revered—even remote interventions could yield such might!
“I’ll arrange this at once!” Treasure-Child hurriedly dispatched messages. The Sword Master’s eyes gleamed: “With the Worthy’s aid, we’ll surely crush the Demonic Sect! This will avenge the Sect Patriarch and the Sword Pavilion!”
“This isn’t even the main point.”
【Vimala Bhadra】joined his palms, smiling calmly. “The Pure Land’s presence here isn’t about warfare, but saving the fortunate.”
Treasure-Child blinked. “Who’s the ‘fortunate’?”
“I sense Yuan Tu (Slaughter) of the Demonic Sect shares deep karmic ties with the Pure Land. During battle, my empowered【Wrathful Kings】shall seize him first.”
“Perfect!”
Treasure-Child laughed, his face lighting with anticipation. Though not his own doing, humiliating Lv Yang through【Vimala Bhadra】’s hand and forcing his defection to the Pure Land would still purge his own shame.
Moreover, it would prove his loyalty to the heavens:
“Then we’ll rely on the Worthy’s intervention.”
“Amitabha.”
【Vimala Bhadra】nodded, recalling the Bodhisattva’s mission. This strategy seemed sound.
Direct involvement in the battle risked heavy karmic backlash, leaving him vulnerable to posthumous condemnation.
But by using secret arts to channel power through others, avoiding direct combat with True Man-level force, and with a Bodhisattva as his shield, the risks were minimal.
Besides, he was no opportunist.
Capturing Lv Yang and converting him would let him aid the Holy Sect, preserving Chongguang’s Ascension path. Surely, no one would question his actions.
“If there’s any flaw…”【Vimala Bhadra】mused, “the【Great Wrathful Ox-Head King Empowerment Method】does have one weakness—the mediums must be pure-yang males. The Demonic Sect once devised a technique specifically to counter this.”
The method was simple: transform the male’s gender.
A single shift shattered the pure-yang fate, instantly killing the empowered vessel and rebounding the backlash onto the practitioner, erasing years of cultivation.
“But that art changes only gender.”
Realizing this,【Vimala Bhadra】calmed himself:
“Beyond countering my method, it serves little purpose. No cultivator would waste effort on such a narrow tool…”
(End of Chapter)
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