Chapter 492: 491. Settling the Venerable Wisdom (Part 2)

Chapter 492: 491. Settling the Venerable Wisdom (Part 2)

Venerable Wisdom felt helpless in his heart.

This opponent not only excelled in movement but also surpassed ordinary Immortal Realm cultivators in both offense and defense.

"The Heavenly Market Enclosure has the ability to balance enemies and allies..." Lei Jun shook his head slightly. "But I haven't gained much. The slight increase in defense comes from my little senior sister's Reversal Origin Robe."

With Lei Jun's brief obstruction, Tang Xiaotang had already slashed through the green lamp.

She stared at the Five Buddha Lights on Venerable Wisdom's forehead, coldly forming a hand seal in front of her.

An unprecedentedly vast Primordial Breath began to gather in the sky.

A huge four-sided jade seal, as if substantial, hung above Venerable Wisdom's head.

The Reversal Origin Seal, transformed from the Primordial Breath through Reversing the Primordial Chaos, was driven to its peak by Tang Xiaotang, temporarily dispelling the Reversal Origin Sword and Reversal Origin Robe.

Under the transformation of Reversing the Primordial Chaos, the Primordial Breath exhibited specific and concrete applications, which were also driven to their limits.

Thus, the white jade seal vaguely transformed into a three-layered altar, as enormous as a mountain, pressing down on the Five Buddha Lights above Venerable Wisdom.

The Buddhist radiance, flowing with the Five Buddha Lights, dimmed instantly.

The mystery of the Seal of Non-Self plummeted.

Venerable Wisdom had no time to react as Lei Jun's swift offense arrived like a storm, his fist striking the Stillness Mantra King Form, directly shattering half of its body.

At the same time, Tang Xiaotang's Celestial Ship swiftly approached, knocking the broken Stillness Mantra King Form off the lotus moon wheel!

The Stillness Mantra King Form instantly cracked, resembling fragile porcelain.

"Mahavairocana."

Venerable Wisdom chanted the Buddha silently.

In an instant, the Five Buddha Lights on his forehead erupted with unprecedented brilliance, burning fiercely.

Immense power transformed into a great light, illuminating the four directions.

Simultaneously, within the five-colored transparent sea of fire, the Five Buddha Lights changed their original forms.

The Five Buddhas manifested their Command Wheel Bodies, becoming the Five Great Kings.

Except for the Stillness Mantra King with three eyes and two arms, the other four great kings appeared together.

The Three-World Subduing King, with three faces and eight arms, his body blue, wielding various weapons, backed by flames, and standing on the Great Self-Existent Heaven and Umo Consort.

The Army Destroying King, with a blue body and red eyes, had eight arms entwined with snakes.

The Great Power King, with a blue-black body, had six faces, six arms, and six legs, sitting on a trembling throne, backed by flames, and holding various weapons.

The Vajra Yaksha King, with three faces and six arms, had five eyes on his front face and three eyes on each side. His head had a horse-king topknot, and his body was adorned with pearls. His six arms held a bow, arrow, sword, wheel, five-pronged vajra, and vajra bell.

In this instant, Venerable Wisdom seemed to relive his peak from years past.

The Five Great Kings, appearing together, unleashed a power that lifted Tang Xiaotang's Reversal Origin Seal upwards.

Simultaneously, the Five Great Kings swung their weapons, attacking with infinite anger, sweeping the four directions, aiming to break through Lei Jun's Dao Scene Universe.

With the true skills revealed, the Nine Heavens Responding Thunder Law at this level might not be able to match the entire range... Lei Jun thought, but he remained calm in the face of change.

His Thunder Emperor's true form shattered, and various powers scattered into the Daoist realm of the Yellow Universe.

In that instant, the Yellow Universe underwent continuous transformations.

Amidst the flowing radiance, the vast universe seemed to have boundaries, divided into upper and lower sections and the eight directions.

The ten directions intertwined, forming an impenetrable web around Venerable Wisdom.

The Buddhist master's expression darkened as he witnessed this.

With his Buddha's eye illuminating everything, in that same instant, he saw purple Positive Thunder and black Negative Thunder intertwining, their condensed divine glow sweeping across the four directions.

He saw green Negative Fire and red Positive Fire merging into a dazzling brilliance, countless stars exploding in the universe with endless flames.

He saw golden Pure Yang Thunder Dragons and silver Pure Yin Thunder Dragons intertwining, merging with Tang Xiaotang's innate Dragon-Tiger Strike, their illusory treasure light flowing in a seemingly non-existent realm.

He saw infinite Primagnetic power converging in the pitch-black deep space, transforming into a bright yellow ocean, with numerous sword weapons appearing within, forming a sharp and indestructible sword formation.

Numerous scenes appeared simultaneously in Lei Jun's Yellow Universe.

Venerable Wisdom, standing amidst the Ten Scenes of the Heavenly Stems in the Yellow Universe, felt overwhelmed by the myriad sights.

The Ten Scenes were divided according to the Heavenly Stems, with Yin and Yang and the Five Elements coexisting.

Jia Wood, being Positive Wood, gave birth to Positive Thunder, now manifesting as five-colored thunderclouds—purple, golden, green, red, and white—intertwined, forming the Nine Heaven Responding Thunder, Pure Yang Immortal Thunder, Immortal City Thunder, Jade Pivot Immortal Thunder, and Great Thunder Immortal Thunder, collectively known as the Nine Heavens Responding Thunder Law of Positive Nine.

Yi Wood, being Negative Wood, gave birth to Thunder Law, balancing Yin and Yang, with the Nine Heaven Responding Thunder and Immortal Heaven Thunder intertwining, and as the purple Positive Thunder Dragon and black Negative Thunder Dragon spun, they gave birth to the Yin-Yang Divine Sky Aurora.

Bing Fire, being Positive Fire, was supremely positive, vast, and powerful. From afar, the scene was a dazzling brilliance engulfing the four directions, formed by the Pure Yang Immortal Thunder, Nine Heaven Responding Thunder, and Heaven True Fire merging, achieving Three Yang Auspiciousness.

Ding Fire, being Negative Fire, gave birth to Fire Law, balancing Yin and Yang. Green Negative Fire Tigers and red Positive Fire Tigers soared in the cosmic space, reaching the starry sea above and the Nine Abyss below, creating a less intense version of Three Yang Auspiciousness, but transforming into infinite flames, achieving the Yin-Yang Infinite Star Brilliance.

Wu Earth, being Positive Earth, manifested as a white three-layered altar.

Ji Earth, being Negative Earth, manifested as a black three-layered altar.

The two altars stood opposite each other, stable and unmoving, forming the foundation of Lei Jun's Ten Scenes of the Heavenly Stems in the Yellow Universe.

Geng Metal, being Positive Metal, gathered infinite Primagnetic power, forming a Primagnetic Sea, and condensed the Two Extremes Heaven-Origin Sword Formation. As the swords unleashed, thunder and fire shattered.

Xin Metal, being Negative Metal, merged Negative Thunder with Positive Fire. In the distant sky, a black Negative Thunder Dragon and a red Positive Fire Tiger intertwined, their Yin-Yang merging creating the Dragon-Tiger Harmony, transforming into Lei Jun's Dragon-Tiger Strike after reaching the realm of immortality.

Ren Water, being Positive Water, transformed thunder into water, turning the most intense and fierce into the most pure and gentle. From afar, golden Pure Yang Thunder Dragons and silver Pure Yin Thunder Dragons intertwined, manifesting a Yin-Yang Treasure Light that seemed to exist between existence and non-existence, elusive yet indestructible, flexible yet unbreakable.

Gui Water, being Negative Water, was supremely negative, cold, and gentle. The Nine Abyss True Flame, Pure Yin Thunder, and Immortal Heaven Thunder merged, collectively forming the ultimate Yin image in opposition to Three Yang Auspiciousness.

These Ten Scenes of the Heavenly Stems were Lei Jun's summary of his current learnings, manifested into reality.

For Lei Jun himself, there was still much room for improvement and adjustment, which he would continue to refine in the future.

As his understanding deepened, the Ten Scenes of the Heavenly Stems would further evolve and become more complete and harmonious.

However, this did not hinder Lei Jun from confronting the Five Great Ming Kings of Venerable Wisdom in an intense clash! Endless thunder, fire, and mysterious light clashed with the opponent's various weapons and the Ming Kings' fury in the vast universe, constantly intertwining and colliding.

During this time, Tang Xiaotang focused on reversing the Tai Chu Qi to return to the Chaos, and then transformed into the Reverse-Origin Robe.

Wearing the Reverse-Origin Robe, Tang Xiaotang and her Supreme Vessel seemed to traverse through endless gunfire and arrows, swiftly passing through the heavens in an instant.

The massive divine vessel was incredibly agile, first colliding with the Army-Protecting Ming King that Venerable Wisdom had divided to confront Lei Jun, shattering it! Simultaneously, Tang Xiaotang, standing at the vessel's head, unleashed a remote strike with her innate Dragon-Tiger Strike, piercing through the Descending-to-the-Three-Worlds Ming King on the other side.

As the Supreme Vessel swiftly traveled, passing by the Great Majestic Ming King, Tang Xiaotang extended her finger, and the Origin-Initiating Pearl burst forth, expanding outward from a single point, and with a boom, it exploded the upper half of the Great Majestic Ming King.

On the other side, Venerable Wisdom's Vajra Yaksha King Ming King attempted to attack Lei Jun.

However, even without the Thunder Emperor's true form, Lei Jun's physical body cultivation was exceptional among his peers, surpassing many Martial Immortals.

He nimbly dodged the Vajra Yaksha King Ming King's attack and simultaneously struck a palm onto his opponent's body.

Nevertheless, the Vajra Yaksha King Ming King actively ignited, transforming into the boundless Ming King's fury, attempting to surround Lei Jun.

Venerable Wisdom himself merged with the Unmoving Ming King, and they had already rushed to Lei Jun's vicinity.

Suddenly, a straw raincoat appeared on Lei Jun's body.

The straws of the raincoat fluttered, and rain mist and gale winds appeared simultaneously, merging into one without hindering each other.

The gale winds seemed to solidify into a physical entity, shielding in eight directions.

On one side, a radiant glow flashed, surprising Venerable Wisdom.

This glow was not from Taoist cultivation but was derived from his Buddhist divine abilities.

Moreover, it was from his Buddhist hand seal lineage.

Venerable Wisdom's mind first recalled Wang Guiyuan, Master Huiyin, and others, but he immediately realized that this Buddhist cultivation was clearly passed down by his disciples.

The opponent had refined the essence of this Buddhist hand seal into a Taoist treasure, and in the current situation, the most direct effect was...

When countering attacks against his Buddhist hand seal lineage's divine abilities, the defense was greatly enhanced.

Although Lei Jun currently lacked the Thunder Emperor's true form, he borrowed one scene from the Eight Treasures of the Supreme Clarity Raincoat, which had refined the Diamond Sutra Wheel, to withstand a strike from the Unmoving Ming King's Dragon Sword.

Venerable Wisdom inwardly sighed, feeling that his attacks had weakened since the start of the battle, and he no longer had the opportunity to continuously attack and break through the Eight Treasures of the Supreme Clarity Raincoat.

As he attacked Lei Jun, the Unmoving Ming King also trembled, as Tang Xiaotang unleashed another innate Dragon-Tiger Strike from afar.

"Your Majesty, you have won," the Buddhist master sighed.

At the same time, the Empty Mulberry world outside Lei Jun's Daoist realm in the Yellow Universe suddenly shook violently.

An ancient book appeared out of thin air.

As the pages turned, the surrounding void rapidly twisted.

Another void portal seemed to open here.

The light bursting from the turning pages shot straight up, disturbing the two enormous black hemispheres suspended above.

Between the two hemispheres, influenced by the light, the Daoist realm of the Yellow Universe, which was not merely a complete entity, gradually opened.

"Oh?" Lei Jun, in the vast universe, looked down.

At this moment, the power of the Yellow Universe Ten Scenes of Heavenly Stems began to concentrate and unify.

On the three-tiered white altar, the purple Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor's law image, the golden Pure Yang Thunder Ancestor's law image, and the vermillion-gold Heaven Flame Ancestor's law image stood side by side, all of them being Lei Jun's innate divine ability law images, armored and wielding sharp weapons. The first two had dragon heads and human bodies, while the last one had a tiger head and a human body.

In contrast, on the three-tiered black altar, the black Xuanxiao Thunder Ancestor's law image, the silver Pure Yin Thunder Ancestor's law image, and the verdant Nine Abyss Flame Ancestor's law image stood, also being Lei Jun's innate divine ability law images, not comparable to the ordinary law images of heaven and earth.

At this moment, the powers of both sides converged.

One was extremely firm, extremely yang, and extremely hot, forming the Three Yang Auspiciousness.

The other was extremely soft, extremely yin, and extremely cold, forming the Reversed Three Yang Auspiciousness.

Together, they manifested a Taiji diagram of the fusion of the Yellow Universe.

As the Taiji diagram rotated, a wondrous and powerful light spread across the sky and covered the ground, enveloping the area below.

Immortal Art: Yellow Universe Fusion Illumination!

Under the impact of the light, the ancient book's glow dimmed.

Although the ancient book could withstand the strong light for a while, the void portal that was about to open was suddenly frozen in place and couldn't expand.

At this moment, time and space seemed to distort, struggling like a living being.

At this critical moment, Venerable Wisdom took a step forward and seized the opportunity to summon back the Lotus Moon Wheel.

However, before he could step onto the Lotus Moon Wheel, Tang Xiaotang had already swung her Reverse Origin Sword to strike.

Venerable Wisdom, in his manifestation of the Immovable Wisdom King, lightly tapped the Lotus Moon Wheel, which instantly burst into flames.

The soaring flames temporarily blocked Tang Xiaotang, giving Venerable Wisdom a chance to escape from the Dao Scene Xuan Yuan that Lei Jun had separated.

But right behind him, Tang Xiaotang struck again with her Innate Dragon-Tiger Combination attack.

Although he was unable to maintain the All-Encompassing Seal, this strike shattered the Immovable Wisdom King manifestation.

At the same time, a ten-section green bamboo staff appeared out of thin air, swirling with black and white streams of energy, and struck towards Venerable Wisdom.

The Upper Clarity Jade Chariot Immortal Bamboo, which Lei Jun had primarily used to attack enemies' souls, now struck Venerable Wisdom, causing his golden body to crack.

Venerable Wisdom stumbled, his feet unsteady, as he exerted all his strength to rush out of the Kong Sang portal to the Great Ming World.

"Lei Jun?" Tang Xiaotang shattered the burning Lotus Moon Wheel and, without hesitation, followed him, calling out lightly as she pursued.

Lei Jun replied, "Very powerful! But since I'm still outside, I haven't truly entered this Kong Sang."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaotang felt relieved and left Kong Sang, chasing straight into the Great Ming World.

As she entered the mortal realm, Tang Xiaotang instantly felt her immortal essence and power beginning to dissipate.

However, at this moment, her figure became ethereal, as if transforming into formless qi, drifting through the mortal world. Her loss of power was significantly less compared to other immortals.

Like Xu Yuanzhen, she enjoyed traveling freely without constraints, and she had naturally prepared for the challenges of traveling in the mortal realm after ascending to immortality.

Even without this method to reduce the loss of immortal essence, she was determined to pursue and eliminate Venerable Wisdom in the Great Ming World.

The Supreme Vessel merged with Tang Xiaotang's gaze, and without her having to divert her attention, she immediately followed the trail, and in terms of speed, she was faster than the current Venerable Wisdom.

Venerable Wisdom entered the Great Ming World, finding himself in the northern frontier, heading east.

Despite the many aftereffects, at this critical moment, he had no choice but to first resolve his current predicament.

He walked in the mortal realm with severe injuries, consuming his power at an accelerated rate, and a large amount of Buddhist Dharma essence continuously dissipated, like a rain of light falling from the sky, momentarily resembling a true Buddha's manifestation.

Only he knew the true extent of his suffering.

Lei Jun.

Tang Xiaotang.

If it were just one person, he could still try to hold his ground despite his discomfort.

But with both of them together, he didn't have enough confidence to even escape.

Clearly, these two had just ascended to the immortal realm, yet they possessed such cultivation and strength, leaving one helpless...

As Venerable Wisdom's thoughts reached this point, he suddenly sensed another danger approaching!

Startled, he saw an extremely bizarre and domineering black shadow suddenly rising from the ground in the mortal realm and pouncing towards him!

"Xiu Xiu Kong?"

Venerable Wisdom was not unfamiliar with this person; in fact, he was even more familiar with him than with Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang.

It was clearly the Xiu Xiu Demon Sage, whom he had suppressed in Sumi and subdued for many years.

When Mount Sumi collapsed, the Demon Sage escaped, forcing Venerable Wisdom to prematurely end his seclusion.

In the years that followed, there had been no news of the Demon Sage.

But today, he had waited here!

"Bald donkey, die!" The Xiu Xiu Demon Sage ferociously pounced on Venerable Wisdom, who was in mid-air.

Venerable Wisdom was sensitive and vigilant, but with his injuries, all his attention was focused on Tang Xiaotang, who was closely pursuing him from behind. By the time he sensed the Demon Sage's attack, it was too late. The sudden black shadow pounced on him from mid-air.

Venerable Wisdom's golden body cracked further, and golden drops of Arhat blood fell to the mortal realm.

But he remained calm, mustering his remaining courage to push away his opponent.

For many years, the Demon Sage had relied on his innate talent and extraordinary abilities to survive in the mortal realm, and his situation was even worse than Venerable Wisdom's.

Although he had benefited from Luo Hai's cultivation and absorbed the literary talents of the Great Ming Dynasty's scholars, he was still extremely weak.

Although he had injured Venerable Wisdom, he was also pushed away.

Venerable Wisdom had no intention of counterattacking; he only continued to flee quickly. However, a sense of despair arose in his heart.

As expected, the next moment, an invisible sword edge stretched across the sky, swinging by.

This Buddhist golden body master's body was instantly cut into two.

His golden body cracked inch by inch, and he could no longer support himself, shattering into pieces.

As his figure fell, he sighed, "After thousands of years, the calamity should have come today?"

Before his remains could touch the ground, a tall figure in a purple-gold Daoist robe, the Graceful Daoist Nun, strode forward in the sunlight and pointed at him, saying,

"Today, the grudges between our sects will finally be resolved by you and me, as I was the first to experience them!"

As she spoke, Tang Xiaotang pointed her finger at Venerable Wisdom's forehead.

The Primordial Qi of the Great Beginning erupted, completely obliterating the remains of this Buddhist master.

In the northern frontier of the Great Ming World, a rain of light spread from mid-air, covering the four directions and shaking the human form.

Within Kong Sang.

As the Yellow Universe Fusion Illumination continued to strike, the ancient book began to burn.

The void portal, which was about to open but had been stuck halfway, finally began to dissipate and close again.

The space between heaven and earth gradually returned to its original state.

Lei Jun watched calmly.

In the instant that the ancient book burned and the portal closed, he seemed to see a pair of eyes flash by.

A pair of eyes he had seen before.

When he had seized Chen Yi's pure gold hall.

(End of Chapter)

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