Rewriting the Gods

Although he spared the monkey's life, Jiang Haofeng also severed the monkey's karmic ties with the Western Buddhist sect. For Jiang Haofeng, killing people along the lines of cause and effect was a piece of cake, let alone severing a person's karmic ties.

The Heavenly Saints are immortal and indestructible. To kill Jieyin and Zhunti, one must first strip them of their saintly status.

The sainthoods of Jieyin and Zhunti are highly intertwined with Western Buddhism. Destroying Buddhism is the key to removing their sainthoods. Jiang Haofeng may spare the monkey's life, but he would not leave such an obvious flaw because of this.

Although the monkey alone won't have a significant impact on the situation, it's best to sever its karmic ties with Buddhism just in case.

With the destruction of Buddhism, its fortune instantly collapsed. Fortune itself is formed by the aggregation of the fortunes of all people, and now, only Jieyin and Zhunti remain in the entire Buddhist sect.

And these two are Heavenly Saints, transcending worldly affairs and even beyond the scope of ordinary fortune, so they are not included in the statistics.

So when only the two of them remained in Buddhism, it was as if there was no one left. All the great religions perished, and their fortunes dissipated!

As the Buddhist fortune dissipated, Jieyin and Zhunti couldn't help but groan. Their magical power shifted, and the primordial purple energy deep within their souls trembled incessantly, as if the loss was about to leave.

Upon hearing this, the two men's expressions changed drastically. The reason they became saints was because they made those sixty-four great vows. They borrowed merit from the Heavenly Dao under the pretext of promoting the West, which enabled them to become saints.

Possessing the Primordial Purple Qi only grants one the qualification to become a saint, but to truly become a saint, merit is indispensable.

To attain enlightenment through the primordial purple energy is officially referred to as "attaining enlightenment through merit!"
The core concept is merit!

If one does not have enough merit to activate the Primordial Purple Qi, the Primordial Purple Qi is just that—Primordial Purple Qi. Only by using merit to activate the Primordial Purple Qi can one become a Heavenly Saint!

Currently, the merits of the two were borrowed from the Heavenly Dao, but with the destruction of the Western Buddhist sect, the capital they had pledged to the Heavenly Dao is gone.

Back in the depths of chaos, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun once said that after defeating the Western Sect, it would take nearly a kalpa to prevent the Western Sect from making a comeback. Only after a year could the two of them be completely dethroned.

However, Hongjun Daozu's words were based on the premise of destroying the Western religion by conventional means.

It refers to the destruction of Mount Ling, the killing of the vast majority of Mount Ling monks, and the expulsion of the remaining Mount Ling followers to the Chaos, or to their hiding places and secretly severing ties with Western Buddhism.

In this situation, Buddhism has not been completely eradicated. Although Heaven may feel that it is difficult for the two to fulfill their grand ambitions, there is still some chance.

What if the two of them can turn the tide and rise to prominence again?

Therefore, Heaven is willing to give them a great eon to test them. If it works, they can still retain their sainthood. If it still doesn't work after a great eon, then the power of merit on them will be taken back.

However, Jiang Haofeng's destruction of Buddhism was not done in the conventional way. Instead, he used his supreme supernatural powers to directly annihilate all the members of the Western Sect along the causal path.

With one move, the Western religion was wiped out completely. Thus, the Western Buddhist sect was utterly exterminated, and not a single disciple remained in the primordial world.

Clearly, there is no hope for a second Western Buddhist sect like this.

Since the collateral is gone and the promised gains cannot be fulfilled, the good deeds lent out must naturally be reclaimed.

As their merits fluctuated, the primordial purple energy deep within their souls trembled violently.

Jieyin's face immediately showed panic. Although Jieyin prided himself on being calm and believed that nothing could affect him anymore, the primordial purple energy concerning the position of Heavenly Dao Saint was disturbing, and he was about to be dethroned. At this moment, Jieyin also panicked.

He channeled the magical power around him to suppress the primordial purple energy in his mind.

But since the power of the saints that he received all came from the Primordial Purple Qi, how could he possibly restrict the Primordial Purple Qi?

The Primordial Purple Qi remained the same as before, with its power of merit fluctuating and showing signs of breaking out of the body.

Jieyin was extremely anxious. He poured out all his saintly power without reservation, raised his hand and pulled out the primordial river of time and space. The vast saintly power swept out, trying to reverse the previous river of time and space.

Seeing this, Jiang Haofeng shook his head and chuckled, thinking that it was just a desperate attempt to find a cure.

Sages can indeed reverse the flow of time, but the key is to determine when they are reversing the flow of time.

Let alone saints, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal could actually reverse the river of time and space and rescue people from it. But despite this, in the primordial world, you can't actually find anyone who dares to reverse the river of time and space.

why?
Because reversing the flow of time requires enduring the pressure of time and space changes.

The consequences of reversing time and space will all fall on the one who reverses it. The greater the thing that needs to be changed and the longer the time that needs to be reversed, the more terrifying the causal power that needs to be borne.

With Jieyin's strength, he could reverse the flow of time to save a Great Luo Golden Immortal, but saving a Quasi-Saint would require a great price.

As for saving the entire Western religion, there is only one path: destruction.

Moreover, reversing the flow of time requires not only bearing the causal forces, but also considering whether it is even possible to reverse the flow of time.

Generally speaking, it is quite easy for a sage to personally intervene and reverse the course of time.

The problem is, this is not a normal situation.

The spacetime that Jieyin wants to reverse is the period when Jiang Haofeng made his move. To reverse this spacetime, he naturally needs to face the beings in that spacetime. In other words, to reverse spacetime, Jieyin must first face Jiang Haofeng—the one who wove the Three Thousand Great Dao Wheels!

As the saint's magical power surged, the river of time instantly froze, then began to flow backward, seemingly about to reverse back to before Jiang Haofeng made his move...

In the river of time and space, Jiang Haofeng suddenly looked up at Jieyin outside the river of time and space, snorted coldly, raised his hand and pointed, and the causal power that had originally destroyed the entire Buddhist sect swept over and landed on Jieyin along the river of time and space.

An endless force of cause and effect swept over, and Jieyin's aura instantly became extremely weak. His vast saintly power also weakened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his face showing a grim expression.

This mighty wind is incredibly powerful!

I can't even reverse the flow of time right now, let alone withstand the immense pressure that comes with it.

The original plan was to forcibly reverse time and space, and then, as a Heavenly Dao Saint, bear the power of cause and effect. Even if he perished because of this, at least with a Heavenly Dao Saint present, he could still be saved.

With the support of the primordial Heavenly Dao, he should not die.

Although this method of guidance had never been attempted before, it should be quite feasible. Unfortunately, the human Haofeng was simply too powerful; he couldn't even withstand a single attack from him, let alone reverse the flow of time.

Thinking of this, Jieyin looked at Jiang Haofeng with a pale face, "The talent of the Ancestor of Humanity is truly astonishing, I admire you!"

"To perish at the hands of the Ancestor of Humanity is an honor for this humble Daoist. My life has been worthwhile!"

"It's a pity I won't be able to see the day you attain enlightenment, fellow Daoist."

Jiang Haofeng didn't say much after hearing this. Perhaps Jieyin was a decent opponent, but to him, Jieyin was truly shameless.

The feud between humans and Buddhism is entirely due to Buddhism. Humans never intended to provoke Buddhism; all the troubles came from Buddhism, forcing humans to take action and thus antagonize Buddhism.

Ultimately, it was Jieyin and Zhunti who wanted to sacrifice the entire human race so that the West would prosper and fulfill their own path to enlightenment.

Jiang Haofeng has absolutely no approval for using innocent people as stepping stones to achieve his own success and building prosperity on the corpses of other races.

Even if Jiang Haofeng wasn't human, as an observer he would look down on Jieyin and Zhunti, so naturally he wouldn't respond.

What is there to say to a dying man?

From the moment Jieyin and Zhunti instigated the demon race to slaughter the human race, thus severing the foundation of humanity and cutting off its path to rise, the two sides became irreconcilable enemies.

Even though the Western religion failed completely because of their existence, and the human race continued to prosper, this did not diminish the evil deeds of the two.

Just as the two were talking, brilliant golden light of merit rose from Jieyin's body, like a golden cloud of smoke, and went up into the sky.

The power of merit borrowed from Heaven has begun to leave the body!

Jiang Haofeng watched the scene before him with great interest. He had seen many instances of Heaven bestowing merit upon living beings, but this was the first time he had ever seen merit taken back from a living being.

Such a spectacular sight is probably a once-in-a-lifetime event since the beginning of time, so it's definitely worth taking the time to appreciate it.

A vast amount of merit rose from Jieyin and Zhunti, swirling back into the sky. As more and more merit left their bodies, a pillar of merit light gathered above their heads.

The pillar of merit has reappeared among the human race, but this time it's not a reward.

At this moment, everyone could clearly and intuitively see the difference in strength between Jieyin and Zhunti. Zhunti's merit power was 30% less than Jieyin's.

This is why Jieyin's combat power is comparable to that of ordinary saints, while Zhunti is weaker than the other saints.

Ultimately, it's because Zhunti's merit power is insufficient to fully unleash the power of the Primordial Purple Qi.

When most of the merits on the two were drawn away, the Primordial Purple Qi, which had merged with the merits and transformed into the power of saints, gradually appeared in their souls. It left the two and transformed back into Primordial Purple Qi, quietly floating in their souls.

It may sound the same before and after, both being within the same spiritual realm, but in reality, they are worlds apart.

Before the power of merit was withdrawn, the merit melted the Primordial Purple Qi, and carried the Primordial Purple Qi into their souls, merging with them.

At present, the Primordial Purple Qi is merely placed on their souls and has not yet merged into them.

As long as they are killed, the Primordial Purple Qi can be recovered, just like Hongyun did back then.

However, Hongyun fought his way out of the encirclement and entered the cycle of reincarnation, but Jieyin and Zhunti do not have that opportunity now!

As the Primordial Purple Qi separated, the aura on Jieyin's body immediately decreased significantly, and the overwhelming holy might that surpassed everything instantly dissipated, replaced by the pressure of a peak Quasi-Saint.

Although the nearly three eons of sainthood he had spent before gave Jieyin a profound understanding of the Dao of Nirvana, even though he had now lost the Primordial Purple Qi.

Its combat power is still much stronger than that of ordinary peak Quasi-Saints, and even far surpasses that of Styx Ancestor and Xuandu. After all, being able to comprehend the Great Dao from the perspective of a Heavenly Dao Saint is itself a great opportunity.

Moreover, the two of them had comprehended three great kalpas; it would be strange if they hadn't gained anything.

It's like the incarnation of a saint who once walked through the Three Realms. He was at the peak of the Quasi-Saint level, and no one else could match him.

But that's all. A quasi-saint is a quasi-saint, and a saint is a saint. There is an insurmountable gap between the two.

The moment the two were dethroned, they were already fish on a chopping board!

As the guiding aura faded, the expressions of the billions of immortals in the Three Realms varied. Those below the Quasi-Saint level were mostly shocked and moved, never expecting that even a Saint would perish in a great battle. Everyone lamented the cruelty and power of the Great Tribulation.

The immortals at the Quasi-Saint level, especially those at the peak of Quasi-Saint, instantly revealed a greedy look in their eyes. All eyes were fixed on Jieyin and Zhunti, and even their breathing became heavy involuntarily.

At this moment, Jieyin and Zhunti were no longer the two leaders of the Western Sect, nor were they two of the six sages of the Heavenly Dao who were renowned throughout the primordial world; instead, they were two walking saints.

One who obtains it can immediately become an immortal and indestructible Heavenly Saint!
This is an opportunity that is rare to see even in countless eons!

It's a chance to rise to the top in one step!

It was the opportunity to go from a chess piece to the player!

For a moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on Jieyin and Zhunti.

Haotian, Queen Mother of the Jade Pool, Dongwanggong, Marshal Tianpeng, Old Ancestor of the Styx River, Zhenyuanzi, Mosquito Daoist, Xuandu, Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Suiren, Nüba, Zhisheng, Zhuxiang, Duobao Daoist, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Wuyunxian, Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Antarctic Immortal, Burning Lamp Daoist, Lu Ya, Kunpeng, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Qilin, Yuanfeng, Fire Phoenix, Kong Xuan, Zhulong, Yinglong, Qingluan, Golden Phoenix, Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, Jidu, Wutian, Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, Nine Phoenixes!

All the quasi-saints at the peak of the primordial world, regardless of race or religion, were attracted by these two streams of Primordial Purple Qi, after all, these were Primordial Purple Qi!

Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the human race, the eight Heavenly Dao Half-Saints, Haotian, the ruler of the Three Realms, and Suiren, the human emperor of the human race, were all involuntarily attracted by the two!

Primordial purple energy, the opportunity to become a saint!
With the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, which is only one step away from becoming a Saint, and the Sainthood, which has been sought for countless years, right before their eyes, it is impossible for people not to be tempted!

At this moment, every single one of the forty-eight great supernatural beings at or above the peak of Quasi-Saint in the Primordial World was completely captivated by these two streams of Primordial Purple Qi! (End of Chapter)