Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 578: Seeking Survival of the Pregnant Lotus Mother

In the beginning, the Ten Thousand Leaves and Thousand Cores Lotus Mother was just a normal deity, practicing according to the routine.

But as changes occurred in heaven and earth, this god who still remained in the human world became the person on whom all living beings' wishes were placed.

Hundreds of thousands of wishes converged on her, and later on, the monks who practiced the Guanyin method joined in with her. The two of them used their great magical powers to continuously try to save the world, causing all living beings in it to repeatedly cycle between life and death. Ultimately, they caused the world to stagnate, and all things were in an awkward situation of neither life nor death.

The essence of the Ten Thousand Leaves and Thousand-Spirits Lotus Mother itself has been distorted through repeated reincarnations.

Chu Tai looked at Mother Lian and couldn't help asking, "Dependent Origination and Emptiness, you should know that ego-attachment gives rise to ego-views, and ego-views are all prejudices."

"If I had infinite magical powers, could bring the dead back to life, could I reverse the fate of the world, could I bring them back, would what I saw still be prejudice?"

The expression of the Ten Thousand Leaves and Thousand Cores Lotus Mother recovered slightly, and she looked at Chu Tai with a smile on her face, but the prayers around her became more and more harsh.

Chu Tai sighed. He suddenly understood why the Lotus Mother was able to condense the Dharma meaning of [Nanwu Guanyin]. Although her foundation was greatly influenced by Buddhism, her essence had begun to shift. In order to test her roots, Chu Tai followed the Ten Thousand Leaves and Thousand Stamens Lotus Mother's train of thought and asked a question.

"There are external dharmas that can shape the awareness mind and consciousness, which are touched by the thinking mind, the manas, and this is called dharma attachment."

Lotus Mother smiled: "Buddha's view is the view of ignorance. This view is the right view, the only true nature of the Dharma Realm. Ordinary people do not know this view and cling to the false appearance they see. Therefore, they see the existence of self and others, beauty and ugliness, birth and death, suffering and happiness, right and wrong, and so on. Troubles and worries arise naturally. But if I can give this view to sentient beings, can I save them from the sea of ​​suffering?"

"How is this method different from Shinto?"

"If we can help all living beings, what is the difference between gods and Buddhas?"

Chu Tai sighed, shifted his gaze slightly, and whispered: "But can this really be called relief?"

In Chu Tai's eyes, the whole world began to lose its external prosperity.

The reality and illusion with blurred boundaries separated again, and hidden under the green world, the appearance of another world emerged.

Broken thoughts, painful emotions, and aura of terror gradually manifested their essence and turned into overwhelming fog and clouds that enveloped the surroundings.

Above is a dim sun, emitting an almost invisible light, like a confused mind.

In the middle is falling volcanic ash, which looks like the remaining ashes after burning paper money. The scene of falling ashes seems like a memorial service that will never stop.

At the very bottom is the pale and grey land. No one knows whether the color is caused by the mutation of soil or the accumulation of bones. It is filled with desolation, despair, decay, confusion, pain, struggle, etc. It is extremely shocking and will make people crazy and irritable if they come into contact with it.

Looking around, it seemed as if the whole world was shrouded in heavy gray.

But even in such a desperate world, there is a trace of abnormal life breath. The faint Buddha light flows in the center of heaven and earth, constantly washing away the dark world filled with ashes and fog.

Wherever the Buddha's light passed, a deep blue sky appeared above.

The ashes turned into rain and snow, nourishing the barren earth.

And the earth is growing fresh green buds and leaves.

Everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

But the next moment, a sharp wail sounded, and a red light shone on the earth. Everything was burned clean, and the newly grown branches turned into ashes all over the sky, rising up to the sky and falling down continuously. The fertile land cracked and softened again, filled with the smell of anxiety, desolation, and decay.

As for the source of the Buddha's light, the Lotus Mother with Ten Thousand Petals and Thousands of Petals also took on another appearance.

Countless flowers and branches began to wither, revealing the piles of bones underneath. Countless skeletons opened their mouths wide and uttered their final prayers.

"My Lady of the Ten Thousand Leaves and Thousand Cores Lotus Mother, please lead us to survive!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

A desperate wail rang out from the mouth of the distorted face of the Ten Thousand-Leafed Thousand-Spirits Lotus Mother. The Buddha's light became even hotter, and a breeze filled with the breath of life gradually rose from within, blowing in all directions, trying to dispel the darkness and fog once again and allow all things to be reborn.

Those piles of white bones under the branches and leaves also grew flesh and blood under the breeze and fell into a brief sleep.

Chu Tai couldn't help but sigh: "Life is for sleeping, death is for torture. I can't live, and I can't die. It's sad and lamentable..."

"As long as, as long as they can come back alive..."

Mother Lian raised her head and looked at Chu Tai, at Xuan Huangyu, and at the Mountain Ghost.

"Unfortunately, your power is still not enough. You can control an area, turn disaster into good fortune, and construct the yin and yang sides of the earth, but your range is limited. Otherwise, you should be able to help them."

Chu Tai shook his head and said, "It's impossible. You saw the wasteland I was in before. It was empty without a single thing. Do you think I didn't want to create life? But in fact, the combination of the three of you has already taken away life by you. What's left in the outside world is nothing but empty silence. Even the illusory world in the mirror is nothing but the manifestation of thoughts. That's why they can neither live nor die."

"Are you still unwilling to see the changes in the world and face your own nature?"

As he spoke, Chu Tai used the power of the Dao Fruit fragments [Mountain Ghost] and [Hardness and Softness] that he possessed.

By dividing the earth into yin and yang and sensing the essence of matter, the outer layer of the Lotus Mother with Ten Thousand Leaves and Thousand Stamens was torn apart again.

Endless blood-red mist rose, thousands of flowers and vines grew, the scarlet leaves were stained with the dew of life, countless flesh and bones intertwined to form new arms, holding up two entangled skeletons full of teeth marks.

There were more skeletons entangled by vines, offering sacrifices to the beautiful weeping goddess.

A sacred aura and brilliant rays of light surround the goddess. When she raises her head, she exudes boundless majesty and holiness, compassion and salvation, just like a Bodhisattva.

This extremely distorted and shocking scene made Chu Tai stunned for a moment, and the true form of the Lotus Mother seemed to wake up.

"Ah, where am I?"

Mother Lotus opened her mouth slowly, looked at the scene around her, and then let out a sharp cry. Countless vines and flowers appeared on her flesh and blood, covering up her essence. The goddess's appearance twisted again, and then returned to her previous appearance that looked like a bodhisattva and a goddess.

She looked at Chu Tai and said again: "As long as, as long as they can come back alive..."

'What went wrong?'

Recalling the scenes he had seen before that did not match his own guesses, Chu Tai felt that he seemed to have made a mistake. Could it be that there were other problems with Lian Mu's distorted nature?

(End of this chapter)