Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 592: Lotus Mother Transforms into Tara

"Are we victorious now?"

Taoist Ruoque could not see the battle in the void, but he could sense some subtle differences through the changes in Fangzhu Qiankun.

Especially the method by which Tathagata Buddha had previously pulled people into an extremely high state of bliss, which made this Taoist who had been practicing for many years recall some of his past experiences and gave him a little more of an immortal aura.

Chu Tai lowered his power, and a little spiritual light appeared on the surface of the black and yellow jade sculpture. During the vibration, he observed the changes in the earth veins, and while making sure there were no major problems, he answered Taoist Ruoque's questions.

“Has the upper hand.”

"what can I do?"

As he spoke, a faint fairy light appeared at Taoist Ruoque's fingertips.

According to the grade, it is close to the level of fourth-grade true Qi in the Dongji Chenguang Datian, but the immortal aura contained in it and the traces of Daluo Tianguang indicate that this is not simply fourth-grade true Qi, but a manifestation of immortality.

It symbolizes that Ruo Que has now achieved immortality again.

However, this symbol of immortal status was taken out again by Taoist Ruoque at this moment.

"If necessary, fellow Daoist, you can use this to repair the sky."

"Need not……"

Chu Tai was about to refuse when, in the void outside the sky, a ray of extremely bright, brilliant, vast and pure Buddha light suddenly appeared between the eyebrows of the Tathagata Buddha's Dharma image, which had been almost consumed by the sword light of Jade Calendar True Lord.

As soon as this light appeared, it had not yet completely dissipated, and new light appeared. One light followed another, interweaving together, vaguely forming the shape of Mount Sumeru.

All those who sensed the Buddha's light or were enveloped by it felt as if a mountain was pressing down on their hearts.

If we say that the Tathagata Buddha enlightened sentient beings in the past, allowing them to fall into the realm of bliss that he perceived and enjoy purity.

Now it is about strengthening obsessions and magnifying the greed, anger, and ignorance in people's hearts. Once distracting thoughts arise, the mind is not free, and then the body is not free, and then the magic power around the body condenses and the flesh cannot move.

The most terrifying thing is the greed, anger, and ignorance, which continue to settle in this Buddha's light, and seem to be gathering strength to sink inward, turning into a fire of anger and burning the universe.

"Namo Amitabha!"

Master Tianque stepped forward, put his hands together, and a faint light rose from the places where his fingers were broken. A small flame the size of a bean rose up, but it had a mysterious power that would shine forever and illuminate one's nature.

The brilliance instantly illuminates the distracting thoughts that arise in all living beings due to the Buddha's light, as well as the filth that emerges in their hearts.

But as soon as the light appeared, it was suppressed by the Buddha's light. Shao Siming stepped forward to support Master Tianque, who was falling back and had a face as pale as paper, and silently used his magic power to heal his wounds.

Master Tianque grabbed Shao Siming's arm and said, "Don't worry about me. This is not a real first-class fight. The essence of Tathagata Buddha is just the Buddha light that has not been completely refined by Lotus Mother. The Buddha's shadow and sword light at this moment are just the manifestation of the principles of the two great powers. We still have a chance."

Understanding this, Shao Siming took a step forward and shook the ancient golden bell in his hand violently, trying to awaken the nature of all living beings.

On the other side, Chu Tai’s incarnation was also communicating with Jingguang, telling her what was happening in the outside world.

"I see!"

The Pure Light Goddess showed a little relief, and she whispered: "Although I don't know what method the Tathagata Buddha used, from the performance, it should be a manifestation of sentient beings blindly believing in Buddhism, not knowing how to understand the true meaning, and falling into the five turbidities."

"Master Tianque ignited the Buddha's fire with his own heart light, just like when he passed on the Dharma, he passed on the fire of inheritance from heart to heart. As long as he can light the heart fire for sentient beings, they can keep their hearts from falling and all evil will not invade. However, his burning fingers to offer to Buddha was an act of his previous life after all. He can't borrow much power to advance, and the pressure from above is too great. I am more suitable."

As she spoke, the Goddess of Pure Light changed her posture. She had three eyes on her face, one on each of her limbs, and seven eyes on her body. They shone brightly, like seven bright lanterns hanging high in the sky.

The light shone brightly, and the surrounding void was clear, like clear glass, extremely translucent.

The sentient beings below initially had different shapes, but as the seven lamps illuminated their hearts and minds, suppressing all kinds of evil spirits and distracting thoughts, their body and mind gradually became pure as glass, and then they disappeared without a trace, and the fallen Buddha's light had no support anymore.

At the same time, a pipa appeared beside the Golden Light Goddess who purified the distracting thoughts of all living beings. The music started without anyone playing it.

The strings of the pipa were plucked, and the Buddha's light that was as clear as water and refined all around instantly turned into flying swords, pointing directly at the Lotus Mother Dharma Image below the Tathagata Buddha, as if to cut him into pieces, or as if to remove the dirt in his heart, cut off his suffering, break his inner demons, cut off his karma, illuminate the five aggregates and make them empty, and cut off the foundation of the Tathagata Buddha.

"No!"

Master Tianque, who saw this scene, hurriedly tried to dissuade them, but it was too late.

Along with the attack of the pure light, the surrounding Buddha light also changed. The phantom of the Tathagata Buddha seemed to turn its head, and wherever its eyes passed, brilliant, gorgeous, peaceful and solemn golden light fell. Although this light did not show the slightest evil intent or hostility, it was extremely overbearing before it fell, and there was a feeling that all the light belonged to the Buddha.

Jingguang's methods seemed invisible under the golden light and were quickly assimilated, becoming the opponent's means of attack.

Master Tianque, who stepped forward to intercept, kept his hands clasped together, emitting lapis lazuli light, and stood in front of the golden light.

Tianque's figure turned into almost nothingness under the golden light, yet it had a transparent texture like colored glass.

Under the golden light, it had clearly fallen on Tianque, with only a few inches left, but it never landed on him. It was as if Tianque's body was empty, his mind was hollow, and he was not affected by anything.

And that golden light also faded away under the glass light, revealing the essence of the glass mirror inside that could reflect everything.

Seeing this scene, Chu Tai in the cave couldn't help but stand up and whispered, "So that's how it is."

Taoist Ruoque in Fangzhu Qiankun saw that Chu Tai's distraction in the Xuanhuang jade carving was still not speaking, so he couldn't help but ask again.

This time Chu Tai told the other party the whole story and said, "I never thought that the phantom of Tathagata Buddha was actually the embodiment of Lotus Mother's obsession in the past."

"Initially, Lotus Mother saw his true form and was contaminated by his Buddha light. Then, over the years, Lotus Mother constantly tried to refine it and gain more powerful power. This is nothing. Although the nature of Buddha light is extremely high, since it can be contaminated, there is a chance that it can be influenced a little bit."

"From the current appearance, Lotus Mother has also succeeded. She reflected a little of her obsession to save the world and all living beings into the Buddha's light. However, this also led to a reaction when Lotus Mother gave up and felt that there was a chance to be saved, which in turn triggered the principles of Tathagata Buddha and brought about the war in front of us. I don't know what the mentality of Lotus Mother would be when she saw this scene in front of us."

Chu Tai's final summary surprised Taoist Ruoque very much. He was also very worried about the changes in the outside world, but he still forced himself to calm down and asked Chu Tai the reason.

"Logically, that Buddha's realm is so high and unbelievable that such problems should not occur."

"That's true, but the immortal has shown his Dao and all the gods in the sky have fallen silent. No one knows what happened to the Tathagata Buddha. Perhaps this senior also longs to save all living beings, and his obsessions coincide, which has led to the changes in front of us."

After hearing this, Taoist Ruoque asked again, "Then can Master Tianque, with his body in a state like glass, support the other party? After all, according to your previous description, the Buddha's light is somewhat like a mirror, which will reflect the power and changes of the other party."

"It's difficult. The core is still Lotus Mother's obsession. So at this moment, Tathagata Buddha wants to save all living beings according to Lotus Mother's past ideas, not according to our ideas." Chu Tai's answer made Taoist Ruo Que silent again. After a long time, he asked, "What can I do?"

Silence also appeared on Chu Tai. He thought for a moment and said, "If possible, please ascend to Daluo Heaven when necessary, and draw on the power of Daluo Heaven's light to protect all living beings in this world."

"I understand."

Taoist Ruoque answered Chu Tai in this way, and the girl on the other side responded to Goddess Jinguang in the same way.

The girl who also learned everything from Chu Tai and got confirmation from the pure light felt a little lost. She looked at Chu Tai and said, "If I completely disappear, then..."

“It won’t get better.”

Chu Tai directly refuted: "The reason why you are suppressed by us now is partly because your body has accepted some of our ideas and has been tainted with the aura of our Great Heaven. If you completely perish, the Buddha's light will return to the Tathagata Buddha. I suspect that Jade Calendar Master will really take action and directly destroy everything in this world, leaving behind the essence of vitality and spiritual light to be integrated into the Great Heaven."

"Although spiritual light can better represent a person's existence, after being cut off by Jade Calendar Master, there is basically no chance of recovering past memories. It can be considered a completely new person. This is probably not what you want."

"I see, so what can I do?"

Questions like those from Taoist Ruoque made Chu Tai at a loss as to how to answer.

At this time, the Pure Light Goddess suddenly spoke up: "Are you willing to fight with me?"

The girl was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked back: "Let's fight? How do we fight?"

"You have practiced the Avalokitesvara method and have tried to save sentient beings. I have borrowed some of your power and the blessing of offering to the Buddha to condense the image of White Tara. If you and I can have a compatible aura, you may try to use my connection with Paradise to condense the image of Green Tara."

The girl was somewhat shocked by the words of the Pure Light Goddess. She was somewhat moved, but also somewhat inferior, and said, "I can't do the Dharma image of Tara Bodhisattva."

“You have to do it!”

The Pure Light Goddess looked at the girl-like Lotus Mother and said in a tone that was almost scolding: "Green Tara, also known as Tara Bodhisattva, is also known as the Holy Salvation Buddha Mother, the Tara who saves the eight difficulties. She has the ability to save the eight physical difficulties of fire, lions, elephants, snakes, water, thieves, prisons and non-human beings, as well as the eight spiritual disasters of doubt, desire, greed, jealousy, hatred, fallacy, delusion and arrogance. She can also transform doubt into perfect wisdom."

"Only with this kind of power cooperating with me can you have a chance to untie the obsession you left in the Buddha's light! Completely save all living beings. For the sake of all living beings, you must do it! Do you understand?"

Hearing the question from the Pure Light Goddess, the girl put her hands together, looked at Chu Tai beside her, then looked at the Pure Light Goddess, and whispered: "Om-dare-dare-dare-dare-soha!"

As she chanted the mantra, the Buddha's light turned, and a faint Buddha's light appeared behind the girl. The Pure Light Goddess pulled her to her side, and the Buddha's light descended behind her, and the two's auras merged.

In a trance, another shadow of a Bodhisattva appeared.

Her whole body is emerald green, she has one face and two arms, and a slender figure. She wears a small five-Buddha crown, emits colorful rainbow light, and is adorned with jewels and necklaces. She wears five-colored celestial clothes. She is luxurious, beautiful, kind and solemn, which is the exact appearance of Green Tara.

When this Dharma image was first formed, it was still somewhat illusory, but once it took shape, it immediately established a connection with the Lotus Mother's original body, and a lot of vitality was transferred to her.

And I felt again all the pain in my heart from the past.

The girl chanted the Green Tara mantra: "Om-dal-dal-dal..."

Her mind was as pious as when she kowtowed to Guanyin that year. In this environment, the girl seemed to feel an almost invisible gaze falling on her.

No, it doesn't fall on me, but it is always there.

It was just that in the past I was obscured by the Buddha's light, by my own prejudice, and my gaze was not strong enough, so I couldn't feel it.

"So, you've always been here!"

The girl looked up and, with the help of the power of the Pure Light Goddess, saw the shadow of Guanyin Bodhisattva behind Amitabha Buddha in the West.

The condensed image of Green Tara also quickly took shape as his mentality changed.

As for the phantom of the Buddha's image, it seemed to sense the changes, and the Buddha's light within it was also about to change.

It was just that this time the change had just begun when Chu Tai in the Jinhua Cave Heaven had already asked Shao Siming to shake the ancient golden bell violently.

In the dark, the power of the Donghuang Bell came down and merged into the ancient golden bell, temporarily suppressing the shadow of the Buddha for a moment.

Then Chu Tai lowered three points of spiritual light, which came from the fragments of the Dao Fruit [Compassion], [Seeking Fate] and [Shami] respectively.

As the power of these three Dao Fruit fragments just appeared, a ray of Buddha's light emerged from each of them.

The three layers of Buddha's light intertwined to produce a ray of Buddha's light that was almost the essence of the virtual shadow of Tathagata Buddha.

In an instant, the gaze of the phantom of Buddha Tathagata fell on the Buddha's light.

Master Tianque, who had previously stopped the other party, looked pale and surprised under the impact of layers of Buddha's light.

“Is this Buddha’s light?”

Before he could finish his words, another illusory umbrella fell from the void and temporarily blocked the Buddha's light from Tathagata Buddha.

As a price, a few more lotus patterns and some phantoms of Buddha and Bodhisattva appeared on the Miro Sky-covering Umbrella in Chu Tai's hand, as if a small Buddhist pure land had been opened up in the umbrella.

After shaking it off gently, Chu Tai looked back.

A ray of heavenly light rose from Fangzhu Qiankun, bringing with it a little Daluo celestial light that hung down, protecting the entire heaven and earth.

"Congratulations to you on your ascension to heaven."

Chu Tai knew about Taoist Ruoque's choice. After he sighed slightly, his gaze fell on the Pure Light Goddess and Lotus Mother again, or rather, on the images of White Tara and Green Tara.

At this moment, the power of the two Taras merged together, drawing down more Buddha light from the Western Paradise, maintaining their own status and enhancing their own strength.

But in a trance, behind the two Taras, there seemed to be an image of a compassionate Bodhisattva with a thousand arms and eyes emerging, with compassion in his eyes, observing the sentient beings here.

"Namo Guanyin Bodhisattva!"

The sound of Buddhist chants continued to echo in the void.

(End of this chapter)