Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 707: Five Lights of Hua Guang

As a faint Buddha light emerged in the golden lamp, something happened that neither Chu Tai nor Elder Zhizhen had expected.

The Buddha light of the golden lamp in Chu Tai's hand is essentially the product of his cultivation of the primordial fetus and the burning of the Buddhist cause and effect in this world, during which time it was also integrated with some of Chu Tai's own understanding of Buddhism.

Elder Zhizhen, as an individual who has remained rational during countless cycles of this world, may not have mastered all Buddhist concepts and methods, but he himself symbolizes the highest achievement of Buddhism in this world. Even the equally sober Master Mangmang is far inferior to him in realm.

Now that parts of all three have gathered in the golden lamp in Chu Tai's hand, the golden lotus that was originally suppressed by Chu Tai and transformed into a concept leaning towards the immortal path immediately reversed.

A faint golden Buddha light emerged, which was vast and clear, illuminating the surroundings. All things briefly appeared in a translucent state almost like glass, and the boundless and profound truth of Buddhism spread outward.

All those who see the Buddha's light will involuntarily develop a faint trace of Buddha nature and a little bit of kindness in their hearts.

"Tihejieluo? The Lamp of Infinite Meaning?"

Elder Zhizhen's eyes widened, and Bodhisattva Mangmang's eyes widened, and said, "Brother, can you be sure? Is it really the Dingguang Buddha and his treasure?"

Devadatta is also known as Dipamkara Buddha, Dhāramitā Buddha, Samadhi Light Tathagata, and Lamp Light Tathagata. He is the past Buddha among the Three Buddhas.

The so-called Infinite Intention Lamp, which means "lighting the endless lamp and showing the endless intention", symbolizes the infinitely expanding power of compassion of Buddhism. It represents that Buddhism can illuminate the hearts of countless sentient beings and inspire them to pursue a higher spiritual realm.

It is recorded in some Buddhist scriptures in this world that when Dipamkara Buddha came to the world, everything around him was like a lamp, so he was named Dipamkara.

Some legends also record that all the lamp-like light around the Buddha Dipamkara comes from the Lamp of Infinite Meaning.

Therefore, some people regard the Infinite Meaning Lamp as the symbolic treasure of Dipamkara Buddha.

At this moment, the golden lamp in Chu Tai's hand showed some signs of the Endless Lamp, which was why the two Buddhist masters were surprised.

Chu Tai was as surprised as the other two, as he had seen similar Buddha's light.

When the Qingqing World was saved in the past, the light of Tathagata Buddha that was manifested by the Lotus Mother with Ten Thousand Leaves and Thousand Petals was somewhat similar to the Buddha light in the golden lamp at this moment.

At that time, Master Tianque said frankly that the Buddha's light, although a manifestation of an extremely high Buddhist realm, violated the true meaning of Buddhism and was a nearly magical existence.

Therefore, when Chu Tai discovered that the Buddha light in the golden lamp in his hand had some of the characteristics of the Buddha's light, his first reaction was to destroy it and suppress it.

But after a brief observation, he found that the light in the golden lamp was not yet at that level. It was similar to a suitable area after being weakened many times. It could lead people to Buddhism and goodness, but it was limited to guidance. It would not make people unconsciously approach Buddhism and they would have no right to choose at all.

Chu Tai, who realized this, breathed a sigh of relief, but Elder Zhizhen and Master Mangmang showed a different attitude.

The two of them looked at the golden lamp in Chu Tai's hand, and the desire in their eyes almost became concrete.

Even though they knew in their hearts that they should not have such a desire, they still put their hands together and continued to chant scriptures. However, as they chanted, they felt the Buddhist power in their bodies and the reflection of the light. They could not help but look up at the light, watch the swaying lamp, and feel the faint Buddha light gradually lighting up in their hearts.

"Namo Pu Guang Tathagata!"

The Master Mangmang, whose cultivation was slightly weaker, couldn't help it after all. He clasped his hands together, stepped forward and bowed to Chu Tai, asking him if he could give the golden lamp to him and Elder Zhizhen to comprehend for a while.

Before Chu Tai could answer, he felt the changes in the fate of this world. The three-fold life network began to interweave, and it seemed that something was about to be born from the golden lamp. Chu Tai, who realized something was wrong, raised his hand and released a clear light to cover the golden lamp, while also covering the red lotus fire surrounding the golden lamp.

The enchanting flames danced, trying to burn away the falling karma, but the karma in the dark continued to gather, as if something was about to materialize. Countless karma in the second life web began to roll and manifest, shaking the third life web.

At first, everyone who was surprised that Chu Tai was protecting the golden lamp with clear light suddenly changed their expressions, and they also gradually felt the changes in the life network.

They immediately guessed that the change was caused by the golden lamp. Among them, the Eight Immortals reacted the fastest. They looked at the golden lamp in Chu Tai's hand and said, "Oh no, it's the karma of Hua Guang and Miao Ji Xiang that has manifested!"

After hearing this, several people reacted.

Speaking of which, Hua Guang’s fate is somewhat similar to Lin Lingsu’s.

Lin Lingsu's fate began with Luo Zhenren, a faction within the immortal way that relied on the fortune of the immortal way to temporarily suppress Buddhism. In the end, it was backlashed by the luck of Buddhism and never materialized in subsequent cycles.

The cause of Hua Guang was that in a certain cycle, the fate of Buddhism overwhelmed the fate of immortals, and many causes and conditions were gathered into Buddhism. In the end, Hua Guang's fate was also backlashed by the fate of immortals, but Hua Guang's fate was a manifestation of the entire Buddhist fortune temporarily overwhelmed the immortals. He would not be like Lin Lingsu, who appeared in a cycle and then disappeared without a trace.

Hua Guang has a very high status in the immortal way in many cycles, and most of the time he has unclear relations with Buddhism.

Now, all these causes and conditions are materialized under the destiny of Buddhism and the interference of the triple life network, which intends to distort the golden lamp in Chu Tai's hand and turn it into an oil lamp in front of the Buddha's Dharma Hall, and turn Huaguang into the fire spirit bred by the lamp.

Therefore, Master Mangmang and Elder Zhizhen, who originally wanted to borrow the golden lamp from Chu Tai, also helped to suppress the aura in the golden lamp and disrupt the causes and conditions gathered around it.

The methods used by Chu Tai and others also greatly disrupted the gathering of causes and conditions, causing the falling Buddhist destiny and Huaguang causes and conditions to gradually disperse. With a hint of the aura of the golden lamp, five illusory treasure wheels appeared in the air, trying to force a connection.

Chu Tai became furious when he saw this scene. He stretched out his hand and shot out a bolt of lightning in the air, breaking the five wheels and taking back his breath.

And at the moment when the precious wheel was shattered, the Huaguang karma also suddenly dispersed, merged into the five wheels, and fell into the human world.

The web of fate was also reorganized at this moment, and all causes, fate, memories and past changed in an instant.

Everyone present also worked to maintain themselves. The Buddha's light and clear light on the heads of Mangmang Dashi and Miaomiao Zhenren blended together, seven of the Eight Immortals worked together to construct the running eight trigrams, Luo Zhenren and Xu Shenweng manifested the three flowers and five qi on their heads, purple air rose from the head of Huoranzi, and the Buddha's light behind the head of Elder Zhizhen was like a reincarnation, rotating endlessly.

However, these measures have basically not formed an effective protection under the life network.

There was no reaction to the Buddha's light, and the eight trigrams operated without any ripples.

The petals of the three flowers are partially misplaced, and the five energies only fluctuate slightly.

Countless talismans appeared and disappeared within Huo Ranzi's purple air. After several changes, they were unable to return to their original state and changed their appearance.

Only Zhizhen's Buddha light lasted the longest, but after many reincarnations, the true and false were mixed together and difficult to distinguish.

Everyone was observing the changes in everyone else, and when everything was settled and they compared their memories with each other, everyone's face looked unhappy.

Lan Caihe sighed: "Under the fate and web of destiny, there really is no self at all."

(End of this chapter)