People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

Chapter 462: Erasing All Causes and Effects, the Sage Suffers Another Setback!
"Someone has dismembered a corpse again?!"

Sensing the fluctuations emanating from the ancient starry sky, many powerful beings in the primordial world showed expressions of surprise.

Since the end of the sermon at Zixiao Palace, few people in the prehistoric world have achieved the quasi-saint status. Starting from the end of the Lich War, no one has successfully severed their corpse.

However, in recent years, the number of people who have severed their corpses has suddenly increased dramatically. First, in December, a benevolent corpse was severed by the Taiyin star, and the person became a quasi-saint.

Later, Haotian and the Queen Mother severed another corpse, thus becoming quasi-saints with two corpses.

Then, Styx severed his own corpse, becoming the only Quasi-Saint with three corpses in the Primordial World.

Later, during the Investiture of the Gods, Yang Xuan performed the Great Tribulation Corpse-Slaying Technique, successfully severing the evil corpse and rising above others to become a quasi-saint.

And today, yet another person has severed their corpse and is about to become a quasi-saint. So many people have successfully severed their corpses, and all at the same time. This is truly abnormal.

Some astute and powerful individuals have even discovered that those who have successfully severed corpses in recent years are more or less related to Yang Xuan.

Needless to say, Yang Xuan himself was the only one who managed to sever another corpse after the Heavenly Court was able to operate on its own.

The Heavenly Court was able to operate autonomously entirely thanks to Yang Xuan.

The Styx River was able to sever the corpse of the One Who Holds Me because the Asura clan had returned to the Asura realm, which granted him a great deal of merit.

The sea of ​​blood flows towards the underworld, elevating its status so that it can bear the corpse of the River Styx.

According to Styx Daoist himself, and based on his subsequent actions, whether it was the Asura race returning to the Asura Path or the Blood Sea flowing into the Netherworld, it was all thanks to Yang Xuan.

December's relationship with Yang Xuan is unusually close, giving people the impression that she is related to Yang Xuan.

Once or twice is one thing, but every time someone has dismembered a corpse over the years, it has been related to Yang Xuan. This makes people wonder if Yang Xuan has some special luck that can help people dismember corpses.

Severing one's corpse is the ultimate pursuit of most cultivators. Even if it's just a guess, it's enough to make all the Great Luo Golden Immortals in the prehistoric world want to befriend him.

However, Yang Xuan was always elusive, appearing only briefly in the heavens and disappearing in the underworld. Even the gods and spirits of the celestial court and the underworld might not be able to see him.

Gradually, the matter was temporarily abandoned.

Today, someone is dismembering a corpse again, and this happened in the ancient starry sky heavenly court that the heavenly court is currently undertaking extensive repairs. This makes people wonder if this matter is related to Yang Xuan again.

Time passed quickly, and when this Daoist aura reached its peak, two figures emerged from the ancient starry sky under the operation of the Great Dao, appearing before the eyes of the powerful beings.

"This is... the Golden Spirit Mother, the Golden Spirit Mother of the Jie Sect!"

Soon, many people recognized the identity of the Golden Spirit Mother, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

The fact that the disciples of the Jie Sect were able to successfully sever their corpses and become quasi-saints is definitely due to the efforts of the Tongtian Sect Master, and has nothing to do with Yang Xuan.

"Finally, a being unrelated to Yang Xuan has successfully severed its corpse..."

Many powerful figures sighed inwardly, if the matter of the Golden Spirit Mother's dismemberment of her corpse was also related to Yang Xuan, then it was truly too demonic.

"No, that doesn't seem entirely correct!"

But soon, someone realized something, and their expression turned somewhat strange.

"If I remember correctly, at the end of the Investiture of the Gods, Yang Xuan risked his life to enter the calamity and took the initiative to save the Golden Spirit Mother from the hands of the Taoist Ran Deng at that time."

The strange feeling in the hearts of many powerful beings became even stronger upon thinking about this. Could it be that... the Golden Spirit Mother's success in severing her corpse was also related to Yang Xuan?
"This... can't be..."

Regardless of whether it is true or not, as long as there is such a possibility, it is worth taking a chance. The idea that they had gradually given up was picked up again.

Especially powerful figures from races such as Zhen Yuanzi, Guiche, Kunpeng, the Dragon Clan, and the Demon Clan.
They had all worked under Yang Xuan and received some benefits, bringing them one step closer to severing the corpse, or even severing another corpse, and making them even more convinced of this unfounded speculation.

At the very least, it would be no bad thing to get along with Yang Xuan and follow him.

In an instant, many powerful beings in the primordial world decided to go to the ancient starry sky to see if they could lend a hand, or to go to the Netherworld to see if there was anything they could do.

Since we can't find Yang Xuan, we should show our faces more often in Heaven and the Underworld; maybe we'll run into him by chance.

One can imagine what changes will occur in the Underworld with the addition of these powerful beings. Regardless of the specific changes, the speed at which the Heavenly Court repairs the ancient starry sky will certainly be greatly improved.

As for the cost, it's nothing more than printing more banknotes and issuing more Tianlu coins; rounding it off, it's practically negligible.

Compared to other beings in the primordial world, the Buddhist community has more speculations about the matter of the Golden Spirit Mother's dismemberment of her body.

Mount Sumeru.

After hearing the descriptions from Medicine Buddha and Julusun Buddha, and then looking at the strange phenomena in the ancient starry sky and witnessing the Golden Spirit Mother successfully severing the corpse, it was truly difficult for the Buddha not to connect the two events.

Back in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, the Golden Spirit Mother was almost killed by the sneak attack of the Burning Lamp Daoist, thus creating a karmic bond of life and death.

According to the Buddha, who was also the former chief disciple of the Jie Sect, Duobao Daoren, regarding the Golden Spirit Mother.

He was certain that this matter would definitely damage the Golden Spirit Mother's Dao heart and affect her future cultivation.

However, if this cause and effect can be resolved and the Dao heart can be restored to perfection, the cultivation level will definitely be greatly improved.

Now that the ancient Buddha Dipankara has just perished, and it is unknown who was responsible, the Holy Mother Jinling has suddenly unleashed her evil corpse.
Once the relationship between the two is understood, it is hard not to suspect that the fall of Dipankara Buddha was not related to the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit.

The problem is that at that time, Dipankara Buddha was acting together with Bhaisajyaguru Buddha and Kuru Suddhodana.

Even if the Golden Spirit Mother's cultivation was higher, it was impossible for her to knock out two Great Luo Golden Immortals, Medicine Buddha and Julusun, with a single blow, let alone leave the Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp with no chance to escape.

"Do you have help?"

The Buddha's eyes flickered as he began to deduce the ambush that had befallen Dipankara and the others.

But all traces had been erased by Yang Xuan. Even though the Buddha was a quasi-saint and had the vast fortune of Buddhism to support him, he still couldn't deduce anything.

If it were any other matter, it would be fine if we couldn't deduce it, but Randeng was a high-ranking figure in Buddhism, and his death was of great importance. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face to Buddhism, and this matter certainly could not be left unresolved.

Moreover, this is a crucial moment for the eastward spread of Buddhism. To stand out in an environment of diverse schools of thought, we still need the assistance of the Taoist Ran Deng.

Therefore, the Buddha called upon the names of the two Western Saints and told them about the fall of Dipankara Buddha and the dismemberment of the body of the Holy Mother Jinling.

"I'd like to see who has the audacity to kill Randeng, who helped Bang Jinling!"

The two Western Saints were furious and immediately summoned the projection of the River of Time.

Using the Medicine Buddha, the ambush of Julusun, and the fall of Dipankara as anchor points, the story travels back in time, showing Dipankara and his companions arriving at the border between the West and the East, appearing above a small mountain, and then...

There's no after that!

The figures of Ran Deng and his group had all disappeared, leaving only a river flowing at this point in time.

When the river disappeared, Bhaisajyaguru and Julusun had already fainted, and Dipankara had perished, leaving only a pile of broken corpses.

"The River of Destiny..."

Jieyin looked at the river that stretched across the river of time, his brows furrowing slightly.

The River of Destiny is a river on par with the River of Time. Ordinary beings can only see the River of Destiny and enter it to retrieve their true spirit after they have survived the Great Luo Heavenly Tribulation.

Just as only sages can summon projections in the river of time to observe past and future events, the projections in the river of destiny are not something ordinary beings can manipulate.

Even a quasi-saint would find it virtually impossible to summon a projection of the River of Fate, let alone invoke its power to erase all traces and prevent the River of Time from rewinding time.

To be able to do this, even if one is not a saint, one must be at least a near-saint. "Humans should not have the courage to do this, so it must have been Tongtian who did it."

After much thought, the Guide Daoist felt that this was more likely. If it wasn't the Tongtian Sect Leader, he found it hard to imagine who else had the ability and the courage to do such a thing.

"Even if Tongtian erases all traces, Randeng was definitely killed by Jinling. Are we just going to let this matter go like this?"

Zhunti Daoist was indignant; such behavior was nothing short of a slap in the face to the two of them.

Now that Buddhism has been established, there are signs of great prosperity in the West, and he really doesn't want to suffer this injustice.

"What else can we do if we don't let it go?" The Guide Daoist gave a bitter smile. "Back then, the Burning Lamp Daoist ambushed Jin Ling and almost killed her. This karmic connection has already been established."

"Now that Jin Ling has killed Daoist Ran Deng, but hasn't attacked Yao Shi and Ju Liusun, it's because he's settling the old score. It's perfectly reasonable, so what can we do to Jin Ling..."

"Ugh!"

Zhunti Daoist sighed helplessly. He naturally knew this was the case. Even if they could rewind the entire process, they had no reason to cause trouble for the Golden Spirit Mother.

As for the person who helped the Golden Spirit Mother, only by successfully going back in time can we find out who this person is and have a chance to cause trouble for them.

"Let's revive Ran Deng first and see if there's any evidence in his memory."

The Guide Daoist shook his head and, with his supreme power, retrieved the true spirit of the Burning Lamp Daoist from the River of Fate and threw it into the Eight Treasures Merit Pool to reshape his physical body.

The Daoist Ran Deng did not have much karma on his body. In the eyes of the primordial world, he was not an irredeemable villain, and he also had the Buddhist concept of karma.
With the Daoist's cultivation level, rescuing him from the River of Fate would not be difficult.

However, since Randeng has just been resurrected, his primordial spirit and physical body are too weak, and his cultivation is only one-tenth of what it used to be. It will take at least several thousand, or even tens of thousands of years, for him to recover to the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

However, once revived, answering some questions shouldn't be a problem.

Just as Buddhist disciples thought, Dipankara Buddha did indeed die at the hands of the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit.

As for who helped the Golden Spirit Mother to take the Dipankara Buddha into her sleeve world, making it impossible for him to escape, he didn't know.

Throughout the entire ordeal, the person's appearance was never seen, nor could their identity be deduced from their supernatural abilities.

It can be basically confirmed that this person is not a Great Immortal, but a Quasi-Saint.

Otherwise, how could he have knocked out Medicine Buddha and the others with a single slap, leaving Dipankara helpless and trapped in his sleeve world, unable to escape?

However, what he said was mostly nonsense, which the two Western Saints could have deduced.

But without evidence and unable to reconstruct time, even if they wanted to cause trouble for the accomplice, they didn't know the other party's identity.

Left with no other option, they had to put the matter on hold for the time being. Even if they had some suspects, they had no reason to take action.

Don't give me a chance!

Zhunti Daoist glanced fiercely at the ancient starry sky, then at the Heavenly Court, before withdrawing his mind and disappearing along with the projection of Jieyin Daoist.

Jiuzhou, in the Confucius courtyard.

Yang Xuan held the Heavenly Mystery Pearl in his hand, concealing his aura and disturbing the surrounding heavenly secrets. It wasn't until three thousand years later that he finally relaxed completely.

"It seems it's done." Yang Xuan's lips curled up into a smile, knowing that the two Western Saints could only swallow their anger and had no way to do anything about it.

Although Yang Xuan was only a Quasi-Saint of the First Life Form, there was an immeasurable gap between him and a Saint.

But destruction is often easier than creation. All that's needed is to completely erase the traces of his actions, preventing the two Western Saints from seeing the truth.

So even if the two Western Saints had already guessed that it was Yang Xuan who helped them by taking the Burning Lamp into his sleeve world and having the Golden Spirit Mother control it, they still couldn't do anything about Yang Xuan.

Everything that exists leaves a trace.

Even though destruction is easier than creation, it is still impossible for other quasi-saints to completely erase traces and wipe away all traces in the river of time.

Yang Xuan is different. He has an extraordinary understanding of the Great Dao of Destiny and is favored by it. He can mobilize the power of the River of Destiny and summon its projection.

It's not difficult to simply erase some traces of where you are.

This is why the two Western saints witnessed a scene in the long river of time.

From the very beginning, Yang Xuan was 99% certain.

After killing Randeng, the Golden Spirit Mother successfully severed his corpse, further disrupting the cause and effect, attracting everyone's attention, and bringing Yang Xuan's chances of success even closer to 100%.

Now, three thousand years have passed, and the Buddhist community has not taken any action against him, nor has it even made any attempt to harm the Holy Mother Jinling. This basically confirms that the matter has come to an end.

As long as Yang Xuan doesn't openly take out the measuring ruler and the coffin lamp in recent years, nothing unexpected will happen.

But then again, Yang Xuan wanted the Measuring Ruler because he intended to use it directly. Even if he did use it, he wouldn't let anyone know that it was the Measuring Ruler!

Of course, Yang Xuan couldn't just wait around for over three thousand years.

After Randeng died, his true spirit returned to the river of fate, and his spiritual objects became semi-ownerless spiritual objects.

Yang Xuan, the owner of the Treasure-Losing Coin, created the Divine Art of Treasure Exchange.

Even if something already has an owner, once it falls into his hands, it will temporarily become an unclaimed spiritual object, let alone these semi-unclaimed spiritual objects.

Over the past three thousand years, Yang Xuan not only completely erased the marks left by the lamp, but also refined the measuring ruler and the coffin lamp into his spiritual objects.

As Yang Xuan's thoughts raced, the two innate spiritual treasures flew out from his sleeves.

The coffin lamp is jet black, made entirely of jade, with a white wick inserted in the center of the lamp cover, burning with a small, pale blue flame that emits a soft glow.

This is the companion spirit treasure of the lamp, a top-grade innate spirit treasure.

It can unleash boundless ghostly flames to fight enemies, and has a powerful restraining effect on the soul.

Along with the Lotus Lantern of Goddess Nuwa, the Eight Views Palace Lantern of the Sage Taiqing, and the Jade Void Glazed Lantern of the Sage Yuanshi, it is known as one of the Four Great Spiritual Lamps of the Primordial Era.

If all four lamps can be gathered, their power will be comparable to the most top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

This treasure was an unexpected gain, forcibly placed into Yang Xuan's hands by the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit. His true goal for this trip was actually only one thing: the Measuring Ruler.

The measuring ruler has a peculiar appearance; only the golden head and tail are visible, while the body is transparent, as if it has been broken in half.

The two ends of the ruler appear to be only three inches apart.

However, its body disappeared into the void, folding into immeasurable space and countless small worlds, fully demonstrating the profound mystery of the Great Dao of Space.

The reason why Daoist Ran Deng was able to sneak into the void and ambush the Holy Mother Jin Ling was because he used the Measuring Ruler to escape into the void.

More importantly, this magical treasure is related to the creation of the Twenty-Four Heavens!

"Let's try and see if it works..."

There's no rush to create the heavens; we should wait until the Three Pure Ones create the third heaven.

Yang Xuan now wants to try whether the Measuring Ruler can be integrated into his natal spiritual treasure like the Book of Life and Death or the Judge's Pen.

(End of this chapter)