Mythology

Chapter 519 Killing Kong Xuan, Slaughtering the Arhats
Inside the Bone and Flesh Taoist Temple.

Five-colored divine light seeped from Kong Xuan's pores all over his body, and he lay prostrate on the ground, appearing as a half-human, half-bird.

The five-colored divine light seemed to have a life of its own, transforming into numerous pupils between the skin.

His eyes slowly turned, reflecting the scene of countless stone formations in the cave walls. There were seventy-three patrolling demons around the entire Lion Camel Ridge, and Kong Xuan could control their lives.

Kong Xuan's gaze finally fell on the baby that Yang He had been reincarnated as.

After dying twice in succession, Yang He seemed to have given up and did not try to break free from the rock wall again, curling up and not moving.

"Senior Brother Yang He, you only need to wait for half a year and let the immortals and Buddhas take over the Daoist temple as long as you live."

Kong Xuan stared intently at the screen, vaguely discerning Yang He's features from between the baby's eyebrows.

The culprit that caused me to suffer from inner demons day and night after escaping the Heavenly Court was not human, but a monster.

The baby was unusually quiet, with all its orifices tightly closed, as if trying to lock something away.

His face flushed red, and his ribs creaked as he breathed heavily.

"No, no..."

Kong Xuan nervously bit her nails, her brows furrowed, a nameless unease creeping into her heart.

Yang He was unusually quiet, his silence was completely out of character. His two near-death experiences could not possibly have affected this inhuman monster.

"What is he doing? What is he trying to do?!"

Kong Xuan's breathing quickened as he tried to understand the situation through the Five-Colored Divine Light, but all he received was a deathly silence within the infant's body and a calm that was brewing a storm.

"Perhaps Yang He is deliberately trying to get me to make a move."

As he hesitated whether to risk interfering, the infant's flushed face turned pale, and the three yang flames were instantly extinguished.

died?

Before it even escaped the stone wall, it had already... died?
"!!!"

Kong Xuan's pupils contracted sharply, and he almost jumped up from the spot.

He frantically activated the Five-Colored Divine Light, his gaze sweeping over the thousands upon thousands of stone embryos surrounding Lion Camel Ridge, eagerly searching for Yang He's next reincarnation.

found it!
In another unrelated corner of the rock wall, a newborn infant stone embryo had just formed, still curled up, still with its orifices tightly closed, still looking like it was trying its best to endure something in the dead silence!

He...he...he...he...he!

Kong Xuan could not control his demonic energy. His mouth transformed into a long, narrow bird beak, and countless feathers scattered. His swollen body almost burst through the Taoist temple.

He also noticed that many temples around Lion Camel Ridge were emitting a Buddha's light.

One by one, the Buddha statues grew flesh and blood. Before long, a large number of Buddhas would descend. Seeing this, Kong Xuan calmed his mind slightly.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Kong Xuan couldn't help but laugh, and then the laughter grew louder and more manic, filled with the madness of being driven to the brink of despair.

“Senior Brother Yang He, you really are…you’re always like this…always so unpredictable…so terrifying…”

His voice suddenly turned shrill, "But you can't escape! It's a sage's scheme, a net from heaven and earth! Struggling will only make your death more miserable!!"

"I'll be watching you. You won't find a single opening! Don't even think about it!!"

Kong Xuan roared with a contorted face, as if Yang He could hear him.

His beak opened and closed, his chest heaved, and the five-colored divine light went berserk uncontrollably, cutting countless deep marks into the walls of the Taoist temple.

After the madness comes a cold, resolute resolve.

Kong Xuan could not let Yang He remain quiet any longer. The Buddha's descent was still ten days away, and he had to make some preparations to prevent Yang He from deviating from expectations at the last moment.

He suppressed the surging demonic energy and refocused his attention on the five-colored divine light.

The divine light shifted and locked onto the newborn baby in the rock wall once more.

Just as the newborn baby was gradually taking shape.

laugh!
The five-colored divine light transformed into threads, invisibly affecting the taboos surrounding Lion Camel Ridge, causing the aura of the patrolling demons to momentarily become unstable.

Before Yang He could even regain consciousness, the baby's faint life force had already dissipated, and the body was quickly swallowed up by the stone wall.

A cold, triumphant glint flashed in Kong Xuan's eyes.

That's how it should be; we absolutely cannot give Yang He any chance!!

Kong Xuan showed no sign of stopping; the Five-Colored Divine Light quickly locked onto Yang He's next life, and the same thing happened again.

The five-colored divine light, like a sickle, continuously harvested the weeds.

Kong Xuan sat upright in the center of the Bone and Flesh Taoist Temple, his face gradually turning from initial madness to numbness, with a hint of pleasure in his eyes.

The process is repeated ten times, a hundred times...

Yang He seemed to have truly given up on life, and Kong Xuan did not notice the slightest resistance.

Kong Xuan even began to doubt his previous apprehension towards Yang He. Why did he have such a deep-seated fear? Was it because Yang He was related to a sage, or was it some ridiculous claim that he was being watched by the Heavenly Dao? Heh, it seems that's all there is to it.

If Heaven were to favor him, how could Yang He have ended up on the outskirts of Lion Camel Ridge?

Moreover, the Journey to the West calamity has already spiraled out of control, the Heavenly Dao has been severely damaged, and the immortals and Buddhas have set up a trap at Lion Camel Ridge. No matter how Yang He struggles, it is all in vain.

Senior Brother Yang He, you've finally met your match.

However, in his repeated attempts to die, Kong Xuan failed to notice one thing: Yang He had always harbored a wisp of demonic energy within his body.

As he continued to die and disappear, Yang He had discovered a pattern.

Gradually.

Yang He's consciousness gradually detached from those physical bodies, becoming increasingly intertwined with the demonic energy.

"The formless demon is somewhat similar to the ghost immortal. The ghost immortal is just a wisp of yin energy that can reshape its body and soul."

The moment Yang Heming understood, his consciousness seemed to leave his body as if his soul had departed.

The infant's life force was cut off, but he did not fall into silence again. Instead, he vaguely sensed demonic energy flowing deep within the rock wall.

Yang He saw that Master Song and the remaining three were still struggling, trying to find the demon's navel by following its skin.

He also saw that the patrolling demons were essentially just containers.

A container for mortals.

Although he didn't know what the immortals and Buddhas were up to, Yang He had a premonition that they wanted to run away in the face of the approaching calamity.

[Should I create a permanent character named "Xiang Yao"?]

"determine."

[Xiang Yao: Legend has it that demonic energy has the power to corrupt all things under heaven, not just birds, beasts, and plants, but even inanimate objects and writing can be transformed into demons, and you, Yang He, are precisely the one whose consciousness has become a demon.]

"Okay, now it's my turn."

As Yang He emerged from the infant's body, he traveled through the meridians of the patrolling mountain demon. Simultaneously, two supernatural powers revived within his body, causing his cultivation to rise steadily. In a short time, he had already become an immortal.

He successfully arrived at the Realm of Immortals and quietly emerged from the patrolling mountain demons.

The demonic energy seeped into the beak of a carrion-eating crow by the roadside.

Ah~~~
The crow cawed, opened its third eye between its brows, and its tail feathers shimmered with five-colored divine light, but it quickly transformed back into an ordinary bird.

Almost immediately, the familiar gaze swept over the thousands of infants, searching for the traces left behind by Yang He's reincarnation.

The result was nothing.

The crow tilted its head, and a flickering firelight appeared in its pupils, indicating that it had already locked onto the source and was just waiting for the permanent characters to fully inherit its cultivation.

boom! !

The five-colored divine light was no longer hidden, covering most of the outer area of ​​Lion Camel Ridge.

Still not.

Kong Xuan stood frozen in place, the human skin curtain of the Taoist temple where he was hiding lifted a corner, and he looked out into the outside world with a look of great fear.

"Hidden?"

He muttered to himself, his beak opening and closing, and the five-colored divine light suddenly intensified. A thunderous roar followed.

All the patrolling demons instinctively prostrated themselves on the ground, and the infants contained within their flesh and blood cried out in unison. The five-colored divine light made the atmosphere around Lion Camel Ridge unusually turbid.

No! No! Still fucking nothing!!!
Yang He seemed to have vanished into thin air!

The beak of the Kongxuan bird grew longer and longer, but it could not make any sound.

"No...it's impossible..."

He quickly stood up, somewhat clumsily smashing the offering table. The incense burner rolled to the ground. After a few breaths of silence, the five-colored divine light erupted with unprecedented frenzy, no longer in wisps, but like an out-of-control torrent, washing over everything around Lion Camel Ridge!
"Where?! Where are you?!"

"Come out!! Yang He!! You come out here!!!"

His roar was extremely piercing, making no attempt to hide his panic, and he even went so far as to sacrifice his cultivation to repeatedly check himself.

Followed by.

Kong Xuan knelt down with a thud. It had only been one day since the six months that the sage had agreed upon, and the Buddha's arrival at Lion Camel Ridge was still far off.

He had nowhere to go, and knew that Yang He would never let him go.

"How could this be? The sage's plan... an inescapable trap, how could he possibly escape?!"

Kong Xuan tore at his own feathers with his sharp claws, looking like a madman.

The Dao Heart, which had mostly healed, was now shattered into pieces, and more than a dozen bare wings sprouted from its back, a result of the loss of control caused by the demonic possession.

"Uhhhhh!!!"

Kong Xuan clutched his head, causing the Taoist temple to shake violently, and cracks in the walls to spread continuously.

"It must be a trick, that's for sure, it must be..."

The idea had just formed in my mind.

Kong Xuan then sensed an unfamiliar demonic aura appearing in front of the door. There was no warning, and he had never encountered any similar demonic aura before.

But he knew that Yang He had come to take his life.

A figure stood silently at the doorway.

Kong Xuan couldn't see his exact appearance, but just by looking at his figure standing there, an indescribable sense of oppression welled up in his heart.

He...he really came!

Yang He is half-human and half-demon. Since demons cannot take human form on their own, they can only take human form by attaching to other objects, so his body has the characteristics of a crow all over it.

Kong Xuan had no way of seeing through Yang He's true strength; the other party was definitely not a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

“Hun… Hunyuan…”

Kong Xuan managed to squeeze out two words from his throat, then staggered backward uncontrollably, his last shred of hope vanishing.

All that remained was unbelievable despair!
How long has it been?!

Yang Hecheng had only been an immortal for a short time, while Kong Xuan, through cannibalistic cultivation and the resources of Lion Camel Ridge brought by Buddhism, had barely reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and was already very satisfied with his progress.

But what's standing before me is a Primordial Golden Immortal?

Kong Xuan had longed for the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and he had already achieved it in just a few hundred years. He... he truly was a favored child of Heaven.

pat pat pat.

Yang He slowly approached, and Kong Xuan waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Senior brother, don't kill me! We've had a relationship before, don't kill me!!"

"It is the immortals and Buddhas who covet your temple. Buddhism has five saints in Lion Camel Ridge, while the Heavenly Court has four emperors and five elders, with the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother behind them."

Kong Xuan held nothing back, and didn't even consider using the Five-Colored Divine Light as a last-ditch effort.

pat.

Yang He continued to approach.

Kong Xuan quickly said, "My status as a Great Luo Golden Immortal is not important. What you should be dealing with, Senior Brother, is the deepest part of Lion Camel Ridge—the blue-haired lion monster that was originally Manjushri Bodhisattva's mount..."

"The Blue-haired Lion Monster? Didn't it already die once?"

Upon hearing Yang He speak, Kong Xuan scrambled to his knees before him.

"Senior brother, you don't know this, but the immortals and Buddhas don't know what they're doing with your temple. All the living beings who have died in the Three Realms will have their souls appear in Lion Camel Ridge. The Green-haired Lion Monster came back to life, and the Yellow-toothed Elephant also came back to life."

Yang He narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself, "No wonder."

However, he believes that the resurrection of living beings does not originate from immortals or Buddhas, but is more like the collapse of the Heavenly Dao caused by the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West. The established rules of the Three Realms will disappear, and no one can escape the disaster.

Yang He still cannot sense the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Dao Field.

However, one thing can be guaranteed: at least the immortals and Buddhas have not yet invaded the temple.

Yang He planned to begin deep integration immediately should anything happen to the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Dao Field, and he absolutely could not allow immortals and Buddhas to cause trouble inside.

"Senior brother, a large number of Buddhas will be descending upon Lion Camel Ridge soon, please be careful..."

Kong Xuan had not finished speaking.

boom.

Yang He suddenly tore into pieces and turned into a pile of minced meat. Immediately, a massive amount of demonic energy rushed towards Kong Xuan, who had no time to react.

Kong Xuan's face was contorted with rage, and five-colored divine light burst through the Taoist temple.

The demonic energy occupied Kong Xuan's flesh and bones. It could be faintly sensed that the demonic energy... seemed to have life, and it overwhelmed his body and soul with devastation.

Kong Xuan was still in shock one moment, but his eyes were clear the next.

"It seems that even a Great Luo Golden Immortal can withstand the thought of a demon."

After Yang He adapted to Kong Xuan's body for a while, he realized that demons could only take form by attaching themselves to him. The crow that had been there earlier collapsed after only a short while.

"Kong Xuan, Kong Xuan, who told you to be so unlucky?"

“If this were anywhere else, I would have spared your life. Unfortunately, Lion Camel Ridge is full of powerful enemies. If you keep jumping around, I can’t hold you off.”

Yang He closed his eyes to rest, and before long, beams of brilliant Buddhist light burst forth from the temple.

The golden-bodied Arhats were the first to descend upon Lion Camel Ridge, numbering as many as five hundred. They were arranged in an orderly formation, chanting Buddhist hymns, and their combined strength was no less than that of the Golden Immortals.

The leading Arhat strode forward, sweeping across the outer perimeter of Lion Camel Ridge.

"Kong Xuan! Where is Yang He imprisoned? The Emperor's decree requires the next step to be implemented immediately..."

The word '置' has not yet been uttered.

Yang He raised his head, his beak opened to an exaggerated angle, and an intense, overwhelming demonic aura, along with five-colored divine light, surged forth!

A terrifying torrent swept directly over the Arhats!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no brutal fighting.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

The five hundred Arhats remained frozen in place, their movements perfectly synchronized.

Click! Click! Click!

A series of chilling cracking sounds rang out as neck bones snapped!

At the same instant, five hundred heads twisted 180 degrees in unison, at an angle completely contrary to physiological structure.

Bang bang bang.

The corpses fell to the ground one after another, raising a cloud of dust.

Yang He ignored the corpses and the Buddhas who would descend later. With a quick scan, he discovered the passage leading to the depths of Lion Camel Ridge.

"It's time to make use of our connections."

Yang He has recovered his cultivation and can communicate with the Dharma Seal without any problems.

The talismans on the surface of the seal emitted a faint light, signifying that relevant connections would come to Lion Camel Ridge. Of course, the connections Yang He summoned were not relatives and friends, but rather…

Demons and monsters.

"Even a sage would have to break a mouthful of teeth if he wanted to kill me."

(End of this chapter)