Covering the sky: Starting from the Golden Crow of the Holy Cliff

Chapter 190 Ascension to Great Sage, The Burning Lamp Sutra
Yan Ming sat cross-legged in the Sea of ​​Stars, chanting ancient scriptures. Three flowers appeared above his head as he began to receive the cleansing of heaven and earth.

He was like a fiery immortal, his body shrouded in traces of the Great Dao. His primordial spirit, tempered by the Heaven-Burning Immortal Technique, was united with the physical body honed by the Undying Scripture. His divine might was unparalleled, and his primordial aura was overwhelming.

Suddenly, this place was filled with radiant light, the essence of the five elements burst forth, various chanting sounds arose, the divine purple-gold lamps shone brightly, their light illuminating the fifteen heavens, and various creatures appeared in the clouds, as if they had come to life and were about to revive.

With the Western Desert matter concluded, his Sendai Secret Realm was vaguely about to open up the next layer of heavens!
At this moment, all the marks refined from the Bodhisattva realm were revived, surrounding the Dream Lamp Deity and adding a transcendent aura, ancient and ethereal.

As the sacrificial offerings spread, Yan Ming radiated golden light like a great sun, and Buddhist energy was emanating from the back of his head, forming a mysterious halo. In addition, a faint chanting sound rang out!

“I have heard that only eminent monks with great potential who can become Buddhas and patriarchs can gather the image of Buddha’s light shining everywhere, and there will be Buddhist chants lingering around them… He, a demon, can also comprehend the secrets of Zen?” A Buddhist mother sighed softly. Her form was very illusory, and she retained some of her consciousness after being suppressed.

Her state was very special; strictly speaking, it resembled the thoughts of a deity, a fragment of the soul light of an ancient Buddha, not a sage from the past.

Therefore, during the great battle, Yan Ming suppressed it with a wave of his hand, and it became a creature of the dream world.

At this moment, the Buddha Mother was very surprised by everything before her. She couldn't understand why the other party could condense the image and sound of Buddha.

A demonic Buddha!
When greed, anger, and ignorance are all present, one becomes lawless and unruly, which is a calamity rather than a blessing for all living beings!

"World Honored One, why allow such a person to attain enlightenment?" The Buddha Mother lowered her brows slightly, chanting scriptures, her heart filled with doubt, unable to understand.

Yan Ming's hair flew wildly, his body was surrounded by rolling waves, golden clouds shimmered, and auspicious light erupted like a volcano.

His body emitted a blazing light, as if it were cast from gold from the Dao Tribulation. At this moment, it manifested, with order intertwining, and the sound of Buddhist chants resounding, incomparably sacred, like a celestial monk reborn, illuminating the world, holy and peaceful.

The next moment, the ancient Buddha imprints that had retained their consciousness were stunned to witness the immortal monk's fall, his entire body darkened, even his bone marrow turning pitch black.

Between light and darkness, boundless power of faith flew in. This power was extracted by Yan Ming from Mount Sumeru after the great battle and placed inside the dragon-patterned black gold cauldron. Now, it poured out in full, nourishing his own soul.

Almost the instant he touched her, Yan Ming frowned, his body was set ablaze, and as he burned, some of his flesh dried up and even turned into charcoal.

Some bones were exposed, burned to a dark golden luster, and then fell into a state of depletion.

How terrible this is!
Even a powerful fire spirit was tormented to this extent by a ball of flame that seemed impossible to extinguish.

This is karmic fire, scorching Yan Ming and tempering his body. It is not a heavenly tribulation, but something he deliberately brought forth.

In this vast mortal world, all beings are sinful. When fire burns their bodies, even the gods will not spare them, and ancient Buddhas are not immune. Once the fire enters their bodies, it truly burns down to their souls, and they will all be completely destroyed!

Generally speaking, this is a process that a Quasi-Emperor must go through. Most people experience this when they become Quasi-Emperors, but a few individuals may only reach it in the later stages. It is quite abrupt for it to appear when one is promoted to Great Sage, and it is rare in ancient and modern times.

Clearly, Yan Ming was deliberately seeking difficulties, using the karmic fire of the mortal world as fuel to refine the Five Elements and transform his Daoist thoughts.

He is a born fire spirit and has cultivated the Undying Scripture. Ordinary divine fire has almost no effect on him. Only karmic fire can bring him enough pressure to unlock his potential.

Condensing the Five Elements, Reversing Yin and Yang!
He wants to use this to fully enter the realm of the Great Sage, rather than just a single secret realm!

Once the power of faith is ignited, all the sins and karmic consequences of the heavens will descend together, transforming into karmic fire to burn the body. This is the supreme method of combat in Buddhism, and it has killed countless great enemies throughout the ages.

At this moment, someone deliberately set themselves on fire!
Is this a death wish? Or is the other person's physical body so powerful that it's unimaginable?

Even the Buddhas remained silent, unable to offer any comment.

"Buzz!"

Flames soared into the sky. Above Yan Ming's head was the Chaotic Purple-Gold Bell, and within the Immortal Platform was a translucent divine lamp, exuding a vast and boundless aura of the Great Dao. He was enduring the flames head-on, without resorting to any other techniques or secret arts to counter them.

The flames raged, blurring the very fabric of chaos. Even powerful fire-elemental saints were burned, their bodies withered, their outer defenses breached. The place was terrifying, like an eternal, inextinguishable furnace suppressing all evil in the world.

It is unknown how much time passed before the fire went out, as if all the ashes contained the secrets. Some parts of Yan Ming's body glowed, while others were dry and charred.

He shook violently, and the ashes fell, his withered body regained its vitality, and his whole body shimmered with a dark golden light, as if his immortal body had been reshaped.

The aura of the Great Sage erupted from his body!

Unlike in the past, this time he did not break through realms consecutively, but instead stood at the first level of the Great Sage realm, making him a newly promoted existence.

Yan Ming carefully sensed that his primordial spirit had leaped again, and the advancement of the secret realm technique had also triggered the transformation of the Immortal Platform, almost opening up the sixteenth heaven.

After stabilizing his realm slightly, the aura of the Sendai pulled his true spirit upward, almost propelling him into the second level of the Great Sage realm. At this moment, a perfect aura spread out, nurturing the five elements and creating endless life.

This feeling is very different from that of the Great Sage of the Palace of Destiny!

"The path to the Great Sage Realm is still very long..." Yan Ming muttered to himself. The meridians and blood in his limbs and bones were rapidly transforming, and one rune after another burst forth. The blazing chains of divine order were intertwining. These were the immortal runes recorded in the Heaven-Piercing Immortal-Burning Technique and the Undying Scripture.

He is reforging his Daoist weapons: the Dream Lamp, the Illusion Bell, and the Emperor-Slaying Spear!
The dragon-patterned black gold obtained from Mount Sumeru melted into liquid and was poured into the Chaos Bell.

Both immortal scriptures were transformed into intricate patterns and forged onto the weapons. The weapons were cast countless times, and the deities within the Dao weapons were also chanting scriptures. The power of faith from the immortal ruins nourished the Dao bells like water.

The Heavenly Court of the Sun spans across many realms, and in addition to worshipping living beings, it also has many believers.

Yan Ming's previous efforts to quell the unrest in the Beidou Star Region also helped him accumulate a great deal of spiritual power.

At this very moment, the ancient temple at the origin of the Immortal Ruins is almost spiritually connected, and the entire Immortal Ruins is revived, as if a series of forbidden beings from the past are returning and gradually approaching the present world, about to appear in this world!

If the power of faith in the Western Desert is poison to him, it will ignite the flames of karma that consume him.

The power of faith from the Immortal Ruins lineage is different; when applied to Dao soldiers, it is entirely beneficial.

Countless points of light also flew in from beyond the realm; these were the power of faith passed down from celestial courts across the universe, and now they were all being bestowed upon this place.

Forged by divine fire, the Chaos Bell grew ever more ancient and resonant, emitting a booming sound on its own. This was the sound of the Great Dao, echoing throughout the world and the heavens. Dao traces on it flowed like a waterfall, layer upon layer, and more than ten kinds of immortal spirits, including true dragons, celestial phoenixes, golden crows, and Kunpengs, appeared together, shaking the nine heavens...

Yan Ming meticulously sorted out his own abilities, and after overcoming the tribulation, he reforged his Dao weapon, refined the five secret realms, and reopened the Heavenly Palace of Destiny.

The Great Sage Realm, the sixth level of the Immortal Platform, is the end of the path to sainthood!

At this stage, the accumulation of divine power is secondary; the foundation of one's Dao is fundamental.

Like that old monkey, who had been in charge of Mount Sumeru for two thousand years, plus the ancient times, he was trapped in the Great Sage's domain for three or four thousand years, unable to break through to the Quasi-Emperor level.

This secret realm requires refining one's own scriptures, creating a true Dharma, not just the rough drafts of a saint!

For ten years straight, Yan Ming remained in seclusion, and few people knew where he went...

He himself has been creating methods, and he has been able to get to this point largely because the Yuan Shen Dao has found a new path, wanting to open up the thirty-three heavens of the Dong Xian Tai and open up a different path.

Now, we embark on a new journey, starting from the Sea of ​​Wheels, to pry open the Dao Palace, to enter the Four Extremes, to transform into a dragon through nine transformations, and to ascend to the Heavenly Platform!
In the end, Yan Ming underwent a transformation, with flames erupting from every part of his body, wisps of celestial light shooting out. The five secret realms fused together to form a true unity, and the scriptures thundered, deafeningly loud.

The paths of burning offerings and offering sacrifices lead to the same goal!
After ten years of enlightenment, he created the "Burning Lamp Sutra"!
(End of this chapter)