The Eastern Emperor of all Heavens did not wish to become a Buddha.

Chapter 11 The Tathagata's Palm: Buddha and Demon in One

Sitting cross-legged under the Bodhi tree, Zhong Xu heard a grand and solemn chanting in his ears, as if a monk was preaching to him.

The "Great Brahma Prajna" within him is constantly absorbing the Buddhist essence contained in Zen chanting, undergoing adjustment and transformation as if returning to its origin.

Buzz

As the "Great Brahma Prajna" changed, it seemed to trigger some special opportunity, and the Bodhi seed in Zhong Xu's hand suddenly lit up with a clear and brilliant light of wisdom.

'Om Mani Padme Hum'

A grand Buddhist chant suddenly resounded, as loud as thunder, and a magnificent and towering phantom of the Great Thunderclap Temple appeared behind Zhong Xu.

Although it was just a phantom, it exuded a supreme and sacred majesty, comparable to the heavens, inspiring awe and reverence in all who beheld it.

Ye Fan and the others, who were not far away, looked at the solemn and sacred Great Thunderclap Temple with horror, and for a moment felt as if they had arrived at the Western Sacred Mountain.

This is the real Great Thunderclap Temple!
Everyone instinctively put their hands together in prayer, their faces showing reverence.

In Zhong Xu's palm, the Buddha patterns that were originally formed on the Bodhi seed transformed into mysterious Dao patterns, which slowly merged into his body along his palm.

A faint, hazy yet vast will emerged from it, and then merged into the Great Brahma Prajna that was circulating within his body.

At this moment, the Great Brahma Prajna underwent a change that Zhong Xu had never anticipated, as if it were revealing its true essence.

Whether it's the Buddha patterns naturally formed on the Bodhi seed or that hazy yet vast will, they all seem insignificant in the face of the Great Brahma Prajna, easily absorbed and used to evolve a completely new Buddhist truth.

In a daze, Zhong Xu's vision changed, and he saw an ancient Bodhi tree that was half withered and half flourishing, and a monk sitting cross-legged under the Bodhi tree who seemed to exist but not exist, neither empty nor not empty.

The monk had a full face and a topknot with spiral-shaped hair; he was preaching.

His expression was sometimes solemn, sometimes compassionate, sometimes sorrowful, sometimes dignified, sometimes transformed into a sixteen-foot-tall golden body, and sometimes standing tall and upright, manifesting various forms of Buddha.

Upon seeing this monk, Zhong Xu immediately sensed a profound sense of Nirvana, a state of purity transcending life and death.

Around the ancient Bodhi tree, hazy, indistinct figures appeared, respectfully listening to the monks preaching beneath the tree.

Suddenly, Zhong Xu found himself among the listeners, a series of grand and clear voices ringing in his ears:

"All forms are illusory; seeing all forms as non-forms, one sees the Tathagata."

As the sound rang out, golden Udumbara flowers drifted down from mid-air, springs gushed forth from the ground, and lotus flowers bloomed.

Zhong Xu seemed to vaguely understand the Buddhist meaning contained in the voice, yet it also seemed as if he didn't understand it at all.

As the monks preached, the surrounding lotus flowers transformed into characters that were neither Sanskrit nor seal script, seemingly pointing directly to the true meaning of Buddhism. These characters swirled around Zhong Xu, sometimes merging into his body, and sometimes flying out again.

He was completely immersed in the monks' sermons, gaining a deeper understanding of Buddhist practice and a more profound appreciation of the Buddhist practice of the Great Brahma Prajna Sutra.

Although his cultivation level remained unchanged, his realm had unknowingly risen to a new level. He only needed to obtain enough vital energy to complete the next stage of his cultivation.

After an unknown amount of time, the monk under the Bodhi tree suddenly stood up, took seven steps, pointed one finger to the sky and touched the ground with the other, and solemnly uttered a low proclamation:

"Above and below heaven, I alone am supreme!"

With a boom, countless swastikas, proverbs, and Zen chants appeared in Zhong Xu's mind, constantly changing and recombinating to form a large Buddha with ever-changing hand seals.

The Buddha points one hand to the sky and the other to the earth, filling the universe, and is the only one worthy of respect!
In the dim light, there are also many phantom images of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats around the Buddha, forming the image of ten thousand Buddhas paying homage.

The surrounding listeners all had their eyes lowered, muttering to themselves:
"Thus have I heard." After an unknown amount of time, the ancient Bodhi tree disappeared, the monks under the tree disappeared, and the image of ten thousand Buddhas paying homage to the Buddha disappeared. Zhong Xu came to his senses and returned to the ancient temple.

'This is.'

As his mind sank into his body, a golden Buddha appeared in Zhong Xu's mind, filling the heavens and earth, infinitely vast, as if there was nothing more noble in the world than Him.

One of His fingers pointed to the sky, and the other touched the earth. His body was hazy and profound, as if it contained a Buddhist Pure Land that spanned countless eons.

Just looking at this giant golden Buddha, Zhong Xu felt a deep tremor from the bottom of his heart, as if he had seen the source of Buddhism and the essence of the Great Way.

A stream of information surfaced in his mind, constantly changing and recombining to form a completely new kind of inheritance.

The Buddha's Palm!
Zhong Xu stood there completely stunned, as if he had lost the ability to speak for a moment.

He had actually received the inheritance of the "Buddha's Palm" technique!

The key point is that this is not the "Buddha's Palm" from the entire universe, but rather the true meaning originally contained in the "Great Brahma Prajna". It absorbed a wisp of Shakyamuni's, or rather Amitabha Buddha's, will contained in the Bodhi seed, and thus returned to its original state and transformed into the "Buddha's Palm".

The origin of the Great Brahma Prajna is so terrifying that it is related to the legendary Tathagata Palm!

Unfortunately, perhaps because Zhong Xu's strength was too weak at the time, or perhaps because his understanding of Buddhism was still insufficient, he was unable to truly comprehend this supernatural power.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind:
Which version of "Buddha's Palm" is this?
Buddhism is a vast power that spans all the heavens and myriad worlds, and each world has its own different World-Honored One, Tathagata.

For example, in this universe, Shakyamuni and Amitabha are one, transformed from the Nirvana fruition of Amitabha Buddha, and can be considered as the reincarnation of Amitabha Buddha's main consciousness.

Under such circumstances, the power of the "Buddha's Palm" in different worlds would naturally be vastly different.

In some martial arts worlds, the Tathagata Palm is merely a decent martial arts technique, while in some incredibly powerful worlds, the Tathagata Palm is an unparalleled inheritance that points directly to the source of the Great Dao.

"It can easily absorb a wisp of Amitabha Buddha's will contained within the Bodhi seed, and from this, it can derive the true meaning of Buddhism. The essence of the *Great Brahma Prajna* is far more powerful than I imagined!"

'My previous guess might have been wrong. The world of Jade Dynasty that I transmigrated to is not weak; the secrets hidden within it are probably far more numerous than I imagined!'

'No wonder fragments of the Eastern Emperor Bell appeared in that world!'

'If that's the case, could the Immortal Execution Sword really be the legendary one?'

Thinking of this, Zhong Xu's eye twitched involuntarily.

'The Immortal Slayer. The Old Monk.'

Recalling his experiences in the world of Jade Dynasty, and thinking of the old monk who had patiently taught him, Zhong Xu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

As the golden Buddha appeared in his mind, his mind became more flexible, as if he had regained a part of himself. He thought of many details that he would have ignored before, and he vaguely made some guesses.

The old monk is probably not simple!
After a long while, Zhong Xu temporarily suppressed the thoughts in his heart and focused his mind on the internal cultivation technique.

At this moment, the circulation path of the Great Brahma Prajna within his body became extremely complex, and the Buddhist essence it contained was completely different from before, many times more exquisite and powerful.

More importantly, Zhong Xu vaguely sensed a deeply hidden demonic intent within his current cultivation technique, which was the exact opposite of the original solemn and compassionate Buddhist teachings, and was both mysterious and sinister.

Is Buddha and demon one?

As Zhong Xu slowly circulated the new "Great Brahma Prajna" technique, his essence, energy, and spirit were rapidly enhanced by the new technique, and his physique, true energy, and will all underwent a complete transformation.

(End of this chapter)