Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 627 You Don't Understand Demons or Buddhas
The most terrifying thing was that Xu Xuan felt his primordial spirit begin to split automatically, as if eight fragments of his soul were being torn out for the demonic infant to devour. This was precisely the most terrifying aspect of the Nine-Child Mother Demon—forcibly devouring the primordial spirit!
At the critical moment, I decisively switched accounts.

Hands form the lotus mudra.

The sky over the East China Sea suddenly darkened.

Black specks emerged from the void and were carried by the wind to the surface of the sea.

Every grain of sand contains the true meaning of the demonic path: ignorance, confusion of right and wrong, inability to distinguish between good and evil, distorted thinking, and the arising of all kinds of evil deeds.

What is the devil?

Evil spirits that disturb the mind and body, destroy good deeds, and obstruct liberation.

The Heavenly Demon, the Five Aggregates Demon, the Afflictions Demon, the Death Demon, and so on are all examples.

Xu Xuan's demonic path follows the path of the Heavenly Demon, influenced not only by Buddhism but also by the flash of inspiration within Guo Bei's Heavenly Punishment that split the Pure Land in two, as well as his own unique origin from beyond the realm.

If you make slow progress when you first start practicing Pure Land Buddhism, it's because you haven't found your own path yet.

His talent in the demonic path was almost unparalleled, as any path becomes increasingly difficult as you ascend.

The enemy is escalating, and we cannot afford to stop either.

Those who practice the path of detachment from desire must sever the delusions of the desire realm, that is, completely get rid of their attachment to the five desires such as form, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The path of the demons, on the other hand, goes against this, deepening their attachment and sinking into it.

He, however, took a different approach, using mental techniques to encompass everything.

Having gained experience from the unified chaos of the Golden Mountain and Black Mountain within the Two Elements Micro Dust Array, a new evolution has begun.

As the form and appearance manifested, the physical body gradually became ethereal, and the true essence of Buddha and demon burst forth from every pore of the body, condensing into a substantial Dharma form.

The crown is formed from three thousand flames of karma, each petal of which reflects a different calamity. In the left half of the blazing flames, the Buddha sacrifices himself to feed a tiger; in the right half of the black flames, a demon devours the golden body.
The plain white robes moved without wind, and the lotus patterns on them seemed to flow between reality and illusion: when illuminated by Buddha's light, they appeared as the Eight Auspicious Symbols; when tainted by demonic energy, they transformed into a scene of a hundred demons roaming at night.
Thirty-six pale-colored lotus flowers bloom beneath my feet, embracing everything.

At the center of the golden halo behind his head, the pale white ring slowly rotated: when rotating clockwise, it showered down sweet rain to save the world; when rotating counterclockwise, it burst forth with pure white light to cleanse the world.

Through the crystal-gold body, one can see the Bodhi roots forming a Brahma net, with chaotic demonic blood surging like a river, and the principles of war floating in the blood waves.

The four colors of air—black, gold, red, and white—intertwine to form a verse:

"Buddha and Mara are born of the same origin, why distinguish between the pure and the impure in the Pure Land?"

"Holding a lotus in the left hand and a sword in the right, one can then see the true nature of the Tathagata."

The transformation was completed in an instant. The eight ghostly infant demonic shadows, with their fangs bared and mouths wide open, were about to tear at the primordial spirit when they suddenly froze!

They discovered that they simply couldn't find a way to eat it!
The Buddha-nature is like diamond and crystal; biting into it shatters the demon's teeth. The demon-nature is like a chaotic vortex; it tries to devour their spell power. Deeper still, there is a wisp of the scholar's obsession, so pure that it cannot be contaminated, and there seems to be a sign of reverse contamination.

The Father clasped his hands together, and an illusory image appeared on his body as if 84,000 pores were simultaneously chanting scriptures.

"Since you love to eat so much," he slowly spread his arms, "then you can eat your fill."

In ancient times, Buddha cut off his own flesh to feed an eagle; now, Xu Xuan cut off his own flesh to feed an infant.

Suddenly, Liuli's right arm disintegrated, transforming into countless golden specks of light. Within each speck of light emerged a miniature demonic Buddha, which actively threw itself into the demonic infant's mouth.

The eight demonic infants suddenly changed color and began to writhe in agony. Their abdomens grew increasingly bright, and finally:
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Eight explosions rang out in succession, and a pale-colored lotus flower bloomed within each demonic infant. Where the lotus flowers bloomed, the demonic energy vanished completely.

"Woo"

The ghost infants, resurrected from the void, whimpered in grievance and returned to their ghost mother to express their sorrow.

Upon seeing this, Kumbhanda was first taken aback, then suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, a laughter that carried a chilling coldness:
"Hahaha! I should have known! You really are another monster raised by the Pure Land Sect!"

"Bai Lian, Ruo Xu, how many freaks have been suppressed and killed in the past five hundred years?"

"It truly is a legitimate lineage!"

The withered, ghostly claw pointed at Xu Xuan, its demonic voice shrill:
"What's with the feigned compassion at the foot of Qinxi Mountain? What's with the 'benevolent divine sword' being unleashed in front of the subterranean fire?"

"He won't reveal his true, crazed nature until he's chased all the way to the East China Sea?!"

The laughter abruptly stopped, and a fierce fire blazed in his eyes:

"The most ridiculous thing is—a monster like you would actually chase me for thousands of miles for a complete stranger, a sword immortal from the East Sea?"

"You're neither a demon nor an enlightened being, what are you?!"

Despite his sarcastic remarks, Kumbhanda was already on high alert. Those who embody both Buddha and demon are, throughout history, madmen!

Seven fissures quietly appeared on her hunched demonic body, each gushing forth viscous black blood—her most treasured blood curse, which required burning a thousand years of spiritual foundation to cast.

The ultimate move, used only in the battle that destroyed Mount Shu, theoretically requires a hundred years of recuperation.

But she had no choice but to use it today, because she knew that this battle would be a fight to the death between the two of them.

With a shriek, it bit its tongue and spat out its essence blood. The remaining eight demonic infants immediately formed a demonic array, which actually caused a celestial anomaly—blood-red lightning descended from the dark clouds, only to be swallowed whole by the demonic infants!
"Nine Ghosts Devouring Living Souls" summoned its own heavenly calamity.

The hunched body crumbled inch by inch in the crimson lightning, only to be reassembled again in the lightning.

Each strand of white hair was entwined with tiny bolts of lightning, and the tips dripped with lightning paste that corroded the void.

The originally filthy demonic energy was forcibly cleaved by the heavenly lightning, removing its impurities and instead condensing into something as refined as mercury.

The spine is transformed into a thunderous pivot, with each of the twenty-four vertebrae translucent, compressing within seventy-two layers of thunderstorm worlds.

The ghostly flames of the Nine Netherworlds merged with the crimson lightning, transforming into the Demon-Slaying Blood Lightning.

This thunderbolt actually possessed the Buddhist characteristic of exorcising evil spirits, yet it also perfectly fused with the corrupting power of the demonic path!

"Youngster, let's see if this old woman's demonic lightning has any trace of orthodox Buddhist aura, hahahahaha!"

Xu Xuan grabbed a bolt of crimson lightning from the void, tasted it, and nodded, agreeing that its purity was good.

This method is the true method of transcending tribulation, using external force to prematurely trigger the calamity. It devours the lightning to empower the demonic body and converts it into the primordial spirit of the Ghost Mother. Indeed, it contains some new elements, transcending the scope of the three demonic scriptures.

With his study of Buddhist teachings and his act of drawing lightning upon himself, Kumbhanda showed signs of breaking free from the demonic path. His abilities and determination were quite remarkable.

The demonic path was previously rejected by the mainstream, making it the easiest path to invite calamity.

Human tribulations, natural disasters, obstacles to spiritual practice, and so on.

Therefore, in order to go further, every master at the peak will study various methods to avoid calamities.

When Changmei sealed the Blood Demon into the Little Starry Sea, he said that by using the power of wind and thunder to refine the demon, he could avoid calamity and obtain the opportunity to ascend after 365 years.

The Xuanpin Pearl in the green robe is a marvel of creation, a spiritual treasure brimming with life force, making it most suitable for overcoming tribulations.

Xu Xuan was not much amazed when he saw the Eight-Child Ghost Mother's primordial spirit wrapped in blood lightning; he only felt a little regret.

Being born into the demonic path, he doesn't understand the true meaning of demons as well as the Buddhist path.

They made a big mistake: trying to avert disaster by relying on external forces only made the disaster worse.

The most powerful aspect of the Demon Mother Goddess lies not in her preying on five hundred children, but in her understanding of cause and effect and retribution.

A more twisted approach could be to develop in the direction of "love," since when the Buddha enlightened her, he used the method of "hiding the child" to awaken her maternal instincts and prompt her to repent.

Core ideas such as "compassion" and "lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot" can also be developed.

Instead of using the method of dividing children to receive the thunder, which is like Kumbhanda, it doesn't grasp the essence at all and instead falls into the chaos and madness of the backlash of Buddhist intentions.

Xu the Great Demon felt that the other party was too crude, but that was just someone without demonic talent.

The differences between people are truly vast, so we shouldn't look down on them.

At this moment, Kumbhanda was unaware that he had fallen to the level of having no talent; instead, he was blinded by the pleasure of being filled with power.

"Hahaha! Back then, the twelve Yang Demon Gods of the Elder Shibi all became my son's meal. Today, I will surely make your soul be scattered!"

"Also, do you know where the last of the nine sons went?"

The art of winning hearts and minds is second nature to demons; they have no sense of shame whatsoever, and even use it as a weapon to attack righteous cultivators.

Xu Xuan simply smiled in response.

Forget about other things; winning hearts and minds is just child's play, a mere amateurish attempt.

Where else could it stay? Of course, it would be at the foot of Qinxi Mountain. The Dharma has a primordial spirit, which is the realm of immortals and gods. Great supernatural powers like those of Wuzhi Mountain are not something that ordinary people can touch.

Therefore, the Heaven-Covering Demon Claw was formed from a fragment of one of the son's souls, so it was naturally as easy to use as a finger or an arm, and its power was extraordinary.

But that's not my concern. My three disciples will show the Japanese what true righteousness is all about.

Having given you so much of the storyline and thoroughly investigated the Naked Cult's demonic arts, it's time to kill you.

The battle wasn't turn-based. After seeing the opponent's trump card, Xu Xuan prepared to end the battle. He couldn't just wait for the opponent to transform and then calmly unleash his ultimate move.

As for why Kumbhanda's realm dropped to the same level as his, we'll discuss that after the battle.

Xu Xuan flicked his sleeves, and four sword lights ripped through the sky like thunder!
The Ganjiang sword was driven into the eastern azure sky, and the sword body ignited with the blazing demonic flames, burning spiderweb-like cracks into the void.

The Moye Sword pierced through the western sea of ​​clouds, its frost-like sword energy freezing the waves for three thousand miles, even time seemed to stand still.

The Fish Intestine Sword pierced through the northern Xuan Tian, ​​and the fierce energy emanating from its blade transformed into the gaping maw of a gluttonous beast, devouring all the calamities that came its way.

The Victorious Evil Sword hovered in the south, the most evil sword in the world was absorbing the overflowing negative emotions, and the broken edge began to slowly grow.

The four swords resonated, their sword energy intertwining to form a cage that completely isolated the entire East China Sea battlefield from the real world!

At the same time, this is also the most vicious cage in the world, where evil, murderous, malevolent, demonic, obsessive, regicide, dragon-slaying, and other terrifying auras converge.

Just now, after her outburst, feeling confident of victory, Jiupanpo became uneasy. Looking at the area around her, which was now brutally sealed off, she realized the situation was quite large.

This junior. This junior. Never mind.

Blood-red claws began to wave in the air, uttering ancient language.

The method of devouring souls, which was developed from ancient demonic practices, Western Buddhist sects, and witchcraft, is intolerable to heaven and earth. But today, it is just right.

After Xu Xuan had done all this, he finally raised his fist.

When one is weak, one should rely on military strategy, illusion, and psychological warfare to achieve victory by borrowing external forces.

It could be a magical weapon, external aid, a large force attacking a small one, or a surprise attack to disrupt the enemy's mind.

Once he became powerful, the Father's courage was enough to support such a high-risk activity as a solo kill.

I feel that I have already acquired some of the demeanor of my senior brother Ruoxu, and I have returned to the orthodox Pure Land tradition.

"Monster, take this!"

There wasn't as much pre-cast movement as in the Qinxi Mountain area, because the internal power had already been prepared.

The White Lotus Heart Sutra governs all the myriad paths of the heavens, evolving into a fist intent that even immortals and gods could not conceive of.

With his right arm pulled back, before his fist could strike, a deity standing on a white lotus appeared behind him.

Practice boxing with your heart.

The first punch: Shakyamuni throws an elephant!

Before the fist even arrived, the immense fist intent had already condensed into the phantom of an ancient dragon-elephant, its long trunk soaring into the sky and its feet treading on mountains and rivers.

(End of this chapter)