Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 773 Because I'm a Good Person
"You demon, prepare to die!"

"You are the demon, die!"

Intense fluctuations rippled outwards from the gap between Yin and Yang.

One is the unlucky demon king who was targeted by extraterrestrial demons. In just a few days, he was beaten so badly that he had nowhere to go, his cultivation level plummeted, and his Taoist practice collapsed.

One is Xu, a good guy, who is an extraterrestrial demon who has set his sights on the unlucky demon lord. In just a few days, he has devised countless conspiracies and tricks and contacted many powerful figures.

The battle has been going on for a day and a night.

Given the magical reserves of both sides, continuing the fight wouldn't be a problem.

The Dharma King formed a mudra with his hands, and the two energies of life and death transformed into thousands of blades that slashed out.

Xu Xuan, disguised as a little golden figure, showed no fear, for his senior brother had already set an example for him in the Avici Hell.

The path of the flesh requires fearlessness; no matter how much you are hacked or slashed, or how much flames engulf you, there is no reason to retreat. Just endure it.

A sickening cutting sound rang out, and after a flash of fire, the handsome hero was still there, except for a slightly disheveled appearance.

"That's it?"

"What a crude way of using it."

"A mere hermit in the mountains and fields will never amount to anything."

"Was it a waste of so many years of life to be born so early?"

"It's really displeasing that they don't know to kneel and kowtow to beg for forgiveness when they meet a high-ranking monk of the Pure Land School."

"I grant you refuge in me, and I grant you rebirth in the Pure Land!"

In the midst of battle, Ruoxu wouldn't utter such nonsense, nor would Bai Niangniang say such useless words.

Xu Xuan... talked on and on, his verbal attacks were incredibly powerful, making the enemy scream in anger.

This is a top-tier tactic for disrupting the mind. If used in conjunction with the White Lotus Descent Scripture, it can even create an aura that diminishes intelligence.

"Xu Xuan! Do you really want to kill us all?!" The Dharma King was indeed furious, roaring as he unleashed a mystical light of life and death.

The little golden man still smiled calmly, but his figure flickered like a ghost. He wasn't stupid; he knew what he could and couldn't catch.

While dodging the attack, the chains of karmic fire in his hands tightened suddenly, forcefully pulling the Dharma King back as he was about to escape.

“Your Majesty, you are mistaken.” The Holy Father spoke gently, but his actions were ruthless. “I am not trying to kill you all. I just want you to… make the most of your resources.”

What a perfect use of resources! The wording is truly accurate.

The crimson chains of karmic fire meandered and moved through the void, stretching and shifting like a living thing. No matter how the Yin-Yang Dharma King struggled, it was all in vain.

When he transforms into a handsome young man, chains are wrapped around his neck; when he becomes a frail old man, chains bind his limbs; when he splits into countless vengeful spirits, a karmic fire ignites on each of them.

Even when he revealed the true form of the hundred-mile-long city, the chains swelled in the wind, binding the entire city like a crimson dragon.

"It's no use." Xu Xuan stood in the void, lightly tapping his fingertip. "Greed, anger, ignorance, pride, doubt, impurity, wrong views, and delusion—how can you break free from these eight afflictions that bind you?"

These eight karmic fires are the supreme supernatural powers of Buddhism:
Greed scorches its internal organs, causing its treasure trove to burn itself; anger burns its reason, causing it to lose its mind in a fit of rage; infatuation confuses its mind, trapping it in the cycle of obsession; slowness erodes its foundation, causing its thousand years of cultivation to crumble; doubt confuses its judgment, making both advancing and retreating a dead end.

The fire of impurity defiles the body of Dharma, turning the golden body into rotten earth; the fire of evil views erodes the mind of the Way, turning the true Dharma into heresy; the fire of ignorance obscures the eye of wisdom, making the road ahead a path of delusion.

The inexperienced Xu Bailian was almost killed by this divine punishment. If she hadn't made a great vow to gain divine karma, she might have died prematurely.

However, there is no perfect solution in this world, and this lock also has three ways to be broken:

The first is like emptiness, with the supreme state of "the heart outside the door," no matter how tight the net, I remain aloof. Before the chains reach me, I am already outside of cause and effect—this is "not reaching." The second is like Bai Suzhen, wielding the power of the Big Dipper and the might of the Milky Way. With overwhelming heavenly might, I break through head-on, no matter how entangled you are by the eight karmas, I subdue you with my own strength—this is "breaking through."

Thirdly, one must be a person of great enlightenment, with a heart like crystal, clear inside and out. Untainted by greed and anger, devoid of ignorance and pride, one feels as if bathed in a spring breeze when faced with karmic fire—this is true "unbound."

Unfortunately, the Yin-Yang Dharma King was none of the three. Looking at the increasingly tight chains, he suddenly laughed bitterly: "What a Buddhist supernatural power!"

Xu Xuan clasped his hands together and chuckled softly: "Excellent, the Dharma King has finally attained enlightenment—"

The Yin-Yang Dharma King stood amidst the chaotic void, his face contorted with a grotesque expression as he was entangled by chains of karmic fire.

He was certainly not some enlightened master; his heart was full of greed, anger, ignorance, and pride—especially in the past few days when he had suffered a series of calamities, being chased by Ruoxu, severely injured by Bai Suzhen, and schemed against by Xu Xuan. His resentment and malice had long since turned into a monstrous evil karma, which probably could not be washed away even by pouring out the waters of the Three Rivers and Five Lakes.

Since there's no escaping it...

"It seems one of us has to die."

The voice suddenly calmed down, and the hysterical rage dissipated.

Standing firmly in the turbulent flow between Yin and Yang, even the restless life and death energies around him become solidified—this is the final realization of a person who has reached a dead end.

But in the face of life and death, he stared intently at Xu Xuan and asked the question that lingered in his mind:

"why?"

"You plotted in the underworld, laid ambushes in the mortal world, and even faked your own death to set a trap..." The Dharma King's voice trembled with suppressed emotion, "What deep-seated hatred do I, the Yin-Yang Dharma King, have for you? Is it the hatred of killing my father? Or the hatred of stealing my wife?"

Xu Xuan: "..."

He looked at the Yin-Yang Dharma King with a strange gaze, and after a long while, he burst out laughing.

Your sincere question makes me a little embarrassed—it makes it seem like I'm the villain.

To be honest, I'm only somewhat interested in Yin-Yang Dharma Realm, but it's not something I absolutely need.

More importantly, his ability to travel between the realms of the living and the dead, along with his relentless drive to the brink of death, really makes us uneasy.

Last time you actually managed to touch Guo Bei, your ability and luck are truly unmatched.

Who knows what you might do next time?

Of course, the most crucial point is... what reason do good people need to beat bad people?

You didn't give a reason when you created all sorts of tragedies in the human world and plundered souls. You didn't give a reason when You Feng was struck by lightning and died on the stage. You didn't give a reason when you took Wang Shunsheng's body. You didn't give a reason when you collected Zhu Yingtai's soul and sold it.

Why are you asking me for reasons now?
"But since you've asked so sincerely... I'll mercifully tell you—because I'm a good person!"

"You're a bad person, and bad people deserve to die. That's the reason."

"Is that enough?!"

Upon hearing this answer, the Yin-Yang Dharma King froze in mid-air.

You could at least say that good and evil are irreconcilable...

His facial muscles began to twitch uncontrollably, first at the corners of his mouth, then at the corners of his eyes, and finally his entire face contorted into an absurd expression.

The shock, absurdity, and anger mixed together even caused the yin and yang energies around his body to become disordered.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

(End of this chapter)