There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 260 Buddha Awakens!

Yun Wuchen retreated a hundred feet before regaining his footing, his expression grave.

Ahead, the giant Buddha's palm slowly dissipated, but the path ahead was blocked, and an invisible pressure permeated the air, making it impossible for him to move an inch.

"Senior Buddha..."

Seeing the Buddha's fruit right in front of him, but seemingly being intercepted midway, Yun Wuchen was naturally unwilling.

"Do not hesitate!" The aged voice from within the ring carried an urgent tone. "This is the struggle for the Silent Life Buddha Fruit. One step behind means every step behind! All your previous fortuitous encounters and accumulated fortune were due to my guidance. The threads of cause and effect are all tied to this fruit! If you lose this item, all your previous efforts will be in vain. Under the backlash of fortune, your path to enlightenment will be like a castle in the air, collapsing in an instant! At that time, let alone the Dharma Form, even the Nascent Soul stage will become a distant dream!"

Upon hearing this, a resolute look appeared in Yun Wuchen's eyes.

He was also a proud, ambitious, and diligent person; how could he possibly give up the opportunity to own a mobile phone?
"In that case, I humbly request your guidance, senior!"

"Good!" The voice from the ring was full of appreciation. "In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures must be taken! I will teach you the Blood Burning Barrier-Breaking Escape Technique. Using 30% of your essence and blood as a foundation, you will burn your life force and, with the aid of the Buddha's Heart Connection, temporarily ignore some of the rules of this place and forcibly open a passage! This is like drinking poison to quench thirst, and you will definitely suffer great damage afterward, but... with such an opportunity before you, there is no room for retreat!"

Yun Wuchen's expression was resolute, without the slightest wavering: "Please, senior, impart the Dharma!"

The next moment, Buddha's light filled his pupils.

A few breaths later, Yun Wuchen formed a hand seal, and his blood and qi instantly boiled!

"Whoohoo-"

He was breathing heavily, and the blood vessels under his skin bulged out like dragons, his face flushed red like blood.

"Buddha is before me!"

Suddenly, he opened his mouth and spat out a stream of crimson blood. As the blood stream left his body, it spontaneously combusted in the air, transforming into a twisted, blood-red rainbow bridge. Ignoring the broken stone path and the remaining Buddhist power in front of him, it forcefully pierced through the gray mist and extended into the unknown depths!

"Go!" Yun Wuchen was weak at the moment, but he forced himself to cheer up, stepped onto the blood bridge, and with a swift movement, his figure disappeared from the spot.

the other side.

Chen Qing traveled swiftly, his body crackling with lightning and blood shadows, shattering and devouring all the inner demons, distracting thoughts, and illusory supernatural powers that arose along the way, without stopping for even a moment.

After traveling for a few breaths, a golden secret realm suddenly appeared ahead, with chanting filling the air!

He stared intently and saw many golden Buddha phantoms sitting cross-legged, heads bowed, chanting mantras. The rays of Buddha light were like chains, interwoven into a net!
As if sensing Chen Qing's arrival, a powerful will immediately gathered, and the Buddhas immediately raised their heads and spoke. Their words overlapped, like the sound of a great bell, striking straight to the mind!

What is enlightenment? What is affliction?

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately!"

"The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, but turning back is the shore!"

……

Along with the sound came many extraordinary phenomena of Buddha's light, with golden flowers scattering everywhere, as if a Buddha's kingdom had been transformed!

In an instant, a torrent of strange phenomena and overwhelming pressure from will swept in, seemingly trying to suppress and convert him.

Chen Qing didn't stop, his brow furrowing: "At this point, why set up this trial formation? I'm here to collect something, not to inherit his mantle. All this back and forth is so cumbersome! It's so inconvenient!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he formed a hand seal, causing the void behind him to tremble!

The vast and ancient landscape of the stele forest unfolds before your eyes!

Thousands of stone tablets floated and sank, while the blank ink tablet in the center exuded an awe-inspiring imperial might that ruled over all directions, giving a powerful shock to the golden Buddhist kingdom in front of it!
"Boom!"

As the forest of steles pressed down, the golden Buddhist light crumbled inch by inch, the illusory image of the Buddha wailed and dissipated, and that magnificent will was crushed by the imperial aura!
Suddenly, the scenery in front of them rippled violently like a reflection in a mirror or the moon in the water, and then vanished in an instant, revealing a grotto!
Chen Qing slightly reduced his focus on the scenery outside the cave and concentrated on looking at it. He saw a line of verses carved at the cave entrance—

"The Buddha is not far away on Mount Ling, for Mount Ling resides only in your heart."

His gaze swept across the area, and the Tathagata talisman in his Purple Palace began to swirl slightly, allowing him to instantly see through the illusion and understand its true meaning.

Shaking his head, Chen Qing neither bowed nor kowtowed, and stepped straight in.

Inside the grotto, the scenery changes constantly, sometimes with flowers falling from the sky, sometimes with hellish scenes, and there are alluring witches and enchanting celestial maidens trying to bewitch one's heart.

But Chen Qingxin was as firm as iron. Despite the protection of the various prefectures and the deepening of the external scenery, he paid no attention and walked steadily all the way to the deepest part of the cave.

There, an ancient Buddha, withered and lifeless, sat slumped on the ground, his monk's robes tattered and covered with a thick layer of dust, as if he had been extinct for a thousand years.

Chen Qing stopped and scanned the withered body with his divine sense. As soon as he touched it, he felt a sharp pain!
Although this body does not exude any aura, there is an indescribable terrifying aura that is contained within it. The moment one's divine sense touches it, one feels an urge to push open the door and release that terrifying aura!
"Who is this withered Buddha? The demonic Buddha has entered the dream world and turned into a bubble. It should have no physical form, leaving only the Dao Fruit. That Dao Fruit should be even more unpredictable..."

Recalling the words of the celestial being in blue robes in his dream, Chen Qing frowned. Recalling all the things he had seen and heard along the way, a guess gradually began to grow in his heart.

However, in that instant, he also sensed the unbreakable causal connection between himself and the withered Buddha through the moment of contact with his divine sense.

"This withered body, could it be that of the Demon Buddha...?"

As he pondered, he noticed a slight change in the withered Buddha, and a thought arose in his mind, causing a tremor in his heart as he realized the danger.

However, a sense of something mysterious immediately welled up from the depths of his heart.

"There are inherent risks, but if I don't take advantage of what Heaven has given me, I will suffer the consequences! I was able to come here this time because of my karmic entanglement with the Demon Buddha. But in fact, there is already a person with profound fortune here who is also faintly connected to the Demon Buddha's Dao. If I don't take it now, I will lose my chance and become a stepping stone for others to achieve their goals!"

In a flash, Chen Qing realized that given his entanglement with the Demon Buddha, if he lost the initiative and allowed someone else to obtain the Dao Fruit, he might become passive step by step from then on!
"Get it first. Even if there are problems, just enter the dream and ask that incarnation of the evil corpse of Taiyuan for answers!"

Upon realizing this, he did not immediately act. Instead, he closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, considering the various methods he possessed, before finally raising his hand to grab the withered Buddha! "Stop!"

A hurried shout came from behind, and Yun Wuchen, pale-faced, finally arrived.

"If I were you, I would never touch this!" he shouted, forcing himself to speak. "This is the manifestation of the Buddha of Tranquility, which cannot be borne by anyone but those with great karma, great merit, and great perseverance! If you are not destined to be with the Buddha, and you forcibly take it, you will surely suffer the backlash of the Buddha's power, your body will be consumed by karmic fire, and your true spirit will be forever condemned..."

Chen Qing didn't bother to listen to the end. His hands moved without stopping. His five fingers, like hooks, gripped the withered Buddha's head and exerted force!

"Crack!"

The withered Buddha statue shattered instantly, turning into ashes that filled the sky!
Amidst the ashes, a radiance beyond words leaped forth!

The radiance seemed to contain endless Buddhist principles and Zen wisdom, and also seemed to be wrapped in overwhelming karma and annihilation. As soon as it appeared, it caused the laws of the entire cave to tremble and all paths to groan in sorrow!
There is no need to verify its authenticity. The radiance itself contains a certain rhythm that allows people to feel and understand the past and future.

This is...

The Fruit of the Demon Buddha's Path!

"This is the Dao Fruit... but it doesn't seem to have much of an aura! Hmm?"

However, when Chen Qing looked closely, his heart sank!
This radiant and dazzling Dao Fruit was now only half left!
The edges are jagged, as if someone had gnawed a piece off!
"There's definitely something wrong! The Demon Buddha's Dao Fruit is incomplete, and there are many strange things about this place. This is clearly..."

His premonition came true.

"Now! Take it!"

In Yun Wuchen's mind, the ring's urging voice rang out sharply.

Greed and determination intertwined in Yun Wuchen's eyes. He let out a low roar and, disregarding the damage to his foundation, forcefully activated his remaining magic power. A blinding radiance burst forth from his body, transforming into a golden hand that grabbed at the half-fruit of Dao!
"As expected! This person's appearance here also has a reason! It's very likely that he's a backup plan arranged by the Demon Buddha for his own resurrection!"

Chen Qing did not move, but with a thought, the landscape outside the Stele Forest reappeared. The imperial might, mixed with thunder and blood light, descended upon this place with a bang, arriving first despite being late!
This strike not only shattered Yun Wuchen's golden hand, but its momentum continued, pressing him firmly to the ground, rendering him unable to move!

"Do not--"

Yun Wuchen's eyes widened in fury, realizing that his chance to become a Nascent Soul cultivator was about to be severed!
"It's alright! He can't absorb the Dao Fruit immediately! That's the nascent form of a world! It's not something a Golden Core cultivator can touch!" The aged voice in the ring remained calm despite the shock. "I will pass on to you a secret incantation for stealing techniques, which can resonate with the true essence of Buddhism from afar. The Dao Fruit contains only true essence; you can use this to forcibly activate its power and severely injure this person..."

However, before it could finish speaking, a sudden change occurred!
The half-floating Dao Fruit seemed to sense the same aura on Chen Qing's body, and suddenly shone brightly. Then it leaped up like a swallow returning to its nest, and directly entered Chen Qing's Niwan Palace between his eyebrows!

"Um!?"

This surprised even Chen Qing, but the next moment his limbs stiffened!
After the fruit entered his body, it instantly merged with the illusory Buddha image that had been lurking within his Purple Mansion!
"Om-"

Within the Buddha's shadow, infinite light is faintly contained!
ancient!
confusion!

A terrifying will filled with annihilation and madness, like a ferocious beast that has been sleeping for countless ages, transformed into chaotic Buddhist light, bursting out from the Buddha's shadow and spreading and eroding wildly towards Chen Qing's soul and consciousness!

Chen Qing's expression changed drastically, and he instantly understood!

"As expected! That demonic Buddha... had already awakened! He had been waiting for the opportunity to revive! He wanted to borrow my body, the one who initiated this calamity, to be reborn!"

Although he was surprised, he did not panic. He turned his gaze and looked at Yun Wuchen.

"This person's arrival at this time must be a seed of revival prepared by the Demon Buddha for himself! In a desperate situation, he might be able to use this person to change his fate! But if that happens, the Demon Buddha might revive immediately! Moreover, there is also half a Dao Fruit, which may also be part of his plan! However, the plans of such a being are beyond my ability to contend with! The most urgent task is to stabilize this half Dao Fruit!"

He had a contingency plan before he took action!
The next moment, he formed a hand seal and uttered a low shout: "Suppress!"

Boom!

Inside the Purple Palace, the scene changed drastically.

Thousands of illusory stone tablets descended with a roar, and the central blank ink tablet shone brightly. The imperial might was as vast as a prison and as deep as the sea, pressing down fiercely on the Buddha's shadow!

"Om-"

The Buddha's shadow trembled violently, the chaotic Buddha's light paused for a moment, and the rampant spread of erosion was forcibly stopped!
"Spirit, come!"

With another thought, Chen Qing opened the spiritual gate in his abdomen. The massive amount of Yi Wood essence that had not yet been fully refined, along with the pure spiritual energy surging from within the gate, flowed into the Purple Mansion Stele Forest like the Yangtze River.

With the support of fresh troops, the Stele Forest shone even brighter, and its suppressive power increased by three points, pressing down on the Buddha's shadow until it creaked and golden light splashed everywhere.

However, after obtaining half of the Demon Buddha Dao Fruit, the Buddha Shadow attained an extremely high status. After a moment of silence, he let out a silent roar, and his face even became more solid, revealing a strange sense of compassion.

"Namo... Silent Life... Great Freedom..."

A powerful Buddhist chant reverberated out, forcefully impacting the Stele Forest formation.

"Crack!"

One of the stone tablet phantoms could not withstand the pressure and crumbled first!

Then, the second one, the third one...

The entire exterior of the Stele Forest began to shake violently, and the light of the wordless ink steles flickered.

The Buddha's shadow, bearing the emperor's might, slowly and deliberately overturned the forest of steles that suppressed it!
A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of Chen Qing's mouth, but there was no panic in his eyes. He changed the hand seals!
"Slay the evil and transform it into a beautiful scene, refine it for me!"

(End of this chapter)