Bitter Realm: My Feet Step Through the Flames of War

The woman refused to give up and rushed into the sandstorm with the baby in her arms, but was blown away by the storm, and the baby boy in her arms flew into the wall.

In the blink of an eye, the woman's legs were crushed by the curse, and she was on the verge of death.

She looked up at the Buddha in the sky and asked fiercely, "Why do you harm us like this?"

"I have committed my sins and I bear the consequences; this wall is called the Confession Wall."

The Buddha vanished in an instant, leaving only the woman weeping bitterly…

Nineteen let go of his hand.

"Pfft~"

Emperor Tathagata coughed up a mouthful of crimson blood, clutching his chest and staggering back: "How could this be? How could this be?"

"This is the origin of the Wall of Repentance, this is your Supreme Buddha, this is the method to seal the Heavenly Wrath. Are you satisfied?"

Every word and phrase of the nineteen sentences was an interrogation.

Emperor Tathagata trembled violently, as if he had returned to the moment when he raised the cleansing rhinoceros horn and frantically slaughtered the city of sin.

If even the Buddha who guides himself to enlightenment is like this, then what exactly is a Buddha? What is evil?

Who committed the crime?

Who creates karma?

Who wields the butcher's knife?

Who needs to repent?

"Ahhh!"

With his mind and soul lost, Emperor Tathagata suddenly revealed his demonic form. The golden relic gradually turned black, and a mixture of demonic and Buddhist energy shook the heavens and scattered and bombarded in all directions.

Not good.

Luo Hou acted decisively, striking down with his palm and pressing on Emperor Tathagata's vital points: "Buddha, calm down!"

This blow caused Xiaoyaoju to teeter on the brink of collapse, with all sorts of furniture shattering into pieces.

Duan Junheng gave Nineteen a reproachful look and said, "The truth about the Wall of Repentance has not yet been fully revealed. Master, please do not get agitated."

With his true essence locked away, Emperor Tathagata vomited another mouthful of crimson blood, and the turmoil in his heart gradually subsided.

"Thank you, Lord Wu. I will go to the Wall of Sin to thoroughly investigate this matter."

"Buddha, I will travel with you for a while."

"I can't ask for it."

Luo Hou accompanied Emperor Rulai out of Xiaoyao Residence and onto the Great Wall of Despair, with Wujie Zunhuang following far behind.

The mountain wind howled, carrying the foul stench from the Nili Forest Prison, making the whole world seem unbearable.

We drove slowly all the way.

I was lost in thought the whole way.

After a long time, the relic on Emperor Tathagata's head returned to its golden color, and Rahu released the pressure points on him.

"Buddha, if the Wall of Sin is truly created by the Buddha of Heaven through taking lives, what will you do?"

"The Tathagata is willing to bear this karma and receive this retribution for the sake of the Buddha."

"I'm afraid that other people's business will be taken over by others, and I may be willing but unable to do so."

"I will do my best."

"Then we shall part ways here. I shall go to investigate the Nili Forest Prison."

"Take care, Lord Wu."

"If there is any business, you may come to Tiandu. I will return soon."

"Okay, please."

"please."

The two parted ways on the Wall of Despair, one heading south to seek the truth about the Wall of Sin, the other heading north to investigate the origin of evil spirits.

Seeing that Emperor Tathagata had walked away, the Boundless Venerable Emperor hurriedly caught up and asked, "What did the Buddha see in the consciousness of Black Nineteen?"

"In the past, the Buddha of Heaven promised King Zhou to let the Red Tide enter the Bitter Realm in order to seal the Heavenly Ferocity. However, after the Red Tide entered the Bitter Realm, the Buddha of Heaven realized its terror. In order to stop the Red Tide from wreaking havoc on the Bitter Realm, the Buddha of Heaven tore apart living people and used their resentment to create a city wall."

"When the Demon World Pagoda crashed into the gates of the Kingdom of the Dead, my brother also used a spatial teleportation technique to sacrifice millions of lives in the Kingdom of the Dead."

"I once heard a story about a train traveling at high speed, with two tracks ahead..."

What is a train? What is a track?

"...Don't interrupt while listening to the story."

"Ah."

"One person is lying on one track, and ten people are lying on another track. Which track would you choose?"

The Emperor understood the question and answered without hesitation, "Of course, we should choose one person's path."

"Wrong. When this power is handed to you, allowing you to decide which track to choose, you are already a sinner. But we should understand that the real culprit is the one who binds people to the track."

"Therefore, the tragedy of the Kingdom of Death was not the elder brother's fault, but the result of the Buddha's dual body."

"You really know how to draw inferences from one instance to another. However, the reason why the Demon World Pagoda crashed into the Kingdom of Death was all due to the scheme of the God of Death."

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Chapter 176 Breaking Through the Forest Prison, A Shocking Glimpse of the Black Moon

The Wall of Despair is located in the northern part of the Bardo, but it runs east to west.

Xiaoyao Residence is located at the beginning of this long wall. Luo Hou did not rush to climb over the wall, but instead led Wujie Zunhuang from the beginning to the end.

The long wall disappears at a towering peak.

Luo Hou stood up, intending to climb to the summit, but found that the summit was protected by a thick barrier.

"Ok?"

He tried to unleash a powerful palm strike, but it was all absorbed by the barrier as if he had been thrown into the sea.

Luo Hou landed on the Great Wall, frowning in deep thought.

"Wu Jun, how is it?"

"An exceptionally powerful barrier sealed off the intermediate realm, turning this area into an independent region."

"Beyond the barrier lies a realm of suffering."

"The only connection between the intermediate state and the realm of suffering is a matter of a single thought; the rest is the Milky Way and the Heavenly Waterfall, not this place."

“I know that below the realm of suffering is the realm of annihilation, and above it are the realms of accumulation and the realm of the path. The intermediate state is below the realm of suffering. Could it be that this place is connected to the realm of annihilation?”

Luo Hou had been to the Realm of Annihilation in order to obtain the Mysterious Female. He had explored almost the entire Realm of Annihilation. The landscape there was very different from that of the Intermediate Yin Realm, so it was impossible to determine whether it was the Realm of Annihilation or not.

However, the Emperor was right; both of these realms are below the Bitter Realm.

With no way forward to explore, the two leaped off the Great Wall of Despair and landed in the hellish hell of Nili.

This is a dark, damp, and miasma-filled jungle, somewhat similar to the Fire House Buddhist Prison. The difference is that the Fire House Buddhist Prison only contains demonic beasts, while here there are also ghosts, monsters, and insects.

Although it was afternoon, the dense forest blocked out all the sunlight, leaving only a hazy, miasma-like atmosphere.

Suddenly, several black vines descended from the forest and bound Rahu and the Boundless Emperor.

"Get out!"

With a cold shout, Luo Hou casually struck out with his palm, the earth-shaking palm force sweeping towards the forest in front of him like a tidal wave.

Boom boom boom.

With several loud bangs, not only were the black vines severed inch by inch, but the trees within the reach of the palm strike were also destroyed, turning into fragments scattered all over the ground.

"Ho ho ho~"

As the trees within a ten-mile radius disappeared, several pale, ghostly figures were revealed.

The clothes of these ghosts had long since rotted, and their skin was fibrotic, indicating how long ago it had been.

The ghost let out a shriek and brandished its claws as it charged toward Rahu and the Emperor.

The two of them simultaneously raised their palms, swatting away several ghosts, and continued forward.

Pushing as they went, they quickly ventured a hundred miles into the jungle. Looking back, they found that the two had carved out a wide road through the forest.

Just then, the scenery changed, and a huge lake appeared, also shrouded in blue mist, with several simple wooden houses faintly visible on the opposite shore.

"Humans live here."

"Those who can build houses are not necessarily human; they may be demons or monsters."

Just as the two were about to use their light-footed skills to cross the lake, a figure rushed over: "You must not go across!"

The newcomer had disheveled hair, an unshaven beard, and wore a haphazardly draped animal skin.

"Who is your Excellency?"

"Have you two come from the Wall of Despair? I am Ji Zhong."

"So you are the Ghost Master mentioned by Duan Junheng. I am Luo Hou, and this is the Boundless Venerable Emperor."

Ji Zhong laughed and said, "Since you are Lord Ling Shou's distinguished guest, please come with me to the cave for a while. The Red Tide will soon take off from here."

"This is actually the nest of the Red Tide?"

"Oh dear, it's that lake that's causing trouble. If you go over there and awaken the Red Tide, then even a god couldn't save you."

"Thank you, Master Ghost. I'll go with you to avoid this place."

Luo Hou was eager to uncover the secrets of the Nirvana Hell, so he naturally wanted to meet this ghost master who had lived there for many years.

The two followed Ji Zhong through a maze of twists and turns, eventually entering a cave deep in the jungle.

Several oil lamps hung in the cave, casting a dim light that made the cave seem devoid of any sign of life, except for a few large vats covered with wooden planks.

"This is?"