Two Realms High Martial Arts: Gathering the Heavens to Become a Great Luo Immortal

Chapter 436 The Great Sun of Tathagata, the Original Dark Hole

In the vast emptiness beyond the heavens, the stars emit a faint, enduring light, while further away lies a dark backdrop that devours everything.

Li Xijun and the Shaolin Dharma Body transformed into the "Original Dark Cave" and the "Golden Sun," one after the other, remained suspended in this vast void, facing each other from afar.

The radiant light and silent domain emanating from each other became the two most conspicuous and dangerous "singularities" in this dark depths of space.

The "Golden Sun" shone brightly, and boundless Buddhist light burst forth. It was no longer the gentle compassion of the Buddhist kingdom on earth, but rather contained the awe-inspiring majesty of a Vajra with wrathful eyes, subduing demons and monsters, and suppressing all heretics.

Wherever the light reached, the chilling death energy drifting in the void was purified and dispelled, as if to create an eternal "Buddhist Pure Land" in this cold universe.

The vast Buddhist doctrines spread out, carrying grand and solemn ideas such as "cause and effect," "order of reincarnation," "compassionate salvation," and "indestructibility," like invisible shackles and mountains, crushing down on Li Xijun.

This is the profound understanding and application of the laws of heaven and earth by the Dharma Body realm. Its power and essence far surpass the level of a Grandmaster's borrowing of the power of heaven and earth.

However, faced with the overwhelming Buddhist light and the oppressive power of the Dharma, the "original dark hole" around Li Xijun only rotated slightly.

There was no dazzling light to counter it, no overwhelming momentum to clash with it.

There is only one more essential kind of "silence" and "absorption".

The surging Buddhist light, upon touching the invisible outer layer of the "original dark hole," seemed to vanish into thin air, its speed suddenly decreasing, its light rapidly dimming and disintegrating, ultimately dissolving silently into that deep "darkness," without stirring even the slightest ripple.

The solemn Buddhist doctrines and concepts were like hitting an invisible black hole. All concepts such as "cause and effect," "reincarnation," "compassion," and "immortality" seemed pale and powerless when they touched the "original darkness" that represented the "end of all things" and the "end of all concepts." It was as if they were proclaiming the principle of "existence" to an absolute "nothingness," which was naturally futile.

It should be understood that there are also distinctions in importance among different rules.

Wind, fire, water, earth, thunder—these are the fundamental laws governing the operation of the world, powerful and universal.

Life and death—these are even more advanced laws, touching upon existence and dimensions.

Space, time, cause and effect, destiny — these are already supreme laws, transcending ordinary rules, and are mysterious and unpredictable.

The "Original Darkness" that Li Xijun comprehended is essentially the end of the universe, the annihilation of the world, and the ultimate silence that forms the background of all existence.

It is not a specific "destruction", but the final state of all "existence" tending towards, the opposite of "being", and the "zeroing out" of rules.

In fact, its status is one of the highest principles!

Therefore, in this initial, intangible collision of the pure essence and meaning of the law, the vast Buddhist principles of the Shaolin Dharma Body encountered absolute suppression in terms of status!

The light of the "Golden Sun" flickered violently for a moment, and a barely perceptible groan came from within, indicating that it had suffered a hidden loss.

On the Buddha's illusory face, the ancient compassion was finally replaced by extreme shock and solemnity: "The Dharma this child has attained—is so strangely profound! It is definitely not something an ordinary Dharma body could possess. What kind of heaven-defying inheritance has he received?!"

Realizing that it would be difficult to gain the upper hand in the contest of the "quality" of the law, the Shaolin Dharma Body no longer hesitated and decided to use its hundreds of years of Buddhist cultivation and exquisite supernatural powers to overwhelm the opponent in the "quantity" and "technique"!

"Namo—Shakyamuni Buddha!"

A grand and solemn Buddhist chant resounded through the void, and the "Golden Sun" suddenly contracted, transforming into an even more condensed...

The golden figure, pure and seemingly forged from endless Buddhist truths and vows, though not particularly tall, gives one a sense of weight that fills the heavens and earth and suppresses eternity!

This is the true form of the Shaolin Dharma Body Arhat Liaokong!

He raised a hand, which was initially no different from an ordinary person's. But as the vast Buddhist power was poured in and some mysterious principle was activated, it instantly became as clear as jade and as large as a star. Within the palm lines, it seemed as if countless Buddha kingdoms were born and died, and the light and shadow of the past, present and future flowed. Moreover, there was a supreme artistic conception that encompassed everything, contained everything, and ultimately suppressed everything!

The Buddha's Palm!

This is a supreme and unparalleled divine skill that truly originates from the most core of the nine great Bodhi seeds, the most sacred object in Buddhism, and directly points to the original meaning of the Buddha "Tathagata"!

"A Buddha Kingdom in the palm of your hand, where the whole world is silent!"

The golden palm slowly pushed forward.

The movements may seem slow, but they actually contain a Zen-like wisdom and great power that transcends time.

Wherever his palm struck, boundless golden light erupted. It was not a scattered ray of light, but rather a vast and boundless golden Buddhist world that seemed to be composed of countless Sanskrit mantras, Buddha phantoms, and Bodhi trees, which descended upon Li Xijun!

This Buddhist world is not an illusion, but a realm of laws created by temporarily distorting reality with supreme Buddhist teachings!

Among them, the chanting of Buddhist hymns is deafening, the sound of Zen meditation is soul-cleansing, and there is an incomparably powerful force of "purification" and "suppression".

Any matter, energy, or even the soul and thoughts that are absorbed into it, unless they have a firm faith and a connection to Buddhism, will be assimilated and converted by the Buddha's light in an instant, becoming part of the Buddhist kingdom and sinking into eternal damnation, or being directly crushed into dust by that supreme palm force!

The aftershocks of the palm strike spread across tens of thousands of miles of empty space. All the drifting cosmic dust, enormous meteorites, and even some celestial bodies were silently dissolved and purified in the vast golden light, as if they had never existed.

Even the cold void itself rippled slightly with golden waves, as if it were about to be transformed into a paradise by this palm strike!

On the planet below, all the powerful cultivators who had reached the Grandmaster level and whose souls were strong enough to slightly sense the fluctuations from beyond the heavens, no matter where they were, would be shaken to their core the moment the Shaolin Dharma Body unleashed the Tathagata Palm and looked up to probe with their divine senses. Their souls felt as if they had been violently struck by an invisible Buddha bell!

"puff!"

Some Grandmasters with slightly weaker cultivation levels, or those closer to Mount Song, turned pale, coughed up blood, and their eyes were filled with horror and awe: "This—this is the true power of the Dharma Body? Even through layers of void, just a trace of its residual power and Dao aura is unbearable for us!"

They could not "see" the specific scene, but they could vaguely sense that a golden sun, more majestic and vast than the sun itself, had appeared in the sky, radiating a terrifying Buddhist power that illuminated the entire universe and purified everything!

And countless ordinary martial artists and mortals throughout the world witnessed a "miracle" that they would never forget—

In broad daylight, high in the sky in the direction of Mount Song, a second "sun" appeared out of nowhere!

Its entire body shone with golden light; though not as large and dazzling as the real sun, it exuded an indescribable sacredness.

A majestic aura that compels one to bow down and worship!

The sunlight brought a strange sense of warmth and tranquility, which made many people with hidden ailments or restlessness feel much more at ease.

"Buddha has appeared! Buddha has appeared!"

"It's the gods and Buddhas of Shaolin! They're unleashing their supreme power!"

"Quickly kneel and worship! This is a miracle that only happens once in a thousand years!"

Countless commoners and low-level martial artists knelt on the ground in fear and devotion, frantically bowing to the golden "little sun," their hearts filled with awe and worship for the supreme power of Buddhism.

The void beyond the heavens.

Facing the "Buddha's Palm" that encompasses the universe and purifies all things, a solemn emotion finally flashed in Li Xijun's eyes.

"As expected of one of the five great divine skills—the palm contains a Buddhist kingdom, and its laws form a domain. If I were not already vastly different from before, I probably wouldn't even be qualified to face this palm directly."

He clearly recognized that the principles and supernatural powers contained in this palm strike were exquisite. Its destructive power might not be as direct and brutal as the torrent of laws that could shatter stars at any moment by the martial saints of the main world, but it had reached an extremely high level in terms of the concentration of power, the shaping of the domain, and the erosion of the soul and essence.

If he were still in the state of Vajra Nine Revolutions and his physical body was close to sainthood, he might be able to withstand a few blows and escape with the Vajra Indestructible Body, but he would have no chance of being directly shaken, let alone counterattacking.

"But—things are different now!"

A fierce glint flashed in Li Xijun's eyes. Instead of retreating, he took a step forward.

The "original dark hole" around him suddenly expanded and accelerated its rotation, emitting an even more terrifying power of devouring and silencing.

He is no longer merely on the defensive, but is now taking the offensive against the offensive!

"You have a Buddha kingdom in your palm, I have a fist that can shatter all laws!"

There were no fancy names, no mysterious incantations. Li Xijun simply clenched his fist.

The immense blood energy, tempered over sixty thousand years of lifespan, roared within the body of the Martial Saint!

The original dark laws and spiritual power surged along the meridians of the perfected "Indestructible Vajra Body"!

The true essence of the "Original Darkness" law—the ultimate state of all things ending and returning to silence—is condensed into this one punch!

A punch was thrown!

There was no dazzling golden light, no extraordinary phenomena.

There is only absolute "darkness".

Wherever the fist passed, the void seemed to be devoured by an invisible behemoth; light completely disappeared, sound was completely erased, and even the concept of "existence" became blurred.

An irregularly twisted "Original Dark Domain," countless times larger than Li Xijun's body, pressed forward with the force of the punch. Wherever it passed, all matter, energy, and even the pervasive Buddhist light, chanting, and Zen spirit seemed to have encountered their nemesis, all of which stopped, dimmed, and disintegrated, ultimately returning to that all-consuming "darkness"!

This is not merely a clash of forces, but a confrontation between two ultimate laws and their underlying principles!

One side possesses the supreme supernatural powers of Buddhism, which manifest in the Pure Land to deliver and suppress evil.

One side is the original darkness of the universe, which manifests, returns to silence, and erases existence.

"boom-!!!"

A silent explosion resounded at the level of the laws!

That vast golden Buddhist world clashed violently with the all-consuming primordial dark realm!

In an instant, the golden Buddha light dimmed and dissolved in large swaths, like clear water thrown into an inkwell!

The Sanskrit in the Buddhist kingdom shattered, and the phantom of the Buddha flickered and seemed about to disappear. When the supreme power of suppression and purification touched the "original darkness" domain, it seemed to encounter an incomprehensible "nothingness". The power was quickly "absorbed", "neutralized", and "returned to silence"!

"What?!" The true form of Shaolin's Dharma Body, Liaokong, trembled violently, and for the first time, an expression of disbelief and even horror appeared on his face.

He felt that the Buddhist laws he had condensed were being rapidly "eroded" and "dissolved." That strange, dark fist energy seemed to be able to fundamentally deny the "meaning" of his Buddhist kingdom's existence!

on the ground.

All those who were kneeling and gazing up at the golden "little sun" were horrified to see that an even deeper and more unsettling "darkness" had appeared at the edge of the golden sun and was expanding and spreading at an alarming speed!

That darkness was not a cloud; it devoured light, devoured color, and even seemed to be devouring the golden sun itself!

The sky darkened at a visible speed, as if daylight was about to end prematurely and eternal night was about to fall.

The sunlight became pale and weak, and the reassuring golden light of Buddha was being rapidly eroded and covered by the boundless darkness!

"The heavens—a celestial dog eating the sun? No, that's far more terrifying!"

"Buddha's light—the Buddha's light is being swallowed up!"

"What kind of demonic power is that darkness? It can even devour the Buddha's divine abilities!"

Endless fear replaced piety; people collapsed to the ground, trembling, as if witnessing the harbinger of the end of the world.

Beyond the heavens, the stalemate between the Dark Fist and the Tathagata Palm lasted only a brief moment.

The next moment—

"Crack—Boom!!!"

The golden world, symbolizing the pure land of Buddhism, finally could not withstand the silent power originating from the end of the universe and collapsed with a crash.

The endless Buddha light transformed into countless fireflies, which were then completely swallowed up by the primordial dark domain that followed, leaving not a trace!

The true form of the Shaolin Dharma Body, the Arhat Liaokong, was struck as if by lightning, and flew backward violently. The golden light around his body dimmed by several degrees in an instant, and a trace of dark golden blood quietly seeped from the corner of his mouth.

In their first direct confrontation, Li Xijun, with the power of the original Dark Law, achieved a complete victory!

He stood with his fist clenched, and the "Original Dark Hole" around him slowly rotated, as if he had just done something insignificant.

A cold gaze was cast upon the dimly lit and chaotic Shaolin Dharma Body.

The true form of the Shaolin Dharma Body Arhat Liaokong staggered and steadied himself in the void, his golden light flickering and dimming, like a candle in the wind.

He looked down at his nearly transparent, gray-cracked golden hand, then at the black-clad youth opposite him whose aura remained as profound as ever. For the first time, a look of near bewilderment appeared on his withered face.

His own "Buddha's Palm" technique was so directly defeated by the opponent—

A chill spread uncontrollably through his heart.

On the ground, countless kneeling commoners and martial artists were now plunged into even deeper chaos.

The small golden sun in the sky, once regarded as a "miracle," has not disappeared, but its light has become extremely dim, and it is being squeezed and devoured from all sides by the ever-expanding deep darkness, as if it will be completely extinguished at any moment.

Some of the more knowledgeable martial arts elders turned pale. Although they did not know the details, they vaguely sensed that the aura of the Dharma body, which symbolized the supreme majesty of Buddhism, was rapidly weakening!

Li Xijun paid no attention to the fear of the people below, nor did he rush to pursue them.

He moved his wrists slightly, feeling the surging, ever-renewing primordial dark laws and spiritual power within his body.

The outcome of our first encounter was crystal clear:

In today's world, the so-called Buddhist Arhats are clearly no match for Martial Saints who truly control the highest laws and forge an immortal foundation.

"It seems your skills have reached their limit."

He spoke softly, his voice traveling through the void and clearly reaching the ears of the feeble-hearted Arhat Liaokong.