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

Chapter 439 The Book of Mortals, Reappears!

Above, Li Xijun sheathed his sword and stood there, his gaze as cold as ice, looking down at the majestic yet deathly silent Songshan Mountain.

He was about to transform into a stream of light and return to the human world to completely settle his grudges with the Immortal King.

However, just as his thoughts stirred and his form was about to dissipate, "Buzz—!!!"

A terrifying wave, far more vast and majestic than the one that struck the Red Mountain in the North, seemingly carrying the very essence of the will of the entire world, erupted without warning from the very source of the infinitely high world!

The entire world, regardless of east, west, south, north, mountains, rivers, lakes, or seas, whether day or night, wherever living beings exist, is covered by a magnificent, incomparably sacred golden canopy that freezes the soul!

Its daybreak.

It was not sunlight, but golden light manifested by the Way of Heaven!

The supreme laws of heaven, which should have been formless and intangible, existing only in the darkness, have now manifested themselves in such an overbearing and unquestionable manner, reigning supreme over the entire world!

The Book of Mortals has revealed its divine power once more!

And it was an unprecedented scale, encompassing the entire world!

Compared to the announcement of the change of the Earthly Ranking, this golden light was more solemn and solid, as if it was no longer a simple "announcement", but a death knell of the Heavenly Dao that recorded history, judged rise and fall, and tolled for the fall of supreme beings!

Above the golden sky, endless and profound runes containing supreme Daoist principles flowed and converged like living things, eventually condensing into a giant golden book phantom that spanned the heavens and seemed to be woven from the stars and laws of the universe!

The pages of the book slowly turned, emitting a thunderous sound like the creation of the world and the changing of eras. Each syllable struck the deepest part of the hearts and minds of billions of living beings, bringing the most primal awe and fear.

In the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, civil and military officials rushed out of the palace and looked up at the sky in astonishment.

On the shores of the East China Sea, fishermen knelt at the bow of their boats, trembling with fear.

In the vast mountains of southern Xinjiang, the barbarian priests stopped their rituals, their faces showing fear.

In the desolate western desert, merchants and travelers lay prostrate on the ground, unable to speak.

On the northern grasslands, herders frantically kowtow to the golden sky.

In countless sects, families, and hidden caves across the world, all cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level, lost their composure and were firmly pinned to their spots by the overwhelming pressure of the Heavenly Dao that covered the entire universe.

The same horrifying thought flashed through everyone's mind:

[The Book of Mortals] What earth-shattering event is this unprecedented divine manifestation about to announce?

Could it be related to the terrifying phenomenon that just occurred, which darkened the sky, extinguished the Buddha's light, and caused demonic shadows to appear?

Countless gazes, filled with surprise, fear, or anticipation, were fixed on the slowly turning golden pages.

Especially those grandmasters and great grandmasters with profound cultivation who vaguely sensed the aura of the battle between heaven and earth but could not determine the final outcome held their breath and their hearts pounded wildly.

They desperately wanted to know: who won and who lost in that ultimate showdown that took place nine heavens away and was beyond their comprehension?

Is it Li Xijun, the Star Lord who has just attained the Dharma Body, yet possesses an aura that is astonishing and uses unpredictable methods?

Or is it Master Liaokong, the Shaolin Arhat who has held the third position on the Heavenly Ranking for hundreds of years and whose Buddhist teachings are all-encompassing?

The answer will soon be revealed by Heaven itself!

As if engraved by the very hand of Heaven, imbued with supreme authority and historical weight, the golden words began to be clearly imprinted, word by word, on the golden sky, and simultaneously imprinted in the hearts and minds of every living being in the world:

[Da Xia, Ji Xia, Hui Ri. 】

[In the celestial void, the laws of nature collapsed, Buddhas and demons appeared, and Arhats perished!]

The first two sentences were like thunder from the heavens, leaving everyone's minds blank!

The void beyond the heavens!

The laws have collapsed!

Buddha and demon have manifested in the world!

Arhat — Nirvana!

Each word felt incredibly heavy, making one dizzy!

The golden text continued to flow, carrying a cold and absolute objectivity, like the eye of heaven, overlooking and recording that earth-shattering battle:

At the summit of Shaoshi Mountain, Buddha's light soared into the sky. Star Lord Li Xijun arrived, stepping into the void, and with the power of his Dharma body, knocked on the mountain to question its sins.

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The indestructible guardian deity of Shaolin Temple, Vajra King, is hidden within the temple, entangled in karmic consequences.

[The Arhat Liaokong within the temple broke free from his confinement and ascended to the heavens, where he played chess with the Star Lord in the firmament.]

This description confirms that Li Xijun has indeed attained the Dharmakaya!

Moreover, with his newly arrived status, he dared to directly challenge the ancient Shaolin Temple, forcing the reclusive Arhats to break their vows and fight! What domineering and decisive spirit this is!

The following text caused everyone who read it to gasp in shock:

[The Arhat Liaokong, who presided over the Buddhist doctrine of "Purifying the World," cultivated for over 470 years. He possessed profound Buddhist knowledge, once subduing monks in a Buddhist debate at "Little Western Paradise," and also suppressed the chaos of the heretical demon kingdom in the Southern Wilderness. He ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking.]

In this battle, Liaokong manifested the golden body of an Arhat, transforming into a Pure Land of Buddha. He wielded the supreme Dharma intent of "formation, existence, decay, and emptiness," and further used his century-long cultivation as fuel and his Bodhi Buddha-nature as a catalyst to activate the highest supernatural power of Buddhism.

【The Buddha's Palm!!!】

The text paused slightly here, and the golden light intensified, as if even the Heavenly Dao was emphasizing the extraordinary nature of this strike.

Countless martial artists, especially grandmasters who knew the legend of the "Buddha's Palm," gasped in shock and their minds trembled.

That's the supreme demon-subduing divine power in Buddhist legend! The Arhat Liaokong was actually forced to burn his very essence and unleash this technique?!

The pressure Li Xijun was under was unimaginable!

However, the following description completely overturned their understanding:

However, the Star Lord Li Xijun possesses a unique Dharma body, distinct from both ancient and modern times. The laws he governs resonate with the ultimate truth of the universe's end—the primordial darkness—which annihilates all things, returning them to nothingness.

[Furthermore, he wields a Thunder God Demon Blade, inherited from ancient times, imbued with great ominousness and immense karmic implications!]

Faced with the ultimate strike of the Tathagata Palm, the Star Lord not only did not dodge, but instead used his own "Original Darkness" law to completely awaken the depths of the Demon Blade.

[The ultimate killing intent of the "Buddha and Demon" who defy the natural order!]

As soon as the words "Buddha and Demon" were uttered, an invisible gust of cold wind seemed to sweep across the world, and from the depths of many ancient families and sects, faint gasps of cold air and fearful whispers could be heard.

[The name of the blade has not changed, but its nature has become evil! The first move of the "Nine Celestial Blades of Divine Firmament," "Purple Extreme Heaven - Destroying Divine Firmament," transforms at this moment into "Eternal Silence of Mount Ling - Ten Thousand Buddhas' Lament," a blade specifically designed to slaughter the Buddhist sect, reverse cause and effect, and annihilate the Pure Land!]

[With a single strike, the sky lost its color, all sound fell silent, and only the dark blade mark, the source of all destruction, appeared, carrying boundless resentment and blasphemous intent from demons and Buddhas, severing the Buddhist kingdom!]

The written description seems to bring the scene to life, involuntarily conjuring up in the minds of all "readers" that extremely eerie, terrifying, and mind-blowing scene:

The sacred Buddhist Pure Land is decaying, withering, and collapsing under the demonic blade created specifically to destroy Buddhism!

[The Buddha's Palm, the Pure Land of Buddhism, crumbled instantly beneath the knife's edge; the principles of Dharma were reversed, and the Buddha's light was tainted!]

[The sword intent corrupted him, and the karmic backlash caused demonic spots to appear on the golden body of the Arhat Liaokong, spreading cracks and causing his very essence to crumble beyond repair!]

[Finally, the Arhat attained emptiness, and in the vast emptiness beyond the heavens, his body was entangled in this posture, "Eternal Silence on Vulture Peak - Mourning of All Buddhas."]

The most crucial line of text, with an incredibly heavy, almost frozen-in-time feel, slowly emerged:

The golden body crumbled, turning to dust; the relics were covered in dust, their spirit forever silenced; the soul dissipated, unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation.

[The Shaolin Arhat Liaokong, in this battle—Part 1]

[Completely destroyed, body and soul, utterly vanished!]

"boom!!!"

Despite having a premonition, when the eight-character mantra, "Destroy both body and spirit, utterly perish," personally proclaimed by the Heavenly Dao, entered their minds, the entire Great Sheng world fell into an unprecedented, deathly silence!

It was as if time had frozen at that moment.

The wind stopped, the clouds lingered, and even my heart forgot to beat.

A supreme Buddhist being, ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking, who had cultivated for nearly five hundred years and attained the Arhat Dharma Body, has died.

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