A Man in the Snow: Starting with a Sword Challenge to the Northern Liang Prince's Palace

In the Western Regions, the night sky is so low that the stars seem within reach.

The desert wind swirls around Mount Lantuo, whipping up fine sand that patters against the weathered stone walls of the ancient temple.

Ye Yun and Li Dangxin sat on the stone mat in front of the thatched hut, waiting for the female Dharma King to break through.

The Six-Bead Bodhisattva sat down on the lotus stone seat left behind by the Chicken Soup Monk. It had been a day and a night since Ye Yun helped her.

"To attain the Great Perfection of Buddhism is not something that can be achieved overnight. Are you just going to wait for her like this?"

Li Dangxin knew what Ye Yun was waiting for.

Ultimately, it was Ye Yun who didn't want to completely destroy the entire Landuo Mountain.

He could have used a more brutal approach to directly solve the problem, but what he ultimately got was strong resistance.

"No rush, I trust her, she'll be faster than you think."

Ye Yun's gaze, however, fell upon the white-robed Guanyin, as if trying to see through everything.

He did not practice Buddhism. Although he had the cultivation and fortune of two great Vajra masters of Buddhism, he still did not belong to the Buddhist community.

Inheritance does not mean you can possess it directly; it is better to see how others have achieved the Great Vajra Realm of Perfection.

Under the moonlight, the white-robed Guanyin appeared almost transparent. The six Bodhi beads on her wrist gleamed warmly in the starlight, and within each bead, a miniature Buddha image could be faintly seen. These were the "Six-Aspect Bodhi Beads," a priceless treasure passed down for three hundred years from Mount Landa.

Throughout history, only those who have cultivated the Diamond Sutra to the eighth level can wear it.

Tonight, she will use her luck to break through to the Great Vajra Realm.

The wind that had been blowing around her suddenly stopped.

Even the sound of sand falling to the ground disappeared, and the world fell into an absolute silence that was unsettling.

The Six-Bead Bodhisattva slowly opened his eyes, his gaze devoid of sorrow or joy, reflecting only a clear, empty void.

"The time has come," she murmured to herself.

As soon as the words were spoken.

The flesh and bones emitted a faint hum, like the initial vibration of a bell or chime.

The six-beaded Bodhisattva's body trembled slightly, not from pain, but from some deeper transformation.

She could clearly sense that the Buddhist energy she had accumulated over forty years of cultivation was being re-tempered and compressed. The originally gentle, spring-like energy began to become solid and heavy, each strand weighing as much as a thousand pounds.

"Huh, this is the first step in breaking through the Great Vajra Realm, True Qi Transforms into Mercury."

Li Dangxin took a sip of tea and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Unexpectedly, this female Dharma King actually dared to regress in her cultivation level and start cultivating the Great Vajra Realm again.

Buddhist body refinement does not involve cultivating the Taoist elixir or the martial arts qi; instead, it focuses on cultivating a single breath of "diamond qi."

When this energy is first formed, it is warm and nourishing to the body; when it is fully formed, it becomes as heavy as a mountain, and when it circulates throughout the body, it can make the flesh and bones stronger than fine steel.

When Li Dangxin first entered the Great Vajra Realm, he stood in the snow for three days, and the snow covered him three feet without melting. This was because his Vajra Qi formed its own cycle, isolating him from external evils.

The breathing of the Six-Bead Bodhisattva changed accordingly. It was no longer breathing through the mouth and nose, but rather all 84,000 pores on its body opened and closed simultaneously, exchanging breath with heaven and earth.

All 108 acupoints on the body are lit up simultaneously.

The stars suddenly shone brightly above Mount Landa.

Invisible starlight cascaded down like a waterfall, seeping into her body through her open pores.

The second stage of the Great Vajra Realm: Jade Bones Formed.

In the past, the Western Regions Demonic Sect besieged Mount Lantuo. There was a Dharma Protector monk who had cultivated to the Great Vajra Realm. He blocked 300 arrows fired by 30 archers with one arm. The arrowheads shattered as soon as they touched his flesh. He relied on his jade-like bones.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on the forehead of the Six-Bead Bodhisattva.

The sweat wasn't transparent, but rather had a faint golden hue, which spread out as it slid down, creating tiny golden spots on the moon-white monk's robe.

The golden beads of sweat became more and more dense, and her whole body resembled a golden Buddha statue, radiating a hazy halo under the starlight.

The blood is undergoing a transformation.

It gradually changes from bright red to pale gold, and when it flows, it makes a sound like a rushing river.

This is the third level of the Great Vajra Realm, the Golden Blood Flow.

At this point, ordinary poisons are neutralized by the golden blood, wounds from swords and knives heal instantly, and even severed limbs can be reattached. Those who cultivate to this level can "splash blood three feet high and a golden lotus grows."

But the Six-Bead Bodhisattva knew that the most difficult hurdle had only just begun.

The most crucial moment has arrived, and a flood of long-forgotten memories surges forth like a tide.

When she was seven years old, she watched helplessly as her younger brother starved to death in her arms during a famine.

On the day he was ordained at the age of fourteen, his mother knelt outside the temple gate and cried all night long.

When I first understood Buddhism at the age of twenty-eight, I felt a deep attachment to the mortal world at that moment.

When my master passed away at the age of forty-three, a fleeting thought crossed my mind that I was finally free.

Each fragment of memory transformed into a demon within her mind, shrieking, tearing, and questioning: What kind of Buddha are you cultivating? What kind of sentient beings are you trying to save?

You can't even help your closest relatives.

The Six-Bead Bodhisattva trembled violently, and golden blood seeped from his seven orifices.

Ye Yun slowly stood up and said, "He actually has a demon in his heart. This is the final tribulation of the Great Vajra of Buddhism."

"Indeed, this is a tribulation of inner demons; to save others, one must first save oneself."

Li Dangxin put his hands together in prayer and chanted Buddhist mantras.

The white robes were completely soaked in golden blood.

Liuzhu Bodhisattva formed a mudra with her hands, her knuckles turning white from the force. The last words of her master before his passing flashed through her mind: "Liuzhu, you are good in every way, except that you are too burdened by worries. The Buddha does not seek externally, nor does he guard internally; he lets go."

"Let go!" She suddenly released her hand seal.

No longer resisting the tearing of inner demons, no longer suppressing the surging memories.

A miraculous change occurred.

At the same time, her skin began to change; her pores shrank, her texture disappeared, and she became like a newly formed jade statue, flawless all over.

At this point, the physical body is no longer an ordinary being.

Her skin was as clear and lustrous as glass, untouched by dust, impervious to heat or cold, and easily deflected by ordinary swords and knives. Even divine weapons could not penetrate her three-inch Vajra Qi defense.

Even more mysteriously, after cultivating to the level of Glazed Body, one's physical body resonates with heaven and earth, and can sense the flow of energy within a hundred miles.

"All forms are illusory. If one sees all forms as non-forms, then one sees the Tathagata..."

She "saw" the entire Western Regions.

All beings are suffering.

These four words had never appeared so vividly before her eyes.

In that instant, the Six-Bead Bodhisattva suddenly understood the true meaning of the "Great Vajra Realm." Vajra is not hardness, nor immortality, but rather bearing.

Using one's own body as a boat to ferry all beings across the sea of ​​suffering. The physical body becomes indestructible, not to be invulnerable, but to bear more suffering and travel further.

Consciousness returns to the physical body.

The Great Vajra Realm is perfected.

A huge Buddha shadow formed behind the female Dharma King.

In the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions, all those who were awake tonight saw the image of this Buddha.

The caravans on the edge of the desert stopped, the garrison of the oasis city laid down their swords, and the mothers in the tents hugged their children tightly.

Regardless of their faith in any deity, on this night, everyone bowed and clasped their hands in prayer towards the direction where the Buddha's shadow had disappeared.

On the lotus stone plate, the Six-Bead Bodhisattva slowly stood up, clasped her hands together in a gesture of respect to the man in red robes, and said, "Six-Bead, I am willing to sweep away all obstacles for Sword Immortal Ye and save all living beings."

I also thank Li Dangxin.

It was only after Li Dangxin's Buddhist chanting that her consciousness was completely pulled back.

Ye Yun smiled slightly, but didn't speak. Instead, he touched his brow and murmured a phrase:

"Detach from all appearances, cultivate all goodness, be without self, without others, without sentient beings, without life span, and cultivate all goodness."

It turned out to be the case.

Ye Yun was bathed in Buddhist light, which unexpectedly gave rise to a Buddhist heart.

This left both Li Dangxin and Liuzhu Bodhisattva, two prominent figures in Buddhism, somewhat dazed.

This is how the Buddha-nature arises.