A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 660 Things Will Fall into Place Naturally, Like Wind Receiving Rain

The sight of that arm from the Western Spirit Mountain, gathering the essence of its past life, directly probing into the thirty-three layers of the Heavenly Realm was simply too conspicuous.

The Buddha of Mount Ling was still recovering from his injuries and had no choice but to use all the resources from his previous life to resist Li Changling outside the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Otherwise, once the Heavenly Outer Heaven Secret Realm is controlled by Li Changling's swordsmanship and is completely blasted into the Western Boundary Sea, the Buddhist forces will suffer unimaginable heavy losses.

Even the Holy Lords and Celestial Venerables on the Northwest Boundary Sea battlefield witnessed the scene where, after that arm reached out, a burst of intense celestial light erupted, and the golden arm evaporated.

That was right after the burst of intense light.

The enormous blade shadow that was attacking the Yellow Jade Boundary Sea suddenly paused.

Guan Luoyang suddenly felt a sense of loneliness. His friends and prisoners who had worked with him to maintain the Great Divine Power of the Crimson Bright Holy Calamity seemed to have vanished into thin air.

He was all alone, transcended from all causal connections and all predestined relationships, suspended above the chaos.

His thoughts tried to move, and the spiritual light within him tried to circulate, but both seemed incredibly slow.

In stark contrast to his state, the surface of the Boundary Sea seemed to rise suddenly, and everything around it flew upwards, turning into whistling streaks of light, making it impossible to see their original appearances anymore, only a long, chilling cry could be heard.

All Guan Luoyang could see was a narrow, long road leading directly to the thirty-third heavenly realm.

He was at the very bottom of this long, snow-white road, and at the very top, at the end of that road, a huge star seemed to flash, but it was a sword pellet that suddenly fell!

Suddenly, a high-pitched dragon roar came from outside. After being weakened by countless layers, it sounded very hollow when it reached here.

But soon, this emptiness was rapidly filled, and the high-pitched dragon roar broke through everything that weakened or hindered it, charging in relentlessly.

From Guan Luoyang's perspective, on the left side of the snow-white road, the endless scenery transformed into a raging stream of light was pierced by the ancient golden dragon, which was both weathered and timeless.

The dragon's dark yellow mouth opened and bit down hard on the snow-white road, making a sound as if the road was breaking.

But at the same time, the sword pellet from the highest point had already fallen to that position, smashing onto the dragon's head, causing the entire dragon's head to be unable to withstand the pressure and slide violently downwards.

The dragon's teeth were still biting into the long road, creating deep cracks on the snow-white surface of the heavenly path, from which a large number of flying sparks shot out.

The profound mysteries of swordsmanship—the enlightenment that appears obscure, the perfection that appears flawed, the boundless inspiration, and the limitless transformation—emerged from those thread-like sparks, vying to burst forth.

It seems that the inspiration and change of mind in an instant are so numerous that the myriad things in the three realms cannot fully record them. Even with such a frenzied outpouring, it is still not fully expressed or revealed, and there is still a sense of incompleteness.

Therefore, the power of this sword pellet is limitless, and its advantages are endlessly increasing!

Originally, it was only enough to displace the head of the Golden Ancient Dragon. If it continued, it would probably cause cracks to appear on the head very soon.

Finally, the golden dragon's head shattered, piercing Guan Luoyang's heart and lungs.

But things didn't actually get to that point.

The moment the Golden Ancient Dragon broke through the flowing light and appeared on the long road, Guan Luoyang, who seemed to be still and unable to move, showed a clear change in expression.

"How sharp... is that thought!!!"

His eyes reflected the scene of the golden ancient dragon biting into the snow-white road, and the sword pellet crashing towards it.

The fourteen categories of spiritual wonders contained within him were like a great treasure from the primordial chaos, which encountered a spark of intense energy and instantly ignited into an uncontrollable, fiercely burning flame.

Guided by the Vacuum Demon, and based on the fourteen categories of mental power, encompassing all martial arts, spells, karma, supernatural powers, and so on, it has silently listened to various opportunities in all realms, reflecting countless mysterious projections, creating a foundation as dense and impenetrable as the Chaotic Sea.

But in this burning, as the flames flashed, the clear circulation also rippled outwards, burning and melting away all the things that were difficult to resolve.

The inner fire and its return, the transformation of fire and water—this is the true essence of the "tempering" in the Crimson Bright Holy Tribulation Tempering Dao Technique.

Refine the Great Dao, attain supreme clarity and emptiness!

This boundless emptiness was not only visible to Guan Luoyang, but had already formed a blade of light in the vast void, right in front of his true form.

The blade flashed from the void, swiftly surpassing the flowing light outside the path, invincible, piercing through the long, snow-white road in reverse!

The blade flashed into the head of the golden dragon, causing no damage to its head; the blade had already cleaved the sword pellet on the other side.

The fierce collision of the three forces—sword, blade, and dragon—made it impossible for Li Changling's unique swordplay to continue.

The long road shattered, and all the myriad streams of light on both sides collapsed, with colorful, star-like rays of light flying outwards in all directions.

Guan Luoyang reappeared above the border sea, and what he saw was half of the solidified northwestern border sea, which was directly pushing and crashing towards him.

In that instant, he was isolated from the entire Crimson Bright Holy Tribulation Great Divine Power by Li Changling's swordsmanship.

Having lost him as their main leader, Shenjia Daojun and the others dared not take any risks. They quickly dragged their already loosening divine power formation and retreated towards the central boundary sea.

However, Guan Luoyang has now reappeared in the place where he disappeared before, which has caused him to be quite far removed from the entire Crimson Holy Calamity.

Upon seeing this, Shenjia Daojun and the others were shocked and hurriedly tried to return to help, but it was too late.

After all, in terms of individual realm, Immortal Venerable Puli is the true high-level Celestial Venerable. Previously, the human race could only gather forces to resist by using the extremely mysterious Crimson Bright Holy Tribulation. Now that the Crimson Bright Holy Tribulation and the most important leader are separated, in every aspect, they can no longer compare to Immortal Venerable Puli's adaptability.

choke!!!

With a wave of his hand, Guan Luoyang actually drew out a wisp of pure light directly from the chaotic storm.

It was as if he had long ago used the Boundary Sea as a sheath to hide a divine sword. When he drew the sword, the blade expanded rapidly, its length comparable to most of the Central Boundary Sea, and the width of the blade was enough to make a holy land pale in comparison.

However, if viewed on the scale of the entire Five Directions Sea, this knife shape actually appears extremely long and narrow.

The slash, rising from the sea and sweeping across the sky, struck the enormous topaz without yielding an inch. The two collided with a deafening roar, each slightly pushed back.

Although Guan Luoyang retreated further and further away, his feet treading on the chaos, he floated away on the largest wave in the Boundary Sea.

But the two are clearly now evenly matched.

Puli Immortal Venerable's heart sank slightly. He hadn't expected that he still couldn't interrupt this person's momentum in comprehending the third Great Dao Singularity, and that he had actually successfully stepped into the high-level realm of Heavenly Venerable.

While the eldest brother is certainly superior to that old man Mu Feng, it's not an easy fight to determine a winner.

If this person before us were to unleash the Crimson Holy Tribulation again while still possessing the rank of a high-level Celestial Venerable, the entire battle situation in the Northwest Boundary Sea would likely be jeopardized...

"Puri, there's no need to stop them anymore. Let them join up with Raibu."

Li Changling's calm voice reached the ears of Puli Immortal Venerable and the others: "Take the initiative to retreat, consolidate all forces, and defend the holy lands under the command of the Fire and Water Departments."

As soon as the order was given, many of the holy lords in the mountain region were immediately unsettled and began to feel anxious.

The Plague Tribe's Heavenly Palace and Holy Land are located directly in the direction of the human race's attack, and given the current situation, it will be very difficult to protect them.

The sacred site in the mountains is near the Buddhist temple.

The Buddhist sect and the Heavenly Demon sect have now merged, both being lineages skilled in incantations. Even if the Holy Lord of the Mountain Tribe withdraws beforehand, the Holy Land cannot be moved. If the people of Mount Ling occupy that part of the Holy Land, they will always find a way to use the Holy Land as a medium to harm these Holy Lords of the Mountain Tribe.

Unfortunately, after the alliance of the four Heavenly Court departments was exposed, the Holy Lords under the four departments basically used their own Great Dao Divine Essence to make new oaths to the Heavenly Lords of each department.

They can no longer be as carefree as they were when the Heavenly Realm was peaceful. If they break their oath, the consequences will be even more tragic.

Li Changling's sword pellet hovered high, releasing beams of sword light that forced back Mu Feng Tianzun. As the sword light turned and soared back, it traversed the chaotic waves, assisting the Heavenly Court's four great formations in contracting towards the directions of the Fire and Water divisions.

With the participation of these sword lights, and the retreat of Puli and others, they focused their attention on maintaining order.

Within the formation's area, which had shrunk by nearly half, the chaotic and ethereal folds and new sources of time were able to regain their strength and actually produced the same number as when they were at their peak.

Moreover, the artistic conception of this formation is now more complete, and its stability far surpasses that of before.

Such a retreat was truly watertight.

The clear light in Guan Luoyang's hand gradually faded, and he did not continue to make a move. He simply watched quietly as the Heavenly Court's great formation closed and changed.

"It seems that this four-part formation was also created by Li Changling. With his participation, the formation is truly impregnable."

Guan Luoyang pondered the previous sword strike and, observing the changes in the formation before him, could vaguely guess the three Great Dao Singularities of Li Changling.

"The light of the heart, the return flow, and...reunion?"

Seeing that the enemy's formation had completely contracted, Mu Feng Tianzun did not make any more moves. He directed the human race's holy lords to occupy the holy lands of the Plague Tribe's holy lords and seize the key passage between the human race's forces and the Thunder Tribe.

The faintest golden dragon scale appeared, relaying news from the Fuxi Saint Master that Wenqiu Tianzun had returned, but was seriously injured and was recuperating. The Thunder Department would be in another direction to meet up with the human race.

"No need to provide support for us. Be on guard against the sacred mountain area to the west. The Buddhist sect will likely take over there. We don't have enough manpower for the time being, so let them get a share."

After dealing with these matters, Mu Feng Tianzun landed beside Guan Luoyang.

"Were you just guessing Li Changling's Daoist methods? He may not only have three Dao singularities."

Mu Feng Tianzun said, "However, there was a great being in ancient times who summarized the cultivation of the Great Dao Singularity and left behind a sentence: 'The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.'"

"Within three, the difference becomes more pronounced with each additional Great Dao Singularity mastered, but once all three Great Dao Singularities are gathered, it is already a relatively perfect state."

"After that, even if someone masters ten thousand or twenty thousand kinds of Great Dao Singularities, the difference between them and a cultivator who has perfected the three paths of cultivation will not be too great."

Guan Luoyang nodded: "After I broke through to the high-level of Heavenly Venerable, I also realized this. However, the degree to which my three Great Dao Singularities interfere with and cooperate with each other has not yet reached the most mature state of complete deduction."

"So, people like me and Puli would be noticeably inferior to you in a one-on-one fight, since you also only master the three extraordinary arts."

He frowned slightly. "But if that's the case, what use is the Great Calamity to us?"

This great calamity in all the heavens and myriad realms is said to be able to help people participate in more Great Dao singularities, and even help the peak Heavenly Venerables take that true step to attain the Dao!

In reality, no matter how many singularities of the Great Dao one has mastered, it is still still within the scope of the Celestial Venerable.

What exactly is this so-called opportunity for enlightenment?

"No, the opportunity to attain enlightenment does indeed exist."

Mu Feng Tianzun said decisively, "The Heavenly Emperor mentioned this when he was preaching."

"Um……"

Mu Feng Tianzun pondered for a moment, "To put it bluntly, if a Tianzun-level expert were not in an environment like Taiqing Chiming, they could live forever in the Great Void Sea without encountering any fatal threats."

"Suppose there is a Celestial Venerable who is fond of wandering in chaos, and according to his own timeline, he masters one more Great Dao Singularity every 50 billion years."

"Then, after a sufficiently long period of time, he may master the power of millions or even tens of millions of Great Dao Singularities."

"But the probability of such a person achieving enlightenment is definitely not as high as that of someone who has mastered three Great Dao singularities in ten thousand years."

"Even if the latter only has three extraordinary paths in total, the chance of achieving enlightenment is far greater than that of the former."

Guan Luoyang's mind raced, and he realized: "The Great Dao Singularity is merely a method, not the goal!"

The purpose of comprehending various singularities of the Great Dao is not to master more infinite concepts, but to use this analogy to touch the key node between layered infinity and complete infinity.

If the frequency of touch is too low, then even if the total number of touches is high enough, you will not be able to perceive any obvious feedback and will not be able to grasp the key.

Conversely, even if the total number of triggers is not many, if the frequency is high enough, the chance of sensing that key secret is much greater.

That's exactly what I mean.

Mu Feng Tianzun said, "The so-called opportunity to attain enlightenment during the Great Tribulation lies in giving people the chance to master many kinds of Great Dao singularities in a short period of time and break through the boundary between Tianzun and enlightenment in one go."

At this point, his usually serene face broke into a rare, obvious smile, and he chuckled softly.

"Speaking of which, I once sparred with Wen Qiu. In terms of combat strength, we should be evenly matched. However, Li Changling only sent a few subordinates to restrain me, but joined forces with others to target Wen Qiu first. This is because I am old and my cultivation is too slow."

"Wen Qiu, on the other hand, unknowingly reached the high level of Heavenly Venerable after cultivating to the Heavenly Venerable realm ten thousand years ago. Such a person would be a much greater threat than me in the Great Tribulation."

"It's a pity he went to so much trouble to suppress Wen Qiu and even outmaneuver the Buddha, but he couldn't have foreseen you! Hahaha, I really wonder what he's feeling right now!"

Guan Luoyang sensed the deep expectation in the senior's words, and felt a greater weight on his shoulders, but he was also very happy and his energy was even more abundant.

He also wanted to see if his knife could stand up to Li Changling's sword on his own when they met next time.

………………

Inside the Heavenly Palace of the Fire Department, the Ancient Tooth Celestial Venerable was expressing his gratitude to Li Changling.

If Li Changling hadn't appeared in time, attacking the enemy's inevitable defense and drawing away Mu Feng Tianzun...

Perhaps not only did the Ancient Tooth Celestial Venerable's true form collapse under that spear, but even the nascent Dao Fruit was swallowed up by that golden ancient dragon.

However, Momoyama Tenzin had to express the opinions of the mountain tribe.

"Humanity has formed alliances everywhere, its power has expanded considerably, and it has become our mortal enemy. Brother Changling's previous alliance with Buddhism should have been continued. Why did you choose this time to injure the Buddha, making us the most passive party now?"

Li Changling leaned on his throne, toying with a small, luminous white ball in his hand. He looked like a young man of fourteen or fifteen, dressed in brocade robes and jade belt. He smiled gently upon hearing this.

"Senior Taoshan, if I don't strike first, what if the situation escalates to the point where the Buddha launches a surprise attack, and then the Heavenly Demons of Mount Ling emerge to join forces with the human race to divide up our four holy lands? What good strategy do you have to deal with that then?"

Taoshan Tianzun pondered for a moment.

Given the Buddha's methods, it is entirely possible that he harbored such ill intentions.

But now that the Buddha has been tricked and injured, he dares not leave Mount Ling again to go to the front line. Even if he sends people from Mount Ling to join the human race in targeting the four departments of the Heavenly Court, the situation of the four departments of the Heavenly Court will be much better than the possibility that Li Changling mentioned.

"Now that the Heavenly Court Array is under my personal command, your Mountain Division and Plague Division Holy Lords can be responsible for the most important hubs in the array and receive the array's feedback and protection. You don't need to worry about being cursed or harmed because your Holy Land is outside."

Li Changling continued, "As for the current frustrating situation, it won't last long. I already know everything that happened before, and I see where the turning point is."

"Everyone, please do your job and wait patiently."

The holy lords were somewhat relieved, expressed their gratitude, and returned to their respective positions.

Immortal Venerable Yongzhou said coldly, "That Fengming Daoist's actions have repeatedly defied expectations. He can be said to be the culprit for our great momentum leading to our current predicament. In my opinion, at worst, we should let Puli block Mufeng and hold on. You should do your best to kill him first."

"This child is indeed surprising. His current level of threat has surpassed that of Wen Qiu and is comparable to that of the Buddha."

When Guan Luoyang was mentioned, Li Changling's expression was somewhat displeased, but he explained, "I should have thoroughly engraved the Heavenly Outer Heaven before plotting against the Buddha, but in order to return to the aid in time, I only re-engraved most of the Heavenly Outer Heaven. After that, I also suffered some losses in the battle."

"If the battle continues to escalate and Mu Feng is determined to fight to the death, Pu Li won't be able to stop him. The Buddha Venerable has long considered me to be the most threatening opponent, and if it really comes to the point where Mu Feng fights me to the death, he might seize the opportunity to make a move."

"The interconnectedness of all realms hasn't even fully emerged yet, and we're already engaged in a life-or-death battle. That would truly be the biggest joke of all the great calamities!"

The Immortal Venerable of Eternal Day looked somber, but he had to admit the truth: "Then what is this turning point you're talking about?"

Li Changling's expression turned solemn. He gripped the sword pellet in his hand and looked up at the northern boundary sea.

"The Great Wilderness! Back then, when I entered the Great Wilderness with my sword to hone my skills, I sensed that someone there was forging a sword that was destined to fail. But now, things are different..."

Recalling the previous events, Yunlou Tianzun asked, "Could it be that the Eternal Divine Fire brought by the Great Sage Boniu transformed decay into something miraculous?"

"What is a wisp of eternal divine fire without a spark?"

Li Changling shook his head. "I can't figure out why either, but when Puli told me about the Great Wilderness, my swordsmanship instinctively registered it. That can't be wrong, so I'm going to project my mind and go see for myself!"

(End of this chapter)