The comet remained silent, only relentlessly unleashing heavenly tribulations.

Chapter 117 The Sutra of Salvation

The Fearless Lion Seal is one of the foundational methods of the highest level of demon-subduing supernatural powers in Buddhism. It can only be obtained by those who are directly descended from the Buddhist lineage, and can only be mastered by those with great wisdom and perseverance.

The person in front of me is clearly a Taoist deity, so how can he wield this supreme Buddhist supernatural power so skillfully and naturally?

Song Yi did not answer the question.

The golden nine-headed lion descended from the sky, its nine mouths opening simultaneously, swallowing the three Arhats and two Dharma Protectors one by one.

The Buddhist disciples, held in the lion's mouth, felt their magical power completely sealed by an invisible force, unable to even move a finger. They could only watch helplessly as the lion carried them to Song Yi.

Song Yi raised his hand and summoned a small pagoda.

The tower was about seven inches tall and had eight stories. Its entire body was made of dark yellow, and the shape of the Eight Treasures was faintly visible on its surface. It was the Eight Treasures Dark Yellow Tower.

As soon as the tower appeared, it emitted a powerful suction force, drawing all five Buddhist disciples into the tower.

The tower trembled slightly before returning to calm.

Song Yi put the Eight Treasures Xuanhuang Pagoda back into his sleeve, glanced at the temple that had been mostly destroyed by the aftershocks of the battle, his expression indifferent, and turned to leave.

The vast mountain range stretches and undulates like a giant dragon lying across the land, with clouds and mist swirling among the peaks, creating an atmosphere of spiritual energy.

A beam of clear light descended from the mountains, revealing Song Yi, who stepped directly into the True Lord's Mansion.

With a flick of his sleeve, the Xuanhuang Pagoda flew out into the air and hovered steadily in the center of the quiet room.

The entire tower exudes a deep, serene luster, and faint chanting can be heard emanating from within, creating an atmosphere of solemnity and reverence.

These five Buddhist protectors have been suppressed in the pagoda for several days. Although they are unable to escape, their Buddhist supernatural powers remain strong, and the relics are flickering, indicating that they have not yielded.

While capturing five Buddhist cultivators was a remarkable achievement, how to deal with them remains a difficult question.

While killing them directly would be clean and efficient, it would inevitably waste the combat power of these five warriors.

If they were to release it, it would be even more impossible.

The safest method is to guide and transform them.

Western Buddhism has a supreme supernatural power called the Great Salvation Technique.

This technique is incredibly profound. Once used, it can convert all demons and monsters whose spiritual level is lower than the caster's, leading them to convert to Buddhism and become Dharma protectors.

The countless Buddhist soldiers, guardian deities, Vajras, and warriors in the Western Paradise are mostly demons and monsters that have been converted through this technique.

To be honest, from the perspective of the Eastern Taoist sects, this method is really not respectable.

The Eastern Taoist tradition has a profound foundation, being the true lineage of Pangu, and possesses its own methods of teaching and guiding.

The "Scripture of Salvation" is a prime example of this. This scripture was created to deliver souls from the dead, suppress evil spirits, and universally benefit all living beings. Unlike Buddhism, which forcibly distorts one's nature, this scripture uses the true meaning of the Great Dao to cleanse the soul, enabling it to understand good and evil and return to the right path.

However, the Eastern Taoist sect has a profound foundation and orderly lineage, and it is extremely restrained in its use of the art of salvation, unlike the Western sect which is indiscriminate in its pursuit of all kinds of spirits and monsters and gathers them all to Mount Ling.

Song Yi is now considered to be a descendant of the Taiqing lineage. The Taoist classics stored in the Da Chitian Xuandu Pagoda are vast and numerous, including the full text of the "Duren Jing" (Scripture of Salvation).

He sat cross-legged in the void, his eyes slightly closed, and slowly recited the mantra of the "Scripture of Salvation".

In an instant, the sound of Taoism resounded, and the sky was filled with rosy light.

Golden Daoist runes emerged from the void, continuously rotating around the Eight Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda.

At the same time, the Immortal Tree was also summoned and floated above the pagoda.

The tree trunk was lush and verdant, and the eight treasures emitted a dazzling divine light, forming a massive Eight Treasures Mysterious Yellow Array that firmly suppressed the entire pagoda.

The five Buddhist monks inside the tower initially put up a fierce resistance.

The Buddha's light and the Taoist light collided continuously, sometimes manifesting golden lotuses filling the sky, and sometimes evolving into purple aura coming from the east.

Various strange phenomena appeared one after another, and even the entire Cangmang Mountain could faintly hear the chanting of Buddhist and Taoist sounds coming from the tower.

However, Song Yi now holds the positions of Venerable of the Pure and Turbid Palace and True Lord of the Tribulations and Calamities, and has also received teachings from the Supreme Sage, making his magical power far surpass that of ordinary True Immortals.

With the added suppression of the Eight Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda and the Immortal Tree, even with their strong will, the five men could not hold out for long.

Time passes little by little.

It has only been a few months for the outside world.

A full sixty years have passed within the Primordial Light Array.

Sixty years later, the hostility in the eyes of the five Buddhist protectors gradually dissipated, replaced by peace and tranquility.

Seeing this, Song Yi did not stop.

If one simply seeks to convert Buddhist Arhats and Vajras, the matter will inevitably cause a lot of trouble once it gets out.

Although Buddhism is currently suppressed by the Heavenly Court, it still has two sages in charge, and its foundation is unfathomable.

If he were to openly recruit Buddhist disciples, it would be tantamount to slapping the face of Western religions.

Therefore, he displayed another supernatural power.

Song Yi raised his hand and pointed, and a wisp of pure energy flew out from between his eyebrows.

The pure energy was initially only about ten feet long, but in the blink of an eye it transformed into a boundless sea of ​​light, completely engulfing the entire pagoda.

It is the supreme divine power of the Taiqing lineage, the Taiqing Immortal Light.

Over the years, Song Yi himself has spent years studying the classics of the sages in the Great Crimson Heaven, and often went to the Celestial Master's Mansion to discuss the Dao with the Four Celestial Masters. His understanding of the Great Dao of Taiqing has long surpassed that of ordinary immortals and gods.

What he needed to do was to use the celestial light of the Supreme Purity to refine the Buddhist foundations of these five Arhats and Vajras, transforming their Buddhist supernatural powers into Taoist magic power, shattering the relics, and condensing their primordial spirits.

This is what it means to transform barbarians into Taoists.

This process is much longer than the conversion process.

Buddhist practice differs greatly from Taoist practice. Buddhism cultivates relics, while Taoism cultivates the primordial spirit. Buddhism emphasizes vows, while Taoism emphasizes nature.

To completely transform a Buddhist cultivator who has practiced for tens of thousands of years into a Taoist cultivator is tantamount to rebuilding one's foundation, and the difficulty involved is unimaginable.

Fortunately, with the Innate Cosmic Light Array, time is not an issue.

Decades have passed again.

On this day, five clear Daoist rhythms emanated from the Primordial Light Array.

Song Yi opened his eyes and saw that the five Arhats and Vajras in the Xuanhuang Pagoda had completely changed their appearance.

Their relics had shattered, replaced by five crystal-clear primordial spirits, suspended above their heads, breathing in and out the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The most noticeable change was that hair about an inch long had grown on their previously bald heads.

Buddhist disciples shave their heads and become monks, without keeping their hair.

Taoist practitioners are different; apart from a few ascetic practitioners, most of them tie their hair up in a bun.

Once the hair grew out, he looked no different from an ordinary Taoist cultivator.

Of course, this is only the surface.

The Buddhist essence they cultivated over tens of thousands of years has not changed; it has simply been obscured by the celestial light of Taiqing.

Unless they encounter a powerful being of Golden Immortal rank or above who deliberately probes them, or unless they themselves are fully activating Buddhist supernatural powers in a life-or-death battle, they will not be exposed.

Song Yi nodded, raised his hand to put away the Innate Cosmic Light Array, sat upright on the divine throne, and glanced at the five people below. He said in a deep voice, "I hereby appoint you as guardian generals, in charge of protecting the True Lord's Temple, enjoying the incense offerings of this region, and receiving the worship of all people."

The five former Buddhist protectors, now Taoist deities, all prostrated themselves on the ground, shouting, "We will obey your command!"

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