The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

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After discussing his overseas experiences with Hong Yi in the camp, Shi Yuanzhang led Zhao Feirong and Qin Mengyao back to Qin Mengyao's tent, where they also met Qin Mengyao's maid, Xiao Mu.

Of course, at this time, her martial arts realm had also reached the innate level, and she had even cultivated it to a very high level, showing a tendency to refine her marrow.

However, this was to be expected, since Ishihara Akira did not stop Qin Mengyao from passing on what she knew to Xiao Mu. So, over time, Xiao Mu also learned from Qin Mengyao advanced skills such as the Mighty Bull Demon Fist, Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist, and Spirit Turtle Breathing Technique, which were used to train the skin, tendons, muscles, bones, and internal organs. He solidified his foundation, broke through his original level, and stepped into a new world.

"Xiao Mu, come here." Shi Yuanzhang called out to Xiao Mu.

“My lord,” Xiao Mu called softly as he approached Ishihara Sho.

"Do you believe me?" Ishihara Akira asked, looking directly into her eyes.

“I am new to you.” Xiao Mu was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then said firmly.

“Alright, now open your heart and let my soul enter your body,” Ishihara Akira commanded.

"Yes."

Xiao Mu then closed her eyes, adopting an expression that said, "Even if you kill me, I won't resist," allowing Ishihara Akira's divine power to enter her body, find her divine palace, lock onto her soul, and then break into it...

Immediately, Xiao Mu's expression changed, becoming twisted and ferocious.

However, it didn't last very long. After about three or five breaths, a wisp of spiritual light floated out from Xiao Mu's forehead along with Ishihara Sho's spiritual power. Then, it was torn apart and obliterated in the soul vortex created by Ishihara Sho, turning into pure spiritual power that entered Ishihara Sho's body.

"What was that just now..." Zhao Feirong asked, her eyes flickering.

Clearly, she must have figured something out.

“The Grand Preceptor of Yunmeng is the reincarnation of Yuwen Mu,” Shi Yuanzhang explained calmly.

While it's uncertain whether this completely eliminates Yuwen Mu, there's a 50% chance that this powerful figure, who made a significant impact in the original story, will leave the stage prematurely, along with the two great magical treasures of the ancient Tongtian Path: the Tongtian Cultivation Golden Pagoda and the Qitian Ladder, which will also disappear without a trace.

However, compared to the peace and stability of their surroundings, these two magical treasures were not something to be too concerned about.

Moreover, Yuwen Mu's reincarnations are not limited to Xiao Mu alone, but rather include several. They may simply have received less spiritual essence than Xiao Mu, so it's possible that his actions might have caused other reincarnations of Yuwen Mu to awaken prematurely.

If that's the case, it's not impossible to snatch those two powerful sect-protecting magic treasures again.

"The reincarnation of Yuwen Mu, the Grand Preceptor of Yunmeng? How could he be inside Xiao Mu's body?" Qin Mengyao asked in surprise.

"That's probably because Xiao Mu is one of Yuwen Mu's many reincarnations. But it doesn't matter now whether he is or not. Anyway, after I brought out his reincarnation spirit, Xiao Mu was completely free. He is no longer anyone's reincarnation, but just Xiao Mu himself." Ishihara Akira smiled as he looked at Xiao Mu, who looked a little uneasy.

Chapter 509 Continued Processing

The next day, Shi Yuanzhang led Qin Mengyao, Zhao Feirong, and Xiao Mu away from the Jinghai Army camp.

"Come here, hug me." Shi Yuanzhang put his arms around Zhao Feirong and Qin Mengyao's waists and said to Xiao Mu beside him.

Xiao Mu blushed and stepped forward to hug Ishihara Akira's waist.

Then, Ishihara Sho activated his ability, disappearing from his original spot and appearing in a luxuriously decorated mansion.

"Who goes there?!" Hua Nongying shouted sharply, her face full of vigilance.

“It’s me,” Ishihara Akira said.

"My lord?!" Hua Nongying exclaimed in surprise.

"Where's your sister?" Ishihara Sho released Zhao Feirong and Qin Mengyao, then patted Xiao Mu's head to signal her to let go, and asked.

"My sister has something to take care of. Should I tell her to come back?" Hua Nongying asked.

“Call him back,” Ishihara Akira said, walking to a chair and sitting down.

"Yes." Hua Nongying nodded, turned and left the room to find someone to convey the message to her sister, Hua Nongye. So, not long after, Hua Nongying returned to the room.

This time, however, her expression changed drastically.

The reason was simple: she had unexpectedly encountered the sect leader of their Yaochi Sect, Lady Yao Qinghui, in her own room.

"I don't need to introduce who she is, right?" Ishihara Akira said with a smile, pointing to Yao Qinghui on the side.

"Sect Master," Hua Nongying said nervously.

That makes sense. Anyone would feel nervous and worried if they went to the bathroom and came back to find their boss standing in front of them.

Even if you haven't made any mistakes.

"Please arrange their accommodations. Sect Leader Yao and I will return to our sect," Shi Yuanzhang said, standing up.

"Yes."

Then Shi Yuanzhang took Yao Qinghui and her daughter Yao Yueting with him and left Hua Nongying's residence, returning to the Yaochi Sect's mountain gate.

"Go and gather all the high-ranking members of the Yaochi Sect. While I'm still here, I'll help you suppress them and save you trouble later," Shi Yuanzhang said to Yao Qinghui beside him.

"Well... alright, I'll go and gather the elders right away." Yao Qinghui hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, but as the saying goes, one has to bow one's head when under someone's roof. In the end, she agreed to Shi Yuanzhang's request and went out to gather the elders for a meeting, leaving the room to Shi Yuanzhang and Yao Yueting.

Of course, there wasn't enough time for the two of them to do anything, so Ishihara Akira didn't make a move on Yao Yueting, who seemed unchanged on the surface but was actually full of suspicion. He just waited quietly for Yao Qinghui to return.

Then Shi Yuanzhang and Yao Qinghui left the room and went to the main hall of the Yaochi Sect, where they held meetings. Just like in the Daluo Sect, he directly suppressed them, forcing everyone to open their hearts and accept his soul imprint, or making those martial arts masters worship him like gods, worshipping him into the depths of their hearts. The entire Yaochi Sect officially fell into Shi Yuanzhang's hands and began to operate according to his arrangements.

As for what happened next, Shi Yuanzhang naturally began to enjoy the benefits, taking Yao Qinghui, Yao Yueting, and even Yao Yueru under his wing to consolidate his influence over the Yaochi Sect.

Only when I felt it was about time did I pull myself back to my main task—

Release the women of the champion from the gourd of creation and begin to process it.

What? Where are the Qiankun Dragon Guards?

Needless to say, he was drained of his life force by Ishihara Sho's method of "rejuvenating his soul," which was then transformed into a divine soul. He was then strangled and his divine soul power was refined through the soul vortex to make up for the deficiencies he suffered after his tribulation.

Anyway, he doesn't need these people. Even if he needs his subordinates to do something later, can't he just ask the Da Luo Sect and Yao Chi Sect for help?

Just like this voyage, wasn't it all thanks to the convenience provided by the Da Luo faction?

So whether they are there or not makes no difference to him.

Unexpectedly, the women of the Champion Marquis, who had been content and resigned to their fate inside the Gourd of Creation, rebelled the moment he released them—

A woman with a cool and aloof expression, long silver hair, and a goddess-like demeanor, launched a decisive attack on the unsuspecting Ishihara Sho the moment she realized she had left the Creation Gourd.

Silver light, like moonlight, poured down, enveloping Ishihara Sho like thousands of silver threads and sharp blades.

But that wasn't all. Immediately afterward, as if her attack was a signal, the other champion women also unleashed their power and launched attacks against Ishihara Akira.

"I didn't realize you were so loyal to that guy Yang An," Ishihara Akira said calmly, appearing in another place like a ghost as he looked at the women before him.

"Don't think that just because you defeated the Marquis you can take his place in our hearts!" The eldest of the women, Huang Yanyan, dressed in a red dress, shouted coldly at Shi Yuanzhang.

"Why bother?" Ishihara Sho sighed regretfully. "Now I have no way to keep you here any longer."

"That depends on whether you have the ability!" After saying that, the silver-haired, aloof goddess casually created dozens of moonlight lightning balls, which shot towards Ishihara Sho like meteors.

Then came Huang Yanyan, whose body suddenly erupted with golden flames, like a phoenix spreading its wings and soaring into the sky, as she charged forward.

Then came others, using either Taoist magic or martial arts, who bombarded Ishihara Sho from all directions.

“You guys,” Ishihara Sho sighed.

Then, with a wave of his arm, as if wiping away stains on a canvas, all the women of the Champion Marquis, including Huang Yanyan, and their attacks vanished as if they had never existed, restoring tranquility to the scene.

"Since that's the case, then don't blame me for being ruthless." After saying that, Shi Yuanzhang took out his Chaos Bell again, picked up the Creation Gourd, and smashed it against the Chaos Bell.

Suddenly, a hazy blue light began to emerge from the Creation Gourd and the Chaos Bell, like two illusory images merging together in the ripples, until finally, only the image of the Chaos Bell remained.

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Afterwards, just as he said, Shi Yuanzhang released the women of the Champion Marquis one by one, whom he had previously captured using the "Hidden Universe" technique. Then, according to the martial arts path, he used the "Essence Rebirth" technique to transform their Qi and blood, forcing out their souls. Those who followed the soul path also used the "Essence Rebirth" technique to strengthen their souls. Finally, he used the "Soul Vortex" method to kill them all, thus completing the disposal of the Champion Marquis's women.

However, there are two special individuals among them—

Huang Yanyan, this woman is not only the big sister in the harem of the champion, but also has a special situation - she actually has some phoenix bloodline. So, considering something later, Shi Yuanzhang chose to spare her life for the time being. He did not kill her, but used the method of creating reincarnation with the Heaven-Changing Earth-Shattering Technique to change her cognition and forcibly turn her into one of his own.

And then there's that silver-haired goddess!

Moreover, that person was indeed a goddess—the moon goddess who had been worshipped for many years by a small tribe that the Champion Marquis had once fought against in the Western Regions. She was the one who helped Hong Yi complete the final cultivation stage of his future primordial spirit in the original work.

Shi Yuanzhang wasted no time. He directly erased the divine soul and consciousness, leaving only the purest moonlight element. Combined with the true meaning of the Taiyin Shengshen Chapter of the Yaochi Sect, he fused it into the Chaos Bell and the moon position of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, perfecting and strengthening the power of the Chaos Bell and the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array. He left behind pure faith power, which, together with the accumulated sacrificial power from the Divine Wind Kingdom and the Izumo Kingdom during this period, as well as the interest he took back from the Eternal Mother and the Vacuum Dharma King, finally condensed the seventh layer of faith halo of the Future Eternal Scripture.

It's truly a case of "the champion falls, and Ishihara Akira feasts."

Chapter 510 The Former Site of Dachan Temple

After dealing with everything in the Creation Gourd, Ishihara Akira didn't waste any time. He immediately turned and entered his Qiankun Bag. First, he transformed into a cook, using his primordial spirit fire to melt down all the remaining weapons into iron essence and other materials that could be used to forge magical artifacts. After clearing away all the weapons, he took out the Yellow Spring Staff he had snatched from Nalan Hai, removed the Yellow Spring Pearl containing information about the Great Black Heaven, and threw it into his personal space. Then, he took the bare staff to the storeroom. After a moment of silence looking at the mountain of gold and silver treasures, he decisively used his primordial spirit fire to reforge the staff. He used iron essence, as well as the gold essence, silver essence, and gemstone essence that he had melted on the spot, to enhance the quality and level of the staff. He also inscribed the patterns and runes of a certain Five Elements spell that he had deduced on it. Only then did he find the Seven Treasures mentioned in Buddhist teachings among the remaining jewels.

Gold, silver, lapis lazuli, coral, giant clam shell, red pearl, agate; or gold, silver, lapis lazuli, pratimoksha, musalagarbha, red pearl, ashamagarbha; as well as gold, silver, lapis lazuli, coral, amber, giant clam shell, agate; and the seven treasures of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, giant clam shell, agate, pearl, and rose, were inlaid in the hand onto the staff that had turned dark yellow like gold, according to certain specifications and styles.

Then, with the blessing of Buddhist scriptures, a magical treasure that appeared in myths and legends—the Seven Treasures Tree—was created by Ishihara Shoyama.

However, this thing was just something Ishihara Sho casually made. Unlike the Chaos Bell, it wasn't given high expectations and wasn't intended to be made into the king of divine artifacts. Therefore, once it was finished practicing, it was done. Unlike the Chaos Bell, there was no need to search for various magical treasures and true meanings afterward to strengthen the power of the Chaos Bell.

So he casually put away the stone camphor tree that he had cultivated from the Seven Treasures Tree and then began to deal with the gold and silver jewelry in front of him on a large scale again.

First, set aside a portion as reserves, or transfer funds used for traveling to other worlds to a personal space he created for storage. Then, he released his primordial spirit fire again to categorize and refine the gold and silver jewelry before him into substances such as gold essence, silver luster, and precious gems. These, along with the previously refined iron essence, were then fused into the Chaos Bell...

After everything was digested, they moved back to the granary and study, transferring the stored grains and books to the Embryonic Storage Barrier. They emptied the Qiankun Bag completely before leaving it again. Holding the Chaos Bell, they merged the Qiankun Bag into the Chaos Bell, just as they had handled the Creation Gourd.

Of course, Ishihara Akira himself wasn't idle during the integration process.

After all, he knew that the outline of the Tathagata Sutra was contained in the Qiankun Bag. In addition, he had already become a creator, and his primordial spirit was comparable to that of an eighth-tribulation ghost immortal. He had long mastered the power of space and had a unique perception of space. Therefore, he did not need to destroy the Qiankun Bag like Hong Yi in the original story to get the outline of the Tathagata Sutra.

All you need to do is observe the changes in space when the small worlds inside the Qiankun Bag and the Chaos Bell merge, pinpoint any anomalies, and then take out the current outline of the Tathagata Sutra.

So, not long afterward, a golden Buddhist scripture that recorded ten images of the Buddha, ten Tathagata seals, and seemed to contain some kind of transcendent truth appeared in the hands of Ishihara Akira, and he recorded it.

"In this way, as long as I get my hands on the second volume of the Present Tathagata Sutra in the underground palace of the Great Zen Temple, I will have all three sutras—past, present, and future—that are the fundamental teachings of the Great Zen Temple." Ishihara Akira flipped his hand and put away the transcribed outline of the Present Tathagata Sutra, muttering to himself.

"Perfect timing, things at the Yaochi Sect are almost settled, it's time to begin my Tianzhou tour..."

So after the Chaos Bell officially entered the realm of Yang God Treasures due to its fusion with the Qiankun Bag, Ishihara Akira decisively activated his Divine Footwork and went to the old site of the Great Zen Temple...

"Hiss, I didn't expect there would be such an unexpected gain here." Ishihara Akira gasped as he looked at the power of faith floating above the Daizen Temple under his special vision.

It is important to understand that faith requires a binding force. In other words, without special means of gathering faith, unless the faith becomes so abundant that it solidifies into something, pure faith is like fleeting clouds. It may exist because of the believer's conviction, but once the conviction fades, it will naturally dissipate in a short time.

Especially in this world where Taoist principles exist.

In other words, according to normal logic, there shouldn't be such a strong power of faith above the Dachan Temple, which has been extinct for at least twenty years. However, it still exists now. This not only shows that the faith of Dachan Temple is still deeply rooted in people's hearts and that there are still believers, but it also shows how prosperous the temple was when it still existed.