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Chapter 1596 - Chapter 1596: Chapter 58: Celestial Stars Buckle at Lin Chuan_2

Chapter 1596: Chapter 58: Celestial Stars Buckle at Lin Chuan_2

In the year 1792 of the Longzhou Calendar, on the first day of April, the Treasure Appearance Adorned Golden-body Arhat Buddha refuted fifteen Great Zen Masters at the Jifeng Zen Assembly and pointed out the fallacies within the Three Treasures Realm.

The assembly concluded, and the hearts and cultivation of numerous Great Zen Masters who had attained the Bodhisattva Fruit Position crumbled, their golden bodies imploding inwards.

Afterward, among the hundreds of outstanding disciples from the Buddhist Sect who participated in the assembly, a portion were intimidated by Yanshan’s interpretation of the Buddhist path, but the majority of the disciples passionately labeled Yanshan a heretic and the enemy of Buddha.

Regardless of how one views Yanshan’s new methods, one thing must be admitted: he is truly the most enlightened disciple of the Wuxiang Zen Temple in five hundred years. His Treasure Appearance Arhat Golden Body is more refined and resilient than even the Bodhisattva Fruit Position.

As the disciples who had attended the assembly spread the word, the entire Buddha’s Country became aware of Yanshan’s new doctrine and discussions began to accumulate.

Just like all rumors in the world, the penal code recounted second-hand, or even third-hand, became distorted and erroneous during transmission.

Even the disciples who were greatly shaken by the statues in the Nanshan Legal Realm were unable to ensure the completeness of the information they relayed after exiting the tower.

The incomprehensible gaps, filled with hazy memories, became the prelude to demons and monsters.

“The new doctrine of Yanshan Arhat allows one to surpass the Bodhisattva rank with the Arhat Fruit Rank, but at the cost of severing the Six Dusts and ending the Six Consciousnesses. For anything with an image is but an illusion.”

Thus, Yanshan was truly demonized, with those who respected and adored him, as disillusioned and irate as they were.

The ripples of the new doctrine did not stop there,

A month after the Jifeng Zen Assembly, more than a hundred Zen masters in Buddha’s Country suffered collapses of their Buddhist hearts and the destruction of their golden bodies.

Furthermore, after hearing Yanshan’s new doctrine, some Great Zen Masters destroyed their own enlightenment and recast their karma to re-cultivate from the beginning.

As time passed, more and more Zen practitioners who understood Yanshan’s new methods experienced collapses of their Buddhist hearts, and the losses continued to grow day by day.

For a time, all temples spoke of Yanshan with changed complexions, and since the demarcation by the Eight Sects, the Pure Land of Buddha’s Country had never faced such significant losses.

Yanshan’s reputation gradually turned eerie and ominous within this inexplicable terror.

Under the clear opposition of senior Zen masters from the Esoteric, Exoteric, and Pure Sects, Yanshan’s new doctrine, along with the Path of No Suffering and Extinction, became viewed as heresy in the eyes of cultivators, and all records of Yanshan’s new methods were destroyed and declared taboo.

The once-trending luminary of Buddha’s Country has now become a dreaded demonic foe in discussions.

…

Beimang Lingxiao Sect

The tremors in Buddha’s Country naturally reached the ears of the Ji Clan.

For the Han Family, who wholeheartedly sought to return to the zenith of Zhongzhou, they would not pass up any opportunity to weaken Buddha’s Country.

“Send the command down; publish the new doctrine of Yanshan, along with the scriptures from the Jifeng Zen Assembly, into volumes and distribute them to the Pure Land of Buddha’s Country in the shortest time possible!”

Upon hearing the impact of Yanshan’s new doctrine on Buddha’s Country, Master Lingxiao Ji Shang immediately decided to mobilize the entire dark network of Buddha’s Country to add fuel to this calamity.

“Now that the Esoteric, Exoteric, and Pure Sects regard Yanshan’s doctrine as a heretical taboo, and the attitudes of the Zen, Platform, and Nature Sects are quite ambiguous, only the Form and Precept Sects are still discussing the new doctrine of Yanshan. Is it too soon to publish? Maybe we should wait?”

At such a council, only a few had the right to speak, and Yang Kangzong was certainly one of them.

“The human heart is complex. Curiosity is an unavoidable aspect they cannot escape. The monastic life is mundane, and the more taboo something is, the more it piques their interest.”

Ji Shang chuckled: “Just watch, once it’s published, the Esoteric, Exoteric, and Pure Sects will certainly be the ones to suffer the most losses!”

“I’m not worried about the spread of the volumes.”

A Lingxiao Sect elder spoke solemnly: “What Yanshan’s new doctrine points to is undoubtedly a just and regal path. If not managed properly, it may instead enhance the fighting power of Buddha’s Country…”

“Elder need not worry.”

Ji Shang smiled: “What Yanshan points to is indeed a regal great path, but for the monks of Buddha’s Country, to cultivate it means admitting they were wrong.”

“But cultivation is no child’s play, especially Soul Casting and renovating one’s cultivation. Even a Great Zen Master with a robust practice will deplete their life essence if they cut their karmic ties and start anew.”

“Xiehe has flourished in martial arts for a thousand years. Has anyone ever heard of a sect master who cut karmic ties, re-cultivated, and attained the rank of Human King?”

…

Longzhou Calendar, year 1792, the beginning of May

The elite of the Yin-Yang Imperial Palace marched toward Longzhou, with five kingly figures and a Saint King using the Starry Sky Great Array to seal the entire Lin Chuan Plain within a barrier.

Three hundred exceptional Yin-Yang Masters of the Wang Clan descended from the Cloud Chariots of the Nine Dragons, under the leadership of the five Yin-Yang Pavilion Masters, they confronted the tens of thousands of Blood Beasts led by twelve Heavenly Demons.

Two days later, spiritual puppets and shikigami subdued the wicked beasts, and the five monarchs used the power of the stars to seal the twelve Heavenly Demons.

After failing to recall the true spirits of the twelve Heavenly Demons, the Blood God Overlord submerged the Blood Nest into the Blood River, intending to fight to the death with the kings of the Human Race in the weakened Blood God World.

But regrettably, the kingly figures weren’t there to kill the Blood God; the Yin-Yang Masters controlled shikigami, built houses on Lin Chuan Plain, and purified Blood Fiends, as if they intended to settle down for the long haul.

Meanwhile, the six monarchs excitedly began researching the true spirits of the twelve Heavenly Demons, seeking to unravel the mysteries of eternal life for spiritual puppets.

Through the eyes of the true spirits of the twelve Blood Roses, the Blood God Overlord saw those people continuously testing and recording, and one among them, in particular, ignited a deep fear within It.

If It were to confront this individual in the Blood God World, It was confident It could seriously injure them; but if the Blood God World were weakened, even by merely a third, It wouldn’t be sure of victory.

And It had a vague feeling that, should the opponent wish, they could destroy It along with the Blood God World at any moment.

Such trembling and fear, the Blood God Overlord had not experienced in too many years to count.

Feeling humiliated, the divine dwelling stirred the Blood River, seeking to invade and attack, but in front of the elite of the Southern Yin-Yang Imperial Palace, it was still utterly ineffective.

This domain no longer belonged to the once-dominant Demon Race.

Even the ancient demons who had crossed into the Saint Realm were seen merely as subjects worthy of study to the sacred grounds of the present-day Human Race.

…

Standing outside the barrier that enveloped an entire region, Tang Luo shook his head and said, “Fools beyond help. I already warned them to keep a low profile, but they insisted on adopting the brazen ways of the ancients. Now look, they’re trapped in the pot.”

“Does husband even know the Blood God Overlord?”

Yun Xiu widened her small mouth in surprise, “That’s the ancient Demon King who severely injured two monarchs…”

“What ancient Demon King? Just a brainless idiotic bat demon.”

Tang Luo sighed, “I thought he could be a valuable ally, but he couldn’t even conceal his own movements. The Wang Clan of the Southern Regions is still formidable indeed, and this Starry Sky Great Array is quite interesting.”

Looking up, Tang Luo squinted at the several shining stars in the second and third layers of heavens and suddenly had the urge to go up for a closer look.

This thought had just risen when he harshly dismissed it and murmured to himself, “No, you don’t want to go! You’re now a mature man with family responsibilities; such adventures are better left to the younger generation!”

“What is husband talking about?”

Yun Xiu, astonished by the barrier before her, didn’t quite catch Tang Luo’s murmur, and asked.

“I said I don’t want to go.”

Tang Luo declared decisively, “Let’s go, we’re heading to Beimang!”

…

Nanshan Legal Realm, Back Mountain Zen Academy

Yuan Xing, Yuan Xiang, and Fan Jia stood together, red-faced and in a heated confrontation.

But what could such a dialogue yield? Having listened for half a day, Sect Head Fachuan sighed, “Enough!”

“Fan Jia, I am not an old acquaintance of your master. As for this handwritten invitation letter.”

Fachuan shook his head, “The invitations of all four thousand eight hundred sixty-four temples are personally penned by me. Do you understand?”

“No, it’s impossible!”

Fan Jia staggered back two steps, collapsing to the ground, “My master wouldn’t lie to me, he said that he back then he was…”

“Enough.”

Sect Head Fachuan interrupted Fan Jia, then inquired, “Since you have come to the Nanshan Legal Realm, you must be seeking something. Although I am not an old friend of your master, considering you emerged from the disputations on the Dharma platform, I can grant you one request.”