Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 395 - 392: August 15, Caught up with You!

Chapter 395: Chapter 392: August 15, Caught up with You!

At the same time, within the Great Yan Imperial City.

All around, twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty Buddha statues of the No-Life Buddha, the combined number of a full cycle, simultaneously bloomed with their magnificent Buddha’s light.

The past Buddha’s neck-mounted sundial pointed toward the morning, the present Buddha’s sundial pointed to noon, and the future Buddha’s sundial pointed toward evening.

A cycle encompasses twelve branches, each branch has thirty operations, each operation has twelve worlds, and each world thirty years, thus a full cycle is twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty years in total.

With the start of a new cycle, all things renew.

Cultivators believe that the world’s history is such, starting and ending in a constant circle, ending and starting again.

It captures the essence of time’s cyclical nature.

Above the Imperial Garden, where the No-Life Buddha had once made his divine manifestation, a jade Ruyi inlaid with red, green, and white jewels floated high.

Above the Ruyi, a ring of light that resembled a radiant sun suddenly bloomed, and subsequently, three huge suns manifested in the sky for the past, present, and future.

The blue light of the "past" Green Sun was the most solid, its blue Buddha light spread far away, enveloping the entire Yunjing City and the vast region nearly a hundred miles around.

Underneath the halo, the world seemed still normal, but everything was covered with a faint yellowish haze.

It was like the dim evening sun, yellowed pages of a book, an elderly person’s fading memories...

And incidentally, it pinned everything within its glow firmly in... that day that had just passed!

The "present" red Buddha light shone exclusively over the entire Imperial Garden.

This place still harbored the aura of when the No-Life Buddha made his divine appearance, and it was also the location of the Array Eye of the One Day Prison Heavenly Array.

Within a hundred miles, only here was everything normal.

Continuing with the normal flow of time, it had reached the 14th of August.

Standing here, one could clearly see that the One Day Prison Heavenly Array had divided this expanse of heaven and earth into three layers.

The outermost is the "present" where time flows normally, the middle layer is the "past" August 13th, and the innermost Imperial Garden is again the normal "present".

The final one representing "future" was the White Sun, merely a translucent shadow firmly holding down the base of the array, yet to be utilized.

"Hahaha...."

Watching the timeline of the entire Yunjing City being successfully reset after the end of August 13th, Master Red Lotus laughed heartily.

"This poor Daoist just knew walls have ears, so I purposely mentioned ’mid-August, a human sacrifice’ to make them lower their guard, thinking we really would only act on the 15th of August.

Little did they know, we launched the One Day Prison Heavenly Array two days in advance!

In conjunction with the divine manifestation site of the No-Life Buddha, the power-infused Three Yang Small Realm, the fully cycled Buddha statues...

And our ’No-Life Dao’ northern faction’s one thousand two hundred and ninety-six Red Seal and Yellow Seal Magicians.

We could activate this powerful formation that imprisons an entire expanse of heaven and earth in a particular day of the past.

Even the Green Seal Sage or a fifth realm Martial Saint who comes here cannot escape and can only become obedient sacrifices!

There’s no need for deception to speak falsehoods. Hahaha..."

Within the Inner Scene Heaven and Earth of the Three Yang Small Realm.

Zhu Bo’an, like all disciples of the No-Life Dao, who was sitting in cross-legged Seal at the formation’s node, only now learned the purpose of the formation.

’Everyone is trapped in the same day? But my master is in the city right now!’

Although his heart was racing with urgency, he dared not show the slightest hint of abnormality on his face.

By this time, the One Day Prison Heavenly Array had already been successfully activated.

Neither Granny Denghua nor his own owl avatar could penetrate the seemingly thin Boundary Membrane around him.

They couldn’t send out any messages either.

For that thin membrane was the gap in space-time!

"Marvelous, the wonders of Daoist Skill truly leave one in awe!"

As the current absolute martial force for the No-Life Dao’s side, Martial Saint Zhou Xinglou, who was standing next to Red Lotus, lightly applauded.

He casually asked a question that also greatly concerned Zhu Bo’an.

"Taoist, may I inquire what would happen if outsiders enter the One Day Prison Heavenly Array at this time?

And with the gap in space-time serving as the Boundary Membrane, is it really impossible for anyone to escape from this prison?"

Master Red Lotus stroked his long beard with confidence and said:

"Actually, the most formidable aspect of this formation is not the formation itself, but precisely those two Boundary Membranes that separate ’present’ and ’past’!

The first outer Boundary Membrane allows entry but not exit.

If a mortal passes through the Boundary Membrane, they will instantly decay and cease to exist, and even common Yellow Seal Mages who pass through it will immediately die and their Dao will disappear.

Only those who have at least reached the Divine Transformation realm and possess their own Personal Dharma Domain can enter unharmed.

But their time will also be forcibly reverted to August 13th."

He paused for a moment, then pointed at the boundary between green and red in front of him to continue his explanation:

"To facilitate our killing tomorrow, while the inner second Boundary Membrane can be traversed,

it also requires this Three Yang Small Realm as a transition to do so.

And only those who have deeply cultivated our ’No-Life Dao’ techniques, being fundamentally close to the No-Life Buddha in nature, qualify."

This is the exclusive knowledge of the No-Life Buddha, unique under heaven and unmatched on earth.

Only by combining the efforts of myself, Taoist sister Qing Yezi, and Taoist brother Yu Jiezi, can we barely manage to activate it.

Besides us, even within this ’No-Life Dao’, there is no second person capable of accomplishing this, not to mention outsiders, right?

Zhou Bingsheng, you can rest assured that once this "One Day Prison Heavenly Array" unfolds, it is destined that no one else can stop us from completing the Killing Banquet!"

Upon hearing the words of this Sect Master Marshal.

Because of his hidden agenda and lack of honesty in confessing that he had already formed the Three True Dharma Body, Su Guyun, who used Daoist Skill to mask his masculinity, involuntarily shrunk his body slightly.

Master Red Lotus didn’t know that she was the second person in the "No-Life Dao" who could achieve this feat!

Afterwards, as if nothing had happened, she joined the other jubilant disciples of the "No-Life Dao" in chanting:

"Flowing Thieves, thieves aflow, sent by the Upper Realm to chop off heads in tow. If one can’t chop them all, the Plague Spreader follows close and tall.

In the year of the Guiwei, where this land is strewn, empty houses no one calls home, barren fields left alone to moan!"

Of course, they had reasons to be happy.

What "Comet Assaulting the Moon," what "Ying Huo Heart Guarding."

All these ominous astrological signs had been broken by this one move, "One Day Prison"!

So much for the Nine Soldiers Immortal Officer!

...

Within the "One Day Prison Heavenly Array."

The two of them carried on with their cultivation in a relaxed manner, Wang Yuan personally selected clothes for his increasingly radiant and enchanting sister, sincerely attending to her makeup...

It wasn’t until sunset that they, hand in hand, walked out of the Cloud Jade Pavilion guest room.

"Oh, are the two guests also going to the lantern festival? Our Capital has not been this lively in a long while. While you’re young, you should enjoy more outings. Our shop won’t close tonight."

The chubby shopkeeper, who was doing the accounts behind the counter, greeted them warmly.

Wang Yuan expressed his thanks and took another glance at the Yellow Calendar hanging behind the other party.

Seeing the latest page revealed:

Jianming year sixteen, Lunar Calendar August thirteenth, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Calendar: Guiwei year, Jiyou month, Jiazi day...

He nodded slightly, very certain that today was the first day of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival, with exactly two days remaining until the major change scheduled for the fifteenth.

"Well, there’s still plenty of time, no need to rush!"

Wearing masks, buying sugar figurines, burning joss sticks, lighting lamps, solving lantern riddles, admiring osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, releasing floating lanterns...

They also ran into that opportunistic man who only prospered from his Brothel Fee, the heartbreaker.

And then.

As expected, before they actually got to the killing part, they were sent back to the morning of "August thirteenth" by the pealing of a bell for the second time.

This day had actually reached the predetermined day of the "Killing Banquet"... August fifteenth!

Yet, up to having lived through two August thirteenths at this point, neither Wang Yuan nor Huang Wu had detected any anomalies.

Nor had they realized that the strangling noose, which would take their lives, had already tightened around their necks, drawing gradually closer!

Since the backdrop of time had formed a closed loop.

The memories, material items, energy, information, and even the Taoist Ability painstakingly cultivated by the couple night after night were all naturally reset.

Without any external interference, even the number of steps they took that day and the words spoken would not have the slightest difference from the previous occurrence.

Looking at the Yellow Calendar on the wall for the third time, Wang Yuan nodded slightly again.

Certain that today was the first day of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival, with exactly two days left until the major change on the fifteenth.

"Well, there’s still plenty of time, no need to rush!"

Pulling Huang Wu out of the Cloud Jade Pavilion, he also for the third time arrived at a small stall selling masks.

Accompanied by the gradually rising convex moon in the sky, and those two competing shining red stars.

Huang Wu, hopping and skipping, stepped forward, first placing the tiger mask on Wang Yuan’s face.

As she instinctively reached for the fox mask for herself.

Her gaze was involuntarily drawn to another lifelike "rabbit mask" on the shelf.

It was as white as jade, with distinct fur, as if it were real.

Despite the tradition of worshipping "Rabbit" in Yunjing City during the Mid-Autumn Festival, with countless variously postured clay "Rabbits" everywhere,

Huang Wu somehow felt it shouldn’t be here.

This mask seemed like an extraneous part that didn’t fit into the "inevitable" arrangement of everything else.

Just as she changed her original choice out of curiosity, ready to reach out and take it down,

The "rabbit mask" suddenly opened a pair of blood-red eyes.

Staring at the little ghost girl in front of it, its trifurcated lips slowly parted, revealing a bloody, ghastly set of sharp teeth!

Then, it viciously lunged at Huang Wu.

I’ve caught you!

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