Taiyi Dao Fruit

The long-laid plan finally succeeded, inevitably stirring a desire to speak regardless of how deep one's scheming mind might be. This is the fundamental reason why villains die from excessive talking.

However, Manjusri is not someone to pop the champagne too early.

These third-grade old foxes are like Sixth Brother himself, having all experienced long years. They know that walking a hundred miles requires keeping caution until the last step. The reason for his words is partly due to being insightful and wanting to express joy, and partly because the Dharma Manifestation has just taken form and needs understanding.

The two opponents opposite him are not simple; even if Manjusri thinks he holds the winning ticket, he doesn't dare show any carelessness.

As Daoist Guang Cheng's words fell, the Near Light Sword sliced through the air.

Once the sword is drawn, it hits its target. If the Yin Yang Two Extremes Sword doesn't prepare in advance, it's already too late to respond when the sword is drawn.

At this moment, Manjusri stood in midair, the Yin Yang Sword Light splitting into thousands of sword lights, cascading like a river, enveloping his entire body.

However, none of these thousands of swords could break his body. The Buddha Light was brilliant, his body gold-hued, the Tathagata Indestructible True Body unafraid of the sword light, showing no scars despite the Sword Qi hitting it. Simultaneously, the Buddha Light behind his head formed a wise Round Light, which further evolved into a golden Buddha Wheel.

"Great Sun Cage, covering the boundless."

Sword Qi was born outside the Buddha Wheel, and the Great Sun Sword Wheel instantly took shape. Sword Light illuminated everywhere, roaring out like the sun shining brightly.

"Clang!"

The countless sword lights were shaken apart, sword shadows danced wildly, and the Great Sun Sword Light reached everywhere, appearing wherever Manjusri's eyes and Divine Thought could reach.

In an instant, heaven and earth were bright, the brilliantly luminous sword light filled every corner, instead overwhelming Jiang Li and Daoist Guang Cheng with its brilliance.

Combining the Dharma Image of the Great Sun Tathagata and his Prajnaparamita Wisdom Sword, Manjusri's power in the Sword Dao ascended once again. He no longer needed to defend against Daoist Guang Cheng's Yin Yang Two Extremes Sword.

His Tathagata Indestructible True Body was unaffected by sword lights, and with the speed of the Great Sun Sword Wheel, he could match the speed of the Yin Yang Two Extremes Sword.

As the two were about to be submerged by the Great Sun Sword Light, Jiang Li's eyes gleamed, and black and white hues appeared around him, revolving as Taiji.

"Emperor's Ultimate World, with Yiyuan Jinghui."

The Innate Eight Sceneries suddenly appeared, forming a domain like a piece of heaven and earth, with the eight sceneries cycling and surrounding them.

Manjusri's foundation also contained a portion of "Qi Tomb," resisting within the Innate Eight Sceneries. The roaring Great Sun Sword Light was assimilated by the Innate Eight Sceneries, and at the same time, as black and white revolved, it obliterated the Qi Mechanism, disintegrating all the blinding sword lights.

Manjusri felt his sword light like it had entered another world, severed from his connection, even the spirituality of the Sword Qi was obliterated, disappearing without a trace.

Jiang Li's "Emperor's Pole Worldly Book" had been cultivated to its current state, combined with both All Heaven Divine Sha and Nine Heavens Demon Clearing True Technique, understanding the transformations of Yin and Yang, forming the shape of Taiji. Everything within the Eight Trigrams and Eight Sceneries was restrained by this, especially the Jiang family's "Qi Tomb," which was completely targeted by Jiang Li.

His cultivation technique was formidable for both external and internal conquest and specialized in illusionary confrontations.

A fellow Jiang Clan member cultivating the "Qi Tomb," found themselves most deeply countered by Jiang Li.

It's hard to say if Jiang Li harbored certain personal grudges when creating this technique, targeting the Jiang Family as a mortal enemy.

The one who understands "Qi Tomb" the most is also the one who can best counter it.

Manjusri, cultivating the "Qi Tomb," had power surpassing those of the same grade, and with the aid of the External Dharma Form, was actually suppressed by Jiang Li in terms of Primordial Qi.

The Innate Eight Sceneries absorbed the sword light, the Qi Mechanism surged, the domain expanded, like a heavenly curtain, covering forward.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this, Manjusri still did not retreat, taking a step forward in midair, his voice echoing through the heavens, his palm forming a Dragon Claw, grasping the sky.

At this moment, the Qi Mechanism on him changed, with great might and virtue, an unparalleled force, a White Dragon rising behind him, Primordial Qi restrained, and the Dragon Claw tore through the void.

"Sizzle——"

The domain like a heavenly curtain was torn open by a single claw, and Manjusri strode through the air. In a few steps, countless waters and mountains seemed to have been crossed behind him.

"Eight Heavenly Dragons and Great Power Bodhisattva Dharma Image, Crossing River Arhat Dharma Form!" Guanyin, seeing this sight, couldn't help but murmur softly.

The Great Sun Tathagata is a Dharma Body Buddha, the ancestor of Dharma Images, with the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Image as the origin of all Dharma Images.

In fact, the promotion ceremony for the Great Sun Tathagata involved cultivating all Dharma Images to achieve the esteemed title of Tathagata.

Manjusri took an alternative path, gathering the Dharma Images of various Bodhisattvas and Arhats to condense the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Image. Although this Dharma Image was not fully realized, it possessed some profound mysteries, such as this moment where he simultaneously used the Dharma Image of the Great Power Bodhisattva and the already deceased Crossing River Arhat Dharma Form.

Those deceased Arhats, some of whom revered Manjusri while alive, had their faith largely absorbed by Manjusri after death, transformed for his use.

"Namo Vairocana Buddha."

Speaking the name of the Great Sun Tathagata, Manjusri strode through the air, like a meteor, forcibly crashing through the surging Primordial Qi, burning with fire, flooding with water, cutting with wind, and striking with thunder. In an instant, the four sceneries of Water, Fire, Wind, and Thunder were torn open and shattered, with the Tathagata Indestructible True Body showcasing its power.

"Condense!"

Jiang Li pulled the bow, the Divine Evil converged as an arrow, the Sun-shooting Bow filled with the power to lament the sun, arrow piercing through the void, aiming straight at the advancing Manjusri.

However, Manjusri's Yi Dao could calculate the trajectory of the Yin Yang Two Extremes Sword. Although the Sun-shooting Arrow was fast, it wasn't something he couldn't compute, and furthermore······

"The Great Sun Tathagata is not associated with the sun."

Manjusri sneered, blocking with the Prajnaparamita Wisdom Sword, catching the arrow precisely on the sword's body.

The Great Sun Tathagata signifies great sunlight brightness without actually being the sun. Despite Manjusri's foundation containing "Qi Tomb," it was restrained by the Sun-shooting Bow, yet this restraint was well below the Sun-shooting Bow's restraint on the Golden Crow.

Regarding why Jiang Liuguang could previously trigger the Sun-shooting Bow's power, the key lay in Manjusri borrowing the charm of the Heavenly Light Dao Fruit.

He wouldn't hand something that perfectly counters himself to the enemy.

"Boom!"

The Divine Evil surged, dancing wildly in midair like an evil dragon, annihilating form and formless Qi, yet Manjusri in the center remained unscathed.

The Tathagata Indestructible True Body withstood the aftermath of the Divine Evil, the Buddha Light blazed, causing Manjusri's form to gradually rise.

But just then, a red flag fell from the sky.

Jiang Li pointed to the heavens, a light like a red flag fell from the sky's extreme, starting with the Warlord of the Military God's Five Weapons' All Heaven Divine Sha. Its power was so overwhelming that even destiny couldn't affect it, catching Manjusri off guard.

"Boom!"

Thunderous roars exploded in the sky, chaotic tides cleansing all around, forcing even Guanyin to retreat rapidly.

In the long sky, a golden light plunged, impacting the earth, shaking the ground layers, causing the land and rocks to surge like waves.

"Boom!"

Ten miles, a hundred miles, three hundred miles!

In a short time, three hundred miles of earth cracked, countless crevices formed, dust stirred, rising a hundred zhang high.

Manjusri stood at the center of the shock, his form expanded to sixteen zhang high, one hand holding a sword, the other hand reaching upward, holding back the Chi You's Flag just like lifting the previous Sky Flipping Seal.

'So, this is the Tathagata Indestructible True Body?'

The supreme dharma body of the Buddha Country finally made Jiang Li truly aware of Manjusri's power, and Jiang Li had a rough estimate of Manjusri's strength in his heart.

Manjusri condensed his Dharma Image with the Great Sun Tathagata Dao Fruit, his Dharma Image transformed into a second-grade Dao Artifact. The Tathagata Indestructible True Body formed by this Dharma Image within his body also possessed a defense comparable to a second-grade Dao Artifact.

Yet the second-grade Dao Artifact, the Military God's Five Weapons is currently incomplete!

As he contemplated, Jiang Li descended with the Innate Eight Sceneries, his feet stepping onto Chi You's Flag, suppressing the imminent eruption of great strength below as firmly as Mount Tai pressing down.

The confrontation between the two, above and below, their power's ripples colliding with the earth, causing the ground layers to rumble as though a land dragon turned over, shaking a thousand li around.

At the same time, the Yin Yang Two Extremes Sword paralleled to the ground, darting across as Daoist Guang Cheng controlled it, the Yin Yang Dual Swords spiraled together, suddenly merged as one, the edge splitting Heaven and Earth manifested at this moment.