The Ancestor of All Demons

The inclusion of Master You Tan has reversed the tilted scales of victory!

She released a large bright cloud into the air, then manifested the Golden Body Dharma Form, surrounded by Separation and Reunion Divine Light, with beams of light shooting out from her golden body, sweeping away the Blood Demon.

Those Blood Shadows, having been baptized in the Blood Pool, had gained the Blood Demon Incarnation, and when they faced the Flying Swords of common Sword Immortals head-on, they did not dodge or evade, but rushed directly into the sword. The Immortal Sword pierced through their bodies with no harm, easily engulfing people, seizing their full spiritual energy, the more they absorbed, the stronger their mana.

Generally, magical treasures from both Buddhism and Daoism couldn't hurt them. Even if their bodies were scattered by Divine Thunder, just within moments, the Blood Shadows gathered and could revive again.

This is only a basic ability; the ultimate achievement depends on the effort they cultivate personally. The higher the initial effort, the greater the divine skills' variations, making them extremely difficult to annihilate.

But when Master You Tan's Buddha Light swept over them, these Blood Shadows were all bound in the golden strong light, wanting to soar and change; all spells could not be exhibited.

As the Buddha Light separated and gathered, it immediately ground these Blood Shadows into powder, transforming them into strands of blood-red remnants, scattering in all directions.

Master You Tan knew, although they had been utterly scattered, Deng Yin, casting spells in the Star Constellations Sea, could still retrieve all their remnants and revive them again in the Blood Pool.

She took off the Buddha Beads from her neck, totaling eighty-eight Bodhi Seeds, each Buddha Bead had a Buddha and Bodhisattva image engraved on it, known as the Eighty-Eight Buddha Great Confession Beads.

The Buddha Beads flew into the air, flashing light, collecting all the Blood Demon remnants ground by the Separation and Reunion Divine Light.

Not only the Blood Shadows killed by her would be collected, but others' kills, once turned into remnants and lost autonomy, would be collected into the Buddha Beads.

She sought to temporarily bind them, finding a way to convert them at a later date when she was free.

This old nun swept hundreds of Buddha Lights back and forth, extinguishing not only the Blood Shadows and evil mists but also using those Buddha Beads to manifest eighty-eight golden-bodied Buddha Images, each standing a hundred feet tall, suspended above Jiuhua Mountain while descending, seemingly intending to suppress the earth and the array set by Xin Ru.

The surface of Xin Ru's array comprised a Buddha Formation; innerly was a Demon Formation, where Infinite Buddha Light and Infinite Brightness Cloud surged between the nine mountain peaks, supporting forcibly the eighty-eight Buddhas without allowing them to fall.

Master You Tan softly chanted the Buddha's name: "Great Compassion and Great Mercy for all beings, Great Joy and Great Abandonment for all sentient awareness, elegant appearance light for self-dignity, all beings sincerely submit to worship…"

This was Buddhism's "Eighty-Eight Buddha Great Repentance Scripture," consisting of fifty-three Buddha names from "Observing the two Bodhisattvas, Medicine King and Medicine Supreme," referring to past Buddha names. Thirty-five Buddhas originated from "Determination of the Rules of Conduct," representing present Buddhas, composing eighty-eight Buddhas, symbolizing infinite Buddhas of the ten directions' worlds, disciples repenting before Buddhas, mutual resonance with Buddhas.

Master You Tan began to recite from "Namo Puguang Buddha, Namo Puming Buddha, Namo Pujing Buddha," each Buddha's name recited would radiate brilliantly, crushingly descending.

Her cultivation was of the righteous Buddhist art; the Buddha Beads were crystallizations from her years of practicing precepts, meditation, and wisdom, every Buddha being genuinely empowered by Buddhas of distant worlds.

Xin Ru's prototype for the Heavenly and Ten Thousand Buddhas Great Repentance Divine Skill was the same, except Xin Ru does not connect with the Buddhas.

Back then, Xin Ruyu was arrogant, only becoming humble after practicing Buddhism, now restoring her original nature, disdaining external "Buddha Power," relying entirely on self-effort.

In her view, since the Buddhists of the ten directions' myriad worlds share a Dharma Body and adhere to "all methods without self," then the Buddhas are me, and I am the Buddhas; therefore, the Infinite Buddha Images Dharma Body she casts are her own avatars; Xin Ru relies solely on self-effort, without Buddha Power, You Tan combines self-effort with Buddha Power, adhering to the essential difference between the two.

"South No Law Realm hides Amitabha Buddha!"

Upon chanting the last Buddha name, the eighty-eight Buddha Images burst into brightness, originally pressing down the Bright Cloud below enough to warp, now further descending tens of feet, almost piercing through all Bright Clouds.

If these eighty-eight Buddha Images fall to the ground, Xin Ru's array's "Buddha Formation" facade will be broken, exposing the inner "Fetal Burial" Demon Formation's true form.

Jin Xunu and the others' previous efforts in breaking the formation had already advanced into the pagodas on each mountain head where the Shariputra was worshiped, now four people engaged in combat with Shi Pi elders and four other old demons, the remaining five still striving fiercely.

Upon seeing these eighty-eight Buddha Images descending, all were both alarmed and delighted, urgently transmitted: "Master You Tan, let's exert more effort to break this array in one go!"

The hundred-foot Golden Buddha continued descending, inciting counterattacks from the formation, causing the surrounding mountains to tremble and flashes of brilliance.

However, these Golden Buddhas were empowered by the eighty-eight Buddhas within the myriad worlds of the ten directions through distant blessing, Xin Ru's array being incomplete, compounded by someone breaking the formation above, ultimately unable to withstand.

The Golden Buddha descended lower and lower, with the Bright Cloud below growing thinner and thinner, gradually revealing its true form, appearing on the ground of the central hall embraced by nine mountains, revealing a bloodstained, gory pit resembling a blood hole on a biological being, pulsing and exerting enormous suction.

The descending eighty-eight Golden Buddhas increasingly compressed the blood hole, causing intense contractions inside, with cries of countless Divine Demons and Hungry Ghosts emanating.

Above, Yu Yingnan and the others watched the blood hole with nervous anticipation, awaiting the Golden Buddha to settle, suppressing the blood hole, and proceeding with Master You Tan to wield magic and utterly break it.

During this period, Xin Ru Nun was also extremely anxious. She was still trying hard to search for Shi Feiyang within her array, but she just couldn't find him!

The array of Jiuhua Mountain is the foundation of her future "Buddha Transformation" world, absolutely not to be lost. She had previously gone to great lengths to lure the people of the Demon Path away, but unexpectedly, it still couldn't hold.

She wanted to return to Jiuhua Mountain immediately, but she was unwilling to let Shi Feiyang go just like that.

The more she couldn't find Shi Feiyang, the more anxious she became, and the more anxious she was, the harder it was to find him. She called Zhu Youmu and others, having them help search, but still, they couldn't find him.

Meanwhile, the situation at Jiuhua Mountain was about to be breached!

Finally, she hardened her heart & summoned Xuanyuan Dharma King across the void!

The reason Shi Feiyang hadn't sent Master Chi Zhang to Central Earth this time, leaving him in Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, was to guard against Xuanyuan Dharma King.

But at the same time, both sides held each other in check, Xuanyuan Dharma King effectively locking Master Chi Zhang; once he rushed to Jiuhua Mountain, Master Chi Zhang would be released!

However, the situation was urgent, leaving no choice.

Xin Ru directly summoned Xuanyuan Dharma King to go to Jiuhua Mountain and eliminate the old nun You Tan!

Xuanyuan Dharma King had merged with three-quarters of the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader's avatars, including his own, that of the demonic corpse Gu Chen, and Jiang Xuejun's...excluding the Blood Rock Hermit's which doesn't count.

Back then, he was taken away by Old Ancestor Haha, raised like livestock, continuously giving birth which were then refined and fused multiple times, ultimately gaining dozens of avatars, making his current overall strength exceed his original life. If Old Ancestor Haha had completed his plan to absorb him fully, he could indeed be truly invincible!

Unfortunately, it was disrupted by Shi Feiyang during the process, dividing and merging, and further integrated with multiple Primordial Spirits, leading to his strength now surpassing even the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader of the past who feared not Heaven's Punishment!

Now, rather than calling him Xuanyuan Dharma King, it's more accurate to call him the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader. Although the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader lost a part of the Primordial Spirit, he has dominated the main position.

The reason he agreed to help Xin Ru was not just because of Xin Ru's promise, but because he coveted Xin Ru's "Fetal Burial" Great Array.

The "Fetal Burial" Great Array may be punishment for others, but for him, it's a reward. Others would fall down the Dao level, becoming ordinary infant blood babies, but he wouldn't. Now even Heaven's Punishment couldn't kill him, and those side effects wouldn't affect him. Rather after a "reincarnation," he could recharge his physical body, absorb the energy of the array, continuously refining chaotic Primordial Spirits, forging them into one and reconstructing a stronger flesh body!

Therefore, he absolutely couldn't allow this array to be destroyed!

The old demon stormed from the south.

The sky above Jiuhua Mountain had turned completely blood-red, and after Master You Tan emerged, she dyed a large central area gold.

This Heavenly Lust Sect Leader appeared as if bringing a vast ink spill, turning the sky from south to north, covering the entire surroundings in pitch-black in an instant.

In the sky, only the positions of the old demons from east, west, south, and north still showed vast crimson, but it had become dark red, while the central area where Master You Tan was had turned dark gold.

Before the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader himself arrived, the overwhelming Mystics Yin Evil Qi came first. Following that, he let out a long howl, more powerful than the Heavenly Secret Demon Divine Sound produced by the Red Corpse God Monarch, almost tearing the sky and shaking the earth. Though it was a single howl, it contained numerous demon sounds, mingling angry roars, growls, screams... Various sounds synthesized into one, shaking the mountains, rolling back demonic flames and twisting Buddha Light.

This single howl stunned everyone engaging in the duel: "What a formidable old monster!"

Master You Tan was alarmed, hastily casting a spell, her Buddha Seal barely formed when the eighty-eight towering golden Buddhas were entangled densely by long black Evil Silk.

The simple Black Evil Silk alone was insufficient to harm the Golden Buddhas, yet those densely packed Evil Silks were mixed with a large number of Thunder Pearls.

The native Mystics Yin Divine Thunder of the Heavenly Lust Sect Leader, when used by him, was extremely powerful. Master You Tan could deplete her power to generate the Boluo Divine Flame as a countermeasure.

However, those Mystics Yin Divine Thunders also contained countless golden Qiantian Taiyin Soundless Divine Thunders!

Jiang Xuejun's Primordial Spirit was also fused into the old demon's Primordial Spirit, thus she too became part of him, her memories entirely absorbed, naturally knowing all techniques transmitted by Yan Yingmu, including the secret technique for refining Soundless Divine Thunder.

This old demon, now practicing dual cultivation of the Evil Path, was increasingly arrogant, wrapping the Golden Buddhas entirely with copious amounts of Black Evil Silk. In an instant, they turned into eighty-eight giant "caterpillar cocoons," with the Mystics Yin Divine Thunder and Soundless Divine Thunder inside growing like tumors.

Master You Tan desperately commanded the Buddhas to surge with flames internally, burning the Mystics Yin Evil Qi. Just as smoke started to rise, the eighty-eight "caterpillar cocoons" simultaneously exploded!