The Ancestor of All Demons

A surge of demonic qi spurted out from the "Blood Demon Scripture," revealing a small figure within the demonic qi, who was none other than the Red Flower Princess.

The Red Flower Princess was dressed in a bright red gauze, her hair loose, her feet bare, with her arms spread wide, performing various Heavenly Demon Dances.

E Shengfan sensed a hint of foreboding, but fortunately, there were numerous Heavenly Demons, big and small, protecting him, and even the Bodhi Demon King manifested from afar, appearing with a crowd of Heavenly Demons.

He commanded all the Heavenly Demons to surround his body and managed to expand his body to over a hundred feet tall, emitting a golden light as vibrant as that of "Xin Ru Buddha's" Golden Body, shining brightly over Jiuhua Mountain.

The Red Flower Princess glared at him fiercely. As she performed her Heavenly Demon Dance, various spells began to appear on her skin, white as snow.

She had already integrated the two Demon Scriptures into her body. It would be better to say it was Shi Feiyang who did the integration.

She merely gathered the scriptures together; it was Shi Feiyang who comprehended the various profound meanings and techniques within the texts, transforming them into today's "Blood Demon Scripture."

The "Blood Demon Scripture" was not simply a merger of the two Demon Scriptures' texts; the true cultivation techniques had been integrated into one, forming an entirely new scripture, with powers and divine skills stronger than the two original scriptures combined. Moreover, three Heavenly Secret Demon Divine Shuttles were incorporated, turning the scripture itself into an extremely powerful Magical Treasure!

E Shengfan once vowed to attain rebirth into the Demon God Scripture, later becoming restricted by the scripture's own magic prohibition, trapped within it as the Sovereign Demon God for a millennium.

The Red Flower Princess used these connections to cast a "Blood Curse" on E Shengfan.

E Shengfan, whose divine power and mana were so high that he dared to confront the orthodox Divine Nuns of Buddhist schools like Fen Tuo and You Tan, now, facing Shi Feiyang, seemed like a mouse seeing a cat; all the summoned Heavenly Demons dared not attack Shi Feiyang but remained bound to protect E Shengfan, resorting only to singing Heavenly Demon Zen Chants from afar to attack Shi Feiyang.

Even with his utmost defense, the curse of the Red Flower Princess penetrated through. This was a method Shi Feiyang specifically created by combining the two scriptures for E Shengfan.

Blood began to flow from the hundred-feet Golden Body of E Shengfan, streaming from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nostrils.

Then, his arms, shoulders, chest, back, even his cheeks, began to crack, and bright red blood flowed continuously from the fissures.

Blood-stained Golden Body!

E Shengfan was terrified, desperately concentrating and casting spells to stop it, but there was nothing he could do; the "Blood Demon God Spell" prepared by Shi Feiyang penetrated all defenses!

He used the "Heavenly Secret Demon Great Technique" and "Heavenly Demon Protection Technique" from the "Demon God Scripture," and even new spells from the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record," like "All Buddha's Protection" and "Buddha Light Body," all proved useless.

The cracks on the hundred-feet Golden Body increased, and the amount of blood flowing out grew larger.

"How can this be? How can this be?" he stared at Shi Feiyang, "You...I wouldn't..."

Hate and fear overwhelmed him; gritting his teeth, he suddenly roared, raising his hand to form a Golden Buddha Palm, as large as a mountain peak, the same Vajra Demon Suppressing Divine Palm used by the Absolute Venerable in the past, striking fiercely at Shi Feiyang, while simultaneously commanding all the Heavenly Demons to attack Shi Feiyang.

Shi Feiyang ignored the Golden Buddha Palm; with his right hand forming a sword finger, he quickly inscribed a Blood Demon Talisman into the air from the Demon Scripture. With a light touch, the Golden Buddha Palm faded into nothingness.

Then the pages of the Demon Scripture flipped rapidly, and the Red Flower Princess spat out a beam of Demon Light, from which flew out Blood Demon Talismans, each imprinting on the forehead of a Heavenly Demon.

Shi Feiyang smiled and said to E Shengfan: "That Golden Body was given to you by Xin Ru Nun to fool others in class. What use is it in front of me? Do you think you can integrate the Buddhist and Demon Path techniques to cultivate the Supreme Method? Truly wishful thinking!"

Shi Feiyang had long achieved "Seeing Dao," a level in both Buddhism and Daoism. In Buddhism, reaching this state is akin to "seeing the essence and becoming a Buddha," breaking through a layer of ignorance, attaining a portion of the Dharma Body, and entering the True Dharma Realm. In Daoism, it means seeing the essence of the Great Dao, the true nature of the universe and life, akin to seeing the universe's backside through a scientific metaphor.

In our daily lives, with our five senses and six perceptions, we see the universe's "front," resembling a website; ordinary people see images, texts, and videos, while those who "see Dao" perceive the codes, or even "10101110."

Dao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, three begets all things. Everything in the world is born from the essence of the Great Dao and remains intertwined, inseparable from the Dao itself, in unity with all things.

Thus, after seeing Dao, one can fully understand the rise and fall of all things and the operation of the universe, comprehending the fundamental logic of everything.

Shi Feiyang could merge two top Demon Path ultimate techniques into one. Although E Shengfan's mana was high, he had not "seen Dao." He was forcibly cultivating the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record" under Xin Ru's guidance and help.

The "Demon God Scripture" is a top Demon Path secret manual, while the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record" was created by the Absolute Venerable specifically to annihilate all demons.

Every spell within the latter is meant to restrain the former. If the former creates great terror in the heart, then the latter will extinguish this great terror. If the former summons the Heavenly Gods and Demons, then the latter will annihilate them. If the former stirs up human desires, then the latter will eradicate all desires.

This holds true in reverse as well; if the latter maintains a Pure Heart, the former seeks to destroy it. If the latter abandons external aids and seeks the law inwardly, the former seeks external temptations to break Zen, and not only to break Zen but other things as well.

The reason Absolute Venerable created the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record" and swept away all demons, making such a big commotion, yet still managed to ascend after a delay of five hundred years, was because he had accumulated ample merit beforehand.

The Bodhisattva practices the Six Perfections and the art of Zen meditation deeply, enduring humiliation, practicing almsgiving, Prajnaparamita, diligence, and observing precepts. Absolute Venerable accumulated greatly over a millennium, and only by this accumulated merit could he narrowly manage to ascend, whereas his disciples did not possess this ability and all ended up lost in the demon-sweeping and demon-destroying process, unable to attain liberation.

E Shengfan lacked such foundational merits. The Demon Path Technique specifically reduces the Six Perfections. Buddhist law requires cultivators to endure humiliation, demon magic says when one cannot endure, there is no need to; strike them down, annihilate their entire family, or the thoughts cannot be smooth! Buddhist law demands observing precepts, demon magic retorts with irreverence, claiming all rules and restraints are shackles, advocating complete freedom! Buddhist law encourages almsgiving to overcome greed, while demon magic calls such actions foolish, aiding others to reap where they did not sow and leading to inevitable repercussions...

E Shengfan could not accumulate substantial merit in practice, nor attain the "Seeing Dao Position" in Wisdom, and could not reconcile all doctrines, merely forcing cultivation.

The "Blood Demon Scripture" practiced by Shi Feiyang used his previous connection with scriptures to cast various curses, directly manipulating his fate, revealing his mental burdens within the scriptures, and using the Blood Demon Talisman to control him.

The Vajra Zen Chant of demon suppression echoed in E Shengfan's left ear, and in the right ear, the top-tier Secret Demon Divine Sound of the Demon Path;

The world appeared red in his left eye, with everyone blood-soaked, while his right eye saw a golden world, with even the Heavenly Demon before him turning into a Golden Body Buddha;

Buddhas and demons danced chaotically in his mind, Buddha Light and Demon Light mixed together.

He cast the Heavenly Demon Technique with his left hand and the Demon Suppression Seal with his right, his body twisted, his face contorted, and the Hundred Feet Golden Body bestowed by Xin Ru was extensively cracked, resembling a statue worn down by years of wind and rain, with gaping fissures bleeding, soon showing the bones inside through the openings.

"Ah..." E Shengfan howled in pain and rage, "I'll fight you to the end!"

Knowing his power was no match for Shi Feiyang, he decided to sacrifice everything, luring all the big and small demons into his body.

The powerful demons, like Bodhi, Moxi, and others, sensed something was wrong, knowing they couldn't contend with Shi Feiyang, and quickly slipped away vanishing into thin air.

The ignorant ones lunged at E Shengfan, sucking and devouring the spilled fresh blood, and then crawled into his body through the blood mouth.

A large number of demons entered E Shengfan's body, making his expression even more twisted and fierce, indeed enhancing his mana, as he prepared to charge at Shi Feiyang desperately.

Shi Feiyang quickly wrote and painted on the Demon Scripture with his sword finger from his right hand, rapidly chanting a Secret Spell.

Inside E Shengfan, it was a "Buddha and Demon Fighting". He summoned Heavenly Demons into his body, choosing to abandon Buddhist law and use all his accumulated magic to fight Shi Feiyang to the end.

How could Shi Feiyang agree? He began to aid the growth of Buddha mind and Buddha thoughts within him, making him quickly recall all kinds of demon-suppressing Great Techniques from the "Demonic Destruction Treasure Record", with names of Buddhas and Buddha scriptures appearing segment by segment, and demon-suppressing Great Techniques condensing into golden, glowing Buddha statues floating in his mind...

These demon-suppressing Great Techniques appeared, repelling the various Heavenly Demons in his body. Struck by Buddha Light, the Heavenly Demons howled in pain and fury, retaliating in aggression.

E Shengfan, with his broken and bony arms, clutched his head, beating and hitting wildly.

"Little Fan, how can you escape my grasp? Come home when you're done playing!"

The final Blood Demon Talisman of Shi Feiyang was pressed onto the Demon Scripture, causing E Shengfan's Hundred Feet Golden Body to explode with a "bang", like a mountain blasted apart, with fragments of bone and flesh mixed with gold fragment Buddha Light bursting into a mass, some Heavenly Demons inside realizing something amiss and fleeing in all directions, while others greedily fed on the flesh devouring hungrily.

Before these flesh remnants completely scattered, a powerful suction force arose from within, projecting beams of blood lines and red stars, not allowing a single drop of blood to spread and fly away, forcibly pulling everything back inward, preventing any of the Heavenly Demons from escaping, all sucked back in.

Next, a large amount of Void Evil Fire emerged from the center of the flesh, burning fiercely outward, causing the Heavenly Demons to wail and ghosts to howl, with bones and flesh melting.

These Heavenly Demons came from various Demon Realms, and typically, Shi Feiyang capturing them was not easy, as they would instantly return to their realm with a thought.

But this time, having accepted E Shengfan's sacrifice and consumed what belonged to him, they couldn't just leave; Shi Feiyang used the Secret Demon Great Technique to bind them together, absorbing and capturing them all, then refining them with the Void Evil Fire.

The Void Evil Fire is the main explosive charge of the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle, extremely powerful, refining the large mass of flesh and blood into Blood Qi in an instant, which was then summoned by Shi Feiyang to integrate into the Demon Scripture in his hand.