The Ancestor of All Demons

Li Ning urged Xin Ru to turn back before it was too late, but Xin Ru couldn't take his words to heart, especially since Li Ning called her senior sister, which displeased her even more.

In Buddhism, monks and laypeople universally refer to each other as brothers and sisters without a clear distinction of hierarchy. Laypeople address monks as 'Master' regardless of whether they themselves have a Dharma name or not.

Li Ning was a disciple of Bai Mei Zen Master, and there was no clear hierarchical difference between him and Xin Ru's lineage, so calling her senior sister wasn't wrong.

But Xin Ru considered him a junior; daring to call her that was an impertinent offense.

Disregarding whatever Li Ning said, she directly manifested her Wrathful Incarnation from the void.

Her Wrathful Incarnation was over a hundred feet tall, covered in crimson, with a crown of skulls woven into a Death Spirit Crown on her head, draped in a red robe that imprisoned countless fierce divine demons, each with their lower bodies confined within the robe, their upper bodies exposed, brandishing claws and roaring at Li Ning as if to pounce.

The Incarnation appeared even more terrifying, its face blue and purple, jaws filled with tusks protruding from its lips, with extra eyes of varying colors on its forehead, opening and closing to reveal terrifying Demon Light.

This creature resembled a Demon King escaped from Hell, storming towards Li Ning, spitting Demonic Flame and shooting Demon Light from its eyes.

Li Ning sat cross-legged upon the Eight Diagrams Tai Chi Diagram, head lowered and eyes half-closed, seemingly unaware, maintaining purity and calmness of mind.

The Demon Light and Demonic Flame were blocked by Immortal Light and Buddha Light, preventing them from penetrating.

The Demon King let out a thunderous low growl, violently opening its fanged mouth, swallowing Li Ning and the Tai Chi Bagua Diagram whole.

The battle outside continued; Zhu Youmu and Xie Shan's group still held out defiantly.

Shi Feiyang grew impatient with them, calling his disciples back, entrusting Fen Tuo, You Tan, and others who arrived later to handle it.

In the end, this was an internal matter of Buddhism. Xin Ru was a Buddhist member, as were Zhu Youmu and others; it should be resolved by Buddhists themselves.

If it weren't for Xin Ru treating him as an enemy, labeling him as the biggest obstacle to her future "Buddha Transformation" world, and using E Shengfan to plot against him, he wouldn't have directly attacked Jiuhua Mountain.

He led a group of Immortals to descend upon Jiuhua Mountain, watching the continuously contracting and expanding Blood Hole on the ground below, pondering a strategy.

The Immortals all frowned upon seeing it, but knowing that Shi Feiyang had gathered them, they remained silent, quietly waiting for Shi Feiyang to assign tasks.

However, Shi Feiyang was contemplating the timing for Xin Ru to use the Conch Leaf Talisman for the third time, which involved too much karma...

Both the Seven Treasures Golden Banner and the Conch Leaf Talisman were Buddhist treasures; Buddhism would undoubtedly demand their return afterward.

If he led the Immortals to retrieve the Conch Leaf Talisman with full force and returned it to Buddhism, the talisman would still have one chance to reverse time; at some future point, someone from Buddhism could use it against him. While Xin Ru had cultivated over a millennium in Buddhist Righteous Skills, her intentions were not pure, having trodden onto the Demon Path, unable to unleash the talisman's true power. If it fell into the hands of a genuinely skilled Buddhist, its power would be greater, with unpredictable results.

Not wanting such things to transpire, upon arriving here, he instead slowed down, looking skyward.

At this time, another pair flew over from the direction of Little Cold Mountain; Divine Nun Master Ren of Ning and Ye Bin also came to persuade Xie Shan and two women from Immortal City to turn back.

The three, illuminated by Buddha Light from Master Ren, immediately had genuine thoughts of turning back in their minds.

Suddenly the Blood Hole underground echoed with the wrathful roars of Xin Ru's Wrathful Incarnation, a sound so formidable that even Yu Wa, Shaoyang God Monarch, and others were startled, feeling an inexplicable surge of anger, eager to unleash and kill.

Only those who attained the Yang God like Jin Xunu and Huo Wuhai were unaffected, maintaining a calm demeanor.

The remaining of Zhu Youmu's group, upon hearing the roar, were empowered remotely, bursting with anger, as if filled with immense strength, deploying vicious attacks with each move capable of inflicting multiplied damage!

Shi Feiyang tasked Yu Wa, Xian Kong Patriarch, and others to set up the formation.

The Immortals knew they were summoned by Shi Feiyang for this task, immediately scattering, soaring through the surrounding skies, deploying the eight Floating Divine Peaks forged years ago on Tongye Island.

As usual, Xian Kong Patriarch was in the North Kanyi Palace, the two elders of Earth Wood Island in the Southwest Kun Second Palace, Tian Chi Master in the East Dui Palace, Yu Wa in the Southeast Xun Palace, Tianqian Mountain's young male in the Northwest Qian Sixth Palace, Taibai Immortal in the West Dui Seven Palace, Zhenyue Divine Monarch in the Northeast Gen Eighth Palace, Shaoyang God Monarch in the South Li Nine Palace.

Nine Immortals simultaneously cast spells, releasing cold waves, fierce flames, yellow sand, giant woods, manipulating the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams, creating the Qimen Dunjia formation to completely seal Jiuhua Mountain, isolating time and space.

Below Xin Ru sensed it, and the cave erupted with ten thousand Blood Qi beams, immediately staining the entire formation both heaven and earth red.

Then her Wrathful Incarnation manifested in the blood light.

Her Wrathful Incarnation wasn't just one entity but six:

In the Heavenly Dao appeared a Wrathful Incarnation specializing in devouring celestials, still covered in golden light, with three heads and six arms, yet its eyes were somewhat strange;

The wrathful incarnation in the Asura Path is the most ferocious, it just devoured Li Ning;

The wrathful incarnation in the Human Path is a purple-robed Daoist, but with a twisted face, blood-red eyes, and fangs in her mouth, resembling a zombie that feeds on human blood and flesh;

The wrathful incarnation in the Beast Path is a monster similar to a monkey, with a total of twelve arms, sharp claws in front, and six wings on its back;

The wrathful incarnation in the Hungry Ghost Path is a Ghost King, face long like a horse, also with fangs in its mouth, holding a chain in one hand and an axe in the other.

The wrathful incarnation in the Hell Path is the most terrifying, seeming like countless people have been cut and shredded, then their bones and flesh piled together to form something with heads growing here and hands there, indistinguishable in form, merely writhing in a bloody mess.

The six wrathful incarnations formed a circle, backs inward, faces outward, surrounding the true form of Xin Ru in the center.

Xin Ru still maintained her Hundred Feet Golden Body, but now with four faces and eight arms, each face representing compassion, joy, giving, sacrifice, indicating suffering, accumulation, extinction, path, and each hand holding a magical treasure: one with a Conch Leaf Talisman, one with a Seven Treasures Golden Banner, one holding a Poison Dragon Pearl offered by thirty-six Ancient Poison Dragons, one with a Poison Dragon Bag sewn from the skin of seventy-two Poison Dragons, one with the Great Brahma's Prajnaparamita Sword, and one wielding the Holy Wheel of countless tribulations and transformations.

Born straight from the blood hole underground, countless mouths roared at once: "Even if you all come to kill me together, what can you do to me!"

Her remaining followers seemed to have established a connection with her mind and spirit, and also shouted in unison: "Even if you all come to kill me together, what can you do to me!"

After the shout, the followers began to chant in unison: "Namo Xin Ru Buddha!"

Xie Shan along with the two women from Immortal City also clasped their hands and chanted: "Namo Xin Ru Buddha!"

Master Ren couldn't help but say: "Look at her now, does she have any semblance of Buddhist compassion and serenity?"

"You cannot understand the divine skills and wisdom of my Buddha." Xie Shan said, "This is a wrathful incarnation, possessing the highest level of Buddhist divine skills, capable of saving beings from the six paths, capable of destroying the universe of the Three Realms!"

Speaking as such, they were about to pledge allegiance to Xin Ru's side.

Master Ren released Formless Buddha Light to form a long wall blocking the three of them: "No!"

The wrathful incarnation of the Horse-Face Ghost King seeing this gave a furious snort, like a rolling thunder, causing the Buddha Light wall to continuously twist and deform.

This avatar then spewed golden light from its mouth, piercing through the long wall and extending under the feet of Xie Shan and the two others.

The three clasped their hands together, reciting the Buddha's name, and the golden light swept them backwards.

Ye Bin, seeing this, hurriedly released a recently forged Buddha Light Sword, transforming it into a hundred feet of golden light to strike.

The Horse-Face Ghost King this time spewed two wisps of black smoke from its nostrils, which flew over and struck the Buddha Light Sword, exploding it into countless fragments of Buddha Light with a thunderous bang.

Soon, all of Xin Ru's followers were gathered by her side, still shimmering in golden light, with a solemn and majestic appearance.

Shi Feiyang led the disciples standing to the north, right at the peak of Jiuhua Mountain.

Fen Tuo Master and others from the Buddhist sect stood in the southern clouds.

Xin Ru, with so many heads, could face both sides at once.

She didn't take Fen Tuo Master and others too seriously, having calculated from the start that Shi Feiyang was the only one capable of stopping her, thus she had been planning against Shi Feiyang for many years, unfortunately without success, and now she still regarded Shi Feiyang as her greatest enemy.

Shi Feiyang sensed her will locking onto him, and couldn't help but smile: "Today's match is not about me destroying you, but about you wanting to kill Masters Fen Tuo and You Tan, turning them into physical body relics to install on the Seven Treasures Golden Banner. I am merely assisting today, and also reclaiming a group of demons that escaped from home. Now that I've completed my tasks, the rest falls upon the Buddhist sect to settle their affairs."

Fen Tuo, You Tan, Kong Tuo, Wu Ming, Master Ren, and others exchanged glances, knowing Shi Feiyang was negotiating terms.

Seven Treasures Golden Banner and Conch Leaf Talisman, two great treasures of the Buddhist sect, if the Buddhists have the skill to take them back themselves, otherwise, needing someone's help comes at a price.

In truth, Shi Feiyang didn't really want these items, just didn't want people from the Buddhist sect to use them against him in the future, especially the Conch Leaf Talisman.

This time, to counter Xin Ru's reversal of time, he made many plans in advance, repeatedly calculated countless outcomes with Master Chi Zhang, fearing it would be even more difficult if it fell into the hands of a high monk next time.

Of course, had Shi Feiyang not made the preparations in advance today, Fen Tuo Master's best outcome would have been early ascension, thus destroying the physical body, and Master You Tan would not have escaped Xin Ru's clutches, she would also randomly pick an unlucky one from the remaining people, possibly exterminating them all.

If she killed all the orthodox, she would be the only orthodox left in the world!

By then, the Buddhist sect would be utterly defeated, perhaps even entering the Dharma Destruction Era prematurely.