Chapter 633 - 632: The Four Immortal Slaying Swords Return, Seven Treasure Marvelous Tree Appears [First Update]
Chapter 633 - 632: The Four Immortal Slaying Swords Return, Seven Treasure Marvelous Tree Appears [First Update]
Lin Heng looked up at the one in the Outer Heaven Universe.
World Honored One of the Buddha Country, Saint Tathagata.
Since the great catastrophe of the Journey to the West, this title had suppressed Daoism for three hundred thousand years.
A hundred years ago, when Tathagata regained control of the Buddha Country, the mere mention of a hundred-year term became a mountain in the hearts of everyone in the Dao Celestial Court.
It can be said.
The sense of oppression he brought to the Daoist Celestial Court was unparalleled by any prior enemy, even though the other party had never acted against the Daoist Celestial Court before.
But Lin Heng understood that this was a Saint far superior to Venerable Emperor Chong’en.
In fact, this was the second time Lin Heng had seen the legend of the Buddha Country, although the other party was unaware.
Because that time, Lin Heng, as an outsider, glimpsed a corner of the scene through that Bronze Giant Door in the upstream of ancient history.
On that mysterious Sea of Blood battlefield.
There were too many powerful beings, overturning clouds with a flip of the hand and summoning rain with another.
But the Tathagata Buddha, standing against the vastness and suppressing heaven and earth, remained incomparably dazzling, leaving an extremely deep impression on Lin Heng!
Of course.
That was only a unilateral glimpse.
Just as over the years, Tathagata Buddha residing in the Great Leiyin Temple often unilaterally glimpsed at Lin Heng as well.
So, until this very moment, Lin Heng and Tathagata truly faced each other for the first time, their gaze intertwining.
The expressions of both were equally cold; in their profound eyes, there was undisguised killing intent.
"You are indeed a surprising fellow. Although I did not believe that the East Buddha casting you into the turbulent flow of space-time could trap you forever, I surely did not expect you to return so quickly."
"It seems you have fully mastered the Space-Time Rules."
"Confucius mentioned that he sensed an unusual glimpse in the upstream of time; he suspected that person was you. It appears his guess is correct, isn’t it?"
The Tathagata Buddha did not hide his killing intent but did not refrain from admiring the young Celestial Venerable before him.
"If Confucius was referring to that desolate time node, then yes, it was this humble Daoist. My understanding of the Time Rule is also thanks to the guidance of Confucius."
Lin Heng replied calmly, without deliberately hiding anything.
But his words made the Tathagata Buddha furrow his brows slightly.
"So, you reached that era?"
Lin Heng remarked calmly, "Yes, and I saw just a fraction of that battlefield, the image of Buddha standing against the vastness, suppressing heaven and earth, was truly unforgettable."
The Tathagata Buddha’s eyes narrowed slightly, suddenly smiling: "So you should understand, I am not Venerable Emperor Chong’en. The feats you accomplished with him can only be realized with him."
As he spoke, Buddha’s whole body resounded with Brahma sounds.
It seemed as if countless Great Buddhas were chanting within him.
Individual golden Sanskrit characters manifested in the starry sky; all stars were replaced with scriptures, and upon looking up, the sky was filled with golden Buddhist scriptures.
Lin Heng remained expressionless; the Chaos Tai Chi Diagram spontaneously floated beneath his feet, expanding in the wind, covering the entire Eastern Immortal Realm.
Clearly, it was meant to shield the Celestial Court’s beings from the battlefield’s aftershocks.
"Immortal Slaying Sword, return," Lin Heng lightly intoned.
Previously blasted into the deep sea by Tathagata’s palm while in Yang Jian’s hand, the Immortal Slaying Sword emitted a chilling clanging resonance, enough to make the world shiver.
Then the vast ocean split, and it shot across the void.
In an instant, it landed before Lin Heng.
The Immortal-Trap Sword emitted a buzzing sound; it floated beside the Immortal Slaying Sword, extremely excited, rejoicing as if seeing family.
Lin Heng wielded both swords; the Saint’s Breath infused them, and the murderous aura of these two unparalleled sacred weapons startled the entire Grand Thousand Upper Realm.
Causing many ancient beings to recall the terror of the Gods Sealing Era, when the Heaven-Reaching Sect Leader initiated the Immortal Slaying Sword Array.
The Extreme Sacred Weapons in the hands of a Quasi-Saint were entirely different instruments when wielded by a Saint.
Just as the Immortal Slaying Sword and Immortal-Trap Sword in Lin Heng’s hands today, the killing intent they exhibited far surpassed that of thirty years ago.
Even a wisp of Sword Qi falling could annihilate a galaxy.
Yet, Tathagata Buddha seemed indifferent, casually saying: "The Heaven-Reaching Sect Leader’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords ultimately need all four to display their true power; relying merely on two, they are no different from ordinary Holy Soldiers."
Clearly, for such beings as Tathagata Buddha.
Merely two swords were not sufficient to stir any emotion within him.
However, from the distant north, a Demon Fog suddenly surged forward.
The Demon Fog swept across the world, bringing darkness wherever it went.
Amidst the darkness, two radiant lights constantly flashed, like twin moons in the sky, carrying an aura of sundering heaven and earth, rushing into the Eastern Domain Celestial Court.
Clang!
The sharp, piercing clamor of clanging swords rang out.
The other two lost swords— the Immortal Extinction Sword and the Immortal Slaying Sword— appeared in everyone’s sight after their disappearance in that ancient battle.
All four swords chimed in harmony, Sword Qi erupting.
Floating and sinking before Lin Heng, joyful like elves.
Lin Heng looked towards the distant north, Tathagata Buddha also turned his gaze to the distant north.
His gaze was deep, with a fury barely contained in his eyes.
Lin Heng nodded towards the Demon Fog in the north, saying, "Thank you."
Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, Shen Gongbao, and others were slightly surprised, thinking to themselves: "So the other two swords ended up in Wutian’s hands..."
The sender of the swords was indeed Demon Realm Wutian.
Back then, the four swords were struck to the edge of the universe by Venerable Emperor Chong’en, with Yang Jian and Ying Zheng each retrieving one. The Immortal Extinction Sword and the Immortal Slaying Sword were seized by a Quasi-Saint hiding at the edge.
But that Quasi-Saint did not know they had long been targeted by the Demon Race.
The Ancient Seven Monarchs emerged together, murdered them, and took the swords back, then Wutian kept the two swords hidden ever since.
Only now did he return them.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, deal with him well. You need not aim for victory, merely delay him; his time is limited," a voice emerged from the Demon Fog, spanning across the Immortal Realm, resonating through ages, revealing Tathagata’s current situation.
"Thank you," Lin Heng said, gazing at Tathagata.
Tathagata, however, stared at the distant Wutian in the starry cosmos, his gaze icy as he said: "You make me very angry."
Wutian, forever opposing the Buddha Country and Tathagata, was indifferent, sneering: "Not pleased? Come kill me, if you dare?"
Tathagata remained silent, taking a deep breath, then said: "When the time is right, I will fulfill your wish."
Having spoken, he no longer paid attention to the ’self’ he had sought to kill yet couldn’t for years, turning his gaze back to Lin Heng, expressionless he said:
"Come on then, let me see how much of Heaven-Reaching’s power your Immortal Slaying Sword Array holds?"
As he spoke, a branch shattered the void, appearing before Tathagata.
With Brahma sounds resounding.
This branch grew sturdily, sprouting leaves, transforming into a giant Divine Tree reaching into the depths of the universe.
A vast and mystical aura swept across the Five Great Immortal Realms in an instant.
Ancient beings awoke, gazing at that giant Divine Tree at the horizon’s end, murmuring in awe: "Seven Treasure Marvelous Tree..."
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