In the face of absolute strength, all cultivation techniques and secret arts are trivial.
“It wouldn’t hurt to conduct the contest within the space of my Immortal Gourd treasure.”
Chongxu Daoist summoned an Immortal Gourd, which transformed into a world of its own.
Those outside the Treasure Space could still witness the competition inside.
“It is said that after the Qingyang Immortal Emperor, he is the most talented disciple of the Tai Hua Holy Land. Let me, a former rival of the Qingyang Immortal Emperor, see if he lives up to his reputation,” the White Immortal Emperor said, intrigued by Lu Changsheng, the successor to the Qingyang Immortal Emperor.
“This youngster probably hasn’t started practicing the supreme swordsmanship of the Tai Hua Holy Land yet,” speculated the Sword Saint Wuji from the Primordial Holy Land, seemingly more interested in the Holy Land’s sect-defining sword technique.
Lu Changsheng and Buddha Lord Xingwang entered the space within the Immortal Gourd Treasure.
Buddha Lord Xingwang clasped a string of prayer beads, his gaze revealing an indomitable spirit, “Amitabha Buddha, please enlighten me,” he said.
Buddha Lord Xingwang infused his Buddhist force into the prayer beads.
“Om, Ma, Ni, Pa, Me, Hum!”
Buddha Lord Xingwang opened with the Six-syllable Mantra!
The beads dispersed, morphing into golden Six-syllable Mantras, resembling six golden mountains, bearing down with immense pressure!
Quite the honor, he really thinks highly of himself.
As a reincarnation of an ancient Buddha, Buddha Lord Xingwang’s Six-syllable Mantra carried boundless Buddhist force.
Lu Changsheng circulated his True Solar Fire Yuan Skills, his True Solar Qi confronting the Six-syllable Mantra head-on!
Golden and red massive True Qi collided, shaking the space, the sound of the Great Dao ringing out!
Terrible waves of energy rolled out, thousands of meters high, causing Lu Changsheng’s Daoist Robe and Buddha Lord Xingwang’s Kasaya to flutter noisily.
Buddha Lord Xingwang’s expression subtly changed.
He had only used the Six-syllable Mantra to test Lu Changsheng’s strength.
If it had been a genius at the Immortal Emperor Realm, Buddha Lord Xingwang would not have been surprised.
But Lu Changsheng was merely at the Quasi-Emperor realm, yet he blocked the Six-syllable Mantra with relative ease.
“His True Solar Fire Yuan Skills must have been cultivated to the eighth level, just one step away from Great Perfection,” Buddha Lord Xingwang deduced.
“The True Solar Fire Yuan Skills are one of the unique arts of the Tai Hua Holy Land, a mid-grade Emperor Tier technique. Yet this youth, still in the Quasi-Emperor realm, has almost cultivated it to the Great Perfection Realm—that is indeed formidable,” Buddha Lord Xingwang acknowledged.
Being a young rival of the Qingyang Immortal Emperor, the White Immortal Emperor was intimately familiar with the ultimate arts of the Tai Hua Holy Land, and he recognized the progress Lu Changsheng had made in his cultivation.
An Emperor Tier mid-grade technique should theoretically be cultivated to the Great Perfection in the mid-stage of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
But for these monstrously talented freaks of nature, progressing early in cultivation techniques was nothing unusual.
“Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand!”
Buddha Lord Xingwang changed techniques, his hand spreading wide, transforming into thousands of Buddha hands that covered the sky and enveloped Lu Changsheng.
The ground shattered!
“Here it comes, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple’s Emperor Tier Buddhist martial technique,” exclaimed many disciples of Holy Lands who had never witnessed this Buddhist martial technique.
“Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand!”
Lu Changsheng flipped his palm and cast the same Buddhist martial technique, the Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand, countering Buddha Lord Xingwang’s attack.
Two thousand Buddha hands collided in mid-air, sending out ripples of Buddhist light!
Both wielded the same technique, but Buddha Lord Xingwang’s, imbued with Buddhist force, was purer.
Lu Changsheng, however, had integrated the Ziwei Celestial Flame into his Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand—a flame not even an Immortal Emperor would casually touch.
Lu Changsheng’s modified Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand held power not inferior to the original technique.
In some respects, this modified Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand was even more terrifying in might.
The golden Buddha hands of Buddha Lord Xingwang, upon contact with the Ziwei Celestial Flame, vanished into nothingness.
“What? He also knows the Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple!”
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“But his version of the Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand is different; it’s not exactly the same,” they remarked, astonished.
The crowd was even more surprised.
They had not expected Lu Changsheng to know the secret cultivation techniques of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple!
Moreover, Lu Changsheng had integrated the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple’s secret techniques with those of Tai Hua Holy Land!
“Could it be that your Tai Hua Holy Land has been stealthily learning our Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple’s cultivation techniques?”
Grand Freedom Buddha looked towards Tai Hua Holy Maiden, Lin Qinghan.
Lin Qinghan snorted coldly, “Merely an emperor tier lower-grade martial technique, we at Tai Hua Holy Land have plenty of those, and there’s no need to steal yours. My junior brother here most likely learned this martial technique from a Buddha who broke away from your Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.”
The crowd fell silent, recognizing that Tai Hua Holy Land indeed had no need to specifically steal a lower-grade emperor tier martial technique from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
Furthermore, the Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand used by Lu Changsheng had been modified.
“Could it be because he saw me perform the Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand last time and thus learned it?”
Grand Freedom Buddha felt depressed.
He had thought that Lu Changsheng had merely glimpsed his move and learned it on the spot.
Some monstrous geniuses indeed have the capability to copy others’ martial techniques.
The Thousand Buddha Demon Subduing Hand is not the true Sect-defining ultimate art of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple; some Buddhas who returned to secular life spread the technique afterward.
The Sect-defining ultimate arts, such as “Ziwei Celestial Flame True Art” and “One Sword Across Ages,” are strictly forbidden to be passed on.
If someone were to learn these techniques and then defect from the Holy Land, it would go to any lengths to eliminate them.
As Buddha Lord Xingwang clashed with Lu Changsheng once again, they were still evenly matched, his expression serious, as the prayer beads returned to his hand.
“Let me show you the real secret technique of our Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.”
Buddha Lord Xingwang’s eyes burst forth with golden light as he fully channeled the cultivation technique, tremendous Buddhist Force pouring into the prayer beads which then radiated intense golden light.
Chants resonated, and heaven and earth echoed in unison!
Behind Buddha Lord Xingwang, countless Buddha Phantoms appeared.
Lin Qinghan, Jiang Yu, Jiang Yue Fairy, Banished Sword Immortal, Yan Zhiqiu, and other geniuses from the Qilin Ranking were moved, “This is the Sect-defining ultimate art of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple—’Ten Thousand Buddhas Return to Origin.'”
Buddha Baoguang was also somewhat moved, “Three kalpas of three thousand Buddhas, the past kalpa’s Magnificent Era of a thousand Buddhas, the present kalpa’s Sage Era of a thousand Buddhas, and the future kalpa’s Star Fate Era of a thousand Buddhas. If Ten Thousand Buddhas Return to Origin is cultivated to the ultimate realm, it can invoke the world projection of three kalpas’ three thousand Buddhas, capable of commanding creation itself.”
White Immortal Emperor, Sword Saint Wuji, and others now wished to see how Lu Changsheng would cope.
The phantoms of the three kalpas’ three thousand Buddhas behind Buddha Lord Xingwang were still faint, a sign that the art had not been cultivated to a profound realm.
But “Ten Thousand Buddhas Return to Origin” itself is an extremely esoteric technique, and even just cultivating a few initial layers produces terrifying power.
Lu Changsheng had a solemn expression, mustering his full power to channel “Ziwei Celestial Flame True Art,” his palm producing the Ziwei Celestial Flame that even Immortal Emperors feared.
Around the Ziwei Celestial Flame, space itself seemed to burn and collapse.
“Tai Hua Holy Land’s Sect-defining ultimate art—’Ziwei Celestial Flame True Art.’ This time it’s a clash of the ultimate arts from two great Holy Lands, it’s uncertain who will prevail.”
White Immortal Emperor, seeing the familiar technique, was filled with anticipation.
A showdown of the ultimate arts of the two great Holy Lands, with their Holy Sons and Buddha Sons using them, carried the reputation of both lands.
Buddha Lord Xingwang enunciated each syllable, within the chant resided the endless power of faith from countless beings, “Ten Thousand Buddhas Return to Origin!”
The phantoms of three thousand Buddhas blazed with golden light, almost simultaneously using the Buddhist martial techniques, Lion Seal, Immovable King Seal, Mighty Vajra Palm, Flickering Flower Finger, Samsara Finger… an endless array of moves!
Three thousand Buddhist martial techniques were directed at Lu Changsheng, their momentum devastating!
The ultimate art, Ten Thousand Buddhas Return to Origin, when cultivated to the highest realm, represented an onslaught by three thousand Buddhas, as though facing the siege of three thousand Buddhas!
It was, after all, the Sect-defining ultimate art of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple!
Even though Buddha Lord Xingwang had not yet perfected this technique to the highest realm, and the divine skills of the three thousand Buddhas had not reached their pinnacle, the collective strike of the three thousand Buddha phantoms was monumental! The chanting rang in everyone’s ears, shaking heaven and earth!
“Such a terrifying power.”
“Worthy of the Buddha Son of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, ranked fourteenth on the Qilin Ranking, his cultivation is so profound.”
The onlookers were astonished.
Buddha Lord Xingwang was still growing. If in the future he could bring “Ten Thousand Buddhas Return to Origin” to the realm of Great Perfection, then the combined force of the three thousand Buddhas could indeed shatter heavens and obliterate earth.
“Primordial Heaven-Splitting Fist!”
Lu Changsheng infused the Ziwei Celestial Flame into the emperor tier mid-grade martial technique “Primordial Heaven-Splitting Fist,” embodying the technique himself as he faced the onslaught of the three thousand Buddha phantoms.
The Heavenly Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda emerged above his head, radiant with myriad glows!
Lu Changsheng also deployed the divine skills documented in the “Space Holy Scripture” and the “Eternal Holy Scripture,” creating temporal and spatial turbulence around him as his fists shattered one Buddha phantom after another.
Each Buddha phantom extinguished!