Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 1172 - 704: Return_2
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After a hundred years of fierce battle, where the Great Daos contended, coupled with the previous three days of bloody combat, both sides were seriously damaged in their vital energy.
Yet, opposed as Immortal Demons, the two realms clashed, with neither side having a choice but to fight to the death, even if it meant burning out and turning to ashes, neither could step back an inch.
"Boom!"
The ninefold Great Dao phenomena manifested, embodying nine worlds surrounding and clashing with the Demon Abyss Black Lotus formation.
Mara was inside, maintaining a steady defense, and even occasionally counterattacking the saints. Despite the substantial consumption, he still seemed to have energy to spare, leaving one to wonder when it would be exhausted.
On the other hand, the Xuanhuang side...
The Heavenly Immortal Saints could sustain themselves, after all, they have profound potentiality.
But among the current Xuanhuang Nine Saints, not all were Heavenly Immortal Saints; four were Earth Immortals who had substituted for those who inherited the fruits of the Great Dao.
Although these four were among the strongest Earth Immortals, and had gained significantly from the battle of the Four Realms, after fighting for over three hundred years, sustaining the consumption of their Daoist results, they were already overburdened. The ones with weaker strength had even depleted their foundations; their "Lord Level" was slowly declining. Within their own worlds, the Daoist Soldiers, buildings, and various resources were also being depleted, many disappearing into thin air from overstretching.
To continue the fight, it was unknown if Mara could last, but on the Xuanhuang side, the Nine Saints were sure to fall to five, and even those five were in peril of falling. Even if they managed to defeat Mara, the resulting victory would be too tragic to accept.
Therefore...
"We can hold nothing back!"
"Amitabha!"
Maitreya glanced at the two Earth Immortals who had inherited the legacies of Lamp-Burning Buddha and Shakyamuni, knowing they had reached their last moments, unable to hold on any longer. So, chanting a Buddha’s name, the Three Buddhas finally joined forces.
But one could see Maitreya in the center, with the future Buddha Light shining brightly, with Lamp-Burning Buddha and Bodhi Tathagata on either side, both revealing the Dharma Aspect of Buddha.
The three great Dharma Aspects, the three great Buddhas, from the past to the future, from the future back to the past, superimposed upon each other continuously, bridging the ages of antiquity and modernity, threading through the river of time and space, and even returning to the origin, to the time before the heavens and earth were opened.
Before Heaven and Earth, Chaos was unopened, worlds unformed.
A sacred being was nurtured within, the seed of the Dao, the root of Heaven and Earth, the source of all things.
That was... Brahman!
The way of Brahman, the origin of Buddha, the source of life, the start of extinction.
In an instant, the Three Buddhas united, piercing past, future, and present, enabling the shadow of Great Brahma to materialize from illusion to reality, stepping out from the Chaos, arriving in the world after the opening of Heaven and Earth, pressing down with a Swastika Seal, suppressing the Great Dao Black Lotus and Moluo Boxun.
Faced with the danger of Great Brahma, Boxun’s cold eyes finally showed disturbance, and he immediately pushed the power of the Six Desires Demon Path to its limit. The Primordial Spirit Black Lotus shone greatly, envisioning a scene from before Heaven and Earth were formed, with countless desires transforming into Demon Heads gathering, until in the endless chaos, a Great Demon Fetus appeared, the very Primordial Spirit of Mara, Boxun’s true form.
Great Dao against Great Dao, Innate against Innate!
Two pre-Chaos Innate Sacred beings unfolded a battle transcending past and present.
In the end...
"Boom!!!"
Heaven and Earth shook, all ten directions were obliterated, the Innate Sacred formed from returning to the origin unleashed power comparable to a Golden Immortal. Even a Great Thousand World like Xuanhuang could not bear it, a single strike causing the heavens to splinter and the earth to fracture, the Daos grinding against each other. It is unknown how many lives, how many things, were turned to ashes in that moment.
In the end, the shadow of Great Brahma dispersed, the Swastika Seal vanished into nothingness, only leaving a Demon Fetus still beating and pulsating in the Chaos.
From within the crumbling shadow of Brahma, the figure of Maitreya appeared, with the Great Brahma Buddha Light now fading into silent extinction, the Ten Directions Buddha Countries also displaying destruction. It is unknown how many of the Buddha fell to the force of that strike, vanishing from both body and Dao, even the Buddha’s Golden Body full of cracks, as if about to fall apart.
If this was the state of Maitreya, the others were beyond description. The Dharma Aspects of the Green Lamp Ancient Buddha and Bodhi Tathagata completely vanished. The two Earth Immortals who inherited the legacies of Lamp-Burning Buddha and Shakyamuni, along with their Earthly Deity Worlds, and all creatures, left not a single trace, all obliterated by the power of a Golden Immortal, which transcended the limits of heaven.
This was sacrifice, this was the price!
But even with such a sacrifice, such a price, they still could not achieve victory. Facing the thumping Demon Fetus in the chaos, which desired to emerge into the world, the hearts of all Xuanhuang beings were filled with despair.
At that moment...
"Boom!"
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Heaven and Earth transformed once more, the Great Dao reemerged, and once again it resembled the Chaos of old, like the membrane within an egg, nurturing within a preordained Innate Sacred being. Without the contrast of Heaven and Earth, without things to compare to, its body remained grand and massive to the extreme, muscles knotted, brimming with formidable strength, as if it were the embodiment of "power" from birth.
Within the Chaos, with neither day nor night, only this solitary Sacred being, evolving with the Chaos, finally reached the state of full gestation. Along with it, a Green Lotus bloomed.
The Sacred awoke furiously, stood up, seized the Green Lotus, which then transformed into the colossal Axe of Heavenly Creation. With supreme force, it cleaved into the Chaos, ultimately shattering it, revealing the duality of Yin and Yang, and gradually, the elements of earth, wind, fire, water, all began to form Heaven and Earth...
Everything seemed real yet illusionary, substantial yet hollow. The minds of all were bewildered, still not recovered from the shock of this creation, when the Sacred being—Pangu—raised the Axe of Heavenly Creation, striding into the depths of the Chaos, cleaving towards a throbbing Demon Fetus that was about to be born.
Pangu Splits Demon Luo!
Xuanhuang Breaks Desire Realm!
Indeed, it’s the true form of Pangu, with the power of The Three Pure Ones combined, returning to the origin, revealing the Great Dao anew!
Among Innate Sacred beings, Pangu outmatched even Great Brahma; his attack was even mightier than the Fusion of Three Buddhas, the ultimate technique of Xuanhuang.
With Pangu re-emerged, the Divine Axe opened up the Heavens, and the ultimate power of a Golden Immortal tore through the Chaos, cleaving at that Six Desires Demon Fetus.
"Boom!"
With such a strike, so earth-shaking, when the Axe of Heavenly Creation fell, the boundless Chaos shattered, and the Six Desires Demon Fetus was split in half, revealing a Black Lotus with a figure atop it—none other than Moluo Boxun.
"Ahh!!!"
Amidst the ruins of Chaos, agonized screams resounded, Boxun stood atop the Black Lotus, hair wildly fraught, his face twisted into ferocity, his countenance revealing countless visages, all beings who lost themselves to the Six Desires Demon Path, and with it, the born Desire Realm Demon Gods, including the various Great Heavenly Demons.
Moluo lamented grievously, Boxun bellowed in rage, their forms constantly changing under the Divine Axe of Heavenly Creation, pushing forth the shadows of Desire, Brahman, and Great Brahma. The edge of the Divine Axe whittled them away in layers.
In the end…
"Boom!!!"
With a thunderous noise, the Chaos dissipated, and all ceased to exist.
No more Demon Luo, no more Boxun, no more Black Lotus Demon Abyss.
All annihilation led to nothingness.
A single Divine Axe, reverted back into the Chaos Green Lotus, then disintegrated, its petals, leaves, stem, and root transformed into three figures. In the end, only the petals and leaves remained; the stem, unable to withstand the force, also turned to dust.
Red petals and green leaves descended, two figures were revealed; Daoist Shangqing knelt on one knee, the Qingping Sword in his hand full of cracks, and finally with a clang, it shattered to pieces, becoming ashes, and thus the fruits of The Three Pure Ones, the Heavenly Immortal Daoist Soldiers, ceased to exist.
Elsewhere, Xu Yang’s figure appeared, also overwhelmed and kneeling. The Nine Rites Xuanyuan stood within the void, equally covered in fissures, both the blade and hilt starkly alarming to behold.
Fortunately, alarming was all—it had not fallen apart and collapsed to the ground like the Qingping Sword.
This outcome was not by Xu Yang’s own power, which was superior to Daoist Shangqing, but because they had different roles to play, shared different burdens. Daoist Shangqing, merging the power of three, returned to the origin and manifested Pangu’s True Body, bearing fifty percent of the great pressure in this battle, while the remaining fifty percent was borne by Xu Yang and another.
Under such immense pressure, the Qingping Sword could not endure and met its destruction.
And the two who inherited the remains of the Supreme Primordial Dao, likewise suffered—one hurt, one perished. Xu Yang, relying on his robust Foundation and overwhelming power, managed to survive, even preserving the Nine Rites Xuanyuan, but the other Earth Immortal turned to ashes, and their Dao vanished.
In a flash, of the Nine Saints of Xuanhuang, only six remained.
The last of them, Golden Mother Primordial Lord, Emperor Fengdu, and the Four Sea Dragon Lords hurried forward, attentively scrutinizing the center of the battlefield. They originally intended to take over and make the final push where Devil Luo once stood.
Among the Nine Saints of Xuanhuang, the three of The Three Pure Ones, and the three Buddhas, were the strongest, able to return to origin, combining to manifest the two great Innate Sacred of Great Brahma and Pangu. Though it was only a strike’s worth of power, they transcended heavenly limits, reaching the level of a Golden Immortal.
The three personages of Golden Mother Primordial Lord did not possess such ability, and could only form the rearguard, serving as the ultimate reserve.
It seemed now…
The battlefield lay empty, all vanished into oblivion.
Within the stillness of extinction, a Golden Light flashed into existence, gradually taking the shape of a figure seated upon an imperial throne.
It was...
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