Immortal Road.

Chapter 176 Secrets of the Upper Realm
Lin Shan and the others could not help but be shocked. They originally thought that among the three Nascent Soul Dharma Kings who went on the expedition to the Song Dynasty with the Black Lotus Sect, only the Dharma King of Discipline escaped back alone after the battle with the Zixiao Sect, and the other two had already died.

But unexpectedly, the Dharma King who protected the religion was not dead. He secretly took over the body of a disciple of the Zixiao Sect and lurked under the nose of the righteous for several years.

It turns out that few of the old monsters in the Nascent Soul stage are easy to deal with!
However, under the rolling torrent of the trend, the Dharma King who protects the religion is obviously powerless and cannot change the balance of the war between the two camps of good and evil. He can only lurk and survive until now.

Later, when the righteous army broke through the Luosong Mountains and marched into the eastern part of the Song Dynasty, he decisively took his new body and sneaked in, preparing to return to the East China Sea to make plans.

But he still underestimated the means of Zixiao Sect. After all, the body he took over was the genius disciple of Zixiao Sect "Lei Yinzi". As the future Nascent Soul seed of the sect, countless eyes were staring at his original owner of the physical body.

As soon as he tried to escape, his weakness was immediately discovered. Not long after, the three Yuanying stage elders of Zixiao Sect joined forces to chase him down.

So this scene just happened.

At this time, the four of them had been fighting fiercely for a long time. The evening's fiery clouds originally covered the sky red, but were shaken into balls of cotton by the enormous magic power. Thunder dragons roared continuously, shaking their heads and tails in the clouds, appearing and disappearing.

There was a thick black fog on the horizon, inside which was a young man in a red robe. He had one hand behind his back, and the other hand was waving freely, as if he was drawing a landscape ink painting in the sky.

Rolls of black gas like quicksand spread down, transforming into black giant handprints, black swords and spears, black jade seals and pearls, black inkstone treasure maps. It was simply seventy-two kinds of changes, which were performed effortlessly and freely.

No matter what magic weapons and supernatural powers the three Yuanying elders of Zixiao Sect used, he could accurately see the flaws in them, and then use restraining means to break them one by one. His realm was so unfathomable that it was breathtaking.

The Dharma King who protects the religion is the mainstay of the Black Lotus Sect. If he had not been unsure of surviving the heavenly tribulation, he would have had the strength to reach a higher level long ago.

Even though his Nascent Soul has only been in possession of another's body for a few years and has not fully recovered to its prime, he is still able to fight three Nascent Soul cultivators of the same level in a close fight. His terrifying strength is evident, and he is worthy of being a giant of the magic world.

However, the three elders of Zixiao Sect were already enraged at this moment, thinking of the fact that their sect had already experienced the shocking battle when the three evil sects attacked. Not only had more than half of the thirty-six veins of the sect been lost, but all of its spiritual veins had been drained by the "Danshu Jinchi". The sect's accumulation of thousands of years had been consumed, and it had gone from being the leader among the three righteous sects to being at the bottom.

Just when the sect was in decline and there was a lack of successors, the future hope "Nascent Soul Seed" was possessed by the Demon Lord, which was like a knife in their hearts!

You should know that there are only two "Nascent Soul Seeds" in the Zixiao Sect!

Of course, secretly there is actually a kid named Lin whose brain is a bit "crazy". In order to prevent this guy from committing suicide and dying prematurely, they suppress him in many ways and prevent him from coming to the limelight.

But even so, the losses were heavy.

On the other hand, what kind of person is the Dharma King who protects the Black Lotus Sect?

He is a top-level fighter in the late Nascent Soul stage, standing at the top of the food chain in this world. He is able to dominate the world of cultivation and control the ever-changing situation. The once-in-a-millennium demonic calamity of the Song Dynasty also relies on the support of such a powerful person. As long as he doesn't waste time on weekdays, it will be difficult for him to die.

If he had not relied on the "Danshu Jinchi" manuscript left by the ancestor, and consumed a huge amount of spiritual vein essence to trigger the heavenly tribulation, how could he have been forced into the dilemma of abandoning his physical body and Nascent Soul and escaping?
Now that they had finally managed to severely injure this demon, if they allowed him to take over the body of a talented disciple and escape, that would be like letting a tiger return to the mountains. How could they possibly let him escape from the Song Dynasty so easily?

This kind of serious threat must not be allowed to make a comeback!
Originally, the three Nascent Soul elders of Zixiao Sect were reserved in their attack, thinking that if they could use their numbers to capture him, destroy the Nascent Soul that had taken over his body, and use the sect's life plate to recall the soul of "Lei Yinzi", they might be able to save a future Nascent Soul seed.

But now it seems that the Dharma King is indeed a giant in the magic world. If we don't use our true abilities, we will be unable to do anything to such a person.

The three Nascent Soul elders communicated secretly with each other, finally reached a consensus after a brief discussion, and made the final decision.

kill!

Since it is impossible to save a genius, why not get rid of this great enemy once and for all!
The three of them did not hesitate and immediately started to chant the spell with their backs together. In an instant, a bright circular light array appeared under their feet. Dark clouds appeared in the sky with rumbling thunder. For no reason, the surrounding celestial phenomena changed drastically.

In the blink of an eye, heavy rain poured down in an area of ​​dozens of miles!

“Boom boom boom ~ snap!”

"Whoa Whoah"

The boundless rain curtain connected the sky and the earth, blocking all vision in an instant, and the figures of the three people disappeared.

The Dharma King on the opposite side is knowledgeable and experienced. He can change the celestial phenomena on a large scale with such momentum, which must be his supernatural power to protect the sect!
Or it was three Nascent Soul cultivators of the same level, who practiced the same kind of skills and performed them together. Their power would surely destroy the world, and they intended to kill him in one fell swoop.

Lin Shan and others who were watching from afar below, now crouched down and hid a hundred miles away. They saw that the sky ahead was originally sunny, but in the blink of an eye, there were lightning, thunder and heavy rain. They did not dare to move forward to escape.

With such magical power to change the weather on a large scale, they, a bunch of ants, couldn't even withstand the aftermath and would be turned into ashes if they were not careful.

At the same time, they couldn't help but worry about the Dharma King who protects the religion. With the body he has taken over, can he really withstand the combined magical powers of the three Yuanying elders of the Zixiao Sect?
Lin Shan turned his head and glanced at the Black Skull Demon Lord, thinking that with his eyesight he should be able to see some clues.

The Black Skull Demon Lord's tone became unusually serious, and he explained in a deep voice to the people around him:

“I can’t stop it. This Nascent Soul master of your Demon Sect is only strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He seemed to be able to handle it with ease before, but in fact, he just overdrawn the potential of this body.

Moreover, the cultivation methods of the three old men of Zixiao Sect all originated from the Taoist sect. The superposition of the three of them to display the sect's magical power is not as simple as one plus one equals two. The power will definitely be far greater than before. Even if they meet a real late Nascent Soul, they can compete with them!"

Lin Shan also took a deep breath after hearing this. He was naturally 100% convinced of the Black Skull Demon Lord's judgment. Although this guy was not very reliable sometimes, his vision and knowledge must be accurate and experienced.

It seems that the Dharma King is in real danger this time.

At the same time, in the distant horizon ahead, a galaxy waterfall fell from the sky, splashing water and making a deafening roar.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Waterfall!"

Three old voices with full energy roared at the same time, accompanied by the Dharma King's scream of disbelief. The silver waterfall was like a Milky Way that spanned the sky, winding for dozens of miles, as majestic as a mighty river flowing eastward.

In an instant, the clouds and fog cleared away, and a rainbow appeared after the rain stopped.

The torrential rain stopped suddenly, the outline of the mountains reappeared on the horizon, and the setting sun in the sky was half hanging above the Milky Way, giving a layer of golden light to the silver-blue surface of the river.

Aoyama is still there, How Many Suns.

It seems to indicate that the life of the Dharma King, a giant of the Black Lotus Sect, who was a great master of the magic world, is about to come to an end. Just like the situation, it is going from bad to worse and will eventually fall with the setting sun, becoming a legend in the past.

The Dharma King who had taken over the body of the red-robed young man was still struggling. He used one trick after another and threw out all his magical powers and treasures to fight to the death, but it was all in vain!

The Nine Heavens Thunder Waterfall carries with it the might of heaven, rushing down unstoppably, determined to crush everything in its path into dust. No matter who is in front of it, he is nothing but a ridiculous wave.

The turbulent waterfalls and streams are scrambling, and the cliffs turn rocks and thunder.

Looking at the sweeping Milky Way in the distance, a big sun slowly set, a rainbow bridge hung across it, the dirty mud was washed away, and three old men in purple robes stood tall with righteousness, as if to illustrate that the net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it, and the righteous spirit of the world will last forever.

A bunch of little devil bastards who were watching the battle from afar were trembling with fear, not saying a word, not even daring to make a sound. They could only lie quietly on the ground, secretly watching the tiny, weak black shadow that was trying to struggle to death in the raging waves.

"Don't bother thinking about it. If you were in your prime, the three of us would have retreated and had to ask the Great Elder to come out and check and balance you. Now you have only taken over the body of a Jindan-stage cultivator. Even if you burn your essence and overdraw your potential, how long can you last?"

Hearty laughter resounded through the sky. Three Yuanying elders of Zixiao Sect stood there with smiles on their faces, mocking the red-robed young man who was overestimating himself in the river of magical powers.

The figure chasing the wind and waves inside roared angrily, with the resentment and resentment of a tiger in trouble. "If it weren't for the fact that I just took over another body a few years ago and my cultivation has not yet fully recovered, how could you, a few scumbags, force me to this point? What's the point of using numbers to bully the few? Come one by one if you dare!"

However, the three righteous old monsters looked calm and composed, and they had no intention of being provoked at all. They had all lived to such an old age, and they had all become experienced and shrewd. Even a lion would use all its strength to fight a rabbit, let alone the fact that the opponent was not a rabbit but a dragon!

Even if a dragon falls into the shallow bottom, it must not be underestimated. It would be best to kill the dragon in one battle.

Seeing that these old-timers were unmoved and determined to wear him out slowly and easily, the Dharma King finally exploded completely, as if he still had a trump card that had never been revealed to the world.

"Okay, okay, don't force me! I am the first Dharma King of the Black Lotus Sect. I carry the lifeblood of the sect with me. If I really can't survive, the worst that can happen is that I can just use that thing on the spot and we will die together!"

Unexpectedly, the three elders of Zixiao Sect had been waiting for this moment for a long time. They laughed in unison and said something shocking!
"You are talking about the power of incense and vows, right? Even if you don't need it now, we will destroy it all after we seize it. This kind of thing that poisons the world's wisdom should not exist in the world!"

"The great powers of the Taoist sect in the Immortal Realm and the Western Buddhist Kingdom have jointly issued the Golden Law, which is widely circulated in the heavens and all realms. No incense and vows can be collected privately. Those who violate this rule will be punished by the whole world!"

"Your Black Lotus Sect has been secretly collecting incense and vows in the Song Dynasty for a long time. At that time, our Taoist sect turned a blind eye. After all, we are from the lower realms and our strength is almost the same. As long as we don't make things too ugly, there is no need to embarrass each other."

"But if anyone is to blame, it's your Black Lotus Sect that is too greedy. In the later period, you even brazenly fooled the people, which completely alarmed the patrolling immortal envoys from the upper realm. In the end, the report was made to the upper realm, which angered the ancestor. Only then did he issue an immortal decree across the realm, ordering us to destroy the thieves."

"It's fine if you cheated, why don't you just learn from those rats in the Joyful Religion of the Virūpākṣa and preach and brainwash yourselves among yourselves? Why do you have to be a whore and pretend to be a saint? You are out of the mud and remain untainted, but you pollute the whole world instead!"

……

These words came like a string of cannonballs. In order to influence the mind of the Dharma King, the elders of Zixiao Sect did their best to ridicule and mock him, hoping that this giant of the evil ways would not be able to withstand the impact of the "Nine Heavens Thunder Waterfall" with peace of mind.

But when it reached the ears of the crowd watching the fight from afar, especially the young man in white, it was like a violent storm. The huge amount of information shocked him!
The Taoist masters of the Immortal Realm! The Western Buddhist Kingdom! They had jointly issued the Golden Rule a long time ago!

"The lower world is not allowed to collect incense and vows privately."

It has become an iron rule in all the heavens and worlds. There are also immortal envoys who patrol the lower world to supervise the lower world. Once they find someone preaching and collecting information, they will order the Taoist sects in the lower world to attack. It turns out that the reason why the Black Lotus Sect was destroyed thousands of years ago was because of this?
Then everything that happened afterwards would make sense.

Originally, the righteous and evil sides of the Song Dynasty each had three major sects to maintain a delicate balance, but the righteous camp suddenly received support from the upper realm, and then one of the evil camps was wiped out. The remaining Blood River Palace and Hundred Ghosts Sect were also forced to suffer, and the righteous camp took the opportunity to eliminate them one after another.

Most of the remnants of the three evil sects were forced to flee, while a few, unable to leave their homeland, turned from light to darkness. This was the grudge from a thousand years ago.

A thousand years later, the three sects of the devil thought that their glory had passed, and happened to be doing well in the State of Lu, so they thought of returning to the Song Dynasty to seek revenge and recover the lost territories to expand their territory.

As for the Black Lotus Sect, they learned their lesson this time and only dared to do some missionary work in remote places like the East China Sea. Later, even after they recovered the eastern hinterland of the Song Dynasty, they did not dare to move, obviously fearing the supervision from the higher realms.

Of course, maybe they did it secretly, but no one knows.

Even if there is, I think it is a subtle influence and it will take hundreds or thousands of years to produce results.

However, they did not expect that when they made a comeback a thousand years later, they would taste the bitter fruit of failure again, and the demon camp was defeated once again.

Ever since Lin Shan absorbed the "nectar of heaven and earth" from the Gongsun family's land veins, his comprehension and aptitude have improved greatly. Many things that he could not understand before, he can now roughly guess as he gains more experience and collects more information.

As for the Taoism and Buddhism in the upper world, why they issued an express prohibition on the lower world from spreading their beliefs privately, this was something that was easy for him to understand.

First of all, the Western Buddhist Kingdom is the largest pyramid scheme brainwashing leader in the heavens. No matter who sets up a new organization to spread the incense and collect the power of vows, they are all competing for food with those bald donkeys. Naturally, they will suppress one by one.

The Taoist school emphasizes purity and naturalness. Whether one is meditating and practicing to absorb the energy of heaven and earth, or refining the mind in the secular world to comprehend the Tao, one needs to have a mind as clear as a mirror and see the nature of the Tao. One cannot tolerate any impurities in the Taoist heart, otherwise there will be worries about the chaos caused by the inner demons.

So these messy cults are polluting the world and spreading those poisonous fallacies and heresies everywhere. How can you expect the Taoist sects to recruit disciples in the future? How can you pass on and carry forward the Taoist tradition?

From this perspective, apart from Taoism and Buddhism, other ancient immortal forces in the upper realm also recognize this rule and should not allow incense and faith to poison the people.

Of course, if possible, Buddhism is actually the biggest cancer, but unfortunately the Western Buddhist countries have their own system. From ancient times to the present, there have been endless powerful people, and it has become a tail that cannot be eliminated. Moreover, no matter where you are, the bigger the fist, the harder the truth, so everyone can only accept it with a pinch of their nose.

However, they would never allow a second "Buddhism" to become too big, so the upper realm established patrolling immortal envoys.

Lin Shan couldn't help but sigh. No wonder it was so difficult to collect the "ancient rhyme" along the way. It turned out that the source of everything led directly to the fairyland. All the powerful people were trying their best to influence the lower world and prevent the power of incense and vows from affecting people's wisdom on a large scale.

In fact, this is indeed the right approach. As the leader of all spiritual species in the universe, the human race is the most spiritual, so it is often bewitched by "extraterritorial demons", preyed upon by monsters and goblins, and even brainwashed by evil human practitioners.

If we really let them mess around like this and turn the human race into pigs and sheep that provide incense and blessings, wouldn't the whole world be in chaos?
Therefore, in order to protect their roots, the powerful beings in the immortal world would take extra precautions against such hidden dangers that could subvert the foundation.

Didn't you see that even the Buddhists were forced to open up a "Western Buddhist Kingdom" on the edge of the fairyland under the joint resistance of many ancient forces? As for the belief in the lower world, it was also a voluntary attitude of the people, and there was never any deliberate deception or forced brainwashing.

This is the current background of the universe, with hundreds of schools of thought contending with each other, and many talented people emerging.

In the lower world, there are cults like the "Joy Sect" and the "Black Lotus Sect". It would be fine if they behaved themselves on weekdays, but if they do not know how to restrain themselves and cross the red line, they will inevitably be punished by thunder, and only a catastrophe awaits them!
At this time, in the "Milky Way" on the horizon, the aura of the Dharma King who protects the religion was gradually falling. He was still struggling to resist the sect's magical power, but he was already in danger.

He saw the three Yuanying elders of Zixiao Sect outside chatting and laughing, pointing at him fearlessly, as if they had him defeated today. He suddenly became furious and sighed to the sky.

"I never thought that after so many years of enjoying myself, I would end up like this. Never mind, whatever."

"It seems that the incense collected by the six regions of the Song Dynasty over the past thousand years will never be offered to the Buddha again. Rather than being taken away from my body and destroyed by the righteous path, it is better to use it all before I die and let the last rays of light shine!"

"Buddha, I am ashamed to be the Dharma King who protects the religion. I have not been able to fulfill the long-cherished wish of our religion for thousands of years. I can only use up all my incense and vows and perish together with the enemy."

"In extraordinary times, extraordinary things need to be done. I, the disciple, boldly invite the Buddha's Dharmakaya to descend."

……

The cries of grief echoed between heaven and earth, and the information revealed by the Dharma King at the last critical moment made everyone tremble in their hearts!

The Black Lotus Sect is not actually a wild evil cult. Is there really some powerful mastermind behind it?
The three Yuanying elders of Zixiao Sect changed color instantly and hurriedly used their magical powers to remotely control the Thunder River to quickly suppress it, but the red-robed young man opposite looked like a madman.

"It's too late to fight me now!"

"You three have forced me to use up all the willpower I gained from this expedition to the Song Dynasty. You three are simply unforgivable. Clean your necks and prepare to die!"

“Respectfully invite the Dharmakaya of the Buddha!”

The young man in red robe bowed solemnly to the person in front of him, and golden flames began to burn on his body. In the flames, faces of men, women, old and young flashed by, and countless people whispered like the low buzz of mosquitoes.

The huge amount of incense served as fuel, awakening a great being in the dark.

A golden light gate suddenly appeared in the sky, and endless light isolated the entire "Thunder Waterfall" outside. The previously unstoppable sect-suppressing magical power was easily blocked in the hazy and dreamy golden mist.

A noble foot stepped out of the light gate.

(End of this chapter)