Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 532 The Way is Narrow, Heaven and Earth are Limited

A magnificent clang of metal pierced through the void and resounded throughout the entire Boundary Sea.

In the battlefield of the Boundary Sea, a group of Transcendent Ancestors who had recently returned engaged in a fierce siege.

The transcendent killing techniques that were previously only recorded and described in various historical records are now blooming brilliantly in the Boundary Sea!

This battle has completely surpassed the one in which Ji Jingqiu suppressed the three gods of Xuanhuang.

Among the transcendent beings currently besieging Ji Jingqiu are not only the Phoenix King, but also Ancestor Lu Feng of the Huncheng Palace, the Eternal Ancestor of the Eternal Pavilion, and the Five Viscera Temple...

The latter three were suppressed by the Heavenly Court's Investiture of the Gods, and only Xuanhuang showed the power that a transcendent being should have.

The few who made their move at this moment were not suppressed by the divine path and pushed their strength to the limit.

Some people had already gone mad with bloodlust, their hair disheveled, spewing killing cries, their Great Dao pressure intertwining and permeating the boundary sea, turning into a net to imprison Xiang Jijingqiu.

boom!
In the void, blood was gushing from someone's shoulder, yet he did not retreat. His expression was cold, and his whole body was dazzling. Countless rays of light burst from his pores, engulfing the Boundary Sea. His fist, as brilliant as the morning sun, smashed down, heading straight for Ji Jingqiu's head.

"World Honored One, you have gone too far!" shouted the patriarch of the Eternal Pavilion, joining forces with others to attack Ji Jingqiu.

Ji Jingqiu stood at the center of the battlefield, showing no sign of retreat. His body was interwoven with countless laws and principles, forming a world of its own, resisting the combined forces of the ancestors.

Compared to the patriarchs of various schools who had already perfected their Taoist magic and supernatural powers, Ji Jingqiu had an overwhelming advantage in terms of Taoist power, but was at a disadvantage in terms of the "perfection" of his supernatural powers and magic.

This is a deficiency of time; he progressed too quickly in his spiritual realm, often relying on force to overwhelm others and break through all laws with sheer force.

Now he has seized the opportunity, creating his own world as a furnace, regarding the combined attack of the ancestors as a great fire, igniting the furnace time and time again, not only refining his own Dao body, but also integrating all his knowledge, illuminating the world with boundless light, drawing on the strengths of all schools, and bringing together the best of everything.

Phoenix King and the others quickly saw through this, and were furious. Who in the world could use them as a whetstone?!

The person in front of them was using them as whetstones, secretly learning some of their supernatural powers and techniques right in front of them!
"Immeasurable wisdom and light, true nature, is this just stealing their methods?" The Eternal Pavilion Ancestor, Tai Chu, laughed in extreme anger.

He suddenly made a move, creating a momentary temple in the void, which did not exist in any spacetime coordinates.

Even the omnipresent and ever-flowing river of time and destiny becomes viscous and slows down as it approaches the temple, eventually solidifying like crystal.

Under the influence of the temple, all phenomena lose their characteristic of "change," transforming from eternal impermanence into momentary "constancy"!
Within the domain, all Daoist techniques and supernatural powers were frozen in place, and even the thoughts of several transcendent beings were momentarily suspended.

Tai Chu remained unaffected, and under his intervention, Feng Wang and the others instantly broke free from the temple's confinement, simultaneously unleashing their killing moves to lock onto Ji Jingqiu!

Tai Chu's expression was indifferent. Back then, even the Lord of the Netherworld was frozen in place for a fraction of a second by his move, which allowed the Ancestors to seize the opportunity to attack him.

He didn't believe that Ji Jingqiu's wisdom could help him break through the supernatural power and escape the predicament in that brief moment!

However, the next moment, Tai Chu's pupils suddenly contracted:

"impossible!"

Even though he had already been pulled into the Temple of Moments, Ji Jingqiu seemed to be sitting outside of time and fate, his whole being like a constant and unchanging "otherworld," detached from the temple!
"I understood a little about the constant principles a long time ago."

Ji Jingqiu's physical body operated under the Eternal Freedom Form, his true spirit suspended high, unyielding through eternity, ignoring the constraints of the Momentary God Temple.

"Kill!" Tai Chu roared, his hair flying wildly, his hands forming a mudra, using his fundamental Dao technique, his physical body astonishing, as he unleashed his full power.

Boom!

The battle briefly severed the Mother River. Several transcendent beings displayed their respective Dao bodies and Dharma forms, which were extremely terrifying. Various strange phenomena appeared, and endless divine light of the Great Dao intertwined and collided.

Various energies collided, giving rise to life and passing away. Every wisp of dissipated energy was enough to pierce the universe and become an eternal and indestructible trace of the Dao!

The news of this battle spread almost throughout the entire Boundary Sea.

Every clash between divine weapons was like a resounding echo, shaking the hearts and minds of countless creatures in the Boundary Sea.

Even though they couldn't see the battlefield at all, many people had a blurry image of a corner of the battlefield reflected in their minds amidst the sounds of the Dao.

The sharp cry of the phoenix shook the Great Dao, as if a blood-soaked divine phoenix was spreading its wings to attack a great enemy. Surrounded by the Five Virtues, it suppressed the enemy with the power of the Great Dao artifact and joined forces with the surrounding forces to attack.

However, what greeted them was a figure that stretched across the sea of ​​boundaries. The upper body of the Taoist robe was riddled with holes, revealing the immortal Taoist body beneath the robe, which was completely unharmed!

Even when facing an attack from all the ancestors, Ji Jingqiu still roamed the battlefield with the ultimate secret of "Xing Wuji".

To be free from all dharmas is to be without fear; to be indestructible through a thousand eons is to attain true reality.

The longsword fell calmly and slowly, its movement majestic, grand, and awe-inspiring, and...

unstoppable!

At this moment, whether it was the ancestors watching the battle, the powerful figures from various families, or the myriad spirits who were fortunate enough to glimpse the vague war in the sound of the Dao, all living beings had the same thought in their hearts.

This strike is unstoppable!

puff!
Blood mist exploded across the battlefield, and a sacred and enormous phoenix wing was severed by a longsword. Divine blood dripped into the Boundary Sea, almost recreating a small world.

Phoenix Wings fell into the nearest realm, which spanned the main universe and was more vast than the Milky Way. Anything that dared to approach it was instantly shattered!
Countless creatures trembled in fear. Faced with the combined attack of all the ancestors, could this one still severely injure the Phoenix King?!

"Five Virtues Pure Land!" Phoenix King roared. The four of them joined forces to attack, but to fail to kill them in the first place was an utter disgrace!
Accompanied by the Phoenix King's roar, the five virtues intertwined, the world-burning phoenix fire burned, and the void was refined into a pure land.

Among them, black and white morality intertwined is the source of all laws, black and yellow merit is the foundation of the world, holy virtue is like water ripples nourishing all things and evolving vitality, purple blessings protect heaven and earth from collapse, and light white hidden virtue accompanies vitality...

The five virtues intertwined and transformed into a boundary, supporting an independent realm belonging solely to the Phoenix King, unaffected by the rules of the Great Dao of the Boundary Sea!

This is the foundation upon which Ho-Oh attained enlightenment, and also the cornerstone upon which he attempts to go further!

He would never use this unless it was a desperate situation!

"You feel humiliated by having your wings cut off by me?" Ji Jingqiu shook his head and said calmly, "Phoenix King, you should feel honored to fight me today, because after this battle, you will all become legends."

He wasn't just making things up.

Every transcendent being is a living legend.

So... what about those who unite heaven and earth?

In today's battle, everyone will become a part of his "history," witnessing him ascend to the highest realm.

This alone is enough to make them "immortal," and even other beings who have unified heaven and earth cannot erase their existence without their permission.

At this moment.

An immense and vast inner universe, which at some unknown time encompassed heaven and earth, also included this world outside the independent sea of ​​boundaries within it.

This inner universe has no hierarchy, no ups and downs, no branches, and no diversity.

There is only "one".

The sun and moon are in the sky.

Surrounded by stars.

And then there was that indescribable sacred mountain, which appeared before the eyes of the world.

The appearance of this sacred mountain made the already astonished ancestors even more unable to contain themselves.

"Unfounded?!"

Why are you here?

"Why does this person possess an illusory true form within their inner universe?!"

"Could it be the remains of the Return to Truth that the Lord of the Netherworld brought back back back then?"

"...Everyone, I've come to send you into the cycle of reincarnation!"

Behind Ji Jingqiu appeared a towering, boundless figure, neither god nor Buddha, radiating immeasurable light, standing on the sole universe.

This figure, almost a manifestation of the Dharma, was solemn and dignified. He drew his sword and slashed down alongside Ji Jingqiu. Their movements were synchronized, and the sword blades flowed like water, surging like a long river, illuminating the other shore of all beings and causing the vast Dao in the Boundary Sea to resonate with each other.

This strike is not on this shore, nor on the other shore; in heaven and earth, I alone reign supreme!

boom!
The Phoenix King's physical body was shattered, and the Primordial Dharma Image beside him was also destroyed. In an instant, the divine temple was destroyed once again.

puff!
The two suffered a backlash from the Great Dao, coughing up blood and staggering backward. Their expressions were already off, and their energy plummeted to rock bottom.

Lu Feng Daozu of Huncheng Palace had already begun to consider retreating, but he suddenly felt that there was nowhere to retreat. Looking at the Boundary Sea, where could he possibly retreat to in this battle?
"Kill!" Lu Feng roared, his divine spear like a dragon dancing, thrusting forward, but was met head-on by Ji Jingqiu's blade. The tiger's mouth of the hand holding the spear split open, and blood of transcendence splattered into the void.

The battle, which was ten times more intense than before, erupted. Ji Jingqiu shifted from a passive defense to an active attack, simultaneously attacking the four transcendent beings. His swordsmanship and supernatural abilities became increasingly perfect and flawless, almost like the Great Dao itself.

At the heart of the battlefield, divine light surged like a tide, mist billowed, and strange phenomena arose and vanished. The blood of those who had transcended worldly desires spilled into the boundary sea, bringing boundless vitality.

As the battle continued, the vast sea of ​​realms grew increasingly silent, especially among the ancestors, until someone spoke slowly and deliberately:
"The Great Ancestor!"

In the distance, a transcendent being who had been witnessing this battle provided the answer to this fight that defied comprehension.

"Even against four opponents, he still holds the upper hand, including Phoenix King, who is only one step away from transcendence. This person has indeed reached the level of the Great Dao Ancestor!"

"Why so fast?! In just a hundred years, he has already completed the leap from transcendence to the Great Dao Ancestor?!"

"Fool! When did a barrier exist between Transcendence and the Great Dao Ancestor? When the Lord of the Netherworld and others first advanced to Transcendence, they were already at the Great Dao Ancestor level! This is determined by one's Dao Foundation and Dao Path!"

"Is this the worst-case scenario, or... the best-case scenario?" Among the ancestors, someone whispered, looking at the Sword Master of Peace and the others.

Just after Ji Jingqiu restrained seven transcendent beings in succession, the original unfavorable situation was reversed.

Disadvantages have been turned into advantages.

At this moment, it is no longer Shenlong and others preventing Taiping from rushing to the battlefield to support Ji Jingqiu, but Taiping and others preventing Shenlong and others!

“Phoenix King, let’s start with you and set an example for all of you.”

Ji Jingqiu's blade severed all laws, and his voice shook the vast sea of ​​realms, spreading throughout the heavens and the world. This overwhelming power overturned the world's understanding of the "World Honored One" over the past hundred years.

That Buddha, seated in the temple, who answers every prayer and grants every request, possesses not only the great compassion of sweeping the floor for fear of harming even an ant, but also an unparalleled aura that dominates the world!

"what……"

As another wing was severed, the Phoenix King roared in agony. Ji Jingqiu had severed the very foundation of his Great Dao!
Under the attack of Qingzhu in Ji Jingqiu's hands, his Dao injury was so severe that even the self-healing of a transcendent being was hindered. He didn't even dare to die willingly to be reborn from the ashes, because Ji Jingqiu possessed a mysterious reincarnation supernatural power.

Phoenix King tried his best to stop it, but he still couldn't withstand the Azure Lord's blade and was constantly being "dismembered". Even when he went on a distant expedition to return to the True Land, he was never in such a sorry state.

Despite being surrounded by the three from the Primordial Beginning, Ji Jingqiu continued his powerful advance and reached the Phoenix King.

“Phoenix King, I learned from Red Lotus what your purpose was in building this shore all those years ago, but it's alright, I forgive you.”

Ji Jingqiu's voice was very calm, but in the eyes of the Phoenix King, it was full of condescension.

He was furious. When had he ever needed Ji Jingqiu's forgiveness?!

"You go first and set an example for all the ancestors."

With the Azure Master in hand, Ji Jingqiu swept his blade across, once again beheading the Phoenix King and severing the Five Virtues Pure Land.

The true essence of reincarnation reappeared in the world, pulling the Phoenix King, whose state had fallen to the bottom due to the destruction of his Dao body, into it!

The collapsed Pure Land of Five Virtues transformed into endless divine light of the Five Virtues, which originally scattered in all directions before returning to the sea of ​​boundaries.

But at this moment, all these divine lights poured into Ji Jingqiu's inner universe, filling the foundation that supports the existence of the universe.

"Heaven and earth united as one?!" Tai Chu's pupils shrank sharply, and he absolutely could not believe his eyes.

Ji Jingqiu was not joking; he truly was in the state of "unity of heaven and earth," and even had the strength to fight them.
“That was the Reincarnation Seal just now…” Dao Ancestor Lu Feng said in a deep voice, “In an instant, it pulled the Phoenix King’s true spiritual light down to the transcendent level, causing the Phoenix King to lose its transcendent essence and fall into the dust. This is a divine artifact that specializes in attacking the true spirit!”

"I should have realized it sooner; it's the True Spirit Path!"

"Is there a way to break this?!"

"Yes, as long as you can see through to the other shore and your true spirit returns to oneness, even the Seal of Reincarnation will find it difficult to pull you down!"

"This……"

"Don't panic too much. Right now, you need to be 'killed' by this person and your condition will plummet to rock bottom so that the Samsara Seal can take advantage of the situation and pull your true spiritual light down a level!"

This time, the ancestors finally understood the mystery of reincarnation, but still had no good solution.

This divine artifact is uniquely designed to target the true spirit!

In this realm, apart from the Lord of the Underworld who died many years ago, only Ji Jingqiu has deciphered the mystery of the Other Shore!

This person does not seem to have attained enlightenment, yet he is vaguely above it; even the sea of ​​suffering cannot harm him.

"Your turn, Fellow Daoist Taichu."

Ji Jingqiu turned around, the blade flipping, reflecting the turbulence of the Boundary Sea and the rotation of the Great Dao, with the clear sound of the tides echoing outwards.

After a century of honing, this divine blade named Qingzhu no longer contains the power of time and destiny; instead, it is supported by the status of Youzhu and filled with the power of the sea of ​​bitterness and the sea of ​​darkness.

What the ancestors did not know was that this divine weapon alone had already reached the level of the Great Dao Ancestor, and was the only truly complete transcendent divine weapon in this world since its birth!

Therefore, no matter how Lu Feng parried with his spear, or how fiercely Tai Chu tried to immobilize Ji Jingqiu at the cost of his near-transcendental state, it was all in vain.

Ji Jingqiu raised his sword, as if by divine mandate, to bring about the renewal of heaven and earth, and to cleave through the primordial chaos!
"My body is eternal, indestructible through countless eons!"

The Great Primordial roared, decreeing that the Great Dao and its principles should strengthen my body, yet it still crumbled and disintegrated under this single strike!
"You..." The bitterness in Tai Chu's mouth grew stronger. He used a method that was almost "transformed into the Dao", but he was still no match for him.

"Fellow Daoist, as I said, why feel resentful?" Ji Jingqiu shook his head. "You should feel genuinely joyful that I personally sent you into reincarnation. Ten thousand years later, you will have the opportunity to be transformed and stand by my side again. What an honor that is!"

Taichu's face twitched, but he could no longer utter the word "arrogance."

Only the incompetent are arrogant.

After Ji Jingqiu demonstrated his strength, all his arrogance and recklessness became perfectly natural.

The longsword slashed down again, sweeping over the Primordial True Spirit, pulling it down from its transcendental rank, and then sending it into reincarnation.

This is the fourth transcendent being forced into reincarnation in today's battle.

Not far away, Taishi and Lufeng fled in different directions at the same time!

Taishi shouted, "Fellow Daoist Ji, you have won this battle! I wish to honor you as the One Who Returns to Unity!"

Ji Jingqiu sighed softly:

"If my fellow Daoist does not enter the cycle of reincarnation, how can I peacefully return to the One?"

"Besides, the Boundary Sea is only so big. Even if we escape, where can we escape to?"

Ji Jingqiu suddenly sighed.

Once upon a time, I felt that the three thousand Jambudvipas of the Netherworld were vast and boundless, but now the vastness of the World Sea makes it difficult to contain my heart, and the great Dao of the past feels narrow now.

It is truly a case of the Way being too narrow and the world too confined.

(End of this chapter)