My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 76 Even the immortals and Buddhas opened a back door for the demonic path

"But who sent this?"

Bai Chijing thought back carefully and realized that when Ling Jia mentioned it earlier, he seemed to have been a little vague. He hadn't said what the sutra was called or its origin.

"Could it be... that you still don't dare?"

In an instant, Bai Chijing felt a chill run down his spine.

Even a peerless immortal like Ling Jia dared not mention it, so the person who gave this method must be extremely mysterious and terrifying.

However, upon thinking of this, Bai Chijing's expression began to turn strange.

"It's like... whether you give it to me or not, it's practically the same?"

Bai Chijing thought about it again.

So he tried opening the scripture again, and sure enough, after just one glance, he felt a splitting headache.

This isn't a real headache.

Rather, it was the resonance that arose from the collision between this method and his inspiration.

So Bai Chijing placed it in his cave.

After all, it was a gift from a mysterious and terrifying person. Even if I can't understand it, I still have to keep it safe. I figure that in a few days, once the other party is sure I can't understand it, they will take back this method.

This is what Shirachi Kei plans to do.

Finally, to show his respect, he lit three incense sticks and bowed very earnestly.

Upon "seeing" Bai Chijing's actions, Ling Jia, the number one in that circle, had a very interesting expression on her face, as if she was trying hard to hold back her emotions.

"Pfft..."

In the end, the little girl couldn't help but laugh.

After laughing for a while, a thoughtful look suddenly appeared on her delicate face with its beautiful features.

So she straightened her posture.

Two long, lotus-root-like legs then descended from the cloud she was sitting on, while the small golden lotus swayed back and forth, occasionally brushing against the tips of the wild grasses that were running away.

This caused the plant spirits, which had been tainted by the aura of true demons, to tremble in fear.

Because in the perception of these wild grasses, what exists above them is an ultimate terror, as if the heavens themselves were collapsing!
Its nature is beyond our knowledge and cannot be named.

Otherwise, misfortune will ensue.

However, Ling Jia didn't care about these "little pets" at all.

"Even these scriptures have been brought here. It seems that the Bodhisattva Temple lineage is really in trouble!" she muttered to herself.

Although she hasn't returned to her original position yet, there are some things that Ling Jia already knew.

After all, if you think about it carefully, she and Gong Qinghuang were actually from the same period.

She had forgotten some of her memories, while she still remembered others.

It seems that she once fought with Gong Qinghuang because of a conflict over Dao, or for some other reason.

Originally, Gong Qinghuang was inferior to her. If it weren't for her lingering affection, this woman would have died from her Dao injury long ago.

However, Gong Qinghuang later received help from a man, which ultimately led to her defeat.

Because that man seemed to be in a similar relationship to her, he knew very well how to control her.

Don't let Ling Jia's small stature fool you; her age, when calculated carefully, is an incredibly long number. Even if Bai Chijing lived two lives, the combined age wouldn't be a fraction of hers.

"Is it because the Buddha's body is flawed and unable to descend, so he resorts to a risky tactic, trying to raise a demon?"

Ling Jia rested her chin on her small hand, her eyes blinking slightly.

Because of her extensive knowledge of the Bodhisattva Temple, Ling Jia immediately guessed the intention behind the young monk from the Bodhisattva Temple lineage who risked his own death to deliver the incomplete "Puppet Show Sutra" to Bai Chijing.

This is an attempt to nurture a demon under the rule of the emperor!

This would allow Daojun to break free of his shackles, thus enabling the Bodhisattva Temple lineage to travel from the outer realms to the Yao Tian Realm.

Daojun's strength is not the strongest in heaven, but the title of Daojun is not entirely undeserved. In the extremely distant past, Daojun also made contributions to heaven and earth, saving the world four times, which is how he obtained the shackles of heaven.

This is the authority of Heaven.

Holding the shackles of heaven, the Dao Lord is the very heavenly Dao of a realm.

However, it's unclear when exactly, but Daojun seemed to have encountered some kind of problem, forcing him to voluntarily break free from the shackles of heaven.

Although the Dao Lord is no longer the Heavenly Dao, the Dao Lord still has a great restraining power over the rules of heaven and earth.

Therefore, when Daojun forbade the terrestrial immortals of Yaotian Realm from manifesting their divine powers, the outer realm of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect could no longer enter this world.

As for the original cultivators of Yaotian Realm, although they are allowed to cultivate to the Outer Heaven Realm, the moment they reach that realm, their cultivation level will be stripped of the part that belonged to the terrestrial immortals.

That is, like that former top-ranked expert of the Wuxin Sect.

They were only allowed to retain the cultivation level of the Outer Appearance Realm.

However, there is a crucial issue here: newly ascended terrestrial immortals do not possess any grotto-heavens. Therefore, their separated cultivation levels are scattered throughout the world.

It's fine in the short term, but it's hard to say what might happen in the long run.

Fortunately, nothing is absolute.

Or perhaps it's because the Dao Lord isn't currently shackled by the Heavenly Chains. Therefore, there is still a path that not only avoids the calamity of having one's cultivation stripped away, but also allows one to maintain the cultivation of a terrestrial immortal in the Outer Heaven Realm under this restriction order!

This path is the true path of demonic power!
Unlike the opposition between immortals and Buddhas, the demonic path actually originated from both. Therefore, both immortals and Buddhas left a back door for the demonic path.

"So, is it possible to successfully raise them?" Ling Jia asked, quite curious.

Because she had already seen that she, the flute-playing boy, seemed to have absolutely no "connection" with this fragmented version of the "Puppet Show Classic" that had been separated from its original form!
……

Bai Chijing left Tujian Mountain again. He was facing the eighth tribulation of the Outer Realm, and there were still two outer tribulations left.

"Young Taoist, step aside..."

"We can't go to the Three Refuges City either..."

Therefore, after much deliberation, Bai Chijing set his sights on the Zen Heart Buddhist disciple who had emerged from the City of Three Refuges. He planned to strike directly if the disciple spoke ill of him, using the disciple's blood to complete his own external tribulation.

However, the reason why external tribulations are considered calamities is that many of the changes within them are uncontrollable.

For example, after the Bodhisattva image of Zisui Tianchan passed away in the northwest of Yaotian Realm, the other four branches of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect have all taken the initiative to avoid Bai Chijing and have praised him in many ways.

They even publicly apologized for the previous actions of the Bodhisattva Temple, namely the denigration and slander against Shirochi Kei.

This meant that even before Bai Chijing had gone to investigate, upon hearing about this matter, he knew that his external tribulation could not be inflicted on the other four disciples of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect.

The concept of the five lineages of the Zen Buddhist sect was also mentioned when the other party publicly apologized.

Firstly, it allows for a better division of responsibilities, and secondly, it ensures that the incense offerings are precisely directed to one's own family.

This is a win-win approach.

So Bai Chijing had no choice but to turn to the young Daoist boy. However, to his dismay, he only happened to encounter a disciple of the Outer Realm of a minor Daoist sect, and realized that his external tribulation could not be applied to the young Daoist boy either.

The external tribulations of the Outer Realm are guided by an unseen force of calamity.

This calamity energy has a ripple effect, so it's easy to accidentally injure someone. The most common accidental injury is when the external calamity's guide is an elder from the opposing sect, but the calamity energy falls on an ordinary disciple in the Outer Realm.

But now, even on that disciple of the Outer Realm of the minor Daoist sect, Bai Chijing couldn't sense any trace of tribulation aura.

It seems that the young Taoist's repeated forbearance in the Three Refuges City directly severed the connection between him and Bai Chijing.

After all, the young Taoist disciple is a celestial being from heaven, a disciple of a Dao Lord. His understanding of the eight tribulations of the Outer Realm is far superior to that of Bai Chijing.

When it comes to severing and breaking through tribulations, it's no exaggeration to say that if the young Taoist is second to none, no one would dare to claim to be first.

Even Ling Jia, who is ranked first, is not acceptable.

Even if this little girl returns to her position this time, her starting point is still above the Outer Heaven Realm.

She had never even become a terrestrial immortal, so how could she know what the external realm was like? Although, if Ling Jia were willing to seriously try to understand, she would definitely know more than the little Taoist boy.

But this little girl hasn't even bothered to find out yet...

Therefore, in this world of Yao Tian, ​​the young Daoist boy is naturally the most accomplished in terms of his understanding of the eight tribulations of the Outer Realm.

Who told the young Taoist to have lingered in this Outer Realm for such a long time?
Therefore, they have the most say.

At this moment, Bai Chijing began to have some difficulties.

For the other external realm cultivators, the easiest thing to overcome at this point is these three external tribulations, since they are easy to find and easy to resolve.

But for Bai Chijing, it was exactly the opposite.

After all, there has to be an enemy who can guide you through the chaos, right?
How can one overcome tribulation without even having enemies?

Bai Chijing thought about it and finally decided to return to Tujian Mountain and try to find Senior Brother Su Chengwu. Maybe he could get some guidance from the tribulation energy? Considering their past relationship, if there really was guidance from the tribulation energy, then he would beat him half to death.

However, Bai Chijing suddenly stopped upon returning to Tujian Mountain.

Just then, the bead in the palm of his right hand made a sound.

Today, you received a wondrous scripture, a fragmented version of the *Puppet Show Scripture*. If you could cultivate it successfully, you could easily gain a foothold in heaven. Unfortunately, this scripture is not for you, for you are not even qualified to comprehend it normally.

[Find and obtain the Greed Chapter of the Puppet Show Manual +1]

As the text disappeared, Bai Chijing discovered that a scripture had appeared in his mind that was giving him a slight headache. Because it had been forcibly inserted by that mystical object, and he had been spared the hardship of comprehending the basics, the slight headache was rapidly disappearing.

Two breaths later, Bai Chijing felt no more discomfort, and he also mastered this extraordinary scripture.

"Everyone has greed..."

"But human greed is insatiable, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant..."

"Without desire or want, all things are empty..."

The chapter on greed in the *Puppet Show Sutra* presents opposing viewpoints. It offers both an explanation of boundless greed and a view of cessation and purification of greed.

(End of this chapter)