27: Maitreya Forbidden Zone, Witchcraft Forbidden Zone

After the Martial Saints debated for three days and three nights, Maitreya Buddha Saint sat cross-legged on the Myriad Buddhas Golden Cauldron in Thunder Sound Temple, silently chanting “Buddha’s Dharma is boundless.”

Beside him, all the Buddhas and cultivators sat in rows.

Almost all the Martial Saint Buddha cultivators from the Great Western Heaven Dynasty were present.

A total of twenty-seven Buddha Saints chanted Buddhist scriptures together, and thousands of Innate Buddha cultivators paid their respects.

“Om mani padme hum, Buddha mani padme hum, Om mani padme hum!”

For a time, the sound of Buddhist chants lingered. Some Innate Grandmasters among the observers, whose martial arts will was not firm, felt as if they were about to be converted and become a part of them.

As time passed, the Buddhist chants intensified, making it difficult even for some Martial Saints to maintain their resolve.

The Martial Saints of the three nations had no choice but to lead the many observers to retreat outside the Thunder Sound Temple.

At the same time, people across the Great Western Heaven Dynasty, led by local temples, also began chanting Buddhist scriptures, praying for the Buddha’s compassion and the conversion of all beings!

Dong~ Dong~ Dong~

The Buddhist chants seemed to resonate with heaven and earth, causing all things to vibrate, and thousands of Buddhist intentions converged into one point.

Maitreya Buddha Saint unfolded his domain: “In every household, there is a Buddha; with a smile, the heart is at peace!”

Countless Buddhist natures, chants, scriptures, prayers, and beliefs converged within the domain. Golden light permeated, igniting the Buddhas in every household little by little, and adorning their golden bodies.

The converted followers wore kind smiles, appearing happy and peaceful!

Om~

The myriad observers witnessed an incredible scene!

Heaven, earth, and the Buddha domain intertwined!

Heaven and Earth Phenomenon: “Tathagata’s Palm over the Western Heaven! The Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!”

“It succeeded!” Some Martial Saints were incredibly excited; they were about to witness history.

“No, it didn’t… What a pity… It’s still lacking a bit…” Old Man Cangshan shook his head regretfully, his expression dim. As Old Man Cangshan, who had once attempted to break through to Heavenly Human, he immediately saw Maitreya Buddha Saint’s shortcomings.

Indeed, things did not turn out as Old Man Cangshan had expected.

Maitreya Buddha Saint himself could not bear the faith of a nation and the will of thousands of Buddha cultivators!

How similar he was to the Heavenly Demon Ancestor!

Unlike the Heavenly Demon Ancestor, Maitreya Buddha Saint had the assistance of many fellow practitioners.

Twenty-seven Buddha Saints poured out everything they had, transmitting their power to Maitreya. Maitreya burned everything, forcefully uniting the three bridges of heaven, earth, and human, attempting to forcibly absorb the power of thousands and endless Buddhist intentions.

The Heavenly Human Aperture, Yellow Court Earth, and Saint Qi Sea all shattered. Endless Buddhist light converged, and instantly, a massive pressure, an energy powerful enough to make Martial Saints bow in terror, flashed and vanished!

Maitreya Buddha Saint dissolved and shattered with the wind.

Only four words remained: “Heaven, Earth, Have, Source!”

The golden light expanded, and the domain radiated out of control, just like the forbidden zone formed after the Heavenly Demon Ancestor’s death, about to expand and cover everything.

You and the observers immediately took action, rescuing all the nearly burned-out Myriad Buddha cultivators and retreating.

It wasn’t until you had retreated ten thousand meters that the speed of the Buddhist light’s radiation slowed down.

Unlike the Blood Demon Forbidden Zone, which stopped expanding after covering a Xuanwu, the Maitreya Forbidden Zone continued to grow at a slow pace after reaching a certain extent, without stopping.

The Maitreya Forbidden Zone possessed an extremely powerful allure for conversion and submission.

Over time, even Martial Saints couldn’t resist it and would turn into puppets who only chanted Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures, losing their sanity.

Maitreya Buddha Saint’s attempt ultimately failed as well.

However, he truly gave later generations an enlightenment: Heaven and Earth Have a Source!

Source! Although it was unknown what it was, it was definitely related to the path forward.

At that moment, the pressure that made even Martial Saints feel like ants was absolutely real.

After you and the Martial Saints discussed the aftermath in the Great Western Heaven Dynasty for three months, you gracefully departed.

This observation had a profound impact on you!

The most fundamental idea was that without unparalleled martial arts strength, without cultivating oneself to the extreme, even if there was an opportunity to transcend Heavenly Human in the future, if one couldn’t bear the transcendent power, it would all be for naught in the end!

Like the Heavenly Demon Ancestor, who sacrificed sixteen Saints and the blood and qi of a nation, he couldn’t control it and exploded.

Like Maitreya Buddha Saint, who commanded twenty-seven Buddhas and the Buddhist intent of a nation, he failed to contain it within his domain and also drifted away and dissipated.

You continued to cultivate. You decided to first cultivate your own cultivation to the limit of a Martial Saint, and then, completely re-evaluate yourself from scratch, solidify your foundation, and repeatedly strengthen your cultivation, blood and qi, domain, and martial body, constantly pushing them to the limit of the limit.

Though this method was clumsy, it had the advantage of being stable.

At thirty-one, you traveled and cultivated in all directions.

At thirty-two, Xiao Tianhao achieved the Heavenly Human Martial Saint realm, becoming the youngest Martial Saint.

In the same year, Emperor Xiao Ruolong of the Great Xuan Dynasty reached an agreement with the Great Western Heaven Dynasty and the Myriad Laws Dynasty, where the two nations jointly recognized the Great Xuan Dynasty as a Celestial Dynasty, but the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty disagreed.

The month after the agreement, Great Western Heaven and Great Xuan jointly dispatched a million-strong army. Xiao Ruolong personally led the entire army on an expedition to conquer the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty.

Their momentum was like a rainbow!

You invited your fellow Daoist Li Daoyi to inquire about the inside story.

It turned out that Xiao Ruolong was actually a Heavenly Human Martial Saint, or even an existence at the peak of Martial Saint, hidden by the Xiao clan for a long time.

He reached the peak of Martial Saint at two hundred and ten years old.

The Xiao clan’s agreement with Myriad Laws and Great Western Heaven was to seize military power over the Xuanwu Continent and the expanding imperial power of Fortune!

With military combat intent and the superposition of thousands of army formations, he sought to glimpse the path beyond Heavenly Human.

Of course, for the sake of the world’s reputation, the Great Xuan Xiao clan made a huge sacrifice, handing over countless resources and treasures to the two nations, and even signed some harsh treaties.

They also promised to inform them of the final results and experiences of the attempt without reservation. Only then did the two nations reluctantly agree.

As for the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty, they absolutely refused.

Their lineage revered the Witch God, and another revered the Gu God! Neither revered the other four nations of the world.

Now, only the remaining three nations remained.

However, this matter was exactly what Xiao Ruolong wanted!

Without a few bloody and tearful battles, how could the soldiers be united?

Without a few dazzling achievements, how could he be revered and admired by thousands of people?

A momentous battle thus unfolded.

Within three months, Xiao Ruolong launched seven major campaigns, all ending in great victories, making the soldiers fanatical.

The Xiao clan’s Martial Saints within the army, as well as several Martial Saints from Great Xuan and the other two nations, were invited to be stationed with the army to guard against attacks from Ancient Barbarian Heavenly Humans.

Xiao Ruolong’s grand strategy was to strike directly at the heart, pacifying the Ancient Barbarian Sacred Mountain.

While they wouldn’t truly exterminate the Ancient Barbarian people, the goal was to force the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty to submit, that was the true objective.

You bid farewell to your fellow Daoist, disguised yourself as a new Gu Dao practitioner, and infiltrated the Seventy-Two Gu Dao Caves.

You decided to learn as much as you could while you had the chance, in case the conflict escalated and the inheritance was wiped out.

You raised a Gu! You decided to cultivate it into a Divine Sword Gu!

You rose through the ranks of Gu Dao practitioners: Gu Novice → Gu Apprentice → Gu Elder → Gu Master → Gu Grandmaster → Gu Half-Saint!

You spent three years immersing yourself in the path of Gu Dao, cultivating thirty-six Innate Sword Gus and one Half-Saint Divine Sword Gu!

At thirty-five, sure enough, once a war began, the outcome was unpredictable.

The unyielding Ancient Barbarian people successively planned to cultivate a Gu God that surpassed Martial Saints, and to develop a witch curse powerful enough to surpass Heavenly Humans.

You were fortunate enough to participate in the cultivation of the Gu God. The Seventy-Two Gu Dao Caves successively melted down three billion Gu insects, continuously raising, feeding, and battling Gus!

Ultimately, they truly cultivated a Gu that surpassed Heavenly Humans.

But the Gu fell into madness; it devoured the not-yet-fully-cultivated witch curse, and then turned on its masters, the Gu martial artists of the Seventy-Two Caves, as if all Gu Dao was its food.

The Seventy-Two Caves had personally cultivated a Gu Dao exterminator.

Your thirty-seven Gus, painstakingly cultivated, were sacrificed to the Gu God for your escape.

Three years of effort were wasted.

But this time, you once again truly perceived the fluctuations from heaven and earth, as if after the unity of heaven and man reached its extreme, and before transcending to the path ahead, heaven and earth would have a feedback.

That might be the Heaven and Earth Source that Maitreya Buddha Saint spoke of!

However, this Heaven and Earth Source cannot be controlled by conventional means. Without means of control, the ultimate result would still be a backlash.

The Gu God raged for about an hour, eventually turning into a forbidden zone.

The Witch Gu Forbidden Zone!

It was densely packed with curses and Gu insects!

You explored for a while and found that the Gu God’s body died, its soul transformed into Gu resentment, equally cursing everyone!

After collecting some Gu insects, you withdrew from the forbidden zone.

Perhaps, beyond Heavenly Human, lies the Forbidden Zone Realm?

This joke isn’t very funny!