Chapter 393 Battle Against the Eternal Mother (Part 2)

Inside Hundred Battles Valley, the moment the Tathagata Palm appeared, Wusheng Old Mother's expression finally changed.

But this change was not directed at Yan Chu, but at the creator of this Divine Palm.

That present-day Buddha who created the Western Paradise and sits high in the Mahavira Hall, the World-Honored One, Shakyamuni Buddha!

Boom!!!

The golden Buddha surged with power as a palm struck out. Within a thousand-mile radius, space suddenly inverted, and the golden light was so blinding that the Holy Lotus Cult Members affected by the Buddha-light suddenly lost their sense of direction, their eyes clamped shut, unable to open.

This was the effect of "The Buddha's First Ray of Light"—altering the gravity of a region while the dazzling golden light made it impossible to open one's eyes.

This was only the case for those affected by the Buddha-light.

But the one facing the Buddha-light head-on was Wusheng Old Mother!

She sat atop her lotus terrace, completely unaffected. The Red Lotus of Karma Fire radiated a brilliant red light that even began to spread toward the Buddha-light, seeking to burn Yan Chu's Physical Body and Divine Soul.

To burn away all his sins.

Yan Chu pressed his palms together, forming the Light-Gathering Buddha-Crown Seal.

A Buddhist lamp condensed in his palm. Terrible Buddhist fire surged from within his body, evolving from Pure Yang Fire and carrying a pure Buddhist intent as he struck a palm toward the red lotus.

The second Move of the Tathagata Palm: Golden Top Buddhist Lamp!

The sound of Sanskrit chanting resonated through heaven and earth; even the sun in the sky was not as dazzling as Yan Chu at this moment.

This palm, wreathed in Buddhist fire, struck the red lotus with a loud bang.

The red lotus shattered, and the karma fire was extinguished!

As a true Buddha of the present age, possessing great compassion, great fearlessness, and great virtue, how could he have even a hint of sin upon him? How could karma fire burn his body?

The palm force was vast, and the fire energy surged through, striking continuously toward Wusheng Old Mother.

Sitting atop her lotus terrace, Wusheng Old Mother seemed as insignificant as a tiny insect beneath this hundred-zhang giant palm.

"Hmph!!"

Wusheng Old Mother gave a cold snort. This was the first time since her descent that her smile had vanished:

"The Old Mother's name is known across ten thousand worlds, with billions of believers. What virtue or ability do you have to dare place yourself above the Old Mother?"

Her cold snort was not directed at Yan Chu.

But at the person behind this Buddhist palm.

A mere Lower Realm Prodigy was never something Wusheng Old Mother took seriously.

As she spoke, the lotus terrace beneath her expanded, likewise growing to a hundred zhang in size, before she flicked a finger.

A white lotus shot out, landing directly on the Buddhist lamp in the palm.

The Buddhist lamp was as if it had an accelerator applied; its fuel was exhausted in an instant, burning out completely, and the entire Buddhist palm dissipated like a phantom.

"Young man, come! Let the Old Mother see what other Moves your Buddhist palm has."

"The Old Mother insists on competing with that Buddha!"

At this moment, Wusheng Old Mother regarded Yan Chu as the Buddha's vessel in this world, while she herself was the Incarnation of Wusheng Old Mother's true self.

Today, she would prove that her Way of the Holy Lotus far surpassed the Way of Buddhism.

Without needing Wusheng Old Mother to say more, Yan Chu would not stop.

Buzz...

He formed the Immovable Fundamental Seal with his hands, and the Sanskrit humming was incessant. The moment the momentum of this palm was unleashed, the thousands of mountains and rivers that had just recovered from the inversion immediately began to rumble and shake.

The Holy Lotus Cult Members in the distance had already fled far away, escaping hundreds of miles.

The battle between Yan Chu and the other was restrained enough, confined within a certain range, but it was still something these people could not bear to watch.

Even the Cult Venerable Xiao Mian was left in a daze by the Moves and Divine Abilities of the two, seeing only Chaos and unable to remember a single technique.

Everyone could not help but be horrified.

Their original mockery of Yan Chu had now completely turned into fear; he actually truly possessed the qualifications to challenge Wusheng Old Mother.

To what Realm had his cultivation actually reached?

"Yan Chu..."

White Lotus Holy Master Li Ge murmured to herself, her beautiful eyes filled with unknown thoughts.

Cult Venerable's Wife Ming Shu and Cult Venerable Xiao Mian exchanged a glance, both seeing the worry in each other's eyes.

What if Yan Chu won?

Would there be any way out for people like them?

More importantly, if the Old Mother lost, it would be a major blow to these Holy Lotus Cult Members who viewed her as the supreme deity and sacrificed everything for her.

Many might be unable to accept this outcome, choosing to martyr themselves for the Old Mother or change their faith.

For the Holy Lotus Sect, this outcome was truly unbearable.

Shaking his head, Xiao Mian refocused his spirit and watched the battle from afar.

No matter what, they firmly believed that the Old Mother would never lose to someone from the Lower Realm.

She would still lead them to establish the Vacuum Home, existing for eternity!

"The third Move of the Tathagata Palm: Buddha Moves Mountains and Rivers!!!"

With a great roar from Yan Chu, a palm capable of causing the earth to collapse and mountains to split struck down. Golden light permeated the palm lines, carrying a terrifying power that could shatter everything.

The entire Hundred Battles Valley was snapped in two from the middle. The underground river surged upward, flushing out countless white bones which were then crushed under the heavy pressure, mixing with the river water to flow turbulently through the canyon.

This was merely the incidental power of the Divine Palm; the one truly enduring this strike was Wusheng Old Mother, sitting atop her lotus terrace.

"Lotus roots deeply planted, unmoving and unshakable!"

As these cold words left Wusheng Old Mother's mouth, the Pure World Lotus Platform, which had been shaking under the palm, suddenly came to a halt.

Roots grew beneath the lotus terrace, boring into the ground. The originally shaking mountains and canyons calmed down, the river water flowed back underground, and the cracks healed.

Lotus petals grew one by one, filled with a clear radiance that enveloped the entire lotus terrace.

The entire world became tranquil, using "stillness" to counter the "motion" of the Buddha's palm.

Boom!!!

The giant palm crashed onto the lotus terrace, and dense golden light erupted. Mountains and rivers shook as the entire white lotus terrace was driven deep into the ground, leaving a thousand-zhang giant palm print on the surface.

Yan Chu withdrew his hand.

In the next moment, with a splash, the underground river surged out again, washing the white lotus terrace back up. The river water pooled in the palm print, forming a lake.

The lotus petals dispersed, revealing Wusheng Old Mother sitting in the center.

She was still as solemn and peerless as ever, though a hint of coldness had appeared in the depths of her eyes.

Seeing this, Yan Chu continued, forming the Heavenly Drum Thunder Sound Seal with his hands.

Rumble!!

Heavenly thunder exploded, but unlike ordinary thunder, this sound carried a grand Sanskrit chant, as if a Buddha were singing from high in the sky.

The fourth Move of the Tathagata Palm: Buddha Asks the Kalan!

He pushed both palms forward, sound waves circling his palms. This was a hundred or thousand times more terrifying than the Buddhist Lion's Roar, pointing directly at the enemy's original heart.

Let alone those with weak wills, even the most steadfast individuals would be shaken into Qi Deviation, bleeding from their seven orifices, and having their souls ascend to heaven under this Sanskrit chant.

The Sanskrit chant did not target any external objects; its only goal was Wusheng Old Mother on the lotus terrace.

"Heh, you want to shake my resolve with a Buddhist seal? Not even if the Tathagata came in person!"

Facing this palm, Wusheng Old Mother remained unmoving and unshaken, a benevolent smile on her face as she watched the palm print land on her.

Boom!!!

The palm print passed through without harming even a corner of Wusheng Old Mother's clothes, stirring up a circular wave below and kicking up a sandstorm that spread for thousands of miles.

For an existence like Wusheng Old Mother, this Move, "Buddha Asks the Kalan," was even less effective than the first Move, "The Buddha's First Ray of Light."