Chapter 587 - 39: Extorting Bodhi, the Demon Ancestor’s Elder Brother, the Uncanny Fu Xi

Chapter 587: Chapter 39: Extorting Bodhi, the Demon Ancestor’s Elder Brother, the Uncanny Fu Xi

The entirety of time and history unfolded before Lu Xuan’s eyes.

The ancestor of the Celestial Blade Sect was born within Lu Xuan’s seventy-fourth Acupoint Heaven and Earth. He was exceptionally talented, attaining the rank of True Immortal at seventeen hundred years of age and becoming an Immortal by twenty thousand.

Thirty years ago, after Lu Xuan had transformed this world, the ancestor had migrated here from the Acupoint that had turned into a star. But the strange part was...

Lu Xuan’s heart grew heavy. This person had been known as Fu Xi since birth. Lu Xuan himself had reviewed this period of history a thousand times, yet he had never noticed anything amiss!

’But this is absolutely impossible!’

’These are the Acupoints within my own body. How could I not know what goes on inside them?’

Fu Xi had just silently become the ancestor of the Celestial Blade Sect. This was by no means a simple method of tampering with history. These were his own Acupoints; their history was entirely under his control.

’Even if a Dao Fruit personally intervened to alter the past, I should have at least been able to detect it!’

"Fu Xi..."

The giant face, condensed from the will of this world, whispered, its expression incomparably grim.

He recalled what Houtu had said and formed a tentative guess. ’Is this Fu Xi’s Transcendent Trait?’

’To become... other people?’

’No, that can’t be it. Then what is it?’

’Was the one who truly possessed that soul also replaced by Fu Xi?’

’And the one who was replaced... were they completely erased, or did they simply become absent from that period of history?’

A thousand thoughts raced through Lu Xuan’s mind, his expression growing impossibly grim. He was certain it was related to a Transcendent Trait, but this trait was simply too bizarre!

Transcendent Traits defied all logic; even a Dao Fruit could be affected by them. He even began to wonder, ’Could a part of my own past have been replaced by Fu Xi?’

As he pondered,

Lu Xuan sensed something. He glanced to the side, his gaze sharp, and saw a colossal hand, wreathed in Buddhist light, toss a Buddha into his world! The Buddha’s eyes were tightly shut, as if deep in meditative cultivation.

’Ancient Bodhi Buddha?’

’Shakyamuni?’

Lu Xuan was stunned for a moment before realization dawned. He immediately split his focus, keeping one part of his consciousness fixed on the "Fu Xi Ancestor" while sending his will back into Shakyamuni’s body.

Although Shakyamuni, Profound Yellow, and Nine Nether had all lost their wills and become empty husks because an Enlightened One had suppressed their very Years,

as long as he broke free from the suppression, everything would return to normal. Although he was still being suppressed at this moment,

being within the Profound Purity Realm meant he was unaffected.

His Years, past, and history, along with his own will, were all shackled within his body—which was to say, within this Profound Purity Realm.

「At the same time.」

On a barren mountain in the Profound Purity Realm, the brilliant, golden Great Buddha’s eyes snapped open in fury. He looked up and roared at the void:

"Bodhi, what is the meaning of this?"

An ethereal, illusory voice echoed in Shakyamuni’s mind.

"My hand was forced. I must ask for your help, Fellow Daoist Sakyamuni. Watch over this realm for sixty-nine years. Afterward, I will naturally present you with a gift of apology."

Sakyamuni Buddha’s expression darkened even further.

"Just sixty-nine years...? I was but a single step away from attaining Enlightenment through Great Magical Power! I was about to take that step when you interrupted me! Now I can no longer grasp that profound, elusive wisp of insight! You have severed my path to the Dao!"

Lu Xuan put on a show of great fury. Within his eyes, thousands of Buddha Lands collapsed and were annihilated. He postured as if he would fight to the death, as if he would sever his Buddha Body and forsake the Buddhist Path!

Above the river of Years, the Ancient Bodhi Buddha’s expression changed. ’Is this... real or fake?’

’Such a coincidence?’

His first reaction was disbelief, but he had no reason to question it. Sakyamuni Buddha was a Fake Dao Fruit to begin with.

If he had truly captured that profound, elusive insight, it was indeed possible for him to ascend to the heavens in a single step and attain Enlightenment through Great Magical Power!

’This...’

To sever another’s path to the Dao... that was an eternal, irreconcilable enmity!

The Ancient Bodhi Buddha’s expression flickered uncertainly. Once again, a mighty voice descended, ringing in Lu Xuan’s ears.

"Shakyamuni, this was an accident, and absolutely not my intention... After sixty-nine years, I will give you the origin essence of three branches of the Bodhi Miaoshu."

"When the Journey to the West is complete, I will do everything in my power to help you attain Enlightenment through Great Magical Power!"

In his guise as the brilliant, golden Great Buddha, Lu Xuan feigned an explosion of rage. Under his vast and mighty aura, Spirit Mountain, which lay outside the Profound Purity Realm, began to totter as if on the verge of collapse!

The very fortune of the Buddhist Path seemed about to be severed in two!

"I should have already become a True Dao Fruit! There should have been no uncertainty!"

Above the river of Years, the Ancient Bodhi Buddha stared at the teetering fortune of the Buddhist Path. His expression changed once more as he sent down his voice:

"After sixty-nine years, the origin essence of seven branches of the Bodhi Miaoshu! And... the Four Noble Truths Seal!"

’Hm?’

’The Four Noble Truths Seal?’

’What in the world is that?’

Lu Xuan mused to himself. ’The origin essence of the Bodhi Miaoshu must be its branches. I have one stuck in me right now, transformed into the sky-supporting Jianmu tree of the Profound Purity Realm.’

’Although I haven’t yet figured out all the wonders of that branch, I’ve already glimpsed its extraordinary nature. The Bodhi Miaoshu is, after all, a Supreme Treasure comparable to the Qing Ping Sword, and it only has eighty-one branches in total...’

’And the Ancient Bodhi Buddha’s voice was laced with anguish...’

’This Four Noble Truths Seal must be no worse than a Bodhi Branch... perhaps even more precious?’

After confirming that Sakyamuni Buddha’s memories contained no information about the Four Noble Truths Seal, Lu Xuan frowned and called out to the being above the river of Years:

"The Four Noble Truths Seal?"

"It was forged from the suffering of all worlds, the desires of All Realms, the nirvana of all lands, and the wondrous Dao of the Celestial Realms. It is an instrument of Enlightenment. Though it is not quite the equal of my Bodhi Tree, it is not far behind. Is this sufficient compensation?"

The Ancient Bodhi Buddha’s voice trembled as he spoke. He only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the fortune of the Buddhist Path stabilize.

Standing on the barren mountain in the Profound Purity Realm, Lu Xuan—in his guise as the brilliant, golden Great Buddha—held out his hand with a deadpan expression.

"Hand it over."

After a long moment, a square-shaped Great Seal descended from above the river of Years and fell into his palm.

"In sixty-nine years, the origin essence of seven branches of the Bodhi Miaoshu."

With those words, Lu Xuan let out a cold snort. He grasped the Four Noble Truths Seal, sat cross-legged upon the barren mountain, and exerted a small amount of Magical Power.

The barren mountain trembled and rose abruptly, transforming into a Divine Mountain. Rippling Buddhist light shone forth, accompanied by the roll of thunderous sound.