Chapter 617 - 53: The Clear Heaven Shall Rise, Amitabha Buddha Falls

Chapter 617: Chapter 53: The Clear Heaven Shall Rise, Amitabha Buddha Falls

The instant Lu Xuan was shattered.

A wisp of Buddhist aura, a thread of Dao Rhyme, and a glimmer of sentient light—accumulated over countless eons from the Human Race’s cultivation of the Celestial Books—

all silently sank into Lu Xuan’s body.

An Upper Grade Immortal may die, but their existence is unending; their existence may end, but they remain immortal. They are destined to return.

And Lu Xuan surpassed even the Upper Grade.

His soul sat enthroned upon the ruins of the future, draped in a Chaos Daoist Robe. His gaze pierced through the Cause and Effect of all ages. Heaven and Earth were destroyed, yet he alone remained.

His torso, buried in the Land at the End of Han, transformed into the Profound Yellow Emperor Venerable. The station of Emperor Earth Deity slowly materialized as his Transcendent Traits became manifest.

At this very moment, under the command of his Emperor Earth Deity station and the control of the Profound Yellow Emperor Venerable, the sundered earth began to heal, piece by piece!

He was using his own body to mend the shattered parts of the earth.

The Profound Yellow Emperor Venerable stood upon the earth, gazed at Amitabha Buddha, and chuckled.

"A step behind, you say?"

His limbs, having fallen into the Nine Nether, reformed into the image of Nine Nether. The authority of the Nine Nether manifested, illuminating the vast, damaged realm.

The Path of Great Balance slowly vibrated. Nine Nether embraced the Six Paths of Reincarnation, mending the damaged Nine Nether. He was using his own body to complete the realm’s broken parts. Then, he tilted his head back, looked toward the enraged Amitabha Buddha, and chuckled.

"A single misstep, was it?"

His head, now transformed into Supreme Profound Clarity, stood upon the Celestial Vault, suffused with Celestial Intent Dao Rhyme.

He emulated Wa Huang of old, merging his body with the Celestial Vault to mend the Celestial Palace and heal the shattered sky. His will seeped into Heaven itself, becoming the very part of Heaven that had collapsed.

Supreme Profound Clarity looked down, his gaze falling calmly upon Amitabha Buddha, and he too chuckled.

"Fell short at the final moment?"

Three bodies: one mended the Nine Nether, one restored the Earth, and the last patched Heaven.

One became a part of the Nine Nether, one became a part of the Earth, and the last became a part of Heaven.

"We!"

The Three Bodies roared in unison:

"We... are Heaven and Earth!"

"Now!"

"The Celestial Realm is dead! The Clear Heaven shall rise in its place!"

In the ruins of the Great Heaven and Earth, a Great Banner soared into the sky, swelling in an instant until it stretched from heaven to earth. The nine words emblazoned upon it whipped in the wind, illuminating all above and below!

"The Celestial Realm is dead! The Clear Heaven shall rise!"

"The Celestial Realm is dead! The Clear Heaven shall rise!"

"It is the Cyan Celestial Realm, and also the Clear Heaven... ’Clear’ as in Supreme Profound *Clarity*!"

Amid the deafening rumble,

Amitabha Buddha’s expression changed drastically.

"Impossible!"

He tried to alter history, to change the course of the Years and correct this mistake. He wanted to warn the Purple Cloud Palace Master of the past to annihilate Lu Xuan with a single, decisive strike.

However, a battered Yu Yu raised the Qing Ping Sword, and a coughing, bloodied Haotian brandished the Haotian Mirror. They positioned themselves before and behind, to the left and to the right, above and below him.

With every ounce of their remaining strength, they briefly sealed off all of Amitabha Buddha’s paths of escape!

With above and below severed, left and right isolated, and front and back cut off, Amitabha Buddha was momentarily turned into an ’isolated island.’ It was as if he were standing at the Origin, unable to see the Years or perceive the flow of Time!

"There exists a Human Emperor, Amitabha, who has left Heaven incomplete and Earth damaged. His sins are monstrous. Infinite sin shall descend..."

The Great Heaven and Earth rumbled. Lu Xuan’s soul, seated upon the ruins of the future, spoke as if issuing a Celestial Decree:

"Let infinite sin descend and strike him down!"

A torrent of fundamental sin fell, pouring entirely into Amitabha Buddha’s body. The three powers he commanded—Heaven, Earth, and Man—were all stripped from him, and the aura around him weakened drastically!

Although Lu Xuan had only supplanted a small part of Heaven, Heaven itself was already on the offensive against Amitabha.

He needed only to guide it slightly to turn the entire Great Heaven and Earth against Amitabha.

For a Dao Fruit like Amitabha, life and death were merely states of being,

so Lu Xuan slightly adjusted the direction in which the sin would fall...

The infinite sin descended entirely upon the Western Pure Land.

Before the horrified eyes of the Buddha Mother, the Great Sun Buddha, and others,

even the many supreme Existences beyond the Years ceased their battles, their gazes all fixed on the scene.

Amitabha Buddha’s heaven-propping Golden Body began to dim. The Western Pure Land slowly decayed and fell into ruin, and his own aura continued to plummet.

In less than an instant, he, who had been on the verge of achieving a Perfect Dao Fruit, lost the powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man, his cultivation level sliding down to that of an ordinary Enlightened One.

Now, with his Western Pure Land suffering grievous damage, he was once again on the brink of falling even further... in fact...

He was truly beginning to fall!

Watching the Western Pure Land in his hands slowly decay, crumble, and wither, as if wailing its inability to bear such immense cosmic sin,

Amitabha Buddha felt a pang in his heart. He could sense the fortunes of the Buddhist Sect plummeting into an abyss!

Yet, instead of rage, he laughed.

"A fine scheme! A truly fine scheme!"

"You plotted to seize my powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man and sever my connection to the Western Pure Land. Not only does this allow you to advance, but it causes me to fall and eradicates the very foundation of the Buddhist Sect. Do you intend for the Buddhist Path to wither away from this day forward?"

He panted, catching his breath.

A wrathful visage appeared on Amitabha Buddha’s face, yet he was still smiling.

"Fell short at the final moment... truly, I fell short at the final moment..."

"But if I’ve lost, don’t think any of you will get off easy!"

With a furious roar,

he stomped down hard. Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water erupted into a violent frenzy. The Great Heaven and Earth began to crack once more, threatening to revert to primordial Chaos!

Lu Xuan’s expression turned grim.

"What, are you trying to flip the board?"

Instantly, Lu Xuan mobilized the powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man. With his Daluo Body, he unleashed a might on the Ancient Level.

At this very moment, in this single instant, his consciousness connected with all things. He understood all the Profound Mysteries of All Realms in every world, his gaze took in all of Ancient History, and he traced everything back to The Beginning!

The Great Heaven and Earth empowered him, his many Transcendent Traits resonated in harmony, and the Path of the Great Jun trembled...

He was now comparable to a Dao Fruit.

The Heaven-Opening Banner erupted with brilliant light, and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords descended one by one to pin the world in place.

Lu Xuan’s soul, draped in the Chaos Daoist Robe, stood in the future and struck a blow toward the present, attacking Amitabha across time itself!

Yu Yu slashed out with the Qing Ping Sword, while Haotian used the Copper Mirror to suppress the raging Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water!

At this moment, Amitabha Buddha’s power had plummeted, leaving him infinitely close to the level of an Ancient One. Struck by Lu Xuan’s attack and pierced through the chest by the Qing Ping Sword, he... was dying.