Chapter 106 - 102: The 2000-Word Sutra of the Great Vajra Shattering

Chapter 106: Chapter 102: The 2000-Word Sutra of the Great Vajra Shattering

The quiet night draped like silk. Chen Sha slowly withdrew his Heart Spirit from the Cosmic Light Fragments and looked at the clearance rewards in his arms. He first pinched the sphere of "Forty Years of Middle Innate" Power in his hand, sensing the fluctuation of its aura, and muttered to himself, "Although the Realm is equivalent to a Grandmaster, what is inside is not True Qi, but Innate Qi Mechanism..."

Clearly, this was a change between two different worlds.

In Zhang Daoxuan’s era, although the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism was increasingly scarce, the Cultivation System after Acquired directly entered Innate, divided into Low, Middle, and Upper Three Grades.

Therefore, whether it was Low-Grade Innate, Middle Grade, or Upper Grade, what they cultivated in their bodies was the Innate Qi Mechanism. It was just that because cultivating the Innate Qi Mechanism had become extremely difficult in that world, the Power of a Middle Innate was not even as profound as a Grandmaster in his Divine Land World.

This was the difference between one’s Realm and the depth of their Power.

Chen Sha felt a bit regretful, "It didn’t drop Zhang Daoxuan’s Power, and only gave me such a Leader’s Ring token..."

He scrutinized the small ring in his hand and couldn’t help but shake his head. "What use do I have for the ring of the Daoist Hidden Lineage from that era? Could it be that the Daoist Hidden Lineage will reappear in the world, and I can use this to command them?"

After examining it carefully, he confirmed that there was absolutely nothing supernatural about the ring. It seemed to just be a status symbol similar to a Royal Jade Seal, representing a certain type of power and authority. Chen Sha casually placed it in a small box in his room and then began to inspect his other gains.

"Huh, this piece of jade seems to be somewhat mysterious..."

Chen Sha picked up the "Spirit Communication Jade" that dropped from Guu Changming, the Confucian Sect expert in the Cosmic Light Fragments. As soon as he took hold of it, it felt as soft, smooth, and extraordinarily delicate as a one-month-old baby’s hand.

Most importantly...

When Chen Sha held it in his hand, his spirit was instantly invigorated.

How could he describe this feeling? It was as if someone who was drowsy and utterly devoid of essence and spirit had suddenly grasped the jade, only to feel a warm aura nourishing their mind... If someone who suffered from chronic insomnia obtained this piece of jade, simply wearing it on their body would completely cure their insomnia, depression, or nervous breakdown symptoms.

"No wonder the Confucian Sect has a saying: a gentleman is like jade, and must wear jade even more so..." Chen Sha muttered to himself. "So, in Zhang Daoxuan’s era, dead stone objects like jade could genuinely be nurtured by some method to develop a spirit, making them beneficial to the mind when worn."

Normally, after experiencing the trials in the Cosmic Light Fragments, Chen Sha had to burn sandalwood and other mind-soothing incense nearby to help him quickly recover the Heart Spirit he depleted due to "dying" inside the fragments. But now that this Spirit Communication Jade had dropped, there was absolutely no need for burning incense anymore.

"Good stuff!" Chen Sha praised. This item was the most practical for him.

Then, he slowly looked at the *Two Thousand Words of the Divine Nun Taie on Shattering Vajra Realm* that dropped from Zen Master Shede, the one representing the Buddhist Sect among the Confucian, Buddhist, and Demon experts.

Chen Sha suddenly zoned out as he muttered in reminiscence, "Sister Taie, seemingly just like Zhang Daoxuan, was also someone who had a temple and a clay body on that hillside. Could it be... this scripture dropped by Zen Master Shede is exactly... what that clay body wrote?"

This brought up another crucial question. Zhang Daoxuan and Sister Taie from that hillside were actually from the same era in the True Realm!

"The next time I enter, I must further study the Ascenders on that hillside. Or, after I go down that great mountain, I should look at the numerous temples on the plains to see who else is there..."

After speaking to himself, Chen Sha focused his attention on the *Two Thousand Words on Shattering Vajra Realm*. He had a vague premonition that this scripture had nothing to do with Martial Arts and didn’t record any Qi Circulation Technique. Instead, it was related to a realm from Zhang Daoxuan’s era.

The Broken Great Vajra!

That was the Ascension realm condition one needed to achieve after Innate in their world. It was suspected to be one realm higher than the requirements for Dugu Qiubai’s Sword Opening Celestial Gate.

RUSTLE~~

Chen Sha slowly opened the first page of the two thousand words. He saw that the text recorded on it was surprisingly also in Divine Land characters. Whether it was due to the Southern Heavenly Gate’s translation or something else, the handwriting was very elegant:

"I, this poor nun, was born in the early years of the Nine Tribulations. I left home in my youth and joined the White Cloud Zen Temple, following my master in Cultivation of Buddhist Technique and Martial Arts. Achieving success at fifteen, I was recommended by my kind master and entered the Lingchan Temple... At thirty, I served as the abbot of Lingchan Temple... At fifty, I was invited by the Buddhist Holy Land, the Little Pure Land of Bliss, to enter the Holy Land for Cultivation of Buddhist Technique. For the next eighty years, until I Shattered and left, I never once left the Pure Land...

"This book was written on the night before I, this poor nun, proved the Broken Great Vajra. Before me, the world had only heard of one legend of Ascending to the Immortal Realm. Various Sects and schools were completely unaware of the Eternal Life Immortal Realm’s existence above their heads, where stepping into it meant entering a pure, dustless state of immortality.

"It wasn’t until tonight, when I felt a sudden inspiration in my heart and attained this realm, that I realized the legend of shattering the void was not a mere rumor.

"The so-called Broken Great Vajra—these five words, ’Broken’ in the front, and ’Great Vajra’ in the back—represent two meanings coexisting within one realm.

"Broken, is the condition for Ascension into the Immortal Realm.

"Great Vajra, is a Martial Arts Dao Realm that advances a step further from the Upper Innate."

Upon reading this, Chen Sha pondered in his heart, "Since Upper Innate is equivalent to the First-Grade Great Innate in my Divine Land World, then after I cultivate to the Great Innate, I can attempt to walk this subsequent Path of the Broken Great Vajra."

However, he wondered why the Divine Land World seemingly lacked such a realm system. He had only heard some rumors about shattering heaven and earth, but there was no exact realm above the First-Grade Innate. Just as Sister Taie had stated, one could Ascend through the Broken Great Vajra. This was a clear path, so why had no one in the Divine Land World been able to Ascend?

Perhaps there were some, but Chen Sha knew he would need to search carefully on that hillside, and even the plains, to find out.

Sister Taie’s handwritten manuscript was not over yet. Below, Chen Sha saw another layer of explanation regarding the Broken Ascension Realm.

"Broken and Great Vajra do not necessarily appear simultaneously in one person. Tonight, upon attaining this realm, I experienced a flash of inspiration and vaguely realized something... Perhaps shattering heaven and earth and Ascending to the Immortal Realm does not require the Great Vajra Power to forcefully open the Celestial Gate... If one relied on external power, they might even be able to bring others along in their Ascension. However, time is short, and I have no opportunity to try.

"To survive after breaking into the Immortal Gate, one doesn’t necessarily need the Great Vajra Power.

"But if one possesses the Great Vajra Power, they will definitely be able to shatter heaven and earth, step into the Celestial Gate, and achieve eternal life."

This was the final paragraph of Sister Taie’s two thousand words. She mentioned once again that stepping into the Celestial Gate brought eternal life.

Chen Sha found himself completely at a loss for words.

Did these people even know their fate after Ascension? If they had just heard that behind the Immortal Gate lay eternal life, that would be one thing. But if they knew they would turn into living-dead clay statues after entering the Immortal Gate and still made this choice... then...

Chen Sha was more inclined to believe the former.

After finishing Sister Taie’s handwritten manuscript, Chen Sha slowly exhaled.

"Broken Great Vajra!"

In the current Divine Land World, it seemed no one had reached this realm yet. Even his old man... maybe...

Therefore, if Chen Sha could attain this realm, he would have absolutely no problem becoming invincible and the undisputed number one in the Divine Land World.

But to step into that mysterious "Great Vajra" realm, he at least needed to first cultivate the Twenty-four Gods of the Great Yellow Court to Perfection.

At this moment, only the last reward remained in his hands: Old Ghost Xu’s forty years of Innate Power...

GULP.

The airflow entered his stomach and transformed into a surging Innate Qi Mechanism. Under Chen Sha’s guidance, he began cultivating the contents of the last two volumes of the Celestial Demon Strategy. This primarily involved cultivating the auras of four parts of the body, corresponding to the eyes, nose, tongue, and skin of the four great Divine Spirits of the Great Yellow Court.

With this, Chen Sha once again entered a state of seclusion from which he would not emerge for a short time.

The day after he went into seclusion, Yuu Miaolian’s urgent letter was delivered to the mountain gate. Song Yu immediately came to the door of Chen Sha’s room, only to see that a Tai Chi Token had already been hung on the door. This was exactly the signal for "seclusion."

He stood there and sighed, having no choice but to leave for now and wait until Chen Sha emerged.

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Chen Sha returned to his regular life on Dao Yi Mountain: cultivating, meditating, and going into seclusion.

Meanwhile, in the Martial Arts world at the foot of the mountain, the events that occurred over the recent months were, one after another, increasingly hair-raising for the people of the Jianghu.

The battle between Yun Shouxuan and Long Zaitian, two Major Sect leaders of the Demon Sect, was earth-shattering news.

Second, a cripple surnamed Li established a Sect in Suzhou of Zhao Country’s Jiangnan. On that day, more than ten Grandmasters went to congratulate him. It was said that the founder was a former True Disciple of Dao Yi Mountain and had now reached the Grandmaster Realm! He established the Sect and named it the "Zhengyi Sect." The ’Zheng’ meaning to prove or attain.

Third, and the most intense major event of all, was that the First-Grade Hall—a top-tier faction that had risen rapidly over the past four or five years—had completely and silently vanished without a trace over the last few months.

Vague rumors circulated in the Jianghu, suggesting that it was because they had forcefully attacked a certain Major Sect, suspected to be the Dao Yi Sect, and were entirely wiped out on Dao Yi Mountain. However, Dao Yi Mountain never responded to this Jianghu rumor. Coupled with the fact that Chen Canxuan had been dead for a few years, people’s impression of Dao Yi Mountain had long lost the concept of it being a top-tier Major Sect. If you asked any random person in the Jianghu, they couldn’t even name a single well-known expert on Dao Yi Mountain besides Chen Canxuan...

They didn’t even have a Grandmaster.

Therefore, most people didn’t quite believe this vague "rumor."

As for what had truly happened, within the First-Grade Hall’s headquarters, the remaining hall members who knew the news were all deeply crestfallen. They neither dared to show their faces in the Jianghu again, nor did they have the standing to tell anyone that Dao Yi Mountain was the one who annihilated all their people.

The First-Grade Hall, which used to gather heroes from all directions, now had only Peacock and a few scattered servants moving in and out of its beautiful courtyards.

Today, she was pushing Young Master Qing’s wheelchair through the courtyard. Young Master Qing’s complexion had regained some color. He said, "In a few more days, I won’t have to sit in this chair anymore. Let’s take a trip outside."

Peacock thought of something upon hearing this, and her expression couldn’t help but change. "Young Master, are you planning to..."

Young Master Qing said indifferently, "Over the past four or five years, I was able to build a top-tier faction that shocked the Martial Arts world from nothing. Now that I’m not dead and can still live for several more years, do you really not believe I can make a comeback?"

Peacock hurriedly replied, "I... of course I believe it."

Young Master Qing glanced at Peacock and said, "Although you’ve been by my side for so long, you’ve never known where my wealth, enough to rival a nation, actually came from, right?"

Peacock lowered her head and didn’t ask further. This involved Young Master Qing’s most core secret. It was precisely because of this wealth that he had established the current First-Grade Hall. It could be said that without that treasure vault, the First-Grade Hall would have had absolutely no way to recruit so many experts in just four or five years.

"Today, you will be able to know, because... the faction that guided me to find the treasure vault will have people arriving at the First-Grade Hall today," Young Master Qing said.

Just as he was speaking, a hall member appeared in the courtyard and said, "Young Master, Miss, two strangers have arrived outside the hall. One calls himself Qin Half-Immortal, and the other calls himself Ma Rulong. They said that once you hear their names, you will know exactly who they are..."