Chapter 613: The Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma

Young Master Xi had originally ridden his qilin incense carriage into the mysterious yellow sea, but the yellow qi of the mysterious yellow sea was simply too heavy, causing all six azure qilin to collapse from exhaustion and be unable to advance. Several maidservants put away the qilin carriage and waited anxiously for a passing ship, and only after great difficulty did they finally hail one.

Aside from him, there were over a dozen other immortals aboard the ship, also looking around nervously.

Suddenly, the terror vanished from one person's face, and he viciously attacked the others, clearly also having been struck by the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma.

"Young Master, what is Paranirmita Vasavartin?" a woman holding a zither asked.

Young Master Xi turned a blind eye to the chaos around him and spoke with easy confidence: "The Buddhist Sect of the Western Heaven has Six Desire Heavens, which are six major worlds. The beings who live within them are called Six Desire Heaven Demons, also known as Six Desire Heaven Gods. Among them is a major world called the Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven. The beings of that heaven are called Deva Mara, and from birth they take the form of ten-year-old children. They are born with a divine ability: their consciousness can enter another's body, draping themselves in that person's flesh and skin to act, experiencing another's life."

A maidservant beside him was horrified. "If Deva Mara come out from the Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven, wouldn't the harm they cause be enormous? Why have we never heard of them?"

Young Master Xi said, "The Western Heaven sealed them within the Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven to prevent them from escaping and causing calamity. But there are those who delight in such things and who, from the Deva, comprehended a divine ability that allows one to enter another's body and act under another's appearance. This divine ability is called the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma. This method is not possession; it does not require seizing another's flesh. When leaving, the original owner can still control their body. Most wondrous."

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As he spoke, Chen Shi's transformed body had already been beaten to death by the crowd on the ship. Yet from another ship came a cry of shock, as Chen Shi took over another immortal's body and attacked the others.

Ship after ship of tower vessels fell into panic.

Chen Shi successfully controlled another young immortal, and using that young immortal as a shell, he activated the Primordial Chaos Sword Scripture and cut down toward the others.

His Primordial Chaos Sword Scripture was exquisite beyond compare. Ordinary immortals were no match for him at all. He was in the middle of pursuing a young woman when she suddenly stopped dead in her flight, turned around, and a brilliant divine light surged up from the ground, transforming into a precious tree with countless branches and twigs that actually blocked Chen Shi's sword moves!

Chen Shi switched through several techniques in succession, yet was always blocked by that young woman.

The two drew closer and closer. The young woman plucked a branch, held it in hand, and received Chen Shi's sword qi. The two pressed in close, almost touching.

The young woman sneered, "You villain, who exactly are you? Why do you know the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma?"

Chen Shi channeled strength into his arm and pressed down on the woman, a thought stirring in his mind. "You also use the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma. I understand now, you are Wu Banshan!"

The young woman gnashed her teeth. "So it really is you! The thief who stole my Jambudvipa Precious Tree!"

In the instant their figures crossed, they separated. The branch in the young woman's hand stabbed backward, and at the same moment the sword in Chen Shi's hand also thrust backward. Both were struck almost simultaneously.

The instant the young woman was hit, the hidden power within the sword qi erupted, transforming into the move Wind Lord's Irregularity. In an instant, countless streaks of sword light swept past like a cold wind, stripping away her flesh and blood, leaving only white bone.

And in the instant Chen Shi was hit, the branch grew madly within his body, taking root. In moments it grew into a towering tree. Chen Shi's transformed body withered at breakneck speed, his Primordial Spirit drained dry, becoming a desiccated skeleton buried beneath the roots.

The next moment, Chen Shi and Wu Banshan each descended into another immortal's body, each transforming that immortal into a vessel for the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma.

Wu Banshan flew at him, sneering, "You villain, do you know who I am, that you dare steal my Jambudvipa Precious Tree! Who are your accomplices? Explain yourself clearly today, and I'll leave you a whole corpse!"

Chen Shi showed not the slightest fear, controlling his transformed body to contend with him. He sneered, "Before Immortal Lord Wu ascended, he committed countless evils in the Earth Immortal Realm, relying on having someone above him to actually cross tribulation and become an immortal. So what if I stole your precious tree?"

The two fought at close quarters, neither dodging nor avoiding the other's attacks, every move seeking life, fighting purely by trading wound for wound, life for life!

In but a short while, both transformed bodies had suffered severe damage!

Chen Shi and Wu Banshan immediately abandoned these two bodies and switched to other immortals' forms.

All around was utter chaos.

Some leaped from the tower ships, and because they jumped too high, entered the azure qi and were instantly carried tens of thousands of li from the ground, unable to find their direction. Others used too much force and tumbled into the yellow qi, pinned down by the yellow qi and unable to free themselves for a time.

Those who jumped from the tower ships desperately fled into the distance, terrified beyond measure, as though hell itself were at their backs.

But even hell would not have frightened them so.

And yet among them, person after person's expression would still change drastically, controlled by Chen Shi to kill the others.

No one dared trust anyone else any longer. They only wished to be as far from others as possible.

When they had besieged Chen Shi and been killed by him, it had not been this terrifying.

When, outside Mount Tai Island, Chen Shi had sacrificed the Black Pot and swallowed hundreds of immortals whole, it had not been this frightful either.

The unknown is the greatest terror.

They did not know when those around them would become Chen Shi or Immortal Lord Wu. They did not know when those around them would suddenly strike them down. And they did not know when they themselves might become a vessel for Chen Shi or Wu Banshan. Thus fleeing at the first opportunity became the best choice.

Even so, person after person's demeanor still changed drastically, becoming Chen Shi or Wu Banshan. The two masters of the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma wildly controlled others' bodies, slaughtering freely.

The crowd fled in all directions. In but a short while, only empty tower ships remained on the sea surface, along with the giant fish that pulled them.

Chen Shi and Wu Banshan had each been struck, both gravely wounded, one collapsed on the deck, the other fallen into the mysterious yellow sea.

"You villain, don't think you can escape!"

Seeing that this body was no longer usable, Wu Banshan immediately sent his consciousness flying out. He glimpsed people still aboard the tower ship where Young Master Xi was, and descended into a maidservant beside Young Master Xi.

The maidservant raised her head, her gaze sharp as a sword, and looked toward the tower ship where Chen Shi was. Suddenly, another woman turned to look, sneering, "Why does Immortal Lord Wu look this way and that?"

The two women brimmed with killing intent, about to strike again. Just then, Young Master Xi formed a hand seal and pressed it toward Wu Banshan's face. Wu Banshan looked up and saw this seal, and his mind was violently shaken. His Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma swayed and tottered, on the verge of being broken at any moment. His expression changed drastically. "Who are you?"

The Dao patterns within Young Master Xi's seal erupted, shattering the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma. Wu Banshan's consciousness was instantly blasted away.

Seeing this, Chen Shi was startled. In this short time, he had transformed dozens of immortals and had not encountered a single person who could resist the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma. He had never imagined that aboard this ship, he would encounter an expert who could break this method!

Before Young Master Xi could act, he wanted to withdraw his consciousness, but Young Master Xi did not strike. Instead, he laughed, "Junior brother, impressive divine ability. This Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma of yours is truly admirable. Pardon my poor eyesight, but I have never met you before, junior brother."

A thought stirred in Chen Shi's mind. "I have never met you either, sir. And you are?"

Young Master Xi's mind stirred, and a river of stars appeared around him. He smiled, "Immortal Court, Xi Muran."

Seeing this, Chen Shi's heart gave a violent throb. "The Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection! The Celestial Venerable's sect!"

The Celestial Venerable was actually Xun Jiangmu, a disciple charged with herding the Xun Jiang Star Region. Though a Gold Immortal, his strength was truly formidable, far more powerful than ordinary immortal lords.

The Celestial Venerable's sect was shrouded in mystery. Since arriving in the Celestial Court, this was the first time Chen Shi had encountered someone from the Celestial Venerable's sect.

"The Immortal Court? Just now he said the Immortal Court!"

Chen Shi's mind churned like a sea in turmoil, a thousand thoughts flashing through him in an instant. The Empress of Earth had once told him that the conflict between gods and immortals was growing ever more intense and irreconcilable. Combined with the immortals' steadily growing power and the Three Purities having left the Earth Immortal Realm with no trace of their whereabouts, a portion of immortals had attempted to form the Immortal Court, to stand against the Celestial Court and even overthrow it.

And this Xi Muran came from the Immortal Court!

In other words, the Celestial Venerable's sect was within the Immortal Court!

"Conniving with the primordial

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Towering rage rose in Chen Shi's heart. He had never forgotten this debt owed by Western Ox New Continent.

This was not his hatred alone. It was the hatred of everyone in Western Ox New Continent, from the Great Shang Era to the True King's Era, and now to his own era!

And all of this, merely to raise a single insect!

Suddenly, Xi Muran said, "Junior brother, Immortal Lord Wu seems to have transformed the dog immortal beside you."

Chen Shi's heart lurched. He immediately withdrew his consciousness. On that tower ship, the Black Pot rose to its feet, swung up the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler, and brought it smashing down toward Chen Shi's true body. Chen Shi dodged aside, and the Black Pot pressed forward, charging with all its strength.

It sneered, "You villain, I want to see whether you'll kill your own comrade!"

Chen Shi raised a hand to take the blow head-on, and was sent drifting backward from the impact.

The Black Pot's physical strength was simply too great. Even Chen Shi could not directly contend with its power, and with the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler being immensely heavy, his arms were left numb and aching.

The Black Pot roared, brandishing the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler as it charged. Man and dog battled across the sea surface, traversing a thousand li in an instant.

Wu Banshan was, after all, an immortal lord, and his Dao techniques were exceptionally refined. Controlling the Black Pot's body, he fought no weaker than the Black Pot itself, and with no scruples, caring nothing for the Black Pot's life or death, he drove Chen Shi back step by step.

Suddenly, Chen Shi steadied himself and bellowed, "Sacrifice!"

The Black Pot was lunging at him, swinging the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler down, when it was suddenly lifted into the air by Chen Shi against its will.

"A petty trick!"

Wu Banshan controlled the Black Pot's body, swinging the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler down and forcibly shattering Chen Shi's Dharmic power. But in the instant it was lifted up, he suddenly felt an extra "person" beside him.

To be precise, Chen Shi had used the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma to descend into the Black Pot's body.

Now, three consciousnesses occupied the Black Pot's body simultaneously.

Chen Shi and Wu Banshan, both practitioners of the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma, held the dominant positions, while the Black Pot, having never cultivated it, was relegated to a subordinate role, its consciousness squeezed into a corner of the Sea of Consciousness, unable to control its own body.

The two consciousnesses clashed upon the Sea of Consciousness, whipping up surging waves, sky and earth plunged into darkness.

Wu Banshan raised a hand, stirring up towering waves upon the Sea of Consciousness. Lightning and thunder erupted within the waves, bearing down on Chen Shi. He sneered, "Learn my Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma and still think to contend with me! Today I'll reduce your consciousness to ashes!"

He activated the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma, and the Black Pot's Sea of Consciousness suddenly turned as clear and translucent as a Mirror of Clarity. Beneath the mirror's surface appeared Wu Banshan's countenance.

A massive face, nearly filling the entire Sea of Consciousness.

This was precisely the key to the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma. Using my consciousness to occupy the body-master's Sea of Consciousness, making him believe that I am him, his sense of self would weaken to the extreme.

Now, Wu Banshan could mobilize all the power within the Black Pot's Sea of Consciousness. In an instant, his strength soared!

Chen Shi raised his hand to challenge his offensive head-on, and was nearly struck into dissipated consciousness. A thought stirred in his mind, and he too activated the Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma. He smiled, "You think what I learned is your Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma? Wrong! This is an entirely new Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma, comprehended from the Temporary Abode technique!"

He stomped his foot, and the mirror-like surface of the Sea of Consciousness shattered. A massive lotus rose slowly from the sea. The lotus bloomed, invading Wu Banshan's territory.

Wu Banshan looked down. On the calm sea surface, lotus leaf after lotus leaf rose from the ocean floor, gradually covering the sea and obscuring his countenance.

His heart seized. He immediately knew his transformation technique had been broken and he had fallen to a disadvantage. If he entangled himself further, his consciousness would surely be annihilated by Chen Shi. He hesitated no longer and swiftly withdrew his consciousness.

"You villain, I will find you!"

His voice echoed within the Sea of Consciousness, reverberating for a long time before fading away.

Chen Shi too withdrew his Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma, returning the Sea of Consciousness to the Black Pot.

The Black Pot shook its head, looking around in confusion, still puzzling over why it was here.

"Black Pot, our ship seems to have been dragged off by something!" Chen Shi looked around in alarm.

Man and dog both rushed over, and finally caught up to the tower ship. They saw Yu Sari, with chains in his mouth, strenuously hauling the ship, laboring mightily.

"Black Pot, go help!" Chen Shi said.

Man and dog arrived before him. The Black Pot helped push the ship, while Chen Shi, seeing that Yu Sari was rather encumbered, pulled out the chains from the ship and still hung them on Yu Sari's body. He spoke warmly, "Fellow Daoist Yu Sari, dragging the ship like this won't be so strenuous."

Yu Sari had previously bitten down on the chains to tow the ship, unable to outdo the Black Pot. At these words he gave a muffled snort. "Thanks a lot!"

"Think nothing of it."

Chen Shi laughed heartily. "Helping others is the root of happiness. That is how we cultivators of the Dark Sea have always been. Fellow Daoist Yu Sari, let's head that way!"

Yu Sari had no choice but to swim in the direction of his pointing finger, thinking to himself, "Cultivators of the Dark Sea, aren't they just demons?"

On the other side, Immortal Lord Wu Banshan sat within his treasure carriage, having recalled his consciousness. His expression was gloomy. In his contest of Dharmic arts with Chen Shi, he had actually been bested by the other's unorthodox Paranirmita Vasavartin Dharma. If this spread, it would be utterly humiliating.

"Strange. Could he be from the Deva of the Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven? But the Western Heaven clearly said there were no Deva who escaped."

Just then, a disciple's voice came from outside. "Immortal Lord, Deng Hai Town has arrived."

Wu Banshan pushed open the carriage window, and Deng Hai Town came into view.

"No matter your origins, this time you will not escape, not even with wings!"