Chapter 260 — The Old Ox and the Broken Cart

The Tathagata said mildly: "Master, fellow Daoists, go and lend your strength to the others; leave this place to the old monk and the old Daoist priest.

" Qiong Fuzi and the rest assented, and plunged at once into the battle.

The Tathagata looked at Emperor Yanfeng and said: "Your Majesty, I must give offense. " Emperor Yanfeng's whole body shook; dragon qi ran across the vast sky, swallowing the Ox and the Dipper.

A dragon's cry came from the heavens, and in the clouds of midair a true dragon now hid, now showed, thrusting out its head and claws; the vast dragon head bent down and gazed at the Tathagata. The Dao Sovereign walked forward, wiped his Dao sword once, and sword-light filled the heavens, driving back the true dragon.

He praised: "Your Majesty is all but making the false true, becoming a true god.

A pity the Divine Bridge is severed, and all hope is gone for this life.

This old Daoist is without ability: of the fourteenth stance of the Fourteen Chapters of the Dao Sword I have mastered only half.

And now I shall try Your Majesty's virtue and majesty with this broken chapter.

" The golden alms bowl in the Tathagata's hand flew up and covered downward, and a sheet of golden light gushed out. In the golden light were the gods and Buddhas of the twenty heavens, and at the very top was Mahabrahma, majestic in aspect.

The Tathagata smiled: "With the highest attainment of the Tingming Mahayana Sutra, I shall try Your Majesty's Nine Dragons Emperor Art. "