Chapter 484 — The Twenty Heavens of the Buddhist Gate

The demonic sound from Kui's mouth grew louder and more sinister, and suddenly a gateway appeared beside the lotus throne. Around that dark gateway washed streams of black light, contending against the twenty heavens above the lotus throne.

Creak. A harsh sound came, and the gateway actually opened a crack—but at once the Buddhist sound came crashing down upon it and forced it shut. Boom—Kui the Shaman God's body suddenly swelled, rising up out of the golden alms bowl to prop up the lotus throne, and he roared in fury: "Had my good disciple not plotted against me and stripped my fleshly body from my primordial spirit, how could I be suppressed by you bald donkeys!

" The two sides were locked in a deadlock when the Little Tathagata gave a shout. A sharira flew from between his brows, hung above the lotus, and rushed into the phantom shapes of the twenty heavens. The twenty heavens upon the lotus were only phantoms, yet once the sharira entered them it seemed to travel a very long distance. Within the phantom heavens, the phantom of a Buddha suddenly reached for the sharira, closed its hand around it, then opened its palm.

The sharira floated in the air, and beneath its radiance the lotus throne and the twenty heavens seemed about to condense into substance. In an instant the Buddhist sound coming from those twenty heavens grew incomparably loud, pressing Kui the Shaman God down to his knees.

Xing An's eyes could not help but light up. His breathing quickened a little, and he praised: "Great Venerable, your master is truly remarkable. This primordial spirit is fine—of the highest quality.

I want it!

And these monks are not bad either. It seems the Little Tathagata's vital essence is indeed as Daoist Lingjing said, reaching the divine realm.

His Buddhist dharma is already so mighty that he is close to opening the twenty heavens.

" Ban Gongcuo was shaken. He blurted out: "Brother Xing An, do you mean the Little Tathagata is close to opening the Buddhist realm? " "I forced my way into Great Thunderclap Temple, meaning to capture the Old Tathagata and seize the Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

In that pagoda are many Buddhas whose fleshly bodies have grown strong enough to reach the divine realm. " Xing An walked to the Golden Peak, paying no heed to Shen Mu, Xu Shenghua, the Xuanliao Demon Ape, and the rest.

He raised his head to look at the lotus throne and Kui the Shaman God, and said leisurely: "But though the Old Tathagata was no match for me, he resonated with the Buddhist dharma and roused the fleshly bodies of all the past Tathagatas in the Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas, forcibly opening the twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm. Tsk, tsk—truly formidable.

I nearly failed to get away. Great Thunderclap Temple and the Daoist sects are all extraordinary, deep in foundation, very hard to force one's way into. The Little Tathagata's cultivation is high, but after all he has no Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

With only the demon monks scattered over the mountains, he cannot open the twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm—yet he can send a sharira into the Buddhist realm and draw down the power of a true Buddha.

That too is no small feat. " Shen Mu saluted Xing An and said in surprise: "Great Thunderclap Temple has such means as well? " Xing An raised a hand and drew it slowly across, severing the streams of Buddhist light beneath the lotus. The lotus withered at once, and the twenty heavens of the Buddhist realm gradually turned to nothing and vanished. The Little Tathagata and the assembled monks started.

They turned their heads to look at Xing An. The Little Tathagata rose, signaled the monks not to act rashly, and walked over.

Xing An did not mind. He turned and returned Shen Mu's salute, saying: "Indeed, Great Divine Physician Shen.

" Though the enmity between him and Shen Mu ran deep, he was courteous and never failed in propriety. Even Shen Mu could not help but admire that. Ban Gongcuo also came up to the Golden Peak. Propping himself on his hands, he looked at Shen Mu and laughed: "Brother Shen, you have been well, I trust? " "Thanks to you, very well. " Shen Mu saluted him and said: "Great Venerable, your master Kui the Shaman God is right here, and many of the soul worms in his body have been refined away. Are you not afraid that when enemies meet their eyes will burn red, and your master will bow down and take you as his teacher? " Ban Gongcuo stood on his two severed legs and returned the salute, laughing: "Since when does a master bow to his disciple? Isn't that so, Master?

" From Kui the Shaman God's mouth came the sound of grinding teeth.

The Little Tathagata came over, and Xing An saluted him: "Xing An pays his respects to Tathagata Yuanding. " The Little Tathagata's expression shifted slightly.

He returned the salute: "Has Brother Xing An come to take my life? " Xing An said cheerfully: "No.

I have come to take the life of Divine Physician Shen, the primordial spirit of Kui the Shaman God, and the vital essence and cultivation of Tathagata Yuanding.

I rarely kill. Apart from this young man, who must die, everyone else may live so long as they do not resist.

" Shen Mu said nothing, sullen.