Chapter 328: Flowers Bloom on the Other Side, Ksitigarbha Responds to the Disaster

In debt?
“This is called putting the cart before the horse,” Ji Jingqiu corrected.

Hila said: “Since Mu Shitian cut off his body, he has used the convenience of his body to travel in the universe, so he basically does not appear in the Three Thousand Jambu.”

“I only know that Mu Shitian is suspected to have contacts with all five pillars, but I don’t know what they have agreed upon.”

“Even the other three guys are no exception to this. I don’t know if they have figured it out in the past ten thousand years.”

Having said that, Hela glanced at the law-abiding Xiao Wuzhou.

And a certain Wu Zhou who was suppressed at the foot of the mountain and was already dying.

She didn’t expect that this sea of ​​suffering would have such a great oppression on Wu Zhou.

The mere illusory water of the sea of ​​suffering almost made this guy unable to recover.

Hela said in a rare serious tone,

“But one thing is certain. Since they have decided to formally invade the Dark Sea region where your Federation is located, they must have a high degree of confidence and will never fight a battle without confidence, especially Wu Zhou.”

“Even if they don’t know that Mu Shitian’s body is still there, they will definitely prepare for the worst.”

Ji Jingqiu deeply agreed with this point, as he had already seen Wu Zhou’s plan.

Even Senior Brother Mu, who became a Grand Master in his early years, lost more than he won when facing Wu Zhou.

In the interval between their conversation,
The guardian deity in Ji Jingqiu’s inner world walked out, stood behind Ji Jingqiu, and stood shoulder to shoulder with the projection of the true Buddha.

In a sense, the earliest foundation of the guardian deity was originally an incarnation of the true Buddha, which later underwent various transformations until today.

It was also at this time——

“Have you, the lineage of the Buddha, come to repay your debt?”

From somewhere, cold and unkind words reached Ji Jingqiu’s ears, as hoarse and rough as a knife sharpening a stone, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman.

Unlike the senior from the Cangqing lineage, although he joked and teased them when they met, he was kind and even respectful to their Shizun lineage.

But this one…

Ji Jingqiu instinctively felt that the person who came was not friendly.

“What debt?”

Ji Jingqiu asked, feeling that the wind disaster in his body had reached the middle and late stages and was nearing its end.

Although the effect was far better than ordinary wind disasters with the help of the local cold wind, Ji Jingqiu still felt that something was missing and it was not “extreme” enough.

But there is obviously no time for that now.

“Does the Buddha’s lineage want to break the agreement?”

Compared with the previous one, the voice this time was even more unfriendly, as if he was suppressing some emotion.

“I took it without asking for permission and left a promise without permission. When will I repay it?”

Along with this voice, the cold wind between heaven and earth suddenly roared. Even Ji Jingqiu felt as if he was in the Netherworld. The cold wind invaded his ego.

The most serious thing is that the inner world, which was on the verge of collapse, has taken another step forward!
Ji Jingqiu took a deep breath and maintained his composure. He felt that something was missing before, but now it was just right.

It’s just right. If it continues for a while longer, I should be able to survive this storm which may be unprecedented or not.

“You are putting cause and effect before action. You are taking it without asking for permission?” Hela said with a smile.

Ji Jingqiu chuckled, a little embarrassed, but not much.

“Don’t worry, fellow Daoist. When I get back, I’ll ask Master Mu if he has forgotten any old friends.”

Ji Jingqiu straightened his back, and fully activated his inner world to suppress the evil wind in his body.

Although the other party’s identity is unclear, who could be the big shot who wakes up at this time?

At most, she is of high generation but low realm, like Akahime.

Hearing his words, even Hela couldn’t help but marvel.

Good job, Ji Jingqiu. You are worthy of claiming to be invincible in the universe. Facing the remains of the five pillars of the past, you can speak so confidently and dare to call yourself a fellow Taoist.

A chilly wind suddenly arose all around, swirling and roaring like a snake. The essence contained in it was so high that Ji Jingqiu’s body tensed up slightly.

Are you angry?
A chilling shout rang out: “Ask him? Go ask him downstairs!”

Ji Jingqiu shook his head and said, “Fellow Daoist, don’t you think that Master Mu is dead? Isn’t this ridiculous?”

“The saint kings of the past were not truly dead, and they still left traces in the world, waiting for their return. Master Mu’s achievements have already surpassed those of his predecessors, so how could he truly die?”

“I’ve heard for a long time that the Xiantian God lineage has always been extremely arrogant and treats all living beings as worthless, but I’ve never heard that this arrogance can be placed above those who are higher than me. It’s really absurd.”

In the inner world, Hila praised: “Well said, these arrogant innate gods, except for those in the Eight Realms, the rest of the creatures are no different from servants, you just need to use your realm to suppress them.”

This time, the source of the voice was silent for a moment.

Ji Jingqiu did not rush him, and focused on fighting the wind disaster in his body and polishing his inner world.

“Have you seen the Holy King?” the other party suddenly asked, “Where?”

Ji Jingqiu said calmly, “It’s on the third ascension platform.”

This time, the other party was silent for a moment again, as if searching for relevant information in his memory to confirm that these remarks were not made up by Ji Jingqiu.

After a moment, He asked again, “Your divine light is from Him? What did He say to you?”

Ji Jingqiu thought for a moment and said, “He said he has a daughter…”

“what?!”

This time the voice was so shocking that Ji Jingqiu just paused for a moment before interrupting.

“How can it be?!”

Ji Jingqiu was puzzled and said, “What do you mean by how is it possible? Are you underestimating me too much, fellow Taoist?”

It just means that I should give in to her more in the future.

This ability does exist among Ji.

“You were able to withstand the gloomy wind that was strong enough to blow away a perfect celestial being. I really underestimated you.”

A faint aura came from the depths of the starry sky, carrying with it an unspeakable chill. The mysterious voice finally revealed its true form.

Ji Jingqiu’s pupils suddenly shrank, and he didn’t care about the current environment. He controlled the holy fetus with his mind, and continued to “rise” with the essence of [omnipotence]. Finally, he could see the other party’s full appearance clearly.

“The World-Devouring Snake?!” Ji Jingqiu said in doubt.

What appeared in front of him was a long snake with an ancient and decayed aura all over its body. It seemed to have been dead long ago, but the part of its body that he saw alone was hundreds of thousands of miles long, stretching across the starry sky!
Each snake scale is enough to transform into a continental plate, which seems to contain an independent universe inside, but also exudes an aura of death, decay, and even the end.

It was as if water splashed in the long river of time. In the splashing water and fire, Ji Jingqiu saw a scene from the past.

In the galaxy, a gigantic snake raised its head, its eyes were cold and green, and countless mottled snake scales stood up as it exhaled. A stream of black storms surged out of it, instantly blowing out thousands of stars in front of it, extinguishing countless stars…

At this moment, Ji Jingqiu finally knew the source of the Yin wind in [Divine Wind Ghost Den]!
“This is the Nine Netherworld Snake!”

Ji Jingqiu heard Hela’s warning in his mind.
“It is from the same Void lineage as your World Devouring Snake. It was one of the earliest Void beasts to be born. It has long reached the pinnacle of its species. It was also very famous in the Netherworld. I didn’t expect that its body would be buried here after its death…”

Ji Jingqiu exhaled slowly and looked again. The previous scene had disappeared, leaving only a cold snake corpse curled up in the starry sky.

At this moment, there is no longer any barren plain, it is all the dark land derived from this snake body.

Ji Jingqiu was silent for a moment, then asked, “Are you sure it’s really dead? I mean, Qianfa can survive…”

Hila whispered, “It was [Yan] who killed it back then. With Yan’s methods, this guy was able to leave behind a corpse. It was all because the Lord of the Underworld acted in time.”

“Death Demon…the way of extinction on the level of cause and effect and time?”

Ji Jingqiu continued to look around and found a seated figure on the ancient snake body. The figure was shrouded in a black robe and could not be seen clearly.

Is this the real one?
He took the initiative to ask: “I am Ji Jingqiu, what is your name, fellow Taoist?”

“… Youjiu.” Under the black robe, the figure stretched out his hand and pressed it on the snake body below him. His voice was still cold, “Have you overcome the wind disaster?”

Ji Jingqiu nodded slightly, thanking the other party for adding a little “fire”. Now the storm had disappeared, replaced by a new life after the disaster.

Three disasters and three rebirths are needed to lay the foundation for creation.

He has firmly stood on the steps of the Lesser Heaven Realm, and because he has long realized “I am who I am”, for him, the second level of the unity of man and nature, which is the threshold to the Middle Heaven Realm, is not an obstacle.

“Three thousand kalpas ago, your lineage of the World Honored One promised to help my lineage of the Underworld open up the Yin Land, but you have not shown up until today.”

“Let me see if your lineage of the Buddha is qualified to fulfill the promise made in the past.” Under the black robe, the figure stretched out a hand as white as jade, pressed lightly on the snake body below, and said in a faint voice.

There was a faint sound of sea tide between heaven and earth.

Ji Jingqiu’s face twitched and he was about to call a halt and ask if this person had made a mistake.

One kalpa is 10,800 years, and three thousand kalpas are… ?
Their federation has only been rising for a short period of time!
But Hela’s absent-minded mumbling made him feel doubtful and uncertain.

“The long river of time… Could it be that Mu Shitian was swimming upstream, planning for eternity, and overcoming countless disasters?”

Ji Jingqiu was shocked. What did Master Mu promise back then?
The sound of the sea tide that appeared between heaven and earth became increasingly harsh. Ji Jingqiu looked over and his expression changed slightly.

Countless irrational ghosts were seen rushing over from the sky and on the ground. Their strength was not high, but their numbers were endless.

Especially the dark mountain in the distance, which seemed to be the end of the sky and the underworld, and countless evil ghosts were pushing towards this place like a tide, making Ji Jingqiu look solemn.

He could see that the nearest ghost was about to engulf the place where he stood.

Ji Jingqiu stretched out his hand and pulled out Qingzhu from the void. Endless light poured into the long sword, blessing the blade. At this moment, Qingzhu seemed unusually heavy, with infinite inner strength, and the weight bent the void.

This strike was unreserved and not for the purpose of killing. It contained the meaning of purification. When the strike was swung out, it was as if a huge sun rose into the sky, hanging above the underworld, illuminating all directions like daylight!
Countless ghosts had nowhere to hide under the light, the five poisons and eight sufferings hidden within them all disappeared, their expressions gradually became dazed, they stopped their unconscious attacks, and gradually calmed down.

But as the number of ghosts pouring in became almost endless and powerful, the ghosts in front that had originally eliminated their sins were involuntarily pushed forward.

Ji Jingqiu frowned. How to deal with this endless tide of ghosts?

What made him feel most uneasy was that as the number of ghosts gradually increased, a terrifying presence began to emerge between heaven and earth.

Unlike the providence of the universe, he could not describe even one ten-thousandth of it, it was like a collection of billions of ghosts.

At this moment, ghosts engulfed the heaven and earth. There was no sun, no moon, no wind, no clouds. Only endless ghosts remained between heaven and earth.

“Yin Tu is the place of reincarnation that the Mingxu lineage wants to open up?” Ji Jingqiu suddenly asked.

“Yes. These are… the former inhabitants of the Underworld.”

Hela said faintly,
“In the past, the Lord of the Underworld wanted to open up the Yin Land by force, regardless of the obstruction of the other four veins, but was blocked by the Sea of ​​Bitterness in the end. His plan failed at the last moment, and all the people of the Endless Kingdom of God became ghosts…”

“That’s what you see in front of you.”

“They are almost immortal, and the only way is to save and liberate. However, if one wants to save all the eight sufferings hidden in the ghosts here, even the Lord of the Underworld will fall from the throne and fall into the sea of ​​suffering forever.”

“Later, the Lord of the Underworld came up with a plan. He used his own kingdom as the burial ground to accommodate all the ghosts. This time point was probably… three thousand calamities ago?!”

Hila stood up suddenly and asked, “Could this matter be related to Mu Shitian? But what did he take without telling you?!”

Ji Jingqiu no longer paid any attention to it, because a vast ocean of ghosts had already swept in, so dense and shocking, and beyond human control.

He chose to sit cross-legged, summon the Bodhi tree, and prop up a piece of pure land, trying to suppress and convert him with the pure land.

At the same time, he was also communicating with the guardian deity behind him, wanting to know why this person suddenly walked out of the inner world.

As he sat down, the guardian deity also fell into cross-legged sitting, made a seal with his hands, remained calm and motionless, closed his eyes and chanted scriptures.

Ji Jingqiu could tell that what he was reciting was the Sutra of Rebirth and Soul-Saving of the Buddha’s lineage. As each sentence of the sutra was uttered, the sky and earth gradually took on the color of lapis lazuli, becoming bright inside and out.

At this moment, the projection of the Supreme True Buddha merged into the body of the guardian deity, casting a golden body in the world. It seemed as if there was a Buddha with a compassionate face sitting on countless layers of time and space, and the whole world was “Buddha”!
Ji Jingqiu felt something in his heart, and he drove the Bodhi to shed clear light onto the guardian deity.

A piece of pure land came into being from nothing, took shape in an instant, and began to expand outward, incorporating the reward body of the Supreme Buddha. It was omnipresent, encompassing the universe, boundless, and leading the endless dark sea into the Buddha’s kingdom!

“The Dharmakaya of the Heavenly King?”

Not far away, You Jiu whispered, confirming again and again that this was not the surviving body of the Buddha, and that it had some very close connection with Ji Jingqiu, as if they came from the same source.

“It is the retribution body, not the dharma body…”

“A mere celestial being can cut out a celestial king’s body?”

After understanding some secrets, You Jiu fell into deep thought.

The lineage of the Buddha does not seem to be empty talk…

As the scriptures spread, the endless ghosts in the front were all converted. Their resentful expressions disappeared, their hideous and twisted appearances were removed, and only peace and confusion remained.

They were like lost travelers, not knowing where they came from or where they were going, until golden magical flowers bloomed in the void, guiding them astray.

The Buddha’s light rippled from the golden body and blossomed into golden flowers in the empty dark land. They were not like lotus flowers or lotus flowers, but they guided the ghosts one by one to the pure land.

at the same time.

Manifesting in the world, the branches and leaves of the Bodhi tree rooted in the void rustle, and the vigorous trunk flows with a rich vitality, the misty light is diffused, and exudes a joyful mood.

A drop of water slowly condensed at the top of the branch and fell under the guardian deity’s throne. A lotus platform blossomed in the void and transformed into a golden lotus of merit.

this moment.

Ji Jingqiu seemed to be sitting opposite the guardian deity.

——This place is where my karma lies. I ask the Buddha to allow me to stay here.

The guardian deity clasped his hands together and bowed his head in pleading.

Ji Jingqiu’s gaze passed over the guardian deity and fell on the ghosts who had lost all their resentment and were sitting peacefully, and he sighed in his heart.

I named you Dizang in the past, but I never thought that one day you would really live up to this name.

“Can you feel their pain?” Ji Jingqiu asked in a low voice.

The guardian deity named Ksitigarbha shed a tear of blood, which rolled down his cheek, reflecting the colorful scenery. In a quick glance, Ji Jingqiu saw countless tragic and sad things, and the painful struggles of all the spirits in the underworld.

Sure enough…

“What are you going to do?” Ji Jingqiu asked, “How many ghosts are there in the Yin Land? Can you really save them all?”

The guardian deity remained silent.

The ghosts revealed here are only one in a billion in the underworld, their number is truly as numerous as the sands of the Ganges.

Even He felt hopeless, fearing that He would never have the chance to serve the Buddha again in this life.

——Please teach me, Buddha.

Ji Jingqiu said softly, “I heard in the past that a Buddha made a great vow that he would not become a Buddha until hell was empty and all sentient beings were saved before he could attain Bodhi.”

The guardian god was slightly stunned.

Ji Jingqiu looked calm, and the Supreme Buddha appeared behind him.

He said a sentence, and asked the guardian deity to repeat it.

After today, for hundreds of thousands of millions of kalpas, I vow to save all the suffering beings in the hells and the three evil ways in the world, and to make them leave the hells, the evil ways, the animals, the hungry ghosts, etc. When all the people who have received retribution for their sins have become Buddhas, then I will attain enlightenment…

The will of heaven is descending, the Buddha’s voice is roaring, grand and solemn, the Buddha’s light shines infinitely, illuminating this endless den of ghosts clearly, and the clear light of glass is scattered in the void.

You Jiu, who opened the portal to a corner of the Yintu, was shocked and felt the magnificent will of heaven that descended from nowhere.

This is… a vow to carry out the will of heaven? !

At this moment.

The guardian deity who had incorporated some of the true Buddha’s essence slowly stood up, saluted Ji Jingqiu again, and took the initiative to walk towards the endless ghosts in front of him. The golden lotus platform under his seat turned into Buddha’s light following him, and warmth, peace, and purity filled the air.

With every step he took, a golden divine flower bloomed under his feet, resonating with the Buddha’s voice and eradicating the sins of all living beings.

That is not the golden lotus, nor is it the Bhāra, but the other shore.

Flowers bloom on the other side!

He climbed higher and higher, and wherever he went, the other side bloomed. The obsessions of countless ghosts disappeared, and they followed behind him silently, taking shelter in the Pure Land and going deeper into the netherworld.

At this moment, You Jiu could no longer close the portal to the Yintu!

He was shocked and tried various methods, but to no avail. He could only watch helplessly as the “god” of unknown origin walked into the underworld!
You Jiu stood up suddenly, gritting his teeth, wondering whether his rash behavior today would bring about uncontrollable changes.

He suddenly looked at Ji Jingqiu and was about to say something, but was met with a pair of calm and deep eyes that seemed to see through everything.

With the help of the guardian deity and a great wish made, and following the will of the universe, Ji Jingqiu saw a corner of time three thousand kalpas ago and penetrated the truth of the past.

It was a figure standing on the water, standing on the long river of time, scolding the Supreme Lord of the Underworld for overestimating his own abilities, doing the opposite, and disregarding the lives of all the spirits under his command…

Ji Jingqiu slowly said:

“The promise I made in the past was not made to you and your clan, but to the billions of people in the Netherworld.”

“The lineage of the World Honored One has never owed anything to the Underworld God System.”

(End of this chapter)