The Great Ruler: My Buddha is Merciful, Demons Please Stay Your Hand
Chapter 1

You Evil Demons Are Fated with Me

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Great Thousand World, Great Spiritual Mountain.

Buddha Mountains stretched endlessly, streams murmured softly, and the chanting of Buddhist monks and the crisp calls of birds could be heard everywhere.

Ye Kong, clad in a white-gold robe with his black hair bound beneath a crown, looked particularly out of place within this sacred land of the Buddhist Sect.

A Purple Bell hung at his waist as he strode briskly toward an ancient pagoda deep within the Spiritual Mountain.

Upon reaching the pagoda, Ye Kong pressed his palms together and bowed to a large monk wearing a golden kasaya, his head smooth and bald.

"Amitabha. This disciple has come to enter the Demon Suppressing Pagoda for the fifth time to temper my cultivation. I ask Martial Uncle to grant my request."

"Good."

Shi Luo wore a peaceful expression. He gave Ye Kong a slight nod and waved his hand, opening a golden gate of light.

After thanking him, Ye Kong strode into the gate.

The next moment, Ye Kong entered a dark, desolate world. There was none of the gentle warmth of all-pervading Buddha light here, only the wails and roars of sinister demons, as though he had entered the depths of hell.

"I've come to this damned place five times already. Today, I should finally bring this to a successful conclusion."

After surveying his surroundings, Ye Kong's eyes filled with fervent anticipation.

Before long, the standard villainous "Heh heh heh" laughter rang out. A black humanoid creature more than thirty zhang tall descended from the sky, sinister demonic energy pouring from its body and stirring up gusts of chilling wind.

The Abyssal Demon general threw back his head and howled. His harsh, unpleasant voice was filled with exhilaration, like a prisoner who had just been released from jail.

"This evil demon is quite large."

Looking at the enormous creature before him, Ye Kong frowned. Golden light shone all over his body as he transformed into a golden giant standing nine zhang nine chi tall, ready for battle.

"Heh heh heh... Little thing, you dare fight me at such a young age? Are those bald asses from Great Spiritual Mountain idiots?"

"If you were at your peak, Benefactor, I would naturally turn around and leave. But more than half your cultivation has already been crippled. You now possess no more than Heaven-Reaching Realm strength. Today, it is only fitting that I deliver you."

Ye Kong smiled, yet his movements were not slow in the slightest. Before his words had even faded, his right hand lightly struck forward with a palm.

As the palm flew out, light and shadows flickered. It transformed into eight brilliant golden palm imprints, each more than ten zhang wide, which pushed forward in overlapping layers.

"This palm is called the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Palm. I cultivated it with the help of your kin.

Today, may you enter hell early beneath this palm and repay the sins of your life with the suffering of countless reincarnations, never to be reborn. Amitabha!"

"Little thing, you go too far!"

The Abyssal Demon general shrieked in rage. The remaining demonic energy within him surged upward and condensed above his head into a black spherical mass of light ten zhang across. Like a black sun, it blasted toward the golden palm imprints.

A series of explosive impacts rang out. Four palm imprints shattered and vanished one after another, making the Abyssal Demon general sneer.

But in the next moment, his demonic eyes abruptly widened.

The fifth golden Buddha's Palm was far more powerful than the previous four. With an overwhelming force, it shattered the black sun and tore toward him.

At the same time, that little thing suddenly vanished. The hateful voice of that little thing echoed throughout the surrounding space.

"Amitabha. I cannot agree with your words, Benefactor."

"From the moment you extraterrestrial evil demons invaded our Great Thousand World fifty thousand years ago, every inch of you, from head to toe, every pore, has dripped with blood and filth!"

"The word 'human' bears far too much weight. An evil demon like you is unworthy of staining it!"

"Buddha-Demon Lion's Roar!"

Ye Kong's nine-zhang-nine-chi golden body appeared out of nowhere in the sky above the Abyssal Demon general. His surging vitality condensed behind him into majestic golden lions with green manes, glaring down upon the evil demon.

"Roar!"

A furious roar, like the tolling of great bells, burst from the golden lions and Ye Kong alike. Crossing the boundaries of space, it thundered within the Abyssal Demon general's mind.

"Ah... you little bald thief! You actually... sneak attacked me!"

Struck by the mental assault, the Abyssal Demon general felt as if countless frenzied lions were tearing into him and countless Buddhas were pounding on his head. The pain was so severe that his ears rang and his vision seemed ready to split apart.

The next instant, the four palm imprints came crashing down, pulverizing his more-than-ten-zhang demonic body. A rain of black blood scattered across the earth, its stench soaring into the sky.

"Amitabha. Another karmic sin has been resolved today. Good, good."

Without reciting the Rebirth Sutra for the evil demon, Ye Kong waved his hand and sent out a Purple Gold Alms Bowl, collecting the Abyssal Demon general's blood and bones.

The Alms Bowl returned above his head, and a series of panels appeared before Ye Kong.

Merit Bowl Current Cultivation Late Spiritual Power Sensing Realm Early Physical Body Heaven-Reaching Realm Cultivated Divine Arts and Divine Arts Offensive Divine Art: Thousand-Hand Demon Subduing Palm (Mastery) Offensive Divine Art: Buddha-Demon Lion's Roar (Half-Step Perfection) Offensive Divine Art: Demon Subduing Vajra Pestle (Half-Step Mastery) Body Tempering Divine Art: Golden Body 360 (Half-Step Mastery) Minor Divine Art: Supernatural Footwork (Half-Step Perfection) After Divine Arts and Divine Arts reach perfection, they can be advanced with Merit Pure Light. Current Spirit Meridians Nine Spirit Meridians (Incomplete) Evil Demons Killed Race: Abyssal Demon Tribe Cultivation: At his peak in life, comparable to a Fifth-Rank Supreme At the time of death, comparable to the early Heaven-Reaching Realm Refining and killing evil demons can yield Merit Pure Light, accelerating cultivation progress in Divine Arts and Divine Arts. There is also an extremely small chance to randomly obtain a Buddhist Sect Divine Art specialized in restraining evil demons. Demon Corpses placed in the Alms Bowl are converted into Buddha energy. After receiving the infusion and absorbing it, one can accelerate the formation of Spirit Meridians and increase cultivation. ...

"So they're the Abyssal Demon Tribe that invaded the Martial Universe plane. What a coincidence."

"Use Merit Pure Light with the Demon Subduing Vajra Pestle and push for Mastery."

"First use the Buddha energy infusion to nourish the Nine Spirit Meridians, then raise my physical cultivation."

The Merit Bowl immediately flipped upside down. Pure, translucent Merit Pure Light enveloped Ye Kong's body, radiating an inviolable sacred aura.

Within the Alms Bowl, Ye Kong seemed to be in a strange space. His mind had never been clearer, and he comprehended all manner of profound mysteries of the Demon Subduing Vajra Pestle.

At the same time, Buddha energy seeped into his body, and the Spirit Meridian panel changed as well.

A day later, the Buddha energy infusion ended. Ye Kong examined himself inwardly and found that the outline of the ninth Spirit Meridian had vaguely appeared, though it was only about half as long as the other eight Spirit Meridians.

Obtained Forbidden Divine Art: Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique (Not Initiated) Burns vitality, spiritual power, Divine Soul, and even life force to greatly increase combat strength for a short period. Severe backlash.

"I killed more than twenty evil demons before and only got Supernatural Footwork. Why did this thing drop this time?"

Ye Kong's eyelids twitched as he read it. He felt that the Alms Bowl above his head might very well be targeting him.

It wanted him to burn his life at every turn. Hadn't he trained Supernatural Footwork to Half-Step Perfection for nothing? If he couldn't beat an enemy, couldn't he just run?

"I hope I never have to use this thing."

After calming himself, Ye Kong pressed his palms together and bowed toward the heavens.

"This disciple deeply feels that the evil demons here are fated with this little monk. I ask Martial Uncle to once again grant this little monk's wish to deliver evil demons!"

"Good!"

Outside the pagoda, Shi Luo smiled in satisfaction and waved his hand, pulling several more evil demons from the Demon Prison.

This kid was as capable in battle as ever. He needed to raise the difficulty for him a little more.

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