The Demon Venerable's Wrath! The Buddha with His Back to All Beings

It would have been better if Dongfang Huayuan hadn't warned them; once they did...

Chen Dengming immediately sensed the unusual situation on the Martial Immortal Clone through mental connection.

It seemed that the closer they got to the Mingyun Mountain Range, the more oppressive a feeling of pressure, like a stone pressing on their heart, grew.

It was as if some inexplicable force in the air had sensed his arrival and was repelling him.

This feeling was not unfamiliar to Chen Dengming.

This is the power of Incense and Faith.

Those who cultivate immortality through Incense and Faith will eventually condense a realm of faith within their bodies.

If any external object invades the realm of faith, it will naturally be quickly identified, become an outcast, and suffer rejection from the Incense and Faith.

When the faith community becomes extremely powerful, it may even connect with the Incense and Faith spheres it has established in the real world, thereby interfering with and influencing the real world.

Therefore, many powerful cultivators who follow the path of Incense and Faith will widely recruit followers and establish their own statues and monuments.

This is not only to attract more Incense and Faith, but also to expand the influence of the faith community by using its own statues and monuments and its followers scattered throughout the land.

"Has the Outer Realm Devil Venerable's Incense and Faith spread throughout the fallen western, southern, and northern regions?"

Surprised, Chen Dengming felt a sense of unease and ordered his Martial Immortal Clone to continue deeper into the realm, to test the consequences of continuing and to probe for dangers for his main body.

At the same time, he also informed Dongfang Huayuan of the situation his clone had sensed.

Now you know I wasn't exaggerating, right?

Dongfang Huayuan said, "They have already established most of the Ten Thousand Devils Blood Sacrifice Dao Domain, which is distributed across the three domains of the west, south, and north. As a result, the domain of Incense and Faith of the Outer Realm Devil Venerable is becoming increasingly vast."

After you destroyed one of the important strongholds, the Outer Realm Devil Venerable seemed to be completely enraged and emerged from seclusion.

Now, the entire western, southern, and northern regions are within the perception range of his Incense and Faith domain.

Those of us whose auras have been locked onto by him will be detected if we rashly enter.

"The situation is already that serious?" Chen Dengming exclaimed in shock.

He merely fired an arrow, yet it enraged the Outer Realm Devil Venerable, causing such severe consequences?

Dongfang Huayuan said, "Therefore, under these circumstances, a real head-on battle is imminent."

If only small groups of forces enter the West, South, North, and South Domains to destroy the Blood Sacrifice Dao Domain's strongholds, they will easily be targeted by the Outer Realm Devil Venerable and then defeated one by one.

However, failing to destroy the Blood Sacrifice Dao Domain's stronghold and allowing the Outer Realm Devil Venerable to devour Dao power and blood offerings to develop is tantamount to sitting idly by and waiting for death.

Chen Dengming was puzzled. "Shouldn't the Outer Realm Devil Venerable have not yet achieved Dao integration?"

Spirit Transformation from beyond the realm have died: one Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord and one Blood God. How many are left?

"Is it possible that with the combined power of so many Spirit Transformation experts from all Four Seas Four Regions, we still can't drive them out?"

"You're oversimplifying things. The Outer Realm Devil Venerable was rumored to have the strength of a Dao Integration Realm cultivator, but he didn't actually reach that level because his true form couldn't enter the Four Realms through the Great Curtain."

Therefore, he cannot unleash power beyond his limits. However, once his Flesh and Blood Devil Fetus mature with the help of the Ten Thousand Devils Blood Sacrifice Dao Domain, his true self will be able to transfer the power there, at which point he can truly unleash the power of the Dao.

Even now, only a handful of people, including Qu Shenzong and the First Ancestor of the Ni family, working together, can defeat him.

Chen Dengming, "That strong? You can't even beat us? Didn't we once destroy a demigod of the Outer Realm Devil Venerable?"

Dongfang Huayuan, "How long have I been at the Spirit Transformation? How long have Qu Shenzong and your old tortoise been stuck at the Spirit Transformation?"

The one you destroyed last time was only a demigod, and you even borrowed the power of the Heavenly Dao, which surpasses the power of the Dao Integration Realm.

At this point, Dongfang Huayuan also seemed somewhat disheartened, saying, "It's mainly because there are too many traitors in your four regions."

The Five Elements Sword Lord, the Mochao Kingdom Lord, and the Heavenly Demon—each and every one of them is a traitor.

As a result, even the Four Seas Four Regions cannot gain a significant advantage in terms of top-tier strength. Only a large force can advance head-on. As a result, the direct confrontation between Spirit Transformation and Nascent Soul will escalate rapidly. Be prepared and continue to improve your strength."

"What's the point of me improving my strength? The final outcome of the battle isn't up to me."

Chen Dengming inwardly complained, but he also understood that Dongfang Huayuan was reminding him to improve his strength to protect himself.

That damn sense of crisis and pressure is back.

Even though he has now become an ancestor and reached the Nascent Soul stage he once dreamed of, he has discovered that there is an even greater threat above him.

Fortunately, he can focus on his cultivation for a long time to come.

The merits he had made for the Cultivator Alliance in the past were enough for him to stay in the Mountain Gate and cultivate in seclusion with a clear conscience, so he did not need to set foot on the battlefields of the west, south Northern Region and risk his Battlefield.

After concluding his conversation with Dongfang Huayuan, Chen Dengming thanked him profusely, then watched as the outline of the Human God Hall gradually faded from his Sea of Consciousness, various thoughts swirling within him.

Dongfang Huayuan had clearly realized that he had made contact with the Human Heart Hall.

But after he changed the subject, he didn't mention it again.

It was clear that the other party couldn't possibly be completely uninterested in the Human Heart Hall; however, upon sensing his resistance, they tacitly avoided discussing the topic.

This at least reveals one message: the other party does not want to have any conflict with him because of the Human Heart Hall.

"Or perhaps he believes the Human Heart Hall is not to his liking, and therefore arrogantly rejects it? That would be quite in line with his character and persona."

Dongfang Huayuan is a person who prefers to take things directly rather than through crooked means; he is a person of great ambition and passion.

He is arrogant, conceited, and does things his own way.

Such people are not mindless or thoughtless; they simply disdain excessive thinking and scheming, preferring to overcome all obstacles with sheer force.

Therefore, they might not approve of the kind of inheritance that involves studying complex levels of the mind, such as the Human Heart Hall.

This doesn't mean the other person has poor spiritual attainments; on the contrary, such a person's mind is focused and simple, and their mind is difficult for external things to invade.

"Perhaps he wanted to abandon the human path in the lineage of immortals and create his own path of the heart."

After all, the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage is essentially created by predecessors, and later generations enjoy its benefits.

There is no rule that dictates one must follow the path of predecessors and forge one's own path, creating a way that is more suitable for oneself.

This idea eventually came to Chen Dengming's mind.

The Way, the Way, the Way.

The unconventional way.

I'll go my own way.

In fact, wasn't he also "going his own way"?

Among the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage, the Dao of the Heart is the most mysterious and elusive, with many things that can only be understood intuitively and cannot be explained in words.

He felt like he had taken over the spiritual inheritance in a daze, and through many moments of clear thinking, his mind gradually became stronger.

There was absolutely no practice based on any Mnemonic or essential instructions.

It's entirely just some personal insights and changes in State of Mind; it's all about going my own way.

He quickly regained his composure and focused his attention on the Martial Immortal Clone's clone.

Seeing that the Martial Immortal Clone had secretly infiltrated the vicinity of the Mingyun Mountain Range, which had been fortified by the extraterrestrial cultivators, he immediately ordered the clone to continue its stealthy advance.

Although the temporary clone sensed a faint oppressive aura and repulsion in that area.

However, as they went deeper, this sense of oppression and rejection did not increase much.

So far, no cultivators from outside the realm have discovered any trace of his clone.

Chen Dengming guessed that the clone had not yet approached the area where the Incense and Faith of the Outer Realm Devil Venerable were most concentrated.

Or perhaps the clone hasn't triggered any event yet.

If one were to engage in combat with a cultivator, it would likely truly alert the consciousness of that Outer Realm Devil Venerable.

This makes sense.

If simply sending an avatar into the three domains of the west, south, north, and north, wandering around without doing anything, could attract the personal attention of the Outer Realm Devil Venerable, then the Outer Realm Devil Venerable would be in for a lot of trouble.

Chen Dengming could easily remain in the sect while simultaneously roaming the outside world.

There's no risk to myself; I can just send a few clones to harass the Outer Realm Devil Venerable every day, driving him to the brink of nervous breakdown.

Old Deng wasn't incapable of doing something so tedious and troublesome for the enemy.

While the clone continued its exploration deeper into the enemy's training camp.

After taking the Heart Mending Pill, Chen Dengming began to guard his heart and enter the state of no-heart, attempting to enter the Human Heart Hall.

In the vast and mysterious the Unseen.

There is neither heaven nor earth, neither inside nor outside. Time itself seems to lose its conceptual meaning.

A magnificent hall appeared in Chen Dengming's mind.

Chen Dengming's Divine Sense and mental power quickly transformed into small dots, which rose into the main hall.

His main purpose in coming here was to seize the opportunity to absorb more Human Immortal Way Power and auspicious cloud energy.

In addition, he also plans to use the flame of the human heart candle to contact Qiu Feng and other old friends, and find these old friends who have been separated for a long time but have never returned to their clan.

Now, the Longevity Sect Mountain Gate has been won back and is gradually welcoming back disciples from the Eastern Immortal Sea who are willing to return, searching for disciples who were lost in the Battlefield over the years.

Since Golden Core Elder Qiu Feng and Cheng Zhenwei, both Golden Core cultivators, are still alive, Chen Dengming, as the Longevity Sect Leader, has every right and obligation to find them.

Western Regions.

In the past, it was a notorious land of Devil Cultivator in the four regions.

Deep within this region, once teeming with Devil Cultivator and monsters, lies an ancient temple nestled deep in the mountains, occupying a vast area.

This ancient temple is not located in a place with the most abundant Spiritual Qi and excellent feng shui.

Located in a place shrouded in Yin Qi gloom, this ancient temple is named Demon Soul Temple.

Demon Aid Hall is the main hall of the temple.

At this moment, in the center of the back row of the Demon Aid Hall, there is a Buddha statue that is entirely purple and gold.

The Buddha was sitting with its back to the door, so its face was not visible.

If viewed from the front, one would only see the Buddha with one hand forming a mudra, the other holding a white whisk, a red cinnabar in his mouth, a half-smile on his face, sitting cross-legged on Black Lotus Platform, at least six zhang tall.

The incense on the altar was not burning, which was quite strange.

On either side of the strange Buddha, eighteen Arhats are arranged side by side, nine on each side, all facing away from the wall, creating a bizarre scene that makes the entire Demon Aid Hall appear even more strange and eerie.

Turning one's back to the Buddha and reciting Buddhist scriptures backwards are acts of betrayal and deviation from the true path, and are therefore intolerable to the world.

Bang bang--

Bang bang--

Beneath the Buddhist hall, a deep, earth-shaking sound, like the beating of a giant's heart, seemed to emanate, as if someone were beating a drum underground.

A faint aura of Incense and Faith power emanated from the air.

In the incense burner on the altar of the Buddhist hall, a few wisps of incense burned spontaneously, their fragrance rising gently, making the Buddhist hall seem somewhat surreal and distorted.

A chilling voice echoed from the heart of the earth.

"In less than a century, this game of chess has reached this point, the chessboard is in complete disarray, and I have officially launched a direct war."

If the Devil Fetus cannot be conceived, the chances of victory are only 30%. When will you finally make your move?

The Buddha, with his back to the world, still wore a half-smile, remaining silent.

The wooden fish in front of the table, however, seemed to have a sudden flash of inspiration, and struck twice with a slow 'dong', 'dong'.

A sigh came from underground, as if the speaker already understood.

Even Outer Realm Devil Venerable the realms, possessing the power to attain the Dao, would sigh.

Why the sigh?

The question is, why does the Buddha sit with his back turned, lamenting that sentient beings refuse to turn back?

"If this great battle is lost, I will not wait any longer and will forcibly open the gates of the Shattered Immortal Realm. Whether we succeed or fail then will be entirely up to you!"

It's entirely up to you?

Why is it not entirely up to Heaven's Will, but entirely up to your will? Is it because you think that you are the greatest being in the world?

Who is this Buddha, sitting with his back to all living beings, that he holds such a heavy place in the heart of the Outer Realm Devil Venerable?

Time flies.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Winter has passed in the Eastern Regions, and the bright spring sunshine has arrived.

The sky was clear and the warm breeze was pleasant.

Wonderful Sound Sect, once a bustling Mountain Gate, is now overgrown with miscellaneous trees.

Red bumps and tender green buds sprouted on the branches of many willow and elm trees, looking from a distance like a patchwork of colorful gems adorning the wilderness.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh--

Spiritual Light flew out from a cave in a cliff deep in the desolate mountains.

It spun around and floated down onto the hillside.

But then they saw cultivators, none of whom were even at the Qi Refining Stage, quickly forming hand seals and casting exorcising talismans, and their pale complexions began to improve.

He then took out the items stored in the Storage Bag one by one, placed them on the ground, and continued to activate the exorcism talisman to ward off evil spirits from these items.

Among the items were tattered robes, gruesome leg bones, enormous eyeballs radiating an evil light, and rotten elixirs.

It looks like a pile of junk.

However, the group of people still enjoyed it, and after taking one batch, they continued to venture deeper into the cave that exuded an eerie aura.

In the distance, in a lake.

Chen Dengming's Incense Clone sensed the activities of the believers from afar and made analyses.

"It seems that this Repentance Cave is no longer dangerous. However, it was once Spirit Transmutation Malevolent Spirit thousands of years ago, so a faint demonic aura still remains."

This evil aura is harmless to me, but it's still quite dangerous for these Qi Cultivation Cultivators, requiring them to use exorcism talismans at all times.

That being said...

Chen Dengming had no intention of sending his Incense Clone to take on dangerous tasks.

The Incense Clone is different from other clones; other clones simply die when they die.

If the Incense Clone collapses, not only will the nascent faith realm that has been painstakingly developed collapse, but even if we try to condense another one, it may not be able to reach the current strength of the Golden Core Perfection stage, which is about to transform into the Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, even though the efforts of many Incense Believer to explore and excavate the Repentance Cave were inefficient, the Incense Clone remained on the sidelines and never intervened.

He also consumed a lot of resources in cultivating Incense Believer.

He handed over the spirit crystals excavated from the Repentance Cave to Sui Jingshi for distribution.

These talents should naturally be put to good use; it's impossible to do everything personally.

In this Cultivation World, everyone has to work hard and fight desperately to obtain resources; there is no such thing as getting something for nothing.

Sometimes, even with hard work and relentless effort, you may not reap the rewards because there are no good opportunities or because you're heading in the wrong direction.

Chen Dengming has now given many Incense Believer opportunities and direction.

Now, after two months, the Repentance Cave has been almost completely emptied, and some things buried in the dust and even within the Formation have been dug out.

The reason why the treasure hunt has taken so long is that not only is there a faint evil aura inside the Repentance Cave, but some areas of the cave abode are also equipped with Formation.

Despite the passage of many years, the power of the Formation has greatly diminished, and it is even half-destroyed. However, it still took a great deal of effort from Sui Jingshi and Incense Believer to break it.

However, apart from the Formation, there is indeed nothing that poses a threat to Golden Core Cultivator.

A dying man's words are often good.

Before Lüo Bing died, he told Chen Dengming that the Repentance Cave contained the relics of the patriarch Shi Yiyin, and that there was indeed no scheme or trap involved.

"Hmm? That robe looks somewhat familiar."

At this moment, the Incense Clone, through its Heavenly Eye, observed the old robe that had been unearthed from the Repentance Cave.

The robe was clearly just a simple garment, made of what appeared to be some kind of animal hide, with ancient, cloud-script-like characters embroidered on the chest and collar—the Giant Deer.

"The Giant Deer Mage Robe? How come it's with Miao Yin Shi Yiyin?"

The Incense Clone in a state of bewilderment, suddenly felt a surge of confusion as he considered certain possibilities.

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