Deviating from the Norm, All Powers Unite to Eliminate Them! The Eight Gates Open Together, Lifespan Diminishes, Strength Increases

The four characters "exterminate the demons completely" echoed through the mountains and forests like muffled thunder.

Within the Great Định Buddha Realm, the outline of the enormous Buddha head gradually became clear, revealing a majestic and dignified Buddha face that extended outwards from the surface of the realm. Two eyes, radiating Golden Light like the sun, locked onto Chen Dengming and the other two, emitting a booming voice.

"If you can't subdue the demon, you must eliminate it completely. What Benefactor Chen said is true. Now the world is changing and Eternal Great Tribulation is coming. In the past, the Five Great True Immortals borrowed the Myriad Mother Qi to overcome the calamity and thus preserved this world. However, due to mutual suspicion, they were unable to work together and ended up fighting each other and suffering a tragic end."

Now, the great calamity has returned, and countless lives will be lost. Recently, due to the changes in heaven and earth, the Great Định Buddha Realm that I have established is gradually shaking, and I fear it will be difficult to maintain it until the demons are successfully subdued. Fortunately, you benefactors are willing to join me in eliminating the demons, working together with one heart!

Dongfang Huayuan chuckled and crossed his arms, saying, "Great monk, you didn't say this more than forty years ago. Now that you've discovered the heavens have changed and there's no hope of subduing the demon, you're willing to join forces with us again?"

"That's not how it works. More than forty years ago, the Buddha also made a pact regarding a celestial upheaval, and now is the time to fulfill that pact."

Qu Shenzong tried to smooth things over.

The Living Buddha Venerable remained calm and composed, neither angry nor pleased, and said, "What Benefactor Qu said is correct. This Buddha Guai has been confronting me in the Great Định Buddha Realm within my body for over four hundred years, and I have been unable to subdue it. It is time to eliminate this demon."

However, to prevent its escape, I, the Buddha, am willing to use the Great Định Buddha Realm as the Battlefield. I invite Benefactor Chen, Benefactor Qu, and Benefactor Dongfang to enter the Buddhist Realm and join forces to eliminate the demon!

As soon as the words were spoken, the Living Buddha Venerable suddenly opened his mouth, and a relic, radiating Golden Light, appeared in his mouth, like a gateway.

After the relics were enshrined, an intense and boundless Buddhist power emanated from them, instantly arousing no hostile thoughts in anyone who felt it, and even prompting them to immediately prostrate themselves in worship and convert to the Buddhist Sect.

Dongfang Huayuan's expression changed slightly. "Great monk, do you want us to fight inside your belly?"

Chen Dengming pondered for a moment and said, "Dongfang, Senior Qu, just as the Buddhist Sect say, if we don't go to hell, who will? Moreover, we are not going to hell, but to this Buddhist realm!"

"To eliminate the Buddha Guai and prevent its escape, this is indeed the best choice!"

His spiritual power was most sensitive; through his mind, he perceived and judged that the Living Buddha Venerable had no ill intentions, but rather was extending a sincere invitation.

Qu Shenzong nodded calmly, "This is indeed the best choice. I also want to see what the Buddhist world, where Buddhist Sect are in harmony, is really like."

The three exchanged glances, then nodded, and quickly took flight, heading straight for the Buddha's wide-open mouth, which radiated Golden Light.

Upon entering the Golden Light, one instantly feels as if one's body Non-Self exists, the five aggregates are emptied, and the six senses are purified.

Entering the Buddhist realm is like transcending the mundane world, no longer bound by the five elements. All the inner and outer scenes are numerous and varied, and upon turning back and reflecting, one finds oneself at home.

The moment the three regained their senses, they found themselves in a world of golden light. Deep within the Golden Light, two enormous Buddha hands, like golden bowls clasped together, or like two five-fingered mountains pressing down, trapped within which was a Purple Gold Buddha, exuding a magnificent aura.

The air was filled with the dizzying chanting of Buddhist hymns, but it was disrupted by the reversed chanting from the Purple Gold Buddha statue.

The scroll of scripture he held upside down in his hand occasionally emitted large characters that shattered the manifested Buddhist chants.

"Buddha Guai!"

Qu Shenzong's gaze, framed by thick eyebrows, instantly locked onto the Purple Gold Buddha, his eyes filled with sharpness.

The Living Buddha Venerable's majestic voice echoed from the Sky Dome, bathed in rich Golden Light: "He has been confronting me here for over four hundred years. He is truly bewitched and his demonic nature is difficult to eradicate."

If any of you possess methods to exorcise demons, please use them now. This Buddha will be there to assist you!

Before the three could make a move after these words were spoken, the Buddha Guai, who was being attacked by the Living Buddha Venerable's two palms as if they were mountains, suddenly exuded an overwhelming aura.

Its hair, which had been frozen like a statue, suddenly flew backward, standing straight up, as if filled with boundless Spiritual Qi, and it let out a long, venomous howl.

"Old Baldy!! After all these years of hypocrisy, are you finally going to expose yourself completely and no longer care about past relationships!?"

Rumble--

An incomparably powerful force erupted from the Buddha Guai's body, resembling dozens of beams of light, which actually forced the Living Buddha Venerable's mountain-like palms to move slightly outward.

"Make your move!"

The Living Buddha Venerable's voice, as resounding as a great bell, echoed down, and a vast amount of Golden Light surged forth in the Buddhist realm, revealing a colossal four-armed Buddha as tall as a ten-thousand-foot mountain.

Whoosh--

The giant Buddha then descended from the sky with two palms, the ten fingers spread out to the left and right, the fingertips touching, the palms facing outwards, forming a circle in the middle, forming the sun wheel mudra.

In an instant, it was as if two fiery wheels of the sun were shooting out thousands of golden rays, enveloping the Buddha Guai.

The Buddha Guai was instantly scorched and smoking, and he let out a wild cry as the scripture he was holding upside down suddenly flew out of his hand.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh--

The pages of the book bloomed and scattered like flower petals, releasing huge verses of scripture that formed a surging dark light that enveloped his figure, protecting him from the scorching Buddha Light that rushed towards him like flowing water.

Just then, a dazzling silver spear light streaked through the air like a blinding bolt of lightning.

The dark light shield suddenly expanded, and a huge, reversed 'Buddha' character suddenly appeared. It instantly collided with the silver spear, bursting out with a thunderous explosion and deflecting the silver spear.

Suddenly, a giant hand grabbed the silver spear. Then, Dongfang Huayuan, who had Dongfang Huayuan into a giant over thirty feet tall, roared and unleashed a flurry of spear movements. The silver spear trembled, its Silver Light radiating outwards, illuminating the entire world. In an instant, it shattered the reversed character "Buddha" and struck the dark light barrier.

A loud explosion rang out.

The dense, numerous scriptures that formed the dark aura suddenly loosened.

"Thunder!"

Qu Shenzong's majestic voice, as powerful as the heavens, suddenly descended from the sky. A thick bolt of blue-red lightning, composed of Dao power, swept down like a torrent, striking the loosened scriptures in the instant it struck.

Bang!

Countless scriptures suddenly burst open as if burned and exploded in Thunder Fire, revealing the figures of Buddha Guai within them.

The sun disc formed by the Living Buddha Venerable's hand is surrounded by countless dragons spewing golden waterfalls, with rays of Golden Light crashing towards the Buddha Guai.

Unexpectedly, the Buddha Guai had already cast his spell before the dark light barrier shattered.

At this moment, a chilling ghostly aura appeared in his eyes. He cast a spell with his eyes, and many ghostly pupils appeared in his pupils, seemingly showing different scenes of purgatory. The ghostly pupils seemed to split into eighteen pitch-black threads, separated by layers.

The Eighteen Layers of Hell!

The Mustard Seed Realm that the Ghost Immortal created within the Ghost Realm was also the place where the Buddha Guai laid their foundation.

The moment these Eighteen Layers of Hell appeared in his eyes, both the heavenly thunder unleashed by Qu Shenzong and the blazing Buddha Light surging forth from the Sun Wheel Seal of the Living Buddha Venerable were swallowed up by his eyes, which resembled a vortex of hell.

The Buddha Light was directly absorbed into the ninth level of the oil cauldron hell, causing the oil cauldron inside to boil even more fiercely.

The heavenly lightning was then swallowed up into the third level of the Iron Tree Hell, instantly illuminating countless iron trees and delivering countless Ghost Soul suffering torture while hanging on them.

"Buddha Guai, shall die!"

Dongfang Huayuan, man and spear as one, thrust fiercely towards the Buddha Guai like a thick bolt of lightning.

"Annoying flies!"

Buddha Guai, sinister eyes immediately locked onto it.

A scene resembling purgatory suddenly appeared in the void.

On that hellish land, a Buddha's shadow, with its back to all living beings, sits serenely in a dark and corrupt world.

The world seemed to instantly become oppressive and trembling.

However, the two magnificent halls of God and Man appeared above Dongfang Huayuan's head, instantly exempting him from most of the pressure from hell, and even resisting the impact of the Dao Intent shot out from the Buddha Guai.

At the same time, a giant Black and White Life and Death Flower arrived late, appearing silently above the Buddha Guai's head, frantically devouring the ghost energy within his body and reversing it into Life Energy.

The Life and Death Cycle Technique!

Chen Dengming's figure appeared inconspicuously behind the Buddha Guai.

The sudden reversal of the ghostly energy within his body immediately caused the overwhelming ghostly energy around the Buddha Guai to become chaotic. The connection established between his ghostly eyes and the Eighteen Layers of Hell also fluctuated, and even the Purple Gold Buddha's body felt tingly and itchy, as if something was about to grow.

In the blink of an eye, with a loud 'boom,' the silver spear in Dongfang Huayuan's hand, as thick as thunder, struck the Purple Gold Buddha body of the Buddha Guai, piercing deep into its chest and causing large patches of Yin soil to crack, about to be completely pierced through.

This sudden, intense pain and crisis was too much for Buddha Guai to bear. His anger grew even fiercer, more ferocious, and faster—unleashing itself!

He was in a frenzy, howling wildly. Suddenly, the robe of his Purple Gold Buddha body was lifted, revealing his Ghost Body. Within the Ghost Body, eighty-one light beads, like ghostly eyes, shone brightly, spewing out extremely dense and eerie ghostly energy. The chilling aura froze the silver spear stuck in his body inch by inch, and the Dongfang Huayuan.

Dongfang Huayuan a step too late; his silver spear instantly froze and cracked, and his palm also froze, filled with icy Death Qi.

He swiftly retreated, his severed hand leaving behind a silver spear and a broken hand that instantly froze and exploded on the Buddha Guai's body.

These eighty-one beams of cold light, their momentum undiminished, pressed on relentlessly, freezing the giant flower of life and death, and freezing the blazing Buddha Light emanating from the two sun discs of the Living Buddha Venerable, startling the Qu Shenzong who was about to launch an attack.

At this moment, Buddha Guai went completely mad, revealing all the strength and trump cards of a Dao Integration Great Power.

"The power of eighty-one Yin Springs?!"

Chen Dengming was startled and immediately dodged the chilling light that shot towards him. At the same time, he quickly used the <Life and Death Cycle Technique> to transform the Death Qi in Dongfang Huayuan's arm into Life Energy.

At the same time, he once again made a hand seal to cast the Life and Death Cycle Technique, and another giant life and death flower appeared behind the Buddha Guai. Avoiding the power of the Yin Spring, it devoured the Death Qi in the Buddha Guai's Death Qi and transformed it into Life Energy as it rotated.

"Roll!!"

An incredibly powerful aura erupted from the Buddha Guai, with eerie ghostly energy mixed with Buddhist power, forming a strange Daoist force that instantly manifested a Buddha shadow with a thousand hands and a hundred feet, a myriad of phenomena.

In the instant the explosion occurred, several Buddha hands shattered the giant flower of life and death.

As if supported by some force in the void, the Buddha's hands trembled and roared, making the two palms of the Living Buddha Venerable seem about to be separated.

"Drink!"

Just then, Qu Shenzong suddenly attacked with the Tiandao Square Halberd. The giant halberd transformed into a black dragon with an astonishing aura and the power to support the sky. It fiercely severed several Buddha hands and smashed towards the Buddha Guai like a pillar supporting the sky.

"A trivial skill!!"

The Buddha Guai burst into wild laughter, suddenly unleashing numerous Buddha hands in a pincer attack. Each Buddha hand seemed to form a wall or a barrier, instantly trapping the giant halberd that Qu Shenzong was attacking.

Boom!!--

The Buddha's hands were crushed by a tremendous force as if the sky were collapsing, and the barrier bent and cracked, but in the end, it still managed to hold the situation together.

But at that very moment, Buddha Guai suddenly let out a muffled groan, his mind being assaulted by a strange Mental Strength, and the image of Chen Dengming's white-haired face appeared in his mind.

"Court death!"

With a flash of his ghostly eyes, the scene of the fourth level of the Eighteen Hells, the Mirror of Retribution, instantly invaded through his Mental Strength.

Almost simultaneously, he made a snap decision and resolutely abandoned the Purple Gold Buddha body he had painstakingly cultivated.

The Ghost Body transformed into a blur, instantly escaping from the two Buddha palms that had been pried open with a sliver of Life Force, and headed straight for Chen Dengming.

Among those present, besides the Living Buddha Venerable, the greatest threat to him was not Qu Shenzong and Dongfang Huayuan, whose offensive seemed overwhelming, but Chen Dengming, who could cause his ghostly energy to turn into Life Energy and rapidly weaken his power.

The moment the ghostly Ghost Body of the Buddha Guai detached from the Buddha Body, the Buddha Body could no longer withstand the combined attack of the Living Buddha Venerable and the Qu Shenzong. The phantom with a thousand hands and a hundred feet was crushed and collapsed, and the Purple Gold Buddha's body was once again imprisoned by the two Buddha palms, unable to move.

Just as Qu Shenzong was about to turn around and help Chen Dengming, the Living Buddha Venerable gave a low shout.

"The Buddha-ghost has escaped; this is the perfect opportunity to remove his Buddha Body! Benefactor Qu, act quickly!"

Qu Shenzong paused.

Dongfang Huayuan roar and charged towards the Buddha Guai Ghost Body, "I'll stop him!"

At this moment, Chen Dengming had already fallen into the mental counter-invasion offensive launched by the Buddha Guai's treacherous mirror of hell.

He immediately felt as if he had been cast into the hell of the mirror of sin, where his many sins were revealed.

In a daze, all the sins he had committed in the past that caused him deep remorse appeared in his mind one by one.

Lüo Bing, the eldest daughter of the Luo Family once guided him onto the Immortal Path, ultimately died because of him.

His daughter-in-law Li Xue, also died at his hands, leaving his son Chen Jing, with lifelong regret.

These events, which he had always kept in his heart, were now being unearthed again in the Mirror of Retribution, seemingly stirring up the demons deep within him to devour him completely.

At that moment, the ghostly Ghost Body of Buddha Guai attacked, but was stopped in time by Dongfang Huayuan.

However, even with Dongfang Huayuan, it was impossible to stop the Buddha Guai, and the situation was fraught with danger.

Chen Dengming was suddenly awakened by a deep-seated warning.

In my mind, I sensed a call from the Dongfang Huayuan Human God Hall.

The Human Heart Hall quickly appeared in his mind, spreading a calming Silver Light and stabilizing his wavering inner fire.

"The truth of what happened back then has long been settled. My shame lies only in the lingering feelings I had left behind, because I am a person of deep affection, not in owing anyone else."

I, Chen Dengming, stand before heaven and earth with a clear conscience! Even the hellish realms cannot punish me for my sins.

On the contrary, you, Buddha Guai, dare to look at yourself in the mirror of hell and say that you have a clear conscience before heaven and earth?

Boom!--

Within the realm of the mind, it was as if a blinding Silver Light flashed, shattering all the scenes of the Mirror of Retribution and also dispelling the evil Mental Strength that the Buddha Guai had invaded.

At that moment, Buddha Guai also suffered a backlash from his mind, his mind filled with the righteous and indignant questioning of Chen Dengming.

Looking up at heaven and earth, can I have a clear conscience?

Suddenly, images of the countless lives he had killed in the past surfaced in his mind.

The image of the earth immortal he had ambushed years ago reappeared, as did the scene of the earth immortal helping him establish the underworld.

These sins caused him intense shame and torment, making him suffer greatly. He couldn't help but spread his hands, look up at the sky, and let out a painful howl, his black hair flying everywhere.

During this brief respite, Dongfang Huayuan finally escaped the pressure from the Dao Domain emanating from the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

At that very moment, Chen Dengming stepped into the void, suddenly approaching, his aura surging wildly, and he reached out with his right hand outstretched.

Instantly, the world within the golden Buddhist realm twisted, as if the Sky Dome had been torn apart, revealing five grids that enveloped the Buddha Guai.

These five grids shifted wildly, transforming in the blink of an eye into Heavenly Net composed of thirty-six wires.

"Heavenly Net!?"

Buddha Guai suddenly awoke with a start, forcibly suppressing the pain in his ghostly eyes. He swiftly extended his ghostly claw and lashed out.

"What can a mere Heavenly Net do to me?"

The moment the claw struck, its shadow flickered, seemingly transforming into a roaring, surging Styx River, unleashing astonishing power that instantly clashed with the Heavenly Net.

Boom!--

The Heavenly Net experienced a sudden and violent fluctuation, causing several sections to break, triggering a chain reaction that resulted in a series of breakages.

Ghostly Arts - Styx Ghost Claw!

But even in this brief moment of trapping his enemy, Chen Dengming made a hand seal with his left hand, and the aura of the Heavenly Human Dao Rhyme flowed within his body.

The Immortal Celestial Dao Power and the Human Immortal Way Power converged.

Crackle!

In an instant, a storm of wind and thunder arose around him, and his body swelled to over sixty feet tall, transforming into Ancient Human Immortal Physique, with an even more imposing aura.

Moreover, the Human Heart Hall appeared in his eyes.

Ten thousand flames of inspiration are lit, and countless faces convey boundless Mental Strength.

"Heavenly Human Dao Technique! Power gathers within me!!"

Chen Dengming looked up, his silver hair flying high, completely entering a state of boundless human desire.

Crackling sound --

The Ancient Human Immortal Physique body, over sixty feet tall, emitted a deafening roar, its rough skin stretched, and streaks of astonishing purple electricity danced across its surface.

Supported by limitless Mental Strength, his body continued to climb wildly, surpassing a hundred feet.

Within his body, the Heavenly Disk Nine Stars and the Human Disk Eight Gates spun wildly, echoing each other.

The three Inheritance Immortal Palace, radiated dazzling brilliance.

Moved by his personal aura, the Sky Dome and clouds within the Buddhist realm changed color, and even the Living Buddha Venerable couldn't help but take notice, immediately and completely abandoning the Buddhist realm's resistance to Chen Dengming.

The next moment, within the Buddhist realm, ten thousand feet of Golden Light converged like dragons and snakes, forming a terrifying and magnificent giant tens of thousands of feet taller than Living Buddha Venerable.

We can leverage human power to harness the power of nature, and use the power of nature to draw upon human power!

Condensing the Heavenly Human Dharma Appearance!

In an instant, Chen Dengming resembled a silver mountain over a hundred feet tall, with a magnificent giant Dharma image tens of thousands of feet tall, almost filling the entire Buddhist realm, swirling around his body.

This Dharma image, its face alone is as large as the heavens, looking down from the edge of the Outer Heaven, its eyes like enormous stars, radiating boundless and terrifying spiritual power.

The Buddha Guai had barely pierced the Heavenly Net with a single claw when it was met with Chen Dengming's gaze, which was as bright as the sun and stars. The intense threat caused his ghostly eyes to shrink and his Ghost Soul to scatter in fright.

"Ancient Immortal of the human realm!?"

Boom!!

A gigantic golden fist, seemingly capable of piercing the heavens and earth, descended from the sky, crushing down with overwhelming force, truly possessing the power to swallow ten thousand miles like a tiger.

"Ghost's order!"

Buddha Guai immediately let out a long howl, raised his arms, and summoned a dark, ancient token.

The Ghost Emperor's Decree!

The moment the token appeared, the big word "ghost" on it was dazzling with black light, attracting the power of eighty-one yin springs in the body, turning into aurora and blending into it.

Boom! -- A thick black beam of light suddenly shot out from the token and collided with the golden giant fist.

Two powerful waves of Law Power energy collided and erupted, causing a crackling sound throughout the entire Buddhist realm.

An earth-shattering force caused powerful energy fluctuations within the Buddhist realm, forming mushroom clouds that rose and spread.

The golden giant fist and the black pillar of light were about to be annihilated, and the Heavenly Human Dharma Appearance was so illusory that it almost dissipated.

Chen Dengming let out another long roar, his hundred-foot-tall body striding forward, the eight gates rotating around him like a force field, opening simultaneously.

Nine stars rapidly orbited overhead, scattering starlight.

With all eight gates open, lifespan may be shortened, but strength will increase!

Nine stars shining brightly, boundless potential!

Chen Dengming's hundred-foot-tall body was instantly cracked all over, and his lifespan potential was rapidly depleted at this moment, as the eight gates opened.

But within his body, astonishing power fluctuations erupted.

"Take another punch from me!!"

Chen Dengming's gaze sharpened, and he threw a powerful punch forward.

The tens of thousands of feet tall Dharma image solidified in an instant, seemingly possessing boundless power, spreading an awe-inspiring and domineering aura.

The powerful aura was as vast and boundless as the ocean, surging outwards. With a single punch, the sky darkened and the Buddhist realm was thrown into turmoil.

"This person has actually managed to merge the two paths of Celestial Person and Man into one. Just how much more power does he have left to unleash?"

The Buddha Guai's ghostly eyes contracted sharply, and for the first time, fear arose in his heart towards someone who had not yet attained enlightenment.

The Eighteen Layers of Hell rapidly materialized in his pupils, and as he swiftly retreated, his hands rapidly formed hand seals.

Layers of hellish cracks instantly appeared in the void before him, and were pulled open one by one.

These Eighteen Layers of Hell fissures seem to form eighteen spaces, serving as a protective barrier for the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

Boom!--

A gigantic fist, seemingly capable of piercing the heavens and earth, crashed down, instantly annihilating the first level of the Tongue-Pulling Hell, the second level of the Scissors Hell, and the third level of the Iron Tree Hell.

Then came the fourth and fifth floors.

The ghostly Ghost Body of the Buddha Guai trembled violently, its eyes filled with disbelief.

Almost at the same time, a sharp pain connected to the soul suddenly came from the other side.

His Buddha Body, that of a Buddha, has been destroyed by the combined efforts of the Living Buddha Venerable and the Qu Shenzong.

An unprecedented sense of despair, as if impending doom and imminent death, suddenly welled up in my heart.

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