Arc 43The War of Gods

Aaron became a Buddha’s Son, rescued the War Sovereign’s Chosen, and ascended to godhood as the Crystal Wall System’s gods fought the Esoteric Sect. After the allied forces won, Aaron called Oak Father and the other gods to Secret Treasury Heaven for the final battle against Great Sun Tathagata.

  • Aaron defeated Jiumo Kong and helped settle the Kimo People and Lady of Dawn’s followers in Dazen Gorge, where he later received Oak Father’s plans for the fallen gods and the God of War’s chosen.
  • Aaron entered the Southern Nations, became an Esoteric Monk and a Buddha Child, then survived Snow Vulture Temple’s Underworld trial and rescued Lystalin.
  • The War Sovereign resurrected, and Aaron helped free the Goddess of the Weave’s chosen before returning to Snow Vulture Temple, where Drolma devoured Great Might Dharma King and Aaron studied the temple’s fundamental sutra.
  • Aaron returned to Dazen Gorge and ascended to godhood as the Crystal Wall System’s wars converged, while Husky fought the Esoteric Sect’s forces and the Shadow Sovereign killed the Goddess of the Weave.
  • Aaron reached Greater Divine Power as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha brought down the Lord of the Nine Hells, then revealed Vipassi Buddha as Charnel Grove Protector and joined the fight against Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha.
  • Aaron killed Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha, and Oak Father and the Elemental Lords killed Great Black Heaven while Aaron destroyed the White-Robed Dragon Queen Earth Mother and Fierce Wolf-Head Vajra Protector.
  • Sith and the allied army defeated the remaining Esoteric Sect forces, but the Scarlet Sun appeared, and Aaron invited Oak Father and the other gods to Secret Treasury Heaven to slay Great Sun Tathagata’s true body.
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Ch. 1054The Dragon Lord

Jiumo Kong recruited Winter's Wing to hunt Aaron and Louisa, but Aaron drew the dragon lord into a battle with Sith and the paladins. Winter's Wing was slain, and Aaron handed over the Spirit-Bone Prayer Beads in exchange for a legendary lute.

  • Jiumo Kong met Winter's Wing and persuaded the white dragon lord to send forces after a party of Kimo People, offering wealth and proposing an alliance against Kahn City.
  • Aaron and Louisa killed an adolescent white dragon, then spotted Winter's Wing's dragonwolf scout as Louisa's condition worsened.
  • Winter's Wing attacked Aaron and Louisa with an army of kobolds and gnolls, but Aaron summoned Sith and the paladins with a magical firework.
  • Sith slew Winter's Wing, while Aaron supported the paladins and took a few kills as the dragon's forces fled.
  • Aaron gave Sith the Spirit-Bone Prayer Beads so the imprisoned paladin souls could rest, and Sith's group rewarded him with a legendary lute.

Ch. 1055Battle for Survival

Aaron reached God-Given Promised Land and helped Wendy’s Kimo People and Grise’s followers agree to fight the frost giants as equals. The battle turned disastrous when a mutated two-headed frost giant killed Quinn and the silver dragon, but Lady of Dawn’s Saint form arrived as the survivors prepared to retreat.

  • Aaron and Louisa reached God-Given Promised Land, where Grise’s followers and Wendy’s Kimo People disputed ownership of the ancestral land.
  • Aaron brokered an equal alliance against the frost giants and crafted Gloves of Strength +1, which let him wield his Lute +3 more easily.
  • Aaron, Louisa, Grise, Wendy, and their allies attacked the frost giant tribe, with the silver dragon joining the battle.
  • A mutated two-headed frost giant used Time Stop to kill Quinn and smash the silver dragon out of the sky.
  • Grise’s group began to retreat, but Lady of Dawn’s Saint form descended toward the mutated giant.

Ch. 1057Perfect Enlightenment

Aaron watched Lady of Dawn defeat a two-headed frost giant, but Jiumo Kong summoned the White-Robed Dragon Queen Earth Mother and Great Black Heaven to attack her and the battlefield. As Jiumo Kong turned on Aaron, Aaron gained the legendary Supreme Perfect Enlightenment ability and prepared to face him.

  • Aaron assessed Lady of Dawn's divine strength as she fought the two-headed frost giant alongside her believers.
  • Lady of Dawn killed the frost giant, but Jiumo Kong appeared and summoned the White-Robed Dragon Queen Earth Mother through a Gawu Box.
  • Great Black Heaven descended, burned Lady of Dawn, and transformed many people into Demonic Beasts, while Aaron protected himself, Husky, Wendy, and Grise with a barrier.
  • Jiumo Kong mistook the fallen Lady of Dawn for a prize and attacked Aaron's group; Aaron ordered Louisa and Grise to fight while Wendy protected him.
  • Jiumo Kong defeated Louisa, confused Wendy and the Kimo people, and charged at Aaron, who released Husky and comprehended Supreme Perfect Enlightenment.

Ch. 1058Promotion to Legend

Husky killed Jiumo Kong while Lady of Dawn sacrificed herself rather than use Grise as a resurrection vessel, giving Aaron enough power to reach legendary Bard level 20 and gain divine spark. Aaron promised to protect Lady of Dawn’s followers in Dazen Gorge, where a month later a Druid arrived and magically brought the village’s crops to harvest.

  • Husky received Fierce Wolf-Head Vajra Protector’s divine power, crushed Jiumo Kong with its Thousand-Hand Form, and killed him.
  • Grise performed a divine descent ritual, but Lady of Dawn ended the descent and burned herself to ashes rather than resurrect through her believer.
  • Lady of Dawn’s gift gave Aaron experience, the Domain of Light, divine power, and divine spark, raising his Bard level to 20 and making him a legendary figure.
  • Aaron kept his agreement to let Lady of Dawn’s followers live in Dazen Gorge alongside the Kimo clans and appointed Grise the first village chief of Dawn Village.
  • A month later, a Druid entered Dazen Gorge and caused the village’s crops to sprout, ripen, and bear fruit ahead of schedule.

Ch. 1059Inverse Seed

Aaron met Oak Father, who revealed the rebellion’s plan to revive fallen gods and rescue the God of War’s chosen from the Underworld. When Silent Secret Master Buddha detected the secret message, Aaron’s true self’s hidden influence turned the intrusion into an Inverse Seed that gave Aaron influence over the Buddha and a path into the Esoteric Sect.

  • Grise thanked Aaron for the abundant harvest, and Aaron sent her and the villagers away before greeting Oak Father.
  • Oak Father explained that the Esoteric Sect had been checked by the Mind Flayer Empire and shared plans to revive fallen gods and rescue the God of War’s chosen from the Underworld.
  • Silent Secret Master Buddha intruded on Aaron’s mind to uncover the message on Oak Father’s leaf.
  • Aaron’s true self’s hidden influence manifested a peaceful-wrathful aspect of the Buddha, concealing the leaf’s secrets and placing a controllable Inverse Seed inside Aaron.
  • Oak Father recognized that Aaron now resembled a Buddha Child and said he could compete to become the Esoteric Sect’s pontiff.

Ch. 1060Tusi (Thanks to the unsupportable HW Alliance Leader!)

Aaron entered the Esoteric Sect-controlled Southern Nations under the guise of the wandering ascetic Maitreya and discovered how the temples kept serfs obedient by draining their wisdom. After Lord Bayi Davens arrived to offer him food, Aaron remained poised to continue his infiltration.

  • Aaron used the Secrecy Seal to enter the Southern Nations undetected and began absorbing the Great Sun’s light, which taught him Esoteric Sect methods and how to refine Great Sun divinity.
  • Aaron considered infiltrating a temple to reach the Underworld and help restore War Sovereign, then chose to explore the region first.
  • Aaron saw that the temples and their landlords ruled the Southern Nations while serfs chanted scriptures that extracted their wisdom for Great Mani Pearl King Wisdom Buddha.
  • Lord Bayi’s overseers confronted Aaron after he watched the serfs, and Aaron introduced himself as the ascetic Maitreya and asked for food and water.
  • Bayi Davens arrived with knights, identified himself as a local estate owner, and presented white bread to Aaron as an offering.

Ch. 1061The Heavenly Maiden of Wonderful Sound

Aaron stayed at Lord Bayi’s manor while waiting for a Snow Vulture Temple monk to preach, using Bayi’s questions about scripture to gain his trust. Bayi’s pursuit of the Four-Armed White Melodious Heavenly Maiden left him dangerously corrupted, while Aaron continued cultivating Great Sun divinity and was given Dunzhu as an attendant.

  • Bayi tested Aaron with questions about the Scripture of the Thought-Free Heavenly Maiden, then invited him to stay at his manor after being impressed by his answers.
  • Aaron gave Bayi a secret recipe that seemed to let him overcome the visions disrupting his cultivation, though it actually deepened the Heavenly Maiden’s influence over him.
  • Bayi told Aaron that a Snow Vulture Temple monk would preach at Star-Moon Lake in a month, and Aaron agreed to stay until then.
  • Bayi used the altered recipe while attempting to cultivate with Dunzhu, collapsed into a disturbing frenzy, and later believed he had encountered the Four-Armed White Melodious Heavenly Maiden.
  • Aaron tried to draw Great Sun divinity from the morning sunlight, while Bayi arrived with Dunzhu and assigned her to attend to him.

Ch. 1062Divine Seed Descends from the Heavens

Aaron went with Bayi to Tusi Noikangba’s castle, where a confrontation with Bayan Guru led Aaron to receive a divine seed from the Silent Secret Master Buddha. The chapter ended with Bayan Guru recognizing Aaron as a Buddha’s Son and Aaron demanding that he answer for his sins.

  • Bayi told Aaron that Tusi Noikangba sought a monk to represent him in a debate against a rival castle lord, and Aaron agreed to go.
  • At the castle, a yellow-robed monk attacked Aaron with the Lion-Throne Elephant-Nose Hell Curse, but Aaron’s Immovable Seal turned the curse back on him.
  • Bayan Guru killed his disciple, ordered Aaron to kneel, and used mantras to control the crowd and strengthen them against Aaron.
  • As Bayan Guru summoned the Lion-Throne Elephant-Nose Deity to attack, Aaron invoked the Silent Secret Master Buddha and received its divine seed.
  • Bayan Guru recognized Aaron as a Buddha’s Son, and Aaron asked him whether he knew his sin.

Ch. 1063Class Change

Aaron used his status as a Buddha Child to punish Master Bayan and rebuff Chieftain Noikamba, then accepted the Great Might Dharma King’s invitation to Snow Vulture Temple. While traveling with the Dharma King, Aaron changed class to Esoteric Monk and gained a host of martial skills and a legendary feat.

  • Abbot Emptiness sent Great Might Dharma King to welcome the newly elevated Buddha Child to Snow Vulture Temple.
  • Aaron used tantric mantras to make Master Bayan and his disciples kill themselves, then warned Chieftain Noikamba not to misuse his name.
  • Aaron sensed the nearby tantric monasteries and headed toward one, bringing Husky along.
  • Great Might Dharma King found Aaron, identified him as a Buddha Child, and invited him to Snow Vulture Temple, which worshipped Bright Buddha Mother.
  • Aaron accepted the invitation and questioned Great Might Dharma King about monk techniques as they traveled.
  • Aaron met the requirements to change class and became a level-one Esoteric Monk, gaining new attributes, skills, and the legendary feat Transcendence into Sainthood.

Ch. 1064The Peacock Great Bright King (A congratulatory chapter for the Alliance Leader "Cannot Bear HW"!)

Aaron advanced as an Esoteric Monk and entered Snow Vulture Temple, where Abbot Kongxing offered him a chance to become the next abbot if he survived the trial of life and death. While studying the temple’s scriptures, Aaron discovered a mantra linked to the Bright Buddha Mother and attracted Drolma’s predatory interest.

  • Aaron added a Strength point, demonstrated his new monk abilities, and impressed Great Might Dharma King with his talent and humility.
  • Great Might Dharma King led Aaron through Snow Vulture Temple, introduced him to Green Tara, and explained that Drolma belonged to the Consort Court.
  • Abbot Kongxing offered Aaron either a separate courtyard or the chance to become a true Buddha’s son and possible successor by undertaking the cycle-of-life-and-death trial; Aaron chose the trial, scheduled for a month later.
  • Great Might Dharma King advised Aaron to study the Contemplation of White Bones and the Contemplation of the Giant Corpse before entering the Underworld.
  • At the Scripture Repository, Aaron comprehended the Peacock Swallows Heaven Mantra and decided the temple’s fundamental teachings might help refine his Great Sun divinity.
  • Drolma approached Aaron in the Scripture Repository, drawn to his scent, and Aaron recognized that she had developed an appetite for him through a lower-level Peacock mantra.

Ch. 1065Probing

Aaron concealed his strength at Snow Vulture Temple while Drolma and rival Dharma Kings maneuvered around him. When the temple’s Underworld trial began, Emptiness opened a crack leading into the Underworld.

  • Drolma warned Aaron that Sangji and Tashi would target him during the Underworld trial, and Aaron agreed to join forces with her while privately doubting her strength.
  • Drolma reported Aaron’s agreement to Great Might Dharma King, then sent a spider to carry news to Mahayana, pursuing her own ambitions.
  • Sangji challenged Aaron with the White-Bone Contemplation, but Aaron countered with the Immovable Wisdom King; a Red-Robed Monk ended the confrontation and sentenced Sangji to seven days of meditation.
  • Mahayana Dharma King and Great Compassion Dharma King praised Aaron’s progress but resolved to kill him during the Underworld trial rather than act inside the temple.
  • Aaron and Husky joined Drolma, Sangji, and Tashi at the trial gathering, where Emptiness activated a prayer wheel and opened a crack into the Underworld.

Ch. 1066The Underworld (For HW Alliance Leader He, who cannot bear it!)

Aaron entered the Underworld through the River Styx, survived its memory-cleansing waters, and rode off to search for the Chosen of the Lord of War. Tashi and Sangji followed his trail, unaware that a tiny black spider had attached itself to them.

  • Aaron realized the prayer wheel opened the passage to the Underworld, then let the skeletal beast swallow him.
  • In the River Styx, Aaron preserved his body and memories while other disciples were dissolved, then emerged onto the shore with Husky.
  • Aaron reflected on the dangers of the Underworld and used his lute +3 to summon a skeletal horse, riding away from the portal with Husky following.
  • Tashi and Sangji arrived, learned Aaron had gone away from the exit, and set out after him with a Tibetan mastiff tracking his trail.
  • A tiny black spider crawled onto Tashi and Sangji without their noticing.

Ch. 1067Corpse Buddha

Aaron traveled through the Underworld toward the Bone Lock Cold Grove, killing Sangji and Tashi when they caught up with him. Tashi’s death summoned Vipassi Buddha, who transformed into the Charnel Grove Protector, and Aaron recognized clues connected to the War God’s Chosen and Drolma.

  • Aaron rode through Vajra Flame Cold Grove and considered how to reach the War God’s Chosen in Bone Lock Cold Grove.
  • Sangji and Tashi caught up with Aaron, while Tashi’s mastiff attacked Husky.
  • Aaron killed Sangji with a Flame Fist empowered by Order Strike, then gained a level as an Esoteric Sect Monk and increased his Strength.
  • Tashi summoned Kachoma Dakini and threatened Aaron with the Lord of Tombs, but Aaron killed him with an Order Strike-enhanced palm.
  • Kachoma Dakini’s skeletal form connected with the charnel grounds, summoning Vipassi Buddha, who transformed into the Charnel Grove Protector.
  • Aaron recognized that Kachoma Dakini was linked to the Bright Buddha Mother and understood new clues about the War God’s Chosen and Drolma.

Ch. 1068Lesser Divine Power

Aaron forged Great Sun Divinity, secretly concealed it as the Buddha-nature of Silent Secret Master Buddha, and gained a glimpse of Great Sun Tathagata’s divine kingdom, Secret Treasury Heaven. After witnessing the gods’ counterattack against the Esoteric Sect, he confronted Drolma and began binding her to him with a Curse Binding.

  • Aaron realized the native gods’ main goal was to resurrect the Goddess of the Weave and that the Underworld had become the focus of the gods’ plans.
  • With soul power from Charnel Grove Protector, Aaron forged Great Sun Divinity, advanced to Lesser Divinity, and concealed his new divinity as the Buddha-nature of Silent Secret Master Buddha.
  • Aaron learned that Secret Treasury Heaven was Great Sun Tathagata’s divine kingdom and saw visions of the Mind Flayer Empire and native gods attacking the Esoteric Sect across the Astral Plane.
  • Aaron watched Charnel Grove Protector leave, destroyed the spiders left by Sangji and Tashi, and summoned Drolma from hiding.
  • Drolma asked Aaron for initiation, and he agreed to plant a Curse Binding that would prevent her from betraying him or revealing information about him.

Ch. 1069The Bludgeoning Rebuke

Aaron empowered Drolma with a secret mantra that strengthened her and bound her to him, then left her to complete her trial. He found a War Sovereign chosen nearly consumed by the Nirvana True-Word Mantra and tried to wake her with a blow from his lute.

  • Aaron used secret mantra truths to bind Drolma and advance her Peacock Demon Devouring Mantra into the Peacock Swallows Heaven Mantra.
  • Drolma devoured the vital blood energy from Sangji and Tashi's corpses, but Aaron warned her against being consumed by desire.
  • Aaron opened a portal and left Drolma to become a core disciple of Snow Vulture Temple; she resolved to use her new mantra to devour a Dharma King.
  • Aaron arrived in Southern Bone-Lock Frostwood and found a War Sovereign chosen girl nearly overcome by the Nirvana True-Word Mantra.
  • Aaron struck the girl on the head with his lute in an attempt to wake her.

Ch. 1070Ksitigarbha

Sith’s adventuring party discovered that the Chosen they sought was trapped in Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s divine realm, and they launched a raid to rescue her. Aaron freed Lystalin, but the party’s assault on the realm ended as Sith struck at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

  • Anthony located Lady of the Weave’s Chosen inside a divine realm and identified its occupant as a deity of moderate divine power.
  • Sith ordered Anthony to gather intelligence and seek support, while the party resolved to attempt the rescue despite the danger.
  • Aaron freed Lystalin, the War Sovereign’s Chosen, and opened a portal for her to return to the Material Plane.
  • Anthony brought the floating city into the divine realm and used its Godslaying Mythal to trap the intruders inside for three hundred seconds.
  • Anthony summoned golems and elemental legions, the barbarian and Moon Chanter cleared a path through the Divine Listening Hounds, and Sith attacked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with Evil-Breaking Slash.

Ch. 1071Resurrection

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva overwhelmed the defenders of Anthony’s floating city, while Lystalin chose to sacrifice herself to resurrect the War Sovereign. The War Sovereign formed a new divine body and returned to life.

  • Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva caught Sith’s Star of Radiance, killed the Legendary Barbarian with a death ability, and struck Sith down while Diting killed the Holy Priest.
  • Aaron told Lystalin that she could escape through a portal, but she chose to stay and help revive her lord so he could save the adventurers and the Weave Goddess’s chosen.
  • Lystalin opened her War Domain, and the War Sovereign used her body, divinity, and divine power as materials for his resurrection.
  • The War Sovereign gathered the War, Soldier, Strategy, and Competition portfolios, drew on faith and the ongoing astral war, and resurrected as a god of Powerful Divine Power.

Ch. 1072Driving the Wrong Car

Aaron tricked the newly resurrected War Sovereign into opening a portal into Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s divine kingdom, where the War Sovereign became trapped in battle. While the gods fought, Aaron rescued the Goddess of the Weave’s chosen and sent Sith to the Material Plane, then turned his attention to the floating city as the Charnel Grove Protector attacked.

  • The War Sovereign rejected the adventurers’ mission and opened a portal that Aaron secretly redirected into Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s divine kingdom.
  • Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva attacked the trapped War Sovereign, while Sith and Anthony searched for the Goddess of the Weave’s chosen.
  • The War Sovereign’s battle with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva shattered the dungeon prison, revealing the chosen sealed inside a purple crystal.
  • Aaron used Shadow Traverse to reach the dungeon, killed most of the Ditings, and broke the crystal so Sith could carry the chosen away through a portal to the Material Plane.
  • The Charnel Grove Protector broke through the floating city’s mythal and killed Anthony, while the War Sovereign realized that Vipassi Buddha and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had been holding back.

Ch. 1073Backlash

After passing the Underworld trial, Aaron joined Snow Vulture Temple as its Buddhist Son to gain access to its fundamental scriptures, while Drolma became the Great Might Dharma King’s disciple and then devoured him with the Peacock Swallows Heaven Mantra. The chapter left Aaron beginning his study of the Mahaprajnaparamita Great Bright Mantra Sutra.

  • Drolma returned from the Underworld and accepted the Great Might Dharma King as her master, becoming his direct red-robed disciple.
  • Aaron emerged from the fading portal, passed the trial, and was formally recognized as Snow Vulture Temple’s Buddhist Son.
  • The Great Might Dharma King questioned Drolma about the Underworld, punished her, and performed an empowerment ritual.
  • Drolma transformed into a peacock demon, then used the Peacock Swallows Heaven Mantra to overcome and devour the Great Might Dharma King, reaching the legendary level.
  • Abbot Emptiness offered Aaron the temple’s fundamental scriptures, and Aaron chose to study the Mahaprajnaparamita Great Bright Mantra Sutra.

Ch. 1074The Final Battle Arrives

Aaron learned the Great Sun Tathagata Secret Mantra and sensed that the Weave had returned, signaling the Goddess of the Weave’s resurrection and the coming final battle. He reached Dazen Gorge and asked Grise and Wendy to lend their strength to his godhood ascension ritual.

  • Drolma succeeded Great Might Dharma King as Wonderful Sound Dharma King and supported Maitreya’s access to the fundamental scriptures, so Abbot Emptiness granted Aaron the Mahaprajnaparamita Great Bright Mantra Sutra.
  • Aaron studied the sutra, advanced his mantras until he comprehended the Great Sun Tathagata Secret Mantra, and kept his Great Sun divinity hidden.
  • Aaron sensed the Weave’s revival and left Snow Vulture Temple, concluding that the Goddess of the Weave had returned and the final battle was near.
  • At Dazen Gorge, Mary demonstrated that she had regained spellcasting because the Weave had been rebuilt, while Grise voiced her desire to avenge the goddess.
  • Aaron arrived through the teleportation portal and asked Grise and Wendy to support his godhood ascension ritual.

Ch. 1075The Myriad Gods

Aaron joined the gods’ war council in the Pantheon, where Ao revealed himself and the gods prepared for a final battle against Great Sun Tathagata. Back in the Northern Wasteland, Aaron planned to use the War portfolio to rise in divine rank, and Oak Father offered him Nature Divinity and an ancient Law and Sun portfolio to strengthen him.

  • Aaron entered the Pantheon, took his divine throne, and met the Goddess of Twilight and Vampires and a giant god.
  • Oak Father called the gods to begin the final divine war and distributed their assignments and strategic plans.
  • Oak Father introduced Ao, whose consciousness manifested in the Pantheon and whose presence made the gods bow.
  • Aaron returned to the Northern Wasteland and prepared to perform his godhood ritual using the War portfolio.
  • Oak Father warned Aaron that the gods needed certainty and a suitable moment, then offered him Nature Divinity and an ancient Law and Sun portfolio.

Ch. 1076Deification

As wars consumed the Crystal Wall System, Aaron began his ascension ceremony in the Far Northern Wasteland and became a true god, drawing power from the conflicts around him. He saw the great divine battle nearing its outbreak as his new God of War portfolio connected him to its vast destruction.

  • The Lord of the Nine Hells and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva struck at one another as demons and devils continued their war across the Abyss and Hell.
  • The Mind Flayer Empire fought the demons in the Astral Plane, but Godspawn reinforcements forced the mind flayers to summon armies from the four Elemental Planes.
  • Aaron watched the Crystal Wall System's gods and the Esoteric Sect gather for a decisive battle, where Oak Father attacked Great Black Heaven and powerful Buddhas and elemental sovereigns appeared.
  • Aaron held his ascension ceremony in Dazen Gorge, with Wendy leading prayers before a small gathering of Kimo People and Dawn Remnants while Husky stood watch.
  • Aaron became a true god and drew strength from wars throughout the Crystal Wall System, seeing battles on the Frozen Great Rift, at the Abyss-Hell border, in the Astral Plane, and on the divine battlefield.

Ch. 1077The Traitor Appears

As the allied forces battled the Esoteric Sect, Augustus tried to stop a new god from ascending, but Husky and the Fierce Wolf-Head Vajra Protector fought him off. The Shadow Sovereign then revealed himself as Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha, killed the Goddess of the Weave, and plunged the allied armies into crisis as Sith ordered a retreat.

  • Sith noticed prayers and divine power from the north as a new God of War began ascending, and the Esoteric Sect sent Augustus and an elite squad through a portal to stop it.
  • Husky transformed into a dragonwolf, summoned a wild legion, and battled Augustus while their forces clashed with the Esoteric Sect squad.
  • Augustus invoked the White-Robed Dragon Queen Earth Mother, but Husky summoned the Fierce Wolf-Head Vajra Protector, who helped him overpower the ancient black dragon.
  • The Oak Father realized the Buddha of Shadow was missing and warned of the Shadow Sovereign, but the warning came too late.
  • The Shadow Sovereign stabbed the Goddess of the Weave and revealed that he was Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha, causing her death and the fall of her floating city.
  • With the Weave gone and the allied camp under attack, Sith ordered the forces to retreat to the Frozen Grand Canyon.

Ch. 1078Ksitigarbha Becomes Buddha

Aaron ascended to become a Greater Deity as the Lord of the Nine Hells fell and Hell collapsed. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva became the Hell-Not-Empty Accomplishment Buddha, while Silent Secret Master Buddha concealed a trap that left Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha surrounded by powerful enemies.

  • Vipassi Buddha left the Battlefield of the Gods to aid Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha joined their attack on the Lord of the Nine Hells.
  • Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha defeated the Lord of the Nine Hells, and the Nine Hells collapsed into the Abyss.
  • Aaron gained enough war primal force to ascend to godhood and immediately advanced to Greater Divine Power, choosing the Lord of the Sun class.
  • The Abyss's power transformed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva into the Hell-Not-Empty Accomplishment Buddha after he completed his Great Vow.
  • Silent Secret Master Buddha concealed the changed Abyss and trapped Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha, while Aaron revealed Vipassi Buddha as Charnel Grove Protector.
  • Aaron and three other Powerful Divine Powers surrounded Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha as the demon armies' allegiance shifted.

Ch. 1079Divine War (8000 8200 Supplement)

As Aaron’s intervention turned the Material Plane battle against the Esoteric Sect, he and his allies slew several powerful Buddhas in the Battlefield of Gods. The Scarlet Sun then blazed across the worlds, revealing that the final battle against Great Sun Tathagata was about to begin.

  • The allied defensive line began to collapse as Sith fought the Esoteric Sect, but Bright Buddha Mother’s oracle made Abbot Emptiness turn Snow Vulture Temple’s forces against the Esoteric Sect, prompting other armies to defect as well.
  • Aaron killed Namo Akashagarbha Dharma Buddha in the Abyss and brought Hell-Not-Empty Accomplishment Buddha and Charnel Grove Protector to the Battlefield of Gods.
  • The four Elemental Lords and Oak Father killed Great Black Heaven by trapping him in a temporary world formed from earth, fire, wind, and water.
  • Aaron used his Storytelling skill and domains against the battling gods, then destroyed White-Robed Dragon Queen Earth Mother and Fierce Wolf-Head Vajra Protector through their Seeds of the Great Sun.
  • Sith and the allied army defeated the remaining Esoteric Sect forces and celebrated victory, but the Scarlet Sun suddenly illuminated the worlds as Great Sun Tathagata’s power emerged.
  • Aaron told Oak Father that the final battle had begun and invited him and the other gods to ascend with him to Secret Treasury Heaven to slay Great Sun Tathagata’s true body.
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