Above Heaven and Below Earth, I Alone Am Supreme

The tenth day as spoken of by the Buddha.

Three days.

Zhang Fusheng, who resembled a true spirit, lay quietly inside Nuwa's belly for three days.

He truly experienced what 'birth' meant.

On the first day, an unknown substance, beyond my comprehension, shaped my already deceased and meditative physical body.

The next day, something of an even higher level, seemingly comparable to the Merit Purple Qi, merged into the fetus's body.

Thus, Zhang Fusheng took another step closer to becoming a [Innate Being].

This "innate" refers to the innate state of being born naturally, rather than the Innate Great Realm.

By the third day.

"Life."

The fetus in his womb murmured these two words, and he could feel that he was directly encountering a profound and mysterious Dao.

He could feel even more strongly that his status as the [Ancestor of Humanity] was quietly being elevated.

Wa was not the actual [Empress Nüwa Empress.

Wa was merely a creation made by Zhang Fusheng, who only gained a soul and self-will after incorporating supreme divinity.

She was like a blank sheet of paper, like a newborn baby, only knowing that Zhang Fusheng was her creator.

And at this moment, she is pregnant with Zhang Fusheng.

The two are just like the Tai Chi Yin-Yang diagram, which is connected to each other and has no beginning or end. They rotate and cycle, and each other is the beginning and the end.

Zhang Fusheng is the creator of Nuwa, and Nuwa is the gestator of Zhang Fusheng. In a sense, they created each other, forming a perfect closed loop.

But.

Although Wa is not Empress [Empress Nüwa], she is Soul Spirit born from the supreme divinity belonging to Empress [Empress Nüwa].

She is both.

At least

In terms of personhood, it is.

Therefore.

The fetus growing in her womb was just as if the real Empress Nüwa herself had conceived it—at least in terms of status.

"Pity."

The fetus in the womb sighed softly. Nuwa's status resembled that of the Empress Nüwa, but her soul and body were not the same.

Otherwise, I would probably have been born with the physical body of a great power, Great Divine Ability User, or even a celestial being!

His eldest son, born of Nuwa herself.

But even so,

There is still an indescribable, mysterious substance that gradually permeates and integrates with the fetus as it develops and grows.

Zhang Fusheng is getting closer and closer to the Innate Being.

The status of humanity's ancestor is still evolving.

After midnight.

The fetus opened its eyes and murmured softly:

"It's time for me to be born."

"It's the tenth day."

From the heavens, Kong Shentong glanced at the moon overhead and spoke in a deep voice:

"I have a feeling that things might change today."

The All Gods all fell silent, their gazes fixed on the Chongyang World, on the single sapling in the city.

The saplings radiate Buddha Light Buddhist Rhyme; with each gust of wind, they grow taller and stronger.

Ten days later, the saplings could no longer be called saplings; they resembled real towering trees.

And at this very moment.

Followers of various religions and sects in the city were also invited and gathered in this spacious square.

"So many Celestial Person!"

Inside the Executive Building, Hu Zhongli observed the scene below through the window, his heart filled with unease.

Heavenly principles, ancient sages, myriad gods, Mandala, and also Western Sect and East Cult.

At this moment, almost all the Celestial Person who had infiltrated the Lost World were raised.

Each sect has seven or eight Divine Walker here!

Those were fifty Celestial Person.

This is almost enough power to overthrow an entire province!

Standing to the side, Li Guoquan spoke in a low voice:

"They actually accepted the invitation and gathered here, all waiting."

"If the Buddha, who is said to be born today, possesses supreme power, they will worship and pay homage to him."

"But what if one doesn't possess such great power?"

Hu Zhongli, standing to the side, raised an eyebrow and continued the conversation:

"Then they will launch a massive hunt to target that Buddha."

"The various religions and sects probably never communicated with each other, yet they all reached a tacit understanding."

After pausing for a moment, Hu Zhongli took a deep breath:

"There's been no movement from Chang'an Town. I dare not imagine what would happen if all the Heavenly Human Level beings gathered in Chang'an Town came here."

Both of them fell silent, and at that moment they both thought of a very serious problem.

Each religion, with its gathering of several Celestial Person, is likely capable of invoking Grand Sacrifice, let alone summoning deities to descend.

But at least, it is able to draw upon the power of a large number of deities.

In other words.

At this moment, below.

Every sect is almost equivalent to a true [venerable one]!!

These were perhaps originally prepared for the struggle against the Sea-Calming Divine Needle Iron, but now, they have been revealed because of the Buddha who spoke of his birth today!

Silence.

Li Guoquan suddenly asked:

"The group that came with the porcelain doll have all left the city by now, leaving only a Yellow-toothed Old Man and that Banished Immortal- like girl behind."

"However, a question suddenly occurred to me."

Hu Zhongli glanced sideways and asked in confusion:

"What's the problem?"

He heard Li Guoquan murmur:

"Where is that 'Sea-Calming Divine Needle Iron' now? There's a rumor that it's in Yuan Feidao's hands."

"He was Chen Daoling's master and Zhang Fusheng's grandmaster—where is he now?"

Hu Zhongli paused for a moment, then shook his head.

As he shook his head, a commotion arose below.

Hu Zhongli and Li Guoquan looked through the glass, their pupils shrinking in shock—it was that tree!

The Buddha tree, which sprouted just ten days ago and has now grown into a towering tree, is radiating light!

"Look at the tree!" Li Guoquan exclaimed in surprise.

Hu Zhongli, along with the powerful figures from various sects standing below, all looked towards the Buddha tree.

It can be seen on the treetop that a single fruit has formed, though it is unclear when.

The fruit was gradually swelling and glowing.

A vast and profound Buddhist Rhyme emanates from it!

"It's coming!" Hu Zhongli exclaimed in surprise.

Meanwhile, in some corner of the city.

A person dressed in black robes gazed at the Buddha tree and murmured:

Could it be Shakyamuni Tathagata?

"No, no, such a being couldn't possibly return so soon."

The figure shrouded in black robes narrowed its eyes:

"But if it wasn't Shakyamuni Tathagata who would have been born? An incarnation of Him? Or is this His preparation for His true return? Or perhaps..."

The figure recalled the Dao De Jing that had once resonated throughout the world.

The scriptures he read that day terrified him so much that he almost sealed himself away in the depths of the starry sky.

But later, the more I thought about it, the less it seemed right.

Is it really [Lao Tzu]?

Is he truly [Taishang]?

How could that be?

An existence of Lao Tzu's stature could not possibly have returned so easily. He is either an imposter or simply someone who was destined to follow the Destiny Event of leaving Hangu Pass to the west.

If my guess is true

The so-called Buddha to be born today will certainly not be the true Shakyamuni Tathagata, is that not true?

The figure lightly licked its lips, its breathing becoming somewhat rapid.

"What would happen if I ate the newborn Buddha?"

"Does this mean that the Tathagata can no longer truly return to the Pure Land?"

"I really want to try it!"

The figure's voice grew increasingly deep, and the dark, eerie aura emanating from him became even more intense.

Returning early, I found fortuitous opportunity everywhere!

He was prepared to devour the infant Buddha—unless, in the true form, Shakyamuni Buddha.

Waiting, waiting.

The shadowy figure gazed at the Bodhi Tree, noticed the Bodhi fruit on the tree, and suddenly it fell to the ground.

The entire Double Ninth Festival was deathly silent at this moment, and even the gods in the heavens unconsciously stretched their necks.

Time passed second by second,

As the first rays of sunlight break through the dawn.

'Click!'

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the huge Bodhi fruit.

Celestial Person, and even the gods beyond the heavens, were focused intently, and the shadowy figures began to approach, licking their lips.

"Eat him"

"Buddha's Infant."

The fruit continued to split open.

There was no earth-shattering divine light, nor any extraordinary phenomena.

"A snake?"

From within the shattered fruit, half a snake's body could be seen emerging, leaving countless Celestial Person and deities stunned.

Even the shadowy figure was surprised:

"How could it be a snake? Where is Buddha's infant?"

He frowned, preparing to make his move; he intended to stealthily remove the snake from the fruit.

It was at this moment that the fruit split open completely.

The scene within is fully revealed.

"Ha??"

The compassionate Buddhist disciple was astonished, staring wide-eyed at the 'snake,' or rather, the 'person,' inside the fruit.

To be more precise.

She was a creature that was half human and half snake, a woman of unparalleled beauty, with her belly swollen high, as if she were ten months pregnant.

The shadowy figure, about to strike, suddenly stopped.

"Hmm? This looks familiar."

He looked at it, then looked at it again.

His body stiffened on the spot, sweat pouring down his forehead in large drops.

Then came the cold air.

A chill burst forth from my tailbone, instantly rushing to the back of my head, leaving my entire body tingling and numb!

"Oh my god."

The shadowy figure let out a low, almost groaning whisper, then spoke blankly:

"Yes, it is [Wa]."

He shivered, and his legs went weak.

That's right.

It's Nuwa!!

What grew out of the fruit was Nuwa!!!

The shadowy figure was so frightened that it almost turned to flee, but it stopped abruptly, its heart pounding.

He wanted to see what was going on.

"Why Nuwa??"

A profound sense of unease wasn't just lingering in the mind of the shadowy figure.

Many onlookers were also stunned.

Is this half-human, half-snake, stunningly beautiful woman the Buddha incarnate?

"Wrong!"

Someone shouted:

"She's pregnant, it's her baby?"

All eyes turned to the half-human, half-snake woman, who then slowly opened her eyes.

Almost the instant she opened her eyes.

Mortal, Great Grandmaster, Innate Great Realm, Celestial Person

Every single person.

Without exception, every single person, even the gods from beyond the heavens, and even the two Great Divine Ability User.

Anyone who is human, anyone who is gazing at this place.

Unable to resist, they prostrated themselves before the half-human, half-snake woman.

It was not due to coercion by some force.

Rather, it is an indelible and irresistible primal impulse that comes from the depths of the heart and spirit!

"She, she"

The few remaining Old Niu that hadn't prostrated themselves stood bewildered in the sky, and upon seeing Kong Shentong kneeling below, they spoke in a daze:

"She is... the mother?"

Kong Shentong didn't know why he uttered the word 'mother'—it just came out of his mouth.

It seems that's As It Naturally Is.

At this moment, all was quiet between heaven and earth.

All who gaze upon it, all who live, are in worship.

Even the shadowy figures were now prostrate on the ground, large drops of sweat falling from their foreheads, their minds completely blank.

"It really is Nuwa," he murmured softly.

And it was at this very moment.

The woman, half-snake and half-human, worshipped by countless people, suddenly clutched her enormous belly.

The skin cracked open little by little, and at that moment, a deep and majestic Brahma Chant resounded, and a ray of Buddha Light pierced out from the abdomen!

"Whoa--waa!"

A loud cry.

The prostrate figures struggled against the Buddha Light, looking towards the source of the weeping.

The woman's torn abdomen had healed and shriveled up at some point, and in her arms she held a newborn baby.

The first cry of the infant was accompanied by the vast Buddhist Chants.

As the baby cried for the second time, golden lotuses began to bloom all over the ground.

As the baby cried for the third time, countless Buddha Light rained down from the sky, a golden river flowed from south to north, and celestial flowers Immortal Flower drifted down.

Then, the baby stopped crying for the third time. He, who had been lying in his mother's arms, suddenly sat cross-legged, and his extremely tender face had a solemn and dignified appearance!

Under the horrified gazes of countless eyes.

The newborn baby, who had stopped crying after three cries, jumped from its mother's arms to the ground.

"Slow down," Nuwa whispered.

The infant remained silent, its countenance solemn and dignified, only clumsily taking its first steps.

With each step, a wondrous lotus flower and a golden spring were created!

He took seven steps in each of the four directions—east, west, south, and north—creating forty-nine lotus blossoms and forty-nine golden springs.

Then came a smile, revealing great compassion, purity, wisdom, and light.

It was at this moment.

The infant's face showed neither sorrow nor joy; he sighed with compassion and uttered a word of boundless mercy.

Then he spoke:

"The common people call me [Tathagata], and the believers call me [World Honored One]."

A gentle voice emanated from here, resounding throughout Chongyang, and then spread to a radius of eight hundred miles, encompassing the entire Chongyang World!

In Chang'an Town, many powerful figures pricked up their ears, listening to the Buddhist Chants that were spreading.

Tathagata, World Honored One?

Some people gasped as they heard the Buddhist Chants still ringing out.

Their cries were so loud, echoing from the Sea of Suffering to the other shore, and so—

"So I came, returning from the other shore to the Sea of Suffering. Since all living beings have no raft, I will come to save them."

As the infant narrated, he reached out, pointing to the sky, and then reached out again, touching the earth.

He pointed one finger to the sky and touched the ground with the other.

Like the sounds of morning bells and evening drums, it began to ring out.

"Above and below heaven, I alone am supreme."

The Buddhist Chants was vast and profound, as if it were perfectly natural and as it should be.

The heavens and earth trembled.