Mighty Vajra! Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon!

Great Luo Dharma Incantation?

Upon hearing this, Lu Li didn't say a word. He rushed into the cultivation chamber, sat cross-legged, and entered a state of deep meditation.

Within his mind, those golden scriptures began to melt, coalescing and churning like boiling liquid gold.

It was as if something miraculous was about to be born!

Indeed!

Under the gaze of Lu Li's divine sense, a golden Buddha statue separated from the mass of liquid gold.

It was a bald Arhat with bulging, knotted muscles, eyes wide with a Vajra's fury, looking incredibly fierce and powerful!

One of its massive hands was held upright before its chest, thumb touching the middle finger, while the remaining three fingers stood straight like a mountain, ready to strike out at any moment and shatter the Great Thousand Worlds.

The entire golden Arhat seemed to embody all the strength in the world—infinitely powerful, peerlessly fierce, and capable of destroying everything.

Two words: Brutally explosive!

At this moment, another golden Buddha statue separated.

It was a Bodhisattva!

The Bodhisattva's manifestation was solemn and majestic, palms pressed together, standing atop a white elephant with eight golden dragons coiling and dancing around its body, exuding boundless might that struck terror into demons.

There were exactly eight golden dragons!

Simultaneously, two sacred and solemn incantations rang out, jolting Lu Li directly out of his meditative state.

"System!"

Lu Li immediately chanted silently, pulling up the system logs to review them:

Congratulations to the host. Your Great Luo Dharma Seal has gained great enlightenment from listening to the supreme Buddhist scriptures and has evolved into the Great Luo Dharma Incantation.

The first of the Eight Buddhas, the Great Strength Vajra Arhat Manifestation, has condensed.

You have learned the Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation. Current level: First Layer, Progress: 0%.

The second of the Eight Buddhas, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Manifestation, has condensed.

You have learned the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation. Current level: First Layer, Progress: 0%.

Due to a lack of materials, the condensation of the remaining six Buddhas failed.

You failed to learn the Dharma Incantations of the other Buddhas.

Your Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation and Indestructible Vajra Divine Art have found a natural affinity; they hit it off immediately and exchanged cultivation insights, increasing progress by 5%.

Your Great Might Heavenly Dragon, seeing that you practice demonic arts, has increased its cultivation in a fit of extreme rage, increasing progress by 5%.

Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation: Chanting it allows one to summon the Great Strength Vajra Arhat Manifestation to empower oneself and gain supreme strength.

Incantation: Great Strength Vajra, Great Luo Buddhas, World-Honored Amitabha, Prajna Bama Hum.

Current level: First Layer, Progress: 5%.

Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation: Chanting it allows one to summon the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Manifestation to subdue demons and slay ghosts.

Incantation: Great Might Heavenly Dragon, Great Luo Buddhas, World-Honored Amitabha, Prajna Bama Hum.

Current level: First Layer, Progress: 5%.

Good!

Seeing the final results, Lu Li couldn't help but beam with joy.

Without hesitation, he rose and darted out of the cultivation chamber, his figure ghost-like as he drifted upstairs.

Soon, he arrived at the second-floor training arena.

Standing before a slab of hard Black Steel Stone, Lu Li took a deep breath, clenched his fist, and rapidly chanted the incantation:

"Great Strength Vajra, Great Luo Buddhas, World-Honored Amitabha, Prajna Bama Hum!"

As he finished, a golden light flashed on the back of his right hand, and a small Great Strength Vajra Arhat Manifestation appeared.

Immediately, infinite strength surged out from the manifestation like a vast ocean, pouring into Lu Li's body.

Hah!

With a loud shout, Lu Li threw a violent punch.

BOOM!

Accompanied by a thunderous crash that could shatter mountains and split rocks, the three-foot-thick Black Steel Stone before him was blasted apart on the spot, shattering into pieces as debris flew in every direction.

It was as if it had been blown up by high explosives!

This single punch possessed fifty thousand jin of force!

"What a magnificent Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation! Just the first layer allows one to unleash double the strength!"

Lu Li retracted his fist, his face filled with excitement.

This Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation had eight layers: the first layer doubled strength, the second quadrupled it, the third octupled it... by the eighth layer, it would be two hundred and fifty-six times!

If he cultivated it to the later stages, wouldn't he be able to shatter mountains and crack the earth just by stomping his foot?

It was simply ferocious!

The only drawback was that it consumed mana a bit too quickly; a single punch drained a full third of his reserves.

But compared to the power it unleashed, that hardly mattered.

"If the first Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation is this powerful and mighty, I wonder how formidable the second, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation, truly is?"

Lu Li, unable to contain his anticipation, formed the Heavenly Dragon Seal.

He silently recited the incantation: "Great Might Heavenly Dragon, Great Luo Buddhas, World-Honored Maitreya, Prajna Paramita Hum!"

Rumble.

The mana within his body surged out like a dam breaking.

At the same time, a wave of heat rose from his back, and golden light flared as if a golden dragon were about to tear itself free from his skin and soar into the sky.

But in that very instant, Lu Li's body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

His mana had been completely drained!

Not a single drop remained!

The Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Dharma Manifestation still failed to manifest.

"This second Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation requires too much mana; I'll need to reach at least Foundation Establishment to summon it!" Lu Li stood up, looking somewhat exhausted.

Yet, he was filled with even more joy.

In this Demonic Sect, demonic cultivators were everywhere.

The Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Dharma Manifestation could subdue demons, slay ghosts, and cleanse filth; it was the natural nemesis of demonic cultivators.

With the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Dharma Manifestation protecting him, his chances of victory against any demonic enemies would increase significantly!

Furthermore, this Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation had eight levels; each level raised would allow him to summon an additional Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon.

Once cultivated to the highest level, the Eight Legions of Heavenly Dragons would sweep away all demons and ghosts, making him invincible!

Moreover, there were still six more incantations to follow!

Although the Buddha manifestations for these six had not yet condensed, they were likely even more powerful than the Great Vajra and Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon manifestations!

Unfortunately, it seemed these six incantations required special materials to condense.

Lu Li glanced at the system, but it provided no explanation.

Hm, this pattern?

Lu Li caught sight of the Great Vajra Dharma Manifestation on his hand and let out a startled sound, suddenly struck by a thought.

He grabbed a mirror and checked his back, discovering a pattern of a five-clawed golden dragon soaring through the sky.

"If the Great Luo Dharma Incantation is fully cultivated, could it be that the Great Vajra Arhat appears on my hand, the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva on my back, Guanyin on my left chest, Maitreya Buddha on my right, Dipankara Buddha on my waist, and the Buddha Ancestor on my chest?"

A strange thought suddenly popped into Lu Li's mind.

This... felt a bit like a gangster's tattoo.

"Forget it, don't bite off more than you can chew. I'll focus on mastering these two incantations first. System."

Lu Li cast aside his distracting thoughts and pulled up the system panel.

Host: Lu Li.
Realm: Qi Refining Third Layer.
Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation: Level 1 (5%).
Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation: Level 1 (5%).
Indestructible Vajra Divine Art: Level 3 (99%).
Blood-Devouring Heaven-Swallowing Art: Level 3 (1%).
White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm: Level 4 (99%).
Spirit Ghost Phantom Step: Level 4 (16%).

His realm was still too low!

With a low realm, even the best incantations couldn't be used!

His other martial arts couldn't be leveled up either.

Cultivate!

Lu Li's mood returned to a state of calm. Having made up his mind, he darted away in a few swift movements, returning to the underground cultivation chamber to begin his secluded training.

Of course, before starting his hard training, he read through all of Bai Jinfei's Buddhist scriptures and cultivation manuals.

His luck seemed to have run out.

There were no hidden techniques within these scriptures.

The cultivation manuals were all incomplete and impossible to learn.

With that, Lu Li set the scriptures and manuals aside and gave a light wave of his hand.

Om.

A flash of yellow light streaked by.

One hundred medium-grade spirit stones appeared on the stone slab of the Spirit Gathering Array.

The next moment, Lu Li didn't hesitate, placing all one hundred medium-grade spirit stones into the grooves of the Spirit Gathering Array.

With a low hum, a boom echoed.

The Spirit Gathering Array whirred to life, emitting rings of colorful light that enveloped all the medium-grade spirit stones and began the conversion process.

Very quickly, streams of dense spiritual energy seeped out from the array's patterns.

In just a few moments, the spiritual energy in the entire cultivation chamber became as thick as water.

This was all money!

Although Lu Li felt a pang of heartache, he couldn't worry about that now; he circulated the Blood-Devouring Heaven-Swallowing Art and began to devour the dense spiritual energy surrounding him.

Ding.

A crisp sound rang out in his mind:

"Your Blood-Devouring Heaven-Swallowing Art has devoured spiritual energy of extremely high purity, becoming gradually intoxicated and immensely delighted; cultivation efficiency increased by 2000%."

As expected!

The power of money is the greatest cheat!

Lu Li sighed inwardly, slowly closed his eyes, and began to cultivate at full speed.

At the same time, he did not forget to silently recite the Prajna Heart Sutra.

System notifications rang out incessantly:

"Your Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation has gained a slight insight from listening to the supreme Buddhist scripture; progress increased by 1%."

"Your Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation has gained a slight insight from listening to the supreme Buddhist scripture; progress increased by 1%."

"...progress +1%."

"...progress +1%."

"Your White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm wanted to teach the newcomer Great Strength Vajra Dharma Incantation and Great Might Heavenly Dragon Dharma Incantation a lesson, but ended up getting double-teamed, beaten until it questioned its own existence, fell into a state of self-isolation, and its cultivation regressed."