"Are you planning to use these eminent monks for your tribulation substitution?" Shen Luo asked with a frown.
"To think a mere Out-of-Body Stage cultivator would know about tribulation substitution! Heh heh, you are correct. I intend to have them face the tribulation in my stead. It is their supreme honor." Lin Da sounded somewhat surprised as he chuckled.
"Hmph, the Heavenly Dao is impartial. Your sins of slaughter run deep. In the end, you cannot escape heavenly punishment," Shen Luo rebuked him.
"The Heavenly Dao is impartial... Hahaha! Knowing that my Ghost Dao arts were intolerable to the Heavenly Dao, I suppressed my true nature to prepare for the heavenly tribulation, taking on the guise of a Chan master and practicing Buddhism for a hundred years. Throughout that time, I committed no slaughter and sincerely performed good deeds, thinking I could dispel my karmic obstacles. Who knew the merit I cultivated would prove a castle in the air, powerless to offset my sins of slaughter? Since the Heavenly Dao refuses to let me atone through good deeds, then let it do as it pleases. Now these dozens of virtuous, eminent monks will suffer heavenly punishment alongside me. Let us see how the Heavenly Dao remains impartial! Hahaha..." Lin Da laughed wildly.
"Your practice of Buddhist teachings may have been genuine, and so may your good deeds. But if your beginning was rooted in false virtue, how could its fruit possibly be true? No wonder, when I saw you that day, red light glimmered within the Buddha light surrounding you. Yours was never a true body of merit," Shen Luo sneered.
"After all that talk, what can a puny Out-of-Body Stage cultivator like you do to me?" Lin Da remained unconcerned.
As he spoke, he abruptly spread his hands. His