[If Reincarnation Fails, I Vow Never to Become Emperor; When All Beings Are Saved, I Shall Ascend to Immortality]

"Brat, you're courting death! We fear the Heavenly Tribulation, but that doesn't mean we can't deal with you!"

The three old monsters flew into a rage. They belonged to Jiang Taixu's generation and had lived for four thousand years. Once, they had roamed the Eastern Wasteland unchecked; now, they had even cultivated king-level Divine Sense. Who dared show them such disrespect?

A cultivator of the Four Secret Realms, relying on a few extraordinary treasures, actually thought he could bring them to heel.

"Those who seek reincarnation come with devout and sincere hearts, leaving the mortal world only to journey toward Rebirth."

Lin Xian waved the Human Emperor Banner as he bathed in lightning. Faith Power formed a halo behind his head, and he declared, "I wish to save all living beings. It is a pity that you, in your ignorance, cannot understand compassion."

"The supreme, profound, subtle, wondrous Dharma is hard to encounter in hundreds of thousands of kalpas. Now that I have seen, heard, received, and upheld it, I wish to understand the Human Emperor's true meaning."

"From this day forth, through hundreds of thousands of kalpas and countless millions of years, in every world and every universe beneath the heavens, I vow to rescue all suffering beings burdened by sin. I shall lead them away from the mortal world's delusions and dreams of right and wrong, guide them through reincarnation to Rebirth, and halve their sins upon the road to the Yellow Springs."

"Only when all who bear such karmic punishment have attained Rebirth shall I become an Immortal Emperor."

"If reincarnation fails, I vow never to become emperor. When all beings are saved, I shall ascend to immortality."

Rumble! The sea of lightning churned, and the Heavenly Tribulation grew still more imposing. The Great Universe seemed to