"You are going to die today."
Cheng Xinzhan emerged from the wind and stood before the demonic monk's head.
The demonic monk's head flew up, trying to escape.
Cheng Xinzhan turned his hand over, and a gourd appeared in his palm. Flames rose from its mouth as it unleashed a powerful suction, drawing the demonic monk's head back.
More than that, the gourd flashed, pulling the demonic monk's primordial spirit from his spiritual seat. Under the gourd's pull, his golden primordial spirit rapidly shrank until it was only the size of a thumb, suspended directly above the gourd's mouth.
A flame burned over the gourd's mouth like a candle flame, locking the demonic monk's primordial spirit in place.
"But."
Cheng Xinzhan looked at the panicking little primordial spirit and said,
"If you answer my questions truthfully, I can let you reincarnate. I can find a patch of clean sand and bury your Śarīra there for you.
"But if you refuse to cooperate, I will burn your primordial spirit until not even ashes remain, then throw your Śarīra into a cesspit, leaving you forever unable to reincarnate or return to the Pure Land Buddha Kingdom."
The demon's primordial spirit stared at Cheng Xinzhan in terror, not knowing why such vicious words would come from his mouth.
The demon's primordial spirit sent out a powerful thought, expressing his willingness to cooperate in anything.
Cheng Xinzhan was not surprised that his threat worked so well.
Back when he was the Mountain Lord of Hu Tuo Cave on Heavenly Scabbard Mountain, he had read the scriptures left behind by Ancient Western Buddhism.
The sacred land of Ancient Western Buddhism was the Pure Land Buddha Kingdom. Legend said that golden sand covered the ground there, with a small world inside every grain.
Thus, followers of