I Am Also a Mortal World Immortal

The Weeping Blood Wasteland stretched out, a sinister fortress built of piled bones crouching like a giant beast, exhaling a sky-filling torrent of blood fiend resentment.

Ming Xin charged alone toward the fortress, his figure dwarfed by the vast wasteland and the towering demonic aura that surged to the heavens.

Yet he carried a sharp, unyielding edge, like a blade aimed straight at the heart of a festering wound.

"Enemy attack!!"

On the fortress walls, alert demonic birds shrieked piercingly, and countless bloodthirsty, savage gazes locked onto Ming Xin in an instant.

Arrows flew like locusts, wrapped in demonic fire and venomous miasma, tearing through the blood-colored mist as they rained down! Several demonic generals, their auras fierce and comparable to early Taiyi, roared as they leaped into the air, swinging giant axes and bone clubs, stirring up a bloody wind as they smashed down from above!

Ming Xin's eyes were ice-cold, without a moment's pause.

"Whoever blocks my path to severing karma shares the same crime!"

The White Bone Life-Death Sword shot from its sheath! No flashy sword technique, only a single, condensed to the extreme, deathly pale, silent sword light that seemed capable of cutting through time itself!

"One sword, Life and Destruction!"

Riiip—!

Where the sword light passed, the dense arrows and demonic fire vanished as if erased by an invisible force, silently annihilated!

The two demonic generals in the lead, along with their giant axes and bone clubs, froze mid-motion, then their bodies split open from the center, the wounds showing no blood.

Only a dead, ashen gray remained, as if all life force had been utterly severed in an instant! Their corpses fell limply.

But more attacks were already upon him! A torrent of spells, claws and fangs, filthy curses... surged from all directions, instantly drowning Ming Xin!

"Buddha-Demon Dharma Form, manifest!"

Boom!!!

A towering Buddha-demon giant shadow tore open heaven and earth! The left half, a Buddha body, held a flower, Nirvana Buddha Light shining everywhere, purifying evil;

the right half, a demonic body, roared, chaotic demonic energy surging skyward, tearing apart all laws! One hundred and eight phantom Buddha-demon artifacts circled and struck, blasting the incoming attacks to pieces, annihilating them!

"White Bone Life-Death Myriad Buddhas Kingdom, open!"

A terrifying domain vision exploded outward with Ming Xin at its center! A vast expanse of white bone ground spread, piercing and crushing the demon soldiers who rushed into the domain! Beneath the ashen, silent sky and the pitch-black demonic energy vortex, countless phantom nirvana demon-buddhas cycled through life and destruction, chanting killing sutras, forcibly dragging the souls of demon soldiers into the cycle of life and death to be ground to dust!

At the center, the Dark Gold Killing Buddha Wheel turned slowly, suppressing everything, weakening the myriad demons!

Ming Xin stood at the domain's core, the white bone sword in hand, like a death god walking through his own kingdom.

Every flash of the sword light claimed a demonic general or a large swath of demon soldiers, turning them to ash. Nirvana Buddha Light and demonic energy flowed with his will, purifying filth and tearing apart defenses.

Yet the demon soldiers within the fortress seemed endless, further empowered by the dense blood fiend resentment, ferocious beyond measure.

The late Taiyi aura lurking in the fortress's deepest depths remained steady, watching the slaughter outside with a cat-and-mouse mockery, as if waiting for Ming Xin to exhaust himself.

The battle fell into a stalemate. Though Ming Xin's sword techniques and divine abilities were powerful, the sheer number of demon soldiers, bolstered by the fortress's formations and terrain, launched a frenzied counterattack.

His magic power drained rapidly, fresh cracks appeared on his White Bone True Body, and his gray hemp robe was soaked through with demon blood. Beyond the domain, the tide of demons stretched endlessly.

"When will this slaughter end?" A thought flickered through his mind. Even if he killed every demon before him, could he truly sever all the primordial sin of this wasteland?

Under the great kalpa, where was there not a sea of blood? In essence, what difference was there between his killing and the Wu and Yao on the battlefield? Was it all just for "protecting life"?

Just as his mind wavered, the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture, burning with dark gold nirvana flames within his sea of consciousness, suddenly trembled violently!

The scripture's light blazed, countless killing runes crazily combined, shattered, and reformed!

An even colder, purer, more extreme killing intent, like a sleeping ancient fierce beast, abruptly awakened from the deepest part of his soul!

It was not the killing born of anger, nor the killing born of hatred, but an absolute will that disregarded everything, existing solely for "killing" itself!

[Ding! Detected host's extreme killing intent resonating with the core of the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture! Triggering a riot of the fundamental Killing Law! Deduction in progress... Deduction complete!]

[Comprehended fundamental killing divine ability: Myriad Killing Art!]

[Core principle: Kill! Kill! Kill! Using Killing to Stop Killing! Slay all myriad karmic sins!

Kill out a clear and bright world! Kill until no one dares to create karma!

Kill until heaven and earth fall silent! I was never an exalted god or Buddha, needing no hypocritical compassion! I am the killing kalpa itself! Attain the Dao through killing! Protect life... through killing!]

Boom—!!!

Ming Xin's eyes were instantly flooded with endless, dark red Color of Slaughter! The Nirvana Buddha Flame in his left eye and the Demon Abyss vortex in his right eye both transformed into the purest, coldest killing intent!

The aura around him shifted abruptly, no longer a contradictory fusion of Buddha and demon, but a terrifying incarnation existing purely for "killing"!

"Myriad Killing... Art!"

He uttered three icy words, like the sound of the great Dao, yet containing only the true meaning of the single word "kill"!

He no longer executed exquisite sword techniques, no longer maintained his vast domain. Simply, he gripped the White Bone Life-Death Sword.

And then, swung it forward!

A killing sword qi, its color beyond description, surged forward like a tide of annihilation!

Where it passed, space did not shatter—it was directly "killed"! Reduced to an absolute, dead void!

The demonic soldiers and generals surging forward—along with their attacks, the protective demonic light around them, the weapons in their hands, and even the very "traces" of their existence—

All of it, the moment it touched this Killing Sword Qi, was utterly annihilated! Not shattered, not purified, but "killed" and "erased" from the very concept of existence!

One sword, clearing ten thousand zhang ahead! Whether entity or energy, matter or soul—all were slain!

The fortress's defensive formation, fragile as paper before this absolute will of "kill," collapsed in an instant!

Ming Xin stepped forward, advancing. With each step, he swung his sword.

"Myriad Killing Art!"

"Myriad Killing Art!"

"Myriad Killing Art!"

No screams, no resistance—only silent annihilation and absolute dead silence!

He moved like an icy killing machine, using the purest, most domineering method to forcibly "kill" a path straight to the fortress's core!

Wherever he passed, all things were slain, leaving only nothingness!

Deep within the fortress, the Demon King at the Taiyi peak could no longer sit still. It let out a roar of shock and fury, and a vast demonic force, mixed with the blood-karmic resentment of countless devoured souls, surged forth.

It coalesced into a monstrous claw that blotted out the sky, reaching out from the fortress's depths to grab Ming Xin! The claw's wind tore through the void, and wailing resentful souls coiled around it!

Ming Xin looked up, his killing-filled eyes fixed on the claw.

"Wretch... you deserve death!"

He abandoned his sword, raised his right hand, and spread his fingers. On that palm, neither Buddha light nor Demonic Energy appeared, but countless densely packed, dark red Killing Law runes emerged!

"Myriad Killing... Palm!"

A palm struck out!

No sound, no clash of light. The moment the terrifying claw touched Ming Xin's palm seal—

It was as if thrown into absolute zero ice. All its power, all its resentment, all its existence, was instantly "killed," frozen, and then scattered as the finest dust!

Even the Demon King's shocked true body behind it, struck by this "kill" will spreading along karmic ties, was heavily wounded, letting out a miserable shriek!

Ming Xin stepped into the fortress's core and saw the lurking Demon King—a massive Ancient Poisonous Flood Dragon, its body covered in filthy blood scales, a single horn on its head radiating resentment ripples!

It coiled in a vast blood pool, within which countless suffering souls floated, writhing in agony.

"Die!" Ming Xin wasted no words. He pushed the Myriad Killing Art's will to its limit and pointed a finger! At the fingertip, the ultimate essence of "kill" condensed, aimed at the Flood Dragon's brow!

The Flood Dragon's eyes blazed with despair and madness. It suddenly opened its massive maw, not to attack—

But to spit out a filthy Demonic Core, condensed from its lifelong cultivation and the essence of countless devoured souls, hurtling toward Ming Xin!

At the same time, its colossal body exploded, attempting to self-destruct its demonic soul and drag Ming Xin down with it!

"Hmph!" Ming Xin snorted coldly. The Myriad Killing Art's will formed an invisible barrier. The filthy Demonic Core struck the barrier, and as if meeting its bane, the resentment and karmic obstacles clinging to it were instantly "killed."

The core's light dimmed rapidly! And the terrifying energy from the Flood Dragon's self-destruction, within the domain of the Myriad Killing Art, was forcibly "strangled" for the most part, failing to fully erupt!

In the end, Ming Xin's finger shattered the lusterless Demonic Core. The residual finger force pierced through the void, utterly annihilating the Flood Dragon's fleeing remnant soul!

The fortress's core fell silent in an instant. Only the souls in the blood pool continued to wail silently.

Ming Xin stood by the blood pool, the icy killing will around him slowly receding, revealing once more his eyes woven with Nirvana and Demon Abyss.

He looked at the twisted faces in the blood pool, feeling their endless pain and despair.

Though the Myriad Killing Art was mighty, merciless in slaughter, capable of cutting down evil beings, it could not liberate these tormented souls. The ultimate "kill" seemed to have reached a dead end.

He was silent for a moment, then slowly extended his hand—not to unleash a killing technique, but to gently press toward the filthy blood pool.

Just as his palm was about to touch the polluted blood, Aberration Regeneration struck!

The souls struggling in the blood, the broken spirits devoured and tortured by the Flood Dragon for who knows how many years—

Their extreme pain, despair, unwillingness, and their longing for life, their memories of warmth...

A torrent of the most primal, most intense emotions belonging to "living beings" surged like a breached dam, flooding into Ming Xin's sea of consciousness through his palm!

This was not an attack, but... resonance!

Ming Xin's body trembled violently! He was not an emotionless spirit treasure; he too had a soul!

Deep in his soul were etched the regret and unwillingness of his past life, dying to save a girl.

Etched were the pain and struggle of endless years eroded by Demonic Energy before his Form Transformation, and his stubborn clinging to "life," his belief in "protection"!

At this moment, the "Suffering of the Mortal World" from countless souls in the fortress resonated fiercely with the "Human Emotions" deep in his own soul!

The Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture spun wildly again!

But this time, it no longer drew on the Killing Origin. Instead, it began to frantically absorb and analyze this surging, vast torrent of "mortal world" emotional energy!

[Ding! Detected extreme mortal world emotional impact! Resonating with host's "human" origin trait! Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture passively evolving...]

[Comprehended Law: Red Dust Law!]

[Comprehended Divine Ability: Great Red Dust Palm Seal!]

[Core Principle: I was never an exalted god or Buddha! I came from the mortal world, and to the mortal world I shall return!]

[The palm holds ten thousand miles of the mortal world, the myriad faces of sentient beings, the warmth and cold of reincarnation—all within a single palm! To ferry others and ferry the heart is to see the true self!]

Weng—!

On the palm Ming Xin pressed toward the blood pool, the scene shifted abruptly! No longer killing runes, but bizarre, dazzling illusions emerged!

There was the clamor of the marketplace, love and hate, joy and sorrow, birth, aging, sickness, death, separation and reunion...

As if the vast mortal world, the myriad states of human life, the warmth and cold of reincarnation, were all compressed into a single palm!

He pressed down with that palm, sinking it into the filthy blood pool!

No earth-shattering explosion, no Buddha light to purify the evil.

Only a silent infiltration, like spring returning to the earth, ice and snow melting away.

The filthy blood, under the palm force containing the myriad states of the mortal world and the warmth and cold of reincarnation, Seemed to be granted the "journey" of life, rapidly "experiencing" purification, sedimentation, sublimation... The suffering living souls in the pool, Their twisted faces gradually calmed, their mad wails turned into peaceful sighs. They seemed to see their own lives within that single palm, Their final obsessions resolved, they transformed into specks of pure, warm spiritual light, rising from the blood pool like fireflies, Circling Ming Xin several times, carrying gratitude and release, they dissipated between heaven and earth, re-entering reincarnation.

The blood pool became a pool of clear, sweet dew, exuding a faint lotus fragrance.

The lingering resentment and Sha Qi within the entire fortress, under this Mortal World Palm, quietly dissipated like a gentle breeze, leaving only a tranquil peace.

Ming Xin stared blankly at his own palm, feeling the lingering aura of the mortal world and the artistic conception of reincarnation.

This palm did not kill, did not destroy, yet it ferried all grievances and dissolved all filth.

"Mortal world... sentient beings..." he murmured to himself. The Myriad Killing Art was the extreme of the Dao, severing everything. But this Red Dust Law was the other side of the Dao—embracing all, understanding all, ferrying all.

Just as he was comprehending this newly born law, the purest thoughts of gratitude, release, and blessing from the liberated living souls before they dissipated, Did not vanish completely. Instead, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, they trickled into his body, merging into his Magic Power, nourishing his Primordial Spirit!

This power was pure, warm, full of Life Force, completely different from his original cold, grim, nirvana-like killing power, Yet it merged perfectly, making his strength more rounded, deeper, as if imbued with the thickness of life itself!

"This is..." Ming Xin's heart shook, a new realization surged within him.

"If the rivers and seas won't ferry you, if heaven and earth won't ferry you... I will!"

"With my power, I ferry all the world's grievances, resolve all beings' worries... This 'ferrying' can also become my strength!"

"This is... the Immortal Crossing Art!"

[Ding! Host realizes the true meaning of "Ferrying," triggering one of the ultimate mysteries of the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture! Deduction in progress...]

[Comprehended the core heart technique: Immortal Crossing Art!]

[Core concept: Killing is for protection, ferrying is compassion.

Use killing to stop karma, use ferrying to settle the heart.

Ferry all the world's calamities, and my Dao becomes true.

The Power of Salvation feeds back into the self, becoming supreme Merit Immortal Power!]

Hong!

Ming Xin's aura surged again! Not a realm breakthrough, but a qualitative change in his Magic Power!

Into his original cold, grim gray-white Nirvana Magic Power, warm, vibrant pale-gold Merit Immortal Power merged!

Killing and compassion, Nirvana and Life Force—these two extreme powers achieved a higher level of balance and fusion within him!

His foundation became unprecedentedly solid and profound! In the center of the Dark Gold Killing Buddha Wheel on his brow, within the Killing Buddha Dharma Image's phantom hand, Beside the Nirvana Killing Sword, a faint phantom of a budding green lotus, radiating a soft Power of Salvation, now appeared!

Killing is for protecting life, severing karma is not severing people.

The Myriad Killing Art severs all obstacles!

The Mortal World Palm ferries the human heart!

The Immortal Crossing Art gathers merit!

Ming Xin stood in the empty, silent fortress, his aura round and restrained, yet containing the supreme power to sever karma, ferry the mortal world, and transcend Nirvana.

His Dao, through countless killings and redemptions, had finally reached perfection!

His gaze pierced through the fortress toward Buzhou Mountain, where Sha Qi surged to the heavens and the killing tribulation raged.

His steps grew even more resolute.

The sword in his hand could sever karma, but also protect life.

The power in his palm could destroy, but also ferry others.

On this journey to Buzhou Mountain, he would face the core of the great tribulation with this newly perfected Dao!