Deducing a Cultivation Method (Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture)

Mount Sumeru in The West, though it was The West's ancestral vein, had been ravaged by the conflict between Dao and demons and polluted by Rahula's Demonic Energy. It was far less spiritually refined than immortal mountains and blessed lands such as Kunlun and Buzhou in the east.

The mountain range was majestic, yet it carried a trace of desolation. Its spiritual energy was thin and mixed, laced with a baleful demonic aura that was difficult to eradicate.

Jieyin and Zhunti's cultivation grounds stood atop the mountain. They were not magnificent palaces of gold and jade, but two ancient, unadorned Stone Halls that exuded an air of Nirvana, resilience, and wisdom.

Yet within the Stone Halls lay another world. Opened up through Sage means, they contained their own heaven and earth. Clear light flowed within, faint Buddhist chants echoed, and the poverty and filth of the outside world were shut away.

Though simple, they possessed a pure and solemn Dao charm of their own.

Ming Xin followed his two masters into the main hall. The hall was empty, with only three plain meditation cushions in the center.

Jieyin and Zhunti gestured for Ming Xin to sit. The two exchanged a glance, and a rare, awkward flush appeared on both their gaunt, weathered faces.

Daoist Jieyin coughed dryly. The sorrow on his face deepened, and his voice carried an almost imperceptible strain. "Ming Xin, my disciple... according to the customs of the Primordial World, when a master accepts a disciple—

especially a Founding Disciple as extraordinarily talented and richly blessed as you, they should bestow a protective spiritual treasure as a gift upon accepting you..."

Daoist Zhunti took over. Even the compassionate smile on his face was becoming difficult to maintain, and his tone held a trace of helplessness. "However... The West is impoverished. After the war between Dao and demons—

our vitality was gravely damaged, our Spiritual Veins withered, and heavenly treasures became difficult to find... Your master and your second master..." He paused, apparently feeling that the word "poor" was too blunt, and changed his phrasing. "...our assets are, well... not particularly abundant.

"As for this gift for becoming our disciple..."

Before he could finish, Ming Xin already understood. He looked at the two figures who were renowned throughout the Primordial World and destined to become Sages in the future.

Yet now, they wore embarrassed expressions because they could not produce a suitable gift for their disciple. Far from feeling any contempt or dissatisfaction, Ming Xin's heart was filled with warmth and respect.

These were true masters who devoted themselves wholeheartedly to The West!

He abruptly rose and gave his two masters a deep bow, his tone sincere and resolute. "Masters, that is not right!

"This disciple, Ming Xin, was born here, raised here, and underwent Form Transformation from the tainted earth veins of The West. How could I not know the hardships of The West?

"Spiritual treasures are merely external tools for protecting the Dao. This disciple's true body is already the supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, the 'Slaughter Buddha Seal.' It is more than sufficient for offense and defense!

"To enter beneath the tutelage of both masters, receive your instruction, and hear the Great Dao is this disciple's greatest fortune. It surpasses ten thousand spiritual treasures of the Primordial World! Masters, please do not trouble yourselves over this!"

These words came straight from his heart, firm and resounding.

Jieyin and Zhunti both trembled upon hearing them! Looking at the tall, upright disciple before them, at his clear and steadfast gaze, his utterly sincere understanding, and the reverence flowing from his heart—

it was like the warmest spring water, instantly washing away the frustration and embarrassment born of their poverty.

In Daoist Jieyin's eyes, which bore the sorrows of countless ages, there faintly glimmered a trace of moisture so slight it was almost imperceptible. His lips moved, but in the end, only a low, emotional sigh emerged. "My disciple... Ming Xin..."

Daoist Zhunti was even more moved. His lean face was full of comfort and emotion as he heavily slapped his knee. "Good! What a 'surpasses ten thousand spiritual treasures'! Ming Xin, my disciple, with such a disposition, why would you fear failing to attain the Great Dao?

"Your master and second master will remember this sentiment!" He looked at Jieyin, and their gazes met as their thoughts aligned. They had accepted the right disciple! This gift for accepting him as a disciple would definitely be made up for in the future—and it would be the very best!

"A gift from one's elders must not be refused. Though we have no spiritual treasures, teaching the Dao and imparting cultivation is a master's duty."

Daoist Jieyin composed himself. The sorrow on his face eased somewhat, replaced by solemnity. He formed sword fingers, and together with Daoist Zhunti, pointed forward!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two strands of faint light shot forth. One was desolate and profound, like the ashes left behind by Nirvana; the other was harmonious and wise, like the dawn breaking over the horizon. They instantly entered Ming Xin's brow!

In an instant, a torrent of scriptures as vast as a sea of stars and as profound as the Heavenly Dao flooded into Ming Xin's sea of consciousness!

Great Nirvana Bright Scripture! Jieyin's foundational cultivation method! It expounded the supreme method of Nirvana and extinction, crossing the sea of suffering, illuminating ignorance, and attaining eternal light!

As the scriptures flowed, it was as though countless Buddhas were chanting amid Nirvana, guiding the path to Transcendence.

Great Nirvana Supreme Scripture! Zhunti's foundational cultivation method! It expounded the emptiness of all phenomena, unobstructed wisdom, and the wondrous truth of using a Nirvana heart to enact great vows, shattering all delusions and attaining supreme Bodhi!

Every word was a jewel, shining with the light of wisdom, seemingly capable of perceiving the origin of all laws.

The two Sage foundational cultivation methods were branded into the depths of Ming Xin's soul without reservation! They were priceless treasures!

They were keys to the Primordial Dao! Their value was far beyond that of ordinary spiritual treasures!

At the same time, Daoist Zhunti flicked his sleeve, and nine round, plump Bodhi Seeds, their color as gentle as green jade, fell into Ming Xin's palm. They radiated an aura that calmed the mind and clarified wisdom.

"These are Bodhi Seeds borne by my true body. Only nine are produced in ten thousand years. Cultivating while holding them will help you understand your true heart and calm your spirit.

"They ward off the intrusion of external demons and offer immense benefits in comprehending the Great Dao," Daoist Zhunti said gently. Even to his true body, these Bodhi Seeds were precious.

Ming Xin felt the two vast Sage cultivation methods within his sea of consciousness, then looked at the nine warm Bodhi Seeds in his palm. His heart surged with emotion.

This was true master's grace! He bowed deeply again. "This disciple, Ming Xin, thanks both masters for the grace of imparting the Dao and bestowing treasures!"

"Sit, my disciple." Daoist Jieyin gestured for Ming Xin to settle onto the meditation cushion. "The transmission of the method is complete. Now we shall teach the Dao and resolve your doubts.

"Zhunti and I heard the Dao Ancestor expound on the Primordial Dao at Purple Cloud Palace and gained deep insights. Today, we shall lecture you on the Dao, combining what we have realized with our Dao of Nirvana and wisdom to organize your foundation and point out the path ahead."

Daoist Zhunti nodded with a smile. His whisk lightly swayed, and clear wisdom light enveloped the entire Stone Hall. "This lecture shall last two thousand years. During the first thousand years, we will explain the Dao to you.

"We will help you fully stabilize your Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Middle Stage cultivation and integrate all that you gained during Form Transformation. During the latter thousand years, you will contemplate and consolidate your gains yourself.

"Once your foundation is completely solid, the two of us will give a second lecture and expound upon deeper mysteries. At that time, the three of us, master and disciples, shall study the Great Dao together!"

Ming Xin obediently sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion and unhesitatingly placed a Bodhi Seed into his mouth.

At once, a cool, gentle current of wisdom that penetrated straight into his soul spread through him, instantly raising his mind to an unprecedented state of clarity, tranquility, and sharpness.

External demons could not invade, and stray thoughts could not arise.

"This disciple obeys Master's command!" Ming Xin answered in a deep voice, his mind completely settling.

The next moment, vast Buddhist chants and Dao recitations rang out within the Stone Hall!

Daoist Jieyin's voice was like a great bell of Nirvana—deep and compassionate—as he expounded the truth of Nirvana and extinction, the Cause and Effect of drifting through the sea of suffering.

The ignorance shattered by light... Every syllable carried the weight of The West's land and the vast desolation of Transcendence beyond life and death.

Daoist Zhunti's voice, meanwhile, was like a clear spring of wisdom—pure and harmonious—as he unfolded the mysteries of the emptiness of all phenomena, the liveliness of Bodhi wisdom, and the tenacity of carrying out great vows...

Every word bore the sharpness of seeing through delusions and reaching straight to the source.

The two Dao Sounds intertwined and resonated. At times, they were like evening drums and morning bells, provoking deep reflection; at times, like grand bells and ceremonial chimes, deafening and enlightening; at times, like spring wind and rain, nourishing all things without sound.

Countless profound law runes manifested and perished in the void, expounding supreme mysteries such as Nirvana, wisdom, Cause and Effect, and the power of vows. The entire Stone Hall seemed to become an ocean of Dao and a cradle of laws!

Seated within it, a Bodhi Seed in his mouth, Ming Xin's mind was washed and tempered again and again by the Dao Sounds of the two Sages, like it was being rinsed by the purest spring water.

The Buddha-demon power, Killing Origin, that he had forcibly fused during Form Transformation began to truly merge, settle, and stabilize under the organization of the Sage Great Dao. His Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Middle Stage cultivation was like a foundation pounded solid.

It became incomparably firm. His control over his own power, his understanding of the unity of Buddha and demon, and his comprehension of the Killing Law all deepened and ascended at an astonishing rate.

Amid the enveloping vast Dao Sounds, Ming Xin's consciousness sank into the deepest part of his sea of consciousness and connected to the deduction system that had long remained dormant.

"System! Activate the highest-level deduction with full power!"

"Objective: Take my previous life's Book of the Dead as the fundamental core, fully integrate the essence and mysteries of Master Jieyin's Great Nirvana Bright Scripture and Master Zhunti's Great Nirvana Supreme Scripture.

"Combine them with the innate Killing Law origin contained within my true body, the 'Slaughter Buddha Seal,' as well as my own characteristic of Buddha and demon as one!"

"Deduction direction: A foundational cultivation method at the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal level!"

"Required cultivation method properties: It must align with the core principle of 'killing to protect life, slaying karma rather than people'!

"Use Killing to Stop Killing, use Nirvana to bear compassion, and use Slaughter to end karmic obstructions! Follow the path of Proving the Dao through Laws!"

"No cost spared! Deduce with full force!"

[Command confirmed! Highest-level deduction activated!]

[Core template loaded: Book of the Dead (manifested scripture of root-level death laws from another world)... Loading successful!]

[Fusion template loaded: Great Nirvana Bright Scripture (Primordial World Sage-level Nirvana cultivation method)... Analyzing...]

[Fusion template loaded: Great Nirvana Supreme Scripture (Primordial World Sage-level wisdom Nirvana cultivation method)... Analyzing...]

[Origin law injected: Killing Law origin (supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure level)...]

[Host characteristic integrated: Buddha and demon as one (balanced state of Nirvana Buddha Light/Chaos Demonic Energy)...]

[Deduction objective: Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level cultivation method... Deduction direction: Proving the Dao through the Killing Law... Core principle locked: killing to protect life, slaying karma rather than people...]

[Energy reserves activated: 100%... Sage Dao charm environmental enhancement... Bodhi Seed wisdom amplification... Deduction efficiency maximized...]

The system's cold notification sounded within Ming Xin's Consciousness Core!

The next moment, his sea of consciousness seemed to transform into the Chaos of the universe's beginning! Countless brilliant streams representing different laws and different principles frantically collided, annihilated one another, and reassembled!

Representing the Book of the Dead was a torrent of countless ash-black, twisted ancient runes filled with Terminus and cold death intent!

It came from another world and carried an aura utterly different from the laws of the Primordial World—domineering and pure.

Representing the Great Nirvana Bright Scripture was a boundless ocean of golden Buddhist script, desolate and profound, yet nurturing a point of eternal light at the end of Nirvana!

Representing the Great Nirvana Supreme Scripture was a silver river of runes, cold and crystalline, endlessly circulating, seemingly capable of illuminating all mist and containing infinite wisdom!

And representing the origin of the "Slaughter Buddha Seal" was a massive dark-red talisman formed from countless threads of cold Killing Laws, pure to the extreme!

Four torrents of information, utterly different in nature, immensely elevated in level, and containing supreme power—

under the system's absolute control, they were like four Ancient Fierce Beasts forcibly imprisoned together, madly crashing, tearing, biting, and devouring one another within the core of Ming Xin's sea of consciousness!

Every collision unleashed a law storm powerful enough to tear apart the soul of an ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

Had it not been for the Bodhi Seed stabilizing his mind, the invisible barrier formed by the two Sages' Dao Sounds, and the system itself serving as the strongest firewall, Ming Xin's consciousness would have been torn into fragments by this violent deduction process in an instant!

[Law conflict! The death laws of another world and the Nirvana laws of the Primordial World show fundamental rejection... Deduction correction... Introducing the Killing Law as the 'sword'... Forcibly severing the rejection nodes...]

[Principle conflict! The true meaning of 'crossing over' contained in Nirvana light creates a paradox with the absolute 'Terminus' of Book of the Dead... Deduction correction... Using 'killing' as 'crossing over,' using the end of karmic obstructions as Transcendence... Core principle 'killing to protect life' intervening to reconcile...]

[Energy structure conflict! The balanced state of Buddha light and Demonic Energy must perfectly merge into the core of the new cultivation method... Deduction correction... Constructing 'Buddha-Demon Furnace'... Nirvana Buddha Light as furnace walls... Chaos Demonic Energy as fuel... Killing Origin as hammer... Forging the supreme killing Dao...]

[...Fusion rate 27%... 49%... 68%...]

The system's cold voice, like the most precise machine, continuously announced the progress while using unimaginable computational power to forcibly correct billions of conflicts and paradoxes arising during the deduction!

It was like a ruthless blacksmith, wielding the Killing Law as a heavy hammer.

Within the tempering of the Buddha-Demon Furnace, it took the otherworldly death intent of the Book of the Dead, the Nirvana light of the Great Nirvana Bright Scripture, and the wisdom emptiness of the Great Nirvana Supreme Scripture—

and smashed them together without mercy, removing impurities and merging their essences!

Ming Xin's consciousness was like a small boat in a storm, enduring indescribable agony as it was torn apart and reassembled.

He was both observer and participant. His insights from reciting the Book of the Dead in his previous life, his understanding of the Killing Law during Form Transformation, and his realizations from listening to the Sage Great Dao—

along with the subtle experience of balancing Buddha and demon, all became fuel cast into this frenzied furnace of deduction!

Time passed amid the vast Dao Sounds within the Stone Hall. The thousand-year lecture was nearing its end.

The aura around Ming Xin's body had long since stabilized like a mountain, and his Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Middle Stage cultivation had been condensed to its utmost limit.

Yet the deduction storm within his sea of consciousness had reached its most violent peak!

[...Fusion rate 99%... Key node breakthrough... Law integration... Core principle manifested... Deduction complete!]

Boom—!!!

Within the core of Ming Xin's sea of consciousness, the violently colliding streams of light suddenly fell still!

All light collapsed inward and condensed!

In the end, it formed an ancient scripture floating at the center of his sea of consciousness!

The scripture was neither gold nor stone, neither silk nor jade. Its entire body was a deep dark gold, while its edges burned with never-extinguishing Gray-White Nirvana Flame!

There were no words on its cover, only a Strange Mark outlined by pure Killing Laws that constantly manifested, perished, and changed—a mark that sometimes became a bloodstained lotus platform.

At times, it became shattered shackles; at times, a cold sword edge. Its core truth was precisely this: killing to protect life, slaying karma rather than people!

The instant Ming Xin's consciousness touched the scripture, a vast will descended with a roar—cold, murderous, capable of ending all things, yet containing a thread of protection and Transcendence within endless Nirvana!

The scripture automatically opened to its first page.

Three great characters, seemingly written in solidified blood of Slaughter and the ashes of Nirvana, carrying a domineering Dao charm that severed Cause and Effect and shattered Reincarnation, were branded into the deepest part of Ming Xin's soul—

Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture!

Before he could even read its contents, the mere appearance of the cultivation method's true name caused a terrifying aura from its very origin to burst uncontrollably from Ming Xin's body!

Buzz—!

Within the Stone Hall, even the vast Sage Dao Sounds came to a halt!

The two Sages, Jieyin and Zhunti, opened their eyes at the same time. Their lightning-like gazes instantly fell upon Ming Xin!

Ming Xin remained seated cross-legged, but the aura around him had undergone a complete transformation!

An unprecedented Nirvana killing intent, so cold and murderous that even space seemed to freeze, mixed with incomparably pure Buddha-demon Dao charm, like an Ancient Fierce Beast slowly awakening from slumber!

The ash-black vertical mark between his brows suddenly lit up, transforming into a slowly rotating dark-gold Phantom of a Killing Buddha Wheel!

At the center of the Buddha Wheel, a vague Dharma image could faintly be seen—neither Buddha nor demon—sitting cross-legged upon a lotus platform of Gray-White Karmic Fire, holding the Nirvana Killing Sword!

A supreme Dao charm that pointed directly toward Primordial Grand Unity, that sought to attain the Dao through Killing, pierced the Stone Hall's tranquility like a rising dawn, magnificently proclaiming its birth!

"This... what is this?!" The light of wisdom burst from Daoist Zhunti's eyes, and for the first time, genuine shock appeared on his face!

Daoist Jieyin's gaunt body trembled violently. In those eyes that bore the sorrows of countless ages erupted an unprecedented light, as though he had seen the true hope of The West's rise!

His dry lips trembled, and he nearly lost his voice:

"Primordial... Dao charm?! My disciple... created... a Great Dao?!"