Inside the Stone Hall, the vast Sage's Dao Sound abruptly ceased.
The two Future Sages, Jieyin and Zhunti, fixed their blazing gazes tightly on Ming Xin, who sat cross-legged atop a cushion.
The aura emerging from the depths of Ming Xin's sea of consciousness and permeating his body was icy, murderous, and capable of ending all things!
Yet amid that boundless Nirvana killing intent lay an indescribable trace of strange Buddha nature, as though it could sever every shackle of karmic obstruction and bring ultimate liberation and protection!
Though this aura was still immature and far from comparable to their own sagely might, its essence was lofty, its concept extraordinary, and its Dao charm utterly pure.
Especially that supreme artistic conception, which pointed directly toward the Primordial Dao and sought to attain the Dao through killing—it left even these two well-traveled Sages, who had heard the Dao Ancestor expound the Primordial Dao, shaken to their very souls!
The gray-black vertical mark between Ming Xin's brows had transformed into a slowly rotating dark gold Killing Buddha Wheel. At its center sat a blurry Dharma Image phantom upon a gray-white karmic fire lotus platform, holding the Nirvana Killing Sword, emanating a heart-palpitating aura. This was precisely the initial manifestation of the true meaning of the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture condensing within his sea of consciousness!
"This... this is?!" Daoist Zhunti cried out in shock. The light of wisdom in his eyes whirled madly as he tried to decipher this unprecedented Dao charm.
For the first time, his lean face revealed near-unrestrained astonishment. "Neither Buddha nor demon... yet resembling both Buddha and demon... Slaughter as its bones, Nirvana as its soul.
This... this is the embryonic form of Primordial Dao charm?! Our disciple actually comprehended the Great Dao by himself beneath our teachings?!"
Daoist Jieyin's gaunt body trembled slightly. Within those eyes that bore the sorrows of eternity was no longer the gleam of having discovered a treasure, but the wild joy and disbelief of someone who had trudged through boundless darkness for countless ages.
At last, he had seen the light of dawn! His dry lips quivered violently, and his voice carried unprecedented excitement and hoarseness. "No... it is not merely an embryonic form! This Dao... this Dao points directly to the source!
Using Killing to Stop Killing, bearing... bearing compassion through Nirvana?! This... what a world-shaking Dao, yet one that... one that points directly to the true essence of Nirvana and liberation in our Western Land! My disciple... Ming Xin!"
The two Sages' gazes brimmed with incredulous shock, wild joy, and anticipation at the sight of limitless possibilities!
They had never imagined that merely passing down their foundational teachings and lecturing their disciple to stabilize his foundation would catalyze such a shocking result!
This was no longer simple Dao comprehension. It was the opening of an unprecedented Primordial path with boundless potential!
At that moment, Ming Xin slowly opened his eyes. Nirvana Buddha Flame in his left eye was deep and still as an abyss, while the Demon Abyss vortex in his right eye was profound as the sea.
The violent Primordial Dao charm surging from his body slowly receded, yet the dark gold Buddha wheel between his brows and the Killing Buddha Dharma Image phantom did not disperse. Instead, they gained an added depth and sense of control.
He looked at his two masters, who were stunned beyond words, with clear and tranquil eyes. Slowly, he raised a hand and lightly tapped the dark gold Buddha wheel between his brows with his fingertip.
Buzz—!
A stream of incomparably condensed light, woven from countless dark gold Slaughter runes and gray-white Nirvana Flame, crossed space and time as it shot toward Jieyin and Zhunti in an instant!
This was not an attack, but a stream of inherited information carrying the core mysteries of the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture!
"Your two masters' grace in imparting teachings cannot be repaid by this disciple. This is the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture, which this disciple created upon the foundation of your two masters' Dao, combined with my own origin and humble insights.
"Its core principle is—'Killing life is to protect life; slaying karma is not slaying people.' I ask my two masters to judge it!"
The stream of light entered Jieyin and Zhunti's brows.
In an instant!
A torrent of Dao charm, far clearer, grander, and more systematically complete than what they had sensed before—
Carried the icy, murderous True Meaning of Slaughter, the Nirvana will to end all things, and the resolute conviction to sever the karma of Cause and Effect and karmic obstructions.
Along with the world-shaking core principle of "killing life to protect life," it slammed fiercely into the Dao hearts of the two Sages!
Daoist Jieyin's entire body shook violently. The sorrowful expression on his gaunt face froze in an instant, replaced by utter shock and enlightenment!
He seemed to see a completely new path. Nirvana and rebirth were not limited to crossing the sea of suffering and illuminating ignorance!
With supreme killing power, sever all evil karma and Cause and Effect in the world, cleanse demonic miasma, and forcibly carve out a land of purity—was that not also a form of great compassion and great liberation?!
"Killing life... to protect life..." he murmured. The Nirvana Buddha Light in his eyes surged fiercely, as though new light were gestating amid desolation.
Daoist Zhunti's eyes widened, and the light of wisdom within them blazed brighter than ever! He saw within the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture the domineering wisdom of destroying falsehood through absolute power and ending karmic obstructions!
It unexpectedly formed a strange complement and confirmation with the path of his Great Nirvana Supreme Scripture, which perceived through falsehood and wielded aspiration through wisdom!
"Slaying karma, not slaying people... good! What a splendid severing of karmic shackles rather than slaughtering living beings themselves!
"This is great wisdom! Great courage! Great perseverance!" He clapped his hands in praise, his lean face full of appreciation and approval.
Only after a long while did Jieyin and Zhunti recover from the impact of that grand and unique Dao charm.
The two exchanged a glance, each seeing in the other's eyes an unhidden storm of shock and unprecedented relief!
"Good! Good! Good! What a 'killing life is to protect life; slaying karma is not slaying people'!" Daoist Jieyin praised three times in succession. A rare, heartfelt smile bloomed upon his sorrowful face.
"This thought appears brimming with killing intent, yet it nurtures the purest and most refined true principles of Buddha! Killing is the means, while protection and Transcendence are the final destination! Ming Xin, my disciple, your Dao has grasped its essence!"
Daoist Zhunti's gaze burned brightly, and his tone was decisive, carrying unquestionable affirmation and expectation. "The concept behind this scripture is astonishingly lofty, and its potential is beyond imagination! My disciple Ming Xin has Sage's Demeanor!"
Sage's Demeanor!
This was the highest evaluation from two Future Sages! Its weight was enough to shake the Entire Primordial World!
"This scripture has also greatly inspired us," Daoist Jieyin said in a deep voice, Nirvana light endlessly circulating in his eyes.
"Excellent! We shall study this Dao alongside our disciple!" Daoist Zhunti flicked his whisk, and the light of wisdom enveloped the three of them.
Without needing further words, master and disciples instantly reached an understanding. Jieyin and Zhunti no longer merely lectured Ming Xin on the Dao. Instead, they revealed without reservation their comprehension of the Great Nirvana Bright Scripture and the Great Nirvana Supreme Scripture.
In particular, they released their Primordial insights gained from listening to the Dao at Purple Cloud Palace, allowing them to undergo the deepest confirmation, collision, and fusion with the newborn Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture within Ming Xin's sea of consciousness!
Within the Stone Hall, the Dao Sound rose once more! Yet this time, it was no longer a one-sided imparting of teachings, but the resonance of three vast and mighty Dao Sounds that shared the same origin while diverging in their paths!
Jieyin's Nirvana rebirth, Zhunti's wisdom and emptiness, and Ming Xin's Nirvana Killing Buddha!
The three Dao Sounds intertwined, entwined, and collided like three surging rivers crashing together at their convergence, stirring up towering waves and bursting forth with unprecedented spiritual radiance of Dao charm!
Ming Xin held a Bodhi Seed in his mouth, his mind completely immersed in this unprecedented feast of Dao comprehension.
Using the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture as his foundation, he greedily absorbed and digested the essence of his two masters' Sage Dǎos, constantly confirming, correcting, and refining his own path.
The Killing Law grew ever more condensed and pure beneath the tempering of Dao Sound, while the powers of Buddha and demon achieved a deeper balance and fusion through their collisions. His cultivation realm rapidly solidified and rose!
Jieyin and Zhunti benefited greatly as well. Ming Xin's core principle of "killing life to protect life; slaying karma, not slaying people"—
Was like opening a brand-new window upon their established Great Dao of Nirvana, allowing them to see another possible path toward ultimate liberation!
In particular, the concept of ending Cause and Effect and karmic obstructions through killing gave them an exceptionally practical theoretical foundation and direction for cleansing the demonic miasma of The West and establishing a Buddhist Pure Land in the future!
The auras of the two Sages also continuously settled and sublimated amid the resonance, advancing toward a higher level.
Within the Stone Hall, time lost all meaning. Only Dao charm circulated, while laws arose and perished.
In the blink of an eye, three thousand years had passed!
On this day, three vast auras within the silent Stone Hall awakened at once like slumbering ancient divine dragons!
Boom!!!
A golden Buddha light, desolate and profound yet nurturing eternal radiance at the end of Nirvana, shot into the heavens!
Boundless Nirvana Buddha Light condensed around Daoist Jieyin's body, transforming into a massive golden Nirvana lotus that seemed to bear all the suffering and hope of the Western Land!
The lotus bloomed with twelve petals, releasing supreme pressure beyond Great Luo and above Taiyi! Primordial Golden Immortal!
Daoist Jieyin had formally entered the realm of Primordial Golden Immortal through the Dao of Nirvana and rebirth! (Quasi-Saint)
Buzz!!!
Another stream of cool, clear silver radiance, complete with wisdom, erupted immediately afterward! Wisdom light flowed endlessly around Daoist Zhunti, taking the form of a phantom of an enormous Bodhi tree of wisdom that supported the heavens!
The tree's shadow swayed gently, its branches and leaves suffused with supreme Dao charm that perceived through falsehood and illuminated true reality! The same majestic aura that surpassed the limits of Taiyi spread outward! Primordial Golden Immortal!
Daoist Zhunti had likewise attained the Dao Fruit of Primordial Golden Immortal through the Dao of Nirvana wisdom! (Quasi-Saint)
And almost at the same moment!
An aura of dark gold and gray-white, icy, murderous, and capable of ending all things, yet containing protection and Transcendence within its ultimate killing intent, tore fiercely through the shroud of the previous two sagely auras like an unparalleled vicious sword leaving its sheath!
Ming Xin rose to his full height, his gray hemp robes fluttering without wind! The dark gold Killing Buddha Wheel between his brows had condensed into substance, while the Killing Buddha Dharma Image phantom at its center had become incomparably clear. The Nirvana Killing Sword in its hand seemed capable of cleaving through the river of time itself!
A powerful aura, flawless and complete, decisive in slaughter, and united in Buddha and demon, erupted with a thunderous roar!
Taiyi Golden Immortal—Perfection!
He stood only one final step away from the realm of escaping the river of time and condensing a Great Luo Dao Fruit!
With the foundation of Form Transformation from a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, as well as the profound foundation of a self-created Primordial-grade cultivation technique, once he entered Great Luo, he would surely stand among its foremost figures!
The three powerful auras complemented one another within the Stone Hall before gradually calming and withdrawing.
Jieyin and Zhunti sensed the vast power of their own Primordial Golden Immortal realms, then looked toward their disciple Ming Xin, whose aura had reached perfection and whose edge was fully revealed.
Their eyes were filled with gratification and lofty ambition. In only three thousand years, all three master and disciples had broken through! Why should The West fear not rising?!
"Excellent! Our realms have stabilized," Daoist Jieyin said, his voice carrying the grand majesty unique to a Primordial Golden Immortal.
Daoist Zhunti calculated with his fingers, and wisdom light flashed through his eyes. "The time for the second lecture at Purple Cloud Palace is approaching. This opportunity cannot be missed."
Ming Xin understood at once and bowed. "This disciple is willing to accompany my two masters!"
"Good!" Jieyin and Zhunti nodded simultaneously.
The three needed no further words and simply settled their minds.
Daoist Jieyin swept his sleeve, opening the restrictions of the Stone Hall. Daoist Zhunti lightly brushed his whisk, and a harmonious clear light of wisdom enveloped the three of them.
The next moment, three streaks of rainbow light soared into the sky from the summit of Mount Sumeru in The West!
One was desolate golden light, one was Wisdom Silver Radiance, and one was a slaughtering Nirvana light woven from dark gold and gray-white!
They tore through the barren sky of the West, ignored the barriers of space, and sped at astonishing speed toward Purple Cloud Palace beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, deep within chaos!
The winds and clouds of the Primordial World stirred once more. The second lecture at Purple Cloud Palace was destined to raise new waves because of these three master and disciples from the West.
And Ming Xin, who bore the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture and united Buddha and demon within himself, would truly step onto the highest stage of the Primordial World!
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