Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen

  All the immortals and Buddhas saw that the Tathagata had subdued the demon king with his great power, so they all joined their palms together in reverence and praised the Buddha's divine powers, congratulating him on successfully pacifying the Man.

  "This demon king was originally unknown, but in less than ten years, he could already rival the gods and Buddhas of heaven. In the future, he will surely bring disaster to the world. Fortunately, today, thanks to the great power and divine wisdom of the Tathagata Buddha, this demon has been suppressed under the mountain. It is truly a merit without bounds."

  "Amitabha Buddha, the Patriarch's will is profound. This demon god is not ordinary, now suppressed to the foot of the mountain, I wonder if it should be transcended? Please instruct me, Patriarch." Guanyin Bodhisattva stepped forward and said with joined palms.

  "No harm done. Just like Sun Wukong was suppressed for 500 years, someone will come to subdue him in the future. Well and good." The Tathagata said with a smile from his lotus seat.

  "How delightful! This kind of demon should be beaten to death by me, the old Sun. Why was he pressed for 500 years and spared from death?" The monkey said in a low voice after rescuing Tang Monk and Zhu Bajie.

  The Tathagata took this opportunity to preach in the air the various wonderful methods of subduing demons and taming monsters, interspersed with the proclamation of the boundless Buddha-dharma. All the heavenly gods, Buddhas, and the multitude of the heavenly palace were overjoyed and sat before the Buddha to listen to the dharma. The Tang Monk and his disciples also sat at the back to listen to the Buddha's proclamation of the boundless wonderful dharma. Just as they were listening, the Golden Arhat King of the Western Kunlun Mountains, Jin Xia Ridge, came to the Buddha and reported: "The Buddha's decree has been received, and the little demon that the Demon King let loose has been captured. The thirty-six demons, from the Dragon Empty Cave General Jin Wo Fu down, are all here. Please, Buddha, give your instructions."

  The Tathagata spoke, saying: "The Buddha's door universally ferries all living beings. Whoever puts down the butcher's knife and truly awakens can enter my door. These thirty-six demons, although they have evil deeds every day, also have a way out. Let them disperse among various Bodhisattvas, Vajras, and Arhats to cultivate and atone for their sins."

  Kong Xuan was still thinking about how the great bird king monster could have that five-colored divine light, but the Buddha had already subdued it, and for the time being, he didn't dare to ask. However, based on his many years of experience in Buddhism, these Buddhas must have already been thinking of a way to subdue this bird monster again in the future, finding an excuse to capture it. In all likelihood, they would eventually give it a proper fruit, just like Sun Wukong's example, and according to its divine powers, it would probably receive a Buddha title in the future. It was only 500 years, he could ask when the monster arrived at the Western Heaven Buddhist Kingdom later.

  Just as the Tathagata was speaking with great eloquence and the crowd was overjoyed, a low, muffled roar mixed with maniacal laughter suddenly erupted: "Tianluo! Do you think that with your little Six-Syllable Bright Mantra and the Tathagata's Unmoving Fundamental Seal, you can suppress me? Hahaha, you're too naive! I'm not that monkey! You think a simple trick like this can defeat me? Break for me!"

  In the midst of the roar, streaks of light appeared at the foot of the mountain, like fog rising from the ground and spreading among the rocks. The earth shook violently, and even the mountain peaks transformed by the Buddha's hands trembled. Huge boulders rolled down from the mountain, and demonic energy filled the sky, gathering into dark clouds that obscured the sunlight. The six-character mantra of great light left behind by the Buddha on the mountain peak emitted countless Buddhist lights in an attempt to suppress the scattered demonic energy and light waves. Even the Buddha himself joined his hands together in silence, reciting scriptures. All the gods and Buddhas in the sky changed color, never having thought that this demon would be so ferocious!

  In a short time, a black light pierced through the ten-thousand-meter-high mountain from bottom to top. Soon, white, yellow, red, and green light pillars also pierced through this unnamed high mountain like gigantic swords. The five light pillars merged into one, resembling a beam cannon that pierced through the sky. The mountain collapsed and dissipated in the light pillar, gradually but irreversibly turning into flying ash.

  The Tathagata struck out with the Dharma seal, and a golden Buddha light transformed into a golden cloud, pressing towards the five-colored light pillar with an irresistible force. For a time, the light cloud and the light pillar squeezed each other, holding their ground.

  "Hahaha, Tianluo! You're quite capable! Unfortunately, this is a dead end for you! Calling Zhuanti and Jieyin might have some effect, but this... Hehehe, a small trick!" The light pillar burst instantly! The massive mountain peak and the Six-Word Bright Mantra instantly turned into nothingness! A figure stood up on the ground, Bo Fu's armor was originally tattered, now it only had a few pieces left covering his crotch, barely preventing him from exposing himself - although this guy might not care at all...

  The golden flames burning around Bo Fu's body gradually faded, but the purity and intensity of the demonic energy continued to increase. Soon, the demonic energy turned transparent, but it was clear that the space around Bo Fu's body was constantly distorting! At this time, Bo Fu smiled at Ru Xue and said: "The second round has begun! I've lost a lot this time! You turtle-head, don't forget to pay interest!"

  As soon as the words were spoken, the five-colored divine light entwined together and transformed into two beams of black and white light! Bo Fu let out a soft shout again, and this black and white light instantly disappeared, spreading an extremely terrifying feeling from that place.

  "It's all futile! You guys just take it!"

  Something that doesn't exist, with Ba Bao as the center, formed an absolutely destructive shockwave that blasted open everything in its path. Everything it touched was reduced to nothingness, erased from existence! Countless Arhats, Bhikkhus, heavenly soldiers and generals were all annihilated by this one blow, not even their spirits could escape. The indestructible soul was directly dispersed and re-entered the cycle of rebirth, hundreds and thousands of years of bitter cultivation were instantly reduced to flowing water, with no possibility of return.

  "You... you demon!!"

  "Incomparable divine power! This, this, this... can it still be called a demon? Clearly it's an ancient great sage, isn't it?!"

  The Tathagata's face turned pale and defeated, the thousand-year painstaking efforts to lay out the formation, the hard work of promoting and nurturing the many Buddhist disciples, the numerous Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and various Buddhist followers, and the eight heavenly dragons that had been gathered with great difficulty, all suffered heavy losses in this one blow. The Tathagata was speechless, watching his thousand-year efforts turn to nothingness, he no longer thought about how to kill the demon that had destroyed his life's work, but only thought about how to make amends, and the Tathagata wished he could enter Nirvana...

  Nowadays, the Western Heaven has come to this land, leaving only three great masters, several Buddhas, five hundred Arhats and a few Vajras, as well as some peripheral or fast-swimming miscellaneous fish, totaling over a thousand. Fortunately, Maitreya's lineage did not come, at least half of the local yuanqi was preserved.

  The heavenly court's luck is not bad, the law enforcement is on the periphery, and the brain turns relatively fast. As early as when Ba Fu was laughing loudly at the foot of the mountain, he had already started running away, resulting in only a loss of tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers, and none of the heavenly court's true fighters were lost.

  The colorless destructive light also deliberately dodged the subordinates who were caught by Ba Fu, and these thirty-six demons were stunned by this powerful force.

  "It seems that the balance of power is starting to shift... Hehehe, Jade Emperor old man, remember to give me a big red envelope! Otherwise, you can have the Seven Fairy Maidens and Chang'e accompany me in drinking flower wine." Bo Fu swept his divine gaze around, coldly smiling.

  Tang Sanzang and his disciples were far away at the outermost part, completely unscathed. However, as soon as Ba Bao came out, Sun Wukong shouted "Not good!" and pulled Master Tang onto the White Dragon Horse, kicked Sha Monk with one foot and started running - why didn't he kick Zhu Bajie? This pig was even quicker to react than the monkey, already starting to run away.

  Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light protected his body, making him the second most powerful person in the scene, next to the Buddha. Therefore, he was completely unharmed. However, when he saw Bo Fu's majestic move, his heart skipped a beat and he immediately sent out a divine thought to someone far away, after which he fully focused on protecting himself and his fellow disciple by his side.

  Baifu sneered and, driven by some obsession, a flash of yellow light swept away the Tang Sanzang master and his disciples. Just as he was about to kill the remaining people on the scene who had not yet escaped, he suddenly looked into the distance and stopped his hand.

  "First meeting... My substitute. Let me see how Hong Jun uses you? Hehehe." Bo Fu emitted a villainous laugh, waiting for someone's arrival.