CHAPTER 331: CHAPTER 301: RED BUDDHA GIRL, DIVIDING THE WORLD

"Seek the Bodhisattva’s great compassion and lend a hand, so this old man’s withered wood may meet spring..."

"So beautiful, truly beautiful... This must be Guanyin reincarnated."

"Oh, oh..."

The bewitched cultivators, even the rebellious soldiers who had submitted to the Celestial Demon, braved the heavy snow to leave their tents, spewing vulgar and obscene words. The boldest among them even began performing lewd acts directly in front of the Bodhisattva.

This sacred Bodhisattva remained unperturbed. Her dress was half slipping, revealing skin as white as snow, captivating and charming. Her beautiful eyes glanced around, causing everyone to lose their Divine Soul.

She looked up at the sky, licked her lips, and revealed a seductive smile.

"State Preceptor, I came by invitation. Is there a seat available?"

"Welcome, Red Buddha Girl."

With this voice, everyone realized something. Above the Capital City, a cloud of auspiciousness had formed a cloud platform adorned with pavilions. Upon it, a high stage hosted a feast for immortals and gods.

Celestial music filled the air, emanating from a palace in the sky.

Then, as the sea of clouds undulated, guests took their seats. A handsome young man in a golden Dragon Robe raised a cup of wine toward them.

It was none other than the State Preceptor of the Longwu Dynasty, Wei Wuyang.

As his words faded, some high-level cultivators, and even the civil and military officials watching from the shadows, all showed slight changes in their expressions.

Red Buddha Girl...

Five hundred years ago, the dynasty’s Martial Arts world produced a Witch. It’s unknown what spell she acquired, but she could absorb the Primordial Yang of cultivators, allowing her to progress swiftly. Later, she was subdued by the high monks of the White Horse Temple and supposedly reformed through Buddhist Teachings.

Not long after, the entire temple was massacred. The monks were sucked dry, leaving behind only shriveled human skins with not a trace of blood, flesh, or bone. These remains were turned into kites, flown with a single strand of intestine, leaving behind an unsolved case.

Later, this woman joined the Esoteric Sect, cultivating the Joyful Buddha. She became known as the Red Buddha Girl and rose to be a Demon Path Giant in the Southwest region.

But all this was five hundred years ago. Is the current one resurrected?

"Thank you, State Preceptor, but please wait a moment."

"Before attending the banquet, I’ll first taste some desserts to whet my appetite."

"Oh, just now I spotted the Golden Body Arhat from Five Light Temple, the young lad from Sword Sect, and the Great Fate Master of Yin Yang Sect. They look truly delicious."

"Ah, and those untamed and vigorous Celestial Demons... I’ve never tasted a Celestial Demon before..."

Before her words even faded, the cultivators she had named were scared witless. Each erupted with their aura and darted toward the Abyss Demon’s camp.

They were certainly familiar with the legend of the Red Buddha Girl.

BANG! BANG!

The Red Buddha Girl held the Jade Purification Bottle, chanting loudly. Buddhist light shone from her, like a great sun high in the sky.

The cultivators she had named were immediately pierced by fine threads of flesh. Amidst screams of horror, they transformed into warped, squirming monstrosities, their entire skin sloughing off.

SQUELCH... SQUELCH...

In less than two breaths, they were dripping with blood, leaving only limp human skins fluttering emptily.

Moreover, even the Giant Demon who had been constantly sexually harassing her couldn’t persist for ten breaths before being reduced to skin and bones.

Everyone was shocked. They saw the sacred Bodhisattva undergoing an eerie transformation: her bare skin sprouted tiny holes, from which shot out pinkish, silk-like intestinal worms.

Just moments ago, she had devoured dozens of such morsels, consuming them entirely.

Powerful.

This Bodhisattva, with the appearance of a celestial fairy, made the Abyss Demons feel as if they were facing a dire enemy from the moment she appeared. They were in disbelief.

How could such power exist in a mere trial world?

"Truly delicious... The taste of a Celestial Demon is also tender and delectable."

The Red Buddha Girl licked her lips, about to hunt more Celestial Demons, when a strand of floral vine burst from the ground. A flower bud the size of a chariot bloomed fiercely, spraying a rain of light that wove like a rainbow.

SWISH...

The Red Buddha Girl couldn’t dodge in time. One of her slender, lotus-white arms was severed, and her pupils shrank suddenly.

"The Five-Color Divine Light! A top-tier spell of the Daoist School!?"

She had no time to show off. Her figure flickered as she intended to fly toward the Capital City, abandoning her entire entourage.

「Courtyard.」

A dense bamboo forest stood there, leaves dancing as they fell.

A young girl in a dark dress, who had been observing all along, raised her hand. From afar, she pointed at the Red Buddha Girl, drawing upon the Power of Heaven and Earth of this world.

BOOM!!

A large hand of blood and flesh, with veins entwined, appeared in the void. It converged into a Blood Palm that struck the area around the Red Buddha Girl. Instantly, her retinue of monks and nuns, along with their banners and the Treasure Cover, were smashed into pieces. Corpses mixed with torn cloth flew everywhere.

"AH!!"

The Red Buddha Girl transformed into a beam of Buddhist light to escape. As the palm imprint descended, the Buddhist light shattered. She screamed and vomited blood but managed to flee to the Capital City, where she was received by Golden Decree Divine Spirits accompanied by pillars of astonishing qi.

This move instantly turned the tide.

An overwhelming wave of praise surged.

Nan Zhi tilted her head back, her purple eyes fixed on Wei Wuyang, who stood atop a cloud. A slight curve touched both their lips, hiding a murderous intent, a desire to see the other dead.

By naming the event the Heroic Assembly and gathering this world’s cultivators, they would make a fine group of offerings.

...

Nan Zhi injuring the Red Buddha Girl naturally drew the attention of the immortals and deities.

"What is the origin of this Celestial Demon Princess, that she could even find the long-lost Five-Color Divine Light?"

"This technique is said to have been created by the founding ancestor of the Daoist School. It is a supreme art. When cultivated to the extreme, it births a Dao embryo, giving rise to five youths representing Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—comparable to the Nine Laws of the Ancestral Dragon."

"Fellow Daoists, let’s discuss the allocation of slots."

...

At the banquet, the immortals and deities, varied in appearance, were in high spirits, frequently exchanging spells.

These seated immortals and deities, each no less powerful than the Red Buddha Girl, had all been resurrected by Wei Wuyang.

When the Red Buddha Girl took her seat, Wei Wuyang smiled faintly and fully revealed his plan.

"Please be patient. I know the methods you all cultivate have their respective flaws. Most require flesh and souls, your paths to ascension are severed, your cultivation is arduous, and your prospects are bleak."

"However, as long as we unite against our common enemy and unlock the world’s hidden treasury, a Spiritual Qi Revival will occur, and you all may have the hope of ascending."

According to Wei Wuyang’s description, this small world has a door blocking the path to ascension. If everyone works together to open this door, the world will be theirs.

Instantly, the eyes of the assembled immortals and deities gleamed with greed, each already forming their own plans.

Soon, a giant creature—toad from the waist up and human below—spoke. It was cradling two voluptuous maidens, its venomous tongue licking their tender skin, and four lifeless eyes bulged from its head:

"CROAK! CROAK! State Preceptor, how can you be sure that opening the door will definitely unlock the seal? What if opening the door leads to this world’s destruction?"

He was an ancestor from the overseas Frog God Island, a Golden Decree Divine Spirit established by the Longwu Dynasty to protect hundreds of thousands of fishermen abroad.

Once, due to a moment of gluttony, he devoured dozens more people than usual and suffered a backlash from the dynasty’s destiny. Large areas of his skin festered, and the willpower of the masses transformed into poisonous incense oil, tormenting him for a thousand years. When it flared up, the pain was so unbearable he wished for death.

This continued until Wei Wuyang personally arrived and released him from the restriction of that willpower. This Frog God, who always spoke of protecting the common people, then proceeded to swallow thirty thousand coastal fishermen overnight, "protecting" them in his belly.

Upon hearing this, the other immortals and deities were puzzled. Some of them had been resurrected, but that didn’t mean they were willing to die for the State Preceptor.

Wei Wuyang, unruffled, actually smiled and nodded. "Twenty years ago, when I was appointed State Preceptor, I sensed something amiss and have been constantly disrupting the dynasty’s destiny ever since."

"Gentlemen, with your current cultivation, you should all have sensed some loosening in your realms, haven’t you?"

"Complete this task, and the conditions I promised will absolutely be met."

As his words fell, the eyes of the immortals and deities all shone with extreme greed and longing.

This was because the State Preceptor’s gambit was too grand.

Once the world’s limits were unlocked, the vast territory of the Longwu Dynasty would be entirely ceded to them. They could establish nations within the nation, raising humans like livestock for food, without worrying about suppression by the nation’s destiny or backlash from its fortune.

From states down to counties, towns, and villages, all would be managed by Demonic Mysterious Cultivators and enfeoffed divine spirits, their domains assigned according to their strength.

At that time, the entire Longwu Dynasty would become an unprecedented slaughterhouse.

KEKEKE...