Boom!
The barrier of crimson, azure, black, and white sword qi that isolated the inside from the outside suddenly became chaotic before being torn apart. A section of an iron rod, vast as the desert and the Gobi, pierced through the sword formation with an unstoppable momentum.
Boom!
The projections of the Four Swords of Slaying Immortals around Meng Qi trembled violently, emitting faint hums as if unable to bear the weight. Ripples formed into waves.
He saw that the iron rod was adorned with a golden circlet, entwined with lightning. In the moments of its emergence and disappearance, it repelled billions of sword qi, causing the azure immortal sword to tremble slightly. The nearby sword formation’s suppression of the Bull Demon King was largely dismantled, and almost simultaneously, the rod struck toward Nezha and the remains of the Human Emperor.
The Golden Cudgel!
The Great Sage Equal to Heaven!
These words flashed through Meng Qi’s mind instantly. He realized Sun Wukong had made his move. Aside from the Green Emperor, he was the only great supernatural being in the current era whose strength remained intact, maintaining the peak of the Creation Realm. No matter how powerful the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation was, constrained by the fact that the four swords had only awakened to the Legendary level, it could barely contend with those who had just entered the Creation Realm. But it was clearly no match for the Handsome Monkey King.
Against this strike, Meng Qi had only three impressions:
Dominance! Brutality! Ferocity!
Thud!
The Golden Cudgel filled the space, repelling the remains of the Human Emperor and blocking Nezha, who was omnipresent.
Seizing the opportunity, the Bull Demon King fled upward through the breach, on the verge of escaping the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation.
At that moment, the sky suddenly darkened. A cyan-gray ancient seal descended abruptly, carrying unimaginable weight as it smashed toward the Bull Demon King.
In an instant, the heavens and earth seemed to invert. The Bull Demon King found himself in the void, facing the crushing force of the “entire” Real World. A sense of insignificance rose in his heart, and with no room to dodge or evade, he could only flee downward.
This was an attack at the level of a Heavenly Venerable!
“Guangchengzi!” The Bull Demon King gritted his teeth in fury, recognizing who had blocked his path.
“Senior Brother Guangcheng…” Meng Qi manipulated the sword formation, attempting to mend the breach.
Though Guangchengzi had not fully awakened and could only exert a sliver of his power, the Heaven-Overturning Seal was special. It had not been refined into a peerless divine weapon and thus did not require awakening—it could unleash nearly its full power. Like lifting a mountain to crush someone, its sheer weight was enough. It needed no other divine properties, nor did the mountain need to “awaken.” It was pure, overwhelming force, relying on its own material to dominate.
The only issue was: without awakening, lacking sentience, who could wield the Heaven-Overturning Seal? Who could lift so many fragments of the Real World?
Aside from its master, the Heavenly Venerable Guangcheng, there were likely only a handful in the Creation Realm who could. Even with Meng Qi’s formidable physique and immense strength, he could not yet use it—the prerequisite for smashing someone was the ability to throw it. For this reason, since guarding the Fengtian Platform, he had never borrowed the Heaven-Overturning Seal.
As the ancient seal descended, the Bull Demon King’s speed slowed. Layers of void folded around him, bending endlessly as countless worlds were compressed into a cage. Even time seemed to slow, rendering his movements nearly imperceptible.
Then, the Golden Cudgel flashed into existence. One end wedged itself into the breach of the sword formation, hindering Meng Qi’s efforts to mend it, while the other end collided directly with the Heaven-Overturning Seal!
Clang!
The cyan-gray seal halted mid-descent and was sent flying upward. The Golden Cudgel trembled, countless condensed images flickering as it released Nezha and the remains of the Human Emperor. But the shockwaves raged like a universe exploding midair—countless nebulae collapsed, and light swept in all directions.
Though the shockwaves might not shatter the core of the Real World, they could at least turn the Great Zhou into a wasteland. Meng Qi sighed softly, loosening the sword formation’s restrictions to focus its power and silently dissipate the shockwaves.
The Bull Demon King seized the chance again, fleeing toward the edge of the sword formation. Yet before him, a Fire-Tipped Spear thrust forward, and Nezha’s proud face came into view.
…
“No!”
The Supreme True Buddha’s roar was swallowed by the sword formation. His body, condensed from pure white light, was split apart by sword qi and dragged into endless chaos.
Had he been in his peak state on Mount Ling, he would have feared nothing from the current Slaying Immortals Sword Formation. But fate had other plans—he had only just recovered to the initial Creation Realm by devouring the Great Bodhisattva Fahualin.
Amid his screams, the Supreme True Buddha was reduced to ashes.
In an old universe, within a hidden church, an ancient coffin stood before a crimson cross. A naked man hung upside down upon it, exuding madness and cruelty, while countless worshippers prostrated in reverence.
Crack!
Crimson, azure, black, and white lightning illuminated the church. The inverted naked man shattered, and the crimson cross burst into invisible flames.
The worshippers looked up in shock and terror.
Their Lord, their Fallen God, had perished!
…
Maitreya sat at the formation’s core, a white lotus beneath him, surrounded by arhats and bodhisattvas forming the Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation. The gathered power barely withstood the relentless onslaught of chaotic sword qi. Above him, three relic beads emitted faint radiance, bobbing amidst rolling Buddha light.
He gazed beyond the formation, at his fated enemy, into those profound pupils.
The Human Emperor… Maitreya sighed inwardly.
A worthy opponent, but alas…
The remains of the Human Emperor appeared, his eyes reflecting Maitreya’s figure and all his actions from the past ten instants—resisting the Supreme True Buddha, forming the Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation with himself and the Great Marvel Aspect as its core, neutralizing the crisscrossing sword qi.
A flash of pale gold—the Human Emperor’s Sword slashed into the past few instants. But instead of targeting Maitreya, it struck at the Great Marvel Aspect. If the second formation core failed, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation would collapse, and the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation would swallow Maitreya whole.
The sword light descended, about to strike the oblivious Great Marvel Aspect from moments ago—but a relic bead suddenly appeared before it, brimming with the weight of the past.
Thud!
The sword light was blocked. Maitreya had used the relic symbolizing the past to intercept the Human Emperor’s Sword from earlier instants.
This was the Future Buddha’s exploration of his path to the Other Shore.
The Human Emperor did not relent. Sword light continuously slashed into the past, clashing fiercely with Maitreya’s relics.
Gradually, Maitreya’s smile stiffened. The white lotus beneath him withered. Manipulating the “Past Relic” for defense was an immense burden for his current state—he could not sustain it for long, only briefly stalling.
If he failed to stop the Human Emperor’s interference, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation would collapse, and the Supreme True Buddha’s fate would be his.
More critically, he did not know where the Howling Celestial Dog had hidden. He could only shrink the Buddha Formation to his Buddha Land, unable to draw replenishment from the faith of the outside world.
The sword light flared again, cracking the Past Relic and affecting the Great Marvel Aspect.
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation descended into chaos. Sword light rained down, shattering golden Buddha projections, splitting countless swastikas, and dissolving layers of crystal barriers.
The formation was on the verge of collapse!
Suddenly, the sword formation tore apart. A great sun descended, seemingly connected to a distant Buddha Land spanning countless kalpas. At the center of this Pure Land, atop Mount Sumeru, beyond the Four Dhyana Heavens, sat an ancient, wise golden Buddha. Behind him, flawless Buddha light formed a “great sun,” and in his palm rested a glazed ancient lamp shimmering with karmic hues.
The lamp’s light ignited, weaving a dense web of causality. The remains of the Human Emperor were trapped in an alternate universe—one of karmic threads alone. Surrounded by darkness, cold and lifeless, the mindless figure could not find his way back. Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Formation stabilized under the lamp’s glow.
The Ancient Buddha of Dipankara!
A Buddha at the pinnacle of the Creation Realm!
To save Maitreya, he had awakened prematurely!
The Karmic Universe… Witnessing this, Meng Qi’s eyes suddenly reflected the Dao Yi Glazed Lamp.
Black-and-white light followed the connection, illuminating the alternate universe of karmic threads, guiding the Human Emperor’s return.
At that moment, a vermilion gourd leaped from the void. A beam of light shot skyward, revealing an object within—with eyes and brows, exuding icy slaughter. Two white beams shot from its eyes, striking straight at the great sun of Buddha light.
“Lu Ya!”
The solemn, majestic voice of Dipankara, seated at the heart of the boundless Pure Land, carried unmistakable surprise.
Lu Ya, who had been sealed by the Primordial Heavenly Venerable for ages, had actually intervened to assist the Human Emperor and the allied forces of the Jade Void!
As the sword formation raged wildly, Meng Qi’s Eight-Nine Avatar reappeared in Jiangdong, one hand gripping the Peerless Heavenly Blade, the other clutching the Great Wisdom Sword!
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