I'm in Shrouding the Heavens Practicing Eternal Life

“When I attain eternal life!”

As the divine sound echoed, Ku Ci immediately felt uneasy; the galaxy he controlled was actually trembling.

It was nothing more than transformed Yuan Qi, so why would it tremble like a living being? It doesn't have that function!

“When I attain eternal life, billions of worlds, all living beings, shall enter the Immortal Realm, where time flows like water, and the departed are like this. When I attain eternal life, all heretics shall not enter time, and all living beings shall not be eroded by heretics!”

“When I attain eternal life, the myriad heavens and realms, with beings as numerous as the dust of shattered stars, shall attain freedom if they but utter my name, immeasurable and boundless. If this is not so, may I not attain eternal life!”

“When I attain eternal life…”

“When I attain eternal life…”

One after another, the grand vows of primordial origin resonated within the cosmic star sea formation of the 'Ba' character's heavenly sound, shaking the Great Dao and reaching directly into the heart.

He was, after all, a semi-sage, and naturally, he was doing his best to resist, using secret Buddhist techniques to fend off while wielding the Wisdom Sword to斬 (zhǎn - behead, eliminate) the thoughts of surrender, admiration, and reverence that were sprouting in his heart.

But it was ineffective. How could the Great Wish Technique, ranked third among the Three Thousand Great Daos, be so easily blocked?

Luo Mo's chanting of the primordial grand vows pierced through Ku Ci's various obstructions, reaching directly into the depths of his heart, resonating like a great bell, almost shattering all his other thoughts, leaving only these magnificent vows to echo.

On the Great Radiance Universal Salvation ship, everyone also heard the sound of Luo Mo chanting the vows.

“When I attain eternal life, all evil shall eventually be destroyed…”

“When I attain eternal life, all karmic obstacles shall eventually be liberated…”

*thump*

On the deck of the Great Radiance Universal Salvation ship, entire groups of cultivators knelt down. Their divine senses could no longer perceive any scenery, only the sound of the primordial grand vows echoing in their hearts, washing away other thoughts. From this moment on, they had completely prostrated themselves at the feet of the Buddha, burying a seed they could not remove in their hearts, imprinting a magnificent figure.

Behind Ku Ci, one hundred and eight old monks, as well as many Buddhist disciples, novices, and ascetics cultivating in Lantuo Temple, were all prostrating themselves in worship, their eyes revealing fanaticism. They had actually become believers of the Buddha.

Each grand vow was incomparably magnificent. Ku Ci's 'Ba' character heavenly sound and cosmic star sea only held out for a moment before collapsing with a bang. Then, they re-condensed, but they had already been completely subdued and controlled by Luo Mo, no longer dominated by Ku Ci.

The secret technique he had unleashed had actually changed hands, as if a living being had been converted. Even spells could be subdued.

Moreover, countless time-spaces and countless living beings had evolved within the cosmic star sea, their souls resonating with Luo Mo's voice, prostrating themselves in worship.

Past, present, and future, all sorts of incredible scenes were manifested within it, and mighty power surged from all time-spaces.

Countless cultivators watching the live broadcast from across the Great Luo Realm had their minds swaying at this moment. The Buddha's grand vows seemed to be able to penetrate the barriers of time and space, reaching deep into their hearts across endless distances, actually causing those in other great domains to have some impulse to worship.

Even through the broadcast screen, there was such influence. If they were on the scene, they would probably prostrate themselves directly and become loyal believers, right?

Ku Ci's mind trembled, and the top of his immortal platform glowed, where there was a Buddhist treasure.

He was the one most affected by this technique. The Great Wish Technique unleashed by the Buddha's wisp of divine thought actually possessed extremely terrifying power, capable of influencing even a semi-sage like him.

That is to say, the Buddha's wisp of divine thought could subdue a king. His own strength was probably something that ordinary saints could not do anything about.

No wonder he dared to call himself Buddha. This strength, this Buddhist cultivation, was simply too terrifying. It seemed that he had not yet become a saint, had he?

“Amitabha, this old monk has lost.”

Ku Ci opened his mouth helplessly. He had already used the treasures inherited by Lantuo Temple, which was considered breaking the rules. As for his wisp of divine thought, haha, it was gone, converted, and transformed into a small person prostrating itself in worship to the Buddha.

He had the Buddhist treasures of Lantuo Temple to resist the Buddha's grand vows, but his wisp of divine thought was exposed, directly becoming a believer. If he did not have the Buddhist treasures, his fate would probably not be any better.

Is there really such a heaven's chosen one in the world?

Without stepping into the Saint Realm, he could rely on a wisp of divine thought to force a semi-sage like himself to use Buddhist treasures to protect his immortal platform.

How many wisps of divine thought does a person have?

If the Buddha were to exert his full strength, it would seem natural to subdue thousands of Dao-severing kings in an instant. In the same realm, there is also a way to win against ten million…

This is truly unprecedented.

Ku Ci conceded defeat, and Luo Mo stopped chanting the Great Wish Technique and withdrew that wisp of divine thought.

And asked: “How does the master find this technique, is there any difference in quality?”

“Amitabha, this old monk dare not speak.”

“The truth is so, what is there to dare not speak?”

Ku Ci shook his head. Did he have to say that his own inherited secret technique was inferior to others? Although this seemed to be the truth, once this opening was made, there would be no turning back.

“This old monk has decided to cultivate the closed-mouth meditation for the rest of his life. From now on, I will not utter a single word.”

Ku Ci chose to shrink back, not saying a word, with the intention of no matter how you ridicule me, I will no longer say a word, even bringing out the closed-mouth meditation.

“There is no need for closed-mouth meditation. Since this is the case, then I will take my leave.” Ku Ci was someone who was unwilling to cause trouble. When he thought he had the upper hand just now, he even wanted to give Luo Mo a way out, and Luo Mo did not make things difficult for him.

Ku Ci indeed did not say another word, only nodded, watching Luo Mo board the ship and leave.

Luo Mo boarded the Great Radiance Universal Salvation ship, standing at the bow, his pure white Buddhist robes fluttering in the wind, and gently opened his mouth.

“Ba…”

An extremely subtle sound rang out, entering Ku Ci's ears.

Ku Ci's face instantly changed.

“How did you—”

The closed-mouth meditation he had just planned to cultivate was directly broken.

No wonder, because the Buddha directly used the genuine 'Ba' character heavenly sound.

“Amitabha.”

He recited the Buddha's name, directly acknowledging his sin.

It's no wonder he was surprised. In the past, many Buddhist geniuses came to Lantuo Temple to learn the 'Ba' character heavenly sound, but they all had to go through various tests set by them. Only those who passed could be taught, and this was only human harmony. Sometimes, it also depended on the timing. The inheritance of the 'Ba' character heavenly sound would not appear in many years.

But what the Buddha used just now was the genuine Ba character heavenly sound!

Where did he learn it from?

Could it be that he directly learned it from me during the competition? After all, in this world, the 'Ba' character heavenly sound has appeared, and only he and his junior nephew, who is also a semi-sage of Lantuo Temple, have learned it. None of the disciples have been taught.

A few days ago, news came from Mount Sumeru that they wanted to discuss something. If the current successor of Mount Sumeru, Jue Youqing, possessed unparalleled talent and wished to learn the other six-syllable mantras, they promised that he could exchange them for the 'Om' syllable divine sound mastered by Mount Sumeru.

There was indeed such a thing, but he hasn't made the exchange yet, has he?

So, where did the Buddha Lord learn the 'Ba' syllable divine sound?

Regardless of where he learned it, Kuchi felt that there would be a major upheaval in the Western Desert this time, especially after the recent exchange and the words the Buddha Lord told him after he used the 'Om' syllable divine sound. There seemed to be hidden secrets.

What does 'If the Dharma is to bury sentient beings to achieve itself' mean? Who wants to do that?

"Amitabha…"

He felt that this matter was a bit serious.

But in a place unseen, Kuchi quietly reached out and plucked a bead from the void. This bead resembled a nascent universe, containing a condensed galaxy within.

This was precisely what the Buddha Lord left behind after using the 'Ba' syllable divine sound. What did he want to do with this method?

Kuchi became cautious, feeling that the Buddha Lord must have a purpose for doing this, to guard against someone or some people.

Who was he guarding against?

Kuchi didn't know, only by looking at the information left in this bead would he know.

"Master Kuchi."

A young man appeared in front of the Lantuo Temple, walking with vigorous strides, heroic and extraordinary. It was Emperor Xiang Yufei of the Central Province. He had already severed his Dao and become a King some time ago, and now he was also a significant figure.

Moreover, he had always had some friendship with the Buddhist sect of the Western Desert, often visiting. Kuchi also recognized him.

"Benefactor Xiang."

"Has the Buddha Lord been here?" Xiang Yufei asked. After leaving the Central Province, he searched for the domain gate to teleport here.

"He has already left."

"Oh? So fast?"

Xiang Yufei was a little surprised. Although he didn't rush on his way, he wasn't far from the domain gate, and he shouldn't have spent much time on the road, right?

"Has your debate ended?" he asked.

Kuchi's expression froze. Wasn't this like poking at a sore spot?

"That's right."

"What was the result?" Xiang Yufei naturally wanted to know the result. After leaving the place with the Daluo World signal, he teleported here through the domain gate, naturally missing the live broadcast, wanting to see the scene in person.

But he didn't expect it to end so quickly.

Kuchi took a deep breath. Fortunately, he was a virtuous monk who didn't like to fight with others, cultivating a good temper, otherwise he would have exploded at this moment.

"…This old monk lost."

After saying these five words, he turned and left, entering an ancient temple in one step and closing the door.

Xiang Yufei: ?

Kuchi's junior brother, another half-sage of Lantuo Temple, was stabilizing the Buddha-nature of his disciples, chanting scriptures with them to dispel the imprints in their hearts.

The Buddha Lord's grand vow had almost instantly subdued these disciples. Its power was truly terrifying. Even though the Buddha Lord had already left, many imprints of admiration and worship for the Buddha Lord remained in the hearts of these disciples, having a great impact on them.

Xiang Yufei was helpless. Although it was somewhat impolite, he really wanted to know the process, and since there was no Daluo World signal tower in this Western Desert, he went to ask Kuchi's junior brother.

"Master, how was the debate just now?"

"…" The middle-aged monk's face was a little dark. Although Xiang Yufei had some friendship with the Buddhist sect of the Western Desert, it wasn't with their Lantuo Temple, but with the Great Thunderclap Temple of Mount Sumeru. They only treated him with courtesy because of Xiang Yufei's good relationship with Mount Sumeru.

But why did you have to ask at this time? Have you forgotten that you have only just entered the Severing Dao realm, while I am a half-sage?

Believe it or not, this Buddha will beat you up!

"If you want to know, go to the next place and see for yourself."

Xiang Yufei was rebuffed and didn't get angry. After all, this was a half-sage, and he had only just severed his Dao, so he couldn't win.

He was a generation of heavenly pride thousands of years ago, but he was physically ill and died young.

A Mount Sumeru monk refined a piece of leftover material from the Vajra Pestle, an extreme emperor weapon refined by Amitabha the Great, into a longevity lock and gave it to him. Wearing it on his body, his relationship with Mount Sumeru was quite good.

Unfortunately, the longevity lock was later stolen by that hateful Duan De!

That fatso, I'll beat him every time I see him in the future!

Xiang Yufei failed to obtain the process he wanted and could only go to the next place, hoping to make it in time.

But…

He frowned at the route.

Lantuo Temple was located in the Eastern Region of the Western Desert, bordering the Central Province. The Buddha Lord naturally came here first because it was close.

But further inland, he could go to the Central Region, Southern Region, or Northern Region of the Western Desert, and the distances were similar.

So, the question was, which region did the Buddha Lord go to?

It should be known that among these three regions, the Central Region and the Southern Region both had ancient temples that inherited the six-syllable mantra, while only the Northern Region did not.

"The Central Region should be the last to go, which means the Buddha Lord's ship went to the Southern Region?"

The Central Region was the Great Thunderclap Temple of Mount Sumeru. Judging from the Buddha Lord's intention, he should go there last. Therefore, Xiang Yufei judged that the next place the Buddha Lord would go to was the Southern Region, the Divine Radiance Temple, which also inherited a six-syllable mantra.

The Buddha Lord was sailing in a treasure ship. Even if the speed was extremely fast, he should be able to catch up by using the domain gate to cross over.

Let's go, to the Divine Radiance Temple!

…

Kuchi seemed angry, returning to his room and activating the restrictions, isolating outsiders.

Then, he took out the bead condensed from the 'Ba' syllable divine sound and carefully observed it.

"It's truly unbelievable that the Buddha Lord can use the 'Ba' syllable divine sound to such an extent, on par with this old monk!"

Kuchi was very surprised because he had studied the 'Ba' syllable divine sound for a long time to reach his current level, but the Buddha Lord was actually comparable to him.

If Luo Mo knew his surprise, he would definitely say, 'This is your skill level!'

After all, before the competition, Luo Mo used the True Spirit Imprint to copy the 'Ba' syllable divine sound from Kuchi, which was the original version.

During the divine sense competition, Luo Mo was analyzing and comprehending this Buddhist secret technique in Kuchi's memory, directly stealing the success of Kuchi's lifelong hard work. In addition, with Luo Mo's good physical body, primordial spirit, comprehension, and other conditions, a short period of contact was enough to display the 'Ba' syllable divine sound comparable to Kuchi.

If he had a little more time, surpassing Kuchi would not be difficult.

In the bead, which was like a star condensed together, there was a small starry sky. Kuchi's divine sense probed into it and could see only a lonely stone statue in the starry sky.

The stone statue was very strange, it was a stone Buddha.

But this stone Buddha was also very strange because it only had one eye.

The Buddha Lord sent me a stone Buddha with only one eye?

Kuchi didn't quite understand the Buddha Lord's meaning. Could it be that he left information on this stone Buddha?

You have a stone Buddha in this starry sky bead, a matryoshka doll?

Kuchi's divine sense made contact, and faint Buddha light emerged from his Immortal Platform. That was the Lantuo Temple's treasure, and he was fully prepared, not afraid of danger.

"Do not say the stone Buddha has only one eye…"

His divine sense first sensed such a headless and tailless sentence, and then, it was an exquisite secret technique.

"Eye of Salvation?!"

He gave me a secret technique?

What does this mean?