The Counterattack of the Villains

After hearing Li Mu's words, Jieyin Zhunti felt greatly comforted. It was not in vain that they valued him so much. They all said in unison: "Good."

Then Zhunti turned to look at Qiao Ling'er and continued: "Sakyamuni was originally the Taoist Duobao, the second-generation disciple of Jie Jiao."

"After being consecrated to the gods and measuring kalpas, he transformed Hu into a Buddha and entered our west to serve as the present Buddha. He will rule over the scenic spot of Lingshan Mountain and become the ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas."

"However, since he became the current Buddha, he has misinterpreted the meaning of our Buddhist saints' scriptures and led Buddhism astray."

"Now that I have received permission from the Taoist Patriarch, I will abolish Sakyamuni's current status as a Buddha and reincarnate for hundreds of lives to resume his practice."

"If you can achieve perfect enlightenment someday, you can return to Lingshan and be the leader of the Oriental Treasure Pure World, the Many Treasures Tathagata."

After listening to Zhunti's words, all the gods and Buddhas present were shocked. They didn't expect that even the Tathagata Buddha would be removed. Is it true that all saints are just ants?

Guanyin Bodhisattva suddenly asked: "May I ask Mother Buddha, after Sakyamuni's current Buddhahood is abolished, who should take charge of Lingshan?"

When asking this question, she glanced at Maitreya Buddha out of the corner of her eye. The past Buddha Lantern had passed away, and now the Buddha Sakyamuni has been deposed. It stands to reason that Maitreya, the future Buddha, should succeed him.

But now that Fahai has appeared, this matter may not be that simple.

Maitreya glanced at Li Mu calmly. He was gifted with a smile, but now the smile on his face became a little bitter.

This time it was Jie Yin who spoke. He looked at Li Mu and said slowly: "It has been agreed by the Purple Sky Palace of All Saints that Lingshan will be under the control of Fahai. From today on, he will be the new ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas, the mighty Tianlong.

Tathagata Buddha."

Tathagata is a title for Buddha, it does not refer to a specific person. Sakyamuni is Tathagata, but Tathagata does not specifically refer to Sakyamuni.

The Tathagata takes the path of truth and achieves enlightenment.

The meaning of Tathagata is Zhenru, which is the absolute truth. Tathagata means that the Buddha is a saint who masters the absolute truth and comes to the world to teach the truth to save all sentient beings.

Therefore, no matter who the person who rules Lingshan is, no matter what his name is, he is Tathagata Buddha.

The moment the words fell, Li Mu's body shone with golden light, and Buddhist luck blessed him. On his smooth head, snail hair and buns began to appear, and his ears stretched continuously until they drooped on his shoulders.

The snail hair and fleshy bun emerging from Li Mu's head are called "Use Nisha", which are extremely noble features that only the Buddha can have, and Bodhisattvas and Arhats do not have them.

Seeing this scene, all the Buddhas in Lingshan chanted together: "There is no great and mighty Tianlong Tathagata Buddha in the south."

Li Mu, on the other hand, raised his head and met Zhunti, saying, "Namo Amitabha, Namo the mother of Zhunti Buddha."

Then Yin Zhunti preached: "It's good, it's good."

Jie Yin finally said to Li Mu: "I will leave Lingshan to you. If anything happens in the future, you can come to my Taoist Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss to find us in the endless chaos."

Li Mu bowed and said: "I send you my sincere greetings to Amitabha and the mother of the Buddha."

The figures of the two saints disappeared, all the visions disappeared, and the Lingxiao Palace became completely silent.

Li Mu pointed at the lotus platform where Qiao Ling'er was, and a golden light shot out, and the magic barrier that imprisoned him was instantly broken.

Qiao Ling'er got her freedom and immediately jumped down from the lotus platform. Bai Lianhua quickly stepped forward to help her.

Li Mu sighed to Qiao Ling'er: "Ling'er, I didn't expect that things would turn out like this, but this is not a bad thing for you. At least you are still you and have not become someone else."

Qiao Ling'er smiled and nodded: "It's really not a bad thing. Buddha, you care about the common people and have true compassion. If you rule Lingshan, I believe the world will become a better place."

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "I won't let you down. When your tribulation is over and you return to your position, we will sit together and discuss the truth."

Qiao Ling'er said happily: "Okay."

Li Mu flew up and landed on the lotus platform where Qiao Linger was sitting before.

The moment he sat down, the black-purple lotus platform instantly turned into gold.

At this moment, all the gods and Buddhas bowed together and called: "Buddha."

Li Mu spoke slowly and said: "The calamity is over and the Buddha and Immortal have returned to their path. This is a blessing for the Three Realms. However, it is a great pity to defeat the Buddha in order to ensure the passing of the Three Realms."

"The so-called Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and escaping one of them is a glimmer of life. Fighting and defeating the Buddha to protect the Three Realms and pass away, can be said to have immeasurable merit."

"If there is infinite will calling him back, or if he can be resurrected through the power of merit, everyone, let us work together to bring back Victorious Buddha!"

After saying that, he simply clasped his palms together and closed his eyes. Tang Sanzang's master and disciples, who were still in a low mood at first, became energetic and closed their eyes one after another.

When other gods and Buddhas saw this, they naturally followed suit. If they don't follow the crowd, do they want to live in the three realms in the future?

Just when all the gods and Buddhas worked together, integrated their minds into the heaven and earth, and kept calling Sun Wukong, a golden light burst out from the sky, and a cloud of merit appeared on the dome of the Lingxiao Palace.

The largest piece of it, accounting for about 40%, went straight into Li Mu's body.

The other 30% condensed into the image of Sun Wukong in mid-air. His disappeared soul, soul, and true spirit were all summoned back by the will of the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and re-injected into this body that was completely condensed by merit.

The remaining three successful virtues were dispersed into many parts in proportion and were incorporated into the bodies of the gods and Buddhas who participated in the calamity. Naturally, Bai Suzhen, the girls, Xiang Zuo Xiangyou and others were all missing.

Sun Wukong, who had just been resurrected, was still a little confused. He had died less than half an hour ago, but it felt like a long time had passed.

He discovered that the one sitting on the lotus platform was not Tathagata Buddha, but his junior brother Fa Hai.

Qiao Ling'er, the reincarnation of Tathagata Buddha, stood aside with White Lotus.

"Wukong..."

"Brother Monkey..."

"Elder brother..."

At this time, all the gods and Buddhas had discovered the resurrected Sun Wukong, and they all cheered, and the Lingxiao Palace was filled with joy.

Sun Wukong descended to the ground and said to Tang Sanzang: "Master, I'm back. Long time no see. I really miss you all!"

Zhu Bajie quickly came up to him and laughed and said, "You're not dead, Brother Monkey?"

Sun Wukong patted his big belly and said with a smile: "Bajie, I really didn't expect you to care about me so much. I heard your call in the dark before."

Li Mu, who was on the lotus platform, said happily: "Senior Brother's return this time is the result of the concerted efforts of all the gods and Buddhas. Now we can confer the title of Buddha."

Sun Wukong asked curiously: "Junior brother, what happened? How did you become a Buddha?"

Li Mu smiled slightly and pointed at him, a ray of golden light fell into his eyebrows, and what happened after his death appeared in his mind.

After understanding all this, Sun Wukong looked at Qiao Ling'er and said: "Ling'er, Sakyamuni is Sakyamuni, you are you, and you are different."

"You have a compassionate heart and a fearless spirit of sacrificing yourself for charity. I believe that in the future you will be able to complete your merits and return to Lingshan."

Qiao Ling'er smiled and nodded: "Thank you Shengfo."

Li Mu looked at Tang Sanzang and said: "Master, you were originally the Sandalwood Buddha of Merit and Virtue, but now you have become the Akho Buddha (also known as the Immovable Tathagata Buddha) in the Eastern Incense World of the Five Buddhas."

Now that he is the Buddha, he will naturally not confer a mere immeasurable merit Buddha to his master.

The several Buddha statues at the top of the Buddhist pyramid are the Buddhas of the Three Worlds and the Buddhas of the Five Directions. These Buddha statues can all be called Buddhas.

The others are ordinary Buddha statues and can only be called Buddha, but not qualified to be called Buddha.

Although the Buddha of Infinite Merit ranks sixth among the Buddhas, his status is not at the top.

The Buddha on the left among the three Buddhas is held by Amitabha himself.

After all, he created the Paradise, so the left-hand Buddha who is in charge of the Paradise can naturally only do it himself.

The central Buddha is Li Mu himself, who is in charge of the Saha world, which includes the four major continents of the ancient world. All areas where mortals exist are under his control.

The Buddha on the right is Medicine Buddha, whose full name is Medicine Master Glazed Light King Tathagata Buddha, who is in charge of the pure glazed world.

The third Buddha is the past Buddha, the present Buddha and the future Buddha. The past Buddha is now vacant, the present Buddha is Li Mu, and the future Buddha is Maitreya.

So among the three Buddhas, there is only one vacancy for the past Buddha. This is the Buddha seat left by Li Mu for Sun Wukong and will not be granted to others.

Although there are no vacancies for the Third World Buddha, there are still three vacancies for the Five Directions Buddhas. Naturally, Li Mu wants to arrange one for his master.

When Tang Sanzang heard about Li Mu's Zen conferment, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. His disciple was a man who missed his old love. This was his luck. He immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Buddha."

He is Fahai's master. Even if Li Mu becomes Buddha now, it cannot change this.

Therefore, Li Mu can still call him master, and call Sun Wukong and others senior brother, but they also have to call Li Mu Buddha.

Li Mu then said to Zhu Bajie: "Second senior brother, you were originally the envoy of the Pure Altar, but now you are the Golden Lotus Buddha of the Wood Mother."

Zhu Bajie was overjoyed and said, "Thank you very much, Buddha."

Now that my junior brother and master have become Buddhas, if their junior brothers are in Lingshan from now on, wouldn’t they walk sideways?

Sun Wukong knocked Zhu Bajie's big belly with the back of his hand and said, "Bajie, now that you have become a Buddha, don't be so lazy in the future."

Zhu Bajie laughed and said: "Brother Monkey, let's talk to each other, hehehe..."

Li Mu looked at Sha Monk and said, "Third Senior Brother, you were originally a golden Arhat, but now you are a golden King of Light Buddha."

Sha Monk was very calm, and he just said honestly: "Thank you, Buddha."

"Ao Lie, you were originally the Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva, but now you have become the Golden Body Guangli Dragon Patriarch Buddha."

"Thank you Lord Buddha."

Li Mu cast his gaze at the white lotus beside Qiao Ling'er and said, "Bai Lianhua, you were originally a mortal woman, but now you are enshrined as the White Lotus Holy Mother Bodhisattva."

"During the eons of reincarnation of the Buddha Many Treasures Tathagata, you will serve as the Dharma Protector and be fully responsible for supporting his practice."

The white lotus was naturally what I wanted, so Heshi happily bowed and said, "Thank you very much, Buddha."

Since Fairy Biyou had nothing to do with Qiao Ling'er this time, she was still a disciple of Emperor Donghua, and she had not sacrificed her life for righteousness, Li Mu did not grant her a Zen title.

So Li Mu jumped over her directly, looked at Chenxiang, and said: "Chenxiang, you were originally the Bodhisattva of the Precious Lotus Infinite Dharma, and now you are the Buddha of the Five Directions in the Northern Lotus World.

Agarwood Heshi said: "Thank you very much, Buddha."

"Zen Master Wuchao, you were originally the Golden Crow Prince of the ancient demon court. Later, you abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. Now I am naming you the Great Sun Tathagata in the center of the five Buddhas."

This is the Buddha's throne that Li Mu promised him, and he will not break his promise.

"Thank you Lord Buddha."

"Kinnara, you were originally one of the eight celestial dragons, and you were titled Wonderful Sound Bodhisattva. Now you have returned to your throne after many tribulations, and you have become the Treasure Appearance Buddha of the Southern Joyful World (also known as Precious Born Tathagata) among the Buddhas of the five directions."

"Thank you Lord Buddha."

Since then, all Buddhas from the five directions have returned to their thrones.

Li Mu granted Zen status to those who needed it one by one. Bai Suzhen, Xiaoxue, and Xiaoqing were all named his attendant Bodhisattvas.

Xiaoyu and Dingxiang are the attendant Bodhisattvas named Agarwood.

Left and right, he was named the Protector of the Ming King, whose status was equivalent to the golden-winged roc beside Sakyamuni. Zhizhu was named the golden Arhat, taking the position of Sha Seng.

As for the Golden-winged Dapeng, he has decided to reincarnate and cultivate again, so there is no need to rush to give him a Zen title.

After all the achievements that should be sealed were completed, the main event came. Li Mu finally looked at Sun Wukong and said with a smile: "When Wu Tian comes, the ancient Buddha of the past Lantern passed away, and I now declare the new past Buddha."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand towards Sun Wukong and said loudly: "The Great Sage Relic King Buddha, Sun Wukong."

All the Buddhas in Lingshan gathered together and preached: "Namo the Great Sage Relic King Buddha."

After the Zen title was decided, Li Mu made a concluding speech: "The number of calamities is determined by heaven, the number of calamities is without heaven, the jade world is clear, and there is heaven without heaven."

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After Li Muchan was enthroned as a Buddha, the Jade Emperor held an Antian conference as usual to celebrate his successful passage through the tribulation. For a time, the three worlds were happy together, and the world was full of auspiciousness.

After the meeting, the gods and Buddhas returned to their places, and the three realms returned to normal operations.

Li Mu returned to Lingshan with the Buddhists in Lingshan. He made a new interpretation and definition of the meaning of the Buddhist scriptures of Jieyin Zhunti, and then taught it to the Buddhists.

This lecture lasted thirty years. Thirty years later, the meaning of Buddhist scriptures has changed greatly. While guiding people to do good, it also has more content to exhort people to be positive.

The atmosphere of Buddhism has changed drastically. All evil-doing Buddhists have no place to live in Lingshan, and cannibals are severely punished.

Later, Li Mu made a request that the Buddha should be involved in the secular world, to truly understand the sufferings of all living beings, to rescue sufferings, and to save all living beings.

Seeing this situation, the gods in heaven no longer lay still and began to perform their duties seriously.

Because the demotion of Sakyamuni reminded them that their position as a god is not an iron rice bowl. If they do not do well, they may be removed.

Just kidding, even the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Buddhas retreats at will, let alone a mere righteous god.

Since then, the gods in heaven have also begun to turn inward, and the people in the world have naturally benefited.

After thirty years of busy work, Li Mu finally had some free time and had time to properly manage his inner universe.

He spent 10% of the 40% merit of the Buddha's Demonic Tribulation to increase his magic power, but found that it had no obvious effect on improving his actual combat power.

The magic power of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian is so vast that it is basically impossible to increase it as much as before.

Therefore, he did not waste any more merit. He left 10% behind and injected the remaining 20% ​​into his inner universe.

The Buddha and Demon Calamity Calamity is a large amount of calamity like the Fengshen Calamity Calamity, which is different from the small amount of calamity in Journey to the West and the birth of Xintian Tiao.

Journey to the West is the prelude to the calamity of Buddhas and Demons, and the calamity of Buddhas and Demons is the continuation of the calamity of Journey to the West.

Therefore, the amount of merit achieved by Buddhas and Demons during the calamity is not comparable to the last time.

Injecting these two successful virtues, Li Mu's inner universe spiritual energy surged, and his status was completely upgraded. He was completely upgraded from the Small Thousand World to the Middle Thousand World.

The most obvious feature is that in certain locations in his inner universe, a world with a round sky and a square earth also appears.

Although the area is completely incomparable to the prehistoric world, it does have the conditions to develop a world of cultivation, mythology, and fantasy.

At the same time, the evolution speed of the inner universe has also been greatly accelerated. With the injection of Li Mu's law of creation, various creatures began to appear on habitable planets in the inner universe.

In this way, his inner universe will soon become colorful.

What makes Li Mu strange is that even though the calamity of Buddha and Demon has ended, his reincarnation still has no intention of ending, which makes him puzzled.

However, he is not in a hurry, as he can continue to evolve his inner universe in this world and evolve his universe into what he wants.

When the time of return comes, he will be able to cultivate his wife Zhang Qin in this world according to his own ideas, so that she can become an immortal and ancestor and accompany him forever in this world.