Chapter 539: Chapter 6: Greatly Altering the Past, Zhang Daoling’s Father is Hongjun
Across the entire world, everyone saw a tiny Buddha’s face materialize in the sky. That face immediately grew larger, and larger, and larger...
SMACK!!
As countless people watched, the entire world slammed into that Buddha’s face, leaving a distinct slap mark.
It was only then that the other Great Immortal Families, the numerous Cultivators, the common folk, and the nobility who hadn’t yet processed what was happening, were struck with the realization that the world... seemed to be held in the palm of a hand.
The slap mark left on the Buddha’s face by the Celestial Vault was the ultimate proof!
A commoner felt dizzy and mumbled to the side,
"Which great lord up in the heavens just used the whole world like a brick... to beat someone up?"
The woman beside him was speechless. She swallowed, her heart pounding in fear.
"Dear, how would I know...? Maybe we can ask Immortal Master Zhang when we get back!"
The man nodded dumbly, still staring blankly at the sky.
Similar scenes unfolded across the land. Countless beings were in an uproar, terrified, their hearts filled with a sense of disbelief and a dazed confusion.
An unimaginably powerful Immortal God had grasped the entire world in their palm and used it like a paving stone to strike another invincible existence!
As the world reeled in shock, on a barren mountain.
The Innocent Ancient Buddha was cracked and broken, his head covered in a web of fractures. A clearly visible slap mark was imprinted on the only unmarred side of his face.
Enraged, he brandished his Treasure Pestle, Wooden Fish, Zen Staff, and Prayer Beads, preparing to strike Lu Xuan.
But Lu Xuan just smiled placidly, opened his hand, and raised the Human World to intercept him. The Innocent Ancient Buddha immediately halted his attack, terrified of destroying the Human World!
’If I destroy the Great Heaven and Earth, never mind the other consequences, the Great Will of Heaven and Earth will be enraged. I’d probably face a catastrophe, and even my Dao Fruit might lash out!’
The Innocent Ancient Buddha decisively switched his position and resumed his deadly assault, but no matter which direction he attacked from, the Old Temple Master always precisely met his attack with the Human World held in his palm. The Innocent Ancient Buddha roared in fury:
"You are shameless!"
Lu Xuan said with a smile,
"Perhaps."
’I’m just cultivating the image of a rogue cultivator who doesn’t care about the lives of mortals,’ he thought to himself. ’Of course, if the Innocent Ancient Buddha really didn’t back down and struck the Human World directly, I would still have to pull back...’
As he smiled, a sharp glint flashed in Lu Xuan’s eyes. He deliberately avoided using his well-known Divine Techniques so as not to expose his identity.
Instead, he selected suitable Dharma and Dao directly from Shakyamuni’s memories, choosing the Great Divine Techniques the Buddha had comprehended after ascending to the throne of the Fake Dao Fruit, and unleashed them all!
"Final Deliverance."
"Worldly Stillness."
"Slay the Cause, Slay the Effect!"
One Great Slaughter Technique after another hammered the Innocent Ancient Buddha, leaving him in a pathetic state.
The enraged Buddha summoned a massive pestle. A vast Ancient Realm swirled upon it, saturated with profound Dao Rhyme. It appeared to be a Dao Artifact he had refined with all his blood and effort!
The Old Temple Master’s expression turned solemn, but the Immortal Mother chose that moment to intervene, afraid the two would truly come to blows. She spoke placatingly to ease the tension:
"You two, there is no true conflict between you. Must it come to this? Please, stay your hands!"
She blocked the space between them, shot a glare at the Innocent Ancient Buddha, and then addressed Lu Xuan with placating words:
"Fellow Daoist, please forgive us. We had absolutely no intention of offending you and do not wish to make an enemy of you!"
Her deferential posture sent a chill down the spines of the White Lotus Saintess and Zhang Buyi, making their hearts tremble. The Innocent Ancient Buddha they revered had been slapped across the face, leaving a distinct handprint, and now even the Mother of Non-Birth was bowing her head in apology!
The foundations of their faith began to crumble, leaving them both in a daze.
Lu Xuan just chuckled.
"No intention of offending? That bald donkey has already offended me, and I just love beating up bald donkeys!"
The Innocent Ancient Buddha’s face was grim, but he remained silent. The Immortal Mother adopted an even more humble posture and continued gently,
"We will be sure to give you a satisfactory resolution, Fellow Daoist, and will certainly make amends! It’s just, about those three..."
"What? Are these three little ones that important to the old bald donkey?"
Lu Xuan, of course, understood the Immortal Mother’s true intentions. ’They probably want to use Ao Xianzhi and Zhang Daoling to threaten Supreme Profound Clarity...’
He narrowed his eyes.
"Since they’re so precious to that old bald donkey, then I simply must take them for myself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xuan tore open the void in front of everyone, stepped into the River of Time, and began strolling upstream into the final years of the Western Han Dynasty!
"Fellow Daoist!" the Immortal Mother cried out from downstream in the great river, but Lu Xuan paid her no mind. She watched as he took a single step and entered the depths of the North Sea.
There, in a stretch of the sea, he found Ao Xianzhi, who had just given birth to her child. She was on the verge of death, and the Immortal Mother was descending at that very moment, intending to heal her, take her in, and indoctrinate her.
"Stand aside!"
Lu Xuan bellowed, swatting the Immortal Mother aside. He seized Ao Xianzhi and the infant Zhang Buyi, bestowed a blessing upon the two, and then spent the next eighteen years traveling with them by his side.
In the nineteenth year, Lu Xuan returned them to the depths of the sea.
By now, it was the Eastern Han Dynasty. A colossal demon that towered between heaven and earth—possessing three heads, six faces, and nine arms, and wreathed in a sea of blood—was assaulting the Four Directions Celestial Court, having just dragged down and cast aside the North Pole Celestial Court.
Lu Xuan glanced at his other self, then turned to the mother and child and said calmly,
"You have been with me for nineteen years. One of you is now fully healed, and the other has grown to adulthood. I will take my leave for now. If we are to meet again, it will be in another twenty-five thousand years."
"Senior!" The newly adult Zhang Buyi bowed low, and Ao Xianzhi also performed a deep salute, their gratitude endless.
"We pray we can see you again in twenty-five thousand years, Senior!"
Lu Xuan glanced one last time at the brand of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords nailed into the Central Celestial Court above. With a slight nod, he tore open the River of Time and departed.
Before he left, a thought occurred to him. ’It seems a Supreme Treasure on the level of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords possesses the property of uniqueness. Only one can exist at any given time. Even if I travel to a point in the past, the Four Immortal Slaying Swords or any similar Supreme Treasure from that era will collapse into a mere brand, its only function to maintain the established course of history...’
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