The cosmic starry sky and Pure Buddha Land collided, the Three Pure Ones roared with thunder, and Shakyamuni Tathagata manifested the Dharma Form with eighteen arms and twenty-four heads. A Blessing Divine Pestle stood horizontally before the giant palm to block this hand containing infinite power.
The collision of two Dao phenomena and their confrontation simultaneously emitted earth-shaking roars, mixing together to form a monstrous wave of Qi, rolling up countless star fragments and Buddha Light, continuously spreading in the Three Pure Ones.
"Boom——"
Where the Qi wave reached, the scenery of Buddha's Pure Land was collapsing continuously, and the Blessing Divine Pestle also began to crack.
"Emperor Xi could contend with me because he probed my foundation, but what about you?"
Jiang Li exhaled and transformed into a star cloud, with enormous Star Essence surging into the Pure Land as her body moved. The manifested Dao scenery couldn't withstand Jiang Li's aura and kept collapsing.
The strength was overwhelmingly powerful enough to affect the movement of Dao, and Jiang Li was reaching the endpoint of Proving Dao with Power.
The strength within merged with the number of Circulations and the extreme of Yin Yang, so formidable that even the First Grade couldn't withstand it.
Truly, it was unknown how earlier Emperor Xi could have resisted such power.
Or perhaps······
During this brief time, had Jiang Li made further progress?
At this moment, Shakyamuni Tathagata finally witnessed the unreasonable power growth of the Taiyi Dao Fruit.
"Boom!"
The Blessing Divine Pestle shattered into pieces, and the Buddha's energy it emitted was crushed by the enormous power, seemingly leaving no trace of Innate Qi, disappearing entirely from the world.
The Lotus Platform under Shakyamuni Tathagata shifted backwards continuously, with one of the arms holding a green bamboo. It spread transparent silk threads, "Six Pure Roots."
The invisible threads, thousands upon thousands, entangled the giant palm, thoughts surged in Jiang Li's mind, only to perish continuously.
Six Pure Roots first evoked past worldly dust, and then extinguished them one by one, purifying even the thoughts of the mundane world and self, restoring a pure heart.
Simultaneously, the Seven Treasures Miao Tree brushed out light that reached the skies, resembling a seven-colored long river, intent on engulfing the starry sky.
The Seven Treasures Miao Tree solidified reality, the Six Pure Bamboo destroyed illusion. With both reality and illusion eradicated, it sought an alternative path to counter Jiang Li's unparalleled power.
However——
Both illusion and reality were annihilated by strength.
The strength sufficient to prove Dao could erase thoughts, akin to what Buddhism said, neither perception nor non-perception; both illusion and reality had to submit before such immense power.
The body encompassing the starry sky grew even more immense, evolving like the universe itself.
A vast and ancient Innate Qi surged among the stars, an invisible great force crashing down.
"Tai Chu."
That should have been a finger strength.
Shakyamuni Tathagata's mental perception sensed the form of the invisible threat.
But it had no effect because, in perception, danger was everywhere.
Seemed to come from the front, but in reality, it came from the Ten Directions, including the past and future.
Chaotic air currents emerged, due to the Pure Qi and space being destroyed by the Tai Chu Finger.
Shakyamuni Tathagata's mental perception tightened like a bowstring, sensing the omnipresent attack. He unleashed everything, each of the eighteen arms forming Seal Techniques, calling forth the Seven Treasures Miao Tree.
"All actions are impermanent, all Dharmas are non-self, Nirvana Annihilation."
Impermanence and non-self, Nirvana Annihilation, time fell into silence around him, invisible emptiness purged that illusion and reality. Light flowed on the Seven Treasures Miao Tree, which suddenly swept out, branches penetrating space, Seven-colored Divine Light cleaving into the silent Cosmic Light.
"Dang!"
That omnipresent finger seemed to turn into "One" at this moment, attacking from the front, blocked by the Seven Treasures Miao Tree.
This move, Shakyamuni Tathagata seized it.
He perceived the flow of time, his Spiritual Sense observing the Ten Directions, locking onto this omnipresent finger. The Seven Treasures Miao Tree cleaved into the Cosmic Light, equally omnipresent.
Yet——
Tiny cracks appeared on the Seven Treasures Miao Tree, rapidly expanding at a visible speed. In a blink, this supreme treasure was already like a fragmented porcelain, covered with cracks.
The cracks even extended to the arm of the Tathagata Dharma Form, about to spread all over it.
"Boom!"
Amidst a sudden sound, the Seven Treasures Miao Tree and one arm of Shakyamuni Tathagata exploded into pieces.
"Hmm!"
Shakyamuni Tathagata couldn't help but let out a muffled groan, Buddha's energy surged, to restore this arm. Yet no matter how he activated Buddha's energy or transformed Buddhist Law, he couldn't restore it.
As if······
This arm never existed.
More than a physical presence, even a piece of his Buddhist Law was missing.
Eighteen arms represented the Eighteen Unshared Methods, lacking one arm meant a deficiency in Buddhist Law, a flaw in the Dharma Form.
"I am one with the stars, breathe in harmony with the world. Each move is the power of Cycle Stars and infinite heavens. Emperor Xi, if not for probing my foundation, even his Yi Dao couldn't block my moves."
Jiang Li's voice rumbled, and the Tai Chu Finger arose again.
Invisible and formless, omnipresent, unstoppable.
Shakyamuni Tathagata only felt that infinite power coming from Ten Directions, like countless invisible great hands grasping him, binding him, able only to "watch" as the massive finger strength, like a star, attacked.
"——"
Silently and without a trace, cracks appeared on the Buddha Dharma Form, breaking into fragments, turning into dust of light, scattering in the completely void-transformed Three Pure Ones.
"You——"
Shakyamuni Tathagata sensed the changes in the Dharma Form, his Divine Thought fluctuated, and after a brief silence, he slowly said, "So it was. The 'End of Dharma' in those days··· it was like this. Emperor Xi, I lost, and you will lose too."
As his words fell, the giant Buddha Dharma Form shattered completely into dust of light, randomly floating, eventually fading into disappearance.
Shakyamuni Tathagata's elevation to First Grade ended just like this, dying much quicker than Emperor Xi anticipated.
Only two shadows were captured by Jiang Li, absorbed into her body.
The stars transformed, Cycle Stars arranged in the sky, no longer human-like, while Jiang Li manifested her true form again.
"The Buddha's Cause and Effect······ is in hand."
Jiang Li spoke slowly, her mind driven, those Cycle Stars began to fall, passing through the Three Pure Ones, returning to the starry sky.
Buddha's Light flickered on her body. Using the Shakyamuni's Dao Fruit and Zhunti Dao Fruit as guides, she perceived the various Magic Doors of Buddhism, even tracing back to the past of those who cultivated Buddhist Law in Buddhism.
"Only Emperor Xi and you remain."
Jiang Li extended a hand, three rays of Pure Light flew to her front, revealing the Dao Artifacts each with unique grandeur.
Pangu Banner, Green Duckweed Sword, and the Tai Chi Diagram, they represent the Dao of the Three Pure Ones and the Cause and Effect of those three Heavenly Venerates.
Until now, the Three Pure Ones still hadn't shown themselves, but their plan had long been laid out, even nearly realized.
"If I am willing to bear the Dao Fruit of the Three Pure Ones, that would naturally be best. If not······" Jiang Li looked at the Three Pure Dao Artifacts and spoke softly, "then I'll need to overcome this hurdle."
For both the Three Pure Ones and Jiang Li, regardless of the plan, achieving it ultimately required power.
If one couldn't even overcome others, what right did they have to make others submit?
However, it was impossible for the Three Pure Ones to manifest now. Reviving would lead to their efforts being in vain, returning to the state thirty thousand years ago.
Thus, Jiang Li needed to actively seek them out.
"The past requires my participation to remain unchanged, and the opportunity for the great achievement of the Taiyi Dao is also in the past······"
Jiang Li spoke slowly, her Qi Mechanism began to spread, extending across the Three Pure Ones, assimilating the omnipresent Pure Qi, refining the remaining Dirt Qi.
It even spread downward, flowing from the Three Pure Ones all the way down, transforming into countless streams of light, falling to Heaven, then becoming rain of light, drifting into the Mortal World. Further seeping down from the Mortal World, entering the Netherworld.
As this breath continued to spread, Jiang Li's Innate Qi filled the Three Realms, while simultaneously, Dirt Qi constantly diminished.
A day in heaven is a year on earth. Even after the Sky Dome was broken earlier and the time flow began to sync, it hadn't directly unified.
After this series of great battles, the Five Turbid Evil World had quietly reached its end.
Or perhaps······ it had returned to the origin point.
