Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 483: Chapter 483: Amitabha Buddha’s Worldly Body

’It can actually dismantle my Great Bodhisattva’s Golden Body?!’

Even a Great Daoist Master might not have been able to corrode it so cleanly.

Sanzang’s brow furrowed deeply. He carefully observed the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi that was disintegrating his Golden Body Dharma Aspect, and his expression flickered as if he had remembered something.

Just then, Xu Yunfan let out a low shout.

"Break!"

Xu Yunfan pressed his advantage, suppressing the churning in his organs as he let out a low roar.

Driven by his will, the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi erupted with a final, brilliant radiance.

BOOOOM!!!

The thirty-foot-tall, infinitely majestic Infinite Light of the Ten Directions and Eight Divisions World-Protecting Golden Body Dharma Aspect, whose power rivaled that of a Great Daoist Master, was as if stuffed with a billion explosives, or gnawed apart from within by a billion invisible vipers. Under the final assault of the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi, it finally let out an earth-shattering cry of anguish. It shattered, inch by inch, dissolving into a rain of collapsing golden light that filled the sky before disintegrating entirely.

The vast Buddha Power spiraled completely out of control, creating a terrifying shockwave that tore another massive crater into the ground.

The dust settled and the Buddha Light dissipated, revealing Sanzang’s physical body standing alone, his face as pale as paper.

Not a trace of his former composure and transcendent air remained.

His aura was enfeebled to the extreme, his kasaya was stained with blood, and his figure swayed on the verge of collapse. The destruction of his Golden Body had clearly inflicted an unimaginably severe injury upon him.

He stared death at Xu Yunfan, all traces of compassion gone from his eyes. Only boundless fury, disbelief, and a sliver of deeply hidden terror remained.

No matter how he racked his brain, he couldn’t comprehend it. How could a mere Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator—even one who had mastered the True Martial Subduing Demon Dharma Aspect—wield a power capable of turning his own Great Arhat Level Golden Body’s Buddha Power against itself and melting it away?

However, in the very instant Sanzang’s Heart and Spirit reeled, his Origin was damaged, and his aura hit rock bottom, his expression suddenly became serene.

It wasn’t the languid calm of an injured man, but rather...

It was like the absolute stillness at the eye of a storm.

The roiling fury and terror in his eyes receded like the tide. In their place was an ineffable emptiness and clarity, a state devoid of joy or sorrow, as if distilled from a billion years of time.

Alarm bells screamed in Xu Yunfan’s mind.

This serenity was more terrifying than any roar. A sense of crisis originating from the depths of his bloodline blared a frantic warning. His Martial Artist’s intuition, a product of the Martial Dao, throbbed violently against his temples.

The next second, a sudden change occurred.

The Buddha Light around Sanzang, which had been so faint it was nearly extinguished, flared back to life without any warning.

But this time, the nature of the light was completely different.

It was no longer a bright, lustrous gold, but a pure, gentle, and eternal azure light, like that of flawless crystal.

The light wasn’t blinding, yet it carried a grand power that seemed to pierce the soul and pacify all creation.

It rippled outward gently, silently soothing the raging residual energy storms from the battle and smoothing over the jagged chasms and scorch marks on the ground.

The surrounding space, which had been warped and fluctuating from the intense fight, seemed to be gently smoothed out by a giant, invisible hand, returning to a state of stability and tranquility.

The wind died, the dust settled, and even the sound of crumbling rocks seemed to fall silent.

An unprecedentedly vast, profound, all-encompassing, and awe-inspiringly compassionate aura, like that of a giant awakening from an aeon-long slumber, slowly began to spread, filling the heavens and the earth.

Xu Yunfan’s pupils contracted sharply.

He snapped his head up to look behind Sanzang.

There was no colossal Dharma Aspect manifesting there.

Instead...

There was a phantasmal, yet perfectly clear, figure, as if projected from an infinitely distant shore.

It was the figure of a being seated cross-legged in the void.

Its face was serene and tranquil. Its gaze was lowered, but its lips held a compassionate smile that seemed to understand all the suffering of living beings.

Its form was neither male nor female, neither old nor young. It seemed to be right before him, yet also separated by infinite worlds.

It wore a simple monk’s robe, yet radiated an aura more solemn than any emperor’s ceremonial regalia.

Its hands formed a deceptively simple Meditation Seal, its fingertips seeming to pull at the threads of fate that bound the world.

Behind It, there was no Buddha Radiance Wheel, no Dharma-Protecting Celestial Dragons—only a halo of the purest, most immaculate light, a boundless glow that seemed capable of containing the endless Star Sea and purifying all worldly vexations.

The phantasm was not large, yet it felt as if the entire world rested in Its embrace. All things were born, died, and underwent reincarnation within the space of Its lowered gaze.

An indescribable pressure descended. It was not the pressure of overwhelming force, but of transcendent superiority in realm, an absolute loftiness in its very being.

’The earthly incarnation of Amitabha Buddha!’

Xu Yunfan’s Divine Soul trembled violently.

Fragmentary records of the supreme Buddha in the legends of the Buddhist Sect flashed through his mind. The descriptions perfectly matched the sense of boundless compassion, infinite magnanimity, and timeless eternity that radiated from the phantasm before him—an eternity that spanned the past, present, and future.

’This isn’t a Dharma Aspect. This is a being from a higher plane...’

’A projection, descending into a body and transforming it.’

’It has borrowed Sanzang’s damaged vessel and his status as a conduit to briefly reside in this world. Perhaps that Pure Land Daoist Lord paid it no mind, merely casting down a sliver of his will.’

’But the current tranquility is the absolute control this being exerts the moment it descends.’

’What the hell? All I did was leave home for a bit. How did I manage to attract the attention of the Puchen Pure Land’s supreme Buddha, the Tathagata, to the point that he’d personally transform Sanzang into an earthly incarnation of Amitabha Buddha on the spot?’

’The only saving grace is that this is just a transformation. Although its aura is majestic and vast, possessing a state where Infinite Light illuminates the ten directions, it ultimately hasn’t surpassed the Foundation Establishment Level.’

’But its power and Realm have definitely reached the absolute limit of Foundation Establishment.’

Xu Yunfan’s expression was incredibly grave. As his thoughts raced, he hesitated, wondering if he needed to displace his Divine Soul.

’This guy is too fucking shameless.’

’This is like the final boss showing up in the Newbie Village for a massacre.’

’He’s not even trying to hide it anymore.’

The Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi around him was still instinctively circulating and evolving. It was a kaleidoscope of colors, ever-changing and unpredictable, containing the power to refine creation.

However, at this moment, that power which could refine all things and melt everything felt sluggish and insignificant before that halo of utterly pure, boundless azure light.

It was like a raging tidal wave crashing against the vessel that carries the world to the other shore, failing to create even the slightest ripple.

The Cloud Qi continued to spread, transforming into a sky full of gorgeous, colorful clouds, but it couldn’t touch even a shred of the phantasm, let alone harm it.

Behind him, his True Martial Dao Foundation, which had been temporarily suppressed and replaced by the Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture...

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