The Infant Sect Master Li Shantong, who appeared as a child but whose divine skills and mana were terrifyingly formidable, suppressed the Beautiful Corpse and several Cavernous Mystery Demons on the spot with a sword technique and an exotic treasure. Yet, what exhilarated Tao Qian the most was the Buddha Light Illusion at Bai Qin's side.
This shadow, woven from the intertwining of Bai Qin's Buddha Nature and Demon Thoughts, alternated between the appearance of a greatly virtuous monk and a long-year-old demon.
Tao Qian frowned incessantly at these symptoms.
At that moment, the Beautiful Corpse Bodhisattva on the ground, tortured by the Tarnished Compassion Light Star Evil, had its ferocity as a Buddha, Demon, and Devil cultivator stirred.
It began to flail its many arms, attacking the "Little Antarctic Magnetic Light Star Evil Net" with hundreds and thousands of magic artifacts. The golden Big Peacock Dharma Image behind it shot out a million beams of evil eye brilliance, colliding fiercely with the Infant Sect's exotic treasure.
The earth trembled wildly as a result.
Seeing that the Beautiful Corpse had a chance to break free, Bai Qin Old Monk let out a cold laugh.
Ignoring the numerous forbidden techniques, he walked up to the Beautiful Corpse Bodhisattva, who was refining the relic with her Primordial Spirit, and said with a tone full of pity,
"Having left Guanyin Temple, yet unable to properly cultivate the Guanyin Method."
"It's no wonder that elder brother said that enlightening you is even more effortless than enlightening other Cavernous Mystery Demons."
With that, the old monk unexpectedly formed a Buddha Seal Tao Qian had never seen before, and then ferociously struck at the Beautiful Corpse's Primordial Spirit between her brows.
Immediately, a visible pure Buddha Light erupted forth.
Everything in its path, whether it was flesh and blood, magic artifacts, alien objects, or anything else, seemed to freeze.
In a trance, Tao Qian heard a constant reverberation of a Buddhist chant within the Buddha Light: "All phenomena are illusions."
It was amongst these chants that the Beautiful Corpse Bodhisattva, struggling fiercely outside, became peaceful.
She ceased her struggles, no longer baring her fangs and roaring but instead sat calmly on the lotus seat, eyes lowered, hands forming a Buddha Seal, and began to mutter a profound Buddhist scripture. For a moment, it was as if she had grasped enlightenment again, her emitted Buddha Nature even slowing down the Infant Sect's exotic treasure's assault on her.
Looking before him, Tao Qian saw the relic that was being refined by Beautiful Corpse's Primordial Spirit was frozen into a gleaming gold Buddha statue.
This scene was nothing short of horrifying.
After all, the Beautiful Corpse was an invincible powerful Cultivator in the Cavernous Mystery Realm, and she was easily outmaneuvered by Bai Qin?
He noticed the confusion in Tao Qian's eyes and, while leading Tao Qian forward and reaching to take the mottled relic, explained:
"Do not misunderstand, benefactor, it's not that my mana reaches the heavens, but rather a clever trick."
"The Beautiful Corpse Daoist's greed was excessive, desiring to deplete her Primordial Spirit to refine my relic, thus inviting the wolf into the house."
"I have not refined any Slaughter Divine Power, but before departing, I learned this 'Bu Jue Guanyin Root Seal' from the Daoists at Guanyin Temple. It's not well-practiced, but it happens to be enough to help the Beautiful Corpse Daoist's Primordial Spirit fully meditate. If she awakens in time, she might even gain a tidy profit."
"Unfortunately, she looked down upon the Guanyin Method and insisted on cultivating the Demon Buddha Secret Method; I fear she won't wake up."
Tao Qian, now controlled, took the relic from the transformed Buddha statue of the Beautiful Corpse.
After hearing Bai Qin's words, he easily understood.
The flowery speech boiled down to this: Bai Qin Old Demon had learned a countermeasure against the Beautiful Corpse Bodhisattva from Guanyin Temple, and coupled with a surprise attack, left the Beautiful Corpse no chance to resist, forcibly inducing deep meditation.
On touching the Bai Qin Relics, Tao Qian's mind immediately resonated with a thunderous vibration.
Subsequently, a flood of complex and chaotic Record information burst forth.
However, due to the high rank of the relic, Tao Qian's abnormal soul was momentarily unable to sort through it all.
Until the next moment, Bai Qin Old Demon beckoned and said:
"This relic, the result of my life's cultivation despite its flaws, has also blazed a new trail."
"Now I wish to use the body of you, the destined one, to escape tribulation and transform. I must thank you, benefactor."
At the sound of his voice, the relic leaped on its own, burrowing into Tao Qian's mouth.
No sooner had the relic, "originally utilized" by its owner, entered Tao Qian's belly,
Than in an instant, both his body and mind seemed to explode.
As Tao Qian let out an excruciating wail, he saw again that familiar, shocking scene.
Only before, it was on Bai Qin's body, but now it had become his own.
Tao Qian bore no resemblance whatsoever to a disciple of Spirit Treasure True Cultivation.
An incredibly massive, terrifying Demonic Qi surged from his body, and one by one, Bird Demons sprouted forth.
Compared to what he had seen at Iron Buddha Mountain, these Bird Demons, without mana to support them, couldn't morph into those excessively powerful Demon Bodies capable of Moving Mountains and Filling Seas.
Even so, they emerged, howling madly.
Then they showed their blood-red eyes, setting their sights directly on the painstakingly cultivated "Heavenly Demon Buddha Mother Ming King Dharma Body" of the Beautiful Corpse Bodhisattva.
Within the immense Dharma Body, those hideous and grotesque masses of flesh were, in the eyes of these Bird Demons, equivalent to the most delectable feast in the world.
"How can you enter the world if you're not yet satiated?"
"Only, chew gently, lest you damage the Beautiful Corpse Daoist's skin and arouse suspicion from those few outside."
As Bai Qin's nauseating words echoed,
Tao Qian watched as Bird Demons, one after another, leaped out from his own body and began to voraciously devour everything in sight.