Tao Qian made his decision in a flash. If it were during a leisurely period, his anger would lead him to summon the Hundred Buddha Birds Protector to crush these several thousand evil monks into flesh pulp using thunderous methods.
But now, with alarms ringing in his mind, it was best to act quickly and decisively.
As his thoughts settled, he began brewing an impressive Sword Intent.
After three years of arduous cultivation and guidance from Yuan Gong, Tao Qian had mastered many techniques of the Secret Demon Sect. Moreover, the "Secret Demon Sacrifice Body Sword Technique" was completed in all nine forms, perfected to its pinnacle, leaving Yuan Gong both relieved and frequently lamenting that such great talent was not solely devoted to sword cultivation, truly infuriating.
The Nine Forms of Sacrifice specifically targeted various Daoist Lineage sources.
The first, naturally, was Sramana Buddhism.
The founding master of this sword technique even dared to barge into the Mountain Gate of the Great Freedom Temple with the "Destroying Buddha Style".
"My master once said that this Sword Intent was born in response to the evil poison created by the burgeoning and flourishing of Sramana Buddhism, deriving from the karma of heaven and earth, from the fortune of all living beings. Once released, it can cut an Arhat, kill a Bodhisattva, dare to cleave a Buddha... But I wonder if you fake monks can endure it?"
Tao Qian was crafty, and, to avoid entanglement with these evil monks and maleficent clans, he deliberately spoke as he unsheathed his sword to lure the head monk to listen.
Each word was imbued with extraordinary Buddhist rhythm, further manifesting Buddha Light scattering, Earth Bursting Golden Lotus and other visions, prompting thousands of evil monks to involuntarily join hands in prayer.
At this moment, the Destroying Buddha Sword Intent within Tao Qian was fully formed.
Instantly, heaven and earth were overturned; ten thousand Buddhas appeared and vanished in a flash, countless fine Sword Qi filled every corner. These Sword Qi were dense and endless, yet harming no other life but solely those related to "Buddha".
If an ordinary cultivator of the Ultimate Happiness Realm executed this sword technique, at most they would only harm an Arhat.
But Tao Qian was different; if he unleashed this sword in the Longevity Realm, it might render several thousand miles of territory devoid of monks and Buddhas.
Amidst the tides, the several thousand Secret Image Monk servitors stirred up not a minor commotion, amidst their daze, they could even hear eerie Buddha sounds as though a True Buddha or Buddha Ancestor was chanting scriptures beside their ears. Consequently, upon the invasion of endless Sword Qi, they showed no resistance, all revealing a sudden insight smile before turning to ashes and sitting in meditation.
The only one able to struggle was the head monk called "Zong Zangba".
Upon hearing a few words from Tao Qian, he sensed danger, decisively raised his hand, and crushed his own ears, panic-stricken after witnessing the fate of the other monks.
Although an evil monk serving the Demon God, he cherished life, repeatedly crying out: "Grandfather spare me, True Master spare me, Daoist Lord spare me..."
This scrawny old monk shouted while taking off his red silk Kasaya, forming a seal, and promptly reciting an obscure Buddhist Scripture Secret Book.
Translated into human words, it was known as the "Secret Image Buddha Ancestor Hymn".
As he chanted, the old monk's body transformed, hands and feet becoming four robust limbs, purple-black rotten spots emerged all over his body, his chest laid bare, belly exposed with a bloated sac, and a long snake-like trunk protruded from his face.
After transforming into a Demon Body, the old monk continued the chant, while absurdly dancing naked with that hideous body.
The dance was enchanting, bizarre, and violent.
"Secret Image Buddha Ancestor, Merciful Feeding God, bless my life, grant me divine skills."
Under the ravaging Demon Sound, a rotten spot Elephant Man continued to grow, as it danced wildly, stirring up waves of Source Qi, manifesting into a cold and foul plateau.
That plateau had no mud, no soil, no grass, no stone.
Only the blood and flesh of various races, frozen into bricks, mortar, piled into mountains.
Anyone seeing it would immediately conclude: within some world in the Great Abyss, such a "Blood and Flesh Cold Plateau" surely exists.
At the plateau's peak were temples built from the corpses of various life forms, each temple enshrining a statue of the Secret Image Buddha Ancestor.
The next moment, as these Buddhas on the plateau simultaneously opened their eyes, the bloody and fleshy plateau instantly materialized completely, transforming from void into reality, bringing forth an indescribable icy and evil storm.
The Source Qi Tide was nearly disrupted because of this.
"The gods will once again witness the might of my Buddha, I shall, with this [Merciful Feeding Dharma Form], storm the Spirit Treasure Mountain Gate in the Longevity Realm, devouring the people of Spirit Treasure Sect."
The head evil monk, transformed into a giant elephant Buddha, drove the Blood and Flesh Cold Plateau toward Tao Qian.
Everyone clearly saw this; the evil monk had evidently received the boon from the so-called "Secret Image Buddha Ancestor", an Innate God Demon, using it to withstand the Destroying Buddha Style unleashed by Tao Qian, and attempting to crash through, squash Tao Qian, and then invade Penglai Sea through the Star Aperture Secret Realm, followed by rampant massacre.
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Yet it did not prevent this evil monk from displaying terrifying might; the originally gentle and peaceful tide directly surged into a thousand-foot-high tidal wave.
Tao Qian coldly observed every brick and mortar within the frozen plateau, with his eyesight, naturally he could easily discern the facial details of those life forms, species.
Strange and bizarre, some resembling humans, majority not.
Their commonality was the trace of intelligence.
Clearly these belonged to intelligent races, and before death, all bore a singular expression, one twisted to the extreme in fear.
This was Tao Qian's first glimpse of a massive number of non-human races besides the Human Clan outside the Longevity Realm; from the scene before him, regardless of the race, when faced with so-called Innate Gods and Demons, such higher-tier existences, the fate seemed invariably the same.
"It seems whether inside the realm or outer realm, in the Great Abyss Origin Sea, rules still adhere to the law of the jungle, paying debts."
"Just a Demon God, why arrogantly claim the title of Buddha Ancestor?"
"So-called merciful feeding, must it not mean 'mercifully feeding oneself with the blood and flesh of all living beings'?"