The sudden appearance of two powerhouses comparable to the Ancestral Realm made Mo Fan feel wary. For a moment he did not attack the tiger demon again. Instead he retreated to the sky above Black Wind Mountain.
Not only him, even Granny Sparrow had stopped fighting and now stood in confrontation with the Ink Blade Demon Ancestor. At the same time both of them were sizing up the monk and the lion who had suddenly appeared.
The monks from the Western Desert had actually come?
At the peak of Black Wind Mountain, Black Water Old Demon looked utterly shocked. He instinctively turned his gaze towards You Er nearby.
If at first he had still doubted You Er’s abilities, now he believed completely.
Back then on White Saint Mountain, You Er had already shown his skills. But divination was always something too mysterious, and the last time he tried to locate someone it took several attempts.
This time was different. This time it could almost be called foreknowledge.
This was not divination at all.
It was clearly prophesying the future!
In You Er’s interpretation, he had said that Black Wind Mountain would face a great ominous sign, involving two great mountains and one golden Buddha.
Giant Spirit Mountain and Moon-gazing Valley were both among the sacred lands of the demon clans in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. They could barely match the description of two great mountains.
And the monk in front of them was obviously the so-called golden Buddha!
“Could it be that this old man’s chance to break through to the Ancestral Realm really lies here in Black Wind Mountain?”
A trace of doubt flashed through Black Water Old Demon’s eyes, but it quickly turned into excitement.
The Ancestral Realm was an insurmountable chasm for almost every demon king!
A King Realm cultivator usually had only about five hundred years of life. Although Black Water Old Demon had merged his body with the Black Water River, which extended his lifespan somewhat, the increase was still very limited. He only gained a few hundred extra years compared to ordinary demon kings.
Once his lifespan ran out, if he had not broken through, he would simply perish.
But the term “perish” applied to other demon cultivators. For Black Water Old Demon, who had become one with the Black Water River, even perishing was impossible. When his lifespan ended, nothing would remain except that cold, dark river.
However, if he could break through to the Ancestral Realm, his lifespan would reach an entirely new level. He could then walk much further on the path to immortality!
So breaking through to the Ancestral Realm had long become a deep obsession for Black Water Old Demon.
He was already at the peak of the King Realm, with half a foot already stepping into the Ancestral Realm. But without opportunity and fortune, even if he cultivated until his lifespan was exhausted, he would never touch the threshold of breakthrough.
Yet now, he finally saw a glimmer of hope!
“Old Ancestor, save me!!”
In the sky, as the tiger demon approached Black Wind Mountain, the monk and lion behind him were getting closer and closer. Terrified out of his wits, he could not help shouting desperately for help from the Ink Blade Demon Ancestor.
“Save?”
“Sorry, no one can save you!”
Golden light spread across the sky, turning the floating clouds into a sea of gold. It illuminated this part of the demon territory’s night sky completely. The golden lion grinned like a human, its blood-drenched maw surrounded by fresh blood and bits of flesh.
The corpse of the great demon from earlier had already been completely devoured by him. Now his gaze locked firmly onto the fleeing tiger demon ahead.
“How dare you!”
At that moment, the Ink Blade Demon Ancestor looked towards the golden lion and gave a cold snort. Then with a casual swing, he slashed out with his blade!
“Hu Zheng is a great demon under this ancestor’s command. Where did this wild beast come from, daring to act so rudely?”
Seeing the Ink Blade Demon Ancestor make a move, the tiger demon immediately breathed a sigh of relief. But the look of relief had barely appeared on his face when he suddenly felt a massive suction force from behind. His entire body was dragged backwards by that terrifying pull.
“Old Ancestor, save me!!”
The tiger demon screamed. Demonic power surged wildly through his body as he struggled with everything he had. Yet in the face of that dreadful suction, he was completely helpless.
Above the golden sea of clouds, the golden lion opened its mouth and inhaled. It directly swallowed the towering crescent moon blade unleashed by Ink Blade, and along with it, the tiger demon himself!
“What terrifying devouring power. It is much stronger than my Heaven Devouring ability!”
Even Mo Fan could not help but have his pupils contract when he saw this scene!
His Heaven Devouring divine ability was already extremely powerful. But if he had to swallow Ink Blade’s full-powered strike, he still felt a bit uncertain in his heart.
The strength of Heaven Devouring did not lie in the act of swallowing itself, but in the decomposition force and the feedback power after decomposition.
When it came to pure swallowing power, it was indeed inferior to this golden lion.
With that thought, Mo Fan immediately activated the “Jade Eyes Insight” divine ability. In an instant he saw through the information of both the monk and the golden lion.
The monk was human, at the late Vajra Realm cultivation!
The golden lion was a lion demon, at the mid Vajra Realm cultivation!
Vajra Realm?
Mo Fan frowned slightly. He did not yet understand what kind of realm this was.
At the same time, far away on the Divine Domain Continent, Mo Fan’s Shuiyue clone was inside the library pavilion. He found a book called “Records of the Western Desert Strange Tales”.
During this past year, aside from cultivating the Heavenly Foothill Divine Derivation Art, he had spent most of his time on the first floor of the library pavilion.
Although the first floor did not contain particularly outstanding cultivation manuals, it held the largest number of books. The records here were the broadest and most miscellaneous, covering almost everything from humanities and geography across the entire Nine Provinces Continent.
When Mo Fan had copied data earlier, he had only targeted the upper three floors and had not paid much attention to the first floor. But after learning how rich the first floor was, he began to visit frequently to read.
Right now he happened to be in the library pavilion. So the moment his main body had the idea, this Shuiyue clone immediately started searching through the books for anything related to monks. In the end he found this “Records of the Western Desert Strange Tales”.
“The Western Desert is vast and boundless, located at the extreme west of the Nine Provinces. It contains many Buddhist kingdoms, and is therefore also called the Western Heaven or Buddha Continent.
The people of the Buddhist kingdoms are countless, and everyone believes in Buddhism. Their collective faith is immense, giving rise to a new kind of cultivation power.
Those who cultivate this power are called Buddhist cultivators!
Buddhist cultivation is divided into six realms:
The first realm is Śramaṇera, skilled in a hundred scriptures, able to dispel disasters and illnesses, comparable to our human Qi Refining cultivators.
The second realm is Bhikṣu, skilled in exorcism scriptures, comparable to our human Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The third realm is Arhat, who forms the Arhat Fruit and cultivates a golden body, comparable to our human Core Formation cultivators.
The fourth realm is Vajra, who condenses the Vajra Infant and builds the Vajra Body, comparable to our human Nascent Soul cultivators.
The fifth realm is Bodhisattva, formless and signless, able to manifest countless beings, comparable to our human Spirit Transformation cultivators.
The sixth realm is unknown, said to be the highest realm of Buddhist cultivation — Buddha!
The Buddha Realm is legendary. It is rumoured to have appeared in ancient times, but since then no Buddha has appeared in the world…”
Vajra Realm…
Mo Fan took a deep breath and closed the book.
At the same time, his main body far away on Black Wind Mountain instantly understood everything. His heart grew even more shocked.
They truly were powerhouses comparable to the Ancestral Realm!
And two of them had come at once. Neither one was weaker than the Ink Blade Demon Ancestor. In fact, they might even be stronger.
Mo Fan frowned slightly. He finally understood what the “great ominous sign” in You Er’s divination truly meant.
The two mountain demon ancestors seemed powerful, but compared to these arrivals from the Western Desert, they were nothing more than small fry. There was no comparison at all!
“You wretched beast, how dare you eat a person destined for our Buddhist sect?!”
On top of the golden lion’s head, the middle-aged monk looked somewhat angry. He slapped the lion’s head once.
“Monk, I advise you to behave yourself. Do not force Grandpa Lion to eat you!”
The golden lion felt the pain and immediately became furious. It slightly raised its head, rolled its eyes upward, and bared its teeth at the monk on its head.
“You still dare to speak nonsense?”
“Believe it or not, this poor monk will eat lion head tonight?”
“…”
The monk raised an eyebrow. The golden lion immediately fell silent and did not dare to argue anymore.
“You have some nerve, daring to eat one of this ancestor’s subordinates!!”
In the distance, Ink Blade’s face was dark and gloomy, as if water could drip from it.
“Amitabha!
Benefactor, this poor monk sees that you have an innate Buddhist appearance. You are surely a great believer with deep affinity for our Buddha!
Why not convert right now, and prostrate yourself at the feet of our Buddha!”
The monk gave a slight smile, pressed his palms together, and looked at Ink Blade with a gentle and kind expression.
