Chapter 2540: Mountains and Rivers are Difficult to Cross

"I...damn!"

She Di Sheng, hands forming the Fearless Great Compassion Seal, sat cross-legged suspended in the air. The hundred-zhang rock wall had all turned to powder, covering him in frost white, like a newly carved stone statue. He was listless and spiritless, declining as if about to die.

Two more rows of tears streamed down his cheeks, carving paths through the powdery dust on his face.

Ksitigarbha had repelled Yin Guan's leap, establishing the foundation of the underworld. Then, with the position of King Yama of the Su Ying Palace, he bestowed upon She Di Sheng this false Yang Shen power within the underworld's domain, making him crush all Yamas in strength.

He was like a fox borrowing a tiger's might, bullying a group of rabbits. He should have handled everything properly.

But he couldn't!

Hidden within that bird-headed human-bodied monster was actually the Zhenhe Zhenjun's Red Heart Seal.

That contemporary legend, the Lord of Heaven Palace who heard the Dao in the morning, was his layout actually so far-reaching?

Was he actually waiting here for Ksitigarbha Honored Buddha?!

His heart was filled with sorrow, anger at his own incompetence, fear of the title "Zhenhe Zhenjun," and guilt for failing to live up to the Honored Buddha's expectations... Yet, he could do nothing.

That pure shining square seal of red gold, simply pushing forward, crushed all power blocking it. And the moment the seal flew out, he was fixed there, like an insect in amber. He had no other choice but to endure.

He should have been dead—if not for a Buddha's palm holding him in its heart.

This palm extended flat, blooming like a lotus opening. Its fingers stood like peaks, holding all external power. One of the finger peaks just lightly pushed forward, causing that red seal, which had crushed everything horizontally, to spin chaotically in the air.

A warm, compassionate voice sounded in his ear: "No need to sorrow, this is not your fault. No need to fear, I have already cut the cause and ended the fruit."

She Di Sheng opened his tear-filled eyes wide in surprise. He only saw that above the island reef, the palace named "Mingchen" suddenly flew up. Its gate boomed open, like a beast's mouth, swallowing this square mountain-like red seal!

Several booms, and then silence.

Zhenhe Zhenjun's Red Heart Seal was suppressed by an overturned palm!

This scene brought a greater shock to all the Yamas than before. They had always known Ksitigarbha was a terrifying existence, far beyond their ability to resist, but they had no concrete concept of just how strong Ksitigarbha was. Until this moment... This was majestic power that even Zhenhe Zhenjun could not withstand!

"Biancheng Wang!" She Di Sheng shook off the dust and powder from his body. In an instant, his golden body was glorious again, divine light illuminating his face. He suddenly looked towards Yan Xiao, who had moved through the void and was about to kill him to show loyalty: "Jiang Wang is already dead, you are forever free—quickly return to your divine position!"

He could no longer try to destroy Yin Guan's will. The urgent matter at hand was to first establish the underworld's framework. He would gather whoever he could. He wanted to provide support for Ksitigarbha Honored Buddha, not continue to be a burden.

The bird-headed human-bodied Yan Xiao had escaped to the edge of the sky the instant that red seal boomed down. Only after escaping did it feel something was wrong. It quickly flashed back with divine power, following the Red Heart Divine Seal, launching a loyal and brave charge... But the red seal was swallowed at this time.

It indeed felt that some kind of constraint rooted deep in its life soul... disappeared along with this red seal.

But it stood stiffly in the air, not moving.

Clearly, the shadow deep within its soul could not be erased in a short time. Unless Jiang Wang undoubtedly died in front of it, it fundamentally couldn't muster the courage to betray. Choosing to stand there and observe, rather than step forward and continue to help Qin Guang Wang attack, was already a significant step for it.

Useless! She Di Sheng, after all, did not have the cultivation of a Buddha. He fiercely cursed in his heart and then looked at the other Yamas—

There were only a scattered few human shadows at the end of his line of sight.

In the short instant that the red seal flew out and the Mingchen Palace swallowed it, almost all the Yamas had escaped to the farthest possible position. If Ksitigarbha hadn't drawn a boundary and set the underworld's domain early on, forbidding entry and exit, they would have been nowhere to be seen by now.

Instead, Qin Guang Wang and Chu Jiang Wang still stood in front of him. One male and one female, two pairs of eyes, held almost consistent killing intent.

Standing above the huge Buddha's palm, She Di Sheng was like standing on the peak of a mountain range. He opened his two palms wide and joined them in front, chanting: "Namo Ksitigarbha Honored Buddha!"

The gigantic finger peaks of the Buddha's palm shook. All the other Yamas were just gathered back nearby by formless power.

His face was full of piety: "Respectfully using the honored name, guiding all with a sincere heart. Please each enter the divine palace, like me, forever prove!"

"Why did this Buddha choose us? Perhaps it's also related to the myths and legends of hell spread in the present world?" Chu Jiang Wang spoke at this time. She always possessed calm wisdom: "So-called name, seeking cause through fate. It's exactly that our organization is called 'Hell Has No Door,' and exactly that we use the title 'Yama'—following this line of cause and effect, we constructed the organization using myths as names, allowing Him to quickly connect with the myths and cultivate the false into the true."

She said: "I guess each of our fates should be different, capable of embedding into different divine palaces. The generations of Yamas in Hell Has No Door change, perhaps it is precisely under the evolution of fate that we, who exactly conform to the requirements, are left behind—He hasn't just stared at us today. Each of us has been watched for a very long time."

"Chu Jiang Wang." She Di Sheng looked at her: "Do not use worldly wisdom to guess Buddha. After the underworld is created, whether we are called the Ten Halls Yamas or the Ten Halls Luo Yan, it makes no difference. It is the Buddha who creates the eternal pure land, not that we are indispensable. You and I are fortunate to step onto this boat of saving suffering. Fate comes and goes, not by us—Pfft!"

As he spoke, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood!

He supported it with his hand, but saw the blood fade away. Among it were dense, wriggling black small insects.

Cursed spirits insects!

He grasped these black insects in one hand and fiercely looked towards Yin Guan!

"Don't casually spread rumors saying others are dead. Since you believe in Buddha, how can you lightly create oral karma?"

Yin Guan leisurely loosened his crossed fingers in front of his body and said lightly: "I can curse you now, it's because of what? Your honored Buddha, in order to save you, this useless believer, was distracted by blocking this seal from Zhenhe Zhenjun... Is he now being grabbed by the neck by Ji Feng Zhou?"

In addition to the frontal struggle, he also secretly made many efforts.

For example, directly cursing Ji Feng Zhou, for example, cursing Jiang Shu, wanting to use this to remind those two emperors to come. But his curse technique fundamentally couldn't form. His curse power was suppressed and couldn't fly out of the underworld's domain.

Even She Di Sheng was surrounded by divine light, his body protected by Chan intent, immune to all evils.

It was precisely at the instant the Red Heart Seal crushed horizontally that he feared She Di Sheng wouldn't die thoroughly, hence casting a curse on him. Yet, it was triggered at this very moment, taking advantage of the gap, to curse and kill She Di Sheng and destroy his belief in Ksitigarbha's omnipotence.

"I have entered the pure land, already having an unstained body. You, in order to control your subordinates, secretly hid curse power on me, which fundamentally does no harm to me." She Di Sheng pinched all the cursed spirits insects in his palm to death, letting them sprinkle out from between his fingers like flowing sand: "All of you, enter the main divine palaces. There's no need to fear; he cannot curse and kill you all."

"An unstained body, why spit blood? No harm to you, why expel insects?"

Yin Guan laughed heartily, bending at the waist.

He wasn't the kind of strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist.

His waist was quite slender.

When he laughed exaggeratedly, bending at the waist, you would worry whether he might break himself.

"She Di Sheng, what do you think you are? Do I need to secretly hide curse power on you to curse and kill you? If not for Ksitigarbha, you would have died the moment you opened your mouth to say the first sentence to me!"

"You think yourself too important, and you think my hate is too light!"

The crowd of Yamas had already scattered and stood. At this time, they silently closed in, presenting a posture of encircling and killing She Di Sheng.

This group of people wasn't good at doing other things, but they were all good at killing people.

She Di Sheng relied on false Yang Shen power, and was also considered a false absolute peak. He was undoubtedly the strongest in this underworld boundary.

But Yin Guan himself was also a Cave True strong approaching the absolute peak. Bringing this group of tacitly cooperating Yamas, he could absolutely have support in front of him—what he lacked most was time!

She Di Sheng's expression turned cold. He finally couldn't be as compassionate as the Buddha he worshipped: "Looks like you have all made your choice."

"The Red Heart Seal has even come out, what the hell is there still to choose?!" A small country's noble is also a noble. The newly appointed King Song, Wang Lin Jie, in order to cover his real identity, usually said a few coarse words no matter what. At this moment, he also suppressed a belly full of anger and let loose: "Wheel King, were you hit silly in the central heaven prison? The present world is infinitely vast. You just circle a piece of island reef and say it's the underworld, and you still think your side is very attractive?"

He didn't even care whether Jiang Wang was present or not, and changed to a serious posture: "If Zhenjun Jiang is an assassin, I will be an assassin with him for a lifetime. If Zhenjun Jiang is setting up to deal with the evil Buddha Ksitigarbha, I will follow him to fight for the human race!"

Equality King Yang Xuan Ce rarely spoke, but every time he spoke, it was to the point: "What choice to make, which side to go to, perhaps still needs time to inspect right from wrong. But who isn't letting us go is very clear."

Yama Wang Su She turned the dice between his fingers and said with a laugh: "The gambling table is most important for luck. Compared to a Buddha who hides his head and shows his tail, I will definitely bet on the human race's first proud son's side, even if it's just the human race's first proud son's seal—Wheel King, you don't have any winning face now, ah!"

Mount Tai King didn't speak, just silently pinched a formula. One by one, ferocious and strange water beasts slowly climbed onto the island reef.

"Pity! Pity!" She Di Sheng sighed heavily: "I wish to enjoy freedom with all my brothers, yet you are all so stubborn! The opportunity of Yang Shen is right in front, yet you all don't know how to cherish it!"

"Pah!" Wu Guan Wang spat out a mouthful of saliva, straight at She Di Sheng's face: "I am loyal to the leader with heart and soul. Even if a transcending opportunity is placed in front of me, I won't even bat an eye! What dogshit Yang Shen, how can it offset the years of feeling I have with the leader?!"

The more he spoke, the angrier he became. He directly reached out a hand—

That hand rapidly swelled in the air. Its muscles were knotted strangely like a big tree, following that mouthful of saliva to kill towards the Wheel King, straight like a battering ram booming against a city.

Simultaneously with the crashing sound, a sharp claw entering flesh could be heard.

Everyone turned their eyes in shock, but it was Wu Guan Wang's remaining left hand. It had left his body at some point, its bone spurs inverted, gripping into ferocious sharp claws.

It dug into Yin Guan's back heart!

He was a fierce person without a bottom line. As long as he caught an opportunity, he would counterattack. In the past, he had offended many people, of course, every time he was cruelly suppressed by Yin Guan, tortured between life and death.

This was the first time in Wu Guan Wang's life that he had truly and clearly caused harm to Yin Guan.

He shouted with joy: "Ksitigarbha did not deceive me! Indeed a true god!"

The gate of that Taihe Palace opened wide, divine light flowing and bathing his body. He had already accepted the underworld's divine position and converted to Ksitigarbha.

Heaven knows how difficult that step to Cave True is.

Being able to walk out of that kind of small country and reach this realm today, he was of course also a genius. But what this world lacks most is not genius, it lacks opportunity.

Originally, joining Hell Has No Door was just to seek opportunity. There was the carrot of gaining resources hanging in front of him, and the whip of Yin Guan killing him at any time behind him. He could only run madly on this road, becoming a loyal and devoted elder of the organization.

Under the constraints of Biancheng Wang's messy rules, he could no longer indulge in killing, greatly dragging down his cultivation progress. He had long dared not to be angry but dared not to speak.

The joy of this moment was unrelated to other things. The enhancement of power made him enjoy it.

But he didn't just convert today.

He was Wu Guan Wang, Heaven Character Three of Guanlan!

Just now, Yin Guan felt he was the key to this situation and directly cursed and killed him. While Ksitigarbha saved him with his hand, he also replaced his fate!

The preparations Ksitigarbha made for this situation today were something the current Yin Guan fundamentally couldn't imagine.

He had just grasped hold of this sharp claw that pierced his heart. With powerful curse power flushing, it was made to rot away in quality, self-destructing into flying dust, and also killing the corpse poison brought by the claw.

"Good, Wu Guan Wang, Du Shi Wang, very good!"

Speaking of which, he shouldn't have been successfully sneak attacked.

Because he had never truly trusted these people since he came.

But at the same time Wu Guan Wang made his move, his divine soul also suddenly suffered an attack. It was also true god-level power, coming from Du Shi Wang, Lin Guang Ming!

The double sneak attack, the misjudgment of double strength, plus the suppression of the underworld on him, led to his injury at this moment.

"Leader, you look very wretched now." Du Shi Wang sighed and said: "You are trying to convince yourself by distorting Buddha's principles, using a hysterical posture to cover your fear, and now pretending to be composed again—you are the strong person in my heart, someone I have always trusted greatly. Although I am forced to stand opposite you... I still regret seeing you like this."

With Lin Guang Ming's character, it would have been impossible for him to make a choice at such a time.

Because no matter which side he chose, he couldn't be 100% sure of his own safety. He didn't know which side would win.

But today, he had no choice at all.

At the end of the situation in Guanlan Heaven Character Three, Ksitigarbha intercepted a segment of time and simultaneously converted all the people in the Transcend Jar who had the opportunity to convert. Among them were people like Yin Guan who didn't need to be tried, and also people like Zhong Li Yan and Xu San who were found to be ineffective after examination. There were also people like Wu Guan Wang and Du Shi Wang, who didn't even need to be asked, just knelt down on their own initiative.

Lin Guang Ming was also a converted person!

With Huang Wei Zhen's fantasy becoming reality, and Ksitigarbha intercepting cause and effect and replacing fate, the two of them and the Wu Guan Wang and Du Shi Wang in the positive sequence time and space were already no different, all were real existences.

The only difference was that in that already disappeared time and space, they had advanced and made a transaction with Ksitigarbha!

That was a transaction entangled within the Transcend Bureau, unable to be observed by anyone.

Yin Guan was of course even less likely to know.

He could only be vigilant towards everyone. He didn't know who else had been subdued by Ksitigarbha and could give him a true god-level sneak attack at any time.

"Even if you are so good at saying nice words, Du Shi Wang—" Yin Guan grinned: "My death great curse will still be given to you. You'd best try your best to preserve my life, because I can certainly curse you to death. In the name of Yin Guan, those who betray me should receive eternal curse!"

Lin Guang Ming's gaze paused.

"No need to fear him! You have already entered the underworld and taken on a divine position. The pure land is not destroyed, you are not destroyed. How can you fear his mere curse and hate?" She Di Sheng comforted Du Shi Wang and then said to Yin Guan: "If you enter the main Xuanming Palace, none of this will happen. All of us will still continue to follow you, obeying your orders without question. It is you who are single-minded and have made the worst choice. I really don't understand, what's not good about joining the underworld and being with the Buddha?"

"Nothing not good." Yin Guan stopped the blood from his heart and then extended the hair behind his waist again. His pupils finally turned green: "I just don't believe anyone, including your Buddha—I only rely on myself."

"You indeed cannot rely on anyone, because even I might attack you when I'm sick." Chu Jiang Wang flew behind him, her hand condensing cold frost: "It's good that it's not a sick period at this time."

The conversion of Wu Guan Wang and Du Shi Wang represented two true god war powers joining the underworld.

This directly broke the balance of the battlefield, to a degree where Qin Guang Wang's side was fundamentally unable to win.

Like King Song, Mount Tai King, Equality King, etc., they could only remain silent.

But Chu Jiang Wang was still there. Chu Jiang Wang could still be trusted.

"Hell Has No Door is not your Hell Has No Door alone. You are also not as important as you think. Even if only I support you within the Ten Halls Yamas, the underworld can still be preliminarily established. You still want to delay time, but the underworld's time is also different from the outside world—so from the beginning, your struggle was meaningless."

She Di Sheng had to admit his failure. He was unable to rely on himself to convince anyone in Hell Has No Door to turn to him. In the struggle with Yin Guan, he was completely defeated. But it was fortunate that Ksitigarbha Honored Buddha's divine power was vast and had already arranged everything well. The small Hell Has No Door had never jumped out of the Buddha's palm.

He slowly said: "What my Buddha wants is the Yama Hall. Qin Guang Wang does not have to be Yin Guan. If I say this, can you understand?"

His gaze swept over the remaining few Yamas: "It's all the same reason. Don't lose the opportunity for life again!"

Wheel King represented Su Ying Palace, Wu Guan Wang represented Taihe Palace, and Du Shi Wang represented Bizhen Palace. They gradually lit up, their light shining on this underworld land.

With the support of these three palaces, even if the Yama Treasure Hall was just a skeleton, the foundation of the underworld had already been built.

Ksitigarbha's power was partially filled. She Di Sheng, as Ksitigarbha's most pious believer in this realm, also instantly received the strengthening of divine power, approaching true Yang Shen!

From the beginning until now, Yin Guan had already made many attempts. Every single one didn't work.

He believed that the other Yamas had also tried more or less. It was precisely because it was meaningless that they were silent.

There was nothing to complain about. Everyone was just working relations, and they were facing a Buddha!

Betrayal is the norm in the dark world.

Isn't an assassin just killing people or being killed?

If you eat this bowl of rice, you accept this fate.

Yin Guan finally said no other words, just said: "Wheel King, we don't need to understand each other. We each have our choice."

She Di Sheng also finally no longer harbored fierce hatred: "Leader, I will send you on your way."

Golden brilliant Buddha light rapidly paved the entire island reef.

Under the support of that Buddha's palm, Wheel King She Di Sheng was pulled higher and higher. Divine glory woven into a crown and robes outside his body, infinitely approaching the true King Yama!

Behind him, Wu Guan Wang and Du Shi Wang each relied on a palace, following him as they flew up.

The myths of the underworld became reality. The legendary Yamas walked into the human world—

King Yama calls for you to die in the third watch!

That huge and sky-holding Buddha's palm was a mountain that mortals could never overturn.

Before this mountain, all beings were small.

Yin Guan was that tiny one.

He was still injured, but just calmly walked forward: "Chu Jiang. Only us left again."

Behind him, Chu Jiang Wang helplessly spread her hands: "It was like this from the beginning."

Yes. The earliest Hell Has No Door, it was just the two of them.

At this time, the sea wind was biting, and the island reef was isolated.

Hell Has No Door was clearly divided into three groups. One group worshipped Buddha, one group watched, and one group fought for themselves.

This was not a war between Qin Guang and Chu Jiang against other Yamas, but a lonely confrontation between Qin Guang and Chu Jiang against Ksitigarbha.

Of course, there was no possibility of victory.

If they could die fighting like this, perhaps it could also be considered lonely courage—

The first ancestor of Cursed Dao and the Lou clan female who entered fate in Yuan Tu, said no to a transcendence!

But fate could still be more cruel.

Just as Yin Guan scattered his long hair, about to begin this last charge, behind him, a wonderful singing voice suddenly sounded.

That singing voice was so familiar—

"Li Yi Luo Di Yi Luo Chun Shan once full of March dew, spring tide brings rain, boat head song..."

Yin Guan suddenly turned back!

The green intent in his pupils had not yet seeped through, but had already retreated on the spot!

He couldn't even fall into evil.

However, what made people more powerless was Chu Jiang Wang, whose eyes were wide open, struggling to control herself, blood bursting from her eyes! Yet she fundamentally could not control herself and had to sing the song!

Originally, he had obtained an ancient music score in Wan Xian Palace. With Chu Jiang Wang's help, he used ancient pronunciation to move the Dao rhyme clues with singing, finding the ancient site of the Yi Luo River and pursuing the clues of the Heaven Human!

At that time, he was thinking of researching the legendary World Honored One to help Jiang Wang find a way to escape the Heaven Human state. Later, of course, there was no harvest.

But where was there no harvest?

He and Chu Jiang Wang were clearly Ksitigarbha's harvest!

Fate was a net everywhere. Any choice he made in his life was to tie a knot on this net. Until the end, he knew he could never break free. Until the end, he understood the endpoint of his turbulent life—

It was to join the underworld, to offer hell to Buddha!

The previous fate was set long ago!

Hua la la

The sound of waves that Yin Guan always vaguely heard finally descended into the present world at this moment.

Right before his eyes, led out by Chu Jiang Wang's singing voice, was a white practice spanning the sky! Surging ten thousand li, bright like a white dragon. And then howling mad waves, penetrating the heaven and sea!

A hundred years of non-stop sea tsunami, ten million years of flowing heaven river.

Outside the endless time and space, Jiang Shu, who had broken the glazed treasure tree with his spear and once again boomed open Ksitigarbha's Buddha body, suddenly turned his eyes in the depths of the universe. The light of his purple pupils instantly penetrated the long river of ages! In the present world, under the blue sky and white sun, the Zi Wei Star moved, and a beam of supreme noble starlight dropped onto the East Sea—

Finally shining on this piece of underworld, this strip of river.

Ji Feng Zhou had already split Ksitigarbha with his sword in the You Ming world. At that moment, flowing within Ksitigarbha's residual body, it was originally not the sound of the Bitter Sea, but the howling of the Heaven River!

The legendary Yi Luo Heaven River!

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