Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2326 - 176: Peerless
Previously on Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant...
Realm Sea.
The Reclining Buddha kept his eyes closed, appearing lost in profound slumber.
A lotus flower rested in his grasp.
Within the stamen of that flower, the Buddha Kingdom displayed a vision of utter peace.
Monks and faithful followers clad in spotless white garments, their faces lit with expressions of pure delight and contentment, moved across the temples, the Mortal Realm, and the Underworld...
They looked utterly free from care, free of any burdens, embracing nothing but joy.
Much like the Human Buddha Country or the Pure Land of Extreme Joy, this scene felt eternal...
But right then, a massive and ominous shadow from the outer void descended over the Buddha Kingdom!
Countless huge eyes brimming with murderous intent and savagery fixed on the monks and ordinary folk inside the Buddha Kingdom, filled with fierce desire.
With a droning hum, as if myriad voices blended together, savage forms lunged toward the Buddha Kingdom...
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Within the Buddha Kingdom, the monks and mortals snapped out of their reverie, gazing in confusion at the dark silhouettes blotting the heavens, though traces of happy smiles lingered on their faces, as though fear had deserted them entirely.
In every temple, across the Underworld.
Bodhisattvas and Arhats sensed the peril, rising into the air with grave looks, meeting the oncoming evil spirits and wild beasts head-on as they soared out to clash with the gigantic beings from beyond the stars.
"Those are the Innate Divine Demons of the Quiet Cave!"
"How could they strike now, when they're so distant from our domain?!"
"The three Great Bodhisattvas aren't present; they can't possibly make it back soon..."
"Hurry, summon the Western Great Bodhisattva!"
Right at that instant.
A tiny Buddha statue shot out from the lotus heart, swelling swiftly; in a flash, it ballooned to cover half a Domain, its face stern and radiating brilliant golden radiance, positioning itself in front of the lotus and driving back the advancing Innate Divine Demons.
From behind, evil spirits surged forward, overtaking the Buddha statue in haste and resuming the fierce battle against the onrushing Innate Divine Demons.
The monks trailed after and flanked the Buddha statue, bowing deeply in reverence, intoning the sacred name:
"Supreme True Buddha, greetings, Western Great Bodhisattva."
The Western Great Bodhisattva offered no reply, staring intently ahead with a serious expression, his sight sweeping past the assaulting Innate Divine Demons toward the distant expanse, where a horde of immense silhouettes obstructed the Void of the Realm Sea without yet moving.
His eyes locked on the dominant form enthroned among them, crowned with two horns on its brow, its features largely human yet exceptionally striking, scales adorning its cheeks.
His eyes tightened, a flicker of caution surfaced, and he uttered in a hushed tone:
"Master of Quiet Cave, we've shared no grudges in the past or present—why assault my Pure Land?"
The colossal figure perched in the void paid no heed to the question, simply flicking its hand:
"Kill!"
The Innate Divine Demons who had held back until now, stirred by the command from the colossal figure, bared a savage bloodlust and barreled toward the evil spirits and monks with wicked grins!
The very instant these Innate Divine Demons surged ahead, torrents of spells and Sword Qi erupted openly, hurtling straight for the Buddha Kingdom!
As these threats grew clear, the Buddha statue's eyes first flared wide, then abruptly comprehended:
"It's the Cloud Sky Realm!"
At the same time.
In the adjacent void, watching the tremendous disturbance pouring from the Reclining Buddha's palm, a handsome cultivator in robes etched with cloud motifs gradually pulled back his stare.
As if addressing the emptiness, he whispered:
"The chaos has ignited here—so over there, you shouldn't face any issues, correct?"
A voice tinged with slight worry resounded from the void:
"Taoist Brother Zhang, worry not; we've made it—we'll ensure those demon monks withdraw for good once they pull back!"
"Excellent."
The cultivator in cloud-pattern robes gave a subtle nod, but his features stayed taut, shifting his view to the Reclining Buddha where golden glows fractured; under the relentless barrage from the Quiet Cave's Innate Divine Demons and the cultivators under his command, despite the many monks still defending this Pure Land, they yielded ground inch by inch.
His expression showed no relief, only deepening concern.
"Tianshang Buddha... where could he be?"
...
"... All beings endure suffering; we've arrived to guide you to the Realm of Extreme Bliss!"
With that merciful proclamation ringing from afar.
The sky dome shattered in one area, floods of Chaos Origin Substances poured through, morphing into endless heavenly tribulations!
This rupture in the sky dome sparked immediate chain reactions.
The formation nodes linked below to the Realm Membrane quaked violently, while the pillars tying the central protective light shield to the sky dome faded away without a sound.
The protective light shield teetered on the edge of collapse.
Within the shield, the cultivators from the three sects paled in alarm.
The elderly man's spirits plunged:
"The Realm Membrane's breached once more!"
He had thought that after repeated past defeats, with the massive labors from sect cultivators and Cloud Sky Sect forces to mend and reinforce it, this disaster would unfold differently.
But the sky dome's downfall dragged him back to the horrors of the first invasion, haunting as a recurring nightmare.
Countless Wanxiang Sect cultivators had fallen in that catastrophe, True Spirits reborn or utterly erased, even he bore wounds that refused to mend, and the three sects lingered in the shadow of that calamity.
The youth in red robes, propped up by Longevity Sect disciples, forced himself upright, his presence dimmed, his vitality sapped.
Despite felling two Arhats earlier, he lay gravely hurt, felled by a coordinated strike from three Arhats, his wounds barely contained.
Fortuitously, the Undying Divine Tree—his Lifebound Spirit Plant—channeled steady Qingmu life force, helping him mend bit by bit.