Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2519 242: Banished Immortal (Part 2)
Previously on Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant...
The Tianshang Buddha Lord slowly pulled back his slightly injured hand, making no attempt to hide his thoughts, and spoke with a subtle smile:
"In the end, you locals here possess all sorts of methods to sense the signals I sent out within Buddhism..."
"If my guess holds true, that Xiahou Demon hasn't died yet, has he? Where could he be concealed? Among my Four Guardians, or maybe Ridi, Moon Truth, or even my Direct Disciple, the Lord of Six Paths?"
His voice remained relaxed, but it made the other seven Great Bodhisattvas in the Buddha Kingdom shift their faces, exchanging glances brimming with distrust, wariness, and vigilance.
The Western Great Bodhisattva quickly responded:
"Buddha Lord, I've remained in the Dharma Realm all along, seldom venturing out, and I never disclosed any information at all..."
Not just the Western Great Bodhisattva—upon hearing this, the others chimed in as well.
Yet the Tianshang Buddha Lord replied with composure:
"It doesn't matter who among you harbors him. So long as the remaining Mahayana assist in crafting the Pure Land of Extreme Joy, he'll be rendered powerless."
"I'm prepared to welcome him back from his misguided ways, to set aside the butcher's knife."
"That hinges on his own choice."
While saying this, the Tianshang Buddha Lord stretched out his hand once more, pushing downward toward the Lotus Buddha Country.
Simultaneously, the whole Lotus Buddha Country began folding like a budding flower, quietly drawing inward.
Still, it instilled in everyone a intense premonition of looming catastrophe!
The Mahayana experts felt their hearts sink. The Tianshang Buddha Lord had just suppressed them, seizing the chance to accelerate the closure of the entire Lotus Buddha Country. Although they perceived it, beneath his overwhelming pressure, they watched powerless as the Buddha Country steadily sealed shut...
The full Lotus Buddha Country appeared to morph into a gigantic array.
"This is bad!"
"My Primordial Spirit!"
The Great Bodhisattvas cried out in alarm.
The handful of Mahayana grew even more despondent.
They sensed plainly how their Primordial Spirit, Dao Domain... all of it was being swiftly drained by this Buddha Country!
Beyond them, in mere moments, the auras of the Western, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Great Bodhisattvas plummeted sharply, obvious even at a glance.
Nearly simultaneously, lacking a solid base, the newly elevated Northern Great Bodhisattva dropped from Great Bodhisattva Realm to Bodhisattva, then down to Arhat. His Golden Body shattered piece by piece, the Demonic Qi within scattered, fading away rapidly before their eyes in the Lotus Buddha Country.
Terror twisted the Northern Great Bodhisattva's face as he screamed wildly:
"No! No!"
"Buddha Lord, I didn't betray you..."
Within the Buddha Kingdom, shrouded in Buddha Light.
This entity disguised in Buddha's guise, without grasping Buddhism's true depths, faced the Buddha Kingdom's crush—the Northern Great Bodhisattva's real nature emerged, his scattering Demonic Qi rapidly cleansed.
His wails and shrieks morphed into a quiet flow of Merit Buddha Light, blending into the vast Buddha Kingdom.
With the Northern Great Bodhisattva's downfall, the Lotus Buddha Country shone more brilliantly.
The concealed Bodhisattva Arhats among them briefly appeared, only to disperse amid the Buddha Light, dissolving into wisps of Demonic Qi that the Buddha Light instantly purified.
From the throng of monks, merely a handful of shadowy silhouettes lingered.
These silhouettes, amid the Buddha Light, glowed with intensifying Golden Body Karma, faintly harmonizing with the whole Lotus Buddha Country.
Observing the tragic scene, pity welled up inside.
To the Mahayana's astonishment, these stood out starkly amid the vanishing Bodhisattva Arhats, yet disappeared in a flash, as if whisked away by immense Divine Power.
"It's Tianshang!"
"Did he teleport those individuals?"
True Man Gai gazed around with eyes full of astonishment and doubt.
Right then, the Southern, Eastern, and Western Great Bodhisattvas began faltering too.
'Boom boom boom'!
The Southern and Eastern Great Bodhisattvas swiftly tumbled after the Northern Great Bodhisattva in swift disintegration.
Just prior to perishing, their expressions bared raw fury and bitterness:
"I refuse to accept this!"
"Why must it be me!"
"Tianshang! You'll suffer a grim fate!"
Demonic Qi surged forth, then quietly crumbled to ash, fully evaporating.
The hidden figures in their sleeves tumbled free; as earlier, most monks faded swiftly, while a few endured, only to be yanked away by some mighty power, vanishing instantly.
The Western Great Bodhisattva came next.
Overflowing with reluctance, he still dissolved in a mournful wail after the other trio, contributing extra wisps of Merit Buddha Light to the Lotus Buddha Country.
Figures spilled from his sleeve, a few dazed by the horror before them—including Pu Yan—before they too blinked out of sight.
One after another, the Four Directions Great Bodhisattvas collapsed.
Shortly after, another anguished scream rang out, revealing the long-haired Lord of Six Paths in cultivation toppling as well.
Numerous figures burst from his sleeves, mostly Demon Cultivators of the Reincarnation Six Paths. The Lotus Buddha Country's Buddha Light caused their agonized withering, though a few like Shen Fu escaped its scourge and were hastily extracted...
Though these events seem messy and drawn out, they truly unfolded in the blink of an eye.