EBE Chapter 12808 Divine Destiny
Chapter 12808 Divine Destiny
Chapter 12808 Divine Destiny
Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine as a terrifying thought popped into his head.
Immediately afterward, a faint call came from underground, entering Ye Chen's mind: "Lord of Reincarnation...save me...Lord of Reincarnation..."
Ye Chen was startled, and his divine sense quietly spread out, penetrating the trial space and projecting towards the underground of the Boundless Buddhist Kingdom.
Soon, his divine sense penetrated through layers of rock and finally saw the scene underground.
Deep underground was a huge stone chamber, the center of which was covered with dense runes, forming a strange array.
The formation actually exuded a strange, devouring aura.
Within the formation, a man dressed in a tattered robe was bound by iron chains. The man had a handsome face, but at this moment his face was pale, his body was covered with wounds, his clothes were soaked in blood, and his breath was so weak that he was almost about to stop.
Beneath his feet, the array continuously operated, and strands of golden imperial blood were drawn from his body, merging into the array and transforming into pure energy that flowed into the earth's veins.
Upon seeing this scene, Ye Chen's heart trembled.
Those wisps of golden imperial blood contained abundant Heavenly Emperor aura, indicating that this person was clearly a cultivator on the path of the Great Heavenly Emperor, and possessed extremely profound cultivation.
The Great Heavenly Emperor Path: Those who practice this path can all be called "Emperors," with the supreme one being the only Great Heavenly Emperor.
This imprisoned man possessed the aura of an emperor.
On the ceiling of the stone chamber, there was another blood-red crystal.
Ye Chen knew at a glance that it was the Heart of the Divine Being!
The heart of the divine spirit was right here!
The entire Heart of the Gods emitted a hazy, dreamlike glow, enveloping the entire stone chamber.
The man seemed to sense Ye Chen's divine sense, and with difficulty raised his head, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, his voice hoarse: "Lord of Reincarnation...you've finally come...save me..."
Ye Chen's divine sense condensed into a phantom image and appeared in the stone chamber. He said in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why are you suppressed here? Why do you bear the karma of the Great Heavenly Emperor?"
A hint of sorrow and anger flashed in the man's eyes as he slowly said, "My name is Wu Zangming. I was one of the two most capable named individuals of the former Great Heavenly Emperor. I fought alongside him and was considered his right-hand man."
"The left and right arms? Then the other person..." Ye Chen's heart stirred, "Is it Panwu Tianzun?"
Wu Zangming slowly shook his head, a complex look flashing in his eyes: "It is not Panwu Tianzun. The other person with a name is Ji Xuanqiong. His talent far surpasses mine. He is the most trusted person of the Great Heavenly Emperor and wields the killing power of the Great Heavenly Emperor's path."
"Ji Xuanqiong?"
Ye Chen's body trembled inexplicably, and the image of the dark sun deep within the Heavenly Emperor Origin Sea flashed through his mind.
In the darkness, the blurry and sinister figure faintly overlapped with the three characters "Ji Xuanqiong".
Through his divination, he discovered an extremely terrifying cause and effect.
The dark figure in the Heavenly Emperor Origin Sea is actually intricately connected with Ji Xuanqiong!
That might even be what Ji Xuanqiong looked like after being corrupted by chaos!
"How is this going?"
"That figure in the dark sun, wasn't it a newly born Yin God? How did it become Ji Xuanqiong?"
Ye Chen was greatly shocked.
"Lord of Reincarnation, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing that Ye Chen's expression was strange, Wu Zangming asked him.
"No."
Ye Chen shook his head, suppressing his inner shock, and did not say much. Since Wu Zangming was now suppressed, these causes and effects were hidden, and it would be useless to tell him. Instead, it would only increase his mental burden.
"Why have you been suppressed here all these years?" Ye Chen asked.
Wu Zangming gritted his teeth and said, "Back then, after the Great Heavenly Emperor fell, the Divine Tomb forces ran rampant. In order to find the Ancestor Qiong Cang and ask him to come out of seclusion to revitalize the Great Heavenly Emperor's power and fight against the Divine Tomb, I went to Deyao District alone. But before I could see the Ancestor Qiong Cang, I was captured by these demonic monks from the Wujian Buddhist Kingdom."
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's gaze sharpened. It turned out that Wu Cangming, like himself, had also come to search for the Celestial Ancestor.
However, he was unlucky; before he could even meet the Celestial Ancestor, he was captured by the Boundless Buddhist Kingdom.
Wu Zangming looked down at the array beneath his feet, his eyes filled with a mixture of grief and anger:
“Those demonic monks, knowing that I am a named person on the path of the Great Heavenly Emperor and that the imperial blood in my body contains pure imperial light, suppressed me here and used this oppressive formation to extract my imperial blood day after day to nourish their own bloodlines.”
"Those evil monks even used the Heart of the Divine to construct dreams to alleviate my pain and prevent me from dying immediately, so that they could continue to exploit me. I... I am living a life worse than death!"
Ye Chen was shocked. It turned out that the Heart of the Divine Being was embedded here to construct a dream world so that he could exploit Wu Zangming for a long time.
Wu Zangming had endured years of oppression and such brutal torture that it was worse than death.
Ye Chen peered into the secrets of heaven and found them to be perfectly aligned, without the slightest error; everything was exactly as Wu Zangming had said.
"I originally thought this Boundless Buddhist Kingdom was a pure land, but I never expected it to be such a wicked and evil place that harbors filth and evil!"
"Don't worry, Senior Wu, I will definitely rescue you today and make those evil monks pay the price!"
A glimmer of hope flashed in Wu Zangming's eyes: "Thank you, Lord of Reincarnation!"
He paused for a moment, then said, "Plucking a hair from my head will allow me to sense your presence and contact you, no matter where you are in the future, as long as I activate this hair."
Ye Chen nodded, and with a thought, gently plucked a strand of Wu Zangming's black hair and carefully put it away.
"Senior Wu, please bear with me a little longer, I will come to save you soon!"
After Ye Chen finished speaking, he cupped his hands, and the illusory image of his divine sense slowly dissipated as he withdrew from the underground stone chamber.
Then, Ye Chen strode out of the trial space.
When Master Jinglian saw him come out, a complicated expression appeared on his face. He said, "Lord of Reincarnation, congratulations on passing the trial of the Three Buddhas."
Ye Chen asked, "Where is the Heart of the Divine Constellation?"
Master Jinglian remained silent, unwilling to hand over the Heart of the Divine Healer, but fearing Ye Chen's power, she dared not be negligent.
Ye Chen passed the Three Buddhas Trial so easily just now. If it came to a fight, he was not confident that he could suppress Ye Chen.
"Lord of Reincarnation, please wait a moment. This Divine Heart has been sealed underground by this old monk. This old monk will retrieve it now."
Master Jinglian had no choice but to form a hand seal and chant incantations. Immediately afterward, a blood-red light shot out from beneath the earth, landing in his hand and condensing into a blood-red crystal, which was the Heart of the Divine Deity.
As Ye Chen looked at the Heart of the Divine Deity, he wondered if it was just his imagination or something else, but he seemed to see Wu Zangming's blood. His heart clenched slightly.
"Lord of Reincarnation, please accept this."
Master Jinglian sighed, handed the Heart of Divine Resting to Ye Chen, and then ordered his attendants:
"Someone, escort the Lord of Reincarnation out."
He now feels great sorrow for having lost the heart of the divine being, but as long as he can get rid of Ye Chen, this demon god, it will not have been in vain.
"slow!"
Ye Chen accepted the Heart of the Divine Resting One, but showed no intention of leaving.
His gaze suddenly sharpened as he stared directly at Master Jinglian, his tone icy:
“Master Jinglian, during the trial just now, I glimpsed the secrets of heaven and vaguely saw that what was suppressed underground was not some great demon, but a person bearing the name of a Great Heavenly Emperor.”
"Is this really true?"
Upon hearing this, Master Jinglian's expression changed drastically, her eyes filled with panic. She subconsciously took a step back and stammered, "Lord of Reincarnation...you...you've seen wrong! That...that is indeed a great demon, but he was tainted with the aura of the Great Heavenly Emperor, which is why you had the illusion. He has been corrupted by demons and is extremely ferocious. If he were released, there would be endless trouble!"
"An illusion?" Ye Chen sneered, his anger finally bursting forth. "Master, even now, you still want to deny it? I saw it with my own eyes. That wasn't some demon, just an innocent victim!"
"You...you're talking nonsense!" Master Jinglian's face turned pale, and the fear in his heart grew stronger. "Lord of Reincarnation, I have already given you the Heart of Divine Dwelling. Why do you still want to get involved in this matter? Leave the Boundless Buddha Kingdom at once and stop meddling in other people's business!"
"Mind your own business?" Ye Chen's eyes sharpened, and he held the Heavenly Emperor Intercepting Sword horizontally in front of his chest. "I'm going to meddle anyway, what are you going to do about it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen swung his sword, and a huge black sword light roared out, slashing fiercely towards the ground.
With a deafening roar, the earth trembled violently, and the temple hall collapsed on the spot. The falling rubble and tiles were all dispersed by Ye Chen and Zhou Sheng's invisible aura.
Centered on Ye Chen, a vacuum zone was formed around him, forcing Master Jinglian and many other monks to retreat.
On the ground of this vacuum zone, a huge chasm was cleaved out by Ye Chen, penetrating straight into the ground.
The top of the stone chamber where Wu Zangming was imprisoned was cleaved open by the sword light, and even the chains on Wu Zangming's body were broken by Ye Chen, yet Wu Zangming's body remained unharmed.
The crowd was greatly shocked by the extent of Ye Chen's mastery of swordsmanship.
Sunlight streamed through, illuminating Wu Zangming's body and revealing his battered appearance to everyone.
Upon seeing this, the monks of the Avici Buddhist Kingdom were in an uproar, their faces showing disbelief.
Most of these monks were unaware of the truth.
To their utter surprise, the great demon that Master Jinglian spoke of was completely devoid of demonic energy and was clearly an innocent person.
Master Jinglian's face was ashen, his heart filled with a mixture of fear and rage. He pointed at Ye Chen and hissed, "Lord of Reincarnation! You've gone mad!"
"You must have been corrupted by chaos and gone mad! How dare you act recklessly in the Boundless Buddhist Kingdom! Today, this old monk will surely suppress you!"
"Someone, quickly invite the Great Master of the Corpse Buddha of Ten Thousand Karmas!"
Knowing he couldn't suppress Ye Chen, he thought of the Myriad Corpse Buddha.
All Buddhist practitioners in the world can receive the blessings of the Buddha of Ten Thousand Karmas.
Before he finished speaking, Master Jinglian formed a mudra with his hands and silently chanted a mantra. His palms split open, and blood seeped out, forming a huge array under his feet.
Above the formation, runes flickered, emitting an eerie crimson light; it was actually a blood sacrifice formation that summoned the Myriad Corpse Buddha.
"All monks, heed my command! Enter the formation immediately, offer yourselves as sacrifices, and summon the Great Lord!"
Upon hearing this, the monks' expressions changed drastically, and they all retreated, their eyes filled with fear.
They knew that this blood sacrifice formation required a large amount of human life essence to activate, and anyone who entered the formation would surely die!
"Elder, no! We don't want to die!"
"Yes, Elder, please spare us!"
Many monks pleaded in fear.
"presumptuous!"
A ruthless glint flashed in Master Jinglian's eyes. His body radiated a burst of Buddhist light, and he grabbed the surrounding monks with his hands, forcibly pulling them into the formation.
"Today's matter concerns the safety of the Buddhist kingdom. How dare you cling to life and fear death?"
Screams and pleas filled the air as countless monks were forcibly dragged into the blood sacrifice array.
The formation activated instantly, and a surge of crimson light erupted as countless drops of blood essence were drawn from the monks' bodies and flowed into the formation.
Then, a blood-red beam of light burst forth from the formation, shooting straight into the sky.
Above the sky, blood-red clouds churned, and a terrifying pressure was brewing, causing the entire Boundless Buddhist Kingdom to tremble violently.
Ye Chen's eyes narrowed as he observed the changing celestial phenomena, sensing a familiar aura.
That's the aura of the Myriad Corpse Buddha!
A moment later, the crimson light reached its peak, and a huge crack quietly appeared in the sky. From within the crack, a Buddha made up of countless corpses slowly descended.
This Buddha was tall and jet black. His corpse was surrounded by a dense aura of sin and demonic energy, as well as Buddhist charm. His eyes were two scarlet skull eyes, and his mouth was wide open, revealing white fangs. He exuded a world-destroying pressure, and wherever he passed, space was corroded, distorted, and collapsed.
This is the true form of the Buddha of Ten Thousand Causes!
He is also the deity revered behind the scenes in Deyao District!
The Corpse Buddha of Myriad Causes slowly opened his scarlet eyes, his gaze sweeping over the Boundless Buddha Kingdom below before finally settling on Ye Chen. His voice was hoarse and deep as he smiled slightly and said, "Lord of Reincarnation, we meet again."
Ye Chen's body stiffened, and under the pressure of the Myriad Causes Corpse Buddha, he felt his breathing become suffocated.
He discovered that the true form of the Myriad Corpse Buddha was shrouded in chaotic energy, and that the Myriad Corpse Buddha was also being eroded by chaotic evil energy.
That means he will have to focus on fighting the chaos and will not be able to unleash his full power.
Even so, Ye Chen felt immense pressure.
"Great Lord..."
When Master Jinglian saw the Buddha of Ten Thousand Karmas descend, he was extremely excited, his whole body trembled, and he knelt down.
Many monks around also knelt down under the oppressive power of the Myriad Causes Corpse Buddha.
The Buddha of Myriad Causes glanced at Master Jinglian, then at the monks around him, and said to Ye Chen, "These monks are a branch of my lineage. I ask the Lord of Reincarnation to give me face and let this matter rest. Please do not make things difficult for them any further."
The Corpse Buddha of Ten Thousand Industries spoke very politely, clearly aware of Ye Chen's strength and unwilling to easily start a war with him.
Seeing that the Corpse Buddha of Myriad Causes intended to ease the situation, Ye Chen felt relieved and said:
"Of course I will give face to my senior."
The Corpse Buddha of Myriad Affairs grinned and said, "Very good, the Lord of Reincarnation is indeed sensible. In that case, please hand over the Heart of Divine Destiny to me."
Ye Chen asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean, Master?"
“Hehe,” the Corpse Buddha of Myriad Businesses chuckled, “Lord of Reincarnation, I know about your deal with the Lord of the Tide.”
"Now, I am a guest of the Void Market. Lord Tide entrusted me to come and retrieve the Heart of the Divine Rest."
“Since you have promised him, you should keep your promise and hand over the Heart of the Divine Healer to me, and I will pass it on to the Lord of the Tide.”
Ye Chen was shocked, sensing the scheme of the Lord of the Tide.
The Lord of the Tide summoned the Corpse Buddha of Myriad Businesses in order to coerce Ye Chen and obtain the Heart of the Divine Constellation.
This Divine Heart is the only hope to save Ren Feifan. If it is given to the Myriad Corpse Buddha, Ren Feifan will surely perish.
However, if he doesn't hand it over to him, Ye Chen will be breaking his oath, and his Dao heart will definitely be plagued by demonic obstacles. With the growth of inner demons, he may even go astray in the future.
The difficult choice weighed heavily on Ye Chen's mind, like two mountains pressing down on him.
Seeing Ye Chen's hesitant expression, the Corpse Buddha of Myriad Causes laughed and said, "What? Lord of Reincarnation, do you want to break your oath and become a person who doesn't keep their word? You should know that breaking an oath will have a backlash, and your Dao heart will be filled with demons."