Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1279 - 52: Chaos Unleashed

All things stained with dust, heaven and earth formless.

As the surrounding world darkened, all things solidified, forms, masses, appearances, all disintegrating.

It seemed as if this world had turned into a scroll painting, the Eighty-Eight Buddhas and Bodhisattva Arhats, whether they were nearly solid Dharma Images or mere shadows, were sealed within the scroll, either solidified in the sky or restricted to the earth.

Even the Great Sun Tathagata was caught mid-flight, frozen in mid-air, the Great Sun Buddha Light symbolizing the Tathagata Fruit Position gradually losing its color.

"This is... …"

Despite everything, the Great Sun Tathagata, deserving of his title, managed to resist and even struggled to speak, "Chaos... …"

Blending all things, dissolving matter, such a scene is indeed chaos.

Even if it wasn't a true reemergence of chaos, but rather an interpretation by Jiang Li using his methods, it was enough to shock the Great Sun Tathagata and alter his complexion dramatically.

For he knew, he was going to lose.

Sure enough, in the next instant, chaos evolved, primordial qi and masses dissolved within, leaving behind only empty forms, still frozen in place.

Tai Shi, form without substance.

Everything except for one form would dissolve in the Qi of Tai Shi; even heaven and earth would lose form.

Even the last form was turning to ashes, swept away into chaos.

Centered on Jiang Li, one Dharma Image after another turned to ashes, forming a gray tide, even causing heaven and earth to dissolve.

This move not only meant to utterly destroy the Dharma Images of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas but also intended to harm the foundations integrated into heaven and earth, even to devastate the Pure Land.

In the blink of an eye, the tide of chaos swept across the Dharma Images, striking the Great Sun Tathagata's Golden Body, instantly turning the jade-like body dull, with ashes drifting off it.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the Great Sun Tathagata erupted with pure Buddha Essence, earth, water, wind, and fire breaking out, clashing with the external chaos, massively erupting by countering chaos with the four elements.

Earth, water, wind, and fire can replay chaos, making them an exquisite choice to contend with chaos.

The Great Sun Tathagata was restrained, yet still capable of resistance, as he transformed earth, water, wind, and fire within him, breaking them out of his body, ultimately resisting chaos at the critical moment.

The anomaly of the four elements, earth, water, wind, and fire, resembled four small worlds, breaking apart under chaos, while the Golden Body of the Great Sun Tathagata crumbled layer by layer, revealing an inner figure.

It was a man with a rosy complexion, enshrouded in a white Buddha Light, looking rather youthful. Surrounding him, the white Buddha Light transformed into a Dharma Image of male and female union — a man sitting cross-legged, embracing a four-armed woman, chest pressed tightly against hers, performing a copulatory act.

The image seemed inappropriate, yet not sinister; instead, it exuded a Buddha Intent of emptiness and color, fitting the Joyful Buddha Dharma Form.

And this figure was of course the Joyful Daoist.

He was actually located within the Dharma Golden Body of the Great Sun Tathagata, and upon revealing himself, the Joyful Buddha Dharma Form immediately transformed into the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Image.

The shattered Golden Body also immediately merged into this physical form, forcefully integrating with it to stabilize its Qi Mechanism.

Thus, it barely counted as an ascension; the Joyful Buddha possessed a Dao Fruit from Ninth Grade to third grade, whereas the Great Sun Tathagata Fruit was of Second Grade, and inherently lacking any Dao Fruits below the third grade. It was by using this physical body of the Joyful Buddha as a foundation that the Great Sun Tathagata could quickly absorb the Merit Water and condense the Golden Body.

However... …

"Can you escape?"

The Tao Shape of Tai Shi, devoid of mass, was not bound by any restrictions; theoretically, Jiang Li's speed had no limit.

Daoist Guang Cheng's Yin Yang Two Extremes Sword was capable of achieving near light speed precisely because it lacked mass; Jiang Li could do the same now.

Within less than the snap of a finger, Jiang Li's figure drew near, with the destruction of skies descending directly upon the Great Sun Tathagata's form.

"Boom!"

Only to see chaos surge, earth, water, wind, and fire erupting into an immensely violent Qi tide, a figure with a golden body six feet tall manifested, clashing with the chaotic Qi, retreating violently for a thousand miles.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom—"

Golden mountains were smashed by the golden body one after another, then consumed by chaos; the dark hue continually expanded, evolving to the extreme, ultimately engulfing half of the Pure Land.

Observing from outside the Pure Land, one would discover a massive black void had appeared at the periphery of the Infinite Buddha Light, spanning thousands of miles in diameter, obliterating a vast region of the Pure Land.

Simultaneously, at the center of the Pure Land, the source of the Infinite Buddha Light, a colossal golden Buddha sat with head bowed and eyes closed on the Twelve Grade Golden Lotus, as if in slumber.

On its lap lay a Seven-Colored Treasure Tree like a staff, its body slightly translucent, crystalline in nature, radiating Buddha Intent alongside the golden Buddha.

"Amitabha, in the end, he has fallen... …"

Shakyamuni Tathagata gazed at the enormous golden Buddha, letting out a deep sigh, "The Three Pure Ones, what a cruel heart, even obliterating the True Spirit."

While Dharma Image and Dao Fruit remained, the True Spirit was annihilated, leaving not the slightest trace of will.

This golden Buddha was akin to a vegetative state; the Dharma Image remained, like a physical body still possessing activity, yet with the True Spirit, representing the brain, extinguished, what meaning was there in continued existence?

"Worldly Venerable, the situation is urgent, best to first retrieve Amitabha's Dharma Image and Dao Artifact."

Beside him, Medicine Buddha turned back, gazing at the overwhelming chaos and the shattered earth and mountains, advising.