Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1285 - 55: Sword Severing the Lotus Platform, Fate Sealed

A piercing sword scar appeared on the Dharma Image of Amitabha, splitting open the head of the supreme power's Dharma Image, with the sword scar extending all the way from the top of the head to the chest.

'Couldn't cut through······'

Jiang Li frowned. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

This Dharma Image isn't even the Golden Body of Amitabha, yet it could withstand Jiang Li's sword, truly living up to its reputation as a Buddhist artifact, so resilient.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shakyamuni Tathagata transformed into light and flashed forward, not retreating but advancing, not returning to protect the Dharma Image of Amitabha, but instead charging directly towards Jiang Li.

The Seven-colored Divine Light swept over like a silken ribbon, and as it approached, Heaven and Earth shifted, the Five Elements reversed, intending to drag Jiang Li into another world.

'Why does it look like the Five-colored Divine Light of the Peacock Daming King?' Jiang Li felt something amiss.

The Seven-colored Divine Light contained the transformation of the Five Elements and the wonders of Heaven and Earth, appearing as Buddha Light but secretly harboring the mysteries of the Daoist Sect, embodying the profoundness of Yin Yang Five Elements.

Legend has it that during the Divine Enthronement, the son of the Phoenix, Peacock, was subdued by Zhunti and entered the Buddhist realm, becoming the Peacock Daming King. Zhunti and Tathagata are one, likely having comprehended the intricacies of the Five-colored Divine Light.

With this understanding, it seems reasonable that Tathagata could wield the Five Elements Mountain to suppress the Great Sage Equalling Heaven.

Previously unconnected, now linked, it indeed seems reasonable in every way.

While pondering, Jiang Li decisively urged his Primordial Qi, and the Sword Light grew intensely.

One thousand five hundred years of lifespan, risked it all.

An unexpected feeling of emptiness arose, as if a part of his body was leaving.

If it were merely vitality, Jiang Li could have as much as he wanted. Whether it was [Green Emperor Longevity] or [Blessing All Things], Jiang Li's vitality was almost undying, accompanied by a tremendous increase in lifespan.

But the lifespan consumed by the Green Duckweed Sword involved Cause and Effect, as if part of his destiny was stripped away, making it as difficult to replenish as ascending to heaven.

However, in return, the Power surged dramatically.

The ethereal Sword Light smoothly cleaved the Dharma Image of Amitabha, splitting it in half from top to bottom, finally landing on the Twelve Grade Lotus Platform beneath the Dharma Image.

"Ching——"

The Sword Light swirled, dissecting the central nine petals of the Lotus Platform.

A First Grade Lotus Platform has three flowers and nine petals. With each additional grade, more petals open above the original three flowers and nine petals. Dissecting these three flowers and nine petals equates to slashing three grades off the Twelve Grade Lotus Platform.

A small Lotus Platform flew out, ascending along the cleaved line of the Dharma Image of Amitabha.

All this sounds lengthy, yet it transpired in less than an instant.

The Green Duckweed Sword reached the result, allowing no time to react, slicing through the Dharma Image of Amitabha, severing the Lotus Platform.

Simultaneously, the Seven-colored Divine Light brushed against Jiang Li, leaving only his form; the formless and intangible Shape of Tai Shi also distorted as if trapped in a vortex, pulled into another world.

The previous ten-thousand-foot Buddha Light couldn't harm Jiang Li, but the Seven-colored Divine Light could.

The Seven-colored Divine Light could divide the Chaos, and likewise, it could harm the Shape of Tai Shi.

"Freeze!"

Jiang Li immediately countered with [Emperor Emerges from Zhen], immobilizing the Divine Light for a moment, then turned the sword tip, the Green Duckweed Sword severing the Sword Light, even erasing part of the form, before swiftly teleporting.

Elsewhere, the Karma Tathagata of the Buddha Demon interplayed with reality and illusion, instantly appearing before the flying Third Grade Lotus Platform, seizing it with one hand, while the other grabbed at the Dharma Image of Amitabha, sweeping half of it into his sleeve, narrowly avoiding the interception of the Medicine Buddha.

"Tathagata World Venerable, stay your steps."

A loud call echoed from the air, then Jiang Li and Karma Tathagata simultaneously breached the air, soaring into the Heavenly Scar cleaved by the Sky-reaching Sword Light.

In the next instant, the Seven-colored Buddha Light surged skyward, even the Buddha's energy of the Pure Land fully converging, rushing into the Heavenly Scar, transforming into a gigantic Buddha Palm, straight from within the Pure Land, reaching towards the Void.

However, in the Void lay no trace of Jiang Li and Karma Tathagata, with the Buddha Palm capturing not a single sign.

The remaining Pure Land thus violently quaked, even beginning to collapse in parts, seemingly manifesting Shakyamuni Tathagata's wrath.

This Worldly Venerable descended before the Lotus Platform, gazing at the remaining Nine-Grade Lotus Platform and the damaged Dharma Image of Amitabha, anger transforming into flames, forming a massive fiery wheel behind his head.

The golden Lotus Platform with a total of twelve grades, the three grades severed constitute only a quarter, but this quarter comprises the most central part.

The Lotus Platform layers stack upon layers, one grade opens above another, totaling twelve layers. If these twelve layers were numbered, the severed ones are precisely the tenth to twelfth, acclaimed as the most essential three layers.

The most crucial point is——

"Amitabha's Dao Fruit······" Shakyamuni Tathagata slowly uttered, "has also been taken."

Previously, after communicating with the Seven Treasures Miao Tree, Shakyamuni Tathagata clandestinely conducted sacrificial cultivation on the Twelve Grade Lotus Platform and the Dharma Image of Amitabha. If he truly gained control over this Dao Artifact and Dharma Image, even Jiang Li wielding the Green Duckweed Sword mightn't be advantageous.

He was nearly complete in his sacrificial cultivation, speaking evidently with Karma Tathagata while stealthily proceeding with the sacrificial cultivation. Though time was short, aided by his identity and acquired memories, it sufficed to drive the Dharma Image of Amitabha.

If prolonged, surely both major First Grade Dao Artifacts could be mastered.

Sadly, a hundred steps taken only gets to ninety-nine, failing at the critical last step.