Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1316 - 76: Three Bandits (Part 2)

At this moment, Karma Tathagata spoke, "So, the key is still to deal with the Great Heavenly Venerate. It's best to make him fall before the Promotion Ceremony is completed."

Although Karma Tathagata was not a confidant, as a Heavenly Demon, he could also sense the dread in Jiang Li.

"In that case, I do have a method."

Karma Tathagata fiddled with his prayer beads, and an enigmatic fluctuation quietly emerged, bringing a chilling aura. "The Emperor has the ability to consolidate causality. Though the Great Heavenly Venerate possesses the power to reach the heavens, he cannot bypass the Emperor to cut off their causality. If I and the Daoist Lord assist the Emperor in tracing back the cause, it might be possible to find the Great Heavenly Venerate."

"Hmm..." Jiang Li mused, "That might actually work."

Yi Dao Divination is like tracing a person through the internet, using high-level hacking skills (Yi Dao) to find the opponent's location and fate, and then further predict it.

However, the opponent can also set up a firewall, or use Qi Fortune for protective interference, or conceal their location, or simply cut off the network (causality).

In today's world, changes abound. Even the strongest in Yi Dao cannot calculate everything. The Great Heavenly Venerate himself is a Second Grade expert, with Heaven by his side, his Qi Fortune likely matches Jiang Li's, and he can break causality, making it difficult for even the most formidable Yi Dao to calculate him.

Nevertheless, Jiang Li possesses the ability to consolidate causality. Even if the Great Heavenly Venerate wants to sever the causality with Jiang Li, it's not possible.

Having a causal link is equivalent to having a definite path. As long as interference and protection can be breached, finding the Great Heavenly Venerate is not impossible.

This is similar to Yi Dao Divination but different.

The Yi Dao Divination uses advanced hacking techniques to break through the firewall, whereas the method proposed by Karma Tathagata is to forcefully breach with overwhelming hardware superiority.

The former is like a thief, stealing information without a trace, while the latter is like a robber, blasting open the door and forcibly seizing information.

Karma Tathagata recently acquired the Amitabha Buddha Dao Fruit and should be even further advanced in the Way of Cause and Effect. Jiang Li has also improved his strength and further communicated with the Pangu Banner and Green Duckweed Sword, along with the enigmatic Daoist Lord.

The three combining efforts, with their Dao Artifacts, can attempt a breach as robbers.

This action might fail, but failure will cause no loss, so why not?

"It's worth a try."

Speaking of the Daoist Lord, he arrived, the youthful Daoist walked straight in from outside the hall, bowed to everyone, and looked at Karma Tathagata, "Fellow Daoist, you really kept me in the dark."

The Daoist's eyes had a trace of sharpness, as if piercing through Karma Tathagata's disguise, seeing his true identity.

These two were old rivals, having fought for more than a hundred years, and while they couldn't claim to know each other inside out, they weren't like others.

Previously, Karma Tathagata's not siding with Jiang Li was fine, but now with his frequent alliance, the Daoist Lord sensed something amiss.

Emperor Jiang may be lacking in private virtue, but in treating allies, he was impeccable, even if not comparable to people like the Heavenly Monarch, still first-rate.

If Karma Tathagata's identity had no mystery, Jiang Li would never join forces with him repeatedly and place trust in him. It should be noted that Karma Tathagata was one of the main forces that led to the Awakened's death.

The Awakened died under the Six Souls Banner, but before that, Karma Tathagata was always leading the charge.

In that sense, the Daoist Lord was also a primary enemy back then, despite standing with Jiang Li most of the time, he always kept a watchful eye to avoid being deceived.

Jiang Li was responsible toward his allies, but if not truly seen as an ally, one needed to be more wary.

His "treating people sincerely" mostly applied to the dead.

"What do you mean by that, Daoist Lord? You're leaving me puzzled," Karma Tathagata slowly rotated the prayer beads, not acknowledging the jibe.

At the time, after being promoted, a competition with the True Spirit of Bo Xun ensued. After resolving the issue, the Daoist Lord, by immediately selling "One Qi to Three Pure Ones," boarded Jiang Li's ship, or else he would have faced the fate of the Heavenly Demon blocking his path.

This grudge, Karma Tathagata remembered.

"Since Daoist Lord is here, let's begin directly."

Jiang Li mediated, flicking a finger, releasing a bright yet not dazzling radiance. His hair lifted without wind, each strand infinitely extending, penetrating the void, connecting causality, and the radiance simultaneously permeated space, illuminating the Ten Directions.

"The wondrous illumination of the Ten Directions, the Emperor has fully grasped it."

Karma Tathagata sighed softly at this sight, pointing downward, and a Golden Lotus flew from his sleeve, landing on the ground.

The lotus opened in three grades, containing Great Purity, Great Freedom, Great Brightness, Great Annihilation, with Infinite Light and Immeasurable Life seemingly present at its center.

Karma Tathagata moved, his black robe instantly turning white, stepping onto the third-grade Golden Lotus, sitting atop that Infinite Light and Immeasurable Life, forming a Dharma Seal with his hands, entering meditation.

'The Amitabha Buddha Dao Fruit is within.'

The Daoist Lord, sensing the supreme Buddha Intent, realized Karma Tathagata had obtained the Amitabha Buddha Dao Fruit. 'Even after turning to the Demon Path, he's able to master the Lotus Platform and comprehend the Amitabha Buddha Dao Fruit. Devil becomes Buddha, Buddha becomes Demon, as it goes.'

Thinking this, the Daoist Lord sat down cross-legged, and beneath him, a green Qingyun emerged, supporting him as he rose.

Three rays of Pure Light flew from the Daoist Lord's Heavenly Spirit, transforming into three lotuses, each seated with a figure, old, middle-aged, and young, sitting cross-legged with eyes closed.

To assist Jiang Li in divination, they mainly utilized their consciousness. Even if only one of the Three Pure Ones Primordial Spirits was present, it could unleash its full consciousness.

The Three Pure Ones Primordial Spirits were in different places, yet their consciousness was always united.

Each of the three Second Grades displayed profound mysteries, Buddha Light and Dao Light. There was also a radiance capable of generating and annihilating all things, interweaving and illuminating the small hall into a Divine Realm and Holy Realm.

"Search the heavens and the earth, penetrate the hidden and the mysterious, the Three Realms and the Ten Directions, nothing escapes the eye."

Jiang Li, using the Divine Skills of "Emperor Emerges from Zhen," spoke, each word falling with invisible great strength, penetrating the void, covering heaven and earth.

Above the Sky Dome, the wind and clouds changed color. Below the Nine Earths, the dark springs surged.

"Where is the Jade Emperor?"

Jiang Li invoked the Great Heavenly Venerate's name, and lines of causality suddenly appeared. The threefold consciousness descended upon these lines, tracing back the roots.

Time and space were no longer constraints.

Since Jiang Li touched the threshold of the Taichu Dao, both time and space in reality were hard to affect him. Now, his consciousness roamed causality without restriction.

He led the initiative, the vast consciousness directly piercing through layers of space, tracing the whereabouts of the Great Heavenly Venerate.

"Found it."

Behind the white-clad Awakened, a Round Light manifested, reflecting a scene of the Heavenly Realm.

"It's him."

The Daoist Lord, shrouded in Pure Light, captured divinity and Immortal Energy.

And Jiang Li, his gaze already cast towards the other side, the Heavenly Eye connecting the two realms, with Pangu's Left Eye peering through.

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Within a space resembling the Immortal Realm, the Great Heavenly Venerate sat at the center of the palace, eyes closed, as if in slumber.

Suddenly, the Great Heavenly Venerate's eyes shot open, revealing an expression of fury.

A gaze traversed space, under which lines of causality appeared, tracing back to the Great Heavenly Venerate.

It felt, to put it ungraciously, like having one's clothes stripped off and being spied upon under the glaring sun, all secrets seeming exposed.

The humiliation was greater than a severe wound or even beheading the Great Heavenly Venerate.

"Impudent!"

The Great Heavenly Venerate roared in anger, the universe quaking, a massive face appearing above the space, staring at an eye as brilliant as the sun.

Faced with such humiliation, the Great Heavenly Venerate was wrathful beyond measure, determined to make the other party pay.

However, at the same time, a vast consciousness descended.

Jiang Li, Karma Tathagata, Daoist Lord, the divine intent of the three bore down on the Great Heavenly Venerate.

This was not spying but three robbers breaking in, stripping bare your secrets.