Chapter 179: Chapter 116: Sweeping All Before Him (Part 3)

"Moreover, this celestial-demonic crystal is a great supplement to the Outer Celestial Demon, so it’s normal to attract coveting."

No one expected the Monarch to be so calm; they were still worried that Chu Xuan might not survive this ordeal.

At this moment, an object rose from Chu Xuan’s embrace, emitting boundless golden Buddha light, accompanied by the sounds of chanting and singing of Zen, seemingly containing the wondrous truth of transcending the six paths of life and death, cause and effect, and reincarnation.

The little figure inside the celestial-demonic crystal, Chu Xuan, disappeared and returned to his original form, murmuring:

"After my Nirvana, all living beings, whether in heaven or on earth, who receive my relic, will communicate their sorrows and joys, feel empathy, reverence, and worship, and offer deep-hearted tributes, gaining boundless merits..."

"Ananda, seeing the relic of Tathagata is seeing the Buddha, seeing the Buddha is seeing the Dharma, seeing the Dharma is seeing the Sangha, seeing the Sangha is seeing Nirvana..."

Accompanied by the chanting, Chu Xuan’s body also emitted endless Buddha light; the "Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Guanyin Dharma Appearance" behind him no longer appeared hazy and completely transformed into a solid state.

An ancient, noble, and majestic aura emanated from him, causing tremors in all who perceived it.

In front of this supreme power of Buddhism, the demonic qi originally intruding into Chu Xuan’s body quickly evaporated from the surface, accompanied by screams of anguish.

When the demonic qi completely dissipated, Chu Xuan opened his clear and bright eyes, the light of the Buddha bone relic faded away, and returned to his hand, the Dharma appearance behind him disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

Yet everyone was stunned; was this over already? How long had it been? Not even a quarter, no, not a half hour, and such an easily defeated Outer Celestial Demon?

Di Ni looked at Chu Xuan with an incredulous expression, "Buddha Relic?"

The Buddhist disciples present all bowed reverently in the direction of Chu Xuan’s position, seeing the relic as if seeing the true body of Buddha, naturally paying homage.

Primordial Monarch Taixu glanced at Chu Xuan and finally showed some admiration, although he quickly concealed it.

Baihua knew at a glance that the Monarch must be very satisfied.

So she immediately stood up and declared, "I announce that the enlightenment segment is over, the first place goes to Chu Xuan of Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace!"

The guests regained their senses, nodding in agreement, unexpectedly, this enlightenment process was full of twists and turns. Although Chu Xuan somehow had a relic to help him, he succeeded in blocking the Celestial Demon’s obstruction.

Then Lady Baihua continued, "The second place goes to Lin Xiaoxi of Tianxu, and the third place to Miss Qingqing."

This ranking was determined by who woke up the fastest after the four women left the celestial-demonic crystal.

Just now, the Monarch had personally intervened to remove the demonic qi for them, but the influence inside the crystal could not be completely erased, especially on the mind, testing one’s ability to resist the Heart Demon. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Lin Xiaoxi recovered quickly, followed by Qingqing of the demonic path, then Gu Haitang, and lastly the proud loner.

Qingqing seemed dazed upon waking up, wondering why Chu Xuan looked like he was about to become a Buddha or a progenitor.

Gu Haitang was rather annoyed, she could accept losing to anyone but not Qingqing!

Luckily, at that moment, Chu Xuan came over, gently holding each of them by the hand, and smiled softly, "Are you both okay? The situation was critical just now, so I tried to control it to prevent the attack from directly hitting you."

Qingqing seemed to remember something, nodded shyly, "I’m fine."

Gu Haitang couldn’t recall what happened at the last moment, so she just nodded along.

The experience of enlightenment this time was perilous indeed; even Chu Xuan hadn’t expected his ultimate realization to be the "Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Guanyin Dharma Appearance," likely related to the relic.

After entering a state of meditation, Chu Xuan saw countless golden Swastika spells floating before him; gradually he immersed himself in it, and with ongoing enlightenment, the Dharma appearance emerged on its own.

Naturally, with his cultivation at the third stage, even having realized the appearance, he couldn’t normally manifest it, but in the celestial-demonic crystal, it was a special circumstance.

Upon returning to reality, with the relic’s assistance, he could manifest the appearance to its full power, even one hundred and twenty or one hundred and fifty percent of its power.

Chu Xuan silently closed his eyes in contemplation; now he could perform forty-two kinds of Buddhist mudras.

In the world, there are generally two kinds of Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Guanyin statues.

One type truly constructs a thousand hands, each palm containing an eye, with the thousand hands arrayed like a peacock spreading its tail behind the statue.

The other type represents the thousand hands with forty-two hands.

Apart from the two hands joined in the center, there are twenty hands on each side, with each hand representing twenty-five hands, symbolizing a thousand hands, each with an eye, holding Magical Artifacts.

The appearance Chu Xuan realized is the latter.

Of course, if needed, it could be the former, but the mudras remain forty-two kinds, divided into five groups corresponding to Buddhism’s five divisions and five achievement techniques.

The five divisions are: Buddha Division, Vajra Division, Treasure Division, Lotus Division, Karma Division;

The five achievement techniques are: Disaster Quelling Technique, Subjugation Technique, Benefit Technique, Affection Technique, Summoning Technique.

For instance, Chu Xuan’s use of Vajra Hand, Vajra Pestle Hand, Treasure Sword Hand belonged to the Vajra Division Subjugation Technique, specifically to subdue evil people and evil hearts.

Moreover, he sensed that with heartfelt practice, this Dharma appearance could eventually develop into a "Domain."

The domain would contain forty-two Guanyins, equivalent to forty-two incarnations, named "Buddha Transformation Hand Never Leaves Guanyin," "Netting Rope Holding Guanyin," and so on, each incarnation performing mudras and chanting mantras, with powerful might, as well as constituting Great Divine Techniques and major teachings within Buddhism.

Chu Xuan feels that with the protection of the Six Souls Banner and the blessing of the relic, within the first three stages, he is already an unstoppable presence, even facing Lan Cai’er again, he might not be unable to fight.

At this moment, Baihua looked towards Chu Xuan and said, "The rewards for the top three from Baihua Valley need to be distributed after the banquet, but the flying sword awarded to the first place by the Monarch can be given now, Chu Xuan do you want to choose this?"

He naturally shook his head, Baihua understood, "Then we’ll discuss everything after the event."