The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 267 - 213: Master Uncle Jieyin, You’ve Come Too!

Primordial Land, Great Leiyin Temple at Mount Sumeru.

Zhunti was originally sitting with his eyes closed, contemplating the Heavenly Dao Laws, but suddenly felt a palpitation within his heart, which startled him into full awareness.

He frowned and began incessantly computing in his hands. However, in order to conceal the whereabouts of the Western Two Saints previously, he deliberately muddled the celestial secrets. Now with the celestial secrets in such disarray, it was impossible to discern the slightest clue.

After a while, Zhunti mumbled to himself, "What could be the cause of this sudden perturbation?"

Just then, Mile arrived at the bank of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool. Zhunti simply stood up and paced towards Mile, asking, "Nephew disciple, for what purpose have you come?"

Mile bowed deeply and said, "To report to Master Uncle! Earlier, the disciple was pondering the Buddha’s teachings in the temple when I suddenly felt a throb in my heart! Unable to calculate its cause, I specifically came to seek advice from Master and Master Uncle!"

Zhunti was taken aback and thought to himself, "This isn’t right! Two people experiencing palpitations simultaneously—this isn’t the emergence of a Spiritual Treasure. Clearly, someone very close to us is in trouble! Could it be?"

Mile looked up curiously towards the Bodhi Tree and asked, "May I inquire of Master Uncle, where is the Master?"

Zhunti’s expression suddenly changed drastically. Without time to explain to Mile, he lightly stepped and appeared amid the Chaos outside the Thirty-Three Heavens. Then, with another flicker, he was already present in the Tang Valley on the Sun Star.

At this moment, the Sun Star blazed with intense flames, eerily calm. The legion of Demon Soldiers and Demon Generals whom Di Jun had dispatched to guard the Tang Valley had already been casually dealt with by Zhunti. In the desolate Tang Valley, there was only the towering Fusang Divine Wood, rustling in the hot wind.

Zhunti’s expression became serious. Not far from the Sun Star, on the Taiyin Star, there came sounds of exploding mana. Amidst them, specks of golden Buddha Light could also be seen.

"Could it be encountering a Saint on the Taiyin Star?" Zhunti furrowed his eyebrows and with a flash, he rushed towards the Taiyin Star.

On the Taiyin Star, the struggle between Li Qingming and Zhunti was nearing its end.

Li Qingming was seen in a fluttering green Daoist robe, his mana stable. Across him, Zhunti’s hair was disheveled, his eyes blood-red. His originally strong and mighty Golden Body, already riddled with countless holes, had lost sixteen of his twenty-four heads, and of his eighteen muscular arms, only a lonely six remained. Pale golden blood trickled from the corners of his Golden Body’s mouth.

This truly was an instance of karmic retribution! Several Primordial Meetings ago, Zhunti, relying on his Saint cultivation, nearly shattered Li Qingming’s soul. Now, Zhunti was heavily injured by Li Qingming. Even if he didn’t die this time, it would take several Primordial Meetings of recovery to fully heal.

"Master Uncle Zhunti, I never imagined you are actually regressing with age! Over several Primordial Meetings, your cultivation might have advanced, but your realm has deteriorated progressively! Why don’t I, your nephew disciple, completely resolve this worry for you?" Li Qingming spoke coldly to Zhunti, his eyes bursting with murderous intent.

"Roar!" In his hand, the God Slaying Spear, like a pitch-black Demon Dragon, exuded a bone-chillingly evil Qi, its piercing roar like Heavenly Thunder exploding across the sky! In an instant, the thick Taiyin Qi shattered the void, enveloping a monstrous ferocity, intending to utterly devour Zhunti!

Zhunti’s face turned ashen. He, a lofty Saint, faced the prospect of death at the hands of someone he considered no better than an ant—how could he reconcile with this! With a look of despair, Zhunti let out a crazed howl to the heavens, "Heavenly Dao, I am not reconciled!"

At that moment, a flash of golden light suddenly burst forth, condensing into a round relic, accompanied by ten thousand rays of golden light! Upon the appearance of this relic, the wildly writhing black Demon Dragon was immediately frozen in place, and the power of Zhunti’s Golden Body began to surge with renewed vigor.

Seeing this relic, Li Qingming’s face revealed a strange smile, and with a gesture, the dragon-formed God Slaying Spear instantly retreated in his hand, he said with a light smile, "Jieyin Master Uncle, since you have arrived, why not show yourself?"

As the words of Li Qingming fell, a tall Daoist appeared next to Zhunti, skinny with a tall topknot—none other than the Amitabha Buddha, Jieyin Taoist.

Jieyin Taoist, with a pained expression, made a Buddha Power gesture and said, "Amitabha Buddha! Fellow Daoist Qingmingzi, it’s best to show mercy where you can. Although Master Brother Zhunti was wrong, he was, after all, acting to advance the process of the Calamity! Moreover, the heavens possess the virtue of cherishing life. Master Brother Zhunti, after all, is nominally your Master Uncle, why must you be so ruthless?"

"Ha ha ha!" Li Qingming laughed loudly and said, "Quite the eloquent Master Uncle Jieyin! Billions of years ago, when I respectfully called you ’Master Uncle,’ this Zhunti Daoist fought with me over a disciple and even resorted to blows, nearly scattering my soul. Did he give me a chance back then?"

Jieyin paused, falling silent for a moment.

"This Taiyin Star is the domain of my good friend Wang Shu, and this time Zhunti attacked without reason; did he ever talk about justice?" Li Qingming paid no attention to this pair of master and disciple, continuing, "That Golden Crow is the essence of the Sun; if it escapes from Tang Valley, it will surely wreak havoc upon Primordial Heaven and Earth, causing mass death and carnage! You Western Two Saints talk of Buddhist compassion, but have you ever thought of the countless lives in Primordial Heaven and Earth? Have you given them a chance? Compassion? Save me your damn hypocritical righteousness!"

Having regained a bit of mana, Zhunti, hearing this, suddenly erupted, "We Saints stand high above! What is there to pity about such lowly ants; they are merely pawns in the hands of us Saints!"

Li Qingming coldly said, "Hmph, just as I thought! Heaven and Earth are heartless, treating all beings as straw dogs; Saints are heartless, treating living creatures like straw dogs! You are unworthy to be called Saints!"

"Ha ha ha, ants should live in ignorance! What right do they have to speak before us Saints? Even if all the beings in Primordial die out, what does it have to do with us Saints?" Zhunti seemed to regain vitality, with unreleased blood radiance in his eyes, specks of dark red mist flickering within.

"Seeking death!" Li Qingming exploded in rage, with the God Slaying Spear in his hand glowing darkly. As more of his Yuqing True Essence overflowed, the space could no longer hold up against the pressure of Li Qingming’s power, and the already unstable space began to distort, stars and meteorites around swiftly getting swallowed by fissures, and even the golden Buddha Light on Zhunti and Jieyin started to show signs of being devoured.

Zhunti was shocked, thinking, "So this guy has been suppressing his true strength all along; this power is simply too terrifying! Even if he says he is not a Saint, this power far exceeds my own and is probably not much inferior to my fellow disciple Jieyin!"

Casting a glance at the dazed Zhunti, Jieyin sighed helplessly, and with a light pat on the top of his head, a giant Buddha Golden Body appeared, resplendent in golden light.

Jieyin Daoist then unfolded the Jieyin Treasure Banner in his hand, the Shariputra displaying itself on top of his golden body, suddenly bursting with intense brilliance. Meanwhile, beneath the golden body, golden radiance lit up, the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus shimmering with dazzling Hua Guang, blooming with twelve petals, a thin layer of light rising bottom-up that firmly protected Jieyin within.

The Treasure Banner flickered, autonomously meeting the God Slaying Spear, stitching up the space fissures it cleaned out one by one.

Zhunti, having recovered fifty percent of his strength, saw the Jieyin Daoist restrain the God Slaying Spear. His left hand’s Seven Treasures Miao Tree flickered with seven-colored radiance, fiercely pressing towards Li Qingming.

Li Qingming, unconcernedly reaching out a hand to the side, deflected the Seven Treasures Miao Tree.

Wearing a sleazy smile, Zhunti said, "Li Qingming, this time, two of us Saints will join forces against you alone! Buddha doesn’t believe you can escape from the palms of our hands!"

Having spoken, Zhunti fumbled around in his chest for a while before pulling out an object.

It was square, palm-sized, completely black, and emanated waves of strange aura.

Li Qingming abruptly saw the box, feeling rather odd, vaguely recalling having heard of it somewhere but not paying it much heed. Instead, he stretched out, wielding his God Slaying Spear with vigor, creating spatial fissures that wildly swept towards the Jieyin Daoist.

Jieyin Daoist’s face was pained but for once, a smile appeared. The Jieyin Treasure Banner atop his head, hanging down strands of Chaos Qi, blocked all these spatial fissures about a meter away.

At the same time, that odd little black box reached above Li Qingming’s head. Endless black radiance burst forth like a Milky Way exploding, unleashing a vast killing intent, after which the heavens trembled.

Zhunti, holding a key-shaped seal, gave a grim smile and said, "Nihility Blood Oath, shatter the void!"

The delicate seal radiated with bright light, as if made of common bronze but utterly lustrous, with thousands of Huaguang.

As Zhunti’s words fell, the seal suddenly flew, nearing the black box which shook violently. The previously empty box’s sides revealed a terrifying and fierce Evil Ghost skull, with eyes bloody and greedily red, lifelike and startling.

"Click!" When the seal hit the box, a faint sound of mechanical collision was heard! The black box was fully activated, absorbing Star Power as if all the starlight from the heavens converged into the box.

"Buzz!" The box opened, bursting forth with an overwhelming Evil Qi, containing terrifyingly corrosive power. Countless Tao Runes enveloped Li Qingming.

At this moment, Li Qingming suddenly recalled an ultimate Innate Spiritual Treasure from the depths of his memory - the "Nihility Box"! This box could turn a person into blood water, utterly destroying their Primordial Spirit. Truly vicious!

"Strange, shouldn’t this Spiritual Treasure be with my Master? How could it appear in Zhunti’s hands!" Li Qingming’s eyes flashed rapidly, as he fiercely parried, forcing Jieyin to retreat. Then, with a smirk, Li Qingming loudly addressed Zhunti, "Master Uncle, thank you for delivering the Spiritual Treasure to my doorstep, Qingmingzi will gladly accept it!"

"Eh?" Zhunti’s pupils shrank, remembering Li Qingming’s terrifying Spatial Divine Power, instantly filled with dread and silently cursed, "Not good!"

Unfortunately, Li Qingming wasn’t going to give him the chance to retrieve the Spiritual Treasure. Forming hand seals, he shouted lowly, "Swallowing Heaven and Devouring Earth!"

"Boom!" A massive Swallowing Sky Bear’s head emerged from the void. Opening its mouth, it sucked in the seal along with the Nihility Box, then vanished without a trace.

"Pfft!" Losing the Spiritual Treasure and with his mind connected to it, Zhunti spat out a mouthful of dark red blood, declaring, "Qingmingzi, I swear it’s you or me!"

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