Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 1169 - 703: Finally Appears

Battle, battle, battle; kill, kill, kill. The warfare is relentless; the slaughter, unceasing.

The Xuanhuang Saints had long made preparations against these three days in the Demon Abyss. The Desire Heaven was the initial breakthrough point, but not the only one.

Daoist Shangqing and Emperor Fengdu attacked the Bhurlo Heaven, Maitreya Buddha and the Four Sea Dragon Lords assaulted the Great Brahma Heaven. Both pairs had their strategies and targeted approaches. Even if the Desire Heaven couldn’t be taken quickly, they held hopes of breaking through the situation.

Now that Desire Heaven has fallen, the Golden Mother Primordial Lord hastens to aid with her forces. It goes without saying that the outcome is clear, with the pacing of battle greatly hastening towards the endgame.

After a hundred years...

"Amitabha!"

In the Great Brahma Heaven, chants of Buddha’s name rise, accompanied by the Tathagata Dharma Image, hands upholding the Buddha Kingdoms of the Ten Directions in fierce combat against a colossal demon.

It is indeed the remaining fruit of the Xuanhuang Three Buddhas; the Maitreya Buddha of yore!

One sees Maitreya revealing the Tathagata Dharma Image, full of complete enlightenment and wisdom, powerfully stabilizing the Great Thousand World, hands supporting the Ten Directions Buddha Countries, mouth uttering the Six Syllables Mantra, each syllable imbued with the profound force of the Great Dao, furiously suppressing that towering Heavenly Demon.

"Roar!"

The demonic figure is enormous; mortals struggle to grasp its full appearance, seemingly towering to the heavens. Its massive form bears six heads and twelve arms, three heads compassionate, three heads ferocious, each wielding the power of destruction and creation; it is the lord of Great Brahma Heaven, the god of destruction and creation—the Great Brahma Heavenly Demon King.

This demon, wielding the right to destroy and create, holds the strongest combat power among the Three Heavenly Demon Kings, second only to the elusive Moluo Boxun.

Now, he reveals his Heavenly Demon True Body, merging the dominions of destruction and creation into a dharma of the Great Dao, as if the master of the world, possessing the power to split the heavens and earth. The three heads open divine eyes, discharging endless demonic light, seemingly set to obliterate heaven and annul the Dao.

However, Maitreya stands before him, unflustered, simply proclaiming the Buddhist Law. Amidst the radiance of the immense Buddha’s light, it seems as though an incarnation of "Great Brahma" emerges; merging past, present, and future into Silent Extinction and nothingness, returning all to the eternal Brahma and rationality.

Great Brahma!

An Innate Sacred of the Xuanhuang World, much like Pangu, who stems from the source of The Three Pure Ones, innately bred amidst Chaos, possessing half the potentiality of a Golden Immortal. But innateness is imperfect, the bodily form incomplete, only the Primordial Spirit was obtained. Moreover, amidst the cosmogenic event of Pangu splitting heaven and earth, they perished, transforming into three Innate Spiritual Treasures bestowed upon the world, giving rise to the Xuanhuang Three Buddhas: Lamp-Burning Buddha, Shakyamuni, Maitreya.

Due to two major battles between Xuanhuang and the Desire Realm, the fall of Lamp-Burning Buddha and Shakyamuni left only one of the Xuanhuang Three Buddhas and Pangu and Three Pure Ones—this future Buddha, Maitreya.

Although only one of the Three Buddhas remains, facing the Great Brahma Heavenly Demon, they are still not at a disadvantage, for his Cultivation has also progressed. Merging the Dharma Aspects of the two fallen Buddhas, there’s a hint of the "Three Buddhas unified, recreating Great Brahma." His strength ranks among the top of the Xuanhuang Nine Saints.

Now he stands as a shield, confronting Great Brahma Heavenly Demon head-on. The world-splitting destructive demonic light cannot penetrate the Great Brahma Buddha Light. The two—one Buddha, one demon—have fought for over two hundred years without victory or death.

But the endgame is apparent even without a definitive resolution. The Great Brahma Heavenly Demon, despite casting his full might, cannot break through the Great Brahma Buddha. Surrounding the Great Brahma Battlefield, waves tumultuous, a dragon shadow churns clouds and turns rivers on their head, steadily compressing the boundaries of the Demon Realm.

The Four Sea Dragon Lords!

One of the Xuanhuang Nine Saints, not quite on par with Maitreya, but also a lord of the Dao, is the very first True Dragon from the beginning of Xuanhuang’s creation of heaven and earth, ancient and deeply entrenched. Now aiding Maitreya, the pressure on the Great Brahma Heavenly Demon has doubled.

Moreover, there’s a reserve transformed into a Green Lantern, the Earth Immortal who has assumed the legacy of Lamp-Burning Buddha.

The triad of Sacred Ones engages the Heavenly Demon in fierce battle, for the moment, they are matched.

Great Brahma, what is Great Brahma?

Brahma is the Dao, the Dao is Brahma; it is the manifestation of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, the amalgamation and use of destruction and creation. It is the root and origin of everything, like Pangu, another Innate Sacred of Xuanhuang, born from Chaos like two lotuses from the same stalk.

But in the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, there isn’t just one earth, nor just one Great Dao, nor only one Sacred Being. Thus, in Xuanhuang, there are Buddhists who cultivate the methods of Great Brahma, and in the Desire Realm, there are Heavenly Demons who wield the power of Great Brahma. Both bear the same name and tread the same path, but they are not identical beings—rather, they are opposed to each other, and now they have come to their fateful confrontation.

After so much time, the battle remains unresolved.

Suddenly...

"Boom!!!"

The heavens and earth shake, spacetime fractures; a sword arrives from beyond, tearing into the Great Brahma Battlefield.

It is...

"Red flowers, green leaves, white lotus roots, the Three Pure Ones are the Law of the same Dao!"

The sword is Qingping, slashing into the battlefield, striking upon Great Brahma, causing the Heavenly Demon to howl in rage.

"Shangqing!"

"Our fellow Daoist has arrived!"

Struck by Qingping Sword, the Great Brahma Heavenly King is not only severely wounded but gravely injured. Maitreya and his partners seizing the opportunity for a concentrated assault force the towering Heavenly Demon True Body to stagger back unknowingly annihilating countless demons in the process.

"Slay!!!"

Following Qingping Sword, Daoist Shangqing emerges, brandishing his sword engulfed in murderous intent, launching a fierce offensive against the gravely injured Great Brahma Heavenly Demon, seeking to avenge an old blood feud.

Seeing this, the three deities of Maitreya say little, joining hands with Daoist Shangqing, united in suppressing the Heavenly Demon.

Despite the Great Brahma Heavenly Demon’s strength, how can two fists match four hands? Originally at no advantage against Maitreya’s triad, the entrance of Daoist Shangqing, no less than Maitreya, only exacerbates his defeat under their united front, teetering on the brink of danger.

Just then...

"Rumble!!!"

The heavens quake, boundaries shatter once more; a mountain crashes into the battlefield, the honor of Five Mountains personified.

Mansion Lord of Mount Tai, Emperor Fengdu!

Increased from four to five between the Saints, the pressure on the Heavenly Demon multiplies manifold, driving it towards despair.

Daoist Shangqing and Emperor Fengdu, originally engaging Bhurlo Heaven, now rush to the Great Brahma Heaven to join the battle—a clear sign that the Bhurlo Heaven has concluded with a victorious end for Xuanhuang.