Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs

Chapter 408 - 335: Tragedy in the Buddha Country, Grotesque Mutations

Other people become Immortals, and the world is harmonious.

Zhang Kui becomes an Immortal, and his heart is filled with murderous intent.

There’s no other way. Ever since arriving in this world, barely surviving and stepping into Jianghu, encountering demons and ghosts, evil spirits in forbidden lands, starry sky evil gods, underworld anomalies, reincarnation crises... The dark clouds hang over his head constantly, unable to find a moment’s peace, forcing him to carve a bloody path out of despair.

He also wishes to travel from Beihai to Cangwu in a day,

He also wishes to get drunk for a thousand years and watch decayed pieces,

But unfortunately, the anger in his heart cannot be relieved...

Now, having broken through the barriers and reopened the Immortal Path, he wishes he could rush into reincarnation and slaughter those worthless troubles plaguing the stars, but everything must be done step by step.

First, it is to resolve this catastrophe on the Divine Continent.

This time, the attack comes from three places: the Dark God’s clone in Divine Island City of the Yin Mansion, the star beasts in the Quanzhou Sea Region, and the unknown presence in the Peacock Buddha Country.

The other two places are urgent and have already been handled, but the situation in the Shazhou guarded by Gu Ziqing seems a bit strange...

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui sent a transmission to explain a few things to Helian Boxiong, and his figure instantly vanished.

On the sea surface, the navy of the Divine Dynasty was already handling the battlefield, rescuing the wounded. This time, there were considerable casualties, and besides some port cities, the fleet of Huo Continent was particularly unfortunate.

Helian Boxiong’s once solemn face now relaxed, smiling as he approached the group led by the Cyan Flood Dragon, "Fellow Taoists, the situation was special in past months, I apologize for any offense, but the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty is open to all, and you are welcome to join us."

"Thank you, Marshal Helian..."

The group quickly responded respectfully. Now the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty is exceptional, with Zhang Kui reopening the Immortal Path, the human race’s future looks bright. Though this person in front of them may have lower cultivation than them, he is an important founder of the Divine Dynasty.

After a few words, City Lord Jin suddenly joked, "We lacked vision, unaware of the Sect Leader’s methods. Now that the Immortal Path is open, fleeing to the Moon Palace seems like a joke."

Helian Boxiong was taken aback, but said nonchalantly, "The Sect Leader did mention this matter, urging you not to worry. The starship has already shown signs, and I’m asked to drag this thing back."

He pointed behind him as he spoke.

The Cyan Flood Dragon and its companions were dumbfounded.

In the vast sea, two mountain-like Dharma Guardian Generals had been summoned again, and together with all the starships, were surrounding the enormous star beast’s corpse...

...

Zhang Kui used continuous instant teleportation; one moment he was in Jiangzhou, the next moment he was in Qingzhou, his Divine Thought observing the heavens and earth, surveying the entire Divine Continent.

It was still New Year’s Day, and after the disaster, under the guidance of the Star Officials, the local people were cleaning up collapsed houses, chatting and laughing, looking spirited.

The few True Gods of Tai Shi were also busy, gathering divine power again to repair the spiritual mountains in various places, the Twelve Earthly Branches Array, and the Divine Land Array.

Zhang Kui smiled knowingly, then took a step to Shazhou.

In the skies over the snow-covered desert of Shazhou, Gu Ziqing led more than twenty starships ready for battle, not relaxing in the slightest.

"The Sect Leader has arrived!"

Upon seeing Zhang Kui arrive, the beings of the Mahayana Realm, stationed on each starship, flew out one by one, excited and curious, yet unsure of what to say.

So this is an Immortal... yet they can’t tell the difference...

One can’t blame them, after arduously seeking the Dao and enduring countless tribulations, when light appears in despair and a living Immortal stands before them, how can one remain calm?

Seeing the curious eyes, Zhang Kui shook his head with a smile, "No need to rush, my friends. Once everything concludes, I will open a forum and preach."

"Thank you, Sect Leader!"

All the Mahayana practitioners deeply bowed and clasped their hands.

"Taoist Friend Zhang..."

Gu Ziqing’s eyes were complicated. Unexpectedly, in just over half a year of not seeing each other, they were now split between Immortals and mortals.

"Taoist Friend Gu, what exactly happened here?"

Zhang Kui lightly smiled, not avoiding the question, standing shoulder to shoulder with Gu Ziqing as they looked toward the Fallen Immortal Mountain.

There, the outer mountains were covered in vast black light, with shadows flickering constantly, and faint, mournful cries could be heard.

Gu Ziqing steadied his mind and said solemnly, "We were ordered to guard the key passage in Shazhou. Previously, something strange happened at the Blood Vihara Temple in the Peacock Buddha Country, severing all subsequent messages. As the Divine Continent stirred and celestial omens appeared, this thing showed up at the Fallen Immortal Mountain, likely related to the Peacock Buddha Country."

Zhang Kui nodded, focusing his attention.

The outer area of the Fallen Immortal Mountain had a shattered spatial barrier, likely a distortion of the Protective Grand Array of the Formless Celestial Immortal Ship, he had previously found a pattern in the shattered space to enter through deducing techniques.

Thinking back, he was indeed lucky. If there had been any slight interference midway that excited the array’s response, he might have been trapped inside for a lifetime. After all, several arrays on the Immortal Ship were still operational.

"Sect Leader, what is that thing?"

A former Mahayana-level snake demon from the Chai Kingdom, filled with fright, asked, "When that thing rose from the Peacock Buddha Country, it was as if a natural disaster had struck. Fortunately, it got trapped in the Fallen Immortal Mountain; otherwise, we might have struggled to withstand it."

"It’s nothing, merely a lingering remnant..."

Zhang Kui stared ahead, his brows slightly furrowed.

Although its form had changed, and its power attributes were vastly different, he had recognized its origin—it was a remnant soul of an Immortal-level anomaly that escaped during the Underworld Immortal Sect war.

This Immortal-level anomaly was born by absorbing the power of the Immortal Sect and likely sensed the dozen or so Star Gates on the Immortal Ship’s deck, resulting in it being trapped in the Fallen Immortal Mountain Array.

More importantly, how did it enter the Mortal World?

This world is peculiar; the people of the Mortal World can enter the Underworld, but entities from the Underworld cannot enter the Mortal World. Otherwise, with the terrifying number of Underworld anomalies, countless stars might have long been destroyed.

Zhang Kui encountered such a situation for the first time.

This immortal-level eerie remnant soul didn’t need attention; the terror of the immortal ship’s grand array was something even he dared not venture into carelessly. Thinking that becoming an immortal allowed one to act recklessly, then the Thousand-Handed Buddha Corpse from Celestial Craft Immortal Realm was a lesson learned the hard way.

Ground down by the shattered space grand array, the immortal-level eerie remnant soul wailed continuously, likely to completely dissipate by tomorrow.

The method by which this entity entered the mortal world must be investigated!

With this thought, Zhang Kui immediately turned and said to the crowd:

"I will handle this here, you all go back and rest."

Several Mahayana realm individuals were immediately anxious, "Sect Leader, we haven’t done anything, the starship is operating normally, no need to rest."

They were somewhat anxious too; now that the immortal path was open, it was wiser to accumulate more merit points given the current system of the Divine Dynasty.

Zhang Kui laughed heartily, "Of course, rest is needed, don’t worry, the Divine Dynasty has kept its fists clenched for too long, it’s time to strike out!"

As he finished speaking, his figure vanished instantly.

The numerous Mahayana realm individuals immediately understood, their eyes filled with killing intent.

...

Peacock Buddha Country, known as an ancient country.

Although somewhat exaggerated, its history predates several human dynasties of the Divine Continent and was even established before the Great Zhou.

Separated by the Fallen Immortal Mountain, the only narrow path is across a vast sandy sea, so interactions with the Divine Continent were rare. Many common folk didn’t even know of this neighbor.

Zhang Kui only learned after meeting Yuan Huang that this country, like the Barbarian Continent, had countless large and small ancient tribal factions. The once Three Heads and Six Arms Drought Fiend hailed from Peacock Buddha Country.

Unlike the Barbarian Continent, they mostly practiced Buddhist skills, with Forbidden Land forces replaced by large monastery complexes, emphasizing self-transcendence and nirvana towards the Buddha Land, staying aloof and avoiding conflict, enjoying stability for thousands of years.

Zhang Kui in a moment breached the deep sandy sea, entering the Peacock Buddha Country, only to see a scene of death and stillness.

Indeed, not a single person was there.

The villages on the plains, the monastery complexes atop high mountains, either ruins or chaotic, sharing one commonality:

Deathly stillness, boundless silence!

Everywhere lay bleached bones, no insect chirps, no bird calls, an utterly fallen deathly land.

Zhang Kui wasn’t overly surprised,

After all, an immortal-level Underworld eerie, even just a remnant soul, was beyond ordinary resistance. Added to the Underworld eerie’s boundless hatred for living beings of the mortal world, causing such devastation was no surprise.

Even in his divine thought, further along the Peacock Buddha Country coast were wrecks of many You Dynasty ships.

It seemed even the attacking Evil God forces hadn’t escaped this fate.

Peacock Buddha Country mostly consisted of hills, mid-west on a mountain peak, a city-like monastery complex known as Blood Vihara Temple, the largest power.

Even that old Naga Ming King didn’t survive?

Zhang Kui’s gaze shifted slightly, and with another step, he appeared in the now-ruined monastery, glancing around, waving a hand to cast a shower of clear light, employing the Moon-taking skill, flooding the scene with light and shadows.

The current Moon-taking skill was even more potent. Within a year, the past scenes appeared before him, quickly witnessing the tragedy.

Shortly after attacking the Immortal Sect’s eerie nest, the Blood Vihara Temple fell into chaos, many demon race and ancient race monks pouring out through Underworld passages, all in panic, evidently scared by the wandering Black Tide.

The Naga Ming King comforted the monks and then ignored them.

However, momentary neglect led to an endless tragedy.

A Mahayana realm demon race monk, upon returning, remained in a coma, blood vessels twisted in black, entangling his face like aged trees.

This fellow turned out to be possessed by an immortal-level eerie remnant soul, arriving in the mortal world, their powers constantly merging. The demon monk’s body began distorting rapidly, eventually erupting one night.

The twisted monster rampaged through the monastery while the Naga Ming King was likely at a Sea Race gathering. Remaining monks besieged it, finally destroying the monster.

However, this was just the calamity’s start, spreading like a dreadful plague, with many falling comatose, exhibiting similar distortions. In a brief span, the whole Peacock Buddha Country turned to hell.

These monstrosities, as twisted as Underworld eeries, even when burnt, infected countless nearby people. The returning Naga Ming King went utterly mad but couldn’t escape the same fate.

In less than a week, there were no survivors in Peacock Buddha Country.

Zhang Kui felt a chill, the entrance of Underworld eeries into the mortal world was terrifying.

The subsequent scenes were even more disturbing; the mutated corpses rapidly decayed, black mist rising, gathering above Peacock Buddha Country, forming black lights akin to a Black Tide, spreading toward the Divine Continent.

Zhang Kui’s gaze shifted subtly, flashing with teleportation, returning near Fallen Immortal Mountain.

Strangely, the black light evolved by the immortal-level eerie was trapped by similarly distorted spatial power, as if encountering its bane, unable to resist, dissipating significantly in this short time.

Questions swirled in his mind.

Zhang Kui recalled the mutated Immortal King Cave Heaven he saw in the Illusion Realm, feeling inexplicably that the Ancient Immortal Dynasty’s Cave Heaven collapse might also be linked to Underworld power...

Before dawn, the black light evolved by the immortal-level eerie was thoroughly eliminated. Zhang Kui breathed a sigh of relief; though the reason was unknown, at least it was clear how to avoid such disasters.

This cosmos was far more dangerous than imagined!

Becoming an immortal was just the beginning, the path ahead still thorny.

Now that the Divine Continent’s tribulation is past, it’s time to meet those three in reincarnation.

With this thought, Zhang Kui informed Tai Shi briefly and then, with flickering figure, flew swiftly toward the Celestial Essence Star You Dynasty direction...