Longevity Chronicles

Chapter 934 - 599: King of Seven Slaughters Zhang Xianzhong, the Reason for Breaking the Search God Realm_2

At this moment, Tao Qian borrowed the perspective of the Little Divination Worm to clearly see the scenery surrounding Cold County:

This wasn't a very large county town to begin with, completely surrounded by a terrifying army, each soldier in this army was not of the Human Clan, but the Slaughter Ghosts previously seen.

Each one has become mutated and twisted, their Heart Soul filled with the desire for slaughter.

Everything within them has been polluted by the Source Qi released by the Outer Realm Demon "Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva".

They are neither tired nor conscious.

Amidst the pervasive blood mist and slaughter ghost aura, the mutated soldiers endlessly recite the Seven Slaughter Curse.

If it were other gods and demons, like those weak Wild Gods and Immoral Sacrifices in the county town, seeing such a scene would certainly scare them out of their wits.

But Tao Qian nearly drooled at the sight.

"Goodness!"

"Just what is the origin of this [Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva]?"

"Is this degree of mutated pollution merely one of the seven routes of the army? Meaning this scoundrel has at least polluted 700,000 Slaughter Ghosts using Source Qi?"

"Tsk tsk, ordinary gods and demons simply can't achieve this, could it truly be a Bodhisattva from Buddhism?"

"Spending so much, this Bodhisattva must be scheming something big, probably aiming to sweep the entire Liang Country clean... If I could refine them all and feed them to my good son Search God Heavenly Dao, it might allow me to directly recover all cultivation power and return my personal treasure bag, sparing me from being so restrained, unable to utilize my full potential."

Tao Qian says this, yet also knows he cannot achieve it for now.

And forget about refining the opponent, even protecting himself and a few believers is quite difficult.

If he responds to Jiang Caiping now and simultaneously summons the Yin Yang Demons, he indeed can protect them in escaping Cold County and heading to the neighboring Tang Country.

But doing so would expose his Peach Blossom Demon completely.

A truly powerful god or demon doesn't flee at the sight of danger, does it?

Fight, can't win.

Escape, impossible.

This predicament left Tao Buddha's son in a fix.

The Search God Realm is truly uncanny; it seems there's no territory that can remain peaceful for days, everywhere is been thrown into chaos and frequent disasters.

Luckily, he isn't entering the world entirely alone, but with a Divine Treasure at his side.

Little Divination Worm!

First, convey Spiritual Response to reassure the Jiang Sisters, and then simultaneously instructed in his heart:

"Good worm, don't peek at this bunch of insignificant chickens and dogs in Cold County for now, first look at those hundred thousand Evil Ghosts, especially the leading Xianzhong's adopted son, see if you can discover any useful secrets, and then let's predict together, to see if there's any method of breaking the predicament here."

"If no solution can be found, your master here will lose face, and might be mocked by the body for borrowing his appearance and name without making any achievements."

"You, a good worm, wouldn't want your master's body to think [Divination Worm] is merely a name without substance, right?"

...

Tao Buddha's son is indeed eccentric, using a goading tactic on a little Heavenly Dao Worm.

Actually, there was no need for his urging, this [Duobao Daoist] is relying on the Heavenly Dao Worm to traverse within the Longevity Realm and the Great Abyss Origin Sea.

When the so-called "Seven Slaughter King Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son" and the hundred thousand Slaughter Ghosts encircled Cold County, it had already started working.

However, upon hearing the provocation, it indeed accelerated.

No one could see the dense, falling insect silk, each thread could extend endlessly, able to swallow all the hidden secrets within living beings.

Even those secrets that living beings themselves couldn't recall anymore would emerge upon being invaded by the insect silk.

Very soon, the hundred thousand Slaughter Ghosts, along with the numerous details and secrets of Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Zhang Shao, began to emerge in Tao Buddha's mind.

Not only secrets but even their future was being predicted by the Little Divination Worm, intermittently known to Tao Qian.

For the first time, Tao Qian experienced the world through the eyes of his unscrupulous master "Duobao Daoist".

Whether it's the Demon Son's avatar or the body itself, their eyes now gleamed with excitement.

Even uttering the same exclamation in their hearts:

"What a marvelous Divination Technique!"

"Heavenly Calculation Technique, great secrets with nothing hidden."

"So in the eyes of the Master, everything can be calculated. No wonder he boasted back then that he could defeat those thirteen alchemist old monsters, protect my life, and even let himself peacefully undergo corpse disintegration and reincarnate to cultivate anew."

"Such a wondrous method, I too can experience a bit."

As Tao Qian marvelled, numerous related secrets began to emerge in his mind.

"Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva, an Outer Realm Acquired God Demon, was originally a True Bodhisattva at the Great Perfection realm in All Heavens Buddhism."

"After realizing that attaining the Buddha was hopeless, he mutated and became a Fallen Demon, stealing a [Buddha's Dharma Tooth], breaking away from Buddhism, and established his own sect, obtaining the title Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva."

"The Great Dao he pursued was none other than slaughter."

"He descended upon the Search God Realm, intending to plunder and gather resources."

"Seven Slaughter King Zhang Xianzhong was selected as his pawn. Treating him exceptionally well, he bestowed him supernatural power and various Buddha Treasures... The only condition was that Zhang Xianzhong must spare no effort to craft a powerful Buddha Treasure for the Bodhisattva."

"That treasure was called the [Seven Slaughter Stele]."

"This stele was inscribed with his Buddhist Law essence, yet to grow into a true Great Buddha Treasure, it required nurturing with countless life souls."

"If this treasure was to be refined in any other world, even with the Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva's Daoist Transformation Perfection realm, he absolutely could not pay the cost—the Heavenly Dao backlash, life backlash, fortune backlash... any one of which could break his Great Dao and take his life, possibly attracting countless Bodhisattvas and Buddhas from All Heavens Buddhism to annihilate him."

"Only in this Search God Realm, due to its special rules, would the Heavenly Dao of Search God Realm bear most of the cost, making the refinement of this treasure possible."

Upon seeing this, Tao Qian couldn't help but quip in his heart.

"As long as one can attract Gods and Demons to enter the realm and spread teachings, they are willing to share the cost... What a good son, what a good son. Who taught you to save yourself like this?"

"No wonder one God Demon after another comes to this Search God Realm, yet the realm keeps getting more battered. Turns out the root cause lies here."

After griping, Tao Qian continued to read on.

What followed was no longer secrets but something unattainable even by prying supernatural powers.

Future prediction!

To be precise, it was the original future, after excluding the Heavenly Mechanism variable suddenly introduced by Tao Buddha's son.

Some fragmented yet vividly real scenes surged in the blink of an eye:

"Seven Slaughter King Zhang Xianzhong, to assist the Divine and Demonic beings behind him in refining the [Seven Slaughter Stele], specially adopted seven sons with extraordinary talent, divided the refining treasure techniques into seven parts, allowing each to lead an army and slaughter freely, refining all life souls into the seven stele embryos."

"This method indeed succeeded. After a century of slaughter, the Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva army not only defeated all opponents within the Liang Country's borders, slaughtering all the mortal citizens, but also slaughtered the surrounding Tang and Song countries."

"Seeing the Seven Steles about to merge as one, the merit was about to be perfected."

"The Seven Slaughter Bodhisattva, unwilling to share the benefits of the Search God Realm, nor fulfill the promise to help Zhang Xianzhong achieve God and Demon status, secretly instigated his seven adopted sons to feud internally and rebel."

"Eventually, father and seven sons killed each other."

"That Buddha Treasure, the [Seven Slaughter Stele], absorbed the life souls of eight people, severed its karmic ties with the Search God Realm, achieved true perfection, and forcibly broke the realm and departed."

...

Having witnessed all this, even Tao Buddha's son felt his knowledge greatly increased.

In his heart, he couldn't help but exclaim:

"What a Bodhisattva!"

"Truly shameless!"

"To devise such a method of utterly squeezing dry, no wonder he managed to escape from All Heavens Buddhism without being beaten to death by countless Bodhisattvas and Buddhas in a brawl."

"If no unforeseen events occur, this fellow might just succeed, and the Great Abyss Origin Sea would have an additional [Seven Slaughter Buddha Ancestor]. By then, the whole world would probably resound with that annoying 'kill, kill, kill!'"

As Tao Qian spoke, he also swiftly came up with an idea.

Those terrifying images in his mind were now the "uncertain" future.

In the present reality, the seven stele embryos that could help a Bodhisattva become a Buddha were still just crude artifact embryos.

There was ample room for manipulation.

The next moment, in the Peach Blossom temple, a family silently awaiting a response from the Peach Blossom God simultaneously heard a divine oracle that was utterly unexpected:

"As the saying goes, 'Seek it without finding, yet obtain it without effort.'"

"What lies before you is not a dead end but an opportunity."

"Restrain yourselves a bit, take the initiative to meet the Seven Slaughter King's adopted son outside the county, saying you have secret techniques to aid in refining the treasure, achieving God Demon status as an offering... Not only can you save your lives, but you might even gain a massive foundation for nothing."