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Chapter 36 : DJ Tathagata

DJ Tathagata

In the cruise ship's dining hall.

Chu Tianxing had been striking poses while recovering his power when he suddenly noticed something weird. The massive fish monster's corpse lying in front of him was rapidly shriveling up and withering away. Even the blood stains on the floor were vanishing into thin air.

Startled, he looked over toward the defensive line and saw that all the fish monster corpses had turned into dried-up husks that looked like they'd been weathered for years. All that spilled fish blood had also disappeared without a trace.

This bizarre development made his heart sink. "Something's not right here. Is there an even bigger boss coming?"

Just as he was getting a bad feeling about this, some mysterious and overwhelmingly powerful aura came out of nowhere, silently filling the entire dining hall. Everyone inside felt like they'd been dropped into the deepest ocean trench. Their vision went dark, and their chests felt so heavy they could barely breathe.

Even Chu Tianxing, who got calmer the more dangerous things got, couldn't help but feel his spine go cold and his scalp tingle as big drops of sweat beaded on his forehead.

The mere pervasion of this intangible aura had exerted such immense pressure on everyone; one could only imagine how powerful and terrifying the true form of the unknown being that radiated it must be.

Just as everyone was filled with terror and uncertainty, wondering what kind of horrifying existence was about to descend upon them, a catchy tune suddenly reached their ears.

Along with the EDM came the rhythmic rap vocals with a strong flow.

"When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound Prajnaparamita, he illuminated the five skandhas and saw that they are all empty, thereby transcending all suffering... Śāriputra, form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form, sensation, perception, mental formation, and consciousness are also like this..."

As the electronically backed singing reached their ears, that terrifying pressure that made everyone feel like they were drowning in the deep sea instantly melted away like snow under the blazing sun.

That mysterious, overwhelming aura filling the hall also vanished like smoke.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became peaceful and harmonious.

One of the students said in surprise. "Wait, isn't this DJ Tathagata's rap version of the Heart Sutra?"

Chu Tianxing's heart stirred as he asked. "DJ Tathagata? You sure about that?"

The student listened carefully for a moment, then nodded confidently. "I'm positive! I've been to DJ Tathagata's live concert. This is definitely DJ Tathagata himself performing the Heart Sutra!"

Hearing him say this, quite a few students looked at him with envy.

Lucky bastard, actually able to afford tickets to DJ Tathagata's concert...

Well, the Great Ming Dynasty's nine living gods and buddhas who had reached the Astral Qi Realm each had distinctive personalities.

While there were some who didn't bother with worldly affairs and others who acted all high and mighty, the majority of them were actually quite approachable.

Take DJ Tathagata, for instance. In addition to being a Buddhist powerhouse, he was also an outstanding music producer and rock/rap artist.

He released a music album every year and occasionally held personal concerts.

His style of combining rock, electronic music, and Buddhist scriptures was hugely popular with both believers and regular folks. His album sales consistently ranked in the top three, and his concerts were always sold out to the point that tickets were almost impossible to get.

Seeing that student confirmed the voice really was DJ Tathagata's, and considering how the oppressive aura and crushing pressure had vanished the moment the singing started, Chu Tianxing let out a small sigh of relief and smiled. "This crisis should be over now."

Some of the quicker students had already figured this out and showed relieved smiles as well. "Finally, rescue's here! Who would've thought DJ Tathagata himself would come to save us? Do we really have that much pull?"

Everyone's eyes lit up as they started laughing.

With DJ Tathagata here, any crisis would be easily resolved.

Amid the cheerful laughter, one student said emotionally, “Yeah, thanks to Chu Tianxing. If he hadn't taken down that three-meter-tall fish monster, we never would've lasted until DJ Tathagata arrived. We'd have died right before victory."

"Yeah, thanks to Chu Tianxing. Otherwise, DJ Tathagata probably would've just shown up to collect our bodies."

“Chu Tianxing, you’re so handsome! I want to have your babies!”

Qin Ling shot a warning glare at the shameless girl who'd shouted that in public, mentally adding her name to her little black book...

Chu Tianxing smiled faintly. "You're all too kind. I was just trying to save myself. The fish monsters have retreated, so how about we go outside and watch DJ Tathagata show off his divine might?"

Previously, when the tyrannical aura had permeated the area, the ordinary fish-monsters, whose morale had collapsed with the death of the giant chief, had experienced a brief resurgence. They had once again become fearless and ready to fight to the death.

But that only lasted about ten seconds.

Once DJ Tathagata's singing started and swept away that oppressive presence, the fish monsters became even more dejected and dispirited than when the giant one had died.

When the giant fish monster died, their morale had dropped and their fighting spirit had faded, but they could at least keep attacking halfheartedly.

But after DJ Tathagata's song dispersed that overwhelming aura, the fish monsters just straight-up fled.

Now there was nothing left but a floor full of desiccated corpses, without a single living fish-monster in sight.

So everyone followed Chu Tianxing's lead, heading straight through the wall breach out of the dining hall to go watch DJ Tathagata in action.

The fish monster on the cruise ship had already escaped back into the sea, gathering around that ten-meter-tall super giant fish monster that had been formed from condensed seawater and was gradually becoming solid through the sacrifice ritual.

A young monk in snow-white robes floated in the air above the cruise ship. He was handsome and refined, with a gleaming bald head and a cinnabar mark between his eyebrows. He held a nine-ringed monk’s staff and trod upon the void, hovering in the air above the cruise ship.

Arcs of electricity coiled around his body.

Countless tiny electric sparks danced and flickered between the rings on his staff.

The electronic music that accompanied his singing was, in fact, being produced by these bolts of lightning “striking” the rings of his staff.

As for the vocals... even though the young monk's lips weren't moving, the song still emanated from his very being, spreading in all directions and covering the ocean for miles around.

When the music and singing reached Chu Tianxing and the others, it only made them feel peaceful and energized, washing away all their fear and heavy pressure. Even the stamina and power they'd used up in battle began to steadily recover.

But when it reached the fish monster's ears, it made them tremble with inexplicable terror in their fish eyes.

That ten-meter-tall super giant fish monster was also trembling slightly in the song, its golden pupils filled with fury and shock.

“Which deity might Your Excellency be? To use such methods to openly steal my followers in my presence, are you not afraid of inciting the wrath of other gods?”

The super giant fish monster opened its mouth, sending out rolling sound waves.

When you reach the level of the super giant fish monster and DJ Tathagata, language was just surface-level communication.

If they wanted, any word or sentence they spoke could carry their spiritual will and mental power.

So even though they spoke different languages, DJ Tathagata and the super giant fish monster could still understand each other's meaning.

They could also make ordinary people who didn't understand their language grasp what they were saying.

That's exactly why, even though DJ Tathagata was chanting the Heart Sutra in Chinese, the simple-minded regular fish monster could understand his song and even get "brainwashed" by it.

The reason all the fish monsters felt that inexplicable terror was because as the song entered their minds, they found that not only had their fighting spirit completely vanished, but their hostility toward that bald human was also fading away.

They were even starting to find the bald human more and more likeable, and were actually getting the urge to convert and serve under him.

For a fish monster who devoutly believed in their racial deity, this was the ultimate horror.

And the reason the super giant fish monster's eyes were filled with fury and shock was because it had noticed exactly this.

It never imagined that this foreign god would actually brainwash its believers with song right in front of it, forcefully snatching them away.

This was already violating the covenant between the gods. It was demonic behavior that would bring collective judgment and punishment from all the gods.

Faced with the super giant fish monster's accusations, DJ Tathagata remained calm and smiled gently. "You're being too harsh, benefactor. This humble monk simply saw that everyone had too much negative energy and wanted to use the Dharma to cleanse it away for you. I had no intention of stealing your believers."

The colossal fish-man snorted coldly. “And you think I would believe that?”

DJ Tathagata's smile remained refined. “This humble monk was merely being courteous and giving you a way out. Since benefactor don't want it... Then this humble monk shall dispense with the pleasantries.”

His smile gradually faded. The handsome, refined young monk's gentle features began showing killing intent, and his voice became firm and decisive. "The Buddha is compassionate, but he also has his Wrathful Kings. The Buddha saves all beings, but also has demon-subduing hellfire!

“Monsters! You dare to gather and besiege my kin! For this crime, you deserve death! Trailokyavijaya Vidyaraja, eradicate this evil!”

With his thunderous shout, golden Astral Qi shot skyward. Enhanced by Buddha Fist intent, it manifested as a thirty-meter-tall Trailokyavijaya Vidyaraja Dharma Body with three heads and six arms, forming the "Trailokyavijaya Mudra" and pressing it down toward the super giant fish monster, who looked like a child next to a giant before this dharma manifestation.

BOOM!

The handprint blotted out the sky, subduing all enemies of the Buddha across past, present, and future.

Before the giant palm even landed, the air beneath it had compressed into solid iron under the pressure.

A massive palm-shaped depression formed on the ocean surface below the super giant fish monster.

All the fish monsters within the seal's range—whether priests, elite monsters, or regular fish monsters—collapsed like crumbling sand sculptures starting from their heads and disintegrating into cellular-level particles in an instant!

A warrior's cultivation cannot be achieved without slaughter, and one cannot become a Living God or Buddha without it.

Having experienced countless battles to reach this Astral Qi Realm of living gods and buddhas, how could even a Buddha truly maintain a kind and gentle demeanor?

When Chu Tianxing and the others arrived, they caught the exact moment when DJ Tathagata dropped his compassionate face and revealed his wrathful visage of Vidyaraja.

"This Buddha..."

Watching DJ Tathagata flip out and start fighting and wiping out countless monsters with a single palm strike, Chu Tianxing couldn't help but exclaim. "So badass!"