Chapter 37 The Will of Huangquan

Boom! The aura of the Crow's Cry Kingdom was revealed along with that Jiu You Immortal Light (Nine Nether Immortal Light), and this time, it truly shook Ji Xiang's soul!

His three souls and seven spirits seemed to be summoned out of his body!

"Not good! The three souls and seven spirits are about to turn into formless soul energy!"

Compassionate Vow Vajra was already greatly alarmed, and he fully mobilized his Buddhist Dharma, wanting to help Ji Xiang escape this situation!

But the moment the Buddhist Dharma started to operate!

Buzz—

The divine tablet of the Heaven Honored of Universal Salvation emitted a dim light, and all of Compassionate Vow Vajra's Buddhist power was absorbed by the Heaven Honored of Universal Salvation!

Immediately afterward, this Heaven Honored divine tablet instantly displayed a bit of power, and the three souls and seven spirits that were almost melted by the aura of the Crow's Cry Kingdom were re-stabilized!

Everything here seemed to be suppressed by its power!

"This!"

Compassionate Vow Vajra was dumbfounded. Although he knew some of the pasts of the Heaven Honored here, he ultimately did not know what kind of mighty divine powers these Heaven Honored possessed. The only thing he could be sure of was that they were not as powerful as the Jiu You Exoneration Heaven Honored (Nine Nether Exoneration Heaven Honored), after all, they were just Formless Heaven Honored....

Formless?

Formless!

In an instant, Compassionate Vow Vajra seemed to think of something!

The power of the Crow's Cry Kingdom was to turn tangible things into intangible things, and these Heaven Honored in Taoist legends were themselves formless!

A conjecture floated in Compassionate Vow Vajra's heart, but he dared not speak rashly. After all, most of the stories before the Tang Dynasty were annihilated in various Dharma Realms and were already fragmented. It was impossible to reproduce this period of history, unless it involved treasures that had to be found. Otherwise, easily searching for historical fragments of the Tang Dynasty might encounter great curses left in the Dharma Realm.

On Ji Xiang's side, the souls that were swaying and about to leave his body were re-stabilized, and the part of the soul that had been transformed into an intangible state also recovered. The power of the Heaven Honored of Universal Salvation shrouded this dark, dead country, and as the Jiu You Immortal Light was obtained by Ji Xiang, the gate of the Crow's Cry Kingdom also slammed shut!

When the distorted Dharma Realm space returned to its original state, what appeared in front of them was still the corrupt wilderness of the Root Country. The door leading to the place of extreme yin seemed to have never appeared here!

Ji Xiang sensed that divine power.

The mighty power of Jiu You was truly extraordinary and would be useful sooner or later.

"Little friend, let's go back."

Compassionate Vow Vajra carefully suggested to Ji Xiang, "This time, when we go back, this monk also wants to ask a favor of you, to get out of the Human Path."

But Ji Xiang, after grasping the divine power and refining it, did not immediately respond to Compassionate Vow Vajra's suggestion, but instead looked at the surrounding darkness, where the Yellow Spring cold energy permeated the world.

"Those two Fake Immortals fell into the Yellow Spring, are they considered dead?"

"I'm afraid.... they won't live long."

Compassionate Vow Vajra knew what Ji Xiang was going to do and thought carefully, "The Yellow Spring is originally a land of death. Going down to the Yellow Spring is death. Without the corresponding supreme yang Dharma power, it is impossible to resist the Yellow Spring cold energy for a long time."

"However...."

Compassionate Vow Vajra had also seen a bit of the situation in the Human Path before. Those two Fake Immortals possessed the Golden Seal of Emperor Guangwu of Han, and that thing seemed to allow the seal-bearer to be protected, thereby achieving a false immortality.

Moreover, it was not just that....

Ji Xiang seemed to be asking, but also half-affirming as he spoke, "You said before that staying here for a long time might attract the Yellow Spring Lord, the great god, who is also the Izanami in Japanese mythology, and this divine position may not necessarily be held by someone, but she must be maintaining the order of the Yellow Spring Country."

"In other words, it's similar to our Doumu Yuanjun (Great Goddess of the North Dipper) who protects the Forbidden City. It doesn't need someone to control it; placing it here can purify and correct this world."

"You also said that the Yellow Spring Country might be monitored by Xu Fu, and even Xu Fu can manipulate this Dharma Realm. This point is correct, right?"

"And if that's the case, even if the souls fall into the Yellow Spring, as long as the aspirations are connected to Xu Fu, can't the Fake Immortals be reborn with the help of aspirations?"

Compassionate Vow Vajra fell into deep thought. He really didn't know about this, so he couldn't give a definite answer. Using aspirations to revive people did indeed exist in various sects, but the process of resurrection and the upper limit of the resurrected were things that would not be spread outside.

"It seems you can't be sure either! To kill an enemy, you must not only destroy his physical body and his soul, but also destroy all his aspirations, especially experts at the Immortal level. If they didn't have any backup plans and dared to drag me down to the Yellow Spring, saying they had long been prepared to sacrifice their lives, and even brought two Immortal artifacts with them?"

"Do they really want to give up!"

Compassionate Vow Vajra thought for a moment and still earnestly warned, "But the Yellow Spring is vast, and this is ultimately a Dharma Realm. The difficulty of finding two lost Immortals in the Dharma Realm is really too great."

"It's really a waste to look for them here. It's better for us to go back first. If they are still alive, they will definitely go back too."

"And even if they have great means to return from the Yellow Spring, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. They are not True Immortals, just Fake Immortals. If they are eroded by the power of the Yellow Spring, even if they have the protection of the Golden Seal, the Yellow Spring energy that contaminates their bodies is not so easy to erase."

If they can't be found in the underworld, then they will definitely be found in the yang world. Originally, they laughed loudly, indicating that you are dead too, but when they returned to the human world and took a look, everyone was staring wide-eyed, and it was all an act.

Compassionate Vow Vajra mentioned Japanese mythology, the filth of the Yellow Spring Country had to be washed away in a specific place. The Izanagi in the mythology was like this. The filth on his body still followed him after he ran out of the Yellow Spring. Izanagi washed away the Yellow Spring filth in a river in Apo-no-hara in Hyuga Province, and this Hyuga Province was the place where Amaterasu was born, that is, the country where the supreme yang energy gathered.

So, without great abilities and backup plans, who would dare to easily go down to the Yellow Spring?

"Let's go back."

Ji Xiang looked around and did not leave the Root Country, "I'm just saying. Going back to find them and kill them again is indeed a good way. After all, they will definitely reappear on the Korean battlefield."

"However, I don't plan to go back for the time being. The reason I asked for your opinion and checked if they were alive was just to prevent them from hindering me."

"If Ksitigarbha wants to go back, it's better to go back as soon as possible. I have my own way to go back. You've seen it too."

Compassionate Vow Vajra was immediately a little embarrassed, "This, I'm afraid it won't work. This monk can only possess the little friend in form and spirit now. If the little friend doesn't leave, this monk's form and spirit can't go out by himself. After all, there's nothing else here for this monk to possess."

Ji Xiang: "Then Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, please put away your own mighty power."

Compassionate Vow Vajra was very puzzled, "Why is this? This monk can help you share the Yellow Spring erosion."

"Because, next, the Yellow Spring will be very painful."

"???" Compassionate Vow Vajra seemed to have heard some outrageous words and was speechless for a moment, but he still confirmed with Ji Xiang whether he really wanted to withdraw his power.

After receiving affirmation, Compassionate Vow Vajra, with a belly full of doubts, shrank his entire form and spirit, gathered at Ji Xiang's eyebrows, and formed a swastika symbol.

Ji Xiang, on the other hand, sighed comfortably.

The surrounding Yellow Spring cold energy continuously poured towards here!

This was the resting place of the dead, not a place where the living should come!

Demons and ghosts, their natures are similar! Their energies devour each other until one side gradually grows stronger!

The demonic energy that Ji Xiang had revealed when he used his Dharma power before was already enough to attract the attention of the Yellow Spring cold energy here. How could the entire Yellow Spring let go of Ji Xiang, this powerful Heavenly Demon!

Transforming the Heavenly Demon into the power of the Yellow Spring Dharma Realm was the rule in the Dharma Realm and had nothing to do with greed!

What to do?

Compassionate Vow Vajra sensed Ji Xiang's actions.

Then.

A huge amount of yang energy erupted from Ji Xiang's palm!

The entire dark Yellow Spring dead country was immediately torn apart by the light, and glittering treasures illuminated all directions, flowing with two strands of light red smoke!

Compassionate Vow Vajra's mind was greatly impacted at this moment!

Second Revolution Immortal Pill!

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's mind will also waver. Is the Bodhisattva a person of the Inner Mountains and Rivers or the Outer Mountains and Rivers?"

"If you want to take action and snatch it, now is the perfect opportunity."

Ji Xiang spoke as if he was enticing, and the swastika mark on his eyebrows flickered, with bursts of Buddhist sounds coming from inside.

Compassionate Vow Vajra recited Buddhist Dharma to stabilize his mind and eliminate the greed that had arisen just now. He still had a request of Ji Xiang, so of course, it was impossible for him to snatch such treasures here. Moreover, this thing was of no use to his current form and spirit. He couldn't eat it or absorb it, and just looking at it would easily arouse greed.

"Little friend is joking, this monk is not that kind of person. How can one have such evil greed? Sin, sin!"

"Whether it's the Outer Mountains and Rivers or the Inner Mountains and Rivers, the Second Revolution Immortal Pill is not an ordinary thing. It can allow Exiled Immortals and Remnant Immortals to return to their positions, and it can allow Fake Immortals and Pseudo Immortals to go further.... Where is this treasure that forcibly elevates mortals to the Immortal level not a good thing?"

"This monk is currently in a state of incompleteness, and this thing is indeed useful to this monk, but this monk can neither take it, nor dare to take it, nor can it be taken, and taking it is also useless. Little friend, feel free to take it. This monk already knows what you mean. If you use the Second Revolution Immortal Pill to make the little friend return from a Remnant Immortal to a True Immortal, then there is hope to break the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and this monk can also be liberated from the Human Path. This is a win-win situation!"

Ji Xiang asked, "Hui Ji Vajra tampered with this elixir before. Please take a look. Are there still any traces of his methods on it now?"

"What! Hui Ji Vajra?! How could he.... So that's how it is! Little friend, you have a connection with my Buddha!"

"Don't, don't, don't, Bodhisattva, you can't say that!" Ji Xiang quickly stopped Ksitigarbha's praise!

If he continued to praise him, he would have to be converted to the West as a thug.

"Why can't I praise you? Little friend, if you come to my Buddhist sect, you will manifest a complete Dharma body and at least prove half a step of Bodhi! Why not consider it...."

"Ksitigarbha, is there any Vajra method on it?" Ji Xiang put his hand on the swastika mark, "Answer carefully, otherwise I will have to offend you. I can still deduct this piece of meat."

"Little friend, don't worry! This monk has become attached! If you don't come, then don't come. The gate of the Buddhist sect is always open for the little friend. Well, let's talk about this Immortal Pill. The Buddhist aura on it has been eliminated, but the traces are still there, but it will no longer have any impact on the little friend's mind, but these traces still have ominous aspects...."

"That is the Buddhist affinity, this monk is not talking nonsense. After taking this Immortal Pill, little friend, you may have to deal with people from the Buddhist sect more often in the future. If you don't want to be converted into a Buddha, then you must maintain your original heart and use less Buddhist techniques."

"With this monk's current Dharma power, it is impossible to erase the traces left by Hui Ji Vajra, so I can only let the little friend refine it himself."

"As for the method of refining, little friend only needs to.... first recite the *Vajra Sutra* in reverse!"

Compassionate Vow Vajra explained, "The *Vajra Sutra* can cut off unfavorable conditions, and these unfavorable conditions are also known as reverse conditions. Simply put, they are the cause of disasters. Unlucky things in ordinary times all arise from this cause. And reciting the *Vajra Sutra* in reverse can cut off one's own favorable conditions, that is, cut off my Buddha's Buddhist affinity."

"The *Vajra Sutra* has thirty-two chapters and five thousand words. Reciting it once in reverse will completely destroy the Buddhist affinity."

"However, as for Hui Ji Vajra's Buddhist affinity, since he is at the Heavenly Heart Realm, whether it can be cut off so easily still needs to be considered.... The *Vajra Sutra* can only cut off one's own affinity. The fear is that this Buddhist affinity will autonomously continue and forcibly convert...."

Listening to Compassionate Vow Vajra's explanation, Ji Xiang also nodded secretly.

The things displayed on the divine tablet at the beginning were indeed written like this. The effect of the Great Buddha Heavenly Sound was, first, to make oneself closer to the Buddhist sect, and second, to obtain Buddhist affinity. Now, after being refined once by oneself with Taoist Dharma spells, one effect was washed away, but the Buddhist affinity effect still remained.

After all, it was a Heavenly Heart Realm spell, and the power left behind could not be completely removed with just some incantations. There was a great difference in level between this and the spells cast by Ascended Immortals.

"I have heard that reciting the *Abhidharma Mahavibhasa Sastra* can completely erase these traces of Buddhist affinity. I wonder if it is feasible?" Ji Xiang asked. This was the answer originally given by the Inner Vision Divine Tablet, but two hundred volumes were really too many.

"*Abhidharma Mahavibhasa Sastra*? Xuanzang... no, the scriptures of the Bhaisajyaguru Buddha?"

Compassionate Vow Vajra pondered and thought, "This, the art of the Eastern Pure Land?... Perhaps it is possible!"

"Thank you, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. If this is successful, I will owe you a favor."

Compassionate Vow Vajra repeatedly said that he was welcome, "It doesn't matter what kind of favor it is, just ask the little friend to help me get liberated from the Human Path. Moreover, the little friend originally knew the method to break the Buddhist affinity, and this monk didn't help much."

"I will definitely do my best."

Ji Xiang did not leave the Root Country because this was the end of the Yellow Spring, and even Xu Fu might not be able to detect this place.

He raised his head and looked at the massive Karma of the Mortal World. The longer he felt the surrounding Yellow Spring cold energy, the more this Karma of the Mortal World gradually dissipated, but this was not a good thing, because the disappearance of the Karma of the Mortal World was at the cost of the loss of his life.

"Huff—"

Ji Xiang inhaled a mouthful of yin energy, then circulated the yang energy in his body, combined yin and yang, returned it to his mouth, closed his mouth tightly, circulated the energy without leakage, and stood on the spot.

It was as if a little person was making a sound in his nose. Several shadow soldiers stood up under Ji Xiang's body. This Shadow Stepping Technique shocked Compassionate Vow Vajra again!

"The Shadow Stepping Technique that was lost in the Tang Dynasty!"

Compassionate Vow Vajra truly felt today that it was not he who had chosen Ji Xiang. At this time, this great Bodhisattva seemed to have realized something.

Perhaps it was the traces of Buddhist affinity left by Hui Ji Vajra that allowed him and Ji Xiang to meet in this Korean land.

If that was really the case, the Heavenly Heart was terrifying and could not be spoken about in detail.

"Everything is karma, and karma is the cause of everything."

Compassionate Vow Vajra secretly chanted the Buddha's name.

Ji Xiang had already begun the process of swallowing the Immortal Pill with the shadow soldiers.

He chanted the *Bhaisajyaguruvaiduryaprabharaja Sutra* fifty times!

Then, he recited the *Vajra Sutra* once in reverse.

Finally, he recited the *Abhidharma Mahavibhasa Sastra* for two hundred volumes, transforming himself into a Buddhist shila form to summon the art of the Eastern Pure Land!

As the elixir entered his body, an extremely powerful supreme yang force began to shine from the inside out, like a great sun, illuminating the Yellow Spring earth!