Chapter 599: Three-Year Deadline (1)
Time goes by day by day.
Dajue Temple, the old nest of Yuanlingtian Buddhism, has been completed.
The main peak of Dajue Temple, where the Jianmen Patriarch Hall was once located, has now become a magnificent . On the lotus throne on the first floor, there is a statue of a young deity riding astride a green lion and holding a lotus. It is the real statue of the Great Lion Power Bodhisattva, Monk Yuanjue.
This statue was created by Lu Yi, who spent more than three months traveling to the Xingxiu Sea, the former nest of Wu Yigong. He expended tremendous effort to salvage a piece of meteorite jade that fell from the sky billions of years ago from the depths of the sea eye and had it carefully carved by skilled craftsmen.
This piece of meteorite gold is not particularly rare and does not provide much help in cultivation.
But firstly, its color is pure white, without any flaws or other colors, and it is moist all over, a million times more delicate and smooth than any mutton-fat jade.
Secondly, its texture is extremely hard, and even the ordinary spiritual treasures of the fifth or sixth level of the other shore realm cannot damage it in the slightest. The master craftsman who was responsible for carving the treasure statue only managed to complete this masterpiece with the blessing of Lu Yi's magical power.
Thirdly, this jade has its own unique fragrance, which is like a mixture of the finest agarwood and sandalwood. It is rich and strong, and has the miraculous effect of cleansing the body and purifying the soul.
Fourthly, this meteorite jade that fell from the sky has its own brilliance and shines day and night. Even under the bright sunlight, the jade light can still shine for several miles, which is truly magical.
Moreover, the precious jade that Lu Yi had spent tremendous effort to salvage was huge in size, about a hundred feet high. The finished statue carved out of it was tall, majestic, and powerful, like a real Buddha descended to the world. It was definitely a good-looking product!
On the day when this precious statue was carved, Monk Yuanjue in the upper realm had a feeling that, even though he was a monk and the four elements were empty and the six senses were pure, he still could not help but send down a ray of Buddha's power and bless the statue with a ray of pure Buddha light, making the statue free from dust and dirt, and maintaining an extremely pure and flawless state all year round.
By the way, Monk Yuanjue also gave Lu Yi a large number of spiritual treasures.
It can be seen that this precious statue was flattering at the right time, and it made Monk Yuanjue feel like he was floating in the air and in a very good mood!
You must know that Lu Yi established the foundation of Buddhism in Yuanlingtian and directly named it "Dajue Temple". Moreover, in the most important and core pagoda, the real statue of Monk Yuanjue is enshrined. This means that Monk Yuanjue is the supreme ancestor of the Yuanlingtian Buddhist lineage!
Tsk, even Buddha would be overjoyed to have so many disciples out of thin air, let alone Monk Yuanjue who is at the Bodhisattva level?
In front of the huge statue, there was an astonishingly large altar filled with the smoke of incense and candles, and all kinds of exotic flowers and fresh fruits, various colored wines and snacks, and various rare offerings piled up to 20 or 30 feet high. The air was filled with exotic fragrance and the scene was amazing.
Lu Yi solemnly offered a stick of incense that he had rolled himself to the statue, and prostrated himself before the statue of Monk Yuanjue. Then he turned around and looked at Jieying Toudao and other high-ranking Buddhist leaders.
With the spiritual treasures bestowed by Monk Yuanjue and the Buddhist scriptures passed down from the upper realm, Buddhism's heritage and influence increased dramatically.
Jieyin Toudao and Shafo Wuxin have already squeezed most of their bodies into the threshold of the heavenly realm. They only need to choose a piece of blessed land from Yuanling Heaven and forcibly cut it from between heaven and earth and incorporate it into their bodies, then they will be able to achieve the wonderful realm of heaven.
There were originally thirty-three Mahakalas at the Half-Step Heaven Realm, and the other thirty-one elders, in just over two years, had also advanced their own merits and deeds to the late Half-Step Heaven Realm, or even to the Perfection Realm.
Among Mahakala’s many core disciples, there were also 172 direct disciples who were originally in the Zhaoxu Realm and successfully stepped into the Half-Step Heavenly Man Realm!
The current foundation of the Yuanlingtian Buddhist sect, or rather, the current foundation of the Yuanlingtian Dajue Temple, is so strong that it is astonishing.
Seeing Lu Yi turn around, Jie Yin Tou Tuo clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "Brother Fahai, the three-year period is approaching. This is the latest news... Three years is still too short. It is not so easy to unify such a huge Yuan Ling Tian!"
Jieying Tou Tuo waved his hand, and the Moonlight Monk, who had been used as a furnace by the Wanhua Sect and tortured to the point of near-death, and who was now Jieying Tou Tuo's direct disciple, hurried forward, took out a jade tablet from his sleeve, and handed it to Lu Yi respectfully.
Lu Yi took the jade tablet and flicked his finger. Suddenly, a large patch of rosy light appeared and countless golden words emerged from the rosy light.
Almost three years ago, Lu Yi determined the "destiny" of the three religions, six sects and eighteen schools, and threw out twenty-four tattered gold and silver medals, triggering an unprecedented bloody battle in Yuanlingtian.
This was a catastrophic disaster that was almost comparable to the attack by Jishengtian 30,000 years ago. In just nearly three years, more than half of the cultivators in Yuanlingtian died. The tragedy was so horrific that it is difficult to describe in ordinary words.
To take just one example, let's take the so-called top 100 powerful sects that Yuan Lingtian had previously ranked, including the Yinglou, Miro Sect, Shengyang Palace, Water God Palace, Hades, Blood River Sect, Jiuyin Sect, etc. that were destroyed by a series of means used by Lu Yi. Eighty-nine of the top 100 sects have been destroyed!
After nearly three years, the six sects that have truly stabilized are the White Bone Holy Sect, the Black Water Secret Sect, the Mitian Demon Realm, and the Seven Killing Blood Alliance. These four major sects are all new sects that have emerged in the past three years through various alliances, various bloody means, the law of the jungle, and natural elimination.
Only four out of the six sects have submitted medals, and the remaining two gold medals are being fought over frantically by a group of sects like mad dogs, and the final winner has not yet been determined.
And eighteen silver medals are even more cruel.
The strong enough sects all set their sights on the six gold medals and fought hard. The competitors for the eighteen silver medals were mostly medium-strength sects and families. The competition was more brutal and fierce. The silver medals changed hands more often. Basically, no force could keep a silver medal in their hands for more than three months!
Nearly three years have passed, and now only three forces have been officially confirmed and firmly hold a silver medal.
The first is that a large number of Mahakala disciples have joined the Dayin Immortal Dynasty, and its power has soared!
Under Yin Yuan's "wise leadership" and Lu Zhishen's planning, the Great Yin Immortal Dynasty rose at an astonishing speed. He had completely annexed the Incense Sect and the Demon Puppet Sect, and even the Demon Calculation Sect was forcibly incorporated into the sect. With the power of a mere Immortal Dynasty, he annexed the three major sects and then rapidly expanded to the surrounding areas. Today's comprehensive strength is terrifying.
The second one is the "Canghai Mingyuefang" formed by the merger of the former Canghai Tower and Baoguang Pavilion.
The two major business sects were quite self-aware. They knew that in the chaos of bloody slaughter, it would be extremely difficult for them to survive with their roots. Therefore, the two sects merged quickly at the first opportunity. In just one month, the top leaders of the two sects quickly tied the two sects into one through more than 30,000 intermarriages.
Afterwards, the two families emptied their treasuries and recruited countless evil demons and desperadoes. They controlled them with various means and tied them to their chariots.
Canghai Mingyuefang didn't even bother to look at the six fatal gold medals. It precisely identified its own target, which was a silver medal!
They snatched a silver medal very smoothly, and then spared no expense in using money to attack others, and firmly grasped this qualification!
The third is the emerging Daluo Divine Kingdom!
This was a vassal dynasty of the Wanling Sect, which was once one of the top 100 sects. It had always been low-key and even among the dozen or so vassal dynasties of the Wanling Sect, its strength was only ranked at the bottom.
Who would have thought that when this chaos started, the Daluo Divine Kingdom suddenly took out the 'Wanling Xuanpin Huasheng Cauldron', the treasure of the 'Wanling Xuanpin Huasheng Sect', the predecessor of their own sect Wanling Sect, which once possessed a powerful celestial being before the catastrophe 30,000 years ago. Overnight, it refined the main force of the Wanling Sect, as well as all the spirits of the heaven and earth it raised, and transformed them into a 'Wanling Wanying Xuanpin Mother Goddess' with the combat power of a celestial being!
Although possessing the combat power of the celestial realm, the Daluo Divine Kingdom was extremely humble and immediately presented a petition to the Changsheng Sect, the Senluo Sect, and the Dajue Temple, stating that its own foundation was shallow and it only wanted to survive in the troubled times, and it had neither the mind nor the courage to compete with the three religions!
After all, it is a fighting force at the level of a celestial being, so the three religions maintain sufficient respect for the Daluo Divine Kingdom.
The Great Luo Divine Kingdom firmly won a silver medal, and then expanded steadily in all directions step by step. In the past three years, the territory expanded by the Great Luo Divine Kingdom was not very large. It just annexed the original territory of the Wanling Sect, and then expanded slightly outward by about ten times, and then stopped and stayed at home to rest and recuperate!
This is an emerging force that is extremely sensible.
In other words, this is an emerging force that has gone beyond tradition and whose essence of survival has penetrated into its bones!
Their silver medal, the status of one of the eighteen sects, is absolutely as solid as a rock. No matter how crazy a person is, he will not compete with them.
Apart from these three forces, the other fifteen silver medals are still constantly changing hands and being fought over!
Thousands of large and small forces are fighting over these fifteen silver medals. Tens of thousands of high-level monks die every day, and it is too lazy to count the other low- and middle-level monks who were killed in the war.
Looking at the information summarized on the jade tablet, Lu Yi sighed with compassion: "This is the disaster of greed!"
Lu Yi said quietly, "Why do we have to fight to the death? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to sit down and negotiate peacefully? Why must we fight until there are corpses everywhere and rivers of blood?"
Jieyin Tou Tuo also had a compassionate look on his face, and said quietly: "Brother Fahai is right, this is the sin caused by greed... They all want to fight for the position of leader of the six sects and eighteen schools, no one is willing to fall behind, everyone wants to be in the top position!"
Shaking his head, Jie Yin Tou Tuo sighed and said, "This is all my own fault . Don't blame others!"
Lu Yu clasped his hands together with a serious face and said: "Buddha is merciful, and it should be my Dajue Temple that ends this chaotic world and brings peace to the world!"
A flash of blood flashed across Shafo Wuxin's eyes: "Brother, what you said is very true, but the quotas for the six sects and eighteen schools have not yet been filled, how should we deal with them?"
Lu Yu drooped his eyelids and said calmly: "Since violence cannot determine the outcome, then... let us act on behalf of heaven and decide the final status."
All the old monks smiled and put their hands together in greeting: "Good!"
