Flying over the grey buildings, in the very depths of the city's forest, the great evil god who ruled over the demonic city suddenly stood up. He stared at the trembling ground beneath his feet with a frown.
The demonic city had been suppressed by the formation. It had never experienced such an obvious earthquake before. Something must have happened underground. Was it the rats from the underground trenches? How was that possible? It was impossible for them to possess this kind of power, and even he felt some sort of threat.
"Looks like I can't let this go on any longer. The ingredients have already been fattened up enough. It's time to serve them, hmph!"
The black qilin forced Qian Rongzhi into a corner and lowered its head to sniff her scent.
Qian Rongzhi tottered about like she was drunk. Her life force rapidly left her, but there was no fear on her face at all. Instead, she gazed at the black qilin in a daze. "Interesting … hiss …"
As it smiled, its bright red lips suddenly split into a huge, gaping mouth, turning into a huge, colourful snake. It bit down on the black qilin's neck, and four sharp teeth pierced the black scales, injecting all of its bitter venom into the black qilin.
The black qilin let out a roar. It was in great pain, shaking its head violently. The black qilin and the snake engaged in a desperate battle.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Several pillars were smashed apart, and the divine hall almost collapsed.
The black qilin's front right hoof suddenly stomped down on the snake's back. Blood spurted out, and it was cut in half.
With a hiss, the snake's blood landed on the ground, kicking up a poisonous mist. When it landed on the black qilin, it slid off like water, completely unaffected.
Half of the snake's body hung off the black qilin. Its life force rapidly declined, but it still refused to let go.
The black qilin opened its mouth filled with sharp teeth and bit down on the snake by seven inches, about to rip it to pieces.
A hint of struggle gradually appeared in its pitch-black eyes. The pain made it furious, but it also roused its original consciousness.
As if it had woken up from a nightmare, it looked around and produced two long breaths from its nostrils.
The dead demonfolk all moaned, opening their eyes again. They had no idea what had happened.
The snake used this opportunity to reattach its two halves, turning back into human form and curling up in a dark corner. Its face was as pale as snow, but it continued to smile at the black qilin.
The Black Qilin let out a low growl of anger and shed all the scales on its body. Its eyes were still pitch-black like the night, without any white in them.
He knelt on one knee and suddenly pressed his hand against his chest, powering the Spirit Turtle Transformation to suppress the rampaging qilin. Only then did his eyes gradually return to normal. They were clear and filled with shock.
The earthquake in Shanghai gradually subsided.
"Sect Master!" The two Law Kings stared at her face in astonishment, as if this was the first time they had seen her.
Qian Rongzhi waved her hand tiredly. "All of you, leave."
"Yes, sir." The demonfolk dared not disobey, so they all backed away.
"Are you alright?" Qian Rongzhi said softly, "Being bitten by a bitter snake is very painful." At the same time, she licked her pale lips, as if she was recalling the taste of that bite.
"Bitter Snake!"
Li Qingshan touched his neck. There were still four red marks on it. That kind of pain was even worse than the tortures of hell, causing him to feel a lingering fear. However, it was also fortunate that he was able to wake him up in time. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Demon domain also wanted to assimilate him.
"The path of suffering is the four truths of buddhism. Little Ann was the one who taught me," Qian Rongzhi explained with a smile. Then she asked curiously, "What was that about earlier?"
Li Qingshan frowned and pointed at the door. "It's none of your business. You can leave too."
"Alright, I'll order people to lock down this place so that no one can disturb you. I'll come find you after I've dealt with the customs documents. "
Qian Rongzhi left with light footsteps. She seemed to be in a very good mood. She even hummed a tune, as if she had become a different person.
In the blink of an eye, only Li Qingshan remained in the empty hall.
He spun around in confusion before plopping down on the steps. "How is this possible? No, this is it. Only then does it make sense."
In an instant, everything was connected.
In the Elysium, on that wild night when demonic beasts ran amok, the demon blood that evaporated under the sunlight.
In front of the Mahavira Hall, the blooming lotus flowers, and Abbot Yangon's questioning and crying!
"What's the use of the Nalanda Temple? What's the use of the Elysium? Why don't we just destroy it!"
Why was he so sad?
He didn't understand at first. Even if the Elysium was formed from the Qilin Paradise, it was nothing more than a demonstration of Buddha's great compassion and power. He should be proud.
But now, he understood everything.
"This Demon domain is also formed from the Qilin Paradise!"
This was simply challenging common sense. The difference between the Elysium and the Demon domain was too great. One was a pure land, and the other was a filthy land.
However, the truth was right before his eyes. After he transformed into a qilin, the Elysium and the Demon domain would respond to him strongly. Although the methods were different, there was no difference in essence.
Meanwhile, the Black Sun Demon Heart was the same as the lotus flowers. They were both materialized from the laws of heaven and earth. It was just that the nature of the two was completely opposite.
It was as if someone had cut the four seasons in half. Spring and summer returned to the Elysium, while autumn and winter returned to the filthy land of the Demon domain.
"If I'm not wrong, this is probably the work of Buddha."
In the Elysium, there would always be a bountiful harvest of fruits and endless food. People naturally didn't need to work hard, and they didn't have any desire to fight.
However, this wasn't enough. If the population couldn't be controlled, no matter how bountiful the world was, it would eventually fall into disputes.
Firstly, not everyone could enter the Elysium. Secondly, people didn't have any desires in their hearts, which ensured that their quality of life wouldn't decline.
'Thinking about food and clothing' was human nature. The residents of the Elysium weren't cultivators with great determination and wisdom. Most of them were good people who accumulated virtue and did good deeds. Where did their desires go?
At first, Li Qingshan thought that Buddha had influenced the world with the power of wishes and even brainwashed everyone.
Otherwise, it wouldn't just be a matter of desires. Good people would also have greed and jealousy, and even good people would fall. They wouldn't 'never retreat.' Just having enough food and clothing couldn't create such a Elysium.
Now, he knew that things weren't that simple.
Even if the original Qilin Paradise was bountiful, it shouldn't be this bountiful. Even if there were barren, desolate lands, it shouldn't be as barren as the Demon domain.
The Buddhist Ancestor extracted the laws of heaven and earth he needed and constructed the entire Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. Not only did he split the Qilin Paradise into two, they were still interconnected and affected each other. All desires and evil thoughts would sink into this demonic domain.
The bountiful Elysium just happened to be sparsely populated, while the barren, filthy land was driven by demonfolk to reproduce madly. When they couldn't feed them, they would send them out one by one to invade and devour other worlds.
It was no wonder that the Demon domain could continue to exist. It wasn't because the gods and buddhas were incapable of destroying the Demon domain, but because this had always been a part of the design.
Establishing a world, using the environment to influence people, using the laws to shape people, not using abilities and powers to control people.
Such a wondrous concept, such a grand power, made the great demon capital that could accommodate over a hundred million demonfolk seem as childish as a pile of sand sculptures made by children.
Li Qingshan could understand the Yangon abbot's feelings. He watched over the Pure Land temple in Black Cloud city and watched countless soldiers fall in battle against demonfolk. Who knew how many demonfolk had died under the staff of the buddhist monk, but in the end, he discovered that the source of everything was the Elysium that he had been longing for. It was unavoidable for his faith to collapse and his mind to fall into chaos.
Most importantly, the Demon domain could not be destroyed. Demonfolk could not be converted. This basically negated the Pure Land sect's belief in "delivering all life from suffering". It was no wonder that the White Bone Bodhisattva had unleashed the Samādhi Flames of White Bone.
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