The Sea of Bitterness is boundless, repent and be saved!
A huge yet tiny canoe was braving the wind and waves as it sailed through the black ocean. It was lonely and quiet. At the front of the canoe, a young man was sitting alone. Beside him was a bronze lamp. The flame of the lamp was pale blue and emitted a gentle light.
This person was Ye Xuan. This was his seventh day in the Sea of Bitterness. In these seven days, he had experienced a lot in the Sea of Bitterness, but the harvest was even greater.
In the Sea of Bitterness, demons ran amok and evil spirits appeared. Each of them was tyrannical or strange. There were countless of them. If one did not have a firm mind of Dao and a profound cultivation, once they fell into the Sea of Bitterness, the consequences would be unpredictable.
The Sea of Bitterness refined the heart. This was not a smooth path to Spirited Mountain. If he did not guess wrong, this Sea of Bitterness should be a place that Gautama Buddha had set up for his disciples to refine their hearts.
In these seven days, he had encountered powerful demons that were equivalent to the great accomplishment of Severing Dao, and he had also encountered illusory demons that were good at seducing people with demonic techniques. There were also all kinds of strange evil spirits.
This was a lonely journey, but it was also a trial for the soul. Ye Xuan could even feel that his mind of Dao had become firmer after walking through the Sea of Bitterness. At the same time, his cultivation had increased a lot.
With his current cultivation, cultivation was no longer as simple as absorbing Spiritual Qi and transforming it into divine power. Only by comprehending the Great Dao and strengthening his mind of Dao were the most beneficial things for his cultivation.
If he had only taken half a step into the Self Severing Realm before, now, as long as he was willing, he could immediately advance into the Self Severing Realm as long as he severed himself.
However, he did not want to sever himself. He had his own Dao, his own path, and he had been striding forward.
Now, he was just accumulating. Wanting to sever the Great Dao was not an ordinary thing. It was a matter of life and death. Something terrible might happen, so he had to prepare some means in case of accidents.
In fact, if it was possible, Ye Xuan originally did not intend to break through to the next realm in this world. This was because the Great Path of this world was incomplete, and the nomological laws were incomplete. If he wanted to break through to the next realm, especially if he wanted to slay the Great Path, the Great Path would definitely send endless terrifying calamities.
If he had a choice, he was more willing to go to a world with a complete Great Path to make a breakthrough, such as the "Swallowing the Stars". If he went to such a world to make a breakthrough, it might be very easy to directly break through to the Self Severing Realm.
However, in the end, he did not choose to do so.
That was because cultivating Dao was cultivating one's mind. What an expert needed was a Dao Heart that was courageous and fearless of hardships and dangers. If he could clearly break through but chose to escape because he was afraid of the consequences of breaking through, then he would leave a flaw in his Dao Heart. This flaw would become the final obstacle in his cultivation. In the end, he would no longer be able to break through because of this obstacle and could only stay in this realm for the rest of his life.
This was like a saying in martial arts novels. There was no such thing as the strongest martial arts, only the strongest person.
Therefore, when he finished accumulating, Ye Xuan would definitely make a breakthrough in this world. Not for a higher realm, but for a breakthrough in his state of mind, a breakthrough in his Dao Heart.
The Sea of Bitterness was calm. After Ye Xuan released his holy might and killed an evil spirit that was equivalent to a Semi-Sage, the entire Sea of Bitterness was shocked by his holy might. Not a single demon dared to jump out again. They all saw this huge canoe as a snake or a scorpion and kept a respectful distance from it.
In this way, after another two days, a total of nine days, the vast Sea of Bitterness was finally crossed. In the distant horizon, there finally appeared a towering and majestic mountain that exuded endless Buddha's nature.
Reaching the other side, Ye Xuan's body was like a feather. He gently floated down from the canoe, thought for a moment, waved his hand and put away the canoe, then strode towards the big mountain in front of him.
A day later, he passed through another mountain, getting closer and closer to the real Spirit Mountain. The power of Buddha's nature in the void was getting stronger and stronger. That kind of fluctuation, made one's heart palpitate.
After another few hundred kilometers, he saw that the Spirit Mountain was getting closer and closer. However, Ye Xuan once again stopped in his tracks.
This was because there was a strange scene in front of him. An ancient Bodhi tree with branches that resembled dragons grew on the side of the road. It exuded a seven-colored brilliance and there were divine phantoms fluttering around it, turning into a rain of light that was extremely dazzling.
And under the ancient tree, there was a middle-aged man sitting cross-legged. His eyes were closed and he seemed to be in harmony with the Dao. His figure was imprinted in the void, ethereal like an immortal, as if he existed in the past, present, and future.
What shocked Ye Xuan the most was that this middle-aged man's appearance was identical to the statue of Gautama Buddha in the temple.
The Quasi-emperor Gautama Buddha!
Seeing the middle-aged man sitting under the ancient Bodhi tree, even Ye Xuan's heart trembled.
Gautama Buddha achieved Dao thousands of years ago. He studied the Vedas and the teachings of the Brahmin. In the end, he unified the Spirit Mountain and founded Buddhism. He had an extremely great impact on this land.
Although Ye Xuan had long opened his divine eyes and saw that the middle-aged man in front of him was not the real body of the Quasi-emperor, but he still found it difficult to calm down in the face of this ancient man who possessed supreme wisdom and magical power.
Before he started cultivating, he had once entered the temple and worshipped this powerful figure. Like millions of good men and women, he prayed to this powerful figure to protect him.
And now, this powerful figure had unexpectedly appeared in front of him. Although it was not his real body and only a trace of Buddha's nature remained, it was enough to cause a ripple in his Dao heart.
"You're too late. Spirit Mountain has already been sealed. It can only reappear in the world if the sea of bitterness dries up!" At this time, the figure sitting under the ancient Bodhi tree whispered softly. Waves of the Great Dao flowed out from behind his head and formed a divine wheel. It was as if he was sitting cross-legged in ancient times and talking across time and space.
Ye Xuan stood in front of the ancient Bodhi tree and looked at the figure. He knew that this was only a trace of Buddha's nature left behind by Gautama Buddha to convey the will he left behind. It was not the real Buddha, but he still bowed respectfully to the figure and said, "Thank you for your reminder, senior, but I want to go in and give it a try!"
"The sea of bitterness has no bounds. Repent and you will be saved!" The figure sitting under the Bodhi tree still had his eyes closed and his expression was peaceful and serene.
Ye Xuan did not say much and just bowed respectfully to the figure again. Then, he strode past the ancient Bodhi tree and headed forward.
Just as Ye Xuan passed the ancient Bodhi tree, he suddenly saw that the strange appearance that was originally full of Buddha's nature gradually disappeared. Even the figure had returned to its original state and turned into a statue.
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