Chapter 1005 - 729: The Great Pit

Right at the height of the Golden Altar grand ceremony, when the din was at its peak.

Deep within Spirit Mountain, a swath of chaotic barrier that screened off all heavenly gazes quietly opened.

Inside the barrier, four transcendent figures stood in silence, their auras cleaving heaven and earth, suppressing a whole quadrant of time and space.

The two towering figures draped in the kasayas of ancient Buddhas of ten thousand tribulations, their bodies wreathed in undying Buddha?light, were precisely the Fangri and Mao Ri Buddhas.

The other two figures, wrapped in watery stellar radiance, were the Profound Sect’s Ji Shui Primordial Monarch and Spirit Monarch Zhen Shui.

The True Buddha of Destiny’s gaze sank slightly; Buddha?sound rolled vast as oceans as he spoke a reminder:

"Primordial Monarch, now that the great trend has taken shape, do not forget the bargain we struck."

Ji Shui Primordial Monarch, hearing this, let a faint, detached smile curl at her lips. Watery Dao Rhyme flowed gently around her, utterly unhurried:

"You two fellow Daoists may rest assured."

"Our transaction is personally witnessed by ancient Dao Embryo rites—how would I dare defy it in the slightest?"

"Besides, you and I are in a structure of mutual profit in union and mutual damage in separation."

"Once I smoothly seize the Fang Sun Golden Position and harmonize the authority of Sun and Water, I will then fully assist the two of you in seizing the Water Virtue Golden Position."

At the side, Spirit Monarch Zhen Shui inclined her head slightly, speaking in a cool voice in support:

"The pact is set, the Dao track unshifting; my Profound Sect will naturally fulfill our part and assist."

The Spirit Mountain Two Buddhas exchanged a glance; their gazes crossed as they slowly nodded.

This high?level cooperation between Buddha Gate and Profound Sect had long been laid out over endless years.

The two Buddhas secretly joined hands with the Profound Sect’s two True Monarchs, advancing step by step, covertly encircling and suppressing the remaining Dao Veins within their own Sect, consolidating authority.

Then they would swap Golden Positions and ascend to Mid?stage Golden Core.

At this moment, the four spoke no further. Their eyes converged upon that central Golden Altar of Spirit Mountain, firmly locking onto Bodhisattva Chonglou.

They quietly looked down, watching Chonglou drive the ritual: four Perfection Divine Techniques unfurling in succession, burning out his source, sublimating his Gold Attribute.

Within the altar grounds, golden radiance surged grandly; the Sun Dao source shot to the heavens, bit by bit knocking upon the gates of the Golden Court.

Hum——!!

All of a sudden, the firmament of the Nine Heavens violently quaked; billions of layers of clouds were forcibly torn apart, and a pitch?black rift spanning eternity appeared out of thin air.

The Fangri star poured down thousands of strands of golden divine light, universally illuminating the Spirit Mountain Golden Altar.

The Golden Position casts its favor!!

Heaven and earth’s golden winds roared vast; star tracks reversed; ten thousand Buddhas bowed their heads; all heavenly Dao Rhymes converged upon the altar grounds.

Chonglou stood at the core of the golden light; he stepped into the void, merging his body with the Dao, using his flesh to bear Gold.

Then he threw his head back in a long howl toward the sky; his clear laughter shook through the Nine Heavens, heroic spirit soaring:

"I, Chonglou, this day on the Spirit Mountain Golden Altar, attain Dao as the guest of Fangri, my exalted title—’Buddha Yaoji Who Stabilizes the World’!"

With those words, the Gold Dao roared; heaven and earth celebrated!

"He’s done it! He’s truly done it!"

"Ascended the Golden Position, attained Dao as a True Monarch! Spirit Mountain gains yet another True Buddha!"

"A new Buddha appears in the world—this trip was not in vain!"

Below, countless Great Powers and cultivators of the heavens felt their Heart Spirits tremble; all stirred and rose, eyes filled with fervent heat.

Deep in Spirit Mountain, Ji Shui Primordial Monarch, seeing the great trend settled, had a gleam flash in her eyes. She calmly nodded farewell to the three Great Powers.

"The time has come. I’m off."

Before the words fell, her figure turned into a stream of watery light, dissolving into the barrier’s void; in an instant she traversed thousands of tiers of time and space, descending within the newly forged Immortal Mansion of the Fang Sun Golden Position.

Fang Sun Golden Position, the newly risen Immortal Mansion, wreathed in golden splendor, with Dao Rhyme newly born.

Chonglou, who had only just completed his attainment and not yet stabilized the source of his Golden Position, stood at the center of the Immortal Mansion, resisting the Golden Position’s pollution.

The very next breath.

Ji Shui Primordial Monarch stood aloof in the Immortal Mansion’s void, expression indifferent, looking down on the utterly defenseless Chonglou as her fingertip lightly lifted.

All the backhands that the Spirit Mountain Two Buddhas and Ji Shui Primordial Monarch had implanted in advance from the very start of Chonglou’s cultivation—layer upon layer—were fully triggered.

"Seize."

With one word, the Great Dao roared.

Ancient rites thundered into motion!!

Endless, deep blue watery stellar radiance coiled about the golden Sun Dao source, forcibly rending and extracting the core authority of the Fang Sun Golden Position.

Flawlessly smooth!!

Ji Shui Primordial Monarch revealed a faint smile; her mood was exquisite.

In her calculations, the Sun and Water Golden Positions both originated from the Dao Embryo, making them the most perfect pair for mutual constraint.

Both Golden Positions carried dense Dao Embryo pollution; if one held both positions, the two strains of pollution would be able to counteract each other, mutually erode, and chain one another.

...

At the same time, Void Sun Golden Position, Immortal Mansion.

Chen Sheng had every motion and every breath of the Fang Sun Golden Position’s developments fully in his sights.

Between his brows, the Guiding Treasure Banner glimmered faintly; he had long buried endless secret backhands upon Chonglou’s person, ready at any moment.

He was waiting only for the critical instant when Ji Shui Primordial Monarch seized the authority, to completely detonate and overturn this game of chess.

At the same time, he covertly stirred lines of causality, preparing to draw out Celestial River True Master lurking in the shadows, to seize the chance and loot a burning house, pseudo?seizing "Ji Shui."

Then, right at the instant when Ji Shui Primordial Monarch pseudo?seized the Fangri Golden Position and the twin authorities first merged.

Chen Sheng’s gaze abruptly sharpened; his expression shifted drastically!

"Something’s wrong!"

He keenly caught that the Dao Rhyme circulating around Ji Shui Primordial Monarch’s body suddenly went chaotic—collapsing, losing control!

The originally calm and separate "Void Sun pollution" and "Ji Shui pollution" did not counteract one another as calculated; instead, they bizarrely merged and mutually proliferated. Two ultimate filths twined together in an instant!

This scene completely jumped beyond Ji Shui Primordial Monarch’s calculations, and also beyond Chen Sheng’s prediction!

The envisioned balance and cancellation were utterly gone; what replaced them was a terrifying superposed surge!

One plus one is greater than two!

The two strains of eternal Dao Embryo pollution perfectly matched, mutually nourished, madly multiplied, transforming into boundless chaotic filth that in an instant drowned every aspect of Ji Shui Primordial Monarch’s Daoist Body!

"How...could it be like this?!"

Within the Immortal Mansion, Ji Shui Primordial Monarch’s pupils shrank; her face was full of disbelief as the extreme filth instantly corroded her True Monarch Daoist Body.

Chi——!!

Blue light rampaged; golden filth towered to the heavens.

"No——!!"

Her final roar of unwillingness dispersed into the vast storm of the Golden Position.

The Profound Robe around her body vanished inch by inch; her humanoid Daoist Body was enveloped by endless chaotic filth, collapsing in an instant, falling into deathly still slumber on the spot.

Within the Immortal Mansion.

Chen Sheng witnessed this reversal with his own eyes; his Heart Spirit violently shook as he instantly severed all backhand causalities buried upon Chonglou, cutting every connection!

His eyes were full of dread:

"This pit...is far too deep!"

"The dual Dao Embryo pollution of Sun and Water not only fails to restrain one another, it perfectly matches, superposing into a runaway frenzy—this is a colossal pit!"

His brows knitted tightly; thoughts churned as boundless doubts arose:

"Yet this shouldn’t be the case?"

"Could it be that back then, the World?Honored One and the Dao Ancestor were originally one and the same source?"

"But previously I was able to borrow the authority of the Sun Residence to suppress and wear down the Golden Scroll Celestial Book..."

He shook his head inwardly, unable to make sense of it, only certain that hidden within this lay secrets at the Dao Embryo Level.

"A Great Power of the Dao Embryo, even having fallen for ages uncounted, can still leave behind hidden dangers with a casual hand that are enough to ruin top?tier Great Powers of the present age."

"The chessboard of this era has never been merely a contest of the living; there are also ancient leftover pits everywhere, every step laden with killing strokes!"

A moment later.

Chen Sheng’s gaze returned to calm as he replayed the entire board:

"Fortunately, today Ji Shui Primordial Monarch crossed the river and tested the road for me, clearing this great pit in my stead."

"Hereafter, the Water Virtue Golden Position is absolutely not to be touched."

"Indeed, any Golden Position that bears traces of the Dao Embryo—I must shun them all."