Chapter 2808 - 76: The Game of 500 Years

The Jiang Wang in the Mirror World silently watched the replay of everything in the Land of Shenxiao. He finally understood what Zhongxuan Sheng and the others had spoken of. Back at the Yellow River Gathering, when he contended for the leader position with Yellow Sheri, the "sudden forfeit" of Yellow Sheri and his own bewildered reaction appeared clumsy in the eyes of the audience.

Initially, he thought the two scenes were as one, both beginning and ending the same, differing only in the details.

But then the Gold Light Hand appeared, the revelation of the "Buddha’s Fifty-Eight Chapters" was shown, Zhu Lanruo killed Zhu Zheng, and Zhu Yi appeared!

The grand drama reached its climax at the end, with twists and more twists.

Zhu Lanruo said that the chess master represented by that Gold Light Hand indeed manipulated time, but time was incomplete, and the cause and effect were flawed...

"What does it mean?" Chai Asi asked the Supreme in his heart: "Did something happen that I don’t know about?"

"Silence." The great Ancient God said: "Watch, and you will understand."

The great Ancient God himself seemed to understand yet also not understand; what concerned him more now was what means this third chess master used to manipulate time?

This involved the repetition of events for eleven demons and the surrounding space of the Eternal Youth Spring.

And the Land of Shenxiao is such a special place!

The other party has not even shown themselves yet, having completed such a time reversal from a distance. If it were done entirely by self-power, what kind of terrifying power would that be?

He couldn’t even imagine it now.

In his view, Zhu Lanruo beheading Zhu Zheng was also an attempt to trace the source, to see if this chess master was hidden in the competing team. The rolling head of Zhu Zheng had already proven it was not so.

The earlier attempt of Tiger Taisui to enter the Land of Shenxiao failed, or perhaps it serves as more evidence—the Land of Shenxiao does not allow the physical presence of a Heavenly Demon level existence, at least not at this stage.

He probably understood now.

The time in the Land of Shenxiao and the Monster Realm was fundamentally not synchronized.

The Heavenly Demons gathered outside Mo Yun City could not find their way here for the time being.

Only Zhu Yi, via some special connection with Zhu Lanruo—or perhaps some innate Divine Skill, was able to come upon Zhu Zheng’s body and exert force here.

Approximately, Zhu Zheng himself existed as such a power channel in the Spider Family’s chessboard... now returning to its original function.

The Heavenly Spider Empress, who governs the Sky Sloth Wilderness, was especially curious about the origin of that Gold Light Hand, which surprised the Demon Kings present.

Outside of the Ancient Nan Mountain and Black Lotus Temple, the Monster Realm indeed didn’t have any formidable Buddhism sects. They were merely some small temples and shrines that any Demon King present could sweep away.

Among the monks in this world, who else could compete for this Knowledge and Hearing Bell?

Could it be... the legendary Dharma King Xiang Mi who wrote "Buddha’s Fifty-Eight Chapters"?

If one were to simply describe the differences between Ancient Nan Mountain and Black Lotus Temple.

Ancient Nan Mountain—Once the glorious era ends, a new glorious era will be born. Today the sunset sets in the west, tomorrow the sun might be even brighter.

Black Lotus Temple—Dawn will never come again. But we can create a new world in the darkness.

It is not difficult to see that towards the current situation, they are both pessimistic.

This is closely related to the history and current situation of the Demon clan.

Buddha’s teachings are externally introduced methods, but the Monster Realm Buddhism is rooted and born locally.

Just like the Suffering Cage Sect views the demons of the Monster Realm as born prisoners.

Through the efforts of the wise of the demon clan across generations, this great world is described as infinitely vast and ever-growing, but indeed it is sealed.

A gate of all demons has locked the entire Monster Realm for countless years.

The mighty of the present world human race can easily travel to the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.

For a strong demon clan member to leave the Monster Realm, they must either pass through the gate of all demons or cross the Chaos Sea to reach beyond the heavens.

And the Chaos Sea is the mystery of the universe, the endpoint of all chaos.

No up, no down, no left, no right, no past, no future, no boundaries.

It is impossible to set a beacon, can never triangulate a position, confuses all, and is infinitely perilous. No matter what kind of mighty being, there is a possibility of being trapped within it.

The number of strong Heavenly Demons who wanted to pioneer a way out for the demon clan but were lost there is countless.

Whether it is the Buddha of Ancient Nan Mountain or the Buddha of Black Lotus Temple, they were all born in the soil of the Monster Realm, seeking the possibility of redemption for the demon clan along the path of cultivation.

But now appearing in the Land of Shenxiao, the Gold Light Hand belongs to a third type of Buddha.

Its golden splendor shines as resplendently as the Buddha Light of Ancient Nan Mountain but is more vibrant, like spring grass growing wild. Born of the same End of Dharma as the Buddha Charm of Black Lotus Temple but, notably, with more hope.

The Dharma King Xiang Mi was different from both the Light King Tathagata and the Devil Master Tathagata, wandering the world alone...

But the Dharma King Xiang Mi truly entered nirvana!

The "Ancient Scripture" has this clearly recorded, witnessed by many Heavenly Venerates, it can never be false.

Could there be a true disciple of the Dharma King Xiang Mi still existing in the world?

But he clearly never founded a sect, never taught disciples, acted alone in hardship, and all his learning is in the "Buddha’s Fifty-Eight Chapters"!

Lu Qilang, with his innate inspiration, also felt quite confused for a while.

At this moment, the golden light filling the sky and the Gold Light Hand holding the Knowledge and Hearing Bell were stalemating with the spider silk weaving the heavens and the earth.

The flying "Buddha’s Fifty-Eight Chapters" on Zhu Zheng’s body and Zhu Zheng’s hand tightly holding it were at a stalemate.

His own "Buddha’s Fifty-Eight Chapters" had already been quickly released in a dangerous premonition and was now also hovering high in the air, fixed at the center of the spider web.

Facing the same treatment was precisely Chai Asi’s copy of the "Buddha’s Fifty-Eight Chapters."

Compared to him, Chai Asi let go earlier and more decisively. Does this mean that Chai Asi had foreseen all this beforehand?