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Normally, when he starts talking, he's like a machine gun, chattering away incessantly. But after a long silence, he only uttered this one sentence.
Then, the talkative imperial weapon, the Demon-Subduing Pestle, seemed to fall silent, suppressing all its extreme fluctuations and divine power, and simply drifted into the yellow clay coffin.
Just as it had been countless ages ago, it came to a steady stop on the right side of Amitabha Buddha.
"Namo Amitabha!"
Just as the talkative imperial weapon, the demon-subduing pestle, flew into the yellow clay coffin, Venerable Kasyapa, the direct disciple of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor, bowed respectfully to the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor with his hands clasped together and chanting the Buddha's name, and began to speak:
“Disciple Kasyapa is unfilial and has disturbed Master’s peace.”
At this point, Venerable Kasyapa turned his head and looked at Zhou Xuan, whose eyes, after the coffin was opened, revealed layers upon layers of Dao patterns. A pair of dazzling pupil techniques, unlike anything seen or heard of before, appeared one after another, meticulously probing the Amitabha Buddha Emperor. He then spoke:
"Please grant my request, Holy Body!"
"Humans are different from immortal medicines."
Upon hearing Venerable Kasyapa's words, Zhou Xuan, unleashing all his various eye techniques, stared intently at Amitabha Buddha's body and spoke:
"Although there has never been an immortal elixir that has transformed into a human, you have to admit one thing."
"Even if the elixir of immortality is difficult to take human form, it is still alive after all. Moreover, the fruit it bears can even allow an extreme being to defy the heavens and live another life without paying any price!"
"Although the emperor's body still retains some vitality."
"Even the altar between its eyebrows remains bright and dazzling."
"However, since the yellow clay coffin was opened, I have not found even the slightest trace of divine thought within the earth's shell."
At this point, Zhou Xuan turned his head and looked at Venerable Kasyapa, who was bowing with his hands clasped together, and spoke:
“The current state of Amitabha Buddha is not one of annihilation, but rather the state in which all divine thoughts, all primordial spirits, and all souls have dispersed.”
"Therefore, even though I used the method just now to activate the Origin Cauldron of All Things, draw out the immortal light of the celestial cauldron, and nourish the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor, gathering vitality for it."
"It was not Amitabha Buddha who woke up again."
"It is a being born anew from the spirit of the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor."
"Is Venerable Kasyapa able to understand my explanation?"
"What does the Holy Communion mean?!"
The moment Zhou Xuan opened the yellow clay coffin, he carefully observed his master Amitabha Buddha's state from head to toe with his Buddha-like eyes.
They confirmed that the master buried in the yellow mud coffin was not in a state of extinction awaiting revival, but rather that the primordial spirit and soul of Venerable Kasyapa had completely dissipated.
Upon hearing that Zhou Xuan was confident he could imbue his master's body with spiritual power, Venerable Kasyapa, who had just discovered that the Amitabha Buddha Emperor had completely passed away, looked at Zhou Xuan with bright eyes and asked:
"My master is already in this state, how can the Holy Body Technique still make his body spiritual?!"
If Zhou Xuan had not come into contact with Cao Yisheng, even after witnessing the miraculous transformation of the immortal medicine twice, he would not have been confident that he could make the corpse sentient.
However, on the very day Zhou Xuan descended upon the ancient life star of the Big Dipper, he encountered Cao Yisheng, who was suspected to be a spirit of an imperial corpse. With the combat power of a flawless 12th-level Great Emperor, Zhou Xuan carefully examined Cao Yisheng's body.
Some time ago, he even directly obtained the classic "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Skill" cultivated by Cao Yisheng.
Therefore, after Zhou Xuan activated his various divine eyes, he discovered that the current state of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor was somewhat similar to that of Cao Yisheng.
Even within the body, there is a partially formed reincarnation mark.
Based on this, Zhou Xuan speculated that the reason why the Amitabha Buddha Emperor ordered his disciples to bury him in the ancient primordial star was probably because he deduced the terrain of the ancient primordial star, which could help his body to communicate with spirits.
Zhou Xuan, who discovered the mark of reincarnation on the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor, combined with the fragments of Cao Yisheng's thoughts, the "Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Skill," and the fact that he had twice witnessed the immortal medicine transforming against the heavens and collected two strands of immortal power from it, was confident.
It can accelerate the process of Amitabha Buddha's body becoming spiritually connected.
In the shortest possible time, the body was made to become spiritually connected.
"I do indeed have the means to make the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor spiritual."
As soon as Venerable Kasyapa's words fell to the ground, Zhou Xuan nodded and spoke:
"To be precise, it's not about making the body of Amitabha Buddha Emperor spiritual, but rather about accelerating the process of making the body of Amitabha Buddha Emperor spiritual."
"After all, the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor has already begun to communicate with spirits!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xuan reached out and used the forbidden chapter of the "Transcending Tribulation Heavenly Technique" to point at the ancestral aperture between the eyebrows of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor.
The moment the fingertip touched the ground, a small half-circle of the Samsara mark slowly appeared on the brow of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor.
This is a mark of reincarnation.
Looking at the mark of reincarnation that appeared on the altar where the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor had been, a mark that had existed for hundreds of thousands of years, and which had been passed down daily by the monks and believers of Mount Sumeru, storing up countless secrets and knowledge, the golden-bodied Buddha said:
“This mark of reincarnation appeared when the Origin Emperor attained enlightenment.”
"I remember it very clearly. Back then, when the Origin Emperor was undergoing the ultimate tribulation and preparing to prove his Dao, the Supreme Being of the Reincarnation Sea Forbidden Zone and the Supreme Being of the Underworld Forbidden Zone both made a move to stop the Origin Emperor from proving his Dao."
As soon as the golden Buddha finished speaking, it was heard that the body of Amitabha Buddha Emperor had become sentient. The talkative emperor, who had been silent since falling to Amitabha Buddha Emperor's right, was now using his demon-subduing pestle.
With a 'whoosh,' it floated out and began to speak eloquently:
"However, after the Source Emperor attained enlightenment."
"The Reincarnation Sea and the Supreme Being of the Underworld who intercepted the Source Emperor all fled."
"During the reign of Emperor Yuan in the Great Universe, the Ancient Star of Life in the Big Dipper, the Sea of Reincarnation, and the Netherworld, the forbidden zone of life, both had supreme beings who, by expending their peak imperial life, completely concealed the Sea of Reincarnation and the Netherworld."
"It was not until 20,000 years after the death of Emperor Yuan that the Big Dipper reappeared in the Sea of Reincarnation."
"As for the forbidden zone of life, the underworld, it has not been seen to this day."
"I was curious why the Sea of Reincarnation and the Underworld were so afraid of Emperor Yuan, so I dragged the Golden Buddha along and went to pay my respects to Emperor Yuan."
"Emperor Yuan said: That's what the Sea of Reincarnation and the Underworld owe him..."
"Does the Holy Body mean that if the Reincarnation Mark is formed, my master's body will be able to communicate with the spirit?!"
The talkative Emperor's Weapon, the Demon-Subduing Pestle, had been rambling on for ages without getting to the point. The Venerable Kasyapa, his cheeks twitching, stepped forward, blocking the Pestle's path, and looked at Zhou Xuan, asking:
"And the Holy Body possesses a means to accelerate this process?!"
Zhou Xuan nodded and spoke:
"Yes."
Venerable Kasyapa then asked:
"May I ask, Holy Body, if you do not intervene, how long will it take for my master's imperial body to fully become spiritually connected?"
"If I do not intervene, I will reseal the yellow clay coffin and return the Amitabha Buddha Emperor to its original place."
Upon hearing Venerable Kasyapa's question, Zhou Xuan looked at the half-formed Samsara Mark on the brow of Amitabha Buddha's body inside the yellow clay coffin and spoke:
"After spending more than double the time it has taken since the Great Emperor buried himself in the yellow mud coffin, his body will become spiritually connected."
"More than double, which means nearly a million years!"
Before Venerable Kasyapa could even speak, the talkative imperial weapon, the Vajra Pestle, blurted out:
"What if the Holy Body intervenes? How long will it take for the old bald man's body to regain its spiritual power?!"
"If I were to intervene."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan slowly raised his head, extended one finger, and spoke:
"In about a month, I will be able to complete the reincarnation mark on the body of Amitabha Buddha, making his body spiritual."
"You can fix a cycle of reincarnation marks that would take a million years of evolution to repair in just one month?!"
The moment Zhou Xuan uttered these words, the talkative imperial weapon, the Demon-Subduing Pestle, couldn't help but speak up:
"Holy Body, you're not kidding me, are you...?"
"ban!"
However, before the talkative Emperor's weapon, the Demon-Subduing Pestle, could finish speaking, a vast Buddhist chant resounded from the summit of Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain.
Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see that from the brow altar of Venerable Kasyapa, a decree of imperial might and surging Buddhist essence suddenly burst forth.
Above the decree, the word "forbidden" was written in the Emperor's exclusive script with perfect clarity.
The forbidden decree was revealed, sealing off all the talkative words of the imperial weapon used to subdue demons.
"Namo Amitabha!"
Venerable Kasyapa turned his head, clasped his hands together, and faced Zhou Xuan, chanting the Buddha's name as he began to speak:
"This humble monk knows that the cycle of reincarnation marks, which would take about a million years to fully recover, can be shortened to one month by the Great Accomplishment Holy Body. This requires the Great Accomplishment Holy Body and comes at an enormous cost."
“Originally, I, Kasyapa, should not have been so shameless as to ask.”
"However, Kasyapa could not bear to see my master lying alone in a yellow clay coffin, isolated on a primordial ancient star for millions of years."
Venerable Kasyapa bowed respectfully to Zhou Xuanxing and began to speak:
"Therefore, Kasyapa swallowed his pride and earnestly begged the Holy Body to intervene and complete the reincarnation mark of my master, so that my master's physical body could be made spiritual."
"If the Holy Body is willing to lend a hand."
"Whatever our Buddhist sect possesses, the Holy Body may take!"
At this point, Venerable Kasyapa spoke with a resolute expression:
"Even if it's the Golden Buddha, the Immortal Bodhi, or the Peacock King, the mother of Buddhas, my Buddhist sect will grant their request!"
Upon discovering the mark of reincarnation on the ancestral aperture between the eyebrows of Amitabha Buddha, Venerable Kasyapa, who believed that his master's wish was to enable his physical body to possess spiritual power, prepared to exhaust all his resources to fulfill his master's wish ahead of schedule...
Chapter 47 Amitabha Buddha, the Great Emperor, returns!
Kasyapa, a disciple of Amitabha Buddha, was rescued from the mire by Amitabha Buddha and taught like a son until he reached adulthood.
There is an inseparable bond between the Buddha and Amitabha.
Even if Amitabha Buddha had only a sliver of hope, he was unwilling to let it go.
After all, Buddhism is different from other supreme dynasties and immortal families; in the eyes of Buddhism, which emphasizes reincarnation, the soul reborn after Amitabha Buddha's body became spiritually connected is undoubtedly Amitabha Buddha's reincarnation.
Venerable Kasyapa stated that he was willing to pay any price in order to enable Amitabha Buddha's reincarnation to appear in the world a million years earlier.
Looking into Venerable Kasyapa's eyes, Zhou Xuan, confirming the truth of his words, nodded and said:
“What you say is true. It did come at a considerable cost to enable the body of the Amitabha Buddha Emperor to communicate with the spirit ahead of schedule.”
"Therefore, I will accept the Immortal Bodhi Tree without being impolite."