Prince Xiao's carriage, along with Li Jindou inside, was flung out and crashed against the cliff with a loud bang. The carriage shattered, and the four exotic horses were smashed into pieces.
The driver tried to turn to stone before hitting the cliff, but the Evil Bodhisattva's power was too great. Even as a stone statue, he was crushed to bits!
Li Jindou forced down the blood rising in his throat, but then he heard the sound of porcelain breaking from his legs. Looking down, he saw that his legs had been shattered by the Evil Bodhisattva's attack.
His heart sank. Without his legs, his status in the Li family would likely plummet. He wondered if he could still protect Li Tianqing and his mother.
"Why am I thinking so much? Perhaps Tianqing and I will both die here on Heavenly Yang Mountain!"
Li Jindou pushed himself up with his hands, rising into the air. The Six Yin Jade Wheels spun around him, growing more powerful. Ahead, the Evil Bodhisattva caught Jin Hongying's sword energy with one hand. Dozens of sword energies merged into one, their power surging, only to be crushed with a snap by the Evil Bodhisattva!
The Ram-Horn Heaven Spirit Lamp shone, capturing the demon soul. Granny Sha's spirit combined with her Divine Fetus, chanting the Supreme Eight Trigrams Protection Talisman. As she stomped her foot, black mist surged, and a blue stone path unfurled from her feet, trying to drag the Evil Bodhisattva into the underworld!
"Come with me to the underworld to stir up trouble!"
The stone path reached the Evil Bodhisattva's feet. Granny Sha unleashed all her power, her face twisted with effort, blood trickling from her mouth and eyes. Her nose felt warm as two streams of crimson blood flowed out.
"Let's go to the underworld together!"
She shouted fiercely, and the Evil Bodhisattva's body was halfway into the underworld.
The underworld was eerie and grim. Bony hands reached out from the surrounding darkness, grabbing at the two on the blue stone path, completely different from the scene at the River of Forgetfulness.
Even the Evil Bodhisattva felt a twinge of fear, stomping heavily. The blue stone path crumbled under its god-like strength. Granny Sha coughed up blood, kneeling on the ground, drained of all power.
"Whoosh!"
A cold light flashed, piercing through the Evil Bodhisattva's chest and flying out, then turning to stab at its forehead. It was the small sword, Brolga.
Brolga, a bird known for catching other birds, hanging them on branches, and pecking their brains.
Prince Xiao named his small sword Brolga, symbolizing this.
The sword was best at piercing hearts and splitting brains. Even monks and lamas with unbreakable bodies had fallen to it.
But just as Brolga was about to pierce the Evil Bodhisattva's forehead, it seemed to be caught by an invisible force, stopping just before its forehead, unable to move!
One of the Evil Bodhisattva's faces stared at the small sword, Brolga, which trembled slightly, its blade twisting and deforming!
"You've merged your spirit with this sword, becoming one with it."
Another face of the Evil Bodhisattva stared intently at Prince Xiao. At this moment, Prince Xiao was not his usual composed self. His body, like the small sword Brolga, was twisting and deforming, as if held by an invisible force, making him mimic the sword's stance!
"No wonder you could pierce my heart. But with your spirit in the sword, you've given me the chance to kill you."
The Evil Bodhisattva's chest muscles writhed like leeches and worms, intertwining and repairing the pierced heart.
It exerted force, twisting the small sword Brolga's blade, and Prince Xiao's body twisted along with it, bones cracking, blood rushing to his head, his face turning red, able to bleed.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
Six jade wheels flew in. Li Jindou, using all his strength, drove the jade wheels to attack the Evil Bodhisattva, trying to save Prince Xiao. But the Evil Bodhisattva raised its six arms, spreading its six hands, and the six jade wheels halted in mid-air, shrinking under its powerful magic.
With several thuds, the Six Yin Jade Wheels shattered.
"How many can you hold?"
Li Jindou shouted wildly, the air around him vibrating violently. Six Yin Jade Wheels emerged recklessly, so many that even the Evil Bodhisattva frowned. Then, with a glance, Li Jindou, in mid-air, was turned to porcelain, becoming a legless porcelain figure falling from the sky.
All his magic was used to create the Six Yin Jade Wheels, leaving him defenseless against the Evil Bodhisattva's power. The porcelain transformation was shockingly fast.
Seeing him about to smash against the rocks, Jin Hongying rushed in, transforming into a red dress, sweeping up the porcelain figure of Li Jindou.
Jin Hongying, however, was pressed down by the porcelain figure, not shattering but injured. As she transformed back into human form and tried to rise, the Evil Bodhisattva's gaze swept over her. She thought, "Oh no," and was about to turn into a red dress to escape. But as her red dress began to float, revealing her shoulder, she froze in a flying pose, unable to move.
Granny Sha, holding the Ram-Horn Heaven Spirit Lamp, struggled to stand. Before she could steady herself, the Evil Bodhisattva's gaze turned her into a small porcelain granny holding the lamp, motionless.
"Now, it's just you."
The Evil Bodhisattva's gaze fell on Prince Xiao. It didn't turn him to porcelain but twisted the small sword Brolga, watching Prince Xiao's body twist and spin, finding great pleasure in it.
It enjoyed tormenting other lives.
Suddenly, it sensed a strong danger approaching. This feeling of danger reminded it of the day it was caught by that man, feeling so small and helpless.
It quickly looked towards the danger, seeing golden light covering half its vision. The dazzling light seemed to contain gods, like a group of immortals, a visual feast for others but torture for it, making its eyes weep black, sticky tears.
"This is magic."
It suddenly realized, looking at the figure walking through the golden light, roaring as it tried to twist Prince Xiao into a pretzel, then kill the tall figure.
But at that moment, it felt strange forces moving around it, though it couldn't see any magic.
It only saw magic forming around it, enclosing it.
Relying on instinct, it could break most magic in the world, but being inside the magic, how could it break free?
It couldn't bother with killing Prince Xiao, wildly swinging its eight arms, unleashing a force that could move mountains and fill seas. However, the magic around it reformed even when forcibly broken, starting with simple fire and water talismans, then the Five Element Mountain, Eight Trigrams Furnace, Nine Palaces, Twelve Zodiac Signs, Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits, and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends.
In the golden light, countless divine shadows pressed down, crushing its body again and again, erasing its flesh!
It turned into a mass of demonic energy, a nearly indestructible piece of flesh, with new blue-and-white porcelain skin constantly forming, unable to escape its cycle of life and death!
Prince Xiao seized the chance to retrieve the Brolga sword, looking at the Evil Bodhisattva. Around it, a scene like the Grand Heavenly Ritual unfolded, with 1,200 divine figures from the Divine Central Land, all formed by different talismans and scripts.
Talismans are symbolic spells, primarily images with words as support.
Scripts are the names of gods and demons, primarily words with images as support.
The script is the language of gods and demons.
He saw the three elements of talismans, scripts, and symbols combined, forming a scene of 1,200 divine figures refining the demon. "Unmatched power..."
Prince Xiao took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood from his mouth, and said, "The last time I saw this was in the Western Capital."
The Evil Bodhisattva couldn't fight back.
Not that it couldn't, but it was unable to. There was no magic, no method that could counter the phenomena of the Grand Heavenly Ritual.
It felt it would die, be completely erased, and vanish!
It was uneasy, it was terrified, just like the lives it had killed!
"So, I am also an ant."
Thinking this, it suddenly sensed a weakness in its opponent and laughed loudly, "Your name is Chen Yindu. So, you are also a point, an evil spirit, you are also a dead person! You and I are the same! What are you guarding against? You've already been affected by the moonlight, struggling to hold onto your Dao heart. Ha ha, so weak, the moonlight has worn down your spirit to this extent!"
It struggled within the Grand Heavenly Ritual, its demonic energy and flesh constantly shrinking, yet it was unusually excited, "You are suppressing your desires, fighting against your nature! You are wrong, Chen Yindu, you are already dead, you are a living corpse, an evil spirit! Let me lend you a hand!"
Prince Xiao suddenly saw the divine figures in the Grand Heavenly Ritual, like dust-covered, their forms twisting, faces becoming ferocious, limbs extending like tentacles, becoming indescribable!
"Master Chen is being influenced!"
He was shocked.
"Yes, that's it!"
The Evil Bodhisattva was extremely excited, shouting, "Just release your desires, don't restrain yourself, don't suppress your desires! Release them, satisfy them, and you will be like me!"
The gods in the Grand Heavenly Ritual became increasingly gloomy and evil, various negative thoughts tainting them into demons, more evil and mad than the Evil Bodhisattva!
Boom!
With a thunderous roar, a beam of golden light shot up from above Chen Yindu's head, clashing with the original demonic domain of the Evil Bodhisattva.
The golden light quickly dimmed, turning into black light, spreading along the demonic domain's barrier.
Not only that, it began to expand outward, pushing the originally stable demonic domain over a hundred miles outward!
Zhao Tianbao, the governor of New Township Province, ordered dragon flags to be placed around the demonic domain. They began to sway, and the golden dragons lying on the demonic domain gradually couldn't suppress it.
Suddenly, the golden dragons were damaged, rising into the air, turning into golden light, and flying into the flag surfaces!
The Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array was broken! The soldiers guarding the array were terrified, rushing to New Township Province to inform Governor Zhao Tianbao.
By the time Zhao Tianbao arrived, the demonic domain had already expanded over a mile!
"How could this be?"
Zhao Tianbao was shocked, not knowing what to do.
"Yes, that's it! Don't let so-called etiquette and morality restrict you. When people are born, there is no etiquette, no morality. Desire is what drives you and me."
Within the Grand Heavenly Ritual, the Evil Bodhisattva, now reduced to a fist-sized mass, was still extremely excited, shouting, "Cultivators practice to return to the state of infancy. Do babies know what family affection, etiquette, or morality are? Throw away those things that bind you, release your desires, and you'll discover a new world! Chen Yindu, you and I are the same, we are real people, or as they call us, demons!"
Chen Yindu's voice came out like a murmur, "You're right, we cultivate to seek a child's heart, to seek great freedom. We shouldn't be bound by etiquette and morality."
The Grand Heavenly Ritual gradually dissipated.
The Evil Bodhisattva, almost destroyed in the magic refining, yet still not dead, began to recover as the ritual faded, becoming a tiny figure with four faces and eight arms.
The Evil Bodhisattva laughed loudly, standing with Chen Yindu, one tall and one short, looking quite strange.
Prince Xiao's heart grew heavier.
The Evil Bodhisattva, with a voice like thunder, said, "People are polluted, becoming demons, but we are the real ones! Chen Yindu, you must let go of everything to be a true person. Now, the first one you should kill is your grandson..."
Just as it said this, the aura of the demonized elder beside it changed.
"Kill my grandson?"
The Evil Bodhisattva was shocked, looking up to see a giant foot like a black mountain stepping down on it!
Kill my grandson!
The elder, in extreme anger, stomped the Evil Bodhisattva into a puddle of mud. The mud and flesh wriggled, and the Evil Bodhisattva reformed, only for the elder's foot to stomp down again. As it landed, darkness fell, and the Evil Bodhisattva was stomped into the underworld!
Boom!
The underworld shook violently as a giant foot descended from the sky, pressing the Evil Bodhisattva into the underworld, crushing it completely!
Kill my grandson... send you on your way!
Chen Yindu, surrounded by demonic energy, shattered the red demonic domain of the Evil Bodhisattva, leaving only a constantly expanding dark demonic domain.
His violent energy grew stronger, his teeth lengthening, and his desire to devour grew intense as he looked at Prince Xiao.
"Master Chen..."
Prince Xiao's hand trembled uncontrollably as the expanding dark demonic domain reached a hundred and twenty miles, advancing towards Zhao Tianbao and the others who had arrived.
Almost all the experts of New Township Province, following Zhao Tianbao, were present, forced back by the expanding demonic domain.
They shouted in unison, each urging their spirits to resist the domain's expansion, yet they were still pushed back.
Despair filled their hearts. This new demonic domain was unbeatable!
Suddenly, the dark demonic domain stopped expanding. "Oh, it's Prince Xiao. I thought it was someone else." In Heavenly Yang Mountain, Chen Yindu suddenly regained his senses, smiling at Prince Xiao.
Prince Xiao, still shaken, saw a young man in black holding an oiled paper umbrella standing on a rock in the distance. It was the spirit of the Great Black Serpent Mountain. It was the spirit and the umbrella that suppressed Chen Yindu's demonic nature.
"You can't stay in the human world, little one," said the black-clad spirit.
"Spirit, give me some time, a few more days to say goodbye."
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