Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

“【Decree of Moving Mountains and Shifting Peaks】!”

Lü Yang struck with full force, wielding the 【Tribulation Wave】, performing hand seals, chanting incantations, and pointing to the profound—all in one seamless motion under the mystical augmentation.

This move had been long planned by Lü Yang.

He deliberately used the myriad sword lights and his Dharma Body to obscure Vimalakirti Venerable’s vision. When the latter finally broke through the layers of obstructions and saw Lü Yang, he also witnessed Lü Yang’s hand seal, heard his incantation, and was inevitably struck by the final pointing gesture.

“Splash, splash!”

In the next moment, Vimalakirti Venerable was hit by Lü Yang’s fully charged 【Decree of Moving Mountains and Shifting Peaks】, causing endless mud to gush from his seven orifices.

“Amitabha!”

Vimalakirti Venerable suffered a significant loss right at the start, immediately halting his upward movement, chanting the Buddha’s name, and then spitting out a bright Buddhist flame.

The flames engulfed his entire body, attempting to dissolve the mud.

However, how could Lü Yang give him this chance? Almost simultaneously as Vimalakirti Venerable tried to dispel the spell, Lü Yang’s figure vanished from his original spot.

Seeing this, Vimalakirti Venerable quickly slapped his forehead.

In the next second, Buddhist light flashed, and a Zen staff appeared out of thin air, blocking in front of him, just in time to intercept the blade of the 【Tribulation Wave】.

“Clang, clang—!”

Instantly, sparks flew, the sound of metal clashing resonated through the clouds, and even though the sharp sword energy was blocked, it still caused Vimalakirti Venerable’s entire body to ache.

In an instant, Vimalakirti Venerable was furious:

“Demon! How dare you be so arrogant?”

With this shout, Vimalakirti Venerable’s figure suddenly expanded, layers of Buddhist light emerged behind him, and numerous Zen forests stood tall, revealing a vast pure land.

Immediately after, countless golden lights flew out from the pure land, falling onto Vimalakirti Venerable like golden lacquer, dyeing his figure as if cast in gold, and his body expanded rapidly, transforming into a majestic golden body towering between heaven and earth.

【Golden Chestnut Tathagata Dharma Body】!

As soon as Vimalakirti Venerable revealed this technique, Lü Yang squinted his eyes, sensing a very similar aura from this towering golden body.

‘Just like me… drawing Qi from the 【Ten Thousand Martial World】?’

Lü Yang suddenly remembered that the 【Ten Thousand Martial World】 was not only the territory of the Holy Sect; as Real Person Miao Yin had once said, the Pure Land also had involvement there.

With thoughts racing, Lü Yang did not back down in the slightest.

He was confident in his extraordinary gains in the 【Ten Thousand Martial World】. Even a Great Real Person might not surpass him. If it came down to a contest of Dharma Bodies, the outcome was still uncertain!

“Boom!”

In the next second, the two Dharma Bodies collided like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami, with mysterious fire falling on one side and golden light dispersing on the other, triggering a sky-shattering sound.

Such a scene made Vimalakirti Venerable’s expression serious. Clearly, he did not expect Lü Yang’s Dharma Body to be so fierce. However, as a Venerable of the Pure Land and a Great Real Person, how could he consider himself inferior to a junior? He immediately stood his ground and clashed head-on.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each collision was like hundreds of thunderbolts exploding. Lü Yang fused with his Dharma Body, his innate divine abilities combined with the mystical power of the Dharma Body, and he suddenly shouted:

“Break! Shatter! Crack! Destroy! Die!”

With each shout, Lü Yang would drive his Dharma Body to deliver a powerful punch, each time accompanied by a brilliant divine light enhancing him.

【Kill in Power】!

Seven Kills in Power, disaster without control. This innate divine ability had a simple effect: causing all who harbored hostility towards Lü Yang to suffer 【calamities】.

These 【calamities】 could be minor mistakes during combat or deviations leading to inner demons. The greater the disparity in cultivation between the parties, the more potent the 【calamities】. Strictly speaking, this was a simplified version of the world’s killing intent, capable of killing invisibly!

In the next second, Vimalakirti Venerable’s figure suddenly froze.

If only 【Discern Right and Wrong】 and 【Heavenly Firmament】 couldn’t shake his golden body, then 【Kill in Power】 was the final straw.

In an instant, he felt his Qi become unbalanced.

The previously smooth operation of his Dharma Body suddenly showed some shackles, as if hidden flaws that had never been noticed before suddenly erupted.

Including the hidden injuries from being killed by Hong Ju earlier, even after reconstructing his Dharma Body, they hadn’t fully healed and now erupted, forming a severe chain reaction. For a moment, his previously manageable state became precarious. Before he could adjust, Lü Yang had already launched a full-force attack!

“Boom!”

With the final loud noise, the golden Buddhist light was smashed to pieces in one go, suddenly dispersing into a sky full of golden rain, unclear whether it was golden light or blood.

【Golden Chestnut Tathagata Dharma Body】 was broken!

‘The timing is perfect!’

Lü Yang took a step back, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The cost to himself was not small, and his manifested Dharma Body also showed fine cracks.

However, this injury was just right for him now!

With the mystical augmentation of the 【Dharma Body】, the heavier the injury, the stronger his divine abilities and magic power became. At this moment, they surged more powerfully than at the beginning!

“Hu—” Lü Yang took a deep breath.

Almost simultaneously, the 【Heavenly Firmament All-Encompassing Dharma Body】 behind him also inhaled, and the invisible suction force once again fell upon Vimalakirti Venerable.

【All-Encompassing】!

This Dharma Body’s mystical power specifically countered Buddhist cultivators. Vimalakirti Venerable, having been killed once before, had an unstable soul, and now felt the world spinning.

‘Not good!’

Only at this moment did a chill arise in Vimalakirti Venerable’s heart.

Because he realized that despite the intense battle between him and Lü Yang, the Dao Court and Sword Pavilion remained unresponsive, with no one coming to his aid.

‘This junior had planned this all along! He came prepared!’

As Vimalakirti Venerable suspected, Lü Yang’s confrontation with him was not a spur-of-the-moment decision but a calculated move after weighing the pros and cons.

After all, having successfully broken through, his position as a pseudo-Great Real Person had already shown enough ”value” to regain the attention of the Holy Sect’s True Lords.

Moreover, even among those whose paths were cut off, there was a significant difference between an ordinary Real Person and a Great Real Person. Even in the eyes of the True Lords, Great Real Persons were notable figures. As for the path being cut off? For a Great Real Person, this might even be a bonus, making it easier to gain the favor of the True Lords.

With the Holy Sect’s backing, many things became easier.

Having previously suffered attacks from various parties, Lü Yang had now turned the tables. Since both sides didn’t want to tear each other apart, a tacit compensation was naturally needed.

Then Lü Yang proposed his compensation through action.

He wanted to kill Vimalakirti!

In this situation, even the Pure Land wouldn’t try to stop Lü Yang, because in most people’s eyes, this was just Lü Yang’s little whim.

You want to kill Vimalakirti? Can you really do it?

What a joke. How could a Great Real Person be so easily killed? Not to mention a Great Real Person of the Pure Land. At worst, he could just rebuild his Dharma Body again.

In the eyes of the True Lords above, and even other Great Real Persons, Lü Yang couldn’t possibly kill Vimalakirti, so there was no intention to stop him. This ”compensation” was just a way to appease Lü Yang and save some effort. As for Vimalakirti? He would just have to endure the hardship.

After all, Buddhist cultivators were tough.

Could he really be beaten to death?

At this moment, only Vimalakirti Venerable, facing Lü Yang directly, could truly feel the pressure this junior brought him.

‘He wants to kill me... Can he kill me?’

Vimalakirti Venerable didn’t know the details, but his intuition as a Great Real Person constantly warned him that Lü Yang still had powerful techniques yet to be used.

‘That spiritual sword!’

Previously, when Lü Yang slashed the sea with one sword, splitting the sea and sky, the scene flashed through his mind. At that time, that sword was insignificant to him, but now, it might not be!