The purple-gold thunder light in his eyes flared, and his killing intent swept out like a tangible, frigid tide.
"Let you achieve that Nine Netherworld status, controlling reincarnation and salvation? By then, you will command reincarnation, reversing life and death. Whether the world’s billions of souls are reborn as pigs, dogs, or humans will depend entirely on your personal whims.
If such authority falls into your hands, how is that any different from the devil’s den of the World Honored One Tathagata, where everyone is forced to become a Buddha? Both are evil paths that manipulate the masses and enslave their Divine Souls!"
Xu Yunfan’s every word struck a fatal blow, completely tearing away the mask to reveal the chilling, ultimate vision hidden beneath Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s great vow.
Hearing Xu Yunfan’s awe-inspiringly righteous words, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva nearly lost his composure. He let out a light chuckle.
"I certainly didn’t expect a True Monarch from the Primordial Sect to be so compassionate, so concerned for the state of the world. It is quite a surprise to me."
Xu Yunfan ignored the sarcasm in Ksitigarbha’s words and said coolly, "Ksitigarbha, you will not succeed. Even if I don’t stop you, other Golden Core Realm Cultivators will appear to kill you. You may be able to offset the Celestial Tribulation with boundless Merit, but you cannot escape the Human Tribulation."
No one wanted to be controlled in the cycle of reincarnation, especially not a Golden Core True Monarch.
Protected by their Immortal Golden Nature, they could reincarnate without losing their Innate Wisdom, and without exception, they would be reborn as humans.
But if Ksitigarbha became part of the process, whether they became a pig, a dog, a human, or an insect would be anyone’s guess.
Who would be willing to accept that?
"Ten thousand tribulations forge the blade, Yin Evil brings extinction! Nine Nether Profound Evil, Immortal-slaying, Godslaying! Array, rise!"
Xu Yunfan hesitated no longer. The command from his lips was like a cold wind blowing from the Nine Netherworld.
He controlled Han Shi’s body, which had become somewhat broken from bearing his Golden Core Magical Power. His hands moved like butterflies flitting among flowers, rapidly changing as he executed the final, incredibly profound Array Technique.
The vast Magical Power within him, along with the last vestiges of Life Force in Han Shi’s mortal shell, were mercilessly wrung out, becoming the key that would unleash the killing intent of heaven and earth.
The Ten Thousand Tribulations Yin Sha Extinction Sword Formation!
RUMBLE!
Surrounding the outer perimeter of the battlefield, countless ghastly white, sword-shaped Array Banners, which had been hidden within the Sea of Blood’s whirlpools and among the heaps of white bones, suddenly burst forth from the waves.
These banners were no longer the dark red of the previous Nine Nether Profound Evil Slaughter Immortal Thunder Array. Instead, they were a deathly, ghastly white, like withered bones that had been soaked for ten thousand years.
On the surface of the banners were not Thunder Runes, but eerie sword patterns branded from the phantoms of countless twisted, wailing souls.
The entire Sea of Suffering felt as if it were being gripped and squeezed by a giant, invisible hand.
Endless Yin Evil Death Qi, boundless killing karma accumulated over countless ages, and the resentment of the newly departed souls caught in the previous battle’s crossfire were all drawn in. As if summoned by a fatal temptation, they crazily converged on the ghastly white Array Banners.
The sword-shaped banners fluttered loudly, greedily devouring this negative energy. The soul-sword patterns on their surfaces seemed to come alive, letting out mournful shrieks that could tear a Divine Soul apart.
Torrents of grayish-black energy, visible to the naked eye, rushed in from all directions and poured into the Sword Array.
The space within the array twisted violently. One by one, enormous Sword Gangs, formed entirely from pure Yin Evil Death Qi and Endless Killing Grudge, slowly began to take shape.
These Sword Gangs were a ghastly white threaded with a deep, profound black. Their edges constantly steamed with a Black Qi that could corrode all things, and they radiated a terrifying Sword Qi bent on slaughtering all life and extinguishing everything.
The blades’ edges were all pointed directly at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva on his damaged lotus platform.
This array specialized in devouring Vitality and defiling the Spiritual Light of Magical Treasures. Moreover, it contained the ultimate True Intent of death and finality, which perfectly resonated with the Bitter Sea Environment, amplifying its power to the absolute extreme.
The Nine Nether Profound Evil Slaughter Immortal Thunder Array!
At almost the same instant the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sword Array activated, the Nine Nether Profound Evil Slaughter Immortal Thunder Array—which Xu Yunfan had previously suppressed but whose Array Base remained intact—was completely reignited by this kindred killing intent and energy.
CRACKLE! BOOM!!
The sky was once again covered by raging thunderclouds, but this time, the clouds were an even more eerie and profound purplish-black.
Countless terrifying Thunderbolts, each as thick as a giant python, once again rained down. However, their nature produced a strange resonance with the Yin Evil Death Qi of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sword Array.
Two Grand Arrays.
One of the sword, for slaughter and extinction.
One of thunder, for destruction and purification.
Now, under the forced harmonization by Xu Yunfan’s authority to command all thunder via his Divine Sky Dao Fruit, the two arrays actually broke the common logic of conflicting attributes, forming a bizarre Yin and Yang cycle.
The Yin Evil Death Qi and killing grudges gathered by the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sword Array became the perfect fuel for the Nine Nether Thunder Array, causing the power of its various Yin Thunders to surge several times over.
In turn, the raging Thunderbolts from the Nine Nether Thunder Array—with their powers of destruction, damnation, defilement, and soul-luring—acted like an invisible forge hammer, continuously tempering and compressing the Yin Evil Sword Gangs within the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sword Array, making them more condensed, sharper, and more vicious.
The energies of the two Grand Arrays stimulated and amplified each other, forming an ever-expanding vortex of destruction that locked the heavily-injured Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva firmly in its center.
This was no longer a simple stacking of arrays. It was a dual-array Forbidden Realm that Xu Yunfan had forcibly created through his terrifying understanding of the Array Dao and his absolute control over the Divine Sky Dao Fruit—a domain designed specifically to slaughter a Bodhisattva!
"What?! An array embedded within an array?! Reverse-refining Yin and Yang?! You...!"
The calm composure and newfound confidence on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s face vanished without a trace, replaced by a horror so profound it bordered on despair.
He had read countless Buddhist Scriptures and knew the Ten Thousand Laws, yet he had never seen anyone so mad as to forcibly merge and activate two peerless, vicious arrays with conflicting attributes in such a manner.
This was a complete subversion of the Array Dao itself.
Xu Yunfan’s understanding and control of the Array Dao had actually reached such an unimaginable level.
It was completely beyond his comprehension.
Never before had the shadow of death loomed so clearly and heavily over him.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva could clearly feel his shattered Buddha Country Grotto Heaven groaning under the pressure of this dual destructive force, as if it would completely collapse in the next second.
The Extinction Sword Intent radiating from the ghastly white Yin Evil Sword Gangs and the destructive might contained within the purple-black Divine Thunder were both frantically eroding his remaining Buddha Power and Golden Body Origin.
"No! My Dao is not yet complete! How can I perish here?!"
Extreme fear and a mad unwillingness to accept his fate instantly devoured Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s sanity.
He let out a sharp, inhuman shriek, his eyes fixed on one thing only: the Taiyin Nether Dragon Fruit, which was emanating a cold, alluring radiance.
A final, desperate gamble!
Devour the Dao Fruit!
On the razor’s edge between life and death, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva made a move that caused even Xu Yunfan’s pupils to shrink.
He no longer tried to defend himself or escape. Instead, he risked everything on a single, final gamble.
His hands suddenly flew open, forming an extremely bizarre Seal Technique. It was not a Buddha Seal, but rather a seal of plunder, one that seemed to originate from the ancient Origin of Reincarnation itself.
VWOOM!
The utterly ruined illusion of his Buddha Country Grotto Heaven erupted with a final, dim light. It formed a distorted vortex with a powerful attractive force, aimed directly at the Taiyin Nether Dragon Fruit hanging from the branches of the White Bone Monster Tree.
"Dao Fruit, return to your rightful place! Help me vanquish this demon!"
A vast and abstruse suction force instantly crossed the space and enveloped the cold Dao Fruit.
The Dao Fruit seemed to be pulled by some force. It began to tremble violently, its cold radiance flickering like a breath.