Chapter 555 - 17: A Dao Fruit Sees Me as the Cyan Celestial Realm, the Buddha Mother Apologizes, a 4-Way Division of the World

"Speaking of which, what exactly is going on with Xiaoxuan?"

The Supreme seemed tired. He set down the Eight Trigrams Furnace and looked at the two bruised and swollen Daoists, asking with a smile.

"A good question." Sprawled listlessly in the Chaos Qi, the Lame Daoist rolled his eyes and said,

"The weapon he forged, combined with him attaining the Daluo realm for the second time, seems to have triggered something, causing Xiaoxuan to undergo a complete and utter transformation..."

Nearby, the Blind Daoist rubbed his swollen face and also said,

"It’s probably a completely new Transcendent Trait. Although Xiaoxuan is a Daluo and still exists within the flow of Years and Time, he has set foot into a domain that ordinary Dao Fruit beings cannot. That is..."

"The future," the Supreme answered for him, stroking the Eight Trigrams Furnace as he spoke thoughtfully,

"The future is not fixed. Everything is in flux, a realm that even a Dao Fruit cannot enter."

"If a Daluo becomes Supreme, they exist in every Instant of past Years and Time."

"If one becomes an Ancient One, they leap out of Ancient History. Even if you, Primordial, were to return to before the Creation of Heaven and Earth, refuse the Heaven Opening, and not create the world, the Ancient One would not die even if the Years were extinguished."

"As for an Enlightened One, they occupy all of the past and present, bind a portion of the future, and link themselves to it. But..."

The Supreme’s gaze was profound as he spoke calmly,

"But Xiaoxuan surpasses even an Enlightened One. He cannot yet bind the future—a trait of the Enlightened Ones—but he can... occupy a portion of the future."

Grave expressions appeared on the faces of the Blind Daoist and the Lame Daoist.

The latter sighed softly.

"He occupies a portion of the future, yet only an [Enlightened One] can touch the domain of the unhappened future. Therefore..."

The Blind Daoist picked up where he left off, his gaze piercing.

"Therefore, for Xiaoxuan, when facing anyone beneath an Enlightened One—even an Ancient One—as long as they don’t already possess an [Enlightened One’s Trait] and haven’t bound a part of the future, then Xiaoxuan is..."

"Innately Invincible."

.........

「Late Han Dynasty.」

"Then let’s give it a try. So what?"

In the place where reality and illusion met, the Buddha Mother attacked without hesitation. A great finger struck toward the entirety of Ancient History, encompassing Lu Xuan within it, leaving him with no escape!

A terrifying killing intent washed over him. Before the finger even arrived, Lu Xuan had already begun to shatter. The gap between a Daluo and a Dao Fruit was even greater than the gap between a Daluo and a Jade Tower!

Lu Xuan coughed up a mouthful of blood, facing the world-shaking finger head-on. He stared at the World of Infinite Buddha Sounds churning within the whorls of the fingerprint.

The Azure Heaven Crown on his head shook violently, yet his expression did not change. He merely chuckled, "Buddha Mother, can you truly kill this humble Daoist?"

As his words fell, the finger fell.

DONG!

The Dao Fruit’s great finger tapped Lu Xuan on the head. Fine cracks appeared on the Azure Heaven Crown, which then fell into the void. And Lu Xuan?

He began to dissipate, to be annihilated. [Hongjun Daoist] was erased from the River of Time, completely ceasing to exist!

Everything returned to silence.

"He... he’s dead?"

The Immortal Mother swallowed, a sense of lingering fear rising in her heart. She was even more terrified by the power a Dao Fruit could wield.

’The Hongjun Daoist, whom I was no match for at all, was like a ridiculous toy before the Buddha Mother—shattering with a single tap, obliterated with a single touch!’

The Buddha Mother calmly withdrew his finger, his expression serene.

"I tried. You died. So what?"

He looked at the tattered Daoist Robe and the cracked Azure Heaven Crown drifting in the void and gave a soft chuckle.

At this moment, in the Chaos, the Demon Ancestor and the Ancient Bodhi Buddha also cast their gazes over. The former frowned slightly, seemingly displeased, but ultimately said nothing.

The Ancient Bodhi Buddha, however, said with a smile,

"This Hongjun Daoist has mysterious origins. Although he is your ally in the Current World where reality and illusion collide, that is, after all, only one possibility. It is not fated. Now that he has caused so much trouble, killing him off might not necessarily be a bad thing."

"I am aware," the Demon Ancestor said flatly. "It is just a pity for such a heaven-sent genius... Hmm?"

The Demon Ancestor and the Ancient Bodhi Buddha sensed that something was wrong. Ripples were spreading through the Years. They once again turned their eyes to the spot where the Hongjun Daoist had perished!

The Maitreya Buddha Mother, who was about to leave with the Immortal Mother and deal with the matter of the Supreme Profound Clarity and Profound Yellow, also paused.

As if sensing something, he turned his head back in surprise.

In the void, the Hongjun Daoist stood there perfectly fine. He adjusted the crown on his head and said with a smile,

"An Ancient One? Very impressive, but... I suppose that’s all there is to it."

The Immortal Mother’s eyes widened. The Maitreya Buddha Mother’s expression also changed abruptly, astonishment flashing in his eyes, and he immediately attacked again without hesitation!

"Not dead? How is that possible?"

This time, the Buddha Mother truly used his full power. A single palm encompassed the infinite great-thousand worlds, the multiple great universes, and all worlds and realms!

A sense of horror arose in the hearts of all living beings in the myriad realms, as if the apocalypse was upon them.

And in fact, the apocalypse had indeed arrived!

The Celestial Myriad Realms all collapsed with a RUMBLE under the Maitreya Buddha Mother’s palm, ensuring that every other self of the Hongjun Daoist that might be hiding within was completely exterminated.

Even the River of Time was thrown into turmoil by the Buddha Mother’s palm, churning with monstrous waves, on the verge of collapse!

The Hongjun Daoist was once again destroyed, even erased at the conceptual source.

His entire being was like a stick-figure drawing being rubbed out by an eraser, wiped away bit by bit into the void, with even his Cause and Effect severed!

"This time... he should be dead, right?"

The Buddha Mother stood coldly upon the ruins of all the worlds and realms, the infinite multiverses, and the infinite great-thousand worlds. Just as he was about to reverse Time and reforge the myriad realms...

"Is that all?"

...the Hongjun Daoist said with a smile.

"Still not dead??"

This time, the Maitreya Buddha Mother was truly frightened. He was utterly shocked, and even the Demon Ancestor and the Ancient Bodhi Buddha, who were observing quietly, were stunned.

The latter seemed to have noticed something, his pupils shrinking.

"That is..."

Meanwhile,

his heart filled with horror, the Buddha Mother’s face twisted into a snarl and he abruptly opened his mouth wide.