Chapter 1624: It Is Against Etiquette To Not Reciprocate

Thump...

Thump...

Thump...

It was as if these people were soulless puppets. They raised their heads and slammed them against the ground at the exact same time. They could not feel any pain even though their foreheads were bleeding profusely. They just kept kowtowing again and again, the eerily uniform noise resounding throughout the town like some sort of ritualistic music.

At the same time, the blood on the ground was slowly flowing toward the effigy. It slowly turned redder and redder until it looked like it might gain a mind at any moment.

Thump!

It was at this moment a heavenly drumbeat erupted from the sky, and the effigy exploded without warning. What sounded like a shrill cry broke out, and countless wisps of gray fog flew out of the statues and the people’s heads. They converged together and formed an old woman wearing a red outfit.

Seemingly sensing danger, the old woman tried to escape to the underground. However, the sun brightened and hit her with a beam of sunlight first before she could do anything. She let out a bloodcurdling scream and exploded into a pile of ashes just like that.

“What... What happened to us?” After the old woman died, the numb, befuddled people slowly regained their consciousness.

......

Deep inside a mountain forest, a bell was ringing clearly and resoundingly throughout the mountains.

The bell ringing came from a pure white temple. Not a single blemish could be found on the temple’s walls, and the temple itself was emitting a golden light. It looked both holy and mysterious.

However, a closer inspection would reveal that the white, jade-like brickstones that made up the temple were, in fact, not brickstones. They were bones. There were both human and animal bones. It had taken countless bones to create this temple.

A monk was sitting in the main hall. He was chanting his sutra and practicing his zazen.

The monk had a human body but a Buddha’s head. It was solemn, benevolent, and metallic like the Buddha’s head commonly found in an ordinary temple.

However, the Buddha statue in the hall was the opposite. The Buddha’s body was made of metal, but the head was made of flesh and blood.

It went without saying that it was a horrifying image.

“I want to become a Buddha[1]...”

“I want to become a Buddha...”

“I want to become a Buddha...”

The monk chanted quietly while emitting waves of Buddhist light that illuminated everything around him. His voice reverberated endlessly in the hall, solemn and divine.

Thump!

It was at this moment a thunderclap suddenly erupted in the sky, and the head on the Buddha statue suddenly winced like it was in pain. The entire temple shook soundlessly as if afraid as well.

The monk subconsciously looked up. The next moment, dazzling sunlight poured in like a river.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

The next moment, the entire temple of bones started melting like a candle. The head on the Buddha statue began weeping blood as well.

“Argh! The power of the Heavenly Way?” The monk barely got the time to look up at the sun before his metallic eyes burst into flames and charred in an instant. He screamed, “Who is the bastard who ruined my chance to become a Buddha? I won’t forget you!”

As he roared, the temple melted, the Buddha statue crumbled, and the monk burned into ash in an instant. Only the angry roar continued to reverberate endlessly throughout the mountains.

......

These were but a few examples of countless similar incidents that were happening throughout the God Continent.

Those cruel, vicious Strangers or tainted, filthy evils were all melting like snow or burning like paper under the bright, all-illuminating sunlight.

Those vile villains who wantonly slaughtered innocents and committed countless evils all felt as if they were being burned alive. The lucky, less sinful ones only felt mild trepidation and fear, but the unlucky, sinful ones were suffering backlashes and entering martial deviation.

If the Strangers and evils, villains and heretics thousands and thousands of kilometers away were suffering such a fate, those at the epicenter of the ritual—Night Demon, Corpse Buddha, White Bone Divine Sovereign, Great Emperor of Fengdu and more—could only fare worse.

Every single one of them had burst into violent, intense flames. Their yin and evil origin power was being purified bit by bit.

Although this power wasn’t enough to kill them, it was enough to inflict terrible pain and seriously injure them.

This would have been fine, but the Chief Libationist, Old Heavenly Master, Dragon Subjugating Zen Master, Haotian Hong, Xuanyuan Wang and more were all present. Naturally, they did not let go of the opportunity to kick the dog while it was down, give them a taste of their own medicine, and reciprocate all the grievances they had suffered so far.

In the end, Snake Evil Sovereign, Night Demon and Corpse Demon were slain by the combined might of the orthodox champions. They were the ones who were weakened the most after all. The Great Emperor of Fengdu, White Bone Divine Sovereign, Vile Kṣitigarbha, Evil Way King and Demon Scholar suffered great damage as well.

In fact, they could have killed them all if they didn’t need to worry about hurting innocents.

The small fries that were killed in the process were innumerable as a matter of course.

“Hahaha! Now this is what I call a battle!” In the sky of the imperial capital, the Old Heavenly Master was holding the Night Demon’s head with one hand while emitting large bursts of lightning and thunder.

It wasn’t just him. The Dragon Subjugating Zen Master, Princess Royal Furi, Divine Master Cang Xu and more were wearing delighted expressions, whereas the common people and

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people watching the people were cheering and venting their excitement and joy to their heart’s content.

Unlike the Strangers and evils, the sunlight did not make them feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, they felt refreshed and strong. They were recovering rapidly from the injuries they took during the battle as well.

“The realm is fixed, and the living is saved. Your merits truly know no bounds, Chief Libationist! Amitabha...” The Dragon Subjugating Zen Master said while observing his surroundings.

Most people couldn’t see this, but the evil qi that once infected the earth of the God Continent and the filthy qi that infested the realm were slowly fading under the sunlight. At the same time, light, spiritual qi was slowly rising into the air. It was like a gust of wind had blown away the coat of dust covering the entire continent, purifying it and making it as good as new.

The air was clear, and the realm was bright. Now that the evils and taints were purified, the rate at which Strangers were born would surely plummet. The number of natural disasters and calamities would decrease dramatically as well. The coming period would be one of favorable weather, peaceful rivers and seas, healthy citizens, and safe, unharmed lives.

Of course, this situation would not last forever. It might last three to five years, a year, or even just a few months. Still, it was endless beneficence and karma.

“Indeed, your merits are immeasurable!”

The Old Heavenly Master echoed in agreement before looking at the Chief Libationist. “Well done, Yinghu!”

“It is not my virtue alone. It is thanks to everyone that I have succeeded.”

The Chief Libationist bowed to everyone while saying, “Thank you, all of you. Please accept my bow!”

However, his partially black hair suddenly turned white in an instant, his skin suddenly grew wrinkled and decrepit, and his flesh shrank dramatically as if the life had been sucked out of it.

In just an instant, the Chief Libationist looked as if he had aged decades and turned from a middle-aged man to a dying old man with one foot in the grave.

“Chief Libationist!”

“Mister!”

The people cried out in shock as the Chief Libationist abruptly fell from the sky like a corpse!

1. The commenter who said that this is the most anti-Buddha novel ever is right lol. Like we’ve only had like two good Buddha sects so far and one of them adopts a hands-off approach lol. ☜