The entire netherworld is dark and shrouded in a bleak mist all day long. It is gray all around, making people feel extremely depressed.
Occasionally, a gust of cold wind blows, making people feel cold. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has now become a Buddha and returned to the Pure Land of Paradise in the West. Above Yinshan Mountain, it is dim and the Buddha's light no longer shines through, and hell is even darker.
When Zhou Zhu flew away, a clear light appeared on his head, which was extremely soft.
In the center of the clear light, a bright pearl rose slowly, illuminating Fengdu Naihe and Yinshan Sea of Blood.
The Buddha's light and golden cloud of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has great power, a little overbearing, but also has a taste of temptation. Although the vow of not becoming a Buddha until hell is empty is grand, it does not capture the true meaning of Zen. If hell is truly empty, reincarnation will be useless. Wouldn't that go against the destiny of heaven? The great way is inaction, and the reincarnation of living beings has its own cause and effect entanglement. It is precisely because of the killing that Amitabha ordered Ksitigarbha to become a Buddha.
After five hundred years of killing, is hell still empty?
Flying all the way, the clear light sprinkled down, Zhou Zhu saw that in Fengdu City, countless wandering souls of all sizes were entangled in karma, struggling in pain, howling, wailing, and singing sad songs.
Zhou Zhu saw that the wandering souls, men and women, old and young, beautiful and ugly, good and evil, were all in a mess. When those evil ghosts and evil things were touched by the clear light, they suddenly felt a sense of emptiness. When he woke up, the clear light flew away, like a glimpse of a startled wild goose.
Zhou Zhu flew all the way, using the immortal light of heaven to penetrate the netherworld. Seeing Fengdu Naihe and Huangquan ghost road, he thought to himself: The netherworld hell is really miserable. No wonder people in the world hope to become immortals and become Buddhas, to escape from the world and jump out of reincarnation. The Buddhists here ferry people to the blissful West Heaven and escape from the sea of suffering, which is also a very good thing.
But is the West Heaven really bliss? Daddy once said that the heaven does not care about all things, allowing them to be born and die. In the vast void, between the creation of the universe, there will always be reincarnation and decline, so where is the bliss?
Seeing the misery of this hell and the world's sinking, Zhou Zhu couldn't help but admire the compassion of the Buddhists, but suddenly remembered Zhou Qing's words, and thought carefully, although bliss is good, it is just a piece of pure land derived from the power of will, and it is ultimately false.
Under the heavenly way, treating everyone equally is also unkind. Where in the world is the Pure Land? Where in the world is the bliss? That bliss, that Pure Land, is ultimately an illusory place that blinds the soul and seeks reliance.
When the killing luck comes, even with the power of Amitabha Buddha, it cannot be reversed. Even that Pure Land will be tainted with the killing luck. Buddha and Bodhisattva cannot escape the disaster. Can Buddha still have mercy on the killing luck?
Under the heavenly way, whether you are the Pure Land of Bliss or the mortal world of Yama, there is no difference after all.
The clear light is more distant, and the pearl is more crystal. Zhou Zhu flashed and stepped on the sea. The endless waves of the sea of blood surged, but it was nowhere close. Her body calmed down as soon as it encountered the clear light.
Which immortal are you? How dare you enter my Shura Blood Sea? A group of extremely ugly Shura warriors holding steel forks and covered with scales floated out of the blood sea, rushing out countless blood pillars. Although Ksitigarbha became a Buddha and the Shura clan lost their enemy, the Styx was captured, the four demon kings were suppressed, and the Shura clan was seriously injured and dared not come out again.
I am Zhang Ziran's senior sister, and I have something to see him, Zhou Zhu said. One of the Shura warriors heard it and hurried down. But in a moment, the blood sea rolled and separated from both sides. Zhang Ziran came up in a brocade dress. When he saw Zhou Zhu, he was overjoyed and called her senior sister.
Sister Zhu, why did you come to see me today, Zhang Ziran said.
I am following the edict of the senior sister, and I will tell you. Then Zhou Zhu followed Zhang Ziran down the blood sea and came all the way to the Great Asura Demon Palace. After sitting down, Zhou Zhu said: Junior brother, you were taken away since you were young and entered the Shura clan, but you are still my Tiandao lineage. Now that my father has become the Yuanshi, my senior sister is in charge of the great sect, has entered the Heavenly Palace, and has settled in Lingxiao, I have specially summoned you back to the sect. I am here to help the Shura clan get a name and be canonized by the Heavenly Court.
Zhang Ziran laughed dryly and said: Senior sister is right, I will follow you to the Heavenly Palace and return to the sect, but now the Shura clan is ruled by my aunt Xigua, and the canonization matter still needs my aunt to discuss.
Zhou Zhu nodded, and Zhang Ziran then personally invited Xigua to come. The leader has been suppressed, and must be rescued, but now my Asura Dao lineage is weak, and all the sisters are not on the same page with me, and are all hanging around Zhuanxu in the Earthly Immortal Realm. Although Zhuanxu is the Human Emperor, his power is weak now, and he has many connections with Duobao Taoist. Although he is a member of my Asura lineage in this life, it is probably impossible to rescue the leader.
Zhuanxu became Wang Yinyang in this life and joined the Asura sect to practice. After becoming the Human Emperor, because of his weak power, he could not resist the attack of the Tang Dynasty, so he still had to rely on the Asura Dao, which was worth the promise. If he wiped out the Tang Dynasty and promoted the Human Religion, he would definitely rescue the Styx and the four great demons, and many of the Asura princesses would come to him.
Xigua was unwilling to do so and wanted to find another supporter. After thinking about it, he thought that Zhou Qing's Tiandao Sect was the best choice. Zhou Qing had great magical powers, and Sakyamuni was no match for him. However, the two sides had been enemies. Although Zhang Ziran was the lead, Xigua was not good at looking for the people of Tiandao Sect.
Now that Zhou Zhu came here, he was just sleepy, and someone brought him a pillow. Xigua was overjoyed and hurried out to meet him. Zhou Zhu was gentle and spoke appropriately. After a few words, they both had a good impression of each other.
At that moment, Zhang Ziran and Xigua followed Zhou Zhu out of the sea of blood and went to the Heavenly Court to be canonized.
Wen Lanxin really canonized Zhang Ziran as the Holy King of the Netherworld, Xigua as the Saintess, and the Shura clan to assist the Ten Kings of Hell in jointly managing the six reincarnations. First, the power of the underworld was weak, and the immortals from Shushan and other places often came to disturb. With the Shura clan as a thug, the underworld just used it to deal with those troublesome immortals. Second, the Shura clan was also orthodox.
The demon monkey in Huaguo Mountain is causing chaos, involving the Pure Land of Saha. You can send troops to help your senior brother to eliminate the demon atmosphere. Maybe you can rescue Shen Gongbao and others from the Styx. Watermelon said to them after being conferred.
It was the monkey in Huaguo Mountain who colluded with Tathagata to assassinate the founder. This hatred should have been avenged long ago. You can also take advantage of the time when the Heavenly Court is attacking to fish in troubled waters and rescue the founder. It is not certain. When Watermelon heard this, he immediately thought to himself.
Huaguo Mountain and the Pure Land of Saha are originally of the same lineage. Watermelon still knows this. Otherwise, how could there be the Fighting Buddha
At that moment, Watermelon returned to the Blood Sea and called the five million Asura warriors under his command, together with several demon kings, ghost mothers, Indra, Ritu, and Bayan among the Asuras, and came to Huaguo Mountain with Zhang Ziran.
But the monkey had a great time fighting with Jiufeng. He mentioned the three people, the Purifier Bodhisattva, and somersaulted to the Flower-Fruit Mountain. He roared continuously, and his voice cracked gold and split stone.
Monkey brother, don't shout anymore. The Purifier Bodhisattva's body flashed a black light, and turned into the pig monster with a long mouth and big ears. The Eight Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattvas also turned into a young man in white.
The monkey's eyes retracted the golden light, entered the Water Curtain Cave, and sat on the throne.
Monkey brother, why are you making trouble in the Heavenly Palace again? Isn't it just provoking a killing disaster? The leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect has become a saint, and his disciples are in charge of the Heavenly Palace. What does it have to do with us? If Tang Sanzang dies, he dies. We will guard the Flower-Fruit Mountain, which is a pure land. We don't have to worry about food and drink. When we have nothing to do, we can sleep for a while. It doesn't matter whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter. How comfortable it is.
Zhu Bajie came in with a bitter face.
When the killing luck of the Pure Land comes, where is the Pure Land? The monkey's eyes turned red, and he jumped off the throne, raised his crutches, and walked around twice: Pure Land is fabricated, used to deceive the world. If the monks don't give those people a Pure Land, will they believe you?
In the killing luck, there is only a ray of hope. Even if there is a Pure Land, you have to fight for it yourself.
The monkey walked around twice again and cursed: You are a jerk, greedy and lazy, and you are fooled by the trick of Laozi's emptiness and extinction. You have no reason to lose face in my Flower and Fruit Mountain. The world is like a refinement, leaving only a ray of hope. You have to fight for it. If you don't fight for it, let others fight for it. The leader of the Heavenly Dao is the role model, and we should all learn from him.
The Eight Treasures Golden Body Arhat said: Big Brother, you have also been enlightened by Buddhism, so it's not good to say so.
The monkey sneered and cursed: Fighting Buddha Nirvana, the cause and effect have been cut off long ago, what Buddha is there
Zhu Bajie smiled bitterly: Brother Monkey, what's the matter with you making trouble in the Heavenly Palace now, and provoking the Heavenly Dao Sect, you must come to attack my Huaguo Mountain. The Heavenly Palace today is not the same as the Heavenly Palace in the past, I am afraid that my Huaguo Mountain will not be able to resist.
Bodhisattva Guangli and the Golden Body Arhat stood aside, not easy to speak.
The monkey jumped onto the throne again: I have my own arrangements. Anyway, there is a disaster this time, and it is necessary to harm people. I will find someone to take over. Once the disaster of my Huaguo Mountain is over, there will be a battle between heaven and man in the future. After the killing disaster is over, Huaguo Mountain will be a pure land of one disaster. Otherwise, we will all die. You all must listen to my arrangements.
Summoned the two generals Bengba and the two marshals Maliu, gathered all the monsters in Aolai Kingdom in Huaguo Mountain, and arranged the troops.
The monkey just fought up to the sky, arrived at Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and came to the seat of Zhunti Taoist.
My disciple Huaguo Mountain will be attacked by the Heavenly Court soon, and I hope the master will have mercy on the monkey.
Zhunti Taoist said: You should have a calamity, this is the destiny. Can someone take over, and in the future, you can promote the human religion, and then end the killing calamity, and fight the battle between heaven and man. At that time, he called the boy: Call Randeng and others to come.
At that time, Shu, Puxian, Guanyin, Kunpeng, Dingguang, Ma Yuan, Vinaza, Huaguang, Sandalwood Merit Buddha and other Buddhist disciples who practiced under Zhunti Taoist came to the stage.
You have committed the killing calamity, and now the killing luck has started, and it has risen in Huaguo Mountain. You can go there by yourself, end the killing calamity, and then join the reincarnation of Douzhan Sheng Buddha to help him pacify the human religion, and then fight the battle between heaven and man. Zhunti Taoist said again.
The Taoist Zhunti ordered the boy to cut down ninety-nine bodhi trees in the bodhi garden and taught the monkey a method called the Aryadoro Bodhi formation: set up in the mountains to ensure peace of mind
More than a dozen people obeyed the order and followed the monkey down to the Flower-Fruit Mountain.
Two days later, the army of heaven had already appeared in the sky above the Flower-Fruit Mountain. It was densely packed, surrounded by auspicious clouds, flags fluttering, long banners standing in a forest, thunder drums roaring, covering the entire sky.
Liao Xiaojin saw the golden light rising to the sky in the Flower-Fruit Mountain, and there was an infinite amount of green light around it, which was extremely sticky and formed towering bodhi trees, covering the entire Flower-Fruit Mountain: What is the difference between the Great Sage Equal to Heaven? I have to be careful this time and wipe out the Flower-Fruit Mountain, otherwise it will not be easy for the eldest sister to blame me. After arranging the formation, Liao Xiaojin ordered: Lingzhuzi, you have experience in besieging the Flower-Fruit Mountain, go and call the formation of the poisonous dragon and Baliming, follow together. Lingzhuzi led 100,000 heavenly soldiers and Tianlai, who had just stopped outside the green light of the Bodhi tree, looked down and saw the Water Curtain Cave in the Flower-Fruit Mountain. He shouted: Great Sage Equaling Heaven, you disturbed the Heavenly Palace, offended the Great Heavenly Venerable, and injured the princess. You are really guilty. Come out and be captured.
As soon as the voice fell, a long roar, shaking the earth, came from the mountain, causing the white clouds to roll. The monkey held the Ruyi stick, wore a chainmail golden armor, and led countless demon soldiers to rush up. There was even more golden light around. All the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas sat on the lotus platform, among the demon soldiers, confronting the heavenly soldiers.
Nezha, you rebellious son, without a father or a king, you presumptuously associate with a group of rebellious demons, and dare to speak wildly. Guanyin Bodhisattva sat down on the wooden Zha, and Manjusri Bodhisattva sat down on the golden Zha. He shouted angrily and raised his sword.
Today, you, the rebellious son, must be put to death.
Lingzhuzi sneered as he saw them: So they are all bald heads. You two are just country chickens. I won't bother with you. Today, we have to stop the heavenly soldiers. If not, retreat. We will settle the cause and effect after we catch the demon monkey and annihilate the Flower-Fruit Mountain.
Good rebellious son, do you dare to fight me to death? Mu Zha said angrily. The monkey over there just sneered, and the other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas had different expressions. The three brothers on the battlefield settled their grievances.
I am a great god in the heavenly court. How can I fight with you? Baliming, Dulong, take these two people down. After capturing the demon monkey, we will be imprisoned in Taiyu Tianzhong together and eat prison food with Li Jing. Lingzhuzi sneered.
Baliming laughed grimly and used the magical power of Tianxiang Corpse Ghost. A deep white shadow rushed towards the two people in the infinite green demon light.
Stand back, and let me fight this monster. A long roar came from the south, and then a crystal light appeared. A strange weapon flew over and fought against Baliming. A figure also appeared, it was Yang Jian.