Chapter 1 The Saint Paul's College

Within Saint Paul's College, Ji Xiang was also looking towards the harbor.

The aura of the Ming Dynasty fleet could be sensed from a great distance. He hadn't expected the navy's movements to be so swift. He had only arrived here in the south recently, and they had already followed. However, this battle was beyond what a few dozen ships could influence. This place was now even more dangerous than the Battle of Noryang.

The harbor was blockaded, cutting off the supplies of the Franks. Of course, on the surface, they would find any excuse—inspection, repairs. In any case, the Franks often brought goods that violated trade regulations into Guangzhou. This time, the Guangzhou Provincial Administration Commissioner probably couldn't protect these people.

"This place is dangerous."

At this time, Saint Paul's College had completely become a church of a demonic sect, but the distortion of the doctrine was not yet severe. Because they feared Christianity's means of assimilation, the original plan was changed again.

They only spread the idea of the integration of gods and demons, not daring to say that demons could replace gods. They only tried to promote that the "One Demon" was the other side of Christ, but with a clear separation from Christ, which ensured the independence of the "One Demon" and prevented it from being swallowed by Christianity.

However, this transformation was too slow, and before they could come up with a solution, the situation here had already changed.

"That one has come."

Ji Xiang muttered to himself, not speaking to the Donghua Fairy.

But communicating with the Compassionate Vow Vajra.

"Indeed, he has come. Friend, will you open the Six Paths of Reincarnation in advance?"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra sensed the appearance of that Heavenly Heart realm cultivator even earlier than Ji Xiang, and was shocked by it. It wasn't that he feared him in terms of Buddhist Dharma, but rather because a dignified Heavenly Heart was entering this place, without any Heavenly Heart intervention?

What were the Heavenly Hearts of the Three Teachings thinking?

Last time, a Bodhisattva of Near-Perfect Enlightenment descended his form and spirit, which led to the appearance of the Wrathful Vajra to offer admonishment, and then the Purple-Clad God appeared to wreak havoc in the East Sea. Now that the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata had personally arrived, was only Avalokiteśvara coming to stop him?

"Avalokiteśvara is on our side. The South Sea is her territory. If the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata wants to do something here, he must go through her. But a Bodhisattva of Near-Perfect Enlightenment probably cannot contend with a Heavenly Heart, so Avalokiteśvara's appearance here to meet the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata represents the will of the Buddha."

"Should we use the Hungry Ghost Paper?"

After Ji Xiang ascended to immortality, the Compassionate Vow Vajra did not immediately urge Ji Xiang to help him open the Six Paths of Reincarnation, precisely because of the South Sea trip. Now it seemed that it was time to open the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"We must use it." Ji Xiang nodded, his expression extremely solemn, as if facing a great enemy.

As long as an immortal used the Hungry Ghost Paper and opened it, Ji Xiang and the Compassionate Vow Vajra would perform a wish-念 (niàn) guidance, and the true body of Kṣitigarbha in the Six Paths of Reincarnation would return.

There was no doubt that even among Bodhisattvas of Near-Perfect Enlightenment, Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva was a top existence. Although he could not normally contend against the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata, what if he wielded the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation?

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation are the rules of the world. If you want to break it, unless you destroy the Buddhist Dharma, kill all the Buddhas, and also destroy the Four Great Continents, Mount Sumeru's Jeweled Peak, and the Great Thunderclap Temple, destroying everything of Buddhism, then reincarnation will stop!"

"Therefore, even the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata, in the face of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, will find it difficult to use the Heavenly Heart technique. If he cannot use the Heavenly Heart's divine abilities, I believe he cannot act freely in the human world. Even if the other Heavenly Hearts of the Three Teachings are ambiguous about this matter, they will never allow the Grand Tutor of Virtue incident to happen again!"

"Then, he is just a flying immortal!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra analyzed. In truth, he did not want to conflict with the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata, but he could not go back on what he had promised Ji Xiang, because he had made a great vow, so this battle had to be fought.

"Let's leave here and go to the harbor. I can't predict what will happen next."

Ji Xiang already knew about the existence of the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata, including that the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata would come here to snatch the form and spirit of the Ghost-Slaying Great General. All of this was clearly seen in the future vision. The illusion showed that he would be killed, and the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata would advance to a higher level, which was not the "Primordial Unity" realm he had once heard of.

But a higher place. At that time, he was like an ancient ancestor of all Buddhas, the first of all Buddhas, radiating immeasurable light all over his body, able to know all things past and future, and even change and reverse them.

But this was just an illusion, and there was a high probability of failure. This was certain!

Because if the other party really succeeded in the future, then he would already be dead now!

The Donghua Fairy did not need to ask; she also sensed the appearance of a transcendent existence, which made her face tense. To her, the strength of this unknown figure seemed to be no less than that of the Azure Child Great Lord!

"Tao Lord?"

In her era, the Heavenly Heart realm was called Tao Lord. The so-called Tao Lord was a title for high-level immortals. Above flying immortals or feather men, those who resided among all immortals were Tao Lords.

"More than that, there are also people sent by the Christian faction. Even from a great distance, I can feel his existence. He is too substantial, as if everything around him is illusory, and only he is a solid stone, able to maintain substance in the illusory world."

"His 'presence' is too high."

At the entrance of Saint Paul's College, two people entered.

They passed through the layer of enchantment, and as soon as they entered, Ji Xiang and the Donghua Fairy sensed it, and immediately took a step forward, appearing at the door.

"Oh, you directly use an immortal-level movement technique. Aren't you afraid of exposing yourself? You should be doing demonization work here in this form, right?"

"Your name is very famous in the South Sea."

The man was wearing a black robe, not a black Daoist robe, but just ordinary clothes that could be seen everywhere.

But his body was surrounded by faint black mist. Behind him was a child. When the child saw Ji Xiang, a look of confusion appeared in his eyes, and Ji Xiang instantly returned to his original appearance.

Immediately, the child's eyes became covered with blood vessels.

"Who are you?" Ji Xiang looked at the person in front of him, and the person did not speak in riddles:

"I wonder if the Arctic True Man has heard of my reputation?"

"I am Zhou Sheng. An agent of the Eternal Heaven Palace." Saying this, he pointed to the child beside him: "Nuerhachi's son, I forgot what he used to be called, is now called Shen Kui."

Ji Xiang was shocked: "You are Zhou Sheng? A thing formed from black qi?"

"Hehe, a fortunate coincidence. Heaven wanted me to be born in this chaotic world, so I was born in response to destiny. I can also be considered one of the Ten Direction Divine Fiends in the world."

Zhou Sheng's eyes were filled with excitement:

"I'm here to discuss terms with you."

"There is a Heavenly Heart targeting you. He wants to kill you and take your Primordial Beginning Divine Position to achieve a legendary Buddhist fruit position. That Buddha position exists in the future and exists in the past. Once certified, it is eternally certified. He is the essence of time itself, and is born before the Buddhist Dharma. He is the Buddha among Buddhas, the God of all Buddhas."

"Primordial Buddha. Someone told him that combining the Primordial Beginning Divine Position with his Mahāvairocana Tathāgata power might allow him to obtain this legendary Buddha fruit. Whether he can prove it is his business, but you will definitely be killed by him."

"So, I'll get straight to the point. I'm here to kill a few people. I want to kill that Thunder King, but I can't beat him, so I need your help."

"Don't rush to refuse."

Zhou Sheng saw that Ji Xiang wanted to speak and quickly interrupted: "I'll just state the conditions."

"You help me kill the Thunder King. He has the dragon qi that Buddhism supports him with. Cut off this dragon qi and feed it to my little doll."

"The Palace Lord of our Eternal Heaven Palace will help you with the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata matter. His name is Sun En, a Heavenly Heart realm cultivator, known as the Demonic Heavenly Master! After you kill this Mahāvairocana Tathāgata, our Heavenly Palace will not interfere with anything you do with him!"

"Of course, participating in this matter is also because our Palace Lord dislikes the Mahāvairocana Tathāgata."

"Sun En?!" Ji Xiang muttered these two words. How could he not know about this person's deeds? He just didn't expect that he was still alive. It turned out that escaping into the sea and ascending to immortality was true.

Zhou Sheng: "There will be places where we need to ask you for help in the future. Although the Eternal Heaven Palace used to have some unpleasant conflicts with you, we now have aligned interests. After all, you also killed Nuerhachi, so we don't really have any major conflicts."

Ji Xiang looked at the child and frowned, "Nuerhachi's son... You still want to support a new ruler of the world. Also, my relationship with the Eternal Heaven Palaces within the land is not good."

"If your Eternal Heaven Palace is on good terms with me, aren't you afraid of the Vermillion Fire Palace causing you trouble? Or are you stronger than the Vermillion Fire Palace or the Silent Wheel Palace?"

Zhou Sheng's expression was strange:

"We are not as strong as the Vermillion Fire Palace, that is the Supreme Purity, but regarding the current situation of the Vermillion Fire Palace... I still have to say something. The reason why the Supreme Purity is not appearing in front of you now is not because they are doing something big, but because they are being assassinated by your ancestor every day."

"The Fire Dragon True Man has gone crazy with killing."