Chapter 1 The Power of Medicine Buddha

Chanting Buddhist hymns, the cold air of the Yellow Springs was gradually dispelled from this dark land. At the same time, a blazing fire appeared on Ji Xiang’s body. The power of the Samadhi Fire Wheel operated autonomously upon hearing the Buddhist sounds. The Mani Fire intertwined with the cold air of the Yellow Springs, aiming to transform this vile world into a pure land!

“Thus I have heard: At one time, the Blessed One was traveling in various countries and arrived at the city of Vaishali, dwelling under the Music Tree, with a great assembly of eight thousand bhikshus and thirty-six thousand bodhisattva-mahasattvas...."

The merit-filled scripture of the Medicine King Buddha was recited in a very short time. At this moment, a vast Buddhist power suddenly appeared in the dim Yellow Springs, transcending the barriers between realms, manifesting in this land of death!

The power of responding to the world arises when those who practice the Dharma, holding the fundamental sanctity of the Dharma, receive a response. This is true not only for Buddhism but also for Taoism and Confucianism. Reciting many sacred titles and studying the scriptures and texts they left behind establishes a connection with the Immortals, Buddhas, and Saints. When encountering difficulties, sincerely reciting their scriptures uses the scriptures as an intermediary, transcending the barriers between realms to bring power upon the reciter.

This method of resonance is like the reverse application of incense and vows.

The power of incense arises when sacrifices are made to divine statues, causing incense to adhere to them, with a portion ascending to the Great Floating Li Earth. This also transcends the barrier between realms and the human world, and vows are even more mysterious, capable of making the Floating Li Azure Heavens sense the thoughts of all people.

With the blessing of the Medicine Buddha, the decaying wilderness began to be purified, and the vile land transformed into a pure land. As this transformation occurred, something seemed to have noticed the situation here.

Rumble! Something was appearing in the Yellow Springs of the underworld, moving towards the root country, the source of the Yellow Springs!

It was the sound of thunder!

At this moment, Compassionate Vow Vajra sensed the appearance of the thunder and immediately began to circulate Buddhist power.

The Eight Thunder Gods, the deities transformed from the eight lightning bolts of the Yellow Springs Great God, maintained the order of this yin world within the Yellow Springs, releasing thunder in the cold air of the Yellow Springs to torment the wandering, unreturned souls.

Lightning appeared, but there were no souls left in this place for them to torment. The Eight Thunder Gods moved forward from the Yellow Springs country, with lightning filling the entire Dharma realm. They were the only eight rays of light in this world, not allowing anything that defied the will of the Yellow Springs Dharma realm to appear!

"Take the power of the blessings I have given you! Go find the source of the unrest! It is in the Root Country!"

A woman's voice came from the Yellow Springs country. The Eight Thunder Gods accepted her orders, received her blessings, and were able to enter the territory of the Root Country. They wandered the Eastern Yellow Springs and arrived at the border of the Root Country to investigate.

They wanted to enter the border of the Root Country, but were blocked by the power of Compassionate Vow Vajra. Jizo Bodhisattva has a vast following in Japan and is known as the God of Liberation in the Yellow Springs, so in the Yellow Springs country, Compassionate Vow Vajra, as the embodiment of Jizo Bodhisattva, could mobilize power no less than that of the Eight Thunder Gods.

The strength of Buddhism lies in its ability to perfectly integrate its existence into another mythological Dharma realm and, following popular belief and the passage of time, become deeply rooted in this Dharma realm until it achieves a lofty position.

A rumbling sound echoed, and many small stone Buddhas appeared on the border of the Root Country.

These small Buddha statues were in the image of Jizo Bodhisattva in Japan. Because Shinto, the state religion of Japan, avoids anything related to death, these Buddha statues cannot appear in orthodox large shrines. However, Buddhism also has a vast influence in Japan. Although Shinto does not recognize the existence of Jizo Bodhisattva, they are unable to stop the faith in him.

In Japan, each Jizo statue belongs to a child who died early. Whether the child left the world due to an accident, illness, or premature miscarriage, these stone Jizo Bodhisattva statues embody the parents' infinite grief over the child's early death.

They believe that Jizo Bodhisattva is the guardian of children who died early, comforting their hearts as they cross the Sanzu River to another world. Moreover, Japanese parents see the early death of a child as insufficient merit accumulated before passing on the family line.

Therefore, the punishment for children with insufficient merit is to remain forever on the banks of the Sanzu River, piling stones.

Stones, stone Buddhas.

The vows of countless children gathered on these stone Buddha statues, and the obstruction of Jizo Bodhisattva enraged the Eight Thunder Gods.

In the midst of flashing lightning, the eight divine tablets manifested their true forms, revealing eight divine tablets, but a change occurred in the next moment.

The divine tablets, which should only follow rules, began to transform into bodies. As the leaking lightning gathered, they gradually formed eight hideous ghost-gods, their eyes rolling, lightning forming their bodies, and possessing self-awareness.

Great Thunder God, God of Power; Fire Thunder God, God of Explosion; Black Thunder God, God of Darkness; Splitting Thunder God, God of Cleavage; Radiant Thunder God, God of Blazing; Earth Thunder God, God of Tremors; Rumbling Thunder God, God of Thunder; Hidden Thunder God, God of Thunderclouds.

"Who has melted the cold air of the Yellow Springs, shaking the foundation of the Yellow Springs!"

"Who wants to cut off the path of ghosts and gods, releasing the thousands of souls trapped here?"

"Who has infiltrated the Root Country, and must be eliminated!"

"He obtained the position of Jizo Bodhisattva, who exactly is he?"

"The source of power for the ghost-god path has been broken, someone is deliberately doing this!"

The Eight Thunder Gods revealed their ghost-god bodies, and the Buddhist power of Jizo Bodhisattva began to gradually disintegrate. They combined their strength to corrode the Buddhist power with the more powerful underworld energy from the Yellow Springs. The small stone Buddhas collapsed and were destroyed, turning into dust on the ground.

They entered the wilderness of the Root Country and sensed a strong Buddhist power from a very distant place!

Medicine King Buddha!

"How can there be both the power of Jizo Bodhisattva and the Medicine Buddha in the depths of the Yellow Springs?"

"Go, go ahead!"

.......

The *wan* symbol of Compassionate Vow Vajra dimmed. Ji Xiang recited Buddhist scriptures, having finished reciting the Diamond Sutra in reverse, and began reciting the final and most lengthy *Abhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā-śāstra*.

"The Eight Thunder Gods are coming, subordinates of the Yellow Springs Great God. I am not sure if they are being controlled, but in short, they represent the rules of the Yellow Springs country in the Yellow Springs country."

In the distance, the sound of thunder approached.

Ji Xiang didn’t even lift his eyelids, continuing to chant the scriptures as if nothing had happened.

.......

Until the lightning appeared above Ji Xiang's head!

The dark sky was illuminated by eight lightning bolts. The Eight Thunder Gods appeared in this Buddhist land in the form of ghost-gods. They grinned and were furious, watching the rules of the Yellow Springs being broken, the Buddhist Dharma transforming the decaying land of death into a pure and blissful land, and those Buddhist disciples were still sitting in place, reciting the damned Buddhist scriptures!

"Buddhist sons and grandsons, daring to enter the source of the Eastern Yellow Springs, you are truly seeking death!"

Yellow Springs is a broad concept. Since ancient times, wherever there has been contact with the Central Plains of China, there has been a concept of the Yellow Springs. The ancients dug into the ground and saw yellow spring water, and believed that the underworld, where the dead go, was filled with this turbid water, and that everyone's life was like mud, coming from the soil and returning to the soil.

The Yellow Springs Dharma Realm, as the oldest world, generously opens its doors to them.

Cutting off a part of the Dharma realm as one's own basic Dharma realm is not uncommon. At least within the Great Ming, Biyou Palace is doing this, turning a part of the Yin Mountain Dharma realm into its own.

Therefore, the Yellow Springs country does not represent the entire Yellow Springs, but only represents the "Eastern Yellow Springs."

The Great Thunder God released a bolt of power, a huge lightning bolt with immense power, cutting through the dark sky of the underworld!

Boom!

Clang—!

A cold light rose into the sky!

In the eyes of the Great Thunder God, that slash came against the heavens. In the next moment, if he had not dodged in time, even his ghost-god body would have been cut in two!

Lightning, slash!

Ji Xiang moved his fingers, and his outer appearance transformed into the White-Faced Zhenwu. The turtle and snake phantoms rose from the ground!

The White-Faced Zhenwu had previously devoured the position of Myoken Bosatsu. At this time, it had taken over and occupied the nest, using the power of Myoken Bosatsu to transform one white light into two, two into four, and four into countless!

The Great Emperor Zhenwu once had the title of Ancestor of Sword Immortals!

The art of flying swords and killing enemies is just one type of sword immortal technique. The White-Faced Zhenwu does not possess a divine position, but is merely a mountain-guarding form and spirit. Although it possesses the terrifying power to kill evil spirits and transform them into purple dust, it does not have much enhancement for swordsmanship itself.

But now, having devoured the divine position of Myoken Bosatsu, that vacancy is filled, and furthermore.....!

The form and spirit of the White-Faced Zhenwu are visibly changing!

The name on the Myoken Bosatsu divine tablet is no longer just a temporary replacement, but is about to be completely changed!

The past name is gradually being erased.

A more ancient name is gradually imprinted upon it.

The image of the Celestial Worthy of Universal Salvation is merging deeper and deeper with the image of the White-Faced Zhenwu!

That slash, transformed into thousands of white lights, that divine weapon that could cleave lightning and almost kill a god with one strike, was none other than the treasured sword Raikiri obtained from Tachibana Muneshige!

The mind does not move.

Divine aura arises!

The Raikiri flew into the sky, thousands of slashes becoming an overwhelming white light!

The Eight Thunder Gods were greatly shocked. Various thunder techniques were activated, also creating overwhelming electric clouds, accompanied by heavy and surging, excited war drums, rising to meet it!

"You foolish Buddhist thief! Daring to use a mere blade to face us Eight Great Thunder Gods! Are the guardian gods of the Eastern Yellow Springs beings you can kill and slash as you please?"

The Fire Thunder God was quick-tempered. Seeing that the Buddhist disciples did not personally engage but only drove a human blade forward, he was immediately furious!

What is this blade, daring to show off before the gods!

"This blade is not bad! It can actually extinguish lightning. I will subdue it today and it will be mine! You are not allowed to fight me for it!"

The Great Thunder God stood up, looking angry, and waved his hand to create a Great Might Thunder Sword, while the surging and vast sword light, like an ocean, filled the sky, destroying everything in all directions according to Ji Xiang's will!

The Great Might Thunder Sword was intercepted and cut off in one strike!

The treasured sword Raikiri attacked autonomously, slashing horizontally, its swiftness and ferocity like lightning flashing through the world! The second strike landed, almost slicing off the Great Thunder God's eyes!

Since Ji Xiang took this sword from Tachibana Muneshige, he has been using it more and more skillfully, as if it was about to change its allegiance and recognize a new master. Although it was being controlled by sword immortal techniques, Ji Xiang could still sense bursts of joy from this treasured sword.

A good bird chooses a tree to perch on, and a loyal subject chooses a lord to serve. The old master was dead, and the treasured sword should have been covered in dust, but when wielded by Ji Xiang, the slashes it unleashed were even more powerful than before. The new master far surpassed the old one, and he often fed it with lightning, making the blade itself even more solid. The power it exerted was also unmatched by the Tachibana Muneshige of the past.

Choosing a new master was indeed expected, and serving him would not disgrace the name of Raikiri.

A thought flashed through Ji Xiang's mind.

After returning from Korea this time, this sword would no longer exist in the world. It should be reforged, creating a Central Plains body. As for its new name.....

It could be called "Heaven Severing White Rainbow"!

As soon as the thought arose, the sea of sword light in the sky revived, as if rejoicing and dancing for the new name!

As soon as Ji Xiang dismissed this thought, he immediately returned to reciting the Buddhist scriptures, focusing his mind and not letting any distracting thoughts arise again.

The lightning unleashed by the Eight Thunder Gods was all destroyed by this treasured sword specializing in killing lightning. They were shocked and enraged. The Great Thunder God looked down and saw Ji Xiang slightly tilting his head, standing among the Buddhist disciples (shadow soldiers), with a glimpse of arrogance in his eyes!

Completely disregarding them, the ghost-gods of the Eastern Yellow Springs!

The Buddhist sect is arrogant, should die! Should die! Should die!

Ruin the great affairs of the Yellow Springs, ruin the path of the ghosts and gods, ruin the great plans of Emperor Jimmu, not treating them as equal gods, but seeing them as lowly and useless things!

This made him so angry that he was almost consumed by flames, and he recklessly unleashed lightning towards Ji Xiang's location!

Raikiri turned its blade and destroyed the lightning. The Great Thunder God suddenly grabbed his brother. The Radiant Thunder God was captured by him and was greatly frightened. In the next moment, his beloved brother directly threw him towards Raikiri!

A cold light flashed! The lightning was split in two, and the Radiant Thunder God, who commanded the power of blazing among the Eight Thunder Gods, was also cut in half on the spot, divided into two!

Taking advantage of this gap, the Great Thunder God forcibly broke through the sea of sword light. It was too late for Raikiri to stop him. The other six Thunder Gods also understood and launched a fierce siege on Raikiri, preventing it from descending to slay thunder!

At the same time, their hearts were also filled with anger!

"We are the sect of ghost-gods created by the souls of all people!"

"Absorbing the resentment of the Yellow Springs, the death energy of the underworld, gathering the sorrowful vows of all beings!"

"How can we be killed by a broken blade! It is truly outrageous!"

"You dead thing, still trying to protect your master, how can we let you succeed, where will we put our faces!"

"Then let you watch your master being blasted into charcoal by lightning!"

The Thunder Gods glared and laughed wildly!

The Great Thunder God condensed a vast and mighty thunder in his hand, transforming it into a giant pillar of heaven, falling from the sky!

Lightning destroyed the land of death, and the Lapis Lazuli Pure Land was also destroyed. The Great Thunder God laughed wildly, but stopped after only three sounds!

"What!"

The Great Thunder God stared down. Ji Xiang's aura still existed, and it was even more transparent than before!

The thunder dust dispersed, and gusts of cool wind suddenly rose.

Ji Xiang's image had transformed into a Celestial Worthy that no one had ever seen, but outside the Celestial Worthy's form, gusts of cool wind transformed into a wheel, sweeping away all filth here, and even the lightning that had fallen was swept away by these cool winds as if brushing away fine dust.

The three poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion are eliminated, and all volitional and delusional minds cease to arise.

The Shila form of Buddhism manifested, along with the technique of the Eastern Lapis Lazuli World!

The Shila form is the Shila Paramita among the Six Paramitas, meaning "able to help all beings cross to the other shore of the Pure Land"!

"Shila Paramita is the Dharma, surpassing all evil paths and difficulties."

"This child has extremely high Buddha-nature, and what the Ucchusma Vajra values may be in this!"

The *wan* character of Compassionate Vow Vajra flickered slightly, and his tone was full of emotion.

Amazing talent, deep Buddha-nature, it's a pity to cut off the connection with Buddhism, but it can't be forced, as expected, Ucchusma Vajra's methods caused disgust, Compassionate Vow Vajra thought, you don't even know him, how can you give him such a heavy gift as a Second Stage Immortal Pill, and even tamper with it, isn't this just asking for him to hate you.

To be a Buddha, you must have a grand vision. To save others, you must first befriend them...

Compassionate Vow Vajra was lost in his own thoughts.

Around Ji Xiang, countless phantoms began to appear!

The sound of reciting Buddhist scriptures became more and more numerous, until it transformed into a vast ocean. The Lapis Lazuli Pure Land that had been destroyed was reorganized, and the power of the Medicine Buddha became even greater!

With the vast chanting of Buddhist sounds!

While the Great Thunder God was dizzy from the Buddhist sounds!

From Ji Xiang's body, a Vajra form suddenly broke through the land of death and ascended to the sky!

That Vajra form was the trace of Ucchusma Vajra, soaring into the sky, scattering into the Yellow Springs, causing the Root Country to shake violently!

Ucchusma Vajra is a powerful Vajra who saves filthy demons, and this Yellow Springs is full of filth!

The trace broke through the Root Country, entered the Yellow Springs Country, and went towards that divine position that was a source of filth in the entire Eastern Yellow Springs!

In the Yellow Springs Country, an extremely miserable woman's voice, filled with deep resentment, echoed throughout the Eastern Yellow Springs!

The Great Thunder God heard this calling sound, even breaking through the barrier between the Root Country and the Yellow Springs Country, and transmitting to this land in the depths of the Yellow Springs, his face was extremely shocked! He didn't know what that Vajra form that rushed out of the Buddhist disciple's body below was, but now.....

"Yellow Springs Great God! Emperor Suiko! The powerful ghost-god master, the Yin Empress blessed by Emperor Jimmu! How could she make such a miserable sound!"

That voice was indeed emitted by the Yellow Springs Great God, and his words revealed shocking information, that some souls of the past had not dissipated, and had survived with the blessing of Xu Fu, and had obtained a powerful divine position that exceeded the limits of the Yang world over the long years.

Emperor Suiko, a person of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the mother of Prince Shotoku.

While the Great Thunder God was at a loss, his mind panicked, the endless Buddhist sounds chanting around him suddenly stopped.

He turned his head sharply!

Thousands of phantom forms returned to one, and even those Buddhist disciples turned into shadows, merging into the strangely dressed Buddha in the center.

The Yin movement returns to the end, the sun refines its form!

The surrounding thousands of yin and cold energies also suddenly transformed into a storm in the next moment, surging into his body in an instant!

Buddha?

No!

At this time, the Great Thunder God could see clearly that it was not the image of a Buddha, but an image that had never been seen before, similar to an Onmyoji, but very different!

His hands transformed into lightning again, transforming and waving the Great Might Thunder Sword!

This strike...！

The Thunder Sword swept towards the person in front of him, and then....the entire existence of the Great Thunder God disappeared into nothingness in an instant!

Just like ice and snow meeting the sun, it will melt; cold water meeting the raging fire, it will boil.

The treasured sword Raikiri in the sky returned on its own. The other six Thunder Gods saw that the Great Thunder God had vanished at the touch, dissipating all his ghost-god powers, and their faces changed drastically, both enraged and terrified!

Before words could be spoken, Ji Xiang floated up with one finger, pointing remotely at the sky, a crimson divine banner already waving in his hand, but this time, on this divine banner, there was a vast immortal power surging and boiling!

As soon as it appeared, the sounds of eighty thousand heavenly demons swirled around, circling in the Yellow Springs world!

The remaining six Thunder Gods were frightened and fearful. At this time, they extinguished their desire for revenge and turned to flee, but unexpectedly, the divine banner stretched to the sky, and under the blessing of immortal power, it transformed into a demon-suppressing kingdom!

The flag fluttered, forming its own world! The six Thunder Gods' faces turned ashen, and the Black Thunder God exclaimed in horror: "Wait, spare me...."

In the sky, the sounds of eighty thousand heavenly demons spoke in unison:

"The energy is exhausted, the spirit has perished, the nine orifices and hundred bones have changed and turned into dust."

"Why preserve the form of ghosts and gods, leaving behind the dregs of appearance, so attached to the world?"

After speaking, the sound of universal salvation was emitted, forty thousand of compassion and forty thousand of indifference. The ghost-god forms of the six Thunder Gods vanished in an instant, and only Ji Xiang was seen making strange hand seals, then disappearing without a trace, leaving only the divine positions to fall.

Thank the Sovereign Heaven, eliminating the demonic energy.

The Jade Purity Hidden Book, Lesson Thirteen.

The Chapter of Elimination!