Chapter 76 The Sound of the Jade Purity Heavenly Devil

The sounds of the Jade Purity Heavenly Devil descended in waves, like being bathed in wind and rain. In the eyes of the Three Demon Buddhas, the illusory image of the Divine Devil, though lacking actual combat power, was still a towering and imposing figure. Within this sky-supporting image, countless phantoms of devils seemed to be roaring and screaming!

The Myriad Devil Qi refined in the Jade Purity Sky, the source of these devilish energies, might not be from any particularly famous devils in the human world. However, along the path of cultivation throughout history, the names of these great devils resounded throughout the heavens and realms!

Legend has it that in the ancient days, the Primal Celestial Venerable transformed into a Ghost-Slaying General,震 (zhèn, suppressed) the thousands of fierce devils in the ancient Eight Heavens. These fierce devils were refined by the Primal Celestial Venerable into the Jade Purity Hidden Book. The remaining devils all converted to the Celestial Venerable, shedding their fierce devil forms, and then came the Great King of the Northern Dipper who eliminates devils, along with the Five Heavens and Eight Emperors, and the manifestation of numerous Devil Kings.

This kind of devilish energy originated before the myriad realms, untainted by any of the human world's vile aura, possessing only the purest true devilish killing intent, dignified, upright, vast, and grand!

What the Three Demon Buddhas saw through the Divine Devil's illusory image were glimpses of reality, countless devils roaring and screaming at them. The entanglement of these devils' qi greatly suppressed the power of human devils, as if they had encountered something innately restraining them!

The Heavenly Devil's furious gaze caused the half-devil faces of the Three Demon Buddhas to twist and change, a look of fear surfacing. The devil nature of Zhuiti (pursuit of transgression) Devil King was greatly suppressed, but a mere shout could not completely disperse these devilish energies.

"It seems that you little devils are already deeply entrenched within these various shells, like a disease that has penetrated the bone marrow, and slight measures will be difficult to cure!"

The Divine Devil's illusory image emitted a grand voice, holding a crimson divine banner in one hand, while the other hand gathered the world's spiritual energy. Under Ji Xiang's control, it enlarged several times and pressed down towards the Three Demon Buddhas!

Although the Divine Devil's hand was enormous, it did not possess any offensive power.

But all Ji Xiang needed was for the Three Demon Buddhas to be enveloped by this Divine Devil's illusory image!

Facing the earth-shattering hand, the Three Demon Buddhas, as expected, cast spells and launched a combined attack, but it struck only emptiness!

The Divine Devil's illusory image did not possess magical power, merely a form and spirit. It took the world's spiritual energy and Ji Xiang's devilish qi as its foundation. That palm directly passed through the *icchantika* law, and the vast spiritual energy completely covered the Three Demon Buddhas!

On the statue of Zhenwu, the true devilish qi surged!

Inside the statue, Ji Xiang raised a finger, which was surrounded by devilish qi, yet constantly melting and dissolving, repeatedly reborn.

Jade Purity Hidden Book, Lesson Five.

Heavenly Devil's Clarity!

The Jade Purity devilish qi, following the world's spiritual energy, spread downwards from the Divine Devil's hand!

"Ah!"

A painful voice suddenly came, the Three Demon Buddhas' faces contorted in agony, their eyes about to pop out, the devilish qi within their bodies being drawn away, and thus damaging the cultivators' cultivation!

The Orthodox Dharma was the food of the Zhuiti Devil, the host of the Zhuiti Devil.

The Jade Purity devilish qi also used the Zhuiti Devil as food, but not through crude devouring, but like the sun melting snow, causing the Zhuiti Devil qi to constantly melt and disintegrate!

"No, we can't!"

The bodies of the Three Demon Buddhas seemed to split into two people, the devil's consciousness speaking, trying to get rid of the Jade Purity devilish qi's disintegration!

"Devour the Orthodox Dharma, eat the Orthodox Dharma, to continue our survival!"

"Devil, you want to kill us!"

"What Jade Purity Heavenly Devil, how dare you ruin my Buddha's Orthodox Dharma!"

The consciousness of Buddha and Devil constantly exchanged, this matter of the Jade Purity devilish qi disintegrating their own existence, instead, made the devil and the three Buddhist masters who had been bewitched, both angry.

The devil feared the Jade Purity devilish qi, afraid of being melted by the Jade Purity devilish qi.

The Buddhist cultivators thought that the other party was ruining the "Buddhist" "Orthodox Dharma."

Little did they know that the Orthodox Dharma was being destroyed by another self on their bodies.

But with this angry will, they merged even deeper.

If this continued, the Buddha and the Devil would be indistinguishable, the Devil would be the Buddha, and the Buddha would be the Devil, then the Sixty-Three Zhuiti Devil Kings would give birth to three heads, reappearing as the fallen *bhikkhu* of that year.

Ji Xiang remained unmoved.

"You're just putting on a show, it's really annoying."

"Since you want to eat, then I'll give you enough to eat."

The Zhenwu statue emitted divine power again!

The Divine Devil's illusory image gently turned the crimson divine banner, shaking it slightly!

Vast Mani Fire appeared out of thin air, burning fiercely on the bodies of the Three Demon Buddhas! The three devils who were possessing them were stunned, then overjoyed.

The Orthodox Dharma of the three Buddhist cultivators they possessed was about to wither. At that time, although they would achieve the devil's body, their devilish cultivation would also be damaged after the Three Devils completed their transformation. After all, their form of existence was from parasitism to transformation, exhausting the host's nutrition, like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, draining the pond to get all the fish.

But the appearance of the Mani Fire alleviated their current predicament. Although the Three Devils did not understand why this "Jade Purity Heavenly Devil" would send the supreme Buddha fire to them Three Devils to devour, but on the verge of death, who cared about whether there were traps, what they saw in front of them was the way out. If they wanted to find a chance to turn the tables, they must first survive!

"Eat, eat!"

The Demon Buddhas transformed from the three masters were now devouring the Mani Fire that could purify filth. At the moment of consumption, they had already begun to make up for the damage they had suffered before.

"Eat! Eat a little more, so we can be on our way!"

Ji Xiang saw that the Orthodox Dharma in the bodies of the three Buddhist cultivators was withering, so he used Mani Fire to feed the three devils in their bodies, in order to save their lives. Although the disease had penetrated the bone marrow, it was not incurable. Before using a strong medicine, if the other party's life could not bear it, it would be better to slap them to death now, along with the Buddha and the Devil.

It was just that, in this case, Ji Xiang was a little worried that the Three Demon Buddhas he killed would not be counted in the number of demons vanquished.

After all, the other party had not completely transformed into a devil. The three Buddhist cultivators were just bewitched by the devilish qi, taking the confused and vexing evil dharma as the Orthodox Dharma, and using the wisdom of an *arhat* to strengthen their own confidence, but instead made it difficult for them to recognize the matter of the Demon Buddha.

Buddhism calls this state "wrong view." Those who obtain the wrong view only believe in themselves, kill and steal as they please, have no scruples, and take this as the first right path in the world.

The Three Demon Buddhas swallowed a large amount of Mani Fire, making a pleasant and comfortable roar.

Their originally withered shells also gained vitality, and the Orthodox Dharma reappeared, boosting their prestige. So they looked at the distant temple, and in turn, manipulated the Mani Fire, and joined forces to hit the Divine Devil's illusory image!

"Our strength has been restored!"

"Those who disrupt my Buddha's heart, kill, kill, kill!"

The Three Demon Buddhas raised three fingers together, iron fingers piercing the sky, with Mani Fire attached!

"*Icchantika*!"

Not believing in cause and effect, slandering the Mahayana!

Cutting off the good roots of all living beings, opening the gate of Avici!

They never used the power of the Devil. From the beginning, they only used the Devil's true form to drive the Buddha's magic power, and supplemented it with the Buddha's Orthodox Dharma.

Mara Papas once said to Sakyamuni, I will let my descendants put on your *kasaya*, mix into your successors, destroy your orthodoxy, distort your classics, destroy your rules, and make the demon sons and demon grandchildren use the leaking form as the leak-free body, causing all living beings to fall into the realm of evil views.

Under the rise of the Orthodox Dharma, the Three Demon Buddhas opened the gate of Avici Hell. The power of the Dharma Realm descended into the human world, and was about to drag everything they encountered into the unending hell!

"Go to hell and repent to my Buddha!"

The Demon Buddha's voice was arrogant, looking down upon the world: "You shouldn't have given us a chance to recover our strength!"

"Jade Purity Heavenly Devil, you are arrogant and conceited!"

"Die!"

The Three Demon Buddhas looked excited, the gate of Avici Hell cut off a piece of heaven and earth, and all souls should fall into it. As for the death of mortals, it was no longer important in the hearts of the Three Demon Buddhas. Even in their current understanding, as long as they were later saved, it would be a great act of compassion, to save the suffering people!

The "wrong view" brought about by the demonic obstacles, blinded the heart of the Orthodox Dharma, reversed yin and yang, and mixed good and evil.

Unexpectedly, the cold voice of the Divine Devil's illusory image came from between heaven and earth:

"Close."

The next moment, a hideous ghost face flashed between heaven and earth, and the almost opened gate of Avici Hell suddenly closed, twisted into a light spot, and disappeared into the vast gap between heaven and earth in an instant, never to be seen again!

And the Divine Devil's illusory image, at this time, shook the crimson divine banner!

In the void of heaven and earth, a sound resounded in the dark:

"Imperial Heaven's Retribution!"

Among the two great immortal artifacts that Ji Xiang obtained, the third power spirit law belonging to the Imperial Heaven Banner Staff, can send out the hatred of heaven, and destroy the other party's essence and form!

The Three Demon Buddhas were covered by the red and white light. Its power was vast, like a heavenly cover descending! The Buddhist Orthodox Dharma collapsed and disintegrated in an instant, and the three Buddhist monks who were possessed were also bleeding from their seven orifices, and were almost in critical condition!

The Buddha's Dharma dissolved, the thunder sound dissipated, and what was left was only the滔滔 (tāo tāo, torrential) devilish qi!

The shaking pure gold Buddha light turned into a fierce and ominous devilish power. The human part of the Three Demon Buddhas was severely damaged, and their forms and spirits were destroyed. The second form and spirit that were exposed were naturally the devils.

The images of the three young Zhuiti Devil Kings appeared, instantly occupying the appearance that the Three Demon Buddhas had previously manifested.

The change was produced, and its strangeness was as if it were originally a rabbit, and suddenly turned into the appearance of an elephant, but no matter how the appearance changed, its power and physical function still maintained the state of a rabbit.

"Ah! Not, not completely transformed, forced out!"

The devils shouted in horror. They had not yet grown into complete forms, and now they were just semi-finished products, but they were easily dragged out by the Jade Purity Heavenly Devil with supreme magic.

But they were naturally extremely afraid. They were not fools. The Jade Purity Heavenly Devil in front of them claimed to feed on devils. They had always possessed Buddhist practitioners. When had they been used as food by other devils?

Therefore, they were dissatisfied and terrified, so they threatened and rebuked: "You have harmed the Buddha's Dharma, the forms and spirits of these *arhats* have been destroyed, and their essence has fallen, just to drag us out. Buddha will not forgive your arrogant behavior. Even if you eat us, you will be harmed by the Buddhist sect."

His words carried a power of prediction in the dark, as if he could determine the good and bad luck of what would happen next, but Ji Xiang laughed and shook the divine banner. The devil's body immediately showed cracks, horrified and frightened.

"Such little devils, taking curses as subtle arts, are really ridiculous!"

Ji Xiang himself did not know the art of cursing.

But he was a high-ranking Heavenly Devil, although he could not perform magical curses, he could perform physical curses, and it took effect extremely quickly.

If you can't solve the curse, solve the person who casts the curse.

Just a trivial trick!

After saying that, the divine banner in his hand moved!

The voice of the Jade Purity Heavenly Devil manifested in waves:

"Expecting to raise the banner, to hear the thick sky, to announce to all spirits, to show the hidden together, the ghosts and gods look from afar!"

The bodies of the Three Devils twisted and deformed where the divine banner pointed, and were re-transformed into three devilish qi, collected into the crimson divine banner, directly refined, dissolved in tangible methods, and annihilated in the place of subduing demons!

The remaining three old monks closed their eyes and fell to the ground. The devilish qi had disappeared, but everything they had obtained as *arhats* was shattered, their realms fell, and the subtle points of the Buddha's path they had obtained were all scattered. Fortunately, they still retained the cultivation of the primordial spirit, and had to start practicing again.

But their forms and spirits were destroyed, so at this time their bodies only retained the image of "human."

Losing their facial features, even their own characteristics disappeared, just like three newly made puppets, without forms and spirits, they had no outward appearance. If they were not repaired as soon as possible, the flesh would soon begin to decay.

The other Buddhist disciples who were infected by the demons wanted to run when they saw this, but Ji Xiang fixed them all with the same methods!

"荡 (dàng, purge)!"

A single-word Heavenly Devil sound!

In an instant, Mani Fire burned the bodies of the Buddhist cultivators, forcibly feeding the devils with Buddha fire. When the devils were forced out, they were震 (zhèn, suppressed) with Imperial Heaven's Retribution to destroy their forms and spirits. Finally, the crimson divine banner was used to end the scene. The demons bowed their heads and entered the banner, becoming the food of the Jade Purity Heavenly Devil!

However, what was attached to these disciples was not Zhuiti devilish qi, but some mediocre other devils. Among them, there were good and bad, and many were not even strong devils. Even if they grew up, they might not be able to completely seize the host.

After subduing the demons, Ji Xiang suddenly felt a sense in his heart!

It seemed to be telling Ji Xiang that now that the first batch of demons had been subdued, the official cultivation of the Chapter of Subduing Demons could begin!

The inner scene divine card manifested words, telling Ji Xiang what the sudden feeling was:

[Chapter of Subduing Demons (in cultivation): The twelfth lesson of the Jade Purity Hidden Book. After subduing enough demons, you can learn the thirteenth lesson.]

[Chapter of Subduing Demons (First Level)! Killing ten demons of the primordial spirit level or above can be cultivated to the second level!]

[Current number of primordial spirit devils killed: Three!]

[After subduing a certain number of demons, a feeling will appear in your heart. The feeling will gradually increase from small to large. This spiritual response is called "Reversing Qiankun (Heaven and Earth)."]

[Reversing Qiankun (This method can be obtained by cultivating to the thirteenth lesson, the Chapter of Spirit and Power): The Jade Purity Heavenly Devil will have a feeling about a coming event. If this event can be sensed, then the result of this event can be interfered with and reversed by humans. If an event is about to happen, but there is no feeling, then this event cannot be reversed by humans. Rashly going to interfere is an act against the heavens. Failure to interfere will be punished by heavenly tribulation.]

[The Jade Purity Heavenly Devil is a god king who tests the Dao, and must not act against the heavens without authorization!]