Immortal of the Ages

Chapter 605: Buddha's Treasure Spirit

"At last, he's settled down." Yun Xiao murmured softly. Through the eyes of the spirit within his Dantian, he looked down at the dark bronze coffin beneath him.

"After being refined by Buddha's Treasure Art, both father and son have ascended to the heavens," Blue Star snickered.

"Buddha's Treasure..." Yun Xiao muttered to himself, these words now ingrained in the core of his spirit.

"The Creator Immortal crafted this dao realm; in this nascent universe of chaos, at the very moment of inception, a consciousness was born, named Alaya.

"Alaya is the amalgamation of innate nature and delusion, the vessel for all seeds of good and evil. It once followed the Creator Immortal, witnessing the birth and evolution of the cosmos, always by the Creator Immortal's side. Alaya ventured into the mortal world on behalf of the Creator Immortal, understanding beings, and could be called the ancestor of the spiritual consciousness of all things."

After the fall of the Creator Immortal and the rise of the Six Ancestral Gods, Alaya had become Ancestor Alaya, also known as the Treasure Buddha. It was the most unique among the Six Ancestral Gods, neither coming nor going, neither being born nor dying, and neither appearing nor hiding away.

"Intention creates connection, giving rise to the realm of consciousness. Where there are none of these three, then intention arises and connects with the realm of intention. None of these are due to causation or natural states..."

Yun Xiao slowly recited the doctrines of Buddha's Treasure Art. Within the vacant eyes of his spirit form, two golden circles emerged. They were profound and divine, solemn and reaching beyond.

BANG! The dark bronze coffin opened. A large and a small wisp of cyan smoke rose, ethereally entering the golden circles within Yun Xiao's eyes.

"All beings possess Buddha's Treasure, with notions of good and evil, greed, wrath, foolishness… the seven emotions and six desires all contained within. Ancestor Alaya, or the Treasure Buddha, holds the greatest Buddha's Treasure in the dao realm, the starting point of all human and natural traits. It gave rise to the thoughts of living beings. Alaya is the cycle and hub of the thoughts of all beings..." Blue Star said.

In essence, there existed an Ancestral God who absorbed the thoughts of humanity, nature, and all things, and also released them all.

"By this account, what I seek to study in this life is merely the thoughts of beings derived from an Ancestral God?" Yun Xiao asked, puzzled.

"You overestimate Alaya. It's simply a repository of consciousness and thoughts, the root of good and evil, merely a tool of the Dao. The thoughts of beings have evolved far beyond anything else by now. It can accept and release them, but it cannot control the thoughts of beings. To put it simply, it's just a creature who uses the Buddha's Treasure Arts to absorb the treasures of beings after their deaths, thereby enriching and enhancing its own spirit," Blue Star said disdainfully.

Blue Star scorned Ancestor Alaya, much like he would deride the Primordial Immortal Ancestor as a sycophant lovestruck maid or the Divine Desolation Demon God as merely a gatekeeper.

Blue Star could afford such disdain, but Yun Xiao dared not, for he knew that aside from the Creator Immortal, these Six Ancestral Gods were the end all be all of the dao realm.

"What use is there in absorbing their Buddha's Treasures?" Yun Xiao pondered as he felt the power of the golden circles in his eyes, his spirit simultaneously absorbing and digesting the essences of Feng Xuan and Feng Qi.

Yun Xiao first absorbed the Buddha's Treasures. Then, he went after their Seeds of Creation.

The Cyan Burst Lightning Spirit was a straightforward Seed of Creation. It was similar to a talent enhancing pill, fortifying Yun Xiao's spirit and allowing him to handle more powerful spiritual power. It also wreathed his spirit lightning, enhancing his killing power!

But after swallowing the Buddha's Treasures of the father-son duo, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

"A Buddha's Treasure is the container of all human thoughts. It assimilates good for good and evil for evil. The more you refine, the more you become the embodiment of all living beings, gaining insight from their thoughts and enhancing your Worldly Dao Heart. Most crucially, by mastering it, you might replace Alaya, becoming the true hub of the cycle of beings’ thoughts, the endpoint and origin of all living spirits. This growth and transformation, while not as visible as that of the Seed of Creation, play a more fundamental role in nurturing and transforming your spirit power," Blue Star explained.

"Uh huh..." Yun Xiao nodded as he immersed himself in these subtle changes. "This miraculous sensation reminds me of a word.”

"What?" Blue Star asked.

"Liberation!" Yun Xiao declared, then silently reflected, "I am absorbing their thoughts and allowing their spirits to dissipate in peace, essentially liberating them towards rebirth. By accumulating virtue and thoughts through liberation, I myself become the central hub of the natural laws and thoughts of the world."

"Something like that," Blue Star agreed.

"Right." Remembering the massacre at Sky Soaring City, Yun Xiao added, "My Sword Devil Form can absorb the malevolent thoughts of beings, temporarily boosting my battle strength. How different is that from using Buddha's Treasures to absorb the thoughts of all things?"

"There’s a fundamental difference. The Sword Devil Form feeds on the malignant energy born from evil. In contrast, the refining of Buddha's Treasures involves the very essence of a person’s thoughts, encompassing good and evil, desires, obsessions, sophistry… It forms all aspects of a person’s and object’s nature!"

At first, Yun Xiao found the concepts profoundly complex, but he gradually began to understand them.

Undoubtedly, this path aligned perfectly with his Worldly Dao Heart.

"The spirit and the heart, once on the same path, would hereafter complement and promote each other with ease."

This understanding laid a crucial foundation for the fierce breakthroughs of Yun Xiao's Genesis Spirit and Dao Heart in the future.

With a deep exhale, Yun Xiao's childlike spirit released a breath, his spirit's golden eyes appearing calmer and more profound.

The flickering azure lightning around him was the sharpness of his spirit.

The Buddha's Treasure formed the essence, and the Seed of Creation shaped it!

With closed eyes, Yun Xiao could faintly perceive the lifetime thoughts of the father and son.

Love, hatred, ambition, pride, brutality, hypocrisy… As Yun Xiao immersed himself in these emotions, he seemed to transform into them, altering his very demeanor.

"To assimilate good for good, evil for evil, to liberate you, is to fulfill my true self," Yun Xiao muttered. The phrase encapsulated everything about his new path!

"The Divine Desolation Physique and the Mortal Dust Devil blood are external; from today onwards, my true self alone bears both the Primordial Void Technique and Buddha's Treasure Art, two paths that ascend to the heavens!"

Undoubtedly, his true self was overwhelmingly powerful.

The earlier Primordial Martial Furnace was merely a complement to the Primordial Void Technique. Although it transcended the mundane, it certainly did not compare to the Divine Desolation Physique.

The Buddha's Treasure Art was truly a path that could rival the foundation of the Primordial Void!

"From now on, my spirit truly sets sail!" Yun Xiao suppressed the thoughts of Feng Xuan and his son, and with a fierce determination, he flung open his eyes, his mind stormy with thoughts.

"Feng Xuan was a Rank 2 Heavenly Officer, a bigshot in his own right. Now that he's died here, how are we going to deal with this?" Red Moon asked. He was completely lost when it came to the doctrines of the Buddha's Treasure Art. So, he shifted the topic to more practical matters.

"He tried to cheat with a sneak attack and met an untimely death. I killed him in secret. If this becomes public, the shame will be his own!" Yun Xiao sneered.

"Even if it were made public, no one would believe it." Blue Star chuckled.

To put it plainly, a dignified Rank 2 Heavenly Officer, shifting his spirit to champion his son, capsized in the gutter and lost his life in the process, a situation truly worthy of ridicule.

It was as absurd as a strong man bullying children in a kindergarten only to be slain by the toddlers.

The irony was, this happened during the Thunder Department selection, where he secretly tried to assist his son!

It was truly laughable!

When Yun Xiao opened his eyes, it was precisely the moment the body of Feng Qi dropped out of the air and onto the ground.

For a moment, waves of disbelief and heart-wrenching screams spread across the Nine Thunders Arena.

The spectators looked at Yun Xiao, their gazes filled with anguish, as if his sword had pierced through each of their faces!

"It can't be..."

There were still those who couldn't believe what they had witnessed!

BOOM! Just then, the Thunder Rankings erupted with a deafening thunderclap. Colored lightning fiercely danced across it, and ultimately, a glaring colorful name congealed upon it.

「Lu Yao」

Yun Xiao had done it! He had made the name of a passionate, dream-chasing youth shine with the most brilliant light in the Celestial Court, on the most important stage for any Arbiter!

With Lu Yao's name immortalized on the Thunder Rankings, all was settled!