The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 89 - 35: The Contest

"How rich nature’s spiritual energy is!" Zhunti’s eyes gleamed with greed as he gazed at the Investiture of the Gods list floating in mid-air, proclaiming, "Hahaha! This object and I must be fated, it shall be ours to obtain!"

Tongtian spoke up, "Fellow Daoist, your words are mistaken. This item clearly originated from our Eastern domain, how could it be fated for you?"

"As East and West all fall under the Heavenly Dao, where does this notion of ’your Eastern object’ come from?" Zhunti retorted with a light laugh.

Li Qingming didn’t believe that Tongtian could out-talk Zhunti. These bald monks were best known for their verbal tricks in later generations. Thus, he called out:

"I see Mount Sumeru as very fated to me, why not let me uproot that mountain and bring it to my Ten Thousand Bamboo Island! I wonder what the venerable Master Uncles think of this?"

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Only Sun Yuan muttered under his breath on the side: "Tao Ancestor above, what Sovereign Sun said is too cruel!"

"Eh!" Tongtian was first stunned, then burst into hearty laughter, "Qingmingzi, my nephew, I think this idea of yours is good. We’ll go and dig up Mount Sumeru together when I’m free!"

Zhunti’s old face turned beet red with anger, pointing at Qingmingzi and Tongtian, he bitterly said, "You two, you truly are not behaving as men of virtue!"

The two Daoist friends seem to be overstepping their bounds!" Laozi maintained a calm demeanor, his long eyebrows gently quivering.

Zhunti, truly at a loss for words, finally burst out: "The Spiritual Treasure naturally belongs to the virtuous, everyone should rely on their abilities then!"

"Hypocrisy!" Li Qingming gently tapped Xiong Da’s heavenly spirit with his little finger, softly speaking.

"Ah, infuriating! Li Qingming, you bully too much!"

Zhunti suddenly summoned the Seven Treasures Miao Tree, a sight to behold. As a Magic Treasure personally crafted by Hong Jun, it naturally possessed extraordinary functions.

The Seven Treasures Miao Tree was entirely verdant, adorned with gold, silver, crystal, colored glaze, coral, red beads, and agate among other treasures. Its dazzling radiance illuminated the sky in seven colors most splendidly.

Zhunti, wielding the Seven Treasures Miao Tree, slashed forward disregarding anything else. A beam of seven-colored light radiated an alluring glow, summoning a flash of light that enveloped Li Qingming’s head.

Primordial Venerable, who initially appeared indifferent, now had a face darkening with anger: "Zhunti, truly you are without shame! As an elder, to attack a junior, where is your honor?"

With that, he invoked the Pangu Banner. The simple small banner spun in the air, with the endless rules of Heaven and Earth woven into it, generating strands of Chaos Sword Qi. Those strands of Sword Qi linked end to end, quickly forming a vast Qi Sword.

"Cut!"

Primordial Venerable uttered a light command, and the Chaos Qi Sword, like a bolt of lightning, wrapped in intense killing energy of heaven and earth, furiously clashed against Zhunti, who was attacking Li Qingming.

"Clang!"

The raging Qi Force swept through the entire sky, as the overflowing Sword Qi madly burrowed into the torn fabric of space.

"Primordial Daoist brother, let’s you and I exchange a few moves!" Jieyin appeared extremely sorrowful, materializing in front of Yuanshi Tianzun.

"Very well, very well, very well! You really are like brothers fighting tigers, a father and son army in battle!"

Yuanshi Tianzun frowned slightly, releasing the mighty aura of a Sub-Saint in Middle Stage.

Jieyin, feeling that overwhelming pressure, still couldn’t help but lament inwardly: "Alas, Zhunti brother, I have been truly ruined by you!"

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"Indeed, a dog can’t change the habit of eating feces!" Li Qingming cursed inwardly, seeing the approaching seven-colored radiance and said, "Zhunti, you’d better watch the only two remaining Bodhi Seeds closely!"

Zhunti’s face was originally filled with indignation, but upon hearing Li Qingming’s words, his expression changed dramatically: "Junior, speak no more superfluous words!"

"Boom!"

A golden Buddha abruptly manifested behind Zhunti. In an instant, a boundless golden sea emerged, the spiritual energy of nature surged violently, tearing the sky asunder. The blazing boundless golden radiance descended from above. Even with an endless distance between them, one could still sense the overwhelming might of the Buddha infused with the rules of heaven and earth!

"Good!" Li Qingming’s eyes overflowed with an eagerness to fight, his surging blood qi threatening to break through the Yun Xiao.

"Boom!"

Radiance enveloped him as Li Qingming raised both hands and ferociously chopped down. There was no dazzling light, no seven-colored luminescence, just an ordinary chop. This chop, full of the ultimate truth of the Heavenly Dao, was like Pangu creating heaven and earth, as if the entire world was being torn apart.

"Crack!"

The void stiffened for a moment before shattering with a boom! Like a glass pane breaking, endless fragments of light were devoured by the collapsing void. The terrifying black hole was like a Chaos Fierce Beast, baring its sharp fangs at Zhunti.

"What?"

Zhunti watched as Li Qingming casually chopped down with such might, so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

"The Starry Sky of All Paths, All Buddha Seal!"

Left with no other choice, Zhunti manipulated his Seal Technique, and the golden Buddha behind him in the void suddenly stretched out its right hand, pointing at Li Qingming. The shattered space swallowed the Chaotic Spiritual Qi, flowing along with the Buddha’s palm toward Li Qingming.

Li Qingming remained calm; he didn’t even bring out his Spiritual Treasure—just the Eye of Divine Punishment between his brows appeared once again. The vertically slitted pupil looked rather eerie.

"Boom"

Ominous clouds rolled in, and thunder rumbled. As far as the eye could see, countless birds and beasts ran rampant, while fish and insects churned, as if the world was ending.

Mountain-thick bolts of thunder descended from the sky, viciously striking down, followed by a purple sea crashing onto the world, the rampaging thunder ferociously striking the Dharma Golden Bodied Buddha.

"Hahaha, Elder Brother! Who would have thought that after more than a thousand years, this Qingmingzi’s cultivation would become so terrifying!" Tongtian burst into hearty laughter, pleased by the sight of the vast Thunder Sea before him.

Laozi’s eyes sparkled with a gleam of pride as he stroked his white beard, "Qingmingzi moves unhindered among the sons of Heaven and has encountered one fortune after another. Indeed, he has not tarnished the reputation of us, The Three Pure Ones!"

"Boom!"

In the sea of Tribulation Thunder, the gigantic Dharma Golden Bodied Buddha had no way to dodge Li Qingming’s Divine Thunder strike and soon appeared besieged on all sides.

"Humm!"

Accompanied by a droning sound, a Purple Gold Bowl appeared above Zhunti’s top of the skull.

"Dang!"

The thunder struck it, merely causing the Bowl’s radiance to dim slightly, unable to breach his defense.

In Li Qingming’s view, this Bowl must have been further refined by Zhunti. Even Zhunti’s Dharma Golden Body, if not retracted in time by him, was likely to have been annihilated in the Primordial Chaos.

Primordial Venerable was quite shaken by the grand display brought forth by Li Qingming. He hadn’t expected this bargain disciple to be so powerful. Even with his own Peak of Early Sub-Saint cultivation, confronting Li Qingming would prove to be somewhat strenuous.

"Hahaha, Jieyin Fellow Daoist! Has your brother Zhunti lived like a dog these years?" Having ensured Qingming’s safety, Primordial Venerable stepped out of the fray and teased Jieyin Daoist.

Jieyin originally had his concerns with Zhunti Daoist, but seeing Primordial Venerable withdraw, he naturally took the opportunity to rest. However, as he turned his head to look at Zhunti, his expression drastically changed, all traces of sorrow vanished, replaced by a look of utter fury!