Chapter 1062: Chapter 1060: The Great Dream Ends in Emptiness 2
Dream Dao Attainment, Opening Scheme Against Cultivators
Dream-Making Expert
What?
Lin Qi was poisoned!
Though it was said that children speak without restraint, Xiao Ali’s status was noble. The moment those words left her mouth, no one present believed she was speaking without basis.
And Lin Qi’s current condition was indeed far too abnormal.
Earlier, they had worried that Lin Qi had simply developed a twisted sense of humor, intending to enforce the law by fishing, to toy with them.
But now, Xiao Ali had pierced through it with a single sentence.
Whether it was the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata, Great Sage Candle Dragon, Great Sage Taotie, or even the ordinary demon soldiers and generals.
A sweep of their Primordial Spirits, a sensing of his aura.
They immediately grasped Lin Qi’s current state: spiritual power completely empty, like a mortal turned to stone.
Thus, all were overwhelmed with shock.
Hadn’t Lin Qi been the one forcibly dragging them into a dream?
How was it that upon waking, Lin Qi had suddenly been poisoned?
Could it be that within the dream, the poisoned pills Lin Qi had consumed while playing Emperor Wuzong of Tang, Li Yan, had truly been toxic?
Able to ignore the dream, manifest in reality, and cause Lin Qi to fall victim.
What poison was this? So vicious?
And who had administered it?
Countless doubts rose in everyone’s hearts. None had imagined that an ordinary dream could suddenly erupt with such a startling turn of events.
Only the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata let out a mad laugh.
“Haha, little brat, you have this day too!”
“This old monk truly thought you calculated everything, that all was within your grasp.”
“But it turns out, haha!”
“Heaven-Abandoning Emperor, your death is at hand today!”
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata laughed wildly. He no longer bothered seizing the Empress Wa Banner, and charged straight for Lin Qi, intending to take his life while he was down.
His strikes were ruthless, without the slightest mercy.
Wu Ancestor roared, sacrificing the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk to shield Lin Qi, while shouting at the shocked and dazed Great Sage Candle Dragon and Great Sage Taotie.
“Candle Dragon, Taotie.”
“Hurry and act, join me in suppressing this traitor Tathagata.”
“Protect His Majesty!”
Great Sage Candle Dragon and Great Sage Taotie exchanged a glance.
They wavered between acting to protect Lin Qi and joining the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata to kill Lin Qi.
Though they did not know who exactly had planted real poison in the poisoned pills within that dream.
But clearly, whoever had the guts and the strength to do so.
Had to be at least a Supreme.
In other words, a Supreme had acted, taking advantage of Lin Qi’s complete lack of guard within the dream.
Playing it for real, genuinely poisoning Lin Qi.
Thinking of this possibility.
Great Sage Candle Dragon and Great Sage Taotie immediately grew cautious, not daring to act rashly.
Until Xiao Ali cried out in her childish voice, “You two, go help Uncle Wu quickly, don’t let that Bald Donkey hurt Grandmaster!”
“Right.”
“Candle Dragon, Taotie.”
“Act immediately to protect Master, without error!”
Fang Yun also snapped to his senses, and without a shred of hesitation grabbed the Empress Wa Banner from Xiao Ali’s hands, commanding.
Only then did Great Sage Candle Dragon and Great Sage Taotie nod, acting together, killing toward the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata.
“Fools!”
“This is a Supreme decree. This little brat is to die today.”
“If you do not recognize the will of heaven, you walk your own road to death!”
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata roared.
He did not care which faction, which Supreme, had poisoned Lin Qi in the dream.
He only knew that the situation had reversed.
The Lin Qi before him was no longer the Supremes’ favored child, but had fallen to become a discarded pawn.
And a discarded pawn deserved to die!
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata’s killing intent filled the heavens, fighting one against three.
He sought to blast Lin Qi dead on the spot, through the interception of Great Sage Candle Dragon, Great Sage Taotie, and Wu Ancestor.
“Ali.”
“Quick, use the Empress Wa Banner to strike that Bald Donkey.”
“And protect your Grandmaster.”
Fang Yun’s fury crowned his head, but facing a Dharma contest at the Half-Step Dao-Fusion Realm, he found it hard to intervene.
Bai Ling’er held him back firmly.
Thus he could only shout at Xiao Ali, who seemed to have gained the Empress Wa Banner’s recognition.
Xiao Ali nodded seriously, laboriously raising the Empress Wa Banner.
“Little Banner.”
“Go hit that big bad baldy.”
“Protect Grandmaster well, okay.”
As if understanding Xiao Ali’s words, the Empress Wa Banner suddenly soared into the air.
The Supreme Emperor Weapon revived to its extreme, sweeping across the void. The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata was blasted flying on the spot, coughing blood, body and mind shattered.
Seeing the fully revived Empress Wa Banner about to suppress him again.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata immediately roared in shock and fury, “Supreme, save me!”
In the next instant.
The stars shifted. From the depths of the Cosmos, a phantom rose in Sage Manifestation.
Transforming into a streak of flying rainbow, it fell into the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata’s hands, becoming a kasaya like the Great Sun shining universally, fluttering as it draped behind the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata instantly radiated brilliance, letting out a mad laugh.
“Thank you, Supreme, for granting this treasure!”
“Haha.”
“Heaven-Abandoning Emperor, your day of death has come!”
“You all, scram at once, or it is a dead end!”
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata had obtained the Great Sun Kasaya, formed from the will of the Supreme Tathagata remaining in the Heaven Demon Macrocosm, and its mighty power self-generated.
Immediately, it was as if aided by a god.
One palm blasted back the suppressing Empress Wa Banner. With a single step, he sought to slay Lin Qi with supreme divine might.
But the next second.
The Great Sun Kasaya behind him tugged, binding him in place, forbidding him from striking Lin Qi again.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata’s face turned ashen, and he said urgently.
“My Buddha Supreme.”
“To let a tiger return to the mountain invites endless calamity.”
“Today we should pull the weeds by the roots, let him scatter into ash and smoke, never to be reborn for all eternity!”
Yet the Supreme Tathagata gave no further response.
Only the Great Sun Kasaya draped over the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata fluttered, churning the void, dropping golden script.
“He is suffering backlash from the Daoist order’s poison. You must not strike a man when he is down.”
“You should shelter him, to spare him the Daoist order’s deadly hand.”
And afterward, the fully revived Empress Wa Banner also swayed gracefully, dropping the same golden script.
Everyone was shocked.
Only then did they understand that a Daoist order Supreme had secretly acted, truly poisoning Lin Qi within the dream.
Only.
Everyone’s eyes flickered.
Was it really the Daoist order that had administered the poison?
But no one dared probe deeply or think too much.
After all, the Empress Wa Banner and that Great Sun Kasaya should not be speaking without basis.
Even if it truly was just pinning a black pot on the Daoist order, it was clearly under the instruction of the Demon Race’s Supreme and the Buddhist Supremes.
The Supreme Wills could not be defied.
As long as no Daoist order Supreme jumped out to dispute it.
Then this poison could only be the Daoist order’s.
Thus, the real question became clear.
Why would the Daoist order, or rather the Supremes who had always been so tolerant of Lin Qi, suddenly poison him?
Everyone pondered inwardly, guessing.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata snorted coldly and spoke.
“Hmph, since it is the Daoist order that wants you dead, this old monk cannot truly compete with the Daoist order.”
“But, haha!”
“Who would have thought you would have this day too!”
“No, that’s wrong. Rather, you should have had this day long ago.”
“A mere chess piece, a thing like a dog.”
“You really thought you could wrestle arms with the Supremes?”
“The Supremes simply disdained to bother with you before. But if a dog truly dares bite its master.”
“Whether you live or die is but a single thought of the Supremes.”
“Hmph, the world all thought you were brilliant beyond compare, full of schemes and wisdom.”
“But now it seemed you were not so clever after all.”
“Even in this old monk’s eyes, you cannot compare to that Prince of Light, Li Chen, who feigned madness and played the fool.”
“Before the Prince of Light, Li Chen, truly grasped power, he knew to feign madness, to deceive the world.”
“But you, on the other hand.”
“As if afraid everyone would not know how clever you are.”
“The momentum not yet achieved, the great power not yet grasped, and you dared to style yourself the Heavenly Emperor, daring even to scheme against Supremes.”
“Haha.”
“Truly, a great dream come to nothing!”
“Someone like you who does not know how to endure humiliation, to hide your talents.”
“If you do not die, who should!”
The more the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata spoke, the more delighted he became, and the more he felt Lin Qi’s current fate was simply predestined.
On the surface, he had walked this road appearing brilliant beyond compare, full of schemes and wisdom.
But in reality, it was merely being clever in a way that backfired, like a clown capering about.
The Supremes had coldly watched him jump, watched him bounce.
Then, when it truly became unbearable, they simply acted. Squashing Lin Qi was no harder than squashing a fly.
No matter your thousand calculations, your ten thousand schemes.
They only needed to lift a finger to leave Lin Qi with nothing but a great dream come to nothing.
So before the Supremes, what Heaven-Abandoning Emperor who calculated everything?
There was only a little Lin Qi who was not skilled in Dharma contests.
“How pitiful.”
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata laughed mockingly, shook his head, ignored the furious gazes of Fang Yun and the others, laughed three times, and stepped into the Demon Court.
He came before Lin Qi’s former throne, sneered disdainfully, then stepped up.
He came to the throne and sat down, looking down from above, and laughed loudly.
“From now on, this old monk will sit in this seat.”
“Who approves? Who opposes!”
“Fuck you!”
Fang Yun flew into a rage, unable to hold back from fighting to the death with the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata, who was like a petty man drunk on success.
But Bai Ling’er held him back.
“Husband, now is not the time for impulse.”
“Master’s life and safety are paramount.”
Bai Ling’er persuaded, pulling Fang Yun, about to first carry away Lin Qi, who was like a petrified statue.
“Bai Ling’er.”
“Where are you taking him?”
“Do not forget you are the Princess of my Demon Race.”
“Before was one thing, but now if you still dare…”
“Bad uncle, Little Banner, hit him.”
Xiao Ali cried out angrily.
The Empress Wa Banner flew up, directly blasting away the barking Great Sage Taotie.
Great Sage Candle Dragon, who had also wanted to follow up with some mockery, immediately shut his mouth.
“Any more objections?”
“If not.”
“We will take Master and leave now.”
“No one is allowed to follow!”
Fang Yun shouted, hoisting the poisoned, petrified Lin Qi onto his back, suppressing the grief and fury in his heart, about to leave the Demon Court for Mount Xiangji.
Wu Ancestor’s face was expressionless. He reached out and stroked the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk in his hand, and sighed.
He did not choose to follow, but instead commanded the great army.
“We depart tomorrow, marching on the Holy Hall Cosmos, without error!”
“Damn. You really have been trained into a dog by that fellow, haven’t you?”
“He is now a Bodhisattva crossing the river, unable to save even himself.”
“And you still listen to him, going on an expedition to the Holy Hall Cosmos?”
Great Sage Candle Dragon was shocked, then greed flashed in his eyes.
“You are not allowed to go. Hand over the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk!”
“This Sage will keep it on his behalf — no, I mean, see whether the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk can be used to cure His Majesty’s poison.”
“Candle Dragon, you want the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk His Majesty bestowed upon me? You may try!”
Wu Ancestor snorted coldly, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk in his hand flowing with radiance.
Great Sage Candle Dragon instinctively retreated a few steps. Seeing Great Sage Taotie coughing blood as he flew back, he was just about to call Great Sage Taotie to act together and snatch the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, this supreme treasure not inferior to the Empress Wa Banner.
When he heard Xiao Ali’s angry cry, “You are not allowed to snatch it, that was Grandmaster’s gift to Uncle Wu.”
Great Sage Candle Dragon and Great Sage Taotie immediately beat a retreat.
And within the Origin Palace.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata, draped in the Great Sun Kasaya, his gaze flickered once. In the end, under the Great Sun Kasaya’s persuasion, he abandoned the thought of snatching the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk from Wu Ancestor’s hands.
He had more or less understood.
The Supremes disliked Lin Qi’s cleverness, so they sent down punishment, petrifying Lin Qi into a living dead man.
But the original situation could not be changed.
One should follow the flow of events.
Only, from this day forth, Lin Qi was out of the game!