"Hmph! This Emperor doesn't even put your Buddha Emperor Miao Rulai in his eyes. How dare a few pieces of trash like you dream of erasing me? You truly have no idea of life and death!"
At this moment, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's body was wreathed in flames and belching thick smoke.
The flames were dark flames.
The smoke was also dark smoke.
The flames were dark and evil, like fire that devours and incinerates all things in the world.
The smoke was terrifying and dreadful, containing power that seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Those flames were the symbol of the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's Dark Bloodline, and that smoke was the symbol of his Body of Original Sin.
In legend, the Buddha Dharma represents Radiance and the Divine Saint, restraining all demons, ghosts, and monsters in the world, and also restraining all Darkness and evil.
However, the Buddha Dharma merely represents Radiance and the Divine Saint; it is neither Radiance nor the Divine Saint itself—it is merely a representation.
But the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's Dark Bloodline is genuine Darkness, requiring no representation, for he himself possesses the Dark Bloodline, he himself is an existence of Darkness. Only genuine Radiance Bloodline can restrain it.
As for the Buddha Dharma, which merely represents Radiance and the Divine Saint, it is far from sufficient to restrain Darkness.
Moreover, what the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor possesses is not merely the Dark Bloodline, but also the Body of Original Sin.
In legend, when Chaos first opened, it gave birth to the Primordial and Original Sin.
Afterwards, the Primordial gave birth to Radiance and the Divine Saint, while Original Sin gave birth to Darkness and evil.
Radiance and the Divine Saint gave birth to the Great Sun Pure Yang, while Darkness and evil gave birth to the Dark Moon Pure Yin.
The Great Sun Pure Yang then gave birth to Immortals, Buddhas, Humans, and spirits, while the Dark Moon Pure Yin gave birth to demons, ghosts, and monsters.
If the existence of Original Sin and the Primordial belongs to the ancestral generation,
Radiance, the Divine Saint, Darkness, and evil belong to the grandfather generation.
While the Great Sun Pure Yang and the Dark Moon Pure Yin belong to the father generation.
Then Immortals, Buddhas, Humans, spirits, demons, ghosts, and monsters can only belong to the son generation.
The Buddha Dharma, this son generation, can only represent its father generation, Pure Yang. Whether it can restrain the Dark Moon Pure Yin, which is also of the father generation, is already an unknown. How then could it restrain Darkness and evil, which are of the grandfather generation?
If it cannot even restrain Darkness and evil of the grandfather generation, how could it restrain Original Sin of the ancestral generation?
Before, whether it was Dharma King Jiujie or Pure Robe Bodhisattva, they both believed that the Primordial and Original Sin giving birth to the Divine Saint, evil, Darkness, and Radiance was a false legend.
Now, after clashing with the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, facing the power of his Dark Bloodline that seems to devour and incinerate everything, and facing his power of Original Sin that seems capable of destroying heaven and earth, Dharma King Jiujie and Pure Robe Bodhisattva were increasingly beginning to believe that the legend might be true.
"Hahaha! You fools who know not life and death! Today, this Emperor will erase you first, then kill your Buddha Emperor Miao Rulai!"
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor let out a triumphant laugh, the dark flames around his body burning wildly, and billowing black smoke spreading madly.
ROAR!
—A dragon's roar exploded forth.
Immediately after, a colossal figure shot out from within the dark flames and smoke.
It was a dragon.
A dark and evil giant dragon.
This Dark Dragon possessed a pair of blood-red eyes, sharp fangs, and every black scale on its body was burning with dark fire, while its entire dragon form belched forth billowing smoke.
The Dark Dragon coiled upwards, swinging its head and issuing successive dragon roars that shook the surrounding ancient ruins into violent tremors and distorted the entire Void as if it were warping.
Fear!
Utter fear.
Pure Robe Bodhisattva and Dharma King Jiujie stared at the Dark Dragon in the Void, their faces ashen, their eyes filled with terror. Just then, they saw the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor seize the Red-Faced Vajra's head.
Pure Robe Bodhisattva and Dharma King Jiujie dared not even think of rescuing the Red-Faced Vajra. Their first reaction was to flee, to get as far away as possible. But just as they were about to leave, they were swiftly surrounded by the five Bodies of Original Sin following the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor.
"Hahahaha! Indestructible Vajra? Hahaha!"
In the Void, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, gripping the Red-Faced Vajra's head, let out a contemptuous laugh and shouted, "Before this Emperor, not to mention your vajra indestructibility, even if you were deathless and undying, this Emperor would still reduce you to ashes!"
As his words fell, accompanied by a dragon's roar, the Dark Dragon dove down, coiled around the three-meter-tall Red-Faced Vajra, and swept past. With a *bang*, the Red-Faced Vajra was instantly reduced to ashes.
Dead.
Utterly annihilated.
One of the Twelve Indestructible Vajras under the Western Heaven's Buddha Emperor Miao Rulai had just been erased by the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, wiped clean from existence.
Not far away, when Pure Robe Bodhisattva and Dharma King Jiujie witnessed this scene, they were completely stunned. They had always believed that the Bodhisattva from the Pure Land Sect had been erased by the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's true body. Only now did they realize that perhaps that Bodhisattva wasn't killed by the True Emperor's true body at all—he might have been erased by the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's Incarnation.
This Incarnation of the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor already possessed the strength to erase a Bodhisattva, and it was far more than just that.
Thinking of this, Pure Robe Bodhisattva and Dharma King Jiujie desperately wanted to flee this place. However, they were tightly besieged by the five Bodies of Original Sin. Whether due to overwhelming fear or an intense desire to escape, their minds grew frantic. Seeing the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor about to attack, they exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, transformed into a cloud of blood mist, and vanished.
This was a Blood Escape divine ability, and also a forbidden technique.
Unless absolutely forced into a corner, no one would use Blood Escape to flee.
Because performing Blood Escape not only inflicts great damage to the physical body, but is also harmful to cultivation, even to divine sense and soul. Moreover, if mishandled, one could very well perish on the spot.
This was no exaggeration.
It must be known that Blood Escape requires igniting the soul as a prerequisite, then detonating one's own physical body with one's power, forcibly reducing oneself to ashes in order to escape the location.
Because at the moment of Blood Escape, both soul and physical body enter a state of being reduced to ashes. Even if an opponent uses divine sense to probe, they cannot detect it.
If luck is poor, one might truly be reduced to ashes. And even after successfully escaping via Blood Escape, one will suffer severe injuries, requiring a thousand or eight hundred years to recover.
Yet even so, it was far better than truly being reduced to ashes.
With no way out, Pure Robe Bodhisattva and Dharma King Jiujie had no choice but to flee via Blood Escape.
In the Void, the five Bodies of Original Sin, discovering that the two had fled via Blood Escape, gnashed their teeth in hatred, cursing Pure Robe Bodhisattva and Dharma King Jiujie as cowards who hide in their shells.
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, however, wore a sinister smile. Looking down from his lofty position, he gazed upon the Void and said, "This Emperor originally thought the Eight Wonderful Dharma Bodhisattvas under Miao Rulai were something formidable. Turns out they're nothing more than this."
"Hahaha! Did you truly think Blood Escape could let you slip from this Emperor's grasp? Let me tell you, wishful thinking!"
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor shook himself, the dark flames around his body burning wildly, spreading out across the Void. Billowing smoke swept forth like raging waves.
In the blink of an eye, the vast Void had become like a sea of fire. Dark flames blazed fiercely, incinerating all things in the world. Rolling black smoke seemed to envelop heaven and earth, devouring everything.
Looking out, the vast Void resembled a terrifying hell. Everywhere were burning dark flames, everywhere billowing smoke. That evil Dark Dragon roared and howled within the sea of fire and the smoke.