Chapter 101: The calamity of fate is revealed, the stone bodhi blossoms

In a corner of the stone city, the Nine Yang Holy Water and the Wood Emperor's Qi were constantly merging into the branches of the world tree that had already sprouted.

The vitality emanating from this branch gradually grew stronger, until it finally stood up on its own and hung in the air.

Gradually, drastic changes began to occur at both ends of the branch.

A crown began to grow at its top, emitting chaotic wood energy, while a well-developed root system began to grow at the bottom.

Those dense tree roots penetrated the void and extended to who knows where.

"The World Tree has fully grown!"

Hua Tiandu looked at the saplings taking root and sprouting, and felt unstoppable joy in his heart.

In the void, the chaotic wood energy flows irregularly, like auspicious clouds.

Just when Hua Tiandu was about to refine all the World Tree and Chaos Wood Energy, his face suddenly changed and his body froze in place.

"Ding! The Mark of Destiny is reviving..."

Suddenly, an electronic sound rang out, broadcasting non-stop, like a warning.

"Ding! The Mark of Destiny has completely revived!"

The moment this sound was broadcast, Hua Tiandu lost all perception and his soul appeared in darkness.

"Is it because I activated the World Tree? The Mark of Destiny has revived on its own..."

"Does it want to stop the World Tree from growing? Or does it want to strike back at me?"

As Hua Tiandu was thinking, a formation diagram exuding the aura of destiny appeared before his eyes.

"Is this the mark of destiny?"

Although he had never seen any magical powers and Taoist techniques related to destiny, at this moment, his intuition told him that the formation diagram before him was the Dao Mark of Destiny itself.

This formation diagram is changing all the time.

At a certain moment, Hua Tiandu's eyes fixed, because he saw the shadow of the Great Five Elements Technique in a certain change in the formation diagram.

But the next moment, as the formation diagram underwent new changes, he saw some charm of the Great Yin-Yang Technique again.

"The general outline of the Three Thousand Great Daos is truly worthy of its name..."

While Hua Tiandu was watching the Dao Mark of Destiny, mysterious Zen chanting sounded in his ears.

That Zen chant was like a song but not a song, like a mantra but not a mantra, and it seemed like a cry that traveled through the long river of time and space...

Under this dual coordination, Hua Tiandu felt his own soul trembling, and his thoughts seemed to resonate with the Dao Mark of Destiny.

The mark of destiny disappeared before his eyes and appeared directly in his "mind".

It was at this moment that everything belonging to Huatiandu began to dissipate, and was replaced by the aura of destiny.

"Ding! The Fate Mark is getting out of control, and the Talent Panel is starting to suppress it!"
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When Hua Tiandu was lost in fate, great changes also took place in Shicheng.

Since he, the initiator, did not refine the World Tree, this supreme divine tree could only follow its own ignorant instincts and grow independently.

The roots of the World Tree grew longer and longer, gradually spreading out, taking root in numerous different dimensions, absorbing all kinds of vitality to replenish itself and help it grow.

The flourishing treetops exuded endless chaotic wood energy, dancing in the void.

At a very subtle point that no one noticed, the chaotic wood energy seeped into the floor tiles of the stone city and disappeared without a trace, as if it was swallowed up by a huge mouth that accepted everything.

Qing Shenxiu, who was standing next to the World Tree, saw that Hua Tiandu suddenly stopped and closed his eyes. The aura on his body began to become mysterious, exuding an aura that controlled the fate of all living things.

I saw dense array patterns appearing on his face, interweaving with each other, as if weaving a sky net, which seemed to include everything.

"Is Fellow Daoist Tiandu practicing some kind of magical power?" Qing Shenxiu guessed.

She had some superficial understanding of Hua Tiandu's cultivation process and knew that in order to cultivate supernatural powers, one must first condense a large formation, so she did not act rashly.

When she was about to wait and see what would happen, a sigh suddenly sounded in the void.

"Hey……"

This sigh was full of helplessness, yet it revealed a will that transcended heaven and earth.

This will was born from the stone Bodhi tree in the center of the stone city, and then swept across the sky and the earth, with an unparalleled momentum.

Qing Shenxiu stood frozen in place under this will. Under that overbearing will, her soul and body could not move at all. She could only watch the situation develop.

In the stone city, the heavenly monument rose from the ground, and the four large characters "Eternal Bodhi" on it gradually became illusory and finally vanished into nothing.

The Heavenly Monument made a humming sound, as if saying goodbye, and then it cut through the sky and disappeared at the end of the horizon.

And that stone Bodhi tree suddenly pierced the sky, penetrated countless time and space, and extended to the highest point of the world of death.

This sacred tree 'came alive' at this moment, transforming from stone into wood and restoring its original nature.

The outstretched Bodhi branches are covered with fluttering Bodhi leaves.

Each branch extends to the heavens and myriad worlds, drawing in infinite amounts of vital energy and causing bodhi flowers to grow on them.

The long river of time gushed out from nothingness, all living beings in heaven and earth drifted in it, countless heroes rose and fell in it, and the turbulent river water overflowed on its own, watering countless bodhi flowers and transforming them into fruits.

Each fruit is like a world of its own, nurturing the universe, the stars, and all living things.

Those Bodhi fruits emitted countless divine lights and condensed into a Tao fruit in the crown of the Bodhi tree, revealing a perfect and flawless artistic conception.

"boom!"

As Shi Bodhi completely ascended to the Emperor Realm, an extremely terrifying pressure rushed out from the Bodhi Realm, penetrating the entire Death World, causing countless powerful people to look at him sideways.

"This is... Patriarch Bodhi! He is still alive!"

"In the past, there were rumors that he died due to a failed breakthrough. I didn't expect that when he reappeared, he had made great progress."

"In ancient times, there were countless powerful people. As one of the most powerful people of that era, it is not surprising that Bodhi Patriarch has achieved what he has today."

……

At this moment, all the supreme giants and old antiques hidden deep in the world of death were forced to look towards the Bodhi Realm, watching Patriarch Bodhi step by step towards the supremacy.

However, everything that rises must come to an end, which seems to be an eternal truth.

Under the influence of the nameless law, the Bodhi fruits on the Bodhi tree began to fall one by one.

The mature Taoist fruit that towered above the tree crown burst out with brilliant divine light, emitting endless brilliance, illuminating the heavens and all worlds, as if releasing all the essence.

Gradually, the Tao fruit became illusory, was erased by an unknown force, and was about to disappear from the highest place.

As the Dao Fruit changed, the Bodhi leaves gradually fell off, and countless branches withered, losing all their vitality and vitality.

In the stone city, all restrictions disappeared, and the sacred Bodhi tree swayed, emitting rays of supreme essence, making the stone city look like heaven.

"Practicing for tens of millions of years, reaching the highest level at the Death Pass, defeating the king and becoming the emperor..."

"Unexpectedly, the end of cultivation is a dead end. Even if you reach the peak, you cannot live forever in this world." "In the past, I saw a dead end ahead. In order to avoid a dead end, I suppressed myself with the Heavenly Stele."

"I thought I could delay the breakthrough, but I didn't expect that today, I would be awakened by you two juniors, and I would be on a dead end."

"It's really fate that's unpredictable..."

An illusory figure separated from the main body of the Bodhi tree and came between Huatiandu and Qingshenxiu.

"Senior..." Qing Shenxiu murmured, not knowing what to say for a moment.

This great man who looked down upon the heavens and the worlds had his path destroyed and his destiny disrupted by them. It was a blessing that he was not beaten to death on the spot.

The phantom of Bodhi, wearing an unknown Taoist robe and with a blurred face, looked at the World Tree that devoured the essence of the emperor. Divine light flashed in his eyes, and all the worlds were being born and destroyed, as if he was deducing something.

"Is it the legendary Jianmu that connects all the worlds? Unfortunately, although it is in harmony with my Tao, it is now too weak to help me escape from this dead end."

"Ha~"

Patriarch Bodhi smiled lightly a few times and waved his hand. All the scattered emperor's essence gathered around the World Tree, allowing it to absorb as much as it wanted.

“There is a saying in the secular world that when a man is about to die, his deeds are good.”

"I hope that you, the younger generation, can accept my legacy and find a way to transcend in the future, break through the deadlock, and continue the path of cultivation."

Patriarch Bodhi, who realized that he was about to pass away, did a good deed before he died, helping the younger generations of his clan to grow rapidly.

Then, he looked at the 'big black hand' that led to his death.

"what?"

After seeing the formation diagram on Qinghua Tiandu's face, Patriarch Bodhi's face was somewhat moved.

In an instant, he was immersed in the mark of destiny.

"destiny……"

As he murmured, his blurry face suddenly changed.

His face suddenly became clear, and the shadows of all things were reflected in it, like a mirror reflecting the fate of all living beings.

On Patriarch Bodhi's face, the mark of destiny was revealed, and all his past was reproduced on his face one by one.

'Born with the Heavenly Monument... advancing rapidly on the path of cultivation... dominating the ancient times... understanding the way forward... reaching the highest level at the death pass... awakened unexpectedly, making the final breakthrough, defeating the king and becoming the emperor...'

At the moment the picture ended, the picture of destiny that was rooted in Hua Tiandu's mind was completely moved to the face of Patriarch Bodhi.

Thus, the fate that was about to end on Patriarch Bodhi's face continued to develop, but only he himself could see it clearly.

"…Put the fruit of the Tao on fate, and use the power of fate to unite the heavens and the myriad worlds, encompassing all living beings…"

"... immortal and everlasting..."

"Is this my way out of this dead end?"

It was at this moment that Hua Tiandu opened his eyes and met the eyes of Patriarch Bodhi.

"You have no intention of awakening me, causing me to perish..."

"Now, I will guide the trace of destiny that you suppressed into my own body..."

"This is the cause and effect between you and me."

"Every sip and bite here is really wonderful."

Patriarch Bodhi said to Hua Tiandu with a smile.

There was wisdom in his eyes, as if he could see through the past and the future.

"The fruit of the Bodhi path is about to dissipate. I must merge with the heavens and myriad worlds before that happens."

"I will leave this stone city that I built with my own hands to you as a souvenir."

"I hope that one day, when I transcend, you and I can meet again."

After saying that, the entire stone city began to shake, throwing the World Tree, Hua Tiandu and Qing Shenxiu out.

Under the scarlet moonlight, Hua Tiandu held up the World Tree with his right palm, and stood on the ground with Qing Shenxiu, watching the Bodhi Stone City gradually rising into the sky.

"Om~"

The huge stone city that covered the sky suddenly shrank to the size of a palm, and then flew in front of Hua Tiandu.

"Thank you for the gift, Senior Bodhi!"

Hua Tiandu held the stone city in his left palm, then bowed and expressed his gratitude.

"This is fate between you and me, why thank me?"

Under the sky, Patriarch Bodhi reappeared. He nodded to Hua Tiandu, and then flew up with the Bodhi fruit in his hand, and completely disappeared.
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Three days later, Hua Tiandu found the stone gate in the stone city, intending to use it to get out of the blockaded area in the future.

"Brother Tiandu, what exactly happened between you and Senior Bodhi that day?" Qing Shenxiu asked curiously beside the stone gate.

"Hmm..." Hua Tiandu pondered for a moment, and then gave a summary answer, "To put it simply, I accidentally disrupted Senior Bodhi's plan, causing him to be doomed to die."

"Then, in order to find a chance to survive, Senior Bodhi accidentally comprehended a supreme Dharma when I was about to successfully suppress a powerful enemy. Following some guidance, he led my powerful enemy to himself, rendering all my methods ineffective."

"Perhaps, the great enemy took the initiative to escape to his body."

"In short, Senior Bodhi and I both attribute all of this to an indescribable fate."

Qing Shenxiu was confused by what she heard. Although she didn't understand what it meant, she still admired Hua Tiandu for being able to control the fate of Bodhi Patriarch who was above all the heavens and worlds.

"Fellow Daoist Tiandu, I will be in seclusion for a hundred years to sort out my future. I wonder what plans you have for me?" she continued to ask.

This area has limited resources and is of no help to cultivation. The only thing you can do is to gain enlightenment.

Fortunately, after discussing with Hua Tiandu, she came up with many interesting ideas, which she could try out one by one.

"The supreme formation that blocks the Bodhi Realm has abundant spatial force. I plan to use the power of the stone city to absorb the spatial force within the formation and practice some supreme magical powers." Hua Tiandu responded.

"Okay then." Qing Shenxiu nodded, then pointed to the east and said, "I plan to go into seclusion deep in that ancient forest. If you have any questions, you can come find me."

After saying this, she spread her wings and flew into the ancient forest.

After watching Qing Shenxiu leave, Hua Tiandu came to the broken mountain and valley where he used to be.

The stone city in his hand flew out and established a connection with the blockade formation.

"Om~"

Above the stone city, a ray of light emerged, which turned out to be all the structures around the Bodhi Realm, including the space formation and the source river that runs underground and is used to transport fire creatures.

The great formation and the source river were born as one and are closely linked to each other.

"It seems that this stone city is the foundation of everything here, equivalent to the center that controls the formation and the source river."

(End of this chapter)