Chapter 51: The Ancient Demon Lord, No Connection with Buddha

In the ruins of the valley, facing Hua Tiandu, the amiable Taoist slowly told his origins, "I am the ancient demon king who was suppressed here, named Chi Yuan."

He looked at the white-haired boy, whose expression remained calm and rather relaxed, and felt a sense of admiration in his heart.

"When the space-time gate appeared, I sensed your arrival."

The gaze of Demon Lord Chiyuan seemed to penetrate the void and look directly at the location of the gate of time and space.

"To be honest, there is a connection between you and me."

Hearing this, Hua Tian was a little surprised. He bowed and asked, "Please forgive my ignorance. I am a disciple of Yuhua Sect, one of the ten sects of the immortal way, and you are a demon king from ancient times. How can we be related?"

"Hahaha~"

The Demon Lord Chiyuan laughed a few times and walked forward. When he came closer, he did not answer the question directly, but asked in return: "Let me ask you, how did you create that space-time gate?"

"Some time ago, I went to Guixu for training and accidentally obtained the Three Immortals' Talisman." Hua Tian did not hide anything and told the truth.

"The Gate of Time and Space was taught to me by the Three Immortals' Edict..."

At this point, he paused, a look of sudden enlightenment appeared in his eyes, and he guessed: "Could it be that the senior has a relationship with the Three Immortals Talisman, or the owner of the Talisman - the Three Goddesses?"

Demon Lord Chiyuan showed admiration in his eyes and said affirmatively: "You guessed right."

"In ancient times, Xuanhuang was the most vast world in the lower realm. When I was traveling in Xuanhuang, I taught Sanxiao the Five Elements Taoism, and thus we became destined to meet."

Perhaps recalling his past glory, the demon lord's face showed a hint of loneliness and his tone became mournful.

"Now, after countless years, I have ended up being suppressed, and the three sisters have long since died. Even the king-level immortal weapon they jointly forged, the Three Immortals Talisman, has been knocked down several realms, leaving only a broken fragment."

"What a fickle fate."

When Demon Lord Chiyuan sighed, various fluctuations were heard from afar. The next moment, the shadows of the Three Immortals' Talisman appeared in front of him, floating in the void, as if they were resonating.

This phantom exuded a will that was transmitted in the void and established a connection with the ancient demon lord.

After a while, the shadow of the talisman disappeared, as if it had completed some mission.

The Demon Lord Chiyuan turned around and looked at Hua Tiandu who had been waiting patiently, exclaiming: "I didn't expect that you are the reincarnation of the Heavenly Sovereign! And you have inherited Panwu's Taoist tradition!"

In fact, in a sense, the situation of this Demon Lord is very similar to that of Hua Tian.

The Demon Lord Chiyuan was originally a demon king in ancient times. Later, in order to discuss Buddhism with the King of the World, Buddha, he went to the Buddhist world, but was suppressed by the other party in the land of five elements.

He today is just a reincarnation of the soul of the former Lord Chiyuan.

"Which Taoist friend in the past are you reincarnated from? Please state your identity."

Now, Demon Lord Chiyuan's attitude has changed drastically, and he communicates with Hua Tiandu on a completely equal footing.

"Everything in the past life is just like flowing water." Hua Tiandu said casually.

Then, he smiled bitterly and said modestly: "Senior, your attitude is really embarrassing for me."

He took the initiative to lower his posture and returned to the question of the Demon Lord, "I often have some inexplicable memories. In those memories, I am Hua Tianjun of the Creation Heaven Court."

"Lord Hua..." Demon Lord Chiyuan murmured.

For a moment, he recalled many past events.

"I never thought that one day, I would have such a pleasant conversation with the reincarnation of Hua Tianjun." Demon Lord Chiyuan felt a little strange.

In ancient times, the immortal world and the demon world were mortal enemies. There were countless wars between the two sides, and countless lives were lost. Now, the high-level leaders of the immortal and demon worlds have fallen on hard times together, and have gathered together, which can be regarded as a model of "being in the same boat".

I have to say, fate is truly amazing.

After a long time, Demon Lord Chiyuan took the initiative to break the silence, "Tiandu, I will call you this."

"Senior Chi Yuan, please feel free to do as you please." Hua Tiandu smiled brightly and nodded in response.

"Tiandu, I want to ask you a favor." Demon Lord Chiyuan said bluntly.

"Senior, if you have anything to ask, just tell me. I will do my best!"

Seeing Hua Tiandu being so generous, Demon Lord Chiyuan also smiled.

"What you see now is just a projection of me. My real body is still suppressed in the core of this planet."

"This planet was created by the five fingers of the World-Honored King Buddha. It possesses incredible power. I will never be able to escape with my own strength."

He laid bare his difficult situation and then took further action.

I saw a big khaki hand stretched out from the ground, covering Hua Tiandu, and then traveled through space and came to a high mountain.

The khaki-colored hand retracted into the ground. The Demon Lord's projection pointed at the mountain that looked like a hand and said, "Tiandu, look there."

Hua Tiandu regained his vision and looked over. He saw a magnificent mountain with a talisman floating in the center. There were six twisted runes written on it. It was unknown which big world the runes came from.

"That is the talisman made by the World-Honored King Buddha himself. It is also the supreme treasure that suppresses this planet." Demon Lord Chiyuan explained.

"Please help me peel off this talisman so that I can accumulate strength faster and escape from this predicament in the future."

"And you, after getting this talisman, will be able to freely enter and exit this land of the five elements in the future, which will be of great help to your future practice."

Hearing the Demon Lord's request and the big cake he offered, Hua Tian nodded slightly, just giving a precautionary shot in advance.

"Senior, I know the Buddha of the Worldly Self-Mastery in the Buddhist world."

"Buddhism has always emphasized the word 'fate'. This time I went to take off the talisman. If it fails, please don't blame me, senior."

These words were reasonable and well-founded. After hearing them, Demon Lord Chiyuan also felt that they made sense and expressed his understanding.

"Don't worry. I'm only asking you to take off the talisman as an experiment. If it succeeds, it's great. If it fails, it doesn't matter. Don't worry."

After receiving this promise, Hua Tiandu took action immediately.

He flew to the center of the Five Finger Mountain, used his magical power to condense two giant hands that covered the sky, and grabbed the Buddhist talisman that was dozens of feet long.

Unfortunately, even if he tried his best and used all his magic power, he still couldn't shake the talisman at all.

He tried for a long time and used all his tricks, but he couldn't remove the talisman.

Helplessly, he could only smile bitterly and return to the Demon Lord. With a look of shame on his face, he said, "It seems that I am not the destined one. I really failed to live up to your trust."

"Hey, you don't have to blame yourself. Everything is destined. How can a small cultivator like you with magical powers control it?" Demon Lord Chiyuan didn't mind and instead comforted Hua Tiandu.

Then, he sighed and said, "Your magical power is extremely strong, exceeding five million horsepower, but you still can't remove this talisman. It seems that when the Worldly Free King Buddha suppressed me, he had already set certain rules that you and I cannot transcend."

"Now it seems that we can only take the second approach."

(End of this chapter)