Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

Master Gongbu produced a Dharma Flute in his hand.

He did not blow it, but instead snapped it in half.

Instantly, the center of Vajra Temple, a great hall, began to glow brilliantly.

The portal connecting to Sumi trembled at this moment, eager to perform its guiding function.

But at the same time, a massive three-layer altar, luminescing in purple, gold, and azure light, descended from the heavens.

The Buddha Light Array, covered in cracks and infiltrated by a silver sheen, could no longer hold, and broke open at the top.

Affected by this, the Mountain Defense Array of Vajra Temple finally reached its limit and began to shatter completely.

Master Gongbu and the other high monks of the Sumi Vajra Division spat out a mouthful of blood in unison.

This was both from agitation in their hearts and from the impact of the array’s collapse.

The glowing three-layer altar, as if a giant mountain, pressed upon the great hall at the center of Vajra Temple.

This portal from the mortal world to Sumi was temporarily subdued, blocking the path.

Master Gongbu, Suoyang, and others looked up to see a tall young Taoist clad in a nine-colored cape, with a Primordial Crown on his head, descending along with the three-layer altar.

"Dragon Tiger Mountain..." Suoyang murmured: "Yes, it was like this back then; just like that time in Jiangzhou, when the ancestral land of the Nanzong Lin Clan was destroyed, it was the same!"

The heart of Elder Ge Luo, also of Great Tang human origin, trembled.

The ancestral land of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan was destroyed, with most of the clan killed or wounded.

That was the beginning of the rise of Celestial Master Mansion of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

And everything that has happened today originated from then!

Is it now Vajra Temple’s turn?

As the thought of wavering arose, Elder Ge Luo immediately extinguished it.

Master Gongbu, even more resolute, advanced first to confront the descending Lei Jun.

Elder Ge Luo calmed down, turning to put effort into shaking the great three-layer altar radiating in purple, gold, and azure light.

At the center of the illusory altar formed by the three-colored light, a White Jade Great Seal could be seen floating.

Elder Ge Luo knew that was the Celestial Master Seal, a treasured artifact of Celestial Master Mansion.

Held by the contemporary Celestial Master Lei Jun, it was not easily shaken.

But Elder Ge Luo was sure that the high monks of the Vajra Division stationed on the Sumi side had detected this shift here and would surely try hard to break the Celestial Master Seal and the True One Altar, reopening the road between Sumi and the mortal realm.

Elder Ge Luo had no intention of contending with the Celestial Master Seal alone; his goal was to coordinate with the powerful masters like Elder Cisong on the Sumi side, working from both inside and outside to have a chance of shaking the Celestial Master Seal.

Suoyang also quickly steadied his mind and attempted to contact the Vajra Sect Leader and Elder Dong Da, Master Wanglang, and other experts of the Vajra Division.

However, he found that communication was blocked, as if by an invisible force.

Suoyang turned his gaze towards Lei Jun on Master Gongbu’s side, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Master Gongbu, at this moment, was free of distractions, with a clear mind, his only target the tall young Taoist before him.

The opponent had once fought four at once and killed the powerful eighth heavenly layer martial expert Mi Han on the spot, making a name for himself in the world.

Master Gongbu had no confidence that he could surpass Lei Jun on his own.

Especially since he was injured due to the array-linked qi dynamic effect.

He now hoped only to delay Lei Jun for a moment to await reinforcements.

Master Gongbu’s cultivation of the eighth heavenly layer body seal realm of the Buddhist Hand Seal Lineage was deployed to the utmost at this moment.

Even though he could effortlessly create Buddha Stupa Fields, replete with mystery, he still immediately formed the Great Vajra Wheel Seal.

By doing so, he comprehensively enhanced his physical strength, especially his speed of movement.

Even so, Master Gongbu had a momentary blur in his vision, and Lei Jun’s incarnation, the Doumu Star God Dharma, was already before him.

Master Gongbu remained unflustered despite danger, forming the Wisdom Fist Seal in addition to the Great Vajra Wheel Seal.

His Buddha Stupa Field, transformed by his Buddhist mana, had a phantom Five-Cobalt Vajra Scepter form in mid-air.

It was the unique symbol when a Sumi Vajra Division successor reaches the perfection of the fourth layer body seal at the eighth heavenly layer and masters the Complete Body Seal.

With the appearance of the Five-Cobalt Vajra Scepter, Buddhist mana spread in all directions, with Master Gongbu’s form enhanced by the speed of the Great Vajra Wheel Seal and the void-shaking attributes of the Wisdom Fist Seal, he even showed some martial experts’ short-range teleportation mystique.

Although limited to the range covered by the illusory Buddha Stupa Field and the light of the Five-Cobalt Vajra Scepter, this still had a huge short-range impact, allowing Master Gongbu to change his location from one corner of the field directly to the opposite.

However, before he could relax, Lei Jun’s form shadowed him closely, delivering a punch instantly before him.

Even though Master Gongbu held the Dugu Seal unmoving and steady, he was still shaken by the punch, almost coughing up blood again.

What sent a shock through his mind was seeing Thunder Law Heavenly Scripture Talismans and Fire Dharma Earth Script Talismans floating around Lei Jun’s Doumu Star God Dharma incarnation.

Both the purple Yang Thunder Dragon and the green Yin Fire Tiger appeared simultaneously.

Amidst Dragon’s Chant and Tiger’s Roar, with Yin and Yang blending.

The purple and green Yin Yang Taiji Diagram spun in mid-air, and the gathered strong light did not target Master Gongbu but shone towards Elder Ge Luo, who was striving to unsettle the Celestial Master Seal to guide Sumi experts to the mortal world.

Elder Ge Luo grunted, hurriedly forming the Dugu Seal to resist, but still could not withstand the formidable force of Lei Jun’s Dragon-Tiger Strike, his monk’s robe catching fire, and the whole person gradually transforming into a man of fire.

Leading the Seventh Heavenly Layer monks, Suoyang and others, upon seeing the situation, quickly acted together to attack Lei Jun.

Aware that there was a gap in cultivation realms and supernatural powers between the sides, making a direct approach useless.

Thus, they each summoned their magic artifacts, launching remote attacks at Lei Jun.

Lei Jun swept his gaze over the magic artifacts.

Each appeared unremarkable from the outside, with materials unbeknownst, like Dharma Flutes, Dharma Conchs, hanging scrolls, Treasure Trees, Vajra Pestles, Sutra Wheels, incense burners, and more, all revealing their true form beneath Lei Jun’s penetrating gaze.