Eternal Saber

Chapter 607 - 28: Forging the Blade in Karmic Fire

Boom!

Amidst a loud crash, dust rose, and the entire palace shook precariously.

Crack, crack, crack!

Immediately, the earth shook and the mountains trembled!

The enormous stone statue’s head unexpectedly crashed into the ground, forming a bottomless pit. Cracks spread across the surface, alarming and scary, then quickly collapsed!

Rumble!

The five stone statues of the Dharma Protector Vajra also toppled over, falling into that deep, malevolent pit on the ground.

Amidst rolling dust clouds, a pungent stench emerged, making one nauseous.

When the dust settled, Chen Tang arrived at the ruins and gazed into the large pit below the palace, his heart involuntarily shook!

In the great pit, aside from the fallen rubble, there was a layer of white bones scattered everywhere!

Numerous rotting corpses piled high, exuding a foul odor.

"Your Highness, don’t go down there."

Luo Sha, witnessing the scene, vomited just now, her face pale, struggling to speak.

"Wait for me here."

Chen Tang said briefly and then proceeded towards the large pit, stepping on pieces of shattered stone statues.

The surroundings were foul-smelling and sinister. Where Chen Tang’s gaze fell, not a single living soul was seen!

Drawing near, Chen Tang finally saw clearly.

In the pit, there was specifically a wall, on which various iron clamps and torture instruments were hung.

In the corner, there were piles of blood clots like tongues severed by pincers!

Chen Tang stifled his nausea and continued to the side.

Around the great pit, there were other pit holes.

On the walls of some pit holes, hung blood-stained scissors of various sizes.

In some pits, a few hard iron trees were planted, covered with sharp branches and hung bodies.

In the middle of some deep pits stood a huge copper pillar, with traces of burning logs below.

Chains coiled at the top of the copper pillar, and dozens of bodies were tied up, all burned beyond recognition.

Chen Tang continued along, passing pit after pit, some filled with knife hills, others with oil cauldrons...

And various terrifying torture instruments, horrifying to behold!

In total, eighteen deep pits, the only constant was an endless accumulation of corpses in each pit!

Over the years, countless lives were buried here, creating such a terrifying scene.

"Eighteen, eighteen..."

Chen Tang’s heart suddenly moved, finally realizing.

This was unexpectedly the eighteen levels of hell engineered by Monk Fa Qing in the human world!

Who could have imagined, beneath the seemingly sacred Buddha Palace, lied a terrifying man-eating hell!

If not for him, the Jiang Clan might have ended up as one of these corpses, forever suppressed in this dark, sunless underground.

Chen Tang remained silent for a moment, but still swung the Broken Saber in his hand.

As the blade passed, the air temperature sharply soared.

These corpses buried underground had inherently accumulated countless flammable substances.

A scorching blade light fell upon the bones, instantly igniting and bursting into raging flames.

Chen Tang moved forward, igniting all the remains in eighteen deep pits.

The only thing he could do was this.

In an instant, the lights from the eighteen pits gradually connected, forming a huge sea of fire!

Viewing this raging inferno, a line from a book in his past life surged into Chen Tang’s mind, instinctively reciting it softly.

"Burn my remains, holy flame raging; what joy in life, what pain in death; for goodness dispelling evil, for brightness alone; all joy and sorrow return to dust; pity my fellow men, plagued with many woes..."

"Pity my fellow men, plagued with many woes!"

Ever since coming to Mahayana Buddha Palace, Chen Tang had felt the force of the Heart Demon becoming hard to control.

Now, witnessing this scene, evil thoughts thrived, and the Heart Demon grew stronger.

Chen Tang closed his eyes, his body trembling slightly, as purplish veins spread, covering his entire face and body!

His breath grew increasingly frantic.

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Only one word echoed repeatedly in Chen Tang’s mind.

At this moment, unexpectedly, a voice emerged in his mind.

This voice differed completely from the chanting in the Vajra Relic.

"Upon a thought, Karmic Fire blazes not human, burning you, but burning yourself..."

This phrase echoed repeatedly in Chen Tang’s mind.

Suddenly!

A red flame suddenly ignited on Chen Tang’s body.

This flame was peculiar, burning brightly, yet Chen Tang’s clothing remained untouched, perfectly intact.

"What?"

Luo Sha was somewhat incredulous, circling around Chen Tang.

This red flame seemed just an illusion.

Even so close, she couldn’t feel the temperature of the red flame.

"Strange."

Luo Sha couldn’t help but reach out, intending to touch Chen Tang.

But as her finger barely touched the red flame, she recoiled instantly!

Luo Sha groaned, her face changed dramatically.

This red flame appeared to have no temperature, but just a slight touch caused a heart-piercing burn!

In an instant, Luo Sha broke out in a cold sweat, looking pained and dared not approach again.

She lowered her gaze.

Seeing the scorch marks on her finger, resembling peculiar red patterns, seductive yet exuding a hint of eerie strangeness!

Luo Sha stepped back two paces, her eyes at Chen Tang filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Just a slight contact caused such pain.

Chen Tang was immersed in the red flame, yet seemed completely unaffected?

Moreover, the purplish veins on his face were gradually fading, his whole mood calmed down, seemingly having freed from the Heart Demon’s entanglement.

In reality, Chen Tang’s Heart Demon crisis was indeed resolved due to the emergence of this flame.

According to the meaning of the scripture, this red flame was named Karmic Fire.

This sensation was wondrous.

Perhaps because he overturned Mahayana Buddha Palace, allowing endless bones in hell to see daylight, and incinerated numerous remains.

Perhaps because he recited ’Pity my fellow men, plagued with many woes’.

As though responding to his words and deeds from beyond, delivering him this scripture.

Karmic Fire, thus the fire of evil karma, the fire of karmic obstacles.

Evil karma, beyond killing, stealing, lying, and various evil deeds, there are also countless evil thoughts like greed, anger, and ignorance.

Due to the Demon Blood possession and cultivation of the Demon-Extinguishing Scripture, witnessing the evil deeds of the Esoteric Sect, Chen Tang was overwhelmed with killing intent, somewhat lost in rationality.

Various evil thoughts proliferated, the Heart Demon spread, already hard to control.

But because of the emergence of the scripture, Chen Tang’s internal Karmic Fire instantly ignited, starting to burn away the evil thoughts and Heart Demon.

Chen Tang tried to steer the internal Karmic Fire to his chest area, commencing to forge that ’Eternal’ blade light, sharpening Sword Intent!

The more Heart Demons, the more intense the blade light became under the fiery forging, and the stronger the Sword Intent!

Thus, Chen Tang seized this opportunity, not only escaping the Heart Demon’s entanglement but using it as charcoal, Karmic Fire incineration, tempering the Eternal Saber Intent!