Legend of the Great Sage

ot worth it at all.
That was why he constantly provoked him verbally, making him suffer from cultivation deviation.
However, this was also a form of training and strengthening to the One Lamp monk.

Outside the Demon Suppression hall, the Dauntless monk was relieved.
The entire monastery had placed high hopes on One Lamp.
Even with One Will’s appearance, the Dauntless abbot still believed he was more suitable for inheriting the position of abbot.
It truly was an occasion worthy of celebration that he could overcome his demons and reinvigorate himself.
He immediately found Li Qingshan much more pleasing to the eye.

“Senior brother, it was right to send in my disciple, wasn’t it?” The Unraging monk smiled.

The Dauntless monk nodded.
He could not help but admit this as well.
He silently calculated. Li Qingshan might be a secular disciple, and he doesn’t have much loyalty towards the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga.
However, he still respects junior brother Unraging to a certain degree, so they basically get along.
One Lamp has a very good chance at the third heavenly tribulation.
I just wonder which stage One Will has reached with her cultivation, but she should be close to the third heavenly tribulation by now.
The Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga has successors!

Then he said, “Since he refuses to become a monk, the monastery can’t force him to become one, but since he’s your disciple, just mention it if you need any support.
We can’t let others think the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga is stingy.”

“Yes, senior brother.” The Unraging monk smiled.
He knew that the Dauntless monk had basically recognised Li Qingshan, and the Dauntless monk’s recognition was the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga’s recognition.
They would provide Li Qingshan with sufficient resources to mend their relationship.
Even if Li Qingshan did not become loyal to the monastery, there would be good will at the very least.

This recognition did not just arise from the assistance that Li Qingshan gave to the One Lamp monk.
It was only a way for the Dauntless monk to express his position on this matter.
What truly mattered was still actual strength.
Even to major sects, great cultivators were extremely rare.
They could increase a sect’s strength qualitatively.
Unless they had no other choice, no one would want to push these people away.

This instead proved Li Qingshan’s “nonsense”.
There was indeed a great difference between the strong and the weak.

“Let’s see how he cultivates,” the Dauntless monk said with expectations.

“Alright!” The Unraging monk was still bothered by a worry. Qingshan, oh Qingshan, you better not have become an actual Demon King, or even I won’t be able to shield you.

Li Qingshan starred at the ninth Demon Suppression statue and discovered it to be unlike the eight previous statues.
Not only was it several times larger, but the material it was made from differed drastically too.
It seemed much heavier, sitting there in a lotus position with a calm and tranquil expression like a meditating monk.

He observed it for a while and did not immediately receive the Demon Suppression Statuary’s inheritance, so he pressed his hand against the statue, powering the demon heart as his mind sank into his sea of consciousness.

With a rumble, the Demon Suppression statue seemed to spring alive, standing in his sea of consciousness like a mountain and moving about.

The first form, Initial Remorse of the Demon Heart

The second form, the Immovable Demonic Nature!

 ……

Each move was extremely coherent, moving up the levels before achieving the enlightenment at the end and stopping all movements.
Sitting above the sea of consciousness in the lotus position, his dishevelled hair all fell away, converting to buddhism and undergoing tonsure.

Li Qingshan suddenly realised what was going on.
As it turned out, the ninth Demon Suppression statue did not just contain the ninth layer of the Demon Suppression Statuary, but the cultivation method’s general principles too.
Only here would it demonstrate many of its wonders.

He was exhilarated.
If he could comprehend and master it, his human cultivation would definitely progress drastically.
He began to concentrate on the comprehension, but gradually, his eyebrows became furrowed instead.

Qingshan, if you’ve travelled down the wrong fork in the road, you still have a chance to correct it here! the Unraging monk thought to himself.

Originally, there was only a single Demon Suppression statue in the Demon Suppression hall.
The eight previous statues were modelled on this one in an attempt to simplify the profound cultivation method so that others could understand it more easily.
However, the fundamentals in the very end still boiled down to this final Demon Suppression statue, just like how all rivers lead to the ocean.

However, Li Qingshan had not taken a fork in the road at all.
Instead, he had been travelling in the opposite direction right from the beginning.
It was basically a miracle that he could cultivate until now.

When he tried to comprehend the ninth layer of the Demon Suppression Statuary, he discovered that this conflict had already become so large that he could not correct it anymore.
Let alone mastering the entire cultivation method, he even struggled to grasp the ninth layer.
His demon qi would immediately collapse once it circulated to his point.

He tried sitting in the same lotus position as the Demon Suppression statue, but he discovered it to be very awkward.
He had never even considered becoming a monk, while this demonfolk who realised his errors and mended his ways ended up as a monk.

His cultivation could be increased forcefully, but the practice of cultivation methods still relied on comprehension at the end of the day.

Do I really have to switch to another cultivation method?

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