Legend of the Great Sage

n emotions under control the entire time? Even when he had comprehended the profound laws of the world, he struggled to answer these questions. 

“Please forgive me, senior.
I’ve said too much.” Xiao An shook her head and returned to Li Qingshan’s side.

“It wasn’t worth it!” The Great Banyan Tree King snapped open his eyes.
There was pain, but his gaze was not lost.
“But if I could choose again, I’d still choose the same!”

Normally, Li Qingshan would definitely applaud a reply like that, but he glanced at Xiao An beside him and felt that it was best if he remained silent, just in case he was roped into someone else’s matters.

“I might never be able to understand such resolve!” Xiao An said, but she gazed at Li Qingshan with her clear eyes.

Li Qingshan’s heart sank; he grimaced slightly. There you go, I’ve still been roped into this!

He did his best to think over his words.
“Xiao An, you’re thinking too much.
Stop drawing comparisons so easily! It’s not like you’re madam Vine and I’m the Great Banyan Tree King.
Of course, I’m not saying you’re at fault, fellow.
Anyway, it’s just… sigh, it sure is complicated!”

“You’ve actually overestimated the power of that strike.
I’m not different!” Xiao An raised the Buddha Slaying sword in her hand.

“Huh?”

Li Qingshan and the Great Banyan Tree King both blanked out.
They had both personally witnessed the power of the Buddha Slaying sword.
The two powerful Demon Kings, the Kings of Yin and Yang, had been finished off with a casual strike from the sword, so what did she mean by overestimating its power?

However, it was exactly because that sight had been far too alarming that even they forgot about several facts.

For example, the Kings of Yin and Yang had already become utterly exhausted after their battle against Li Qingshan, gaining the upper hand against him after so much difficulty.
Before they had even gotten their revenge, Xiao An had killed her way over.

For example, while the Buddha Slaying sword did possess terrifying lethal power, there were only two types of opponents it overwhelmed the most.
One was buddhist cultivators, which was why it was called “Buddha Slaying”, while the other were existences of great yin and evil, a category that corpses, ghosts, and demonfolk all fell under.
After all, the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty was still a buddhist cultivation method.

Madam Vine fell into neither of the two categories.
She did not have a body of flesh either.
The Buddha Slaying sword could overwhelm her, but that only guaranteed every single strike of the sword could harm her.

Even when Xiao An stabbed the Myriad Poison Ancestor through the chest with the Buddha Slaying sword in the past, he had only ended up heavily injured, almost even escaping back to the Myriad Poison cult.
In the end, the soul nascence he had projected was alive and kicking too, which took them quite the effort to defeat.

After being forged by the heavenly tribulation, the power of the Buddha Slaying sword had grown drastically, but as a Daemon King that was born special, madam Vine’s vitality was far greater than a senile human cultivator’s.

Xiao An had only used the Buddha Slaying sword properly once after undergoing the heavenly tribulation, which was against the Kings of Yin and Yang.
In the moment she stabbed madam Vine, she had understood that the strike was not lethal, which was why she did not pull out the sword immediately.

Between Li Qingshan and the Great Banyan Tree King, one possessed a powerful instinct for battle, while the other possessed profound intelligence.
In the past, they had only been shocked by the startling stroke, which was why they neglected all these details.
Now that Xiao An had reminded them, they immediately realised what was going on, leaving them stunned.

Li Qingshan was still quite shaken from that.
Back then, if madam Vine had put up a little bit more of a struggle, he would not have been able to shatter the Mist Province cauldron.
If she had detonated her daemon core out of fury and hatred, then it would not be as simple as a failed plan.

As it turned out, not everything went according to plan… 

Xiao An said, “Senior Great Banyan Tree King, my strike did heavily injure her, but the strike that truly claimed her life was your callous resolve!”

The Great Banyan Tree King stood there blankly.