Chapter 20 Now Tathagata
The Great World is a continent floating in the universe, spanning more than billions of miles across the starry sky. The original sun and moon in the universe are even more powerful, and the radiated sun and moon tides stretch for trillions of miles.

The ice crystal storm and the solar flame are constantly colliding in the infinite time and space of the universe, which is one of the greatest wonders in the universe.

The collision of the two extreme forces of yin and yang generates a force that even the Creator cannot resist. Except for the divine beasts born from the sun and the moon themselves, ordinary people cannot survive on the sun and the moon. Therefore, the world has become the place with the most life in the universe.

And in this vast universe, the race with the greatest potential is the human race.

Even mythical beasts such as true dragons and unicorns are only stronger than ordinary humans in lifespan and strength. They are far inferior to humans in terms of martial arts potential. At best, they can only step into the realm of peak human immortals. If they want to achieve the supreme realm in martial arts, they must refine their bodies into human ones and create acupoints in their bodies.

Because human beings in this universe have 1,197 acupoints in their bodies from the moment they are born, forming their own world in the human body, which can interact with the outside universe.

The human body can be called a microcosm of the universe. Through practice, one can continuously develop human potential and reach a level comparable to the universe. With a wave of one's hand, one has the power to destroy the universe and extinguish the tides of the sun and the moon.

It is also for this reason that most of the ancient Yang Gods and Vacuum-shattering Saint Emperors in the universe are of human origin, and only a small number of Saint Emperor-level beings are aliens.

Moreover, most of the alien Saint Emperors are born with powerful strength. Their strength is comparable to that of the Saint Emperor, but they have not truly reached the realm of shattering the vacuum and the Yang God. In front of those who have truly reached these two realms, most of them are used to refine magic weapons.

The five great God Kings were well aware of this. They were born with the power of the Holy Emperor, but they were easily suppressed by the Eternal Emperor and had their power used to refine the Immortal Monument.

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Although the universe is vast, the most important place is the ninety-nine states in the center. The status of the ninety-nine states to the universe is equivalent to the ninety-nine missing acupoints in the human body.

As long as one rules over ninety-nine states, that person will be the undisputed supreme ruler of the universe, holding the orthodoxy of the universe.

Moreover, the land of each state contains extremely profound mysteries. Once you comprehend them, by summoning the ninety-nine acupoints contained in the ninety-nine states back into the human body, you can achieve the shattering of the vacuum.

Yang Pan is the current emperor who rules over ninety-nine states and is also the most outstanding emperor of the Daqian Dynasty. With the help of ruling the world and sorting out the human context, Yang Pan's Taoist skills can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds.

In just a few decades, his Taoist realm has almost reached the threshold of the Creator. This speed of cultivation is second only to that of the ancient Holy Emperor. The various schools of thought can survive seven thunder tribulations in a day and achieve the existence of the Creator.

If it weren't for the battle with Meng Shenji, which caused the damage to the Creation Ship and delayed Yang Pan's other plans by more than ten years, Yang Pan might have become the Creator by now.

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A green meteor was quickly crossing the sea, passing through layers of sea and rushing towards the land like lightning. At the same time, Ye Tianming was thinking about what to do next.

The purpose of Ye Tianming's trip, in addition to those important scriptures, was to make trouble for Yang Pan and give Yang Pan and Hong Xuanji something to do, so that they wouldn't disrupt Ye Tianming's plan. "Let me think about how to make trouble for them? Should I send my divine power incarnation to different places to create different bad omens, or give the magic skills I got in other worlds that can quickly increase strength through self-mutilation to those rebellious guys to help them increase their strength."

"Why not just run to the Imperial Capital and give them both a hard time in person and kill Hong Xuanji? That would be better."

"We should be at Giant Whale Island. I remember the second half of the Tathagata Sutra is here."

After flying for a while, Ye Tianming arrived at a sea area. Looking at the islands, forests, and lands intertwined in front of him, it seemed that this place was not a sea area, but another continent.

There is an army gathering near the sea, apparently to defend against threats on the sea, but also to eliminate pirates, clear obstacles at sea, and open up a sea passage.

The Giant Whale Island is covered with snow, with primeval forests everywhere and endless mountains. It seems that there are no human figures. However, under Ye Tianming's divine consciousness, everything on the Giant Whale Island is as clear as the lines on the palm of your hand. All the animals and plants hidden in the forest cannot be hidden from him.

There are a large number of pirates living in the canyon behind the forest. They drive thousands of poisonous snakes to ambush near the woods to defend against the troops on the sea. Once someone enters the forest, they may be attacked by these poisonous snakes.

Hundreds of pirates in the canyon looked at Ye Tianming who suddenly appeared in the sky, and they immediately had an ominous premonition in their hearts. The three leaders of the Giant Whale Island who were leading the group had all reached the innate realm of unity of body and soul in martial arts, and possessed the foresight of a cicada sensing spring before it even starts.

Being able to sense the sense of crisis hanging over their hearts, the three leaders of Giant Whale Island looked solemn, not daring to be careless in the slightest, and quickly led their men to retreat towards the depths of the primeval forest.

"Oh no! A Taoist master is coming to attack. Retreat quickly!"

The Yellow Eyebrow Island Master, who had a physique as mighty as a human bear, ran at lightning speed. Looking at Ye Tianming who was standing in the air with his own strength, he said, "A Taoist master wants to stand in the air with his own strength, unless he is a master who has survived the thunder tribulation. But why would such a master come here?"

Before Huang Mei finished thinking about why Ye Tianming came here, a word came into his ears.

"die!"

As Ye Tianming spoke, thousands of black lights shot out from his body. Each black light carried the power of death and rushed into the bodies of each pirate, bringing death to them.

Screams were heard from the ground. The body of each pirate was decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye. This was only the surface; their internal organs had already dried up.

After being hit by the black light, the three martial arts masters at the innate realm used all their energy and blood to try to break this "ghost immortal magic" with their own energy and blood.

But unfortunately, this black light was not the magic of the ghost immortals in the universe and could not be restrained by the martial arts qi and blood. The three men with Huang Mei only held on for a few breaths longer than the other pirates before they were completely crushed to ashes by the black light, leaving only ashes on the ground that were blown away by the wind.

(End of this chapter)