Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 501-Chapter 600)

“Will he become the groundbreaking first person to practise the Demon Suppression Statuary in the Chan Monastery of Deva-Nāga?”


Li Qingshan carefully controlled the subtle balance between the spirit turtle and the ox demon and tiger demon, just in case he accidentally released daemon qi. The Dauntless monk did not seem like a softhearted person, but little did he know that just by the demonic nature he had released, the Dauntless monk had already made up his mind about killing him.



At this moment, the Demon Suppression statue began to glow, giving off an unprecedented, dim, golden light. The entire Demon Suppression hall trembled.

It was exactly within this struggle and wavering, this repression and release, that coincided with the will within the Demon Suppression statue.

The Unraging monk’s eyes lit up. “That’s right, sure enough!” The Dauntless monk’s expression eased up slightly.

Li Qingshan locked onto the Demon Suppression statue firmly with his soul sense. He could vaguely sense the existence of something. It seemed like a form of comprehension, yet it was also like a scripture. However, a barrier continued to exist. A while later, the statue dimmed, and Li Qingshan’s body loosened.

“Amitābha, it’s still ended in failure, hasn’t it?”

The Dauntless monk brought his palms together and uttered the buddha’s name, but the Unraging monk beside him knew this was the Dauntless monk making up his mind about purging demons.

Li Qingshan asked Xiao An, “What do you think?”

“You don’t really look like it.”

“Really? I also feel like something is lacking.”

The will in Li Qingshan’s heart and the will within the statue did not match at all. Instead, they deviated from one another, which was why he could not obtain the Demon Suppression Statuary within the Demon Suppression statue.

He sank into his thoughts for a while, turning towards the statue in thought.

A powerful demonic nature exists within my heart, but I don’t feel pain, nor do I pray for anyone’s help, much less do I have any interest in repenting and changing my ways to completely destroy this demonic nature. If this demonic nature doesn’t exist, then Li Qingshan will no longer be Li Qingshan.

He bellowed out suddenly, “No matter what you’re hiding, hand it all over!”

The Demon Suppression statue suddenly erupted with unprecedentedly resplendent light as if all the light in the entire Demon Suppression hall had gathered there.

The light reached a limit, and two streaks of golden light shot out of its eyes, landing in Li Qingshan’s eyes. Li Qingshan shuddered as if he had received a heavy strike, staggering a step back. An image suddenly appeared in his head, rapidly revolving about. It was the Demon Suppression statue right before him.

The first form of the Demon Suppression Statuary, Initial Remorse of the Demon Heart.

Although he was born as a demonfolk, he had experienced the taste of kindness and love. He felt remorse over his past actions, so he wanted to break free from the restraint of the demon heart to develop a will of his own.

But gradually, the figure of the demon male turned into Li Qingshan’s figure. His expression was not pained, nor was he praying for anything. There was only pride and resolve. He would not feel remorse over anything he had done in the past.

Remorselessness of the Demon Heart.





Chapter 572: Establishment of the Demon Heart | Legend of the Great Sage




After producing the two beams of light, the Demon Suppression statue rapidly dimmed, and Li Qingshan stood before the statue silently for another long while. Only after becoming completely well-versed with the first form of the Demon Suppression Statuary did he open his eyes. He was slightly intrigued.

Although he had guessed that the cultivation method hidden within the statue had to be different from normal, he had never expected the Demon Suppression Statuary to be so wondrous, and it did not conflict with the Arts of the Boundless Ocean.

The Demon Suppression Statuary could also be regarded as a cultivation method for the body. It could drastically strengthen his physique. However, the method of practising it was completely unheard of. It actually utilised the demonic nature within him, converting it into his own strength through the constant suppression and struggle.

In order words, if demonic cultivators practised the Demon Suppression Statuary, they did not have to abandon their original cultivation method. It would still serve as the foundation of their cultivation, but an additional method of cultivation would be layered on top of that, essentially doubling their might. There was even the chance for them to obtain great strength that surpassed their current realm of cultivation.

Simply that aspect alone made the cultivation method very rare. The Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine that Li Qingshan practised possessed a similar function.

However, not only was learning this cultivation method extremely difficult, but practising it was layered with difficulties too. Some comprehension on the spot definitely would not be enough.

During the cultivation process, if the demonic nature was too weak, then it could easily be completely suppressed, making it impossible to learn the remaining part of the cultivation method and thus being limited to the third or fourth layer of the Demon Suppression Statuary at most.

When regular wicked people repented, they would become regular kind-hearted people at most. Only when people of great wickedness and evil repented and changed their ways could they achieve great benevolence and virtue. In other words, for those with insufficient demonic nature, they would not be able to unleash the full power of the cultivation method even if they managed to comprehend it.

But if their demonic nature was too powerful and unable to be suppressed, they would suffer from qi deviation and basically blow up on the spot. No demonic cultivator would continue to commit evil with it after practising the Demon Suppression Statuary. Once their cultivation failed, only death awaited them.

It was possible to imagine that basically no one could reach the ninth layer with the Demon Suppression Statuary; this cultivation process was no different from walking on a tightrope.

Li Qingshan clenched his fist. His lips curled into a smile.

This cultivation method is basically made specially for me. I definitely have enough demonic nature, and it will grow stronger as I cultivate. I virtually have an endless amount of the most important resource for practising the Demon Suppression Statuary already, and with the Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression, there’s absolutely no danger of me suffering from qi deviation.

Whether it was the “Initial Remorse of the Demon Heart” or the “Remorselessness of the Demon Heart”, he needed a demon heart before all that. The first statue of the Demon Suppression Statuary also contained the method to condense a demon heart.

Li Qingshan remembered the things Duoge had been eating. When he considered how he would be condensing one of those in his body, he felt rather disgusted, but for the sake of cultivation, he could not care so much anymore.

He immediately crossed his legs and sat down, gathering his demonic nature to condense a “Demon Heart of Remorselessness”.

……

“What do you think, senior brother?”

The Unraging monk stared at Li Qingshan. His eyes shone brightly as a smile oozed out of his mouth, just like a smiling buddha. Only at that moment did he demonstrate the great power on par with Monk Kings.

“Amitābha. It’s all up to him now.”