Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

Jiang Chen felt everything before him turn illusory.

Pulled by the tombstone, his body was swallowed by the vortex hovering above it.

After Jiang Chen’s figure was devoured by the nameless tombstone, the three tombstones silently flew up, arranging themselves into a triangular formation.

They rotated, emitting a rosy glow, circling round and round.

HISS...

As the light flowed, a saintly light pulsed.

The world around him seemed to blur. Time flowed backward, then stood still, then rushed forward at an incredible pace...

The flowers, grass, and trees changed ceaselessly.

Withering, then being reborn.

Reborn, then withering!

It was as if they were caught in an infinite loop.

As for Jiang Chen, he was already completely immersed in the world within the three nameless tombstones.

This was a boundless, pitch-black world.

It was darkness everywhere, so black you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. The world seemed utterly void.

Three figures suddenly appeared before Jiang Chen.

The three figures rose from the horizon, growing taller and more majestic. Originally human-sized, as they drew closer, Jiang Chen realized the figures had become like mountains, even surpassing the heavens, as if they meant to shatter the very firmament.

They were three Buddhas!

The first Buddha had a gaunt face and sat upright, his hands forming a Buddhist Mantra, poised as if chanting a Buddhist Scripture.

The second Buddha had a kind face and a dignified posture. There was a red mole between his brows, and his eyes held a gentle compassion for all living things.

As for the last Buddha, it was a Reclining Buddha.

It had a brilliant smile on its face and a large belly, yet it did not lack the majesty of a Buddha!

The Past Buddha!

The Present Buddha!

The Future Buddha!

The Three Lives Buddha!

’The Three Historical Buddhas who preside over the past, present, and future? Why are their statues here? And... they’re so enormous...’ Jiang Chen’s heart trembled violently.

Standing before the three Buddha statues, he was as insignificant as a speck of dust!

Even a single strand of a Buddha’s hair placed before him was like a skyscraper dozens of stories tall—he couldn’t even see the top!

”Past...”

The Past Buddha let out a vast roar. The sound of Buddha rolled out, and Buddhist patterns flew to the sky. The statue of the Past Buddha suddenly pointed a finger. The moment the attack left its finger, it vanished.

Jiang Chen was stunned. ’Did it miss?’

But just then, a distant mountain peak abruptly vanished.

Jiang Chen’s gaze sharpened. ’That was a peak that pierced the clouds! How could it just disappear?’

Jiang Chen flew over at once.

One look, and he drew in a sharp breath!

Where the peak had stood was now nothing but ruins. These ruins clearly bore the marks of time, as if the mountain had collapsed decades ago, its traces long since weathered away by the years.

’Is this the power of the Past Buddha? It can attack a target’s past... It’s impossible to defend against!’ Jiang Chen gulped, his eyes burning with fervent desire.

Just imagine.

Two masters are fighting, evenly matched, neither able to land a blow on the other.

At that moment, one of them uses this technique, directly attacking the target’s past self. Before his opponent can even react, he’s already heavily injured!

He was already wounded in the past!

This was simply heaven-defying!

”Present...”

The Present Buddha in the center thrust out a Swastika Buddha Seal. The Buddha Seal shot across the sky with a loud HUM, transforming into a golden torrent. Countless golden runes swirled upwards, covering the Swastika Buddha Seal as a rumbling sound echoed between heaven and earth.

BOOM!

Wherever the Swastika Buddha Seal passed, the earth was crushed and collapsed, leaving a trench like a dry riverbed.

It stretched for thousands of miles.

So far that one couldn’t see the end.

It was as if it had torn the very earth asunder.

”Future...”

The Future Buddha smiled, letting out a resounding Buddhist chant.

SWISH!

A massive Hand Seal radiating a dense, blinding golden light flew out, soaring swiftly through the void and passing by another mountain peak.

When everything grew calm, the mountain peak was unchanged, just as before.

Until...

Only after the Future Buddha had returned to its Reclining Buddha posture did the mountain peak, with a great BOOM, begin to shatter from its summit downwards, turning into rubble and disappearing!

Past, present, and future.

The three Buddhas.

The destruction caused by their three consecutive moves was seared into Jiang Chen’s memory.

Just then, the three Buddhas slowly straightened up. Their enormous eyes turned to Jiang Chen, and a voice like a great bell boomed in his ears, ”Past... Present... Future... Three lives, three worlds...”

As the vast, mighty voice echoed, a ball of golden light shot out from between the brows of all three Buddhas simultaneously.

Before Jiang Chen, the three balls of golden light merged into one. Then, this fused light from the three Buddhas transformed into a golden torrent that shot forward with a WHOOSH, piercing into Jiang Chen’s body.

BOOM!

A massive amount of information flooded into Jiang Chen’s mind in an instant.

A look of shock appeared on his face, followed by ecstatic joy as he exclaimed, ”The Divine Skill, the Three Lives Technique! It has only three forms... the Past Form, the Present Form, and the Future Form! But to cultivate the Three Lives Technique, one must grasp the Secrets of Time. The Secrets of Time... hailed as one of the strongest and most difficult Mystical Techniques. I must master it!”

”Only by mastering the Secrets of Time can I cultivate the Three Lives Technique!”

Jiang Chen’s gaze burned with fervor.

The thought of the Three Lives Buddha’s tyrannical attacks and methods made him tremble with excitement.

All three forms of the Three Lives Technique were incredibly powerful.

With the Past Form, when experts fight, the opponent has no way to even dodge.

In a battle between masters, one unleashes a sudden sword strike.

No matter how powerful the opponent’s Body Technique is, their past self cannot be controlled. It cannot evade. It will be struck like a sitting duck. By the time they react, they have already been slain by the sword of the past!

The Present Form focused on brute force and destruction.

As for the Future Form, its attacks were even more profound, even touching upon the fundamental power of the Secrets of Time!

A single sword strike is unleashed.

It won’t harm the target in front of you. But after they leave, or after a certain amount of time has passed, the attack aimed at their future self will directly reap their life.

What an incredibly powerful set of moves!

’I can’t believe someone actually created a peerless Secret Technique like the Three Lives Technique... But to use it, I need to comprehend the Secrets of Time. That’s right! The Three Historical Buddhas are here, and this is the place where the Secrets of Time are strongest and most distinct. I’ll comprehend Sword Intent here and hope to master Time Sword Intent!’

At this thought, Jiang Chen took a deep breath, sat cross-legged before the three great Buddhas, and began to comprehend Time Sword Intent...