mtlumby2d Chapter 261: Buddhism Spreads Eastward, Law Spreads Westward
Chapter 261: Buddhism Spreads Eastward, Law Spreads Westward
"Shield of the Law, stand!"
Three hundred judges simultaneously thrust their jade slips into the ground. Instantly, countless profound legal runes flew out from the slips, interweaving into a vast black legal net that enveloped the entire square.
The blood-red dragon slammed heavily into the magic net, making a deafening roar, but it was unable to shake it at all.
"Sword of Law, out!"
Shang Yang gave the order again.
Three hundred dark sword lights shot out from the magic net.
These sword lights are not pure energy, but are composed of "rules" themselves.
They ignored the divine protection of Master Chishui and his spatial defense and directly penetrated his body.
"what--!"
True Lord Chishui let out a shrill scream.
He felt that his godhood, his divine position, and his connection with the origin of the Red Water Realm were being forcibly stripped away and severed by a cold and powerful force!
His divine power was like ice melting in front of the sword of law.
"No... Impossible... I am the God... I am the God here..." He looked at his rapidly withering body in disbelief, his eyes filled with fear and unwillingness.
Shang Yang walked up to him, his eyes as cold as ice: "Before the Basic Law of the Heavens, there are no gods. There are only law-abiding people and lawbreakers."
"take away."
Two judges stepped forward and carried True Lord Chishui, who had lost all his divine power and became emaciated, as if he were escorting a mortal.
The whole process, from start to finish, takes only the time of a stick of incense.
In the square, those mortals who were originally trembling and ready to be sacrificed were all staring in amazement at what was happening before their eyes.
They watched as the cruel and merciless "God" who treated them like grass was taken away like chickens by a group of people who called themselves "Judges of Law".
They watched as the temple, piled with bones, began to crumble bit by bit and turned into ashes under the illumination of the law runes.
They looked at the sky. The blood-red fog that had enveloped their world for countless epochs was slowly dispersing, revealing behind it a pure blue that they had never seen before.
"Are we...free?"
"That god... was captured?"
"The Great Qin Heavenly Court...Laws..."
In the crowd, some people began to sob quietly, while others began to laugh out loud.
What is more, is a kind of confusion after surviving the disaster, and an unprecedented longing for the future.
Shang Yang ignored them. He just raised a jade slip and transmitted the entire process of the Chishui Realm trial back to the Heavenly Court in the form of divine thoughts.
Then, his figure, along with the three hundred judges, disappeared from the spot and headed towards the next target.
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Xianyang Star Palace.
On Ying Zheng's sand table, the red light spot representing the "Chishui Realm" flashed a few times and then turned completely golden.
Immediately afterwards, an image condensed by the power of law emerged above the sand table, clearly showing everything that happened in the Red Water Realm.
Watching the entire process of True Lord Chishui's transformation from arrogance to fear, and then to being stripped of his divinity, Li Si and other important officials of the Qin Dynasty standing behind Ying Zheng were all shocked.
"Your Majesty... this... this is the power of law?" Li Si's voice trembled. As the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, he considered himself well-versed in political tactics and law, but the scene before him completely overturned his understanding.
This is no longer simply "governing the country by law," it is "using law to replace heaven"! The law itself has become a supreme power, a "Tao" that can judge the gods!
Ying Zheng slowly turned, his gaze sweeping across the crowd. He spoke calmly, "Law is more than just words written on bamboo slips. When the hearts of billions of people agree on 'fairness' and 'justice,' when the will of an entire civilization is united in 'law,' then this 'law' possesses the power to judge everything."
"This is my humanity, my 'Tao'!"
His words were so powerful that they made everyone present's blood boil.
At that moment, a eunuch hurried over, excitedly reporting, "Your Majesty, Shang Yang, the Chief Attorney of the Department of Justice, has sent victory news! The Red Water Realm has been pacified, and the Red Water True Lord has been brought to justice! Simultaneously, all realms have come to pay tribute. Over three hundred small and medium-sized worlds, after witnessing the footage of the Red Water Realm's trial, have voluntarily submitted petitions expressing their willingness to abide by the 'Basic Law of the Heavens' and submit to the Heavenly Court!"
"Good!" Ying Zheng's eyes gleamed. "Pass on my decree. Anyone who voluntarily submits will be exempted from paying Heavenly Court taxes for three years. I will also send envoys from the Ministry of Education to their realm to teach them farming, smelting, and medicine to help their livelihoods."
"Your Majesty, I obey your order!" Li Si immediately agreed.
Ying Zheng's gaze fell back on the sand table.
Those spots of light that had just turned golden were like sparks that set the prairie on fire. Although tiny, they were full of vitality.
He knew this was just the beginning.
The Chishui Realm is just a jumping clown, the real tough guys are still behind.
As expected, just half an hour after the Chishui Realm was judged, a suffocatingly powerful pressure descended outside the Qingtian World.
This pressure was filled with an ancient, sacred, and inviolable aura, as if the faith of the entire universe had converged here.
A monk wearing a plain white cassock, holding a nine-ring staff on his head, and with a solemn appearance, appeared outside the Xianyang Palace at some point.
He did not force his way in, but just stood there quietly. However, his presence itself constituted a silent and huge impact on the "humanitarian law" of the entire Qin Dynasty.
"Amitabha."
A Buddhist chant, like the sound of a huge bell, resounds through the sky.
"I, a humble monk, come from the Western Pure Land of Bliss, and I, following the Buddha's command, pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor Qin."
"As the Buddha said, all beings are equal, but karma and reincarnation have their own destiny. Your Majesty, forcibly interfering with the laws of heaven and depriving the gods of their authority is not a good cause and will only bring about boundless evil consequences."
"Your Majesty, please think twice."
The Western Pure Land of Bliss finally took action.
They did not resist violently like True Lord Chishui, but chose to "reason".
Use their "Buddhism" to fight against Ying Zheng's "law".
A debate about "Tao", a contest about "order" and "faith", is about to begin in front of the Xianyang Palace.
Ying Zheng slowly walked out of Zhangtai Palace, stood on the palace gate, and looked down at the white-robed monks below, his eyes calm and deep.
"Western Saint?"
"My law is my way."
"If you want to talk about cause and effect, then let me see whether it is your Buddhist teachings that can save my world, or my laws that can judge your gods and Buddhas!"