Chapter 345: Yuanshi Tianzun Suffers a Backlash

Senior brother, I can't tolerate this!

Western Pure Land, Zhunti Daoist's karmic fire rose around him; it was obvious that this time he was truly angry.

Junior brother, you are attached to forms!

Jieyin Daoist said lightly.

As he spoke, a lotus petal drifted down from atop the twelve-grade golden lotus beneath his seat.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a waft of fresh fragrance, the eyes of Zhunti Daoist, which had lost reason due to anger, became clear once again.

"Thank you, senior brother!"

After performing a salute, Zhunti Daoist gradually calmed down, and the karmic fire rising around him slowly returned to the apertures of his whole body.

After glancing at Zhunti Daoist, Jieyin Daoist said, "Junior brother, the path of cultivation in our Western Teaching is indeed the proper way, but it also carries considerable risk; therefore, you must not neglect the cultivation of your mind-nature in the future."

"I will dutifully follow your teachings, senior brother!"

Zhunti Daoist performed the salute here.

"Hmm."

He nodded and Jieyin Daoist said, "However, there is one point you did not get wrong; this loss, we must repay."

Although he was more rational than Zhunti Daoist, this time Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu completely trampled their faces underfoot.

If he still cannot defeat the opponent now, Jieyin Daoist would absolutely not retreat so easily.

"Senior brother, have you really worked out a plan?"

Upon hearing this, Zhunti Daoist's face instantly showed a hint of joy.

Upon hearing this, Jieyin Daoist nodded and said, "Originally, for this Investiture of the Gods Calamity, our Western Teaching should not participate too much; we only needed to finally receive the results. However, since the Three Pure Ones look down on us like this, we need not be polite any longer."

"Senior brother, do you mean we should enter the fray early?"

Zhunti Daoist said, "But if we enter early, might it affect the overall situation of the calamity? After all, the Three Pure Ones are not easy to deal with."

"Just rest assured!"

Jieyin Daoist said with a smile, "It is the Heavenly Dao that owes our Western Teaching; no matter what we do, the rise of our Western Teaching is a settled fact, and the great elder behind the scenes will help us handle the problem of the Three Pure Ones."

"Not bad!"

Zhunti Daoist, upon hearing this, also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The rise of Western Teaching cannot be changed by anyone; even the Three Pure Ones cannot defy the decree of the Heavenly Dao!"

"Alright!"

Jieyin Daoist nodded and said, "Then let us blaze the fire of this Chan and Jie teachings even more fiercely!"

"Good!"

Zhunti Daoist clasped his hands together, and a compassionate smile appeared on his face.

……

"Master!"

Wuliang Xianweng carefully paid his respects to Yuanshi Tianzun.

Originally, Yuanshi Tianzun's return should have been a good thing.

However, the Chan Teaching has now become this way, and Wuliang Xianweng also fears deep down that the master will blame him.

"Hmm."

Yuanshi Tianzun's face showed neither joy nor sorrow; with a flick of his finger, a star immediately fell before Wuliang Xianweng.

"Send him under the Qilin Cliff, keep him under strict guard, and do not allow anyone to visit him!"

Yuanshi Tianzun said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Wuliang Xianweng's heart startled.

You should know that the Qilin Cliff is where the Jade Void Palace imprisons immortals; only those immortals who have committed grave sins are confined there by the Heavenly Venerable.

"Who knows who could have made the master so furious?"

Carefully receiving the star before him, after seeing clearly the person sealed within, Wuliang Xianweng was so frightened he almost dropped the star in his hand.

"It's actually him!"

How could Wuliang Xianweng not know the person sealed within the star?

This person is none other than the second-in-command of the Chan Teaching and also its deputy sect leader, Ran Deng Daoist!

But Wuliang Xianweng cannot fathom what the deputy sect leader Ran Deng did to provoke Yuanshi Tianzun into such fury.

However, despite having ten thousand doubts, he dared neither ask nor speak.

After all, provoking the master's bad luck at this time is hardly wise.

"Go!"

He waved his hand, and Yuanshi Tianzun had Wuliang Xianweng withdraw.

"Wait, go summon Taiyi."

Upon hearing this, Wuliang Xianweng bowed and replied, "Yes, Master!"

Having said that, Wuliang Xianweng withdrew.

Not long after, Taiyi Zhenren entered.

"Master!"

Taiyi Zhenren performed the salute.

Looking at his most beloved disciple, Yuanshi Tianzun's eyes were filled with a complex expression.

Without the master speaking, Taiyi Zhenren could only maintain the salute posture.

Time trickled by, and the two thus waited silently for the other to speak first.

"Taiyi, do you know your guilt!"

Finally, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable still couldn't help but speak.

Hearing this, the Grand Master Taiyi's legs went weak, and he immediately knelt on the ground.

Master, your disciple doesn't know!

You don't know?

The Primordial Heavenly Venerable coldly laughed and said: 'Regarding the Demonic Pill matter, you say you don't know; regarding the people of Chen Tang Pass, you say you don't know; moreover, regarding the deaths of several of your senior fellow disciples, you also say you don't know?'

This...

In an instant, countless cold sweat poured down the Grand Master Taiyi's forehead.

Master, you actually already know everything?

The Grand Master Taiyi never expected that his master would so quickly get to the bottom of the matter.

However, he did not know what price the Primordial Heavenly Venerable had paid to clarify these matters.

Only now did the Primordial Heavenly Venerable finally understand why his junior fellow sect leader, the Sect Master of Penetrating Heaven, would spare no effort to act against him.

Moreover, the changes in his cultivation level now all make sense.

I fear that my suffering the backlash of fate is also part of that person's and my junior fellow sect leader's scheming!

At this moment, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable also finally understood a truth: sometimes, knowing too much is not a good thing.

For a Sage, it is extremely difficult to suffer the backlash of fate.

After all, each Sage originally bears a portion of fate; even if struck by fate's backlash, the fate behind them can offset it.

However, what the Primordial Heavenly Venerable did not expect was that, when calculating Ao Yifan's fate, he discovered that the fate bearing on that person was so rich and complex as to far exceed his imagination.

The Heavenly Realm, Human Realm, Earthly Realm, the Sect of the Primordial Beginning, the Sect of the Severing, the Monster Clan, and even the Western Teaching—even the Primordial Heavenly Venerable cannot fathom how that person could gather so much fate into a single being.

And while calculating Ao Yifan's fate, simultaneously suffering such a backlash of fate instantly affected the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's cultivation foundation.

This is also why he did not initially act immediately against Ao Yifan.

Moreover, at that time the Sect Master of Penetrating Heaven was also present at the side, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable suspected that the Sect Master of Penetrating Heaven already knew all of this.

Master, why blame the disciple?

The Grand Master Taiyi lifted his head, looking innocently at his master.

Regarding the Demonic Pill matter, Master, isn't this your arrangement? If not, I, the disciple, would not believe that Junior Apprentice Shen could really swap the Demonic Pill and the Spirit Pearl.

The Grand Master Taiyi said with a look of grievance.

Just as the words fell, the Grand Master Taiyi only felt a sudden pain at the back of his head; his own whisk struck him hard.