Chapter 732

Now Zu Long and Di Jun have not yet caused major destruction; as my master, I cannot descend to intervene, but must wait until they have damaged Spirit Mountain to a certain extent before I have reason to step in.

Hearing Hongjun Laozu's words, Jieyin Daoren and Zhunti Daoren, even though anxious, could only wait.

Under their anxious gaze, three battlefronts simultaneously unfolded:

Zu Long battled the Five Wisdom Kings' Dharma Aspects.

Di Jun led the Myriad Yaogu Elite against the Blue Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner.

Xiao Bailong led the Myriad Dragons against Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha and company.

In the three battlefronts, the Buddhist Sect was at a disadvantage.

Tathagata Buddha watched as the Five Directions Wisdom Kings Grand Formation and the Blue Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner's protective shield were about to be broken, feeling extremely anxious: "It's been so long already; why haven't the two teachers invited Hongjun Patriarch yet?" Tathagata Buddha was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, but even if he were more anxious, there was nothing he could do.

Bang… bang… boom…

He watched helplessly as the Five Wisdom Kings' Dharma Aspects were shattered by Zu Long, who then laughed and took away the Five Directions Wisdom Kings Formation Diagram.

Immediately, Tathagata Buddha watched helplessly as Di Jun shattered the protective shield formed by the Blue Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner, laughing as he took away the Blue Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner.

Tathagata Buddha felt bitter, yet Zu Long and Di Jun were overjoyed.

They harvested these two top-tier treasures, the Five Directions Wisdom Kings Formation Diagram and the Blue Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner; this not only could be exchanged for a large amount of Holy Court Points, but also meant they were one step closer to the Saint Realm!

After securing the treasures, Zu Long and Di Jun's gazes simultaneously turned toward Tathagata Buddha.

They knew that Tathagata Buddha was formerly called Duobao Daoren. He earned that name because he possessed as many as a thousand innate spiritual treasures!

Although these innate spiritual treasures are not high grade, each cannot be exchanged for many Holy Court Points, but their advantage lies in their great numbers.

If we could obtain enough treasures from Tathagata Buddha's hands, how many Holy Court Points could we exchange for!

Because of this, in Zu Long and Di Jun's eyes, Tathagata Buddha was practically a moving treasury of points. As a top-tier Quasi-Saint, Tathagata Buddha naturally sensed Zu Long and Di Jun's gaze, which was like that of one eyeing prey.

His complexion turned unsightly like never before.

Since he became the leader of the Buddhist sect, this is the first time anyone has acted so arrogantly in his presence.

But unfortunately, he can do nothing against the Primordial Dragon and Dijun.

This stifling situation made the Tathagata Buddha somewhat understand the Jade Emperor.

Of course, at this moment he cannot afford to be distracted by making wishes.

The two supreme treasures of the Buddhist sect, the Five Direction Bright Kings Diagram and the Azure Lotus Precious Color Banner, were respectively taken by the Primordial Dragon and Dijun.

Relying solely on the mountain-protecting formation of Ling Shan, it could not hold out for long.

To prevent the battle from affecting Ling Shan, the Tathagata Buddha's mind raced, quickly thinking of countermeasures.

In just a few breaths, he had an idea.

The Tathagata Buddha ordered:

"Guanyin, Wenshu, and Puxian, the three of you join forces to block Lu Ya!"

"Mile, you lead the Buddhist elite and together set up the Ten Thousand Buddha Formation to block Ao Lie and the dragon clan!"

"Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, you manifest twenty-four Buddha realms to block the various holy spirits of the demon court!"

"Patriarch Puti, now the Buddhist sect faces a critical moment of life and death; please intervene and block the remaining demonic evils of the demon court!"

After issuing these commands, only the two strongest foes, the Primordial Dragon and Dijun, were left for the Tathagata Buddha himself to face.

He is not a reckless person; naturally he knows he is no match for the Primordial Dragon and Dijun together. With his strength, at most he can only contend with one of them.

Then why does the Tathagata Buddha leave the most difficult opponents, the Primordial Dragon and Dijun, to himself?

In fact, the Tathagata Buddha's doing so is also a helpless move.

If it were not absolutely necessary, he would not choose to face the Primordial Dragon and Dijun alone.

But given the current situation at Ling Shan, the Tathagata Buddha has no other option.

He intends to rely on one of his trump cards to hold off the Primordial Dragon and Dijun, waiting for Old Ancestor Hongjun to come and mediate.

The Tathagata Buddha's trump card is called the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm!

This trump card is modeled after the Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, who used twenty-four Dinghai Pearls to evolve twenty-four Buddha realms; using his own thousand innate spiritual treasures, he evolved each into a unique Buddha world.

In each Buddha world sits an incarnation of the Tathagata Buddha.

When a thousand Buddha realms appear simultaneously, they can also form the Thousand Realm Buddha Formation!

Forming this formation not only allows the power of over a thousand Buddha realms to suppress the opponent, but also traps the opponent within those over a thousand Buddha realms.

The Tathagata Buddha's plan is to trap the Primordial Dragon and Dijun inside his over a thousand Buddha realms!

In his view, even if the Primordial Dragon and Dijun are extremely powerful, they could not possibly break through over a thousand Buddha realms in a short time, could they?

After giving orders to the others, the Tathagata Buddha said to the Primordial Dragon and Dijun:

"Primordial Dragon, Dijun, your opponent is my true form!"

Having said that, he immediately exerted great divine power, evolving the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm!

"Om—" In an instant, over a thousand spiritual treasures sprang into existence, each evolving into a Buddha world!

"Om, mani, padme, hum..."

In each Buddha world, hundreds of millions of Buddhas are chanting sutras.

Among those hundreds of millions of Buddhas, there is also a dharma manifestation seated in meditation that is exactly identical to the Tathagata Buddha!

Between the over a thousand Buddha realms, mysterious Buddhist patterns flow, linking them together like a river of Buddha realms, appearing extraordinarily magnificent.

After the Tathagata Buddha evolved the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm, two of the Buddha worlds respectively enveloped the Primordial Dragon and Dijun.

Under normal circumstances, suddenly being trapped in a Buddha world would likely cause surprise, anger, and so on.

However, after the Tathagata Buddha trapped the Primordial Dragon and Dijun in the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm, they not only did not panic, but were overjoyed!

You see, they had just been wondering how to obtain spiritual treasures from the Tathagata Buddha's hands.

Who would have thought that the Tathagata Buddha would be so thoughtful, directly delivering the spiritual treasures to them!

Indeed, in the eyes of the Primordial Dragon and Dijun, the Tathagata Buddha's deployment of the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm was nothing less than actively offering them spiritual treasures.

They never thought they would be trapped in the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm!

After entering the Buddha World, Dijun burst out laughing:

"Zulong, why don't we compete to see who can break more Spirit Treasure Worlds and collect more Spirit Treasures?"

Dijun's voice, transmitted through the Sacred Court Seal, reached Zulong's side.

Zulong heard Dijun's proposal and replied with a smile:

"Good! Dijun, in this contest you will still lose to this old ancestor!" Seeing Zulong and Dijun trapped in the Buddha World by himself, he felt no worry at all, but instead eagerly turned breaking the Buddha World into a competition!

The Tathagata Buddha's face grew even darker.

You know, the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm is his trump card!

Although Zulong and Dijun are formidable, we still shouldn't underestimate him!

The Tathagata Buddha was furious.

He immediately mobilized the power of the other 998 Buddha Worlds and infused it into the Buddha Realm where Zulong and Dijun were.

"Om, mani, padme, hum..."

In an instant, the voices of countless Buddhas chanting sutras in the Buddha World where Zulong and Dijun were became even louder.

The Tathagata incarnation sitting cross-legged at the world's center shone with Buddha light, its stature noticeably enlarged.

All that could be seen was the Tathagata incarnation forming a Buddha seal.

Immediately,

"Hum..."

From each Buddha, brilliant Buddha power surged forth; strands of Buddha power linked together, forming chains of Buddha light seeking to bind Zulong and Dijun.

"Roar..."

Seeing the chains of Buddha light lunging at him, Zulong instantly manifested his true form stretching ten thousand li, easily breaking the chains and laughing:

"Dijun, the contest begins!"

"Cry..."

Dijun then manifested his Great Sun incarnation, burning away the chains of Buddha light, and laughed just as loudly:

"This time, I will surely defeat you!"

Dijun clearly remembered how, not long ago, Zulong had seized his Heavenly Character Room One!

He knew that in a short time he could not defeat Zulong in a direct contest.

But if he couldn't win in a direct contest, could he possibly lose in seizing Spirit Treasures as well?

In the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm created by the Tathagata Buddha, Zulong and Dijun launched a fierce competition for Spirit Treasures.

As top-tier quasi-sage powerhouses, the Tathagata Buddha and Dijun both understood that the core of the Buddha World lay in the Tathagata incarnation.

As long as they could break the Tathagata incarnation, they could break the entire Buddha World.

Thus, after breaking or burning yet another chain of Buddha light, Zulong and Dijun simultaneously flew toward the Tathagata incarnation at the center of their respective Buddha Worlds.

The Tathagata Buddha sensed their movements and immediately directed the Tathagata incarnation to attack them.

These two Tathagata incarnations were truly powerful.

They commanded the power of the entire Buddha World, while Zulong and Dijun were subject to a certain degree of suppression by the Buddha World.

With this give-and-take, the power gap between the two sides narrowed considerably.

Nevertheless, the gap still existed.

After a spectacular clash of techniques,

"Boom..."

Relying on his immensely powerful true form, Zulong first shattered the Tathagata incarnation in his world and stored an innate Spirit Treasure.

Afterwards, he proudly sent a message to Dijun via the Sacred Court Mark:

"Haha, this old ancestor has already obtained a Spirit Treasure!"

At that moment, in another Buddha World,

Dijun's manifested Honghuang Great Sun held an absolute advantage, on the verge of defeating the Tathagata incarnation and seizing a Spirit Treasure. Hearing Zulong's voice, Dijun slightly furrowed his brow:

"No, if this continues, I will still lose to Zulong in this contest!"

"I must redouble my efforts!"

Stimulated, Dijun's attack intensity instantly increased somewhat.

In the blink of an eye, he too shattered the Tathagata incarnation and obtained a Spirit Treasure.

After obtaining the innate Spirit Treasure, Dijun, without showing weakness, sent a message to Zulong via the Sacred Court Mark:

"Zulong, this contest has only just begun; who will win or lose remains unknown!"

Outside the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm.

Seeing Zulong and Dijun's actions, the Tathagata Buddha was practically fuming with rage.

These two damned fellows actually treated his Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm as a free treasure trove?

How could he possibly tolerate this!

The Tathagata Buddha's face darkened terrifyingly as he frantically poured magical power into the second world entered by Zulong and Dijun.

However, Zulong and Dijun are ultimately top-tier quasi-sages.

If the Tathagata Buddha relied on the Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm for a one-on-one contest, he might still have a chance.

But now he must face two opponents—how could he possibly withstand that?

Thus, under the Tathagata Buddha's furious gaze, Zulong and Dijun successively shattered one Tathagata incarnation after another, reaping innate Spirit Treasure after innate Spirit Treasure.

As one could see, each of Zulong and Dijun had already broken over a hundred Spirit Treasure Buddha Realms, yet Hongjun the Old Ancestor still had not appeared.

The Tathagata Buddha was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He employed a Buddhist secret technique to send a message to the Receiving Guide Daoist, only to discover in helplessness that the technique had failed and he could not contact the Receiving Guide Daoist at all.

He again tried to use the secret art to send a voice transmission to Zhunti Daoist, but the result was still the same.

After a moment's thought, the Tathagata Buddha guessed that the voice transmission secret art failed likely because Jieyin Daoist and Zhunti Daoist were in the Purple Sky Palace, which blocked his voice transmission secret art.

Faced with this situation, although the Tathagata Buddha was anxious, he could only watch helplessly as Zu Long and Di Jun broke one spiritual treasure world after another, taking away his treasures one by one.

When Zu Long and Di Jun happily collected treasures, and the Tathagata Buddha tragically lost his treasures.

In the Holy Court Hall, Ye Qin watched with a smile this splendid drama.

Regarding the Tathagata Buddha's manifested Thousand Treasure Buddha Realm, Ye Qin secretly marveled:

"Truly worthy of being the Tathagata!"

"Ran Deng only manifested twenty-four Buddha lands, yet he manifested a thousand Spiritual Treasure Buddha Realms!"

"We have to admit, this move is indeed powerful! But unfortunately, using it to deal with Zu Long and Di Jun at the same time is simply giving them treasures!"

"Tsk tsk, the Tathagata giving treasures to Zu Long and Di Jun is actually equivalent to giving me treasures!"

"I hope the Tathagata can be more generous, letting Zu Long and Di Jun take more treasures, haha!"

Inside the Purple Sky Palace amidst Chaos.

Jieyin Daoist and Zhunti Daoist saw the Buddhist sect's members struggling to resist the Dragon Court and Demon Court's forces, while the Tathagata Buddha was continuously having his treasures taken by Zu Long and Di Jun, and they too were anxious.

They paced back and forth like ants on a hot pan, after a few rounds Zhunti Daoist spoke to Jieyin Daoist:

"Senior brother, if the situation continues to develop like this, they will ultimately be unable to withstand the Dragon Court and Demon Court!"

"Since Master Hongjun waits until Mount Ling suffers a certain degree of damage before descending to mediate, we might as well let the Tathagata and his group choose to retreat!"

"In that case, at least the Tathagata's spiritual treasures won't all be taken by Zu Long and Di Jun, and others won't get hurt in the contest."

"Although doing this would be embarrassing, but it's already destined to be embarrassing now, so we might as well discard face and strive to preserve the Buddhist sect's strength!"

Jieyin Daoist frowned, pondering Zhunti Daoist's proposal for a moment.

He knew that Zhunti Daoist's proposal indeed had some merit.

However, taking such an initiative to retreat is truly too embarrassing.

After hesitating for a while, seeing the Tathagata Buddha's treasures being taken again, Jieyin Daoist, helpless, finally made a decision.

He said to Zhunti Daoist:

"Zhunti junior brother, just follow your proposal."

Zhunti Daoist, seeing Jieyin Daoist nod in agreement, immediately left the Purple Sky Palace and sent a voice transmission to the Tathagata Buddha:

「Tathagata, Teacher Hongjun said, because of the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao's rules, he must wait until Spirit Mountain has been destroyed to a certain extent before he can descend to the mortal realm to mediate…」(End of chapter)