Chapter 313: Fixed Number of Heavenly Dao, Saints Bound by Hands

"World Honored One, this matter needs to be reported to the two Saints." Ran Deng's voice was low.

Maitreya nodded upon hearing this.

"Buddha Ran Deng, all affairs of Lingshan are temporarily managed by you. I must immediately go to Mount Wuzhi and ask the two Sect Leaders to make a decision. While that demon has not yet grown wings, determine his identity and location, and wipe him out completely!"

Before the words fell, Maitreya turned into a Buddha light, rushed out of the great hall, and headed straight for the Western Paradise.

Ran Deng watched the direction Maitreya disappeared, the worry in the depths of his eyes deepening.

Mount Wuzhi, Maitreya climbed to the top of the mountain under the guidance of a small novice monk.

Beneath the huge Patriarch Puti tree, the two Saints Jie Yin and Zhun Ti sat cross-legged.

Unlike when he came last time, the two Saints were not closing their eyes and practicing at this moment.

Both looked solemn, their gazes watching the direction Maitreya climbed the mountain, as if they knew he was coming.

The branches and leaves of the Patriarch Puti tree swayed gently in the windless environment, and the Great Dao laws surrounding the two Saints actually appeared to have a ripple of disorder.

Maitreya's heart shook.

Saintly Dao hearts are clear, indestructible through ten thousand kalpas; this matter could actually cause the Dao rhymes of the two Sect Leaders to be disordered.

He dared not think too much, walked up quickly, pressed his palms together, and bowed.

"Disciple Maitreya, pays respects to the two Sect Leaders!" Maitreya's voice was sorrowful. "Lingshan has changed, a True Demon has descended to the world, seizing the luck of our Fomen. Disciple is incompetent, failed to block it, and was instead injured at the source by demonic energy. I beg the two Sect Leaders to have mercy, use your divine abilities, and while that demon has not yet grown, wipe him out completely from the Three Realms!"

Saint Jie Yin heard this, and on that sorrowful face, the wrinkles seemed to deepen a bit more.

He slowly raised his thin palm and pressed it down slightly from the air.

"Hum..."

An invisible power descended, and the source injury in Maitreya's body eased under Jie Yin's power.

Accompanied by a sigh, Jie Yin spoke slowly.

Jie Yin's voice carried a kind of deep exhaustion: "We have already seen the changes in Lingshan in their entirety."

Maitreya was stunned. "Since the Tongtian Jiaozhu knows, why not take action..."

"Take action?" Jie Yin turned his head to look at Maitreya. "Do you know how that luck of the Demon Dao was born?"

Maitreya shook his head.

"Isolated Yin does not grow, solitary Yang does not flourish," Jie Yin closed his eyes. "Buddha and Demon are the surface and interior of each other, a necessary fixed number of the Heavenly Dao's operation. Since Luo Hou fell, the Demon Dao has declined, and our sect flourished later. However, when things reach their peak, they decline; when things reach their extreme, they reverse. After our Fomen flourishes, we will inevitably face a test; the luck of the Demon Dao is born in response to the kalpa, this is the balance of the Heavenly Dao, a fixed number."

Maitreya felt a sense of relief in his heart upon hearing this; since it was within the expectations of the two Saints, he thought there wouldn't be too big a problem.

But before he could be happy, Jie Yin continued: "However, according to our calculations, this matter should have happened during the Journey to the West kalpa; now I don't know why it has been advanced, I am afraid someone is fanning the flames."

"Then I beg the Tongtian Jiaozhu to use your divine ability to ferret out that person behind the scenes."

"The Demon Dao is born in response to the kalpa and is even more under the absolute protection of the Heavenly Dao laws." Jie Yin heard Maitreya's words and shook his head slowly, his voice echoing beneath the Patriarch Puti tree. "We are Saints of the Heavenly Dao, patrolling on behalf of heaven. Those who follow heaven prosper, those who go against heaven perish. The Heavenly Dao wants the Demon Dao to revive; if we forcibly take action to wipe it out, it is going against heaven."

"What happens if we go against heaven?" Maitreya asked in a murmur.

Saint Zhun Ti to the side sneered, the Seven-Treasure Wonderful Tree in his hand shaken by him, emitting seven-colored brilliance.

"It will attract the terrifying backlash of the Heavenly Dao's will!" Zhun Ti answered coldly. "If we disregard everything and forcibly take action, being locked onto by the Heavenly Dao, heavenly punishment will descend. The heavenly punishment aimed at Saints will completely destroy the Three Realms. By then, the Three Realms will return to chaos, and no one within the Three Realms will survive!"

Zhun Ti's eyes flashed with a cold light, guessing:

"I think that person who secretly shielded the heavenly secrets and set up this game is waiting for this moment. He tied the luck of the Demon Dao to the kalpa, using this as a shield. If we move, we are blocking the kalpa punishment of the Heavenly Dao for him, letting him sit back and reap the rewards."

Maitreya gave up the thought of asking the Saints for help completely upon hearing this.

"The struggle between Buddha and Demon is a struggle of doctrine and a struggle of luck," Jie Yin looked at Maitreya, his gaze deep. "This kalpa can only be crossed by the disciples of the Fomen themselves. Saints must not act rashly."

"Go back," Jie Yin waved his hand. "Guard Lingshan well. Although the Great Plan of the Journey to the West has faced complications, the trend of the Heavenly Dao for the Fomen to flourish has not changed. As long as the scripture seeker travels west smoothly, the Fomen's luck can be stabilized. As for that True Demon, since he was born in response to the kalpa, he will sooner or later walk into the light. By then, there will be a fixed number; in our previous calculations, the Fomen will not perish."

Maitreya returned to the Great Lei Yinsi.

Inside the great hall, the Ancient Buddha Ran Deng saw him return, his complexion solemn, and his heart suddenly "thumped."

"World Honored One!" Ran Deng stepped forward quickly. "What did the two Sect Leaders say? Is there any way to deal with the demonic kalpa?"

"A way to deal with the kalpa?" Maitreya raised his head, looked at Ran Deng, and shook his head slowly. "No."

Ran Deng's pupils shrank. "What do you mean?"

"The two Sect Leaders said that the Demon Dao is born in response to the kalpa and is under the protection of the Heavenly Dao. Saints cannot go against heaven. The struggle between Buddha and Demon can only be crossed by ourselves."

The Ancient Buddha Ran Deng stood frozen in place upon hearing this, his complexion changing uncertainly.

At this moment, the two Buddhas who held the reins of the Fomen looked at each other.

Both saw the bitterness on the other's face.

Now Tathagata's reincarnation was missing, intercepted by someone.

The True Demon had revived in secret, swallowing the Fomen's luck.

In the dark, there was also a mysterious black hand that even Saints could not calculate, plotting step by step against the Fomen.

The Fomen, originally destined to flourish, now had a path ahead that was completely lost in confusion.

"Investigate." A moment later, Ran Deng took a deep breath, his tone cold. "Pass down the order to all Buddhist disciples in the Three Realms: even if you have to turn the Four Great Continents upside down, you must find that True Demon who has just been born and has not yet grown up. If he does not die, our Fomen will have no peace!"

Maitreya closed his eyes and said nothing.

Find him? How to find him?

Now the Three Realms were filled with kalpa energy, the heavenly secrets were shielded, and if that True Demon did not reveal himself, where could they find him? ===== CHAPTER 314 =====