Chapter 1281

The Journey to the West calamity is not really a great calamity of heaven and earth; at the very least, with the Buddhist Sect and the Heavenly Court pushing it forward, Su Fan did not feel much baleful energy from this calamity.

In fact, looking at the entire Journey to the West calamity, there were no world-shaking battles; it was entirely just a game.

It looks as if many immortals and gods were deliberately teasing the four members of Tang Seng's party.

Most of the eighty-one tribulations encountered by Tang Seng and his disciples were very safe, as most of them were just the mounts or disciples of the immortals and gods in heaven.

As for the rest, they were merely minor demons without backers; there were not even two great demons among them, and once they ran into Sun Wukong, who is now a Taiyi Golden Immortal powerhouse, they could not actually block him at all.

As for the Havoc in Heaven, that was even more of a joke.

The monkey's strength reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, which can already be considered top-tier among demon kings, and coupled with that merit-based spiritual treasure, the Ruyi Jingu Bang, his strength was truly extraordinary.

Within the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, he also had few rivals.

The cultivation technique he practiced was also inherited from the Bodhi Patriarch, the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art, which can be considered a top-tier Daoist technique in the Primordial Three Realms.

After all, this Daoist technique can reach the Quasi-Sage realm when cultivated to its peak.

Of course, wanting to reach the Quasi-Sage realm is not that easy given the monkey's aptitude, even if he eventually becomes the Victorious Fighting Buddha and gains the Buddhist Sect's luck, it is still not enough.

Looking at all those Bodhisattvas and Arhats in the Buddhist Sect, how many have reached the Quasi-Sage realm? Not many. Even those few Golden Immortals who defected from the Chan Sect back then and joined the Buddhist Sect, although their cultivation improved further, whether it is Guanyin Bodhisattva, Puxian Bodhisattva, or Juling Sun Buddha, regardless of whether it is the Bodhisattva fruit status or the Buddha fruit status.

They are all Great Luo Golden Immortals, but their accumulation as Great Luo Golden Immortals is not low. They have all reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

And even if the monkey becomes the Victorious Fighting Buddha, to be honest, it is very difficult for him to compare with these people in terms of status.

Although those people were also defectors from the Chan Sect and not native to the Buddhist Sect, Rulai is also not native to the Buddhist Sect, yet did he not reach the position of the Lord of the Buddhist Sect?

And the ancient Buddha, Randeng, is the same.

Guanyin and the others have Randeng, so their status within the Buddhist Sect is also not low.

The internal strife in the Buddhist Sect is severe, and the internal contradictions are becoming increasingly intense because of power.

Previously, because that Zunti Shengren in the West kept accepting people, the quality was uneven, and some were even forcibly converted.

Naturally, they would not be on good terms with each other.

There are actually not many native disciples of the Buddhist Sect; with the Future Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, and others as the original disciples of the Saint, they were originally supposed to be the Lords of the Buddhist Sect.

But during the Investiture of the Gods calamity, noticing that the Buddhist Sect was powerful, the Taiqing Saint originally wanted to use the eldest disciples of the Jie Sect to share in the Buddhist Sect's luck.

As a result, he did not expect that the two Saints of the Buddhist Sect would be so farsighted; they directly took out the position of the Lord of the Buddhist Sect and handed it to Duobao, who is now Rulai.

In this way, Duobao became Rulai and the Lord of the Buddhist Sect, and the two major Buddhist Sects, Mahayana and Hinayana, merged into one, eventually causing the Buddhist Sect's luck to soar, which led to the flourishing of the Buddhist Sect.

The Taiqing Saint can be said to have tried to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice.

However, it also created Rulai, who in just a million years, became comparable to an old-school Quasi-Sage.

Every drink and every bite is determined by heaven.

However, although the Buddhist Sect is flourishing, because of the internal contradictions, it can be said to be full of conflicts. The native Buddhist disciples are one faction, and after Duobao became Rulai, a portion of the disciples followed him, especially the thousands of Jie Sect disciples who were snatched away by Zhunti after the Investiture of the Gods calamity; these disciples' cultivation levels are not too bad.

A small portion are above the Golden Immortal level, becoming the backbone of the Great Thunderclap Temple; among the three thousand Arhats, many are these disciples.

And with Duobao as the Lord of the Buddhist Sect, it can be said that this faction is the most powerful.

The remaining faction is the Chan Sect faction led by Randeng.

Because of the Investiture of the Gods battle, the contradictions between these two major factions can be said to be quite severe.

If it weren't for the fact that the Buddhist Sect has one of the Saint's three corpses sitting in town, I am afraid the entire Buddhist Sect would have exploded. Of course, Rulai's current cultivation is enough to suppress all dissent.

After all, the cultivation of a peak Quasi-Sage is not a joke; even Randeng's strength is not enough to look at.

Although in terms of seniority, Duobao had to be a head shorter than Randeng in the past, but now, Duobao has become Rulai and the Lord of the Buddhist Sect, which is a Cult Leader-level existence.

Randeng's strength cannot compare to Rulai, and his status is even more so.

Therefore, the Great Thunderclap Temple, under Rulai's strong stance, was able to suppress so many contradictions, and coupled with this flourishing of the Buddhist Sect, the various factions within the Buddhist Sect did not want to cause trouble.

After all, the flourishing of the Buddhist Sect and the surge in luck also mean that they can obtain more luck, and perhaps by taking advantage of this flourishing, their cultivation might be able to go a step further.

So no one dared to make trouble at this time.

They are all trying their best to improve the Buddhist Sect's luck, and precisely because of this, in the Journey to the West, one would see Guanyin Bodhisattva listening to Rulai.

For the sake of luck, it is not embarrassing; normally, the other party would not listen to the other party's words.

Just like in the Heavenly Court, people like Zhao Gongming also do not give Haotian any face at all.

Rulai and Guanyin and the others had a very deep hatred before this.

The two major sects were truly killing each other.

Now they have become the Buddhist Sect, but the hatred will not disappear; it is just that having cultivated to this point, everyone will exercise restraint.

It is impossible for Rulai to suppress Guanyin and the others just because his strength is powerful; although Rulai's strength is powerful, he is not someone who cannot be controlled.

Not to mention the Saint's three corpses in the Buddhist Sect, Randeng and Maitreya Buddha are also Quasi-Sages; even if their cultivation cannot compare to Rulai, if several of them join forces, they can also contend with him.

And besides, the Buddhist Sect also has the Peacock Daming King, who is a peak Quasi-Sage, and his strength is not a bit worse than Rulai's.

Back then, he dared to fight Zhunti; although he was defeated and converted by Zhunti, no one dares to underestimate him.

As the son of the Phoenix, he was brought back to the Buddhist Sect by the Zunti Shengren, and the former did not do anything to him, but instead conferred him as the Peacock Daming King of the Buddhist Sect, which is unique.

In terms of status, he is even second only to Rulai.

And he is also very arrogant; within the Buddhist Sect, he is just like Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, acting alone.

The Buddhist Sect is chaotic, but in terms of strength, it is indeed very terrifying; in terms of Quasi-Sage combat power alone, it is not much worse than the human race.

At most, it is inferior to the human race at the intermediate level.

However, because of internal contradictions, the Buddhist Sect is just like the Heavenly Court; in fact, the human race is also like this, but in terms of top-tier power, the human race is more harmonious.

In the future, the Buddhist Sect will flourish, and perhaps one or two more Quasi-Sages will be born, but unfortunately, the monkey became the Victorious Fighting Buddha of the Buddhist Sect, and although he shared a lot of merit, it is almost impossible for him to become a Quasi-Sage.

Behind the monkey, that Bodhi Patriarch cannot provide too much.