Chapter 882: The Pressure on the Taoist Sect

Of course, the two Saints of the Western Sect could only watch with frustration; they dared not make a move. They could not even calculate anything against him.

After all, Zhenyuanzi was not a pushover with character flaws like Hongyun; furthermore, Zhenyuanzi was detached and worldly, and he had many close ties with the Three Teachings.

They had no way to deal with him and could only watch helplessly as Wuzhuang Temple remained stuck in the throat of Lingshan, like a fishbone lodged in the throat.

They were even less able to take action.

Zhenyuanzi possessed the Earth Book, and his own defense was second only to the Merit Linglong Pagoda of the Taiqing Saint; moreover, Zhenyuanzi was truly ruthless enough to connect the Earth Book to the Primordial Continent.

To break the Earth Book would be equivalent to shattering the Primordial Continent.

Who could bear such massive karma?

During the War of the Investiture of the Gods, several Saints fought with true fury, resulting in the shattering of the Primordial Continent; the karma they bore was not small, and they did not fall from their Saint positions only because their Merit was sufficiently great.

And from then on, their true bodies could no longer enter the Earth Immortal World.

This was also the Dao Ancestor's punishment for them; of course, their Saintly pressure was too high, and the Earth Immortal World might not have been able to bear it at the time.

Therefore, from then on, the two Saints of the Western Sect found it even more difficult to deal with Zhenyuanzi.

Although the current Buddhist Sect is powerful, both Rulai and the Buddha Randeng are Quasi-Saint level powerhouses.

But when facing Zhenyuanzi, they can only be considered juniors.

Even Randeng, that Purple Heaven Guest, unfortunately had to take the Yuqing Saint as his master later on, naturally placing him a notch below Zhenyuanzi; as for strength, there was also a gap between the two.

Even relying on the Qi of Luck of the Buddhist Sect, Rulai and Randeng are at most at the Quasi-Saint Late Stage, far inferior to Zhenyuanzi, who is at the Quasi-Saint Peak.

As for combat power, that goes without saying.

When Zhenyuanzi attained the Dao, it was during the Ancient Witch-Demon Period; the Primordial Continent at that time was far more dangerous than it was later.

After all, at that time, the forces on the Primordial Continent were numerous and extremely powerful; among some powerful races, Great Luo Golden Immortals were everywhere.

That Zhenyuanzi was able to stand out back then was not just because of his origin, but because he fought his way out from among them; take Zhenyuanzi or the Three Teachings for example, which one of them didn't fight their way out like this?

Did they really think they could deter others just by relying on a reputation? How could that be possible?

The two Emperors of the Demon Race suppressed and coerced one race after another to finally form the Demon Race.

Zhenyuanzi also fought his way out of this sea of blood.

Juniors like Rulai are truly lacking when facing him.

Facing Zhenyuanzi, they really have no good solutions.

And the fact that Zhenyuanzi targets the Buddhist Sect is well-known among the Great Supernatural Beings of the Primordial Continent; who told the two Saints of the Western Sect to owe karma to his close friend and sworn brother Hongyun, and because they didn't want to repay it, they plotted against him, ultimately leading to his death.

How could that not make Zhenyuanzi furious?

Someone who originally had a chance to become a Saint, but not only failed to do so, but also died and vanished, without even a chance for reincarnation.

The Western Sect can only endure Zhenyuanzi's wrath.

Of course, this is something the Taoist Sect is willing to see; the high-level members of the Taoist Sect are naturally clear that the Buddhist Sect is set to flourish in the next kalpa.

They cannot stop it either, as it was agreed upon by several Saints, and they can only influence the Great Trend of the Heavenly Dao.

However, the Taoist Sect is naturally unwilling to see the Buddhist Sect flourish.

After the War of the Investiture of the Gods, the strength of the Buddhist Sect surged violently, as they plundered thousands of disciples from the Jie Sect.

Those Jie Sect disciples were not weak themselves; during the period when the Ten Thousand Immortals gathered, which of those disciples was not at the Heavenly Immortal cultivation level?

Furthermore, among them were many core second-generation disciples of the Jie Sect; in addition, several of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect defected there, plus the Vice Cult Leader of the Chan Sect, Randeng.

In addition, there was Kong Xuan, whose strength back then was no less than that of an old-school Quasi-Saint level powerhouse.

Therefore, after the War of the Investiture of the Gods, the strength of the Buddhist Sect had already surged, and it was not at all weaker than the Three Teachings of the Taoist Sect.

The Taoist Sect actually also wants to suppress the Buddhist Sect a little; otherwise, if they really let the Buddhist Sect's strength continue to expand like this, it might very well become the next Jie Sect.

And although the two Saints of the Buddhist Sect are not Tongtian's match when they join forces.

But if they really were to clash, Tongtian would no longer join forces with the Three Teachings; the Eastern Saints no longer have absolute suppression power over the two Western Saints.

Of course, the Saints have long since left the Earth Immortal World.

Nowadays, it is the second-generation disciples who are in charge; as the Buddhist Sect grows stronger, these people are naturally very wary.

Especially the Chan Sect.

The Human Teachings originally didn't have many disciples; the Taiqing Saint had only one, Xuandu, and Xuandu also had only one direct disciple, which could be called a single-line inheritance.

Of course, the Human Teachings have many Outer Sect Disciples, but not many outstanding talents.

Although the Chan Sect won the War of the Investiture of the Gods, it was only a pyrrhic victory; the Twelve Golden Immortals had their cultivation base stripped away by Yunxiao all at once back then.

Although they all recovered later, it did delay them for quite some time.

On top of that, Vice Cult Leader Randeng defected to the Western Sect with several second-generation disciples, causing the strength of the Chan Sect to decline significantly.

The Taoist Sect is mainly composed of the Human Teachings and the Chan Sect; the Human Teachings practice non-action, and the Chan Sect is somewhat overwhelmed when facing the Buddhist Sect.

As for those Great Supernatural Beings, apart from Zhenyuanzi, the others have long since gone into hiding; furthermore, although the Saints have left, their Three Corpses might still have one or two remaining.

Therefore, those Great Supernatural Beings will not easily provoke the Buddhist Sect.

The pressure is all on the Chan Sect.

Yet, the people left behind by the Jie Sect are watching from the sidelines, with no intention of helping at all.

Fortunately, there is still Zhenyuanzi, this Innate Divine, which has reduced the pressure on the Chan Sect a little.

But regardless, the Buddhist Sect will flourish in the next kalpa; this is something the Chan Sect cannot stop, and the Yuqing Saint of that time had already agreed to the Buddhist Sect's eastward expansion to preach.

However, for Lishan Laomu, these things don't matter at all; even if the Buddhist Sect flourishes, it has very little impact on her now.

As for the mortals under the rule of the Piaomiao Sacred Land, with just one word from her, it is impossible for them to accept the Buddhist Sect's preaching.

As for the Buddhist Sect's eastward expansion to preach, it's not their territory anyway; it's the Chan Sect that should be anxious.

Of course, here in Jiuzhou, that is the base of the Human Race; when a Human Race dynasty is powerful, it can ignore them, just like the current Great Qin Dynasty, where even the Heavenly Court finds it difficult to preach in the lower realm.

The gods originally worshipped by the Six States have all been leveled by Great Qin.

Let alone the Buddhist Sect.

Of course, once a Human Race dynasty grows weak, just like the previous Zhou Dynasty, at that time, throughout the human world, immortals and gods would be everywhere contending for the human world's Qi of Luck.

All of this, of course, had nothing to do with Lishan, nor with the Piaomiao Sacred Land; he only needed to concern himself with the Piaomiao Sacred Land.

However, the Human Race Luck suddenly surged, and Lishan Laomu was still quite curious, not to mention the sudden arrival of Zhenyuanzi.