Chapter 482

When this bet was just set, the Jade Emperor concluded that Luo Fu would definitely lose.

After all, this bet was too favorable to Buddhism.

With the current strength of Buddhism, even with Saint Tongtian standing on the platform, Luo Fu could not win against Buddhism.

But the Jade Emperor never expected that after the Westward Journey began, the scripture-seeking team would crush Buddhism all the way.

This progress far exceeded his expectations.

For Buddhism and the two Western Saints, the Jade Emperor was extremely disgusted in his heart. Luo Fu could make the two Western Saints suffer, so how could he not feel pleasant?

Most importantly, once Luo Fu really won the bet, he would have completed a feat.

A feat of winning against a Saint and changing the Great Calamity.

This was undoubtedly an encouragement to the great supernatural beings of the Three Realms.

After all, the great beings of the Three Realms have long suffered under the Saints.

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Palace of the Empress Wa.

"Methods of creation, reshaping bodies—Luo Fu's mastery over the Great Dao of Creation is, I fear, no longer inferior to my own. Moreover, how exactly did he manage to modify Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others right under the Saints' noses?"

When Luo Fu shaped the bodies of Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others, he did indeed employ methods of creation.

Other Saints might not have noticed, but Nüwa, who primarily cultivates the Great Dao of Creation, was able to discern some clues.

This could not help but make her marvel once again at Luo Fu's attainments in the Great Dao of Creation.

Beyond her admiration, Nüwa also felt a great deal of confusion.

For instance, how exactly did Luo Fu manage to evade the Saints' gaze?

Given the importance the two Western Saints placed on the Journey to the West, they would inevitably be monitoring Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others.

Employing creation methods to modify their bodies would have caused quite a stir.

Logically, the two Western Saints should have detected it at the very first moment.

Yet, judging by the reaction of the Saint Zhunti, he too had only just learned that Luo Fu had tampered with Tang Seng and the Little White Dragon.

Being able to deceive the Saints' sight could not help but make Nüwa feel curious.

"Regardless, as long as Luo Fu can win the wager and make Zhunti and Jieyin suffer a setback, that is a cause for joy."

Mentioning this, Nüwa's mood could not help but become pleasant.

Like the Jade Emperor, she also concluded that Luo Fu would win the wager.

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Yuxu Palace.

"Yet another unfathomable method; even the Great Calamity can be altered. It seems this Luo Fu truly is an anomaly."

Watching the changes in the Journey to the West, the gaze of the Saint Yuanshi could not help but flicker, and the aura around his body began to fluctuate.

These changes indicated that his mood was in flux.

That Luo Fu could make Buddhism suffer a setback naturally pleased the Saint Yuanshi.

But what truly stirred the Saint Yuanshi's emotions was the Journey to the West itself, which was about to be changed.

If Luo Fu could win the wager, it would mean that the Journey to the West Great Calamity had been altered to some extent.

Although it did not count as completely changing the Great Calamity, it proved that the Great Calamity was not unchangeable.

To the Saint Yuanshi, this was undoubtedly a shock.

Because in his eyes, the great trend of the Heavenly Dao was immutable.

A cultivator must act in accordance with Heaven.

Yet Luo Fu's actions told him that acting against Heaven was also feasible.

To be able to act against Heaven, and with such god-like and ghostly, unpredictable methods, only the status of an "anomaly" could explain Luo Fu's identity.

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Jin Ao Island.

"As expected of young friend Luo Fu. Meeting young friend Luo Fu is Zhunti and Jieyin's misfortune. Next, we shall see if Zhunti and Jieyin will take the initiative to act against young friend Luo Fu. Once they act, the final great battle will not be far off."

Clang!

Countless sword auras began to dance in the surroundings, following the Saint Tongtian's mood.

Compared to others, the Saint Tongtian, who knew Luo Fu's origins, had believed from the very beginning that Luo Fu could win the wager.

It was just that even the Saint Tongtian had not expected Luo Fu to resolve the Journey to the West entirely in this manner, in less than ten or fifteen days.

However, the Saint Tongtian himself was extremely expectant regarding this matter.

After his Great Dao of the Sword broke through to the Hunyuan realm, because he needed to remain hidden, the Saint Tongtian had not yet engaged in battle with anyone; he had long been impatient.

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Bajing Palace.

"Since even I cannot see through it, it seems this Luo Fu is, nine times out of ten, an anomaly from Chaos. I wonder how Zhunti and Jieyin will respond next; the foundation of Buddhism is still very profound."

After announcing the ruling, the Saint Taishang did not enter a state of enlightenment as before, but instead began to observe the subsequent changes in the Journey to the West with great clarity.

With the current combat power of the scripture-seeking team, the Journey to the West would soon reach its conclusion.

The Saint Taishang was also very expectant regarding the outcome of the Journey to the West.

Furthermore, the Saint Taishang had a great interest in Luo Fu.

The Saint Taishang could also see that the bodies of Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others had been reshaped by the Great Dao of Creation.

Yet the Saint Taishang could not see what method Luo Fu had used to change the temperament of Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others.

Given the changes in Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others, merely reshaping their bodies could never have achieved this.

However, no matter how Luo Fu did it, everything he did indeed conformed to the rules of the wager.

The bodies of Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others were only reshaped by Luo Fu using the Great Dao of Creation; the bodies were still the original bodies.

The Primordial Spirit was the same.

Although their consciousness had been changed, the Primordial Spirit remained the original Primordial Spirit of Tang Seng, the Little White Dragon, and the others.

Since both the body and the Primordial Spirit were the originals, there was no question of them being swapped.

As for the changes in strength and the change in consciousness and temperament, that originally fell within the scope permitted by the rules.

This was also the reason why the Saint Taishang ruled that Luo Fu had not violated the rules.

It was not that the Saint Taishang was intentionally favoring Luo Fu, but that Luo Fu had indeed done nothing against the rules.

It was precisely because of this that the Saint Taishang's interest in Luo Fu increased greatly.

The methods Luo Fu had revealed in the past were also unfathomable, but those methods had traces that could be followed.

But the methods Luo Fu revealed this time were not seen through by the Saint Taishang in the slightest; this was the first time he had encountered such a thing.

Precisely because of this, the Saint Taishang's interest in Luo Fu increased greatly.

Seeing that the Journey to the West was about to conclude, the Saint Taishang did not choose to go into seclusion.

For a Saint, ten or fifteen days was but the blink of an eye.

This amount of time was worth waiting for.

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The many forces of the Three Realms were surging with undercurrents, but Luo Fu, as the center of the storm, appeared extremely leisurely, continuing to observe the scripture-seeking team with not the slightest change in his expression.

Especially when he saw the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon that had not dissipated beside Tang Seng, a smile could not help but hang on the corners of Luo Fu's mouth.

He seemed completely unaware of what a monumental feat he was about to complete.