Chapter 493: The Surprise of the Saints! The Trinity, the Ten Thousand Buddha Array!

"Zhunti and Jieyin have made no small progress over these years. However, I wonder if the trinity of the future, past, and current Three Thousand Buddha Realms can withstand a single sword strike from me."

Although he looked down on the two Western Sages, the Sage Tongtian did not belittle them.

He highly approved of the trinity supernatural power they had deployed.

If it were the old him, without the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array in hand, he would not dare guarantee he could contend with the union of ten thousand Buddha realms.

But now, it was different.

For the current Sage Tongtian, even if ten thousand Buddha realms were united, they might not be able to block his sword.

*Clang!*

With the Qingping Sword in hand, the Sage Tongtian stood up, his gaze locked onto the Three Thousand Buddha Realms.

With the two Western Sages deploying the trinity, the Journey to the West was nearing its end.

The Sage Tongtian was not sure if Luo Fu could break the Sages' power, so he was ready to act at any time, setting the stage himself to help Luo Fu initiate the final battle.

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The Eight Views Palace.

"Past, future, present. Zhunti and Jieyin are still the same as before, fond of gambling. But everything has a price; I just wonder if they can afford it."

The appearance of the future and past Three Thousand Buddha Realms also startled the Sage Taishang.

The method the two Western Sages used to summon them was indeed exquisite, but the Sage Taishang had seen through it somewhat.

Precisely because of this, the Sage Taishang had to sigh that the two Western Sages were as fond of gambling as ever.

This was indeed the case; the reason the two Western Sages were able to become Saints in the first place was because they gambled on the future, borrowing merit and fortune from the Heavenly Dao.

This led to them spending all these years since becoming Saints trying every means to acquire merit and fortune to pay off their debt.

Just like the Forty-Eight Great Vows, the current trinity of the Three Thousand Buddha Realms was clearly some form of advance, borrowing the past and future of the realms into the present.

Such a method must also require a price.

Moreover, summoning the future and past realms into the present—

Once they lost the bet, the two Western Sages would completely lose the Three Thousand Buddha Realms.

Because there would be no Three Thousand Buddha Realms left in the past or future.

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*Hum!*

As soon as the future and current Three Thousand Buddha Realms appeared in the Western Continent of Cattle-God, the Buddha-light between them began to merge.

At the same time, countless Dao patterns began to appear in every Buddha realm.

With the appearance of these Dao patterns, the future, past, and current Three Thousand Buddha Realms were directly connected, forming a great array.

"Three Thousand" was a figurative term, not a literal one; in reality, the number of Buddha realms already exceeded three thousand.

Three times three thousand.

At this moment, the number of Buddha realms appearing in the Western Continent of Cattle-God was likely no less than ten thousand.

An array composed of ten thousand Buddha realms could already be called a Ten Thousand Buddha Array, and an upgraded version at that.

After all, in normal circumstances, a Ten Thousand Buddha Array should be an array composed of ten thousand Buddhist cultivators.

But now, what composed the array were Buddha realms.

Compared to Buddhist cultivators, Buddha realms were infinitely more advanced.

With the appearance of the Ten Thousand Buddha Array, the Buddha-light above the realms became several times denser.

Moreover, the speed at which the Buddha-light circulated also increased several times.

This meant that the difficulty of breaking the Buddha realms had increased infinitely.

Facing the Ten Thousand Buddha Array, previous methods had become ineffective.

Relying solely on the purifying light of the Heaven-Purifying Divine Pearls, it was almost impossible to dissolve the current Buddha-light barrier.

Because to dissolve the barrier of the Ten Thousand Buddha Array, one had to face all the Buddha-light of the ten thousand realms.

"How did so many more Buddha realms appear? And the barriers have become so much stronger. In this case, how are we supposed to destroy them?"

Sun Wukong, carrying his Ruyi Golden Cudgel, retreated with Tang Seng and the others to their original position.

After each had destroyed a Buddha realm, Sun Wukong, Tang Seng, and the others had all chosen to temporarily withdraw to avoid the destructive energy generated by the collapse of the realms.

Little did they know, their choice had saved their lives.

If they had not chosen to withdraw, but instead continued to attack the realms—

Then, at the moment the Ten Thousand Buddha Array condensed, they would likely have been suppressed within the Buddha realms.

"Indeed, Buddhism truly has a deep foundation; the number of Buddha realms here likely exceeds ten thousand. Amitabha! These are Buddha realms, after all."

Tang Seng sighed involuntarily.

For a Buddhist cultivator like him, this trip to the Primordial World had brought him unprecedented shock.

He had never imagined that the Buddha realms, which only appeared in ancient texts and legends, were as common as cabbages here in the Primordial Buddhism, available in whatever quantity one desired.

"Wukong, what do we do now? Did the Great God Luo Fu give any instructions?"

After sighing slightly, Tang Seng asked Sun Wukong if Luo Fu had any other instructions for him.

The Ten Thousand Buddha Array before them was clearly not something they could break.

"No more. The last thing the Great God Luo Fu gave me was the Heaven-Purifying Divine Pearl. However, the Great God Luo Fu is watching us from beyond the heavens; I imagine he must be thinking of a way to solve this."

Sun Wukong shook his head, his hand gripping the Ruyi Golden Cudgel tightening, revealing his inner tension.

He truly had not expected that the Journey to the West would see another variable.

The current Ten Thousand Buddha Array looked many times more powerful than the previous Three Thousand Buddha Realms.

Although he had confidence in Luo Fu, Sun Wukong dared not guarantee that Luo Fu could definitely break the Ten Thousand Buddha Array.

This meant that the outcome of this bet had once again become an unknown.

"Wukong, you don't need to worry. Leave the rest to me!"

Just then, Luo Fu's voice suddenly appeared in Sun Wukong's mind.

Hearing Luo Fu's voice, Sun Wukong's tense heart relaxed slightly.

Sun Wukong had almost one hundred percent trust in Luo Fu; since Luo Fu said to leave it to him, then there was absolutely no problem.

The current situation was no longer something Sun Wukong could handle.

Therefore, Luo Fu intended to act personally.

In fact, it was the same for Buddhism.

Any discerning person could see that summoning the future and past Three Thousand Buddha Realms from the River of Time and Space must have been the work of the two Western Sages themselves.

Therefore, the coming battle—

Was already unrelated to Sun Wukong.

The two Western Sages' Ten Thousand Buddha Array looked indeed astonishing in power, but for Luo Fu, it was not difficult to resolve.