Chapter 704: The Three Realms Tremble! Taking Control of the Western Two Saints!

Moreover, after all these years of confinement by Ancestor Hongjun, Saint Tongtian's personality had changed considerably.

In the past, Saint Tongtian would never deign to personally seize a primordial spiritual treasure from a peer-level cultivator.

Even if that primordial spiritual treasure had been taken from the Jie Sect, Saint Tongtian would never bother to reclaim it.

To Saint Tongtian, as long as it wasn't a case of the strong oppressing the weak, and as long as his disciples didn't die, it wasn't worth worrying about.

If you couldn't defeat others and lost your spiritual treasure, that was simply because you were inferior—you deserved to be bullied.

He hated most of all intervening in such matters.

Saint Tongtian did indeed favor his disciples, but only those who were victims of the strong oppressing the weak or the many oppressing the few.

But the current Saint Tongtian was different—he was no longer as aloof as before, acting more freely and recklessly, with no regard for consequences.

This Saint Tongtian made Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti feel somewhat alienated, and also somewhat wary.

If a saint acted on whim and without consequence, no force in the Three Realms would fail to feel wary and troubled.

"My Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads! I beg the Saint to uphold justice for me."

Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti remained silent, but Daoist Randeng could not stay silent.

The Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads just stolen were the very treasures he cherished most, the ones he had poured countless, countless hours of effort into.

When the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads were in Zhao Gongming's hands, they possessed none of their current power.

If Daoist Randeng had not expended tremendous energy to transform each pearl into a miniature world, then painstakingly gathered vast numbers of believers and placed them within each miniature world,

it would have been impossible to unlock the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads' power to this extent.

When in Zhao Gongming's hands, the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads were merely an unremarkable top-grade primordial spiritual treasure.

But in Daoist Randeng's hands, the Twenty-Four Heavens became famed throughout the Three Realms.

All great cultivators in the Three Realms knew the might of the Twenty-Four Heavens, praising Daoist Randeng's Twenty-Four Heavens Array as invincible except by a saint.

Such a primordial spiritual treasure, forged with countless efforts and nearly encompassing Daoist Randeng's entire fortune and foundation, had been snatched away by Saint Tongtian—how could Daoist Randeng accept it?

Faced with Daoist Randeng's plea, Saint Jieyin could no longer remain silent, and finally spoke:

"Randeng, return to your mountain and heal. We will negotiate with Elder Brother Tongtian and reclaim your Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads."

As Saint Jieyin said, after resolving matters with Luo Fu, he and Saint Zhunti would certainly negotiate with Saint Tongtian to recover the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads.

Daoist Randeng was the sole Buddhist cultivator capable of rivaling the peak of peer-level strength.

Such a cultivator, even as saints, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti had to treat with due seriousness.

The Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads were the foundation of Daoist Randeng's combat power; if they could be reclaimed, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti would spare no cost.

They did not wish for Daoist Randeng to lose too much of his combat strength.

After all, Buddhism still needed Daoist Randeng to uphold its prestige. The Great Calamity was imminent, a time of turmoil—Daoist Randeng's strength was indispensable to Buddhism.

If the figure here had not been a projection but his true body, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhuntin would have immediately moved to intercept Saint Tongtian and reclaim the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads.

But as a projection, its power was limited—there was simply no time to stop Saint Tongtian. As for Saint Tongtian's whereabouts, through the Dao of Heaven, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti could easily lock onto it.

Since Saint Tongtian had already left, reclaiming the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads would require careful planning.

As fellow saints, if Saint Tongtian did not bestow the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads upon his disciples, even Saint Zhunti could not guarantee he could seize them back from Saint Tongtian.

The matter was settled; overthinking was useless.

Now, the most urgent task was to finalize the Journey to the West with Luo Fu.

"Saint Tongtian's sword qi is not easily extracted, Randeng—return to Bombarding Lingshan, take a Jin Lian seed, and heal properly. We will see justice done regarding the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads."

Saint Zhunti also spoke to soothe him.

Right now, the priority was securing the Journey to the West agreement; Daoist Randeng must be placated for now, with further action planned later.

"Yes! I beg the Saints to ensure justice is done for me."

Seeing that both Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti urged him to withdraw, Daoist Randeng suppressed his fury and obeyed.

Though his heart burned with grief and rage, Daoist Randeng still possessed reason—he knew full well that alone, he was no match for Saint Tongtian.

To reclaim the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads, he must rely on the two saints.

But saints were not servants he could command at will; under these circumstances, he could only obey their orders.

"Amitabha!"

Murmuring a low Buddhist chant, Daoist Randeng's figure slowly vanished into the Heavenly Beyond.

Watching Daoist Randeng's fading form, Luo Fu wore a faint smirk of malicious satisfaction.

Though Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti had promised to seek justice for Daoist Randeng, Luo Fu knew the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads were unlikely to be recovered.

The Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads had originally belonged to the Jie Sect; Saint Tongtian reclaiming them was only natural.

If Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti directly demanded them back, Saint Tongtian could simply refuse on this grounds.

Even if Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti were shameless, in this matter they could not claim moral superiority.

Without a valid reason to demand them, forcibly seizing them from Saint Tongtian was impossible.

The current Saint Tongtian was essentially alone, with no obvious weaknesses.

There was no way to exploit such angles to pressure him.

Thus, unless Saint Tongtian willingly surrendered them, Daoist Randeng's loss of the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads was inevitable.

Luo Fu also saw the effort Daoist Randeng had poured into the Twenty-Four Pearl Divine Sea Beads.

To have such a treasure, forged with immense effort, stolen away was a crushing blow to Daoist Randeng.

Yet Luo Fu felt no sympathy for Daoist Randeng—he too was a member of the Jie Sect.

For a Jie Sect disciple, reclaiming what was theirs was only right.

After Daoist Randeng departed, the two saints' gazes returned to Luo Fu.

"Friend, do you have any further conditions to propose?"

Saint Jieyin looked at Luo Fu, his tone heavy with the weight of the Western Two Saints.

Originally, the gamble proposed by Luo Fu was of great importance to Buddhism.