Chapter 824

Om!

At that moment, a pressure like divine wrath descended upon the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array.

Instantly, the defense of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array was strengthened countlessfold.

Moreover, the curse power within the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array was instantly suppressed; an invisible force of conversion swept across billions upon billions of devotees, and the fallen believers were all reconverted.

As for the hidden causal curse power, it was dragged out and temporarily trapped within certain Buddha Realms.

Clearly, the Two Western Saints had intervened.

The Ten Thousand Buddhas Array was far too important; having lost over a hundred Buddha Realms to the Void Portal was already a significant loss for the Two Western Saints.

After all, the Two Western Saints had spent countless aeons to shape the three thousand Buddha Realms into their current scale—each Buddha Realm had consumed immense effort and time from them.

How could the Two Western Saints stand idly by as the three thousand Buddha Realms continued to suffer losses?

The wager of the Journey to the West stipulated that those above the Peerless Saint realm must not interfere.

Although this wager had effectively become meaningless since the emergence of the three thousand Buddha Realms, at least publicly, neither the Two Western Saints nor Luo Fu had personally intervened.

Now that the Two Western Saints had personally intervened, it meant they had voluntarily conceded defeat.

"We humbly request the Supreme Saint to adjudicate!"

Luo Fu did not stop the Two Western Saints from acting; instead, he immediately called upon the Supreme Saint to rule on the outcome of the wager.

"Zhunti violated the terms; this wager is won by Luo Fu. The Fomen must unconditionally surrender all its transmissions to the Pilgrimage Team."

No sooner had the words been spoken than the cold voice of the Supreme Saint echoed from beyond the heavens.

Along with it appeared the stakes Luo Fu had previously deposited with the Supreme Saint.

Thus, the Journey to the West wager officially ended.

"We accept the ruling. All transmissions of the Wufu Sect are ready. The Pilgrimage Team may retrieve them at any time from Bombarding Lingshan."

The phantom of Saint Zhunti replied without expression.

He never imagined that in an instant, he had been forced by Luo Fu into direct intervention, thereby losing the wager.

Even as he responded, Saint Zhunti continued to suppress the unrest within the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array.

Undeniably, Luo Fu's causal curse power was extraordinarily stubborn—even Saint Zhunti, for the moment, had no better solution.

This was precisely why Saint Zhunti preferred to lose the wager rather than let the curse spread.

Even his personal intervention could not resolve it.

If the curse power continued to spread, all the accumulated strength of the Fomen over millennia might be destroyed in an instant.

This consequence was far more severe than losing the Journey to the West wager.

On the surface, losing the wager merely damaged the Fomen's prestige and reduced the benefits gained from its eastern transmission—not enough to shake its foundation.

But if the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array failed, it would genuinely shake the very foundation of the Fomen.

With no immediate solution in mind, Saint Zhunti temporarily sealed the curse power within the future three thousand Buddha Realms.

Then, with a casual wave of his hand, he banished both the past and future three thousand Buddha Realms from the present world.

After banishing the past and future three thousand Buddha Realms, Saint Zhunti swept his hand again and reclaimed the present three thousand Buddha Realms.

As the present three thousand Buddha Realms were reclaimed, the four million Pure Heaven Divine Pearls and the Void Portals vanished from the Western Continent of Cows, leaving only Sun Wukong and the others behind.

The Western Continent of Cows returned to its original appearance.

"We won! Old Sun did it! Old Sun has finally changed his own fate!"

The instant the three thousand Buddha Realms vanished, Sun Wukong—exhausted, nearly drained of all strength—suddenly brimmed with energy and roared with overwhelming elation.

From despair to numbness, then to hope granted by Luo Fu, enduring ten thousand years of grueling cultivation through all this, Sun Wukong had finally changed his fate.

Tang Seng and the others were not as ecstatic as Sun Wukong; after all, this world did not belong to them, and they could not truly feel his emotion.

Yet they too were glad for Sun Wukong.

Moreover, from Sun Wukong they saw their own future—if Sun Wukong could change his fate, so could they.

Seeing Sun Wukong roaring in ecstasy, Luo Fu's lips could not help but curve into a faint smile.

Changing Sun Wukong's fate was undoubtedly a cause for joy.

At the same moment, the great transcendents of the Three Realms could not help but exclaim in awe.

They marveled at Luo Fu's methods—none had imagined that after the Fomen deployed the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array, Luo Fu still possessed a way to force the Two Western Saints into direct intervention and ultimately win the wager.

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The Heavenly Court.

"We won! I never expected that even after the Fomen deployed the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array, Master Luo Fu could still force Saint Zhunti into personal intervention and make them lose the wager. Luo Fu truly altered the Journey to the West calamity!"

Upon hearing the Supreme Saint's verdict, the Jade Emperor could not help but exclaim, his eyes filled with profound shock and admiration.

With a non-Saint body, he made a wager against the Two Western Saints—and despite their full arsenal and utter disregard for dignity, he still outmaneuvered the Saints.

This feat of Luo Fu's is surely unparalleled in the Three Realms.

More importantly, because of Luo Fu, the Journey to the West calamity had been drastically altered—both its outcome and its course were now unrecognizable.

In a sense, this gave all great transcendents in the Three Realms confidence: calamities are not invincible; with sufficient skill, altering a calamity is not impossible.

"That final curse power must have been causal curse power. Indeed, the drawbacks of incense and vow power are too great—once used, the karmic entanglements must be eliminated at all costs."

Recalling the curse power within the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array, the Jade Emperor's gaze sharpened slightly.

This curse power served as a warning to him: besides the Fomen, the Heavenly Court collected the most incense and vow power.

Previously, due to the Fomen's influence, the Heavenly Court had also employed the Fomen's secret methods to harness considerable incense and vow power.

After all, incense and vow power were simply too convenient for boosting strength.