Chapter 903: Reincarnation Rights! Ancestor Minghe Acts!

After the true spirit reincarnates, one only needs to employ certain methods to regain memories and reclaim past cultivation base.

Undoubtedly, the right to reincarnation can greatly reduce losses for all major factions.

Compared to cultivating a new powerhouse, reviving a powerhouse through reincarnation requires far fewer resources and less time.

In addition, numerous cultivators who perished during cultivation, treasure hunting, or due to flaws in their foundational cultivation are not few.

These cultivators require the right to reincarnation.

The true authority over reincarnation rights is entirely held by Pingxin Niangniang.

But this does not mean major factions have no way to secure favors.

When a cultivator's true spirit reincarnates and lives another life, as long as it is not done en masse, it has little impact on the overall order of reincarnation.

To ensure the Wu Clan has a stable environment for rest and recuperation, Pingxin Niangniang regularly releases a portion of autonomous reincarnation rights.

The number of autonomous reincarnation slots is limited; to obtain more, one must compete for them.

This right is something no major faction will abandon.

Secondly, Gai Jiuyou is the easiest place to accumulate merit.

Merit is a valuable thing.

When the universe first opened, acquiring merit was relatively easy.

As the Primordial World gradually became more complete, the difficulty of acquiring merit steadily increased.

Gai Jiuyou is one of only two places in the Primordial World where merit can be stably acquired.

The other place where merit can be stably acquired is the Heavenly Court.

Compared to Gai Jiuyou, the Heavenly Court has more restrictions and greater difficulty in acquiring merit.

For any cultivator in the Three Realms, merit is always insufficient—even sages never have enough.

Especially Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin, their need for merit is even more urgent.

Naturally, among the six sages, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin were the most invested in controlling Gai Jiuyou.

Finally, Gai Jiuyou is one of the Three Realms, its importance and resource richness second only to the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Leaving other factors aside, the resources born from Gai Jiuyou alone are worth fierce competition from all forces in the Three Realms.

Merit, reincarnation rights, and territory—all are necessities for major factions.

Moreover, Gai Jiuyou has no prohibition on intervention.

The Divine War did not affect Gai Jiuyou.

Thus, after the Divine War ended, Gai Jiuyou became the most bustling realm in the Three Realms, with many great cultivators clashing over it.

As the largest force in the Three Realms, Buddhism holds a substantial share in Gai Jiuyou, second only to the Wu Clan.

To hold such a share, one must deploy true powerhouses.

As Buddhism's leader in Gai Jiuyou, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's combat strength ranks at least among the top ten among Buddhism's great cultivators, possibly even the top five.

To rank among the top five among Buddhism's great cultivators, Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha is certainly no ordinary figure.

After all, Buddhism benefited from the Divine War.

Originally poor and lacking in talent, Buddhism, by absorbing numerous disciples from the Chan Sect and Jie Sect, rapidly became one of the Three Realms' most densely populated with powerful figures.

Not to mention the Three Buddhas of Buddhism—each is no ordinary being.

Past Buddha Randeng, vice-head of the Chan Sect and one of the Three Thousand Guests of Purple Cloud, has unfathomable combat strength, at minimum at the peak of a Pre-Sage.

Present Buddha Buddha Tathagata, one of Daoist Duobao's three incarnations, has yet to cultivate long enough to surpass Randeng, but still possesses Pre-Sage peak strength.

Future Buddha Miro Buddha, also known as Ksitigarbha Buddha, is one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect and was already renowned during the Divine War.

Besides these three, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin have also brought several of the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals from the East to the West among the Red Dust Three Thousand Guests.

These are merely the well-known ones; there are also many lesser-known but powerful cultivators.

To some extent, Buddhism's rise as the greatest force in the Three Realms is entirely due to the Divine War, during which the East bled too much into the West.

Buddhism's strength, excluding Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin, owes at least half its success to the Red Dust Three Thousand Guests.

That Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha still ranks among the top five among these powerhouses proves he is no ordinary figure.

Gai Jiuyou is the foundation of Earth's Dao and the Wu Clan's stronghold.

Now, Earth's Dao is about to awaken, Pingxin Niangniang has successfully broken through to the Hunyuan layer, even the Twelve Ancestral Wu have been revived, and the Wu Clan is ready to emerge.

Thus, taking advantage of Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's deaths, Pingxin Niangniang and Ancestor Minghe did not immediately head to Bombarding Lingshan, but instead chose to purge Gai Jiuyou first.

Only by fully controlling Gai Jiuyou can they prevent any unforeseen disruptions to the grand plan of Earth's Dao's awakening.

Splash!

Not only did Ancestor Minghe himself act, but with Pingxin Niangniang's permission, he also summoned a branch of the Nether Blood Sea.

Under normal circumstances, Pingxin Niangniang would never permit Ancestor Minghe to summon a branch of the Nether Blood Sea into Gai Jiuyou.

The Nether Blood Sea's corrupting power is extremely strong; once its branch enters Gai Jiuyou, it is hard to ensure it will not exploit the opportunity to corrupt Gai Jiuyou and leave its branch behind.

With Gai Jiuyou's support, Ancestor Minghe's combat strength is among the strongest below the Sage level.

Even if Pingxin Niangniang herself intervened, she could only suppress Ancestor Minghe, not expel him.

In the past, no matter what price Ancestor Minghe paid, Pingxin Niangniang would never have allowed him to summon a branch of the Nether Blood Sea into Gai Jiuyou.

Now, it is different.

First, Ancestor Minghe has become Luo Fu's puppet.

Luo Fu did not conceal this from Pingxin Niangniang.

Second, Pingxin Niangniang's Great Dao Realm has broken through to the Hunyuan layer.

With Sage-level magic power as support, Pingxin Niangniang can now be considered a true Luo Jinxian.

Even without Heaven's Dao's support, suppressing Ancestor Minghe is no difficult task.

Finally, Earth's Dao is now complete, and Gai Jiuyou's primordial essence has never been stronger—mere Nether Blood Sea could never corrupt Gai Jiuyou.

Therefore, Pingxin Niangniang was entirely at ease with Ancestor Minghe summoning a branch of the Nether Blood Sea within Gai Jiuyou's Underworld.

The branch of the Nether Blood Sea carried Ancestor Minghe forward, soon arriving at a place of great fame in Gai Jiuyou's Underworld—the Eighteen Levels of Hell.

The Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's ability to become the dominant force of Buddhism in Gai Jiuyou's Underworld was also tied to his great vow.