"Senior, what exactly happened back then?" Shen Luo asked after pondering for a long time.
"What are you referring to? Is it the outbreak of the Devil Disaster or the destruction of the Celestial Court … In the end, it's the same thing. "Li Jing paused for a moment and smiled bitterly.
"Senior, please tell me the details of the Devil Disaster back then." Shen Luo frowned and said.
What he knew about the Demonic Calamity was very limited. Most of what he knew was a legend that had yet to come true. If he could know the details of the Demonic Calamity in advance, perhaps he could stop it when he returned to the real world.
Thinking about it this way, Shen Luo believed that the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King's soul was waiting for him.
"My memory is incomplete. I can only tell you some things that I know. As for the truth behind it, you will have to search for it yourself." Li Jing said after pondering for a while.
"Senior, please tell me." Shen Luo hurriedly said.
"An ancient war that swept through the Three Realms came to an end. The leader of the Demons, Chi You, was defeated. He was beheaded, his limbs were broken, and his soul was sealed. From then on, the Three Realms lived a relatively peaceful life. However, the Demons did not give up on their desire to wreak havoc in the Three Realms. Some demons even tried to break the seal and bring Chi You back to the human world. "Li Jing said.
Shen Luo knew a little about these things. However, he did not interrupt Li Jing and allowed him to continue.
"Later on, there were strange changes in the world. The earth was no longer stable. Demons appeared everywhere in the human world. The chaos of the Three Realms began. Regardless of whether it was the Gods of the Celestial Court or the powerful people in the Land, they all sensed that a storm was coming. The Celestial Court felt that the Devil Disaster originated from the Demons and wanted to solve it from the Demons. Thus, the Jade Emperor and the Buddha of the Western Heaven worked together and came up with the Spirit Mountain Plan. "Li Jing continued.
"Spirit Mountain Plan?" Shen Luo was very confused.
"You definitely know about the Spirit Mountain Plan back then. However, we have to change the name to 'Western Paradise Scriptures'." Seeing Shen Luo's strange expression, Li Jing's eyes darkened and said.
"What? Back then, Master Xuanzang traveled thousands of miles to the west in search of scriptures. Was this Project Spirited Mountain? "Shen Luo's expression changed abruptly as he exclaimed in shock.
This story was widely circulated among the people, and some people had even written this legendary experience into a novel. Therefore, the story of Shen Luo and the other master and disciples going through hardships to obtain the true scripture was not unfamiliar.
However, for some unknown reason, after the five of them returned to Chang 'an, they only held an unprecedented Water and Land Conference in the Great Mercy Temple in the city. After that, Master Sanzang announced that he would enter the Wild Goose Tower to translate the scriptures. Since then, he rarely showed himself.
It was rumored that his three powerful disciples had disappeared without a trace and were no longer known to the world. As a result, many people later regarded that epic experience as a fiction written by a scholar. How much of it was true was debatable.
"It's normal that you don't know about this. The Spirit Mountain Plan back then was a secret of the Heaven Realm from the beginning. There were very few people who knew about it, including the Jade Emperor, Buddha, Taishang Laojun, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Maitreya Buddha, and Patriarch Bodhi. There were no more than ten people who knew about it. Even the five of them didn't know about it in the beginning. "Li Jing continued.
"Since it was so secretive, could it be that the real purpose of their trip was not to obtain the true scripture?" Shen Luo frowned.
"It can only be said that it was not entirely true. After all, in the Tang Dynasty, the demons were causing more and more trouble. The people's hearts and the world were gradually deteriorating. People needed the Mahayana Buddhist Dharma to purify them. After all, a person's state of mind changes into the heart of the people, and a country's state of mind changes into the harmony of the people. The change in the state of mind of the people in the world is the fortune of the Heavenly Dao. If the general trend is good, the turbid Qi of heaven and earth can be eliminated, and the great calamity can be reduced to nothing. "Li Jing shook his head and said.
Hearing this, Shen Luo sighed in his heart. In the era he lived in, the Mahayana Buddhist Dharma had already spread in the Tang Dynasty. Buddhist temples were built one after another, and monks were also preaching in the world. However, the demons were still causing trouble.
"Using the Buddhist Dharma to purify them … Not to mention how much time it would take, how difficult would it be for people to learn the Dharma and worship Buddha?" He could not help but say.
"So, this is only a part of the Spirit Mountain Plan. As for the other part, it was to spread the news that eating the flesh of Tang Sanzang could seize the fortune of immortality and cultivate the supreme magic power. With this as bait, it would lure those demons who had ulterior motives and were lurking in the dark, so that they could be caught in one net and cut off the risk of facing the calamity. "Li Jing continued.
"That's a good move. Not to mention how many reclusive Great Demons were lured and killed one by one, just the fact that Sun Wukong, the Demon King of this generation, joined the Buddhist Sect is already a beautiful move." Shen Luo could not help but praise.
"It's not as simple as you think. The Victorious Fighting Buddha was transformed from the five-colored divine stone left behind by Nuwa when she refined the stone to mend the sky. He is not considered a demon in the true sense. "Li Jing shook his head.
"Could it be that Sun Wukong was originally the arrangement of the Heaven Realm?" Shen Luo vaguely guessed something.
"Otherwise, how could he be favored by Patriarch Bodhi and be personally taught the transformation of magic power? Do you think that Tang Sanzang was the only one who came to seek the scriptures? In fact, Sun Wukong, Zhu Wuneng, Sha Wujing, and the White Dragon Horse were all people who came to seek the scriptures. Every one of them came to the world under the arrangement of the Celestial Court and the Spirit Mountain. "Li Jing smiled and said.
Shen Luo's mind flashed with inspiration. He recalled the various hardships on the path of seeking the scriptures in the legends, and doubts arose in his heart again.
"But, when they were on the way to seek the scriptures, they encountered many demons, which were all transformed from the mounts of the Gods and Buddhas. Why is that?"
"When the Celestial Court and the Spirit Mountain used the matter of seeking the scriptures to lure the demons to kill them, it also divided them to a certain extent. How could the demons not have the means to target the Celestial Court and the Spirit Mountain? They were also actively bewitching the immortals in heaven and the Western Heaven Bodhisattva. Many people with weak Dao hearts and dissatisfied with the rules of the Heavenly Dao also revealed their true colors at this time. "Li Jing explained.
"I see. Such a method is already quite powerful, but why did it fail in the end? "Shen Luo suddenly understood and asked in confusion.
"This … I'm afraid no one can explain it clearly. It can only be said that there is fate in the underworld. Six or seven years after Tang Sanzang and his disciples returned from seeking the scriptures, the mighty people, including Zhen Yuanzi and Patriarch Bodhi, all found that the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures were unable to convert the world. The situation of the turbid Qi raging between heaven and earth was still not changed. The plan of the Spirit Mountain was declared a failure. At this time, another thing happened, and the situation became worse. "Li Jing sighed and said.
"What happened?" Hearing him say this, Shen Luo's spirit also became nervous.
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