Great Brahma placed his palms together and nodded slightly to express his gratitude. Then, he gestured to Blood River Ancestor to bring his trusted subordinates along.
Blood River Ancestor knew that there was no turning back. He could only let out a long sigh and began to communicate with his trusted subordinates.
After all, Blood River Ancestor had been the Asura King for so many years. He still had some loyal subordinates. Even if Blood River Ancestor had fallen to the point where he had to rely on the Buddhist Sect, they would still follow him and never abandon him.
In the end, a few thousand of the big shots present followed Blood River Ancestor. Together with their subordinates, it formed a terrifying number. It was about a quarter of the entire Asura population.
After Blood River Ancestor gathered his subordinates, he said to Goddess Houtu, "Goddess, I still have some savings on the Blood Lotus Island. I would like to take them with me!"
Song Zhong sneered and was about to mock him when he heard that. How could someone who was chased away bring along his family's savings? If he took away everything in the treasury, how could Shura Xue, the new Empress, maintain the Asura Tribe's operations?
However, Song Zhong did not say anything in the end because he was stopped by Shura Xue. Looking at Shura Xue's pleading face, Song Zhong could not help but feel his heart soften and did not say anything.
Goddess Houtu and Blood River Ancestor were old friends after all. Seeing that he had fallen to such a state, she could not bear to harm him further. Hence, she sighed and nodded slightly in agreement.
After Blood River Ancestor thanked Goddess Houtu, he circulated his magic power and emptied the important treasury on the Blood Lotus Island. Then, he uprooted the giant Blood Lotus that had existed since the Big Chaotic Era in the center of the Blood Lotus Island. He casually inserted it into the Blood Sea and began to absorb the water from the Blood Sea.
The Asura Tribe had to survive in the Blood Sea. Once they left for too long, all sorts of problems would occur. However, the Buddhist Sect's Pure Land in the West did not have the Blood Sea. Hence, Blood River Ancestor had to bring enough water from the Blood Sea to establish another Blood Sea in the Pure Land of the West.
It had to be said that as the strongest person in the Blood Sea, Patriarch Blood River's strength was indeed terrifying. Under his all-out absorption, the surface of the Blood Sea formed a huge whirlpool with a radius of ten thousand miles, sucking in countless amounts of seawater.
Ancestor Blood River crazily sucked for three days and three nights before stopping. At this time, the water level of the Blood Sea had already dropped by several thousand feet.
After doing all this, Patriarch Blood River stored all the tribes that were loyal to him into the sea of blood absorbed by the Great Blood Lotus. Then, he bade farewell to Goddess Houtu and followed Great Brahma to the Western Pure Land.
From then on, the Asura tribe was split into two. The portion that Patriarch Blood River took away was converted to Buddhism and became Guardian Vajras of Buddhism. As for those who remained, they pledged their loyalty to Asura Xue and became the new subjects of the Heavenly Court.
With this, the matter of the Asura Clan was more or less settled.
After Great Brahma and the others left, Song Zhong finally heaved a sigh of relief. Asura Xue's position as the Empress was finally confirmed.
Then, Song Zhong arranged for his subordinates to prepare for the celebration. He sent out invitations to announce to the entire Immortal World that Asura Xue had officially ascended to the throne!
After making all these arrangements, Song Zhong came before Goddess Houtu and cupped his fists. "Thank you for your support, Goddess!"
"Don't say that. Speaking of which, I am a little embarrassed. If I had seen through Patriarch Blood River's nature earlier and did not protect him, you might not have lost the Torch Dragon Lamp!" Goddess Houtu said helplessly. "But now, it seems like it will be very difficult to get it back!"
"That may not be the case!" Song Zhong said. "A treasure like the Torch Dragon Lamp cannot fall into the hands of Buddhism for long. Otherwise, their power will expand rapidly! I think you should immediately send a message to Buddhism and tell them to return the Torch Dragon Lamp. Only then can Mahavairocana return! "
Goddess Houtu's eyes lit up when she heard this. She said, "You want to exchange Mahavairocana for the Torch Dragon Lamp? That's a good idea. However, I'm afraid they will delay it. Once Patriarch Blood River uses the Torch Dragon Lamp to advance to the Saint Realm, they will exchange it for Mahavairocana. Buddhism will have five Saints, which will be the same as us! "
"That's what I'm worried about. So, please add another sentence when you pass the message. It's enough for Buddhism to have four Saints. If a fifth Saint appears, we will destroy Mahavairocana even if we have to give up the Torch Dragon Lamp!" Song Zhong said with a murderous aura.
"This …" Goddess Houtu hesitated for a moment before making up her mind. "Alright, let's do that. Since they are heartless, they can't blame us for being unrighteous! Even if we have to start a conflict with Buddhism, we can't sit back and watch them have five Saints! "
"That's right!" SongZhong nodded.
Goddess Houtu said coldly, "I alone am not enough to intimidate the Buddhists. Let me go back and discuss this with the other Saints. We will put pressure on the Buddhists together. I don't believe that they will sacrifice Vairocana, the number one genius of the Buddhists, for the sake of the Torch Dragon Lamp!"
After the two of them discussed, the Lady of Earth turned around and returned. She communicated with the other Saints and jointly issued an ultimatum to the Buddhist Sect!
In the following days, it could truly be said that a storm was brewing, and the entire Heavenly Court was shaken. They had never imagined that things would turn out like this.
Goddess Houtu, who was originally at odds with Song Zhong, had actually become his protector. As for Patriarch Blood River, he had pledged allegiance to the Buddhists and was chased out of the Asura Realm by Goddess Houtu.
Song Zhong's wife, Shura Xue, had undoubtedly become the biggest winner of this battle. Song Zhong had pushed her to the throne of the Asura King and made her the first queen in the history of the Asura Realm.
This news was like a shot of adrenaline to the unstable Heavenly Court. All of a sudden, everyone was stirred up.
Because in this way, the Asura Tribe had pledged allegiance to the Heavenly Court. From then on, the Heavenly Emperor Chang Sheng, who had suppressed the Asura Tribe, could be released and put into monitoring the Demon Race, Devil Race, and Buddhism.
As a result, the Heavenly Court had released one-fifth of their troops. It was very useful in the situation where the Heavenly Court was lacking in troops.
Moreover, after the Asura Tribe joined, under the leadership of Shura Xue, they might become a positive force to help the Heavenly Court resist the coercion of other forces. Although many of the Asura Tribe's elites had been taken away by Patriarch Blood River, they had a strong foundation and could still mobilize a powerful army.
The Heavenly Emperors of the Heavenly Court were all people of great foresight. When they received the news, they were overjoyed and hurriedly sent messengers to deliver a large number of congratulatory gifts. After a round of discussion, they officially conferred Shura Xue the title of Asura Empress in the name of the Heavenly Court. She would be in charge of the entire Asura Realm.
Although the Empress was a level lower than the Heavenly Emperors in name, her actual authority was about the same. After all, the Asura Tribe's power and territory were not inferior to any of the Heavenly Emperors.
The Heavenly Court had put in so much effort to rope in the Asura Tribe because of Song Zhong and because they wanted to borrow the Asura Tribe's power. Therefore, they wanted to build a good relationship with them.
As expected, the older the ginger, the spicier it was. When the Heavenly Emperors' decision reached the Asura Realm, the Asura Tribe members were abnormally excited. This was equivalent to the Heavenly Court acknowledging Shura Xue's position and her identity as a member of the Asura Tribe.
From now on, they would no longer be enemies of the Heavenly Court. They could visit the Heavenly Court as normal people. To the people of the Asura Tribe, this was something that they had yearned for for a long time.
He believed that as long as the two of them interacted more, their relationship would become closer and closer. One day, the two of them would become one.
Finally, after three months of preparation, Asura Xue's ascension ceremony began.
Because of Song Zhong, there were many people who came to participate in the ceremony this time. Not only were all the important figures of the Asura World present, even the big shots of the Celestial World were present. Some came in person, some didn't have the time, and they all sent their disciples. In short, no one dared to not give face to Song Zhong, the sixth Heavenly Emperor.
Seeing so many important figures come to their Empress's ceremony, the people of the Asura Tribe felt a sense of pride.
Of course, the princes and princesses of the Asura Tribe who originally had the strength to fight for the throne were extremely upset. They were so jealous that they were about to go crazy. Especially the princesses, who regretted not marrying Song Zhong earlier.
Of course, even if they were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to show it. On the surface, they still put on a joyous expression.
However, in the midst of this joyous atmosphere, there were a few uninvited guests. They were the Medicine Buddha and Dipankara Buddha from the Buddhist Sect.
They came as representatives of the three Buddhist Sages. They had two goals. One was to celebrate Asura Xue's ascension, and the other was to discuss the return of Vairocana.
It turned out that the words of the Celestial World's Sages had already been passed on. After some consideration, the three Buddhist Sages finally chose to compromise. They brought the Candle Dragon Lantern in exchange for Vairocana!
Song Zhong wasn't surprised by the Buddhist Sect's choice. Although in the long run, the value of the Candle Dragon Lantern was above that of an ordinary Sage, the problem was that Vairocana wasn't an ordinary Sage. He was the only second-generation deity who had become a Sage.
Many people in the same generation as him hadn't even entered the Emperor Realm! This showed how high Vairocana's talent was! It was worth it for the Buddhist Sect to sacrifice a Candle Dragon Lantern for such a genius. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to www.qidian.com, there are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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