The Blessed Lands of the White Lotus and the Immortal Court, the two heretic factions had been competing for faith power and solidifying their faith for many years.
Previously, due to Suo Mingzhang slaughtering the Immortal Court's Immortals, the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus took the opportunity to attack the Immortal Court.
In the end, both sides recruited reinforcements.
As an orthodox Buddhism faction, the Western Pure Lands, which was naturally hostile to the Buddhism heretics, assisted the Immortal Court.
Meanwhile, the Demon Race stood on the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus' side.
Unsure if they had a tacit understanding, most of the time, the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus and the Immortal Court would be fighting against each other, while the Western Pure Lands would be fighting against the Demon Race.
They rarely crossed paths with each other.
Due to the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus taking the initiative, most of the battles were carried out on the Immortal Court's territory.
From what Yan Zhaoge knew, this was the first time the Western Pure Lands' orthodox Buddhism successors had stepped foot on the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus' territory!
"Is this the start of the counterattack, or the sign of the war escalating?" Many thoughts flashed through Yan Zhaoge's mind, "Are the Western Pure Lands and the Demon Race sending more experts into the war?"
While thinking, Yan Zhaoge's movements weren't slow at all. Together with Feng Yunsheng, he continued rushing towards the Obscured Way World.
After entering the Obscured Way World, the scenery remained the same.
However, unlike before, the moment Yan Zhaoge entered, he heard a roar that resounded throughout the ages.
"Teacher?!"
Resentment, unwillingness, shock, sorrow, doubt, disappointment, and many other emotions seemed to have transcended through time and space, existing eternally within this world.
Yan Zhaoge's current cultivation was far stronger than when he first came here.
However, the roar that resounded by his ears today seemed to be countless times louder than before. It was deafening.
At the same time, it was even more shocking. The tyrannical emotions assaulted Yan Zhaoge's mind, causing it to become unstable.
"As expected, the higher one's cultivation, the clearer one's hearing?" Yan Zhaoge turned around to look at Feng Yunsheng, only to see her bewildered expression.
Upon seeing Yan Zhaoge's inquisitive gaze, Feng Yunsheng immediately understood what he meant. However, the bewilderment and doubt on her face intensified, "You heard that voice again?"
"You … didn't hear it?" Yan Zhaoge's heart trembled.
"No." Feng Yunsheng first nodded, then shook her head. "Back then, when I first came here, you mentioned it, so I paid special attention this time. However, I didn't hear anything, so I was wondering."
Back then, she had once heard an indistinct voice that resembled an illusion. If not for Yan Zhaoge specifically asking about it, she would have thought that she had heard wrongly.
Her current cultivation base far surpassed that of the past, even surpassing the current Yan Zhaoge. She had never thought that she would come up empty-handed.
Feng Yunsheng was still thinking about whether the voice coming from the Two Boundaries Mountain was interrupted, or whether the person who made the voice was already gone. In the end, seeing Yan Zhaoge's appearance, her heart immediately thumped.
"What's going on?" Feng Yunsheng frowned. "It's really strange!"
Yan Zhaoge pondered and looked in the direction of the Two Boundaries Mountain.
That roar seemed to exist in the past, present, and future. It was continuous and incessant, incessantly reverberating in his ears.
As he pondered, Yan Zhaoge and Feng Yunsheng's expressions both changed slightly as they simultaneously turned their heads.
Their gazes traversed through the Obscured Way World's spatial boundaries and looked towards the cosmic void outside.
There, an extremely shocking power manifested. Under the illumination of the golden lamps, layers of lights appeared above the green lotus, which gradually transformed into Buddhist experts from the Western Pure Lands.
The one in the lead was hidden within the golden radiance, making it impossible to discern his appearance. However, the chanting that shook the boundless Buddhist lands still indicated that this was a Buddhist bigwig that could rival Daoism's Heavenly Lord!
The Blessed Lands of the White Lotus's reaction wasn't slow. Very quickly, white lotuses bloomed within the cosmos as well, not allowing the green lotus to dominate over them.
Although the radiance of the white lotus wasn't as vibrant as the green lotus, there were many of them.
The one in the lead was clearly a Buddhist heretic expert that was on par with Daoism's Heavenly Lord.
However, in terms of strength, he was much weaker than the leader of the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Before the two sides even started fighting, the chanting from the green lotus had already suppressed the voice emitted from the white lotus.
The Buddha light was transparent like glass. However, as it flickered, no one could see through it. Although it sounded contradictory, it contained its own profundities, which coincided with the heavenly dao.
However, at this moment, due to the battle between the two sides, the side that was at a disadvantage was being suppressed. As such, the profundities slowly dissipated.
The Buddha light on the white lotus slowly manifested the silhouette of a Buddha.
The chaos concealed within Yan Zhaoge's body circulated the Peerless Heavenly Scripture, dispelling the influence brought by his gaze. Then, he looked towards the Buddha.
The disparity in their cultivation was still huge. If they looked at each other like this, it would be hard to avoid being noticed.
However, the Buddha on the white lotus platform was currently being pressured into a sorry state. He couldn't discover Yan Zhaoge, who was hiding within the Obscured Way World.
However, Feng Yunsheng's current cultivation wasn't too far away from the Buddha. Even if she focused her gaze, the Buddha wouldn't be able to notice her due to the fact that they were separated by a world.
After seeing the other party's appearance, Yan Zhaoge's expression turned weird.
Feng Yunsheng glanced at him, "You recognize him?"
"I can't be sure. I've only seen his portrait before. However, he does look similar." Yan Zhaoge curled his lips, "He's quite famous. He used to be the Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal. After that, he joined Buddhism and became known as the Dingguang Joyous Buddha."
Feng Yunsheng was stunned, "That person … Did he join the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus after that?"
"Seems like it. However, it's a little weird." Yan Zhaoge retracted his gaze, "No matter how he does things, rumors have it that the Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal had already achieved the Grand Heavenly Immortal Realm during the Ancient Investitures of the Gods era. However, from his current appearance, he's only a heretic Heavenly Immortal."
Buddhism had its own classification of cultivation realms.
Titles like Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat, and Unveiling Truth were mostly used for honorifics instead of referring to their cultivation realms.
Only, Daoists were more used to using it to differentiate between Heavenly Immortals, Virtual Immortals, Profound Immortals, and True Immortals.
As a result, some Bodhisattvas would fight against others, and their strength wouldn't pale in comparison. In fact, they might even be stronger than other Buddhas.
For example, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, Mahasthamaprapta, and other Bodhisattvas were incomparable to the Dao sects' Essence Immortal Heavenly Monarchs. Instead, they were equivalent to the Dao sects' Grand Heavenly Immortals.
However, the Dingguang Joyous Buddha was indeed a Grand Heavenly Immortal before he entered Buddhism.
However, looking at his strength now, it seemed like he was a Daoism Virtual Immortal who had been enlightened by the Future Buddha and successfully advanced to the Grand Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Unfortunately, he was only at the level of a heretic Grand Heavenly Immortal.
Although he was at a relatively high level among the heretics, he might not be as strong as he was before he became a Buddha.
"Did you encounter a calamity?" Yan Zhaoge pondered, "On the other side, who is it on the green lotus beneath that golden lamp?"
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