The birth of a new Dao Realm bigwig would definitely affect the old Dao Ancestors.
When it came to transcending, it would be better if there were fewer competitors.
However, the East Sovereign Taiyi and the Amitabha Buddha did the exact opposite. They gave birth to the Maitreya Buddha and the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord respectively. At first glance, it seemed to be an abnormal behavior.
Then, why would they do so? This became a question that Yan Zhaoge and the others had to consider.
Daoist Lu Ya's letter was simple and didn't mention any reason.
However, the letter's true content might be the letter's true content.
However, since this matter involved a few Dao Realm bigwigs, Daoist Lu Ya couldn't directly discuss it in the letter. It could only be understood, not explained.
He believed that with the information that Yan Zhaoge, Yang Jian, and the others possessed, as well as his letter's reminder, they would be able to comprehend the true meaning within.
"The East Sovereign provided the Humanly Essence Stone fragment and guided the Maitreya Buddha, whose path was already severed, to ascend to the Dao Realm and become the Future Buddha once again. Because of that, he created the Buddhism heretic." Yan Zhaoge lightly rubbed his temples, "This seemingly abnormal behavior should have a deeper meaning behind it."
During the Middle era, the East Sovereign Taiyi unified the Demons and fought against Buddhism. In the end, he lost by a single move.
Buddhism flourished, and western Buddhism spread to the East. The Tathagata Buddha successfully transcended.
From the East Sovereign Taiyi's actions after that, while he lost to the Tathagata Buddha in the battle for the Transcendence position, he didn't dwell on it.
The birth of the Future Buddha caused the central Blessed Lands of Saha to split apart. In the past, the Tathagata Buddha's orthodoxy underwent a change, causing internal strife within Buddhism.
However, in Yan Zhaoge's opinion, taking revenge on Buddhism shouldn't be the East Sovereign Taiyi's motive.
At least, it wasn't his main goal, nor was it his only goal.
His opponent wasn't the Tathagata Buddha who had already transcended, but the other Dao Realm bigwigs of this world.
Back then, it was the Western Pure Lands' Amitabha Buddha and the Nine Underworlds.
As the public enemy, if the Nine Underworlds were truly powerful, the East Sovereign Taiyi and the Amitabha Buddha would most likely team up against the Nine Underworlds.
Even now, everyone was plotting against the Nine Nether. Whether it was in the open or in the dark, they more or less made it convenient for the Nine Nether. However, the few Dao Ancestors who had been silent had never relaxed their attention on the Nine Nether, let alone back then.
At that time, the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon and the Nine Underworlds were very self-aware and tried to keep a low profile.
"The East Sovereign's competitor in this era is the Amitabha Buddha," muttered Yan Zhaoge.
Although the Middle Era lost for a while and was forced to lead the demons to retreat to the Astro Mountains Starry Sea to recuperate, the East Emperor Taiyi quickly regrouped and began to plan for the new era, which was the current era.
The Future Buddha was his handiwork.
"The birth of the heretic path of Buddhism has hindered the footsteps of Amitabha." Yang Jian said solemnly, "The existence of Maitreya Buddha will cause Amitabha Buddha to be unable to transcend!"
"To the Eastern Monarch, this is the meaning behind the birth of the Future Buddha and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus."
As one of the strongest Grand Heavenly Immortals in the world, Yang Jian was close to the Dao.
It would have been fine if there was a layer of window paper before, but now that he had received a hint, this layer of window paper could be easily pierced.
"That's not all." Yang Jian stood up and paced around the hall.
Yan Zhaoge frowned. As he pondered, he said, "Then, what about Amitabha Buddha's countermeasure? Encouraging the birth of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and competing against the Future Buddha for the Incense Worshippers. To the Amitabha Buddha, this can only be considered as a counter measure. What about his countermeasure against the Eastern Monarch? "
Although Amitabha Buddha was peaceful most of the time, it didn't mean that the world's oldest Buddha wouldn't retaliate after being offended. It also didn't mean that he would only react passively.
Amitabha Buddha had always acted when he needed to, and he wouldn't hesitate when he needed to take the initiative.
During the Middle era, when Buddhism flourished, Amitabha Buddha didn't appear.
However, the foundation of Buddhism's flourishing was established by him and the Dao Ancestor Zhun Ti during the Ancient era's Investiture of the Gods War.
"If Amitabha Buddha doesn't retaliate, or rather, he doesn't take the initiative to attack, it might be because …" Yang Jian stopped and pondered, "… or because he doesn't need it."
"On the other hand, the Eastern Monarch has no choice but to take the initiative to attack."
Yang Jian's speech gradually became faster and smoother, "During the Ancient era, the Western Buddhism's Second Patriarch, Amitabha Buddha, or the Receiving Dao Ancestor, was the Western Sect's Great Sect Master. Even the Dao Ancestor Zhun Ti had to address him as senior apprentice-brother."
"However, during the Middle era, the Dao Ancestor Zhun Ti transformed into the Gautama Buddha, and Buddhism flourished. In other words, the central Blessed Lands of Saha flourished as well. As for the Western Pure Lands and Amitabha Buddha, there weren't many rumors about them anymore."
Upon hearing Yang Jian's words, Yan Zhaoge, Feng Yunsheng, and Nezha looked at each other.
"It's not that Amitabha Buddha doesn't want to fight. Instead … he doesn't need to fight. After the Tathagata Buddha transcended in the previous era, Amitabha Buddha is the Dao Ancestor closest to transcending in this era?" Feng Yunsheng said with uncertainty, "He's half a step faster than the Eastern Monarch?"
"I'm afraid that's not all. Instead, Amitabha Buddha has already made his preparations. He doesn't need to do anything else. He only needs to wait for time. After this era ends, if nothing unexpected happens, he would definitely transcend," said Yan Zhaoge.
The so-called unexpected events had already happened. They were the Future Buddha and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus.
Yan Zhaoge thought for a while and said, "On the other hand, there's a possibility that the Eastern Monarch didn't reveal any flaws, allowing Amitabha Buddha to take the initiative to attack."
"If that's the case, we might be able to deduce another possibility." Yang Jian sat back in his chair and let out a long sigh, "The Eastern Monarch has already made his preparations. However, he's indeed half a step slower than Amitabha Buddha. If nothing happens until the end of this era, the Amitabha Buddha would be the one who successfully transcends. The Eastern Monarch wouldn't be able to surpass him."
"However, if Amitabha Buddha doesn't transcend in this era, the Eastern Monarch wouldn't need to do anything else and would successfully take that step." Yan Zhaoge continued Yang Jian's sentence.
The hall became silent for a while.
Perhaps those two didn't require any special opportunity to transcend anymore.
As the world's oldest existences, they had already prepared for a long time.
Only, even Amitabha Buddha didn't intend to give way.
Yan Zhaoge and the others looked at each other. After a while, Nezha asked, "Was the Eastern Monarch related to the Maitreya Buddha's righteous path, which forced the Maitreya Buddha to change to the heretic path?"
"It's hard to say if the Eastern Monarch had planned everything from start to finish, or if he acted according to the situation, grasped the sudden opportunity, and took advantage of Buddhism's loophole." Yang Jian said, "Because we don't know why the Humanly Essence Stone fragments obtained by the central Blessed Lands of Saha didn't end up in the hands of the Maitreya Buddha, who inherited the Mystical Mountain's dao tradition. In the end, he had to rely on the Eastern Monarch's help to successfully ascend to the Dao Realm. "
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