I am Jiang Ming, the Eternal Demon Emperor

Chapter 877 The Western Religion's Schemes
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Because of the two Western Buddhist monks, Taiyi Zhenren missed the opportunity to take Nezha as his disciple, who was instead snatched away by Zhao Gongming.

Therefore, Master Taiyi recently took the Qiankun Ring and the Hun Tian Ling and began to target and harm Western Sect followers who were traveling around.

In his view, this was exactly what Zhao Gongming used to enjoy doing, so he could quietly frame Zhao Gongming for it.

However, he was unaware that Zhao Gongming had already given up his activities many years ago.

Until one day, when he was about to strike his opponent with a club, he discovered that his opponent possessed a protective magical artifact, preventing him from being knocked unconscious immediately.

Therefore, he was exposed.

The consequences of being exposed were dangerous; he was being targeted.

Even Zhao Gongming, in the original story, the Western Sect dared to secretly contact the Taoist Ran Deng, and in the end, they plotted to kill Zhao Gongming.

Not to mention now, Taiyi Zhenren is just a Great Luo Golden Immortal at the Great Perfection stage, not even a Quasi-Saint, yet he dares to follow Zhao Gongming's example and target the Western Sect.

Therefore, the Western Sect prepared a sting operation, and this time, they were determined to kill Taiyi Zhenren and frame the Jie Sect.

Everything is ready. Is everything just waiting for the right opportunity?
Moreover, this time, the person used was Lady Shiji of the Jie Sect.

On the surface, it seems that Lady Shiji, one of the outer disciples of the Jie Sect, has no enmity with Master Taiyi.

However, in the original story, Biyun Tongzi was accidentally killed by Nezha when he was seven years old with the Zhentian Arrow. Caiyun Tongzi was also mistaken for Shiji by Nezha and was accidentally injured and killed. Shiji took away Nezha's two magic weapons and followed Nezha to Qianyuan Mountain. However, she was no match for Nezha's master, Taiyi Zhenren, and was trapped and burned to death by his magic weapon "Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover". She revealed her true form, which was a stubborn stone. This demon stone remained in Taiyi Zhenren's Taoist temple from then on.

It seems that Lady Shiji died a very unjust death, as did her two disciples.

However, in reality, Shiji and Taiyi Zhenren had a grudge against each other. When they were both Golden Immortals, they had already formed a feud over the competition for rare and precious materials.

Later, Shiji discovered that Taiyi Zhenren had become a disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun, and in order to avoid trouble, she became a disciple of Tongtian Jiaozhu.

However, although the Tongtian Sect Leader claimed to teach without discrimination, his disciples were divided into two groups: one was the inner disciples, of which there were only four openly known disciples at present.

Most of the disciples were outer disciples. These disciples all entered the sect with prior skills; some were already Great Luo Golden Immortals or even Quasi-Saints when they joined the Jie Sect.

For example, the Three Immortals of Sanxiao, Zhao Gongming.

For example, when Shi Ji joined the Jie Sect, she became a disciple of Tongtian Jiaozhu. At that time, she had already reached the early stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

This time, however, the Western Church was determined to kill.

He planned to transform into the appearance of Lady Shiji and, using the replica of Lady Shiji's magic weapon, kill Master Taiyi, leaving obvious traces.

That way, Lady Shiji will be unable to explain herself.

Furthermore, they planned to use the magical treasure they had stolen from Taiyi Zhenren to severely injure Shiji Niangniang, so that when the Chan Sect came to settle accounts, Shiji Niangniang would be unable to resist and would ideally be killed.

At that point, it would be best if the Jie Sect and the Chan Sect could not reason with each other and simply started fighting.

It could be said that the wicked plan had been devised. They were just waiting to lure Taiyi Zhenren into the trap. On this day, Taiyi Zhenren heard that the Western Sect had acquired a primordial spiritual treasure, a purple-gold alms bowl, a natural spiritual treasure whose greatest benefit was that it could gather the fortune and merit of heaven and earth.

That's right, this is the golden alms bowl that Tang Sanzang held during the Journey to the West.

However, at that time, the Buddhist sect deliberately placed it in the hands of Tang Sanzang, using his abilities to accumulate merit and fortune along the way, and finally the Buddhist sect found an opportunity to take it back.

When Taiyi Zhenren heard that there were such precious and rare treasures, and that the escort was a Daluo Jinxian and three Taiyi Jinxian, he was astonished.

That's when he was immediately smitten.

For him, the only troublesome one was the Great Luo Golden Immortal; the three Taiyi Golden Immortals could be easily dealt with using the spiritual treasures he possessed.

At worst, after he's done this job, he can go into seclusion and stop targeting Western religions.

The result is!

Taiyi Zhenren has met his match this time; the monk he was about to ambush is indeed a Buddha at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. However, among the three Taiyi Golden Immortals, one is an ancient and ferocious insect, the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito, who is specifically enslaved by the leader of the Western Sect to do dirty and arduous work.

Upon meeting him, Taiyi Zhenren felt dizzy and lightheaded, and two-thirds of his essence, blood, and spirit disappeared.

In an instant, the Buddha who had been knocked unconscious transformed into the appearance of Lady Shiji, and used magical treasures identical to hers: the Tai'a Sword, the Bagua Cloud Light Cloth, and the Bagua Dragon Beard Cloth.

Poor Taiyi Zhenren didn't understand anything. All he saw from beginning to end was the powerful figure who had transformed into Shiji and ambushed him.

As for the person who truly dealt him a severe blow, he didn't even see who it was. He had no idea when he was attacked.

Thus, even after he was refined into ashes, his body and soul vanished, and he became the first Great Luo Golden Immortal on the Investiture of the Gods, the reason remained unknown.

On the same day, Lady Shiji was ambushed by True Man Taiyi, who had stolen many of her magical treasures from her. Lady Shiji was nearly refined into a stubborn rock, and her life and cultivation were extinguished.

Fortunately, at this time, Ma Yuan, the sycophant of Lady Shiji, reappeared. This guy had been pursuing Lady Shiji for a million years, and he was too ugly. Even when Lady Shiji died in the original story, she never agreed to be with him.

However, after Lady Shiji's death, Ma Yuan later joined the Shang Dynasty at Shen Gongbao's invitation.

Ma Yuan was inherently cruel and had a penchant for eating human hearts and lungs. He wielded a sword and possessed a bony claw growing from the back of his head. Invited by Shen Gongbao, he descended the mountain to assist Yin Hong in his campaign against Xiqi. During the battle against the Xiqi army, Ma Yuan displayed his ferocity, using the bony hand from the back of his head to seize Wu Rong, tearing him in two and eating him raw.

It can be said that this guy is fierce and powerful, and he himself is at the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. In the original story, he was chosen by the Daoist Zhunti, who said that Ma Yuangen was of profound character and took him to the West to cultivate.

Ma Yuan was disliked by the Tongtian Sect Leader and joined the Jie Sect, but he was merely a nominal outer disciple. His only possession, the White Bone Sword, was a post-natal spiritual treasure he forged himself.

Unlike Lady Shiji, who was bestowed with two acquired spiritual treasures by the Tongtian Sect Leader.

Shiji Niangniang herself, Shiji, was the first "stubborn stone" in the world to become a spirit. She absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon to take shape, becoming a powerful and imposing spirit. She is a female demon residing in the White Bone Cave of Skull Mountain. Born outside of the primordial chaos, is she a primordial being?
However, this time, due to the Western Sect's scheme, they deliberately sent Ma Yuan over, resulting in the injury of Lady Shiji of Wudaokou. Who said that Ma Yuan fought the fake Taiyi Zhenren for several rounds but was no match for the opponent's magic weapon and fled for his life?

This also scared away the fake Taiyi Zhenren, which was in line with the Western Sect's calculations.

The next day, upon receiving the news, the three Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect immediately attacked, demanding to kill Shi Ji to avenge Taiyi Zhenren, claiming that Taiyi Zhenren was dead and that it must have been done by the Jie Sect.

(End of this chapter)