Journey to the West: The Demon Emperor

Chapter 282: Changes in Heaven
While the witches and demons were making preparations, earth-shaking changes were also taking place in "Heaven".

After arranging everything for their reincarnation, the righteous gods in heaven who had negotiated terms with the Great Heavenly Venerable began to give up their positions as gods one after another and actively plunged into reincarnation.

As for the replaced god positions, except for the position of "Star God" which was promised to be given to the demon clan, all the other god positions were occupied by the subordinates arranged by the Great Celestial Venerable.

As the Lord of Heaven, the Great Celestial Venerable certainly has a very rich talent pool under his command, some of whom are capable of holding important positions.

Moreover, even if your current abilities are not up to standard, you can slowly develop them later. Currently, you only need to ensure that the three realms can operate normally.

For the Great Celestial Lord, the more important thing is to seize the power of the entire Heavenly Court into his own hands as soon as possible.

Moreover, after reaching an agreement with the Witch Clan, the reincarnation of these original righteous gods was extremely smooth.

After all, the six realms of reincarnation are originally in the hands of "Empress Pingxin".

On the premise of the two sides uniting, "Empress Pingxin" certainly doesn't mind opening the door for convenience.

Of course, the Chan school and the Buddhist school would not be completely unaware of such a huge change that had taken place in the Heavenly Palace.

After the two forces worked together, they instantly figured out the whole story.

However, as they did not know that the Six Saints were about to return, they were puzzled as to why the Great Celestial Venerable would suddenly change his mind and release the reincarnations of the true spirits on the "List of the Gods".

After all, although those who were previously on the list may have their own ideas in their minds, it does not affect the rule of the Heavenly Lord who holds the "List of Gods".

And now, although the Great Celestial Venerable has replaced all those god positions with his own confidants by releasing the condition of the reincarnation of the true spirit, he has indeed strengthened his control over the Heavenly Court.

But how can these new people be compared with those on the list from the three religions?

In this way, the strength of Heaven was weakened by more than one level.

More importantly, neither the orthodox teaching nor the Buddhist sect wants to see the resurgence of the "Jiejiao", which has long been dead in name only.

After all, not to mention what the Chan sect had done to the Jie sect, these two originally brother sects had long since become enemies.

Take Buddhism for example. When the two saints from the West took advantage of the "Great Tribulation of the Conferred Gods" and forcibly abducted three thousand mortals from the Jie Religion into Buddhism, they had been at war with the Jie Religion from the beginning.

Before, all these bigwigs of Jiejiao were trapped in the "Investiture of the Gods" and could not be freed. They could not be compared with Buddhism at all, and of course there was no mention of revenge.

But now, the situation has changed fundamentally.

Neither the orthodox teaching nor the Buddhist school believes that the Jiejiao group of people will not be able to grow after reincarnation.

After all, no matter what, their foundation is still there, and their level of understanding of "Tao" is still there.

Moreover, during the years when they were gods in heaven, they accumulated a lot of good things.

All of these things will help increase their growth speed after reincarnation.

Once they regain their previous cultivation, they can even go further.

When the time comes, if he raises his arm and once again raises the banner of Jiejiao, I'm afraid that the Three Realms will be plunged into an earth-shaking turmoil again.

Moreover, compared with the orthodox teachings, the situation in Buddhism is more serious.

You know, in Buddhism, among the three thousand worldly disciples of the Jiejiao who were abducted by the two saints from the West, there are still many stubborn elements who have not surrendered until now.

By then, after the Jiejiao people have recovered their strength, they will definitely come to rescue these people.

Buddhism has never doubted the unity among the disciples of Jiejiao.

The most important point is that the current leader of Buddhism, the present Buddha of the Three Buddhas, Sakyamuni, was a great disciple of Jiejiao.

If Jiejiao returns one day, and the current leader of Buddhism takes the lead in rebelling against Buddhism and chooses to return to Jiejiao, then Buddhism will really lose face.

Thinking of this, the other three big names in Buddhism, the past Buddha - Dipankara, the future Buddha - Maitreya, and the Peacock King Bodhisattva - Kong Xuan, came to Sakyamuni at the same time.

Although except Maitreya, the other two joined Buddhism halfway due to various reasons, Kong Xuan was even forced into Buddhism.

But now, they have already been completely integrated into Buddhism.

Even for the sake of protecting their own interests, they could not just watch Sakyamuni abandon Buddhism and return to Jiejiao.

"Ugh!!!"

Looking at the three people who came to him, Sakyamuni certainly understood why they came here.

Sakyamuni also had complicated feelings about the possibility of Jiejiao's return.

There is joy for former fellow disciples who have escaped from their cages, but there is also worry about the impending turmoil in Buddhism.

As the current leader of Buddhism, Shakyamuni will certainly not give up everything he has and return to a ruined Jiejiao.

Not only was this not in his interest, but more importantly, at this moment, Sakyamuni and his former fellow disciples had already departed from a different "path".

Since we have different “Tao”, of course we cannot work together!

"Amitabha, please rest assured, since I am the Buddha, I will never betray Buddhism or harm its interests."

"Amitabha!!!" ×3
After hearing what Sakyamuni said, Randang, Maitreya and Kong Xuan looked at each other and bowed at the same time.

When they reach this level, of course they will not lie easily or say things that go against their true feelings.

However, although people are relieved about Sakyamuni, the problems of Buddhism still exist.

Unfortunately, the "Investiture of the Gods" is controlled by the Great Heavenly Venerable, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation are controlled by "Empress Pingxin".

Even they can't stop this!
Although the Buddhist Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva also occupies a place in the "Underworld", he cannot determine the operation of the six realms of reincarnation.

Not only that, even after these Jiejiao disciples were reincarnated, they did not find many opportunities to take action.

Not to mention that those disciples of the Jiejiao were reincarnated in batches and helped each other.

At this moment, those who have not been reincarnated are protecting those who have been reincarnated, and returning the resources accumulated by the reincarnated practitioners to them to help them in their practice.

When the first group of reincarnated persons grow up, they will be able to turn around and protect the next reincarnated persons.

Take the remnants of the Jiejiao sect for example, they were not easy to deal with.

You should know that the "Holy Mother Wu Dang", who was once known as one of the four great holy mothers of Jiejiao, did not die in the "Great Tribulation of Conferred Gods" and was not on the list. She has been staying in the holy land of Jiejiao - "Biyou Palace" for all these years.

He is now a genuine quasi-saint, and is holding the Qingping Sword, the treasure that enabled Master Tongtian to achieve enlightenment.

With her protection, neither Buddhism nor the Chan school dared to act rashly for fear of provoking the other side's crazy revenge.

No one can deny the loyalty of Mother Wu Dang to Jiejiao.

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