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Upon hearing this, Guanyin and all the Buddhas' expressions changed drastically.

Guanyin asked loudly, "Was Ying Zheng's fate calculated by a sage?"

The Tathagata of Many Treasures nodded.

Guanyin asked urgently, "How should Mount Ling respond?"

The Buddha of Many Treasures replied, "Let's observe the situation calmly."

Guanyin and the Buddhas of the Great Thunder Temple immediately understood the meaning behind it.

The words of Tathagata Many Treasures clearly indicate that the plans of the sages are beyond the comprehension of us practitioners, and we should not get involved.

Otherwise, they will surely suffer misfortune and die without knowing why.

The Buddhas, Arhats, and Bodhisattvas of Daleiyin Temple immediately stopped their discussion.

They kept a close eye on Ying Zheng's movements, while simultaneously using their divine senses to contact other powerful beings in the void.

Although no one intervened, everyone wanted to know the answer.

Who was the sage behind Qin Shi Huang?

What is the purpose of this layout?

At the same time, everyone was shocked by the sage's brilliant methods.

It was able to cultivate mortals into Great Luo Golden Immortals and even cultivate an eleventh-grade golden lotus, shaking the prehistoric world!

Outside of Mount Ling, other powerful beings have also seen the whole situation clearly.

Shocked, they decided to wait and see.

……

Boundless chaos, within the Purple Cloud Palace.

Hongjun sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his primordial spirit roaming the long river of the Heavenly Dao.

He experienced the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, the Witch-Demon Tribulation, and the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

The great calamity of the Journey to the West has arrived.

Hongjun's plan to seize Pangu's Dao Fruit is about to be completed.

He had very few things left to worry about.

Today, I suddenly opened my eyes.

"A primordial being has attained the Great Luo realm, its flower blossoming with eleven grades?"

Hongjun frowned.

He has seen the eleventh-grade flower in bloom.

This phenomenon only occurred during the ancient Lich Wars, when top-tier innate gods and demons attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

After the Lich War, the innate gods and demons either attained the Great Luo realm or perished.

Some beings born after birth have attained the Great Luo realm, but none have ever been able to bloom the eleventh-grade flower!

Let's not talk about the eleventh-grade flower blooming yet.

For a tenth-grade flower to bloom, one needs opportunity, cultivation, innate talent, aptitude, and luck—none of which can be lacking!

The requirements for eleven-grade flowers to bloom are even stricter!

Hongjun was thus alarmed.

He immediately communicated with the Heavenly Way and deduced the secrets of Heaven.

Hongjun is the representative of the Heavenly Dao. He has merged with the Dao and reached the Supreme Limitless Realm of cultivation.

In an instant, the cause and effect became clear.

"Behind this faceless statue, is there a path to heaven?"

"Does he want to hinder the development of Buddhism?"

Like the Jade Emperor, Hongjun also considered Tongtian Jiaozhu as the prime suspect.

Hongjun hesitated. He didn't believe that the Tongtian Sect Leader could cultivate a human to the eleventh level of the Flower Blooming stage.

Hongjun communicated with the Heavenly Dao once again to deduce the secrets of Heaven.

This simulation focuses solely on the identity of the faceless statue.

The result made Hongjun frown!

The Heavenly Dao's feedback was completely blank.

"Tongtian did not make a move in secret."

Hongjun's expression was serious.

If Tongtian was behind it all, the Heavenly Dao would surely be able to deduce it.

The current simulations have yielded no results.

"Could it be that Yang Mei is orchestrating this behind the scenes?"

Hongjun did not forget Yangmei, his old friend who was also a chaotic god and demon.

After the Dragon and Phoenix Tribulation, Yangmei became a Primordial Golden Immortal, but was driven out of the Primordial World by Hongjun in conjunction with the Heavenly Dao.

So many years have passed, and Yangmei has never shown his face.

It is uncertain whether Yang Mei has recovered his former cultivation level and reached the Supreme Limitless Realm.

Hongjun was thinking.

Yang Mei must have discovered his plan to steal the Pangu Dao Fruit, so she secretly set a trap to thwart his plan.

Another possibility is that Yangmei and Tongtian have colluded.

The two joined forces to sabotage his plan.

Hongjun's claims were merely speculation, but he had already raised his guard.

The plan to steal Pangu's Dao Fruit has reached its most crucial moment, and it cannot afford to make a mistake.

Hongjun did not return to the Heavenly River, but instead looked at Ying Zheng.

When Ying Zheng attained the Dao of the Great Luo, the flower blossomed with eleven petals. Such a commotion was noticed even by beings above the Great Luo level.

It's impossible that the saints like the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin didn't discover this.

After the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, Hongjun decreed that saints were forbidden from entering the prehistoric world.

Therefore, the sages moved their sacred sites to the depths of chaos.

The Western Paradise.

This place is filled with powerful Buddhist energy and shines with bright Buddhist light.

Countless Buddhist temples floated in the sky, and countless Buddhists chanted Buddhist scriptures together, their voices echoing all around, and incense smoke filled the air.

This is the land of Buddha, this is the ocean of Buddha!

This is the place of spiritual practice established by the two Western saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, amidst chaos.

just now.

Zhunti and Jieyin have fully understood the process by which Ying Zheng became a Great Luo Golden Immortal and reached the eleventh rank of cultivation.

They were surprised and worked together to deduce the true identity of the faceless statue.

However, after a long period of deduction, they ultimately came up empty-handed, which made the two sages doubt their findings.

Zhunti said worriedly, "Senior brother, even if we join forces, we still won't be able to find out the details of that faceless statue."

"Behind this faceless statue, there must be saints like us."

"I just don't know which of the other four holy rulers this is, and what kind of conspiracy he has in mind?"

With a compassionate expression, Jieyin calmly said, "I'm afraid the real target is the prosperity of my Buddhist sect."

Zhunti frowned: "How should we deal with him?"

Jieyin sneered: "Ying Zheng has connections with the West."

Zhunti immediately understood: "Senior brother is right, Ying Zheng must belong to our Buddhist sect."

He saw right through Jieyin's plan.

Regardless of whether there was a powerful sage behind Ying Zheng, and regardless of what that sage's plans were.

As long as they can bring Ying Zheng into Buddhism, they're guaranteed to win.

Zhunti immediately ordered Duobao to carry out the order.

……

Inside the Great Thunder Temple.

While the Buddhas were waiting to see how things would go, the Buddha Prabhutaratna suddenly received an order from Cundi.

"Duobao, Ying Zheng is destined to be with us. Bring him to Mount Ling."

The Tathagata Prabhutaratna respectfully replied, "As you command!"

Guanyin hurriedly asked, "Buddha, was this an order from a sage?"

The other Buddhas also pricked up their ears to listen.

The Buddha of Many Treasures nodded: "The sage said that Ying Zheng and we are destined to meet, and asked me to bring him to Mount Ling."

"Who will carry out this mission?"

The Buddhas looked at each other.

The Buddha just instructed us to observe and not to interfere.

Now, to bring Ying Zheng to Mount Ling is such a sudden decision.

Moreover, to bring Ying Zheng to Mount Ling, one must have a much higher cultivation level than him.

Just a little bit higher isn't enough!

One must have the cultivation level of a quasi-saint to guarantee success.

Therefore, all the Buddhas in the Great Thunder Temple looked towards the three Venerable Ones: Guanyin, Samantabhadra, and Manjushri.

Guanyin thought for a moment and stepped forward, saying, "Buddha, I will carry out this mission."

The Buddha of Many Treasures smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Great Bodhisattva Guanyin."

Guanyin dared not delay and immediately left Mount Ling and flew to Jambudvipa.

Watching Guanyin's departing figure, Duobao Rulai sighed inwardly.

He always felt that Guanyin's trip wouldn't go so smoothly this time.

……

Deep within the chaos, stands the Jade Void Palace.

This is where Yuanshi Tianzun cultivated.

Like the Jade Emperor, Yuanshi Tianzun could not deduce the identity of the faceless statue.

Therefore, Yuanshi Tianzun began to suspect Tongtian Jiaozhu.

"Third brother, have you been holding a grudge against your second brother because of the Investiture of the Gods?"

"You don't understand, I'm doing this for your own good."

"Those heretical sects of the Jie Sect are not worthy of joining our Sanqing Sect."

"They've all gotten themselves into a lot of trouble."

"If I don't destroy your Jie Sect, you will definitely be dragged down by these troubles and lose your sainthood in the future."

"Why can't you understand my good intentions!"