Xue Chuqing looked at Yan Zhaoge and frowned, “You wouldn’t be thinking of massacring the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus’ Buddhas, right?”
“To tell you the truth, I really did think of it,” Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Still, I felt that it was rather silly afterwards, and thus gave up on the idea.”
A Profound Immortal of the Dao Sects, who is equivalent to an Arhat of the Buddhist Sects, wants to kill the Buddha of the Pure Land, who is equivalent to a Celestial Immortal of the Dao Sects.
Even if it was a Buddha who came from the heretical path, this idea was quite unbelievable, arrogant, and crazy.
Still, Xue Chuqing knew that if she planned it well and caught him off guard, Yan Zhaoge might really be able to achieve this.
The example of the Afflatus King was right before his eyes.
After patiently waiting for the Golden Body of the Great Sage to recover its vitality, the current Broad Creed Mountain could truly threaten many Grand Heavenly Realm existences, especially those of the heretic dao.
Xue Chuqing couldn’t help but sigh in her heart every time she thought of this.
Although she was the direct disciple of the Exalted Wood Luminary’s lineage, and her roots could be traced back to the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor, one of the Four Imperials of Daoism, she had never expected that one day, the person beside her would actually possess such power.
Perhaps Yan Zhaoge himself had yet to reach such heights, but he already possessed such power.
It hadn’t been like that when they were dealing with the demons of the Netherworld. But after that, it had improved by leaps and bounds, and it couldn’t be judged by the old standards anymore.
However, as Yan Zhaoge had said, it was still not enough now. They still needed to be stronger.
Hearing Yan Zhaoge’s words, she straightened her expression slightly as she looked at him.
Reigniting the flames of war between the Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus was not an easy task.
At the very least, one of them had to judge that the gains from the war were far greater than the price they had to pay. Only then would everything be possible.
Suo Mingzhang and Yan Zhaoge had caused a ruckus in the Immortal Court twice, causing them to suffer heavy losses. After all, it wasn’t something that could be recovered within a short period of time.
Even if they illuminated the World beyond Worlds and regained their eight hundred Immortal Territories, they would only be able to regain their footing as they were still far from recovering their vitality.
Now, there were only eight Grand Heavenly Immortals left. Not to mention the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus, even if they were to be compared to his own peak state, they were still much weaker.
So in essence, they were still in a very weak position.
If the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus were to attack again, the Immortal Court would still lose their cities and territories, repeating the scene from twenty years ago.
However, since they couldn’t determine Mahamayuri’s intentions, the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus wouldn’t act recklessly and incite the flames of war. Instead, they cautiously probed and infiltrated.
To Yan Zhaoge, even if he could successfully reduce the number of Immortal Court Heavenly Lords or even kill the Western Pure Lands’ Buddhas, the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus and the Demon Race wouldn’t be able to resolve themselves to start another war.
Unless he had a way to restrain Mahamayuri.
Therefore, the other option was to kill the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus’ Grand Heavenly Realm experts!
Moreover, it was a massive amount of damage, causing the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus to be even weaker than the Immortal Court.
In this way, the Immortal Court might be the one to make the first move.
This idea seemed even crazier, but if he could seize the right opportunity, it might not be impossible.
After all, to the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, a heretic Grand Luo was no different from a Grand Virtual Immortal.
There was no need to doubt the Immortal Court’s eagerness to take advantage of the situation. In essence, they and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus were the main competitors.
However, this method of fanning the flames from both sides and waiting for an opportunity to fish in troubled waters was undoubtedly a bad idea that thought one was clever.
The Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus wouldn’t just watch as Yan Zhaoge and the others weaken.
This could easily cause the two opposing sides to temporarily put aside their conflicts and work together to suppress Yan Zhaoge and the others.
Although the Awakened Sky Cosmos’ whereabouts were uncertain, it wasn’t completely foolproof.
If the Immortal Court, the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus, the Western Pure Lands, and the Demon Race worked together to suppress them, the current orthodox Daoism might not be able to withstand it.
With Xue Chuqing’s understanding of Yan Zhaoge, while he often acted frivolously, he wasn’t someone who would get carried away.
Since Yan Zhaoge had given up on provoking both sides, Xue Chuqing was very interested in what he was planning.
“Actually, I’m thinking about the three wondrous stones left behind by the Nuwa Sovereign when she mended the heavens.” Yan Zhaoge’s eyes flickered.
Xue Chuqing understood what he was trying to say, “Yeah, it’s in line with your habit of thinking about things. Tracing back to the source and reorganizing the clues.”
“Indeed. Actually, I’ve been thinking about this for the past few years. I want to see if I can discover any opportunities from within,” said Yan Zhaoge. “Only, there are still some things that I haven’t thought through thoroughly.”
He looked towards Xue Chuqing, “The Nuwa Sovereign left behind three wondrous stones. Needless to say, the Earthly Essence Stone is the foundation of the Great Sage Equalling Heavens. Its miraculous trait lies in its indestructible nature, allowing it to remain eternally stable.”
“As for the Humanly Essence Stone, it could gather faith power and cause it to undergo a qualitative change. It allowed the small path of the Divine Dao of Incense to become a bright path.”
The Maitreya Buddha, who had his hopes of achieving the Dao severed, successfully ascended to the Dao Realm and opened up a brand new path.
“However, this path also created the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.”
Yan Zhaoge stroked his chin, “That’s why I’m guessing that a portion of the Humanly Essence Stone fragments had fallen into the hands of the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord.”
During the Middle era, the Buddhas and Demons fought against each other. The Humanly Essence Stone was divided into a hundred and eight fragments, which were arranged by the Demon Race’s Thirty-six Great Sages and Seventy-two Small Sages.
In the end, after the Journey to the West, most of them were left behind.
Most of the fragments fell into the hands of Traveling Monk Sun and Buddhist Monk Sanzang. In the end, they naturally fell into the hands of the central Blessed Lands of Saha’s Mystical Mountain’s Great Thunderclap Monastery.
However, a portion of it was still scattered outside.
Yan Zhaoge was currently thinking about whether there were any Humanly Essence Stone fragments that had yet to fall into the hands of the Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus.
Was there any possibility of them making a fuss?
“Of course, the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord’s and the Future Buddha’s paths would be different. Perhaps, the Heavenly Essence Stone was involved as well.”
Yan Zhaoge let out a sigh and smiled, “The Immortal Court and the Western Pure Lands, the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus and the Demon Race. Their relationship seems to be more interesting than I expected.”
Xue Chuqing pondered for a while and said, “We don’t have any Humanly Essence Stone fragments with us.”
“However, some might have them. Only, we aren’t sure if he’s still alive.”
Yan Zhaoge pondered and said, “However, as long as the Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus aren’t sure if he’s still alive, we might be able to spread fake news to attract the heretics.”
Xue Chuqing was stunned at first. Then, she pondered, “Are you talking about …”
“In the past, among the thirty-six Demon Race Great Sages, there was a top-notch figure.” Yan Zhaoge nodded, “He’s called the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits. He’s somewhat related to our Daoism.”