"Senior Brother, do you realize what you are saying?"
Fa Ding rebuked angrily, and these words, coming from the mouth of a Buddhist Arhat, were a hundred tis more terrifying than any spoken by heretics and evil fiends.
"Amitabha!"
Great Enlightennt Arhat chanted the Buddha’s na, and an imasurable amount of Buddhas transford into a treasure mirror in the air, on which images of Spirit Mountain appeared.
Countless Buddha’s Disciples and Grand-disciples recited sutras in unison.
Myriads of Buddha’s radiance and auspicious energy pervaded the atmosphere, a scene of joy, auspiciousness, and harmony.
"Junior Brother, every matter in this world requires sacrifice."
Great Enlightennt Arhat spoke slowly, "Do you choose the shattered Spirit Mountain and a severed Buddhist lineage, or do you choose the death of a group of Righteous Gods and so mortals..."
"It’s not just a group or so, but as many as tens of billions!"
Fa Ding understood what Great Enlightennt Arhat ant, that it was better to trigger an explosion now, rather than allowing the calamity to accumulate and shatter the continent, as the latter would affect a much larger area.
Great Enlightennt Arhat said, "With the overwhelming trend of the tis, there is no choice but to sacrifice the few for the many, to trade a small part of the population for the stability of the continent!"
Fa Ding retorted, "This is just delaying the catastrophe, not solving the problem from its root."
"This catastrophe, at least, can be postponed for a thousand years..."
The voice of Great Enlightennt Arhat was as calm as an ancient well, "With the Heavenly Court further enforcing strict laws, it can be postponed for another thousand years!"
Fa Ding asked, "And what about after two thousand years?"
Being True Gods with a lifespan of five thousand years and prospering incense offerings that could sustain them for nearly ten thousand years, Fa Ding would still be alive two thousand years later.
"By then, it will be up to the Junior Brother to find another who will face the tribulation and push for the reduction of Immortal Gods."
Great Enlightennt Arhat said, "In this manner, with a catastrophe every two or three thousand years, the cataclysmic energy between heaven and earth can be resolved. Until the tide of Spiritual Energy fades, the Heavenly Court will not collapse, and the teachings of the Three Teachings will not cease to be passed on!"
"Very well, very well, such a clever strategy indeed."
Fa Ding said, "Such a shocking plan cannot be the idea of just one person, right?"
Great Enlightennt Arhat nodded slightly, "This is a decision made collectively by the sages of the Three Teachings."
Fa Ding stared at Great Enlightennt Arhat for a long ti, originally thinking that the Heavenly Court with its strict heavenly laws, and its covert reduction of Sects of the Cultivation World, was already walking the path of evil outsiders, but compared to the thods of those Immortal Beings...
The Heavenly Court seed more like a white lotus!
Great Enlightennt Arhat asked, "Junior Brother, do you know the fundantal problem of the Cultivation World today?"
Fa Ding, suppressing the fury in his heart, bowed and said, "I beseech Senior Brother to enlighten ."
Ranked among the Heavenly Court Righteous Gods and worshiped by countless beings, Fa Ding sensed the spreading cataclysmic energy of heaven and earth but felt helpless to do anything about it. His mind restless and his Buddhist heart troubled, he had recently descended to the mortal realm to preach Divinity Transformation, hoping to find the solution amidst the dust of the mundane world.
Great Enlightennt Arhat said, "It’s simply because the Demon Path of the Cultivation World is vanishing." Read new adventures at .Côm
Fa Ding objected, "Was exterminating demons not the right thing to do?"
"Exterminating demons was not a mistake, but the error was in wiping them out completely during the ascension process."
Great Enlightennt Arhat said, "The Orthodox Path and the Demon Path, like yin and yang—one for creation, the other for destruction. With the yin side dissipated, all becoming yang, the cycle of yin and yang is disrupted, and this is the source of destructive energy in the Cultivation World!"
"How absurd!"
Fa Ding laughed with anger, "So this is your reason for turning demonic? No demons in the world, so a Buddhist becos demonic?"
"Amitabha."
Great Enlightennt Arhat chanted the Buddha’s na again, "The Buddha once said, ’If I do not enter hell, who will?’ Truly, for the stability of the continent, I would rather sacrifice myself and beco demonic, in exchange for more lives being spared."
Fa Ding asked, "How does Senior Brother know that the end-ti catastrophe will only get worse with each occurrence?"
Great Enlightennt Arhat said, "You should go and ask the disciples of Buddhism outside; whether they will support you or !"
Fa Ding was silent for a long while, then heaved a sigh.
"I will not take part in this matter, nor will I obstruct it."
"Well said, well said."
Great Enlightennt Arhat ford a spell with his hands, and two rays of Spiritual Energy flew out from Spirit Mountain, saying, "Even if he is ninety-nine percent similar to that reincarnated Heavenly Master, it should still be calculated by the fellow Daoists of the Severing Heaven Sect to ensure it is foolproof."
Fa Ding asked, "The core doctrine of the Severing Heaven Sect is to resolve the calamities of all beings, how could they agree to such an approach?"
"To use a minor catastrophe to resolve a major one also does not violate the teachings of the Severing Heaven Sect."
Great Enlightennt Arhat’s face showed a sneer of mockery as he laughed.
"The Daoists of the Severing Heaven Sect are easier to persuade than those of the Severing Heaven Sect. You rely need to shout for the sake of the nurous beings in the Dongsheng Divine Continent..."
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The Heavenly Secret Hall.
A ray of Spiritual Energy descended into it.
The contemporary Immortal Ming Zhenzi suddenly opened his eyes; with a slight stirring of his Divine Sense, he understood the ssage conveyed by the Spiritual Energy.
"It turns out the old baldy Great Enlightennt really did find soone to face the tribulation..."
The mana of the Immortal Beings of the Three Teachings far surpassed that of True Gods, and they had sensed the rise of cataclysmic energy between heaven and earth even before the previous generation of Immortals ascended. With so divination, they found the root of the great catastrophe and held several discussions.
In the end, the overall situation was deed most important, and it was chosen to have a minor catastrophe every two thousand years to resolve the major one.
As the tide of Spiritual Energy fades and the end-tis descend, there will be no cultivators left in the world. All Spiritual Energy and cataclysmic energy will naturally dissipate.
The ancestors of the Upper Realm of the Three Teachings will, during the next rise of Spiritual Energy tide, open the teachings and inheritances, taking advantage of the era to once again beco the masters of the Dongsheng Divine Continent.
"The reincarnated Heavenly Master, with karmic burdens as vast as the ocean, from any perspective, is the perfect candidate to face the tribulation!"
Ming Zhenzi took out a Spiritual Treasure, Copper Coin, using his lifespan to perform Severing Heaven arts.
The Copper Coin fell to the ground.
Intermittent ssages of fate erged out of thin air in Ming Zhenzi’s soul.
"Three Teachings, Heavenly Master, karmic forces... It seems very likely that it is indeed him reincarnated!"
Ming Zhenzi suddenly recalled the teachings of Heaven’s Secret Child, that those of the Severing Heaven Sect must always leave room for maneuver, this being the great way of evolving heaven.
"How can I leave room for maneuver?"
After pondering for a long ti, Ming Zhenzi made up his mind and sent a ssage back to Great Enlightennt Arhat.
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