Chapter 678: The respective plans of the three religions
The old monk in gray robe is not only immovable in the magical power of Buddhism, but also has an extremely calm personality. He knows that time is on his side. As long as he holds Tang Yuan back, he will wait for the sacrifice. The ritual is complete.
Use hundreds of millions of lives in Huazhou as a sacrifice to summon the Nine Netherworlds to come, and then use this relic left by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to evolve the Dharma Realm and bring the Ksitigarbha, who has sunk into the Nine Netherworlds, back to the present world. This is the plan of Buddhism to establish a small reincarnation in the immortal world.
In the past, when Buddhism controlled reincarnation, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s dojo was equivalent to a small underworld. All Buddhist disciples who were reincarnated had to go to the small underworld first to anchor their memories of Taoism before taking the big reincarnation. .
This is how you can practice for many lifetimes!
However, after the separation between heaven and man, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva could not hide out. In the small underworld in the Nine Netherworld, he was directly in a semi-dead state. Buddhism no longer had the authority to control reincarnation.
But as long as the small underworld is brought to the present world, Buddhism can control the small reincarnation again. For this, even if it means turning all the Huazhou area into a place of death, it will not hesitate.
The demonic path's appeal is even simpler. In addition to the rewards that can be obtained by blood sacrifice to Jiuyou, if it can turn Huazhou into a ghost like Jiuyou.
This place can be used as the new base camp of the Demonic Path. Only by using this as a basis can we be able to advance and retreat at our own discretion in the battle with the Daoist Sect.
Although the Demon Sect now occupies a state in Northern Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang really cannot be regarded as the Demon Sect’s home field.
Except for the endlessly flowing sea of blood under the crust of Northern Xinjiang and the few abyss connecting the Jiuyou Fissures, the vast majority of the land in Northern Xinjiang is still dominated by Qingling Qi.
Even though the nine great demon sects have been working in this state for countless years, they still have not been able to fundamentally change the aura environment of Northern Xinjiang. Northern Xinjiang is one of the nine ancient states, unlike Huazhou, which was the day after the First Emperor. After conquering other big worlds, the acquired continent was built from its fragments.
To completely transform Yibei Territory is almost equivalent to transforming the Earthly Immortal World. Unless the two Demon Ancestors of Blood Sea and Jiuyou personally take action, it is still possible.
However, before the end of the world, filthy demonic energy is destined to not be the main theme of the world. The most important point is that... mortals simply cannot survive in such an environment.
Even those demon cubs who have insufficient cultivation will suffer from shortcomings such as turmoil in their true energy and confusion if they live in such a filthy place for a long time. Only those old demons who are successful in spiritual practice can thrive in such an environment.
Therefore, no matter from the perspective of difficulty or reality, it is almost impossible to transform Northern Xinjiang into Jiuyou in the Earthly Immortal Realm.
But Huazhou is different. Although it is one of the nine states established by the First Emperor, its essence is inferior to the real ancient states in the earthly and immortal world.
What's more, Xian Qin has long passed away, and all the Jin people who guarded Kyushu in the past have also disappeared. If you want to do something in Huazhou, the difficulty will naturally drop sharply.
At that time, sitting in the two states of Northern Xinjiang and Huazhou, the Demon Sect will have the confidence to set off a demonic catastrophe that will sweep through the entire Earthly Immortal World.
It is precisely because the two religions, Buddhism and Demonism, have similar demands that led to this cooperation.
The effect was also extremely significant, and the Daomen who responded hastily were unable to stop this long-planned alliance.
Even though today's Taoist sect is far more united and more like a whole than before, thanks to the bonding of Sanxian Island, it is still beyond its capabilities.
The fall of Huazhou is indeed an opportunity for the cooperation between the devil and Buddha religions. However, while cooperating, the two religions also have huge differences... That is to bring back the small reincarnation of the present world. Who should control it?
Although this place is the Ksitigarbha Dojo, by that time Huazhou has almost fallen into the Nine Netherworld. It is undoubtedly the home of the Demonic Way. How can the Demonic Sect, which always puts profit first, be willing to give up the huge piece of reincarnation? of fat?
In order to check and balance each other, the two sects of Buddhism and Demonism naturally made an agreement and even made a serious oath of cause and effect.
In the prehistoric world view, the oath that must be fulfilled is not something that anyone can make immediately if they want to. Moreover, since the separation between heaven and man, the oath of heaven is no longer fully binding. The only thing that can guarantee the fulfillment of the oath is the avenue of cause and effect controlled by Buddha. If you want to make a serious oath of cause and effect, in addition to being presided over by a Buddhist arhat who is proficient in this way, you must also make sufficient offerings to the whirling world.
Helping distrusting parties and providing reaffirmation of cause and effect is still a very important advancement for Buddhism.
Only through a fight with the gray-robed old monk, Tang Yuan found that his strength was not greatly affected by the blood rain, and he got a glimpse of the detailed transactions between the Buddha and the devil.
All this is within Tang Yuan's plan. After all, he is already familiar with the process of sacrificing Jiuyou.
Even in the previous life, the demon sect controlled by Old Demon Tang had joined forces with Buddhism. At that time, the two parties had the basis for cooperation only under the constraints of the oath of cause and effect.
Sang Chan’s plan was not exhaustive, but he still missed two steps. First, he underestimated the divine calculation ability of the Taoist ancestor of the Shangqing Sect. When Dao Sect was specially selected to plan the Dragon Clan, they worked together to use the art of deceiving the heavens, but that person still caught a glimpse of the changes in the heavens.
Of course, this is no wonder for them. Only Tang Yuan knows that this ancestor of the Shangqing Sect’s daily hobby is to spy on the secrets of heaven, Taoism, Buddhism, magic, aristocratic families and even mortals...
It can be said that no disturbance in this immortal world can escape his sight.
Second, the true identity of Tang Yuan was omitted. Even if some people speculated that Tang Yuan might be the reincarnation of a demon cultivator, they would not have thought that he was actually the former (future) general manager of the entire demon world.
When it comes to familiarity with the Demon Sect, especially the Blood Sea Path, no one in the Earthly Immortal World can match him.
It seems that this blood sacrifice was led by Xue Haidao, and it feels like the reading comprehension has been tested on the original author.
After Fang Xisheng of the Shangqing Sect informed Tang Yuan, the two families plotted countermeasures... keeping it secret and preparing secretly.
After all, this matter was done by the two sects of Buddha and Demon, and the combined strength of the two sects has surpassed that of Taoism.
If the Taoist sect becomes popular, it will inevitably lead to a larger-scale confrontation. At that time, it will be easy to start the turmoil of the end of the world in advance.
Not only is the Taoist sect not yet ready, but if a war starts like this, it may even push Buddhism into the demonic camp, causing irreversible consequences.
Even if the chance of this happening is less than 10%, Daomen would not dare to try it rashly.
If real fire breaks out, no one can predict how the situation will develop.
So even if there were various signs in Huazhou Dachu, Tang Yuan just sent Xu Zhi over as a routine investigation and had no intention of starting a big war.
The purpose is to prevent the two religions of Buddha and Demon from being alert and expand the scale of this matter again.
In the end, as planned by Tang Yuan and Shangqing Sect, the two sects did not fully mobilize, but made secret preparations to complete the blood sacrifice.
In this case, no matter how much Daomen blocks it, the situation will not escalate into a full-scale confrontation.
As long as the blood sacrifice ceremony is ended here, the three religions will naturally return to the state where they once restricted each other.
The reason why Tang Yuan decided on this strategy was that one of his chances of victory was... when standing in the blood river formation, it was indeed not difficult for him to quickly defeat the Buddhist soul! .