Chapter 865: A Pretext for Departure
within the chessboard space.

At this time, hundreds of thousands of gods and Buddhas gathered.

They were surrounded by fighting spirits that were more than ten times their number.

Even though they are Buddhas, they cannot completely ignore these fighting spirits.

The immortals, Buddhas, gods and monsters in this world have a very low tolerance for error when they fight.

If they are hit in the vital parts by an attack that can break their defense, they will be in danger of death.

Of course, this is not absolute, for example, there are people like Sun Wukong and Yang Jian who have practiced special skills.

Under the siege of these densely packed war spirits, the Heavenly Soldiers and Arhats were extremely cautious and solemn. They did not want to die and fall into the depths of reincarnation.

The gods are very afraid of entering the cycle of reincarnation.

Reincarnation!

After reincarnation, how many people can return to the path of cultivation, and how many people can reawaken their consciousness? Even if they awaken their consciousness, is the person who wakes up still themselves?

Faced with endless fighting soul death disasters, there was a group of people who did not show any panic at all, but were instead extremely excited.

After all, disasters target different people.

In front of the strong, these disasters may be the nutrients for their growth.

at this time,

There is a group of strong people who regard these fighting spirits as nutrients for their own growth.

The powerful gods and Buddhas such as Li Jing, Samantabhadra and Manjusri are frantically collecting these fighting spirits.

Turn the fighting spirit into a part of the magic weapon that protects your own Buddhist kingdom.

"You are going too far!" said the fifth fox brother, suppressing the endless anger in his heart.

It is really that these gods and Buddhas are too inhumane. All the fighting spirits they give birth to will be taken away as soon as they appear.

"If you have the ability, monster, just release more fighting spirit puppets! I will take as many as you can." Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, said with arrogance.

"Hahahaha!!!! There's no need for King Li to do anything, I can do it for you." Mo Lihong also laughed wildly.

"You...you guys..." The fifth fox brother was so angry that he stuttered.

The [Thirty-three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda] of Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and the [Hunyuan Umbrella] of Mo Lihong, the Vast Heavenly King, are both very capable of harvesting war souls, but they are just a drop in the bucket in front of the terrifying speed at which the throne inside the chessboard space produces war souls. No matter how much they can harvest, they will only be overwhelmed by the war souls, and a strike at the right time may kill them.

What really made the fifth fox brother passive at this time were Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Manjushri Bodhisattva.

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Heavenly Yaochi.

The Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor sat side by side on the only two seats in the central area of ​​Yaochi.

They looked together at the image reflected by the Haotian Mirror in front of them.

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "It seems that Fifth Brother's defeat is inevitable."

The Jade Emperor said with disdain: "What kind of waves can a thing like Fifth Brother make in front of Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva?"

The Queen Mother nodded upon hearing this. She herself knew very well that the fifth brother was doomed to fail, and she was just expressing her feelings.

After all, Fox Brother Five was the one she had picked out to be the scapegoat.

She has also seen the changes in the cultivation level of the fox fifth brother over the past thousand years, and she also wants to recall the fifth brother back to heaven and give him another chance to be a dog.

But there has never been a suitable opportunity. Although the fifth fox brother's ability is not much weaker than Sun Wukong, he is just the younger brother among the younger brothers in front of the two Bodhisattvas, Samantabhadra and Manjusri.

Sun Wukong was placed in the alchemy furnace by Taishang Laojun and was refined for a while, and successfully broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Although the fifth fox brother does not have the cultivation level of Taiyi Golden Immortal, he has the cultivation level of the peak True Immortal.

After all, anything produced by Jade Ding Zhenren must be a top-notch product.

but,

Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva have reached the level of Daluo Golden Immortals. Anyone with a normal mind would not think that Fox Brother Five has a chance of turning the tables.

The gap in strength is so huge that even if he holds the Axe of Creation for hundreds of years, he will have no chance of turning the tables.

The Queen Mother looked at the Jade Emperor's face and found that he was frowning, as if something very difficult had happened. So she asked, "Your Majesty, have you found something wrong? Can the fifth brother still turn the tide?"

The Jade Emperor shook his head and said, "Fifth Brother has no chance of turning the tables. I am thinking about Manjusri and Samantabhadra."

Queen Mother Wang asked in confusion, "What happened to these two Bodhisattvas?"

The Jade Emperor said, "Fifth Brother is the chess piece placed by Wu Zu. Your Majesty should know this!"

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Of course I know that."

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "That's the problem. Setting up checkpoints on the journey to the west and collecting merit and money is indeed an opportunity to make a fortune. But if you fail and your own strength is not enough, you will be asked to pay back by the Buddhists. I'm afraid it won't be easy to get through the time when the karma is settled."

The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this and asked, "Your Majesty, are you saying that the Buddhist sect is also targeting Wu Zu?"

"Well! If Wu Zu had not surrendered to Lao Jun in time, the Buddhist sect would have already launched an action to annex Wu Zong." said the Jade Emperor.

The Queen Mother asked, "Swallowing Wu Zong? What is there about Wu Zong that is worthy of the Buddhist sect's attention?"

The Jade Emperor sneered and said, “Wu Wudi may not have realized the specialness of the martial arts he founded.”

The Queen Mother was confused and asked, "Isn't the martial arts a branch of the immortal way?"

The Jade Emperor shook his head and said, "Martial Dao is not a branch of Immortal Dao, but an independent avenue like Immortal Dao. It's just that the founder of this Dao, Wu Wudi, was too weak, so many ignorant people mistakenly thought it was a branch of Immortal Dao."

The Queen Mother was surprised and said, "It's just an imperfect avenue. Why should the Buddhist sect try to seize it?"

The Jade Emperor smiled coldly and said: "Martial Arts is not Buddhism, Immortality, or God, but it can carry ideas."

The Queen Mother is even more confused (0_0 )?
The Jade Emperor said: "The latest martial arts techniques passed down by Wu Zu, such as Tai Chi, are all about using martial arts to convey the Dao."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Queen Mother immediately understood what the Jade Emperor meant.

Martial arts can inherit the thoughts and spirit of immortals, gods, and Buddhas.

The thresholds for Shinto, Xiandao, and Buddhism are very high, which is not conducive to popularization and dissemination, but martial arts can be practiced by anyone.

This is undoubtedly a way to expand influence, and after practicing those skills to the highest level, one will definitely become the most devout fanatic.

The immortal way does not require faith or influence, so those powerful immortals have no interest in taking action against Wu Wudi.

Shinto requires belief, but Shinto does not require practice, and these gods do not know how to create martial arts with their own divinity. The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother do have this ability, but unfortunately the Emperor's Way is not suitable for dissemination.

Buddhism does require practice, but it also requires faith.

Therefore, Buddhism uses martial arts to spread Buddhism, spread Buddhist beliefs, and expand its influence.

This is also why the Buddha Tathagata wanted to capture the fifth brother himself before. If he captured the fifth brother, he could attack Wu Wudi's Wu Zong and have a legitimate reason to do so.

(End of this chapter)