The Battle in Journey to the West
Chapter 351 - 306: All the Talents of Ancient Times Emerge_2

Chapter 351: Chapter 306: All the Talents of Ancient Times Emerge_2

Chen Tuan spoke, "My true self shall also break through the barrier. As you attack Mount Meru, Tathagata will summon the Power of the Heavens. After countless years of accumulation, this power has become terrifyingly formidable. Even if the saints join forces to tackle it, they will have to exert significant effort! Once the Power of the Heavens is invoked, my true self and Amitabha Buddha will be able to break the seals, open Mount Sumeru, and reemerge."

Siddhartha nodded and said, "Excellent! I will ascend to the Thirty-Three Heavens to discuss this matter with the Three Pure Ones and have them mobilize the Daoist experts to besiege Mount Meru together."

Tathagata had already arranged a vast formation at Mount Meru. Anticipating a great calamity between heaven and earth, and a reckoning by the Daoist sect, he had set up the great array, filling Mount Meru with immense power, making it as impregnable as an iron barrel. Even if Zhunti in his true form were to appear, he could not break through; it would require the joint efforts of the saints.

Tathagata is an important chess piece of the Various Heavens. He descended to West Cow He State, accumulating the power of the Various Heavens, with an unknown amount of the Otherworldly Heavenly Dao’s power supporting him. Breaking through is a very troublesome matter. The duty of the Nine Heavens is to contend with the Various Heavens of the Otherworld, not Tathagata, for Tathagata has committed no act against the heavens. Though he harbors ill intentions, they are well-concealed and impossible to address directly.

Siddhartha had not yet departed when someone had already arrived at the Ruins. It was Immortal Guang Chengzi.

"Amitabha Buddha, I have seen Real Man Guang Chengzi!" Merit Buddha was the first to see Guang Chengzi and immediately paid his respects.

Guang Chengzi said, "I come on the orders of my teacher! The hierarch of our sect is aware of your emergence, so he has sent me here. And now, the three saint lords have gone to the War God Secret Realm to forge the Tower Connecting Heaven, which is the key to connecting the two Heavenly Dao realms. In the Middle Ancient Times, it was severed by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and now, the time has come for its re-smelting. If a direct battle against the Otherworld were launched in the Four Great Continents, it would devastate the world."

"The three saint lords can’t make a move?" Siddhartha frowned.

"It’s not that they cannot make a move, but they are consecrating the Tower Connecting Heaven to restore its function, to connect to the Otherworld, and construct the battlefield!" Guang Chengzi said, "By then, the three saints will assist you all in breaking Tathagata’s Ten Thousand Buddhas Pilgrimage Formation. Then, magical treasures will fly across the endless void just as potent, capable of injuring Tathagata."

The methods of the saints are inscrutable. Separated by endless voids, they still consecrate magical treasures to slay enemies! Otherwise, how could the Heavens project their influence through the endless Chaos and void into another realm and cause havoc while retaining such formidable power?

The Tower Connecting Heaven is born of the Heavenly Dao and was forcibly severed by the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors. The backlash of this power also led to the demise of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. However, the immense Wish Power and Incense Power of the Human Clan allowed the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to manifest in the magical treasures, appearing anytime to protect the Human Clan.

The moment of the great battle is impending; the Buddhas of Mount Meru, Bodhisattvas, and Vajra Arhats all return to join it. Tathagata has arranged the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pilgrimage Formation, making Mount Meru as impregnable as an iron barrel, difficult to breach.

However, there are insiders like Guanyin and other Bodhisattvas, as well as Kong Xuan, Medicine Buddha, and Victorious Fighting Buddha. Once they turn their coats, Tathagata will certainly suffer a severe setback.

This was all calculated by the Three Pure Ones long ago. Originally, the Sect of Interception still had a chance during that crisis because someone betrayed them by sabotaging the great array and stealing the magical treasures, which utterly destroyed the foundation of the Heaven-Penetrating Sect Hierarch.

"Now that all of you have emerged, having participated in the fierce battles of the Middle Ancient Times, you know how tragic that war was, how many perished. Now that Tathagata controls Mount Meru, holding the fate of West Cow He State, he is a cancer within our Heavenly Dao World, and he must be eradicated; otherwise, the Heavenly Dao will be severely impacted! Now that you have all recovered, it is time for us to act. The survival of Heaven and Earth hinges on this moment," Siddhartha said.

He suddenly felt a tightness in his breath, and the mana within him was actually declining. He said solemnly, "The Human Path is also at a critical juncture of survival. It has already affected the Heavenly Dao, causing the Heavenly Dao to unleash a calamity. This is the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, the precursor to a Major Calamity."

All beings within the Three Realms felt discomfort, as if ill, their bodies aching. This is the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, the precursor to the Great Calamity.

"We naturally follow the arrangements of Ancestor Buddha Siddhartha!" those present declared.

Siddhartha had shone brilliantly in the battles of the Middle Ancient Times, leading thousands in combat, thus he was very popular. When he called these people, they were willing to follow him.

Now at the crucial juncture of the survival of Heaven and Earth, everyone united, ready to repel the Otherworldly Heavenly Dao, achieve transcendence for the Heavenly Dao World, prevent the Qing Army from advancing, and preserve the Human Path.

Guang Chengzi said, "My fellow apprentice, Huang Long Zhenren, is already marshaling the Celestial Court’s deities, all heading to Mount Meru. When the time comes, a mighty army will descend and crush Tathagata."

The Celestial Palace is said to be ruled by the Jade Emperor, but he is merely a puppet. The real power still lies with the Three Pure Ones. After being humiliated by Wukong’s Havoc in Heaven, his authority was further weakened.

Other great emperors of the Celestial Court also hastened to consolidate power and further marginalize the Jade Emperor. Except for the Golden Immortals from the Queen Mother’s Yao Pond, the Jade Emperor has no one else to rely on, not even Great Emperor Qinghua of the East Pole listens to his commands anymore.

Great Emperor Qinghua, Taiyi Salvation Heavenly Venerable, and Tathagata secretly cooperated, gaining countless benefits for Tathagata. Naturally, he also received many advantages. However, all of this was the calculation of the Three Pure Ones, allowing him to pose as a Daoist traitor, infiltrating the Jade Emperor’s inner circle, thus providing them with more information to isolate those who do not heed their commands, thoroughly marginalizing the Jade Emperor.