Chapter 161: The Sages' Crisis and the Plot of the Western Expedition

  Wuji was absorbing the Chaos Energy in the midst of chaos when Hongjun Daozu's transmission interrupted his progress. However, Wuji did not dare to slack off even slightly and thought about heading towards the Purple Mansion in one step. The surrounding Chaos Energy automatically avoided him without any hindrance.

  Wuji arrived at the Purple Mansion, only to find that all the saints had just arrived. After exchanging greetings with them, they each took their seats and waited for Hongjun Daozu to appear. However, it was not Hongjun Daozu who came, but rather Zhenyuanzi, Minghe Old Ancestor, and Houtu Niangniang - three of the most powerful beings in heaven and earth. They were followed by Haotian and Xiwangmu, the supreme rulers of the heavenly court.

  Although the saints were puzzled by the arrival of Zhenyuanzi and others, since this was the arrangement of Hongjun Daozu, it must have had a different meaning. After Zhenyuanzi and others paid their respects to the saints, the saints also returned the courtesy without daring to be slow. After all, the saints were currently banned by Hongjun Daozu and could not easily enter the vast wilderness, and they would inevitably interact with these saintly giants when traveling in the vast wilderness. What's more, Zhenyuanzi was appointed by Hongjun Daozu as the master of the Dixian realm, and with the help of the Dixian realm, even saints could fight a battle.

  Hong Jun Dao Zu finally appeared in the Zixiao Palace amidst the doubts of all the saints. Hong Jun Dao Zu said, "I have called you all here today because a major event is about to occur. The heavens and earth will soon undergo a great transformation, so you must prepare yourselves."

  The Supreme Saint arrived first and said, "Master, I don't know what kind of change this is, but it has startled you." Hong Jun Da Zu said, "In the beginning, Pangu opened up the sky. The 3,000 chaotic magic spirits either died and merged into the vast expanse, or died and transformed into a world within the chaos, or escaped and ascended to heaven, imitating Pangu and opening up a new heaven and earth."

  Although most of these worlds are not worth mentioning and cannot be compared to the Desolate World, there are a few worlds that, although inferior to the Desolate World, this Vast Expanse world, are still Middle Thousand Worlds. The Desolate World is the center of the Chaos Heavens, but at this moment, these worlds are being pulled by the Desolate World and are slowly approaching it. Before long, these worlds will merge with the Desolate World.

  No matter whether it is the Heavenly Way of the Desolate World devouring the Chaos Demon God to open up the world, or these Chaos Demon Gods devouring the Heavenly Way of the Desolate World, the strength of the Heavenly Way will make great progress. However, for you, it is an opportunity. If in the future the Heavenly Way takes the will of the Desolate World as its main intention, then you have the opportunity to advance further. The Heavenly Way will also lean towards and take care of you more in the future.

  "If you take the Heavenly Way of the Chaotic Demon World as the main, then you will be suppressed by the Heavenly Way of the Chaotic Demon World, and that side's Heavenly Saint will suppress you."

  Hong Jun saw that all the saints were paying attention to himself, but Zhen Yuanzi and the other three supreme beings did not show any signs, so he threw out another blockbuster: "The Heavenly Way will be upgraded, and the Honghuang world will also be upgraded. At that time, the Honghuang heaven and earth can support twelve holy people."

  Hong Jun Dao Zu's words immediately stunned Zhen Yuan Zi, Ming He Lao Zu, and Hou Tu Niang Niang, who suddenly knelt down and said: "Please, Master, have mercy. From now on, we will no longer guard the Heavenly Way." Hong Jun Dao Zu said: "Good, originally you were all people I favored, but at that time, various worlds under the Heavenly Way's jurisdiction also urgently needed those who could become saints with the help of the Hong Meng purple energy. As my disciples, I will naturally make arrangements for you."

  Hong Jun's words delighted Zhen Yuanzi and the others. As a woman, Hou Tu Niangniang was particularly meticulous and said with a smile: "Disciple Hou Tu pays respects to Master." Zhen Yuanzi and Ming He Laozu also reacted and said: "Disciple Zhen Yuanzi (Ming He) pays respects to Master."

  Hongjun Daozu said: "Today, I will accept Hou Tu as my seventh disciple, Zhenyuanzi as my eighth disciple, and Minghe as my ninth disciple. You have all met your senior brothers before."

  Houtu Niangniang, Zhenyuanzi and Minghe immediately bowed to the various saints and Wuji Dao: "Houtu (Zhenyuanzi, Minghe) has seen all the fellow masters and friends of Wuji Dao."

  All Saints returned the courtesy: "I have seen all of you, fellow disciples." Wuji also returned the courtesy: "Wuji has met the three Taoist friends. Congratulations to the three Taoist friends for achieving the true result and becoming the disciples of the Master Ancestor. The position of a saint is just around the corner, and I wish the three Taoist friends an early realization of the mixed origin."

  At the time of conversation among all saints, Hong Jun Dao Zu suddenly appeared on the left side of Wuji with three meditation mats. The three people hurriedly walked towards their seats. Huan Tian and Yao Chi looked at them with envy, although they were the supreme rulers of heaven and earth, but compared to the few people above, their status was still far inferior, not to mention their strength.

  Hong Jun Dao Zu said again: "Haotian, Yaochi and others are the responsibilities of the Heavenly Emperor and the Queen Mother. In the future, when the world merges, heaven and earth will respect you as their masters. If there is a chance in the future, if your strength is sufficient, you can also compete for the remaining few sacred positions."

  Hongjun's words made Haotian Yaochi see a glimmer of hope again, and he quickly expressed his willingness to follow the Daozu's arrangement and work hard to cultivate. However, Wuji discovered a hint of doubt in this conversation. Wuji said: "Master, you just mentioned that the Hongyuan world can support twelve saints in the future, doesn't that mean other worlds don't have saints?"

  "Boundless, other worlds also have saints, but after the Heavenly Dao advances later on, the saintly positions will change. If we take the Honghuang world's Heavenly Dao as the main one, your saintly positions naturally won't change, but if the Honghuang Heavenly Dao fails and another world's Heavenly Dao takes over, your saintly positions will also be cancelled. You will no longer be recognized by the Heavenly Dao, and the true spirits attached to the Heavenly Dao will also be devoured."

  All the saints heard the Tao and themselves were in such a precarious situation, they no longer dared to be slow. After all, if their true spirit was damaged, they would suffer heavy losses. The true spirit is not so easy to repair, even after billions of years, it may not be possible to repair it, and at that time, thinking about further progress will be extremely difficult.

  The saints said: "Teacher, rest assured, we will definitely guard the Heavenly Way. We don't know what arrangements you have, but we will definitely follow your arrangements."

  Hong Jun Dao Zu saw that all the saints were in the table, his serious expression relaxed a lot. Hong Jun Dao Zu said: "At the beginning of Long Han's first trial, I was competing with Luo Hou Mo Zhu for the position of saint, from the eastern mainland to the western mainland, due to the intense battle, our battlefield space became unstable, and finally I won, Luo Hou Mo Zhu died, the twelve black lotus was split in two, three black lotus remained in the Hongyuan world, and was later obtained by Wuji machine coincidence, and killed Luo Hou Mo Zhu's residual soul.

  The Ninth-Grade Black Lotus, however, escaped from the unstable space after Luo Hou's self-destruction of the Western Spiritual Pulse and entered a demonic realm. Although the demonic realm was approaching the Desolate World, there was still some distance between them. However, I discovered that the area where I fought against Luo Hou was becoming unstable, indicating that someone was attacking this space with the intention of returning to the Desolate World from it.

  "After the Great Calamity of Sealing the Gods, the Western Teachings of Jiāo and Zhǔn Tí flourished. Buddhism spread to the southern state of Chánzhōu. Today, you all have taken the opportunity of the eastward transmission of Buddhist teachings, and need to select someone with mortal strength to re-tread this path, at which time the Heavenly Way will bestow merit and repair this section of space. You must not obstruct this."

  Hong Jun Dao Zu's words made Jie Yin happy. Zhun Ti and the two saints were overjoyed, while others did not want Buddhism to flourish, but they did not oppose Hong Jun Dao Zu's followers. However, regarding the merits of the saints, they could be plotted against, so as not to let Jie Yin and Zhun Ti enjoy them alone.

  The two saints, Ji Yin and Zhun Ti, naturally knew the thoughts of others, but they didn't mind. After all, with the rise of Buddhism, even if one eats meat, others must be allowed to drink soup; the consequences of eating alone are very severe, a point that these two saints understood.

  Thus the process of the Journey to the West was determined, with the two Buddhist saints as the main characters, assisted by other saints, and later the saints left the Purple Cloud Palace and returned to their own temples.