The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1933: Chapters 1878–1879: Thunder Strike, Hit and Run_2

Furthermore, destruction is always easier than construction. These worlds have been painstakingly managed by the Buddhism School, with untold amounts of resources and energy invested. Especially in the Divine Continent World, where various forces subtly joined hands in rejection, the sentient beings of these worlds are their core believers and the most vital source of faith. Leaving destruction unchecked would greatly affect the Buddhism School.

Yet under such circumstances, the Buddhism School inadvertently caused a division in their forces.

It’s important to know that according to the agreement between the Heavenly Court and the Buddhism School, their allied army is commanded by the Pagoda-Bearing King. Though the counterattack from the Heterodox Alliance was unexpected, it only damaged the Buddhism School’s sphere of influence and did not invade the territory under the Jade Emperor.

At this moment, although the Jade Emperor’s forces have not been attacked, they also worry about the Heterodox Alliance infiltrating their interiors. They know their foundation isn’t as robust as that of the Buddhism School, and a large loss would be unbearable.

Thus, the Jade Emperor’s side hasn’t dispatched reinforcements to support the Buddhism School in hunting down the Vajra Sect Leader, instead strengthening their control over many worlds to guard against potential damage from the Heterodox Alliance.

Meanwhile, the Jade Emperor’s side hasn’t shown any residue in the restoration of the damaged worlds. It’s not that the Jade Emperor doesn’t want to help, but the Buddhism School refused.

Though these worlds have suffered losses, they are the core of the Buddhism School. If the Heavenly Court seizes the opportunity to interfere, future troubles are unforeseeable.

After all, they are just a temporary alliance, able to cooperate only when facing the Heterodox Alliance, without true solidarity.

This leads to a rather strange situation: clearly, the Heavenly Court and Buddhism School formed an allied army to capture the worlds of the Heterodox Alliance, but because the Heterodox Alliance didn’t actively try to recapture them and instead voluntarily abandoned several worlds, they remained stagnant.

Under such circumstances, the massive allied army could do nothing except send people to take over the abandoned sub-branches of the Heterodox Alliance.

Instead, due to the forces led by the Vajra Sect Leader constantly roaming the Buddhism School’s many worlds, continually attacking them, they were extremely cunning and did not engage in prolonged battles.

Even when sieging some worlds, they were selective. If they encountered stubborn resistance and couldn’t breach it after a certain time, they would decisively retreat, never allowing the rear forces to catch up.

This kind of guerrilla raid momentarily put the Buddhism School in an extremely passive state, making them look very embarrassed. As the Vajra Sect Leader’s forces kept igniting fires in the front, the Buddhism School could only extinguish them from behind, yet they could never fully quench them.

Facing such situations, the Dao Lords from the Buddhism School were furious, wanting to personally intervene to resolve the predicament, but were stopped by several Dao Lords, claiming that only True Immortals had stepped in so far, without any Dao Lord-level powers involved.

In the end, many powers are displeased with the Buddhism School, whether newly ascended Dao Lords or veteran Daoist Monarchs, dissatisfied with Buddhism’s domineering style. Now that someone had initiated provocation against the Buddhism School, weakening their strength was welcomed by them.

Especially since the most significant reason is that this time, the Buddhism School took the initiative against the Heterodox Alliance, providing more grounds to block them, as they didn’t mind fueling the fire.

“This time, it’s your Buddhism School who started it. Only allowing yourselves to attack others without permitting retaliation seems too overbearing, doesn’t it?”

“Indeed, for two consecutive times, your Buddhism School instigated the trouble. It can’t be that the Buddhism School is only allowed to gain without experiencing loss!”

“If your Buddhism School indeed wishes to provoke a major war, then it would be better to speak outright!”

Numerous Dao Lords mock coldly. Even now, they are dragging along Buddhist Dao Lords and Bodhisattvas from the Buddhism School, preventing their participation.

No matter their previous stances, at this moment, they unanimously blocked the Buddhism School, allowing the dispatch of Arhat Venerables, but forbidding direct involvement from the Dao Lord-level powers.

Ultimately, everyone isn’t ready yet; there is no potential for direct involvement from the Dao Lord level. On the contrary, with the Buddhism School ahead, it’s better to weaken them.

Especially for those Dao Lords originating from outside the Buddha Way, Tao, and Demon three major sects, they are unsatisfied with the benefits monopolized by them, desiring the numerous resources in their hands.

Now that the Buddhism School steps in directly and encounters the naive Heterodox Alliance willing to fight to the death against them, weakening them, they naturally don’t mind providing more support from behind to the Heterodox Alliance, letting it bring more losses to the Buddhism School.

In essence, the Heterodox Alliance now heavily relies on one Zhao Baiyang, and that should make them aware of the extent of benefits they can claim, taking more from the Buddhism School would justify interference.

Without action from the Buddhism School, unless actively declaring war against them, they wouldn’t have an excuse to seize the worlds held by them.

Now that the Heterodox Alliance turns the worlds of the Buddhism School into chaos, it offers them a chance to fish in troubled waters, and even in the end, the losses will only be on the alliance members; they face no loss.

The Dao Lords from the Buddhism School are annoyed but couldn’t overturn the table at this moment, being the bird standing out.

Though everyone knows chaos is approaching, who exactly will ignite the flames still remains unclear.

Those who stand out in turbulent times are often merely precursors to the king, struggling to stand as the ultimate winner, even the Buddhism School wouldn’t dare take such a risk.

Fearing if they stand out now, others might find excuses to join forces against them, leading to significant losses.

The Buddhism School is strong, but also holds countless resources. If various forces banded together to divide these things, it might truly enable a peace in the Divine Continent World and Realms of Heavenly Seas for several centuries or a millennium.

The crux is the issue of inadequate interest. If someone can temporarily offer interest, after the gobbling, it takes time to digest—making temporary peace achievable.

A whale falls, the world is born; with an enormous entity like the Buddhism School, if truly swallowed by all forces, it is possible.

Some strong figures have entertained such ideas but couldn’t act due to the situation. The Dao Lords and Bodhisattvas of the Buddhism School are aware of such scheming, knowing well of ongoing secret alliances. Giving others an excuse might lead to direct confrontation.

By then, even an ally like the Jade Emperor would likely stab the Buddhism School without hesitation.

Thus, under these circumstances, the Dao Lords and Bodhisattvas of the Buddhism School, though angry, had no choice but to endure, preparing to gather more Arhat Venerables to lead fleets for encirclement.

If one force couldn’t catch up, gather several fleets to jointly strike against the opponent.

Anyway, the Buddhism School is wealthy and powerful, dispatching several fleets is entirely sustainable, whereas continuously draining the Heterodox Alliance would be unbearable, even if they could maintain battle by pillaging resources for supplies.

Yet the situation develops unpredictably. Even with further plans, the Buddhism School hadn’t expected the Heterodox Alliance to have countermeasures as well.

The subsequent fleets led by the Buddhism School’s Arhat Venerables hadn’t yet set off when they received bad news.

The world previously attacked suffered another assault, and the guardians of that world, initially left behind to restore order, faced total annihilation.

This raid wasn’t by the Vajra Sect Leader but led by another vice sect leader of the Heterodox Alliance, Zi Tianxiong.