The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1947: Chapter 1892–1893: Hawkish Bodhisattva Great Momentum_2

Is the Heavenly Court’s Six Imperials’ replacement really just because the Jade Emperor and others have affected the interests of many Taoist Monarchs?

This is part of the reason. The bigger reason is that these Taoist Monarchs want to reshape the structure of the Divine Continent world with their will to gain the favor of heaven and earth.

Moreover, why does the Buddhism School stubbornly fight against the Nether Yin Department, even willing to be enemies with the Blood Fiend Ancestor and Witch Deity Teaching? It’s because they want to gain a portion of authority from the Nether Yin Department, thereby leading it and obtaining authority.

Of course, this is just one approach. They also aim to further integrate into the Divine Continent world, contributing to the changes in its structure, such as establishing a Buddhist Ling Mountain Realm alongside the Heavenly Court or a Taoist Yujing Mountain alongside the Heavenly Court, and possibly other ways.

They no longer simply strive to merge a single world into the Divine Continent, but rather develop their world externally, so whether establishing a new stronghold or using powerful forces to merge into the Divine Continent, changing its structure is a perfect choice.

The Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm plan is the most important plan for the Buddhism School so far. They spent considerable time finding a suitable world, using it as the foundation of the Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm, then invested countless resources to transform it into a land exclusively for the survival of Buddhist strongmen.

Only in this way, even if integrated into the Divine Continent in the future, can they resist immediate assimilation, maintain independence, and become a part of the pillars of the Divine Continent, gaining more authority from it.

Currently, several Bodhisattvas, numerous Arhat Venerates, and countless Buddhist strongmen stay in this world, personally driving the transformation of the Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm.

All resources from the worlds they manage are constantly being fed into the Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm, endlessly enhancing its foundation.

This is why, as the Overlord, a coalition of several top immortal sects and many large immortal sects, after battles with the Heterodox Alliance, the Buddhism School finds themselves in a momentary disarray, looking ragged.

Because until now, the Buddhism School hasn’t shown its true strength. Most of their power has been invested in the Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm plan, under which the Heterodox Alliance is insignificant.

However, with the continuous flames of war, Buddhist worlds have been repeatedly breached, impacting the resource supply significantly, causing great distress to the Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm plan, angering many Buddhist strongmen, with one Bodhisattva personally presiding over the matter.

“The Heterodox Alliance is causing trouble. Now even the Three Great Immortal Sects want to join in. Then fight! Hold nothing back, utterly eliminate them!” Mahasthamaprapta roared, face gloomy.

Bodhisattva at the Taoist Monarch level, Mahasthamaprapta.

The Buddhism School is strong, having shared interests, but this doesn’t mean the strongmen within are fully coherent.

Just as within the Taoist School there are numerous top immortal sects, large immortal sects, and many veteran and newly ascended Taoist Monarchs standing with unified attitudes, they have independent wills on specific matters.

Just like on whether to replace the Six Imperials with the Five Old Lords, some Taoist Monarchs clearly reject, some strongly support, while others remain indifferent.

Like the Taoist School, the Demonic Gate’s Taoist Monarchs are known not to be completely coherent, and the same applies within the Buddhism School. Neither their Taoist Monarch strongmen nor the Bodhisattvas are entirely unified.

If the Buddhism School’s Bodhisattvas at the Taoist Monarch level were truly unified, the Buddhism School would not be in its current predicament.

There are various opinions internally within the Buddhism School, especially concerning attitudes to the Heterodox Alliance and various powers. They roughly split into hardliners and dovish factions.

The hardliners and dovish in regards to the Heterodox Alliance share some common grounds, which is why they dispatched strongmen to ambush Zhao Baiyang.

But beyond this, different attitudes exist, particularly towards some neighboring immortal sects.

Some Bodhisattvas feel that although these sects lie close and can easily be destroyed, their approach must be cautious, as annihilating a sect is easy, requiring little effort.

However, the aftermath brings a series of consequences, hastily attacking neighbors without reason might cause the remaining top immortal sects to be disgruntled or fearful, potentially leading nearby powers to oppose.

Regardless, they unanimously agree on suppressing neighboring attitudes.

With the intervention of Smoke and Mist Sacred Land and the Three Great Immortal Sects, perhaps initially with the Vajra Sect Leader taking the blame, the Buddhism School hadn’t noticed their actions.

However, as the forces of the Vajra Sect Leader and Zi Tianxiong merged, with continuous encirclements by the Buddhism School narrowing their maneuverable scope, the commotion caused by Smoke and Mist Sacred Land began to raise Buddhist suspicions.

Even though the forces of Smoke and Mist Sacred Land cruelly suppress all Buddhist strongmen, they couldn’t completely prevent some Buddhist strongmen from sending messages.

Once the message reached the Buddhism School, it incited waves and the internal attitudes varied. Although the superior Buddhism School couldn’t easily overlook the issue, the strongmen debated over its resolution.

Some believe the current priority is the Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm plan, as the issue caused by the Heterodox Alliance is already significant. With the intervention from Smoke and Mist Sacred Land’s three factions, they prefer temporarily conceding for peace, planning to turn and deal with them after subduing the Heterodox Alliance, as the opponent cannot escape.

Meanwhile, others argue that Smoke and Mist Sacred Land confronts them now believing the Buddhism School is weak, unable to suppress. If they compromise, news will spread, possibly attracting forces perceiving weakness, creating more trouble even for the Buddhism School, requiring firm opposition to deter others.

Both sides argue continuously, though the former is rationally analyzed, there is no guarantee the second scenario won’t occur. More importantly, the Buddhism School has never been taken advantage of this greatly, finding even timid forces like Smoke and Mist Sacred Land daring to challenge intolerable.

In this critical moment, an advocate for hawkish and tough external policies, Mahasthamaprapta steps forth, insisting on forcefully suppressing the three factions, preventing further arrogance, swiftly gaining support from many True Immortals.

In this situation, other Bodhisattvas, though hesitant to openly oppose, remain quiet except for avoiding division at such moments. Internally, they feel discontent, even so-called dovish Bodhisattvas unhappy with Smoke and Mist Sacred Land’s actions.

With Mahasthamaprapta taking charge, leading the suppression of the Heterodox Alliance and dealing with Smoke and Mist Sacred Land, Buddhist movements shift again.

They withdraw over ten Arhat Venerates together with Guardian Demon Gods from the Ling Mountain Buddhist Realm plan, deploying three strong fleets centered on sixth-generation warships directly attacking the three Holy Land’s bases.

Unlike the Heterodox Alliance, they abandoned most sub-branches, focusing power on a few, holding stubbornly, even under sieges led by the Pagoda-Bearing King, escaping short-term breaches.

Of course, failing to break Heterodox Alliance’s few sub-branches over time raises questions about the solid defense or deliberate leniency by the Jade Emperor’s allies, leading to speculation and silence from the Buddhism School and the Jade Emperor, avoiding the issue.