Chapter 277 - 244: Yuan Shi’s Bold Calculations of Various Heavens_2
Yuan Shi Immortal Monarch schemed against Tathagata, nearly succeeding; this time he planned against the Projections of the Heavens. So bold was he that even Heaven-Penetrating and Laozi felt a sense of alarm.
"Bang Bang Bang Bang——!"
Nine muffled thuds in succession, nine coffins appeared beside the Three Pure, the coffins opened, and people leapt out. The flesh of these people had lost the dryness of the past, they even had a bit of color—apparently, they had recuperated fairly well and had refined who knows how many roots of the Mother Peach Tree.
"Infinite longevity and happiness! Gentlemen, you have finally shown yourselves," Laozi turned his head, bowed deeply, and said with a smile.
"Three Pure, long time no see! I hear this scheme was from the hand of Yuan Shi Immortal Monarch? Are the Projections of the Heavens really about to descend?" Zhong Tian asked gravely.
"Indeed! This scheme is all my doing, only a link was missing, perhaps it was destined by fate, Tathagata’s life was not meant to end! If Tathagata wants to save the pepino fruit tree, other than coming to us, it would be to seek the descent of the Essence of Heaven and Earth from All Buddhas. Tathagata, caring for face more than life, would rather risk his own life than ask us! Therefore, he will surely ask the Various Heavens. Just now, I don’t know if you heard, but the bell on Mount Meru has started ringing; now that the All Buddhas gather, it seems they are preparing to set up a Guiding Great Formation, to guide the Projections of the Heavens and the Essence of Heaven and Earth!" Yuan Shi spoke very calmly, one palm held up vertically in front of his chest as he bowed deeply to the nine people.
"You’re audacious enough, one wrong step here could disrupt the tranquility of the Four Great Continents with their Projections!" Zhong Tian spoke out, "This time, let us not hold back. Let us strive to annihilate their projections in one strike, capturing the power within their projections, for their power is sourced from the same origin as ours."
"Zhong Tian, we Three Pure will naturally assist you," the Leader of Heaven-Penetrating said with slightly closed eyes and a faint voice.
"We are nameless, Zhong Tian is merely a name concocted by your Daoist Sect," Zhong Tian spoke, "But your Taoist influence is so vast, this name has fallen upon my head. It’s as the ’Tao Te Ching’ says, the strong are deemed worthy!"