Chapter 143: The Heavenly Court Steps In to Assist the Buddhist Sect
But lo, the Buddhist Sect hast retreated, and on Mount Putuo remained only the strength of the Demon Tribe and the disciples of the Lord of Primordial Beginning.
Guang Chengzi clasped his hands and said, "Until we meet again!"
Wukong then said, "Many thanks to Guang Chengzi, Cloud in the Sky Immortal... for lending a hand."
Guang Chengzi said, "It’s merely a matter of mutual enmities, not really about helping each other. Heaven-Defying no need for such courtesy."
Wukong smiled and said, "Those who’ve harmed me, I will remember; those who’ve been kind to me, I will also remember!"
The matter of the Lord of Primordial Beginning had come to a perfect completion, the traitors of yore had all ascended the Deification Platform, and many of the former rebels from Jie Taoist had done the same. Those fated for tribulation inevitably faced it; there was no escape, such was the cycle of cause and effect. The Buddhist Sect always preached about karmic retribution but didn’t expect it would fall upon themselves, truly an inescapable retribution.
A group of individuals from the Demon Tribe began to clean up the battlefield, and among them, some fragments of magical treasures were precious materials that could be melted down and reforged anew.
This time, the Buddhist forces had suffered a great loss. Burning Lamp had died, Maitreya who was to reign in the future also died, Birupaksa Bodhisattva was severely injured, and many among the 3,000 Buddhas had not even had the chance to make a move before they were reduced to dust and crumbled away. It wasn’t clear why they had cultivated for so many tens of thousands of years. Some wrung their hands in despair, while others stomped their feet in jubilation.
Once everything was properly dealt with, everyone returned to the Water Curtain Cave.
Many believed that after this significant defeat of the Buddhist Sect, it was time to pursue the victory and attack Spiritual Mount to utterly annihilate them.
However, Wukong hadn’t been blinded by this victory. The victory had been hard-won, with the Demon Tribe’s ancestors sacrificing their lives. Moreover, on Spiritual Mount remained Tathagata, the Glazed Light King Pharmacist Buddha, Birupaksa Bodhisattva, Corpse Abandonment Buddha, Immeasurable Life Buddha, Immeasurable Light Buddha... these individuals were all Sect Founder level cultivators! Although they had been injured by the self-explosion of more than a dozen Sect Founders of the Demon Tribe, their injuries were not severe. Only Birupaksa Bodhisattva was grievously wounded by Wukong and needed a long time to recuperate.