Chapter 224 - 217: Clouds Enshroud the Sun over the Western Land
Time flew by, and the years passed swiftly like an arrow.
Time flowed like water, unstoppable; the more you wished it would slow down, the faster it seemed to slip away.
In the blink of an eye, a year had vanished without a trace, and the Demon Tribe was gathered at Water Curtain Cave, their morale soaring high.
Over the past year, Wukong had been refining Chaos Sword Qi, distributing it to various Daluo Golden Immortals and Primordial Golden Immortal level experts. Taiyi Golden Immortals and those below didn’t need it, for the power of Chaos Sword Qi was so great that it was difficult to control. It was possible that in trying to injure the enemy, one might instead harm oneself.
The army of the Demon Tribe had already set out, riding the clouds and traveling through the fog towards the Western Heavenly Buddha Land. Along the way, their demonic aura pierced the heavens and their killing intent boiled over.
The Demon Tribe’s movement was of course known to everyone within the Three Realms. For a time, various reports were transmitted without ceasing.
Tathagata’s expression was solemn as he sat upon the Mahavira Hall, saying, "The Demon Tribe’s army has already deployed, and the battle between Buddhists and demons is inevitable, it must happen. All of you, lead the Buddhist soldiers out, set up battle formations in front of Spiritual Mount, as long as the Buddhas have a breath left in them, we cannot let the demons take even one step onto Spiritual Mount!"
"We obey the Dharma decree!" The Buddhas complied, leading the Buddhist soldiers down Spiritual Mount, arranging the troops and setting up formations.
Twenty-eight million Buddhist soldiers were arrayed in a grand formation, the Buddha’s Light flickering indistinguishably from daylight, bathing the entire Western Land in a sea of Buddha’s Light.
In the Western deserts, the suppressed Xiao Qing lifted her head and saw the sky filled with the flickering Buddha’s Light, the war energy soaring into the heavens, covering the sun with clouds of battle.
Xiao Qing thought to herself, "Is the battle between Buddhists and demons finally about to begin? Unknowingly, so much time has passed."