Chapter 1076 - 492: The Third Transgression of the Rules, The Mother of all Evils Buddha’s Immortal Divinity
[The term ’demon’ was both familiar and foreign to the common folk; familiar because it often appeared in the strange legends and novels that circulated among the public, yet foreign because no one had ever seen the so-called demons.]
[Let alone demons, they had never even seen a spirited elf first awakening its intelligence in the wilds.]
[And the so-called ’Demon Gods’ seemed to only ever appear in the scriptures and thangka paintings of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, as mounts or protectors.]
[No one had ever truly encountered a Demon God in person...]
[With the ’Mother of all Evils Buddha’ showing saintly descent, and the appearance of a terrifyingly extreme Demon God, the streets and alleys of Uss City were soon filled with squads of the ’Fire Worship Army’ in black armor, their gazes brimming with malice.]
[At the beginning of Emperor Wu’s reign, he established the ’Announcement Court’ to manage the affairs of the Vermilion Fire Worship and to oversee temples and monasteries everywhere.]
[But now, with Fire Worship regarded as the state religion that overshadowed everything else, and all commoners disciples of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, people had long forgotten the ’Announcement Court’ and the officialdom, knowing only of Fire Worship.]
[Worldly devotees and incense customers were controlled by temples and monasteries, while the government and military power were also in their grasp; fundamentally, both belonged to ’Fire Worship,’ governing not only human faith but also the land and the people...]
[The ’Fire Worship Army’ pushed out numerous heavy siege weapons, such as crossbow carts and stone-throwers, aiming at the colossal beasts, poised to strike...]