Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2258 - Changes in the Three Realms

Chu Hao's words were insightful, making Chu Jin feel that continuing to fight with Buddha here would be meaningless.

"Enough, let's end it here today," Chu Jin said, making a decision while glancing at Chu Hao.

As a demon emperor with both strength and wisdom, Chu Jin's thinking was not simple.

Previously, he believed that Tathagata Buddha, the strongest in the Three Realms, was his true opponent. By defeating Tathagata, he would become the pinnacle of existence within the Three Realms.

But now that he had seen Chu Hao, he felt that Chu Hao was more suitable as his opponent than Tathagata Buddha, who paled in comparison.

"Alright, you two, the mediation is over. You may leave," Chu Hao said.

Chu Hao also saw the change in Chu Jin's mentality and knew that Tathagata Buddha's hatred for him ran deep.

However, he didn't care about these things because his purpose this time was only to prevent the two from fighting.

Because of Chu Hao's mediation, Tathagata Buddha could rush back to Mount Ling.

In fact, what Chu Hao said to Chu Jin was not entirely true. Although Dipankara Buddha had some strength, he couldn't stop the demon army.

Therefore, Dipankara Buddha, who returned in advance, could only shrink into the formation of Leiyin Temple like the others in the Western Heaven.

His only role was to allow the formation of Leiyin Temple to last a little longer, waiting for Tathagata Buddha's return.

If Tathagata had not returned in time, I am afraid that Mount Ling would have truly become a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the Western Heaven might have been destroyed.

Of course, there was also a scene that made Tathagata Buddha very annoyed, and that was Guanyin's issue.

While Tathagata was rushing back, Guanyin was helping the demons denounce the crimes of the Western Heaven.

"The Western Heaven oppresses the people, seizes benefits, is deeply sinful, and hypocritically conceals it.

Tathagata Buddha is arrogant and delusional, and he also dreams of dominating the Three Realms, like an ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating himself.

Buddhism is an ideology that fools the people, a poison that the Western Heaven uses to control all living beings, and its sins are monstrous..."

When Tathagata Buddha heard Guanyin say these things, his face immediately darkened, and he rebuked Guanyin.

"Shut your mouth!"

Guanyin looked up and saw Tathagata Buddha's return, knowing that the situation would immediately reverse.

"Buddha, please calm your anger. I have always been loyal to the Western Heaven. The reason why I endured humiliation, pretended to defect to the demons, and spoke of the Western Heaven's crimes was to buy some time for the Buddha to return and save the crisis in my Western Heaven. Please, Buddha, understand."

Guanyin lacked overall vision and great wisdom, but she was not without some opportunistic cleverness.

These words sounded reasonable to Tathagata Buddha and the others in the Western Heaven.

"So that's how it is. I thought Guanyin had really defected to the demons."

The people of the Western Heaven were saying this one after another at this time. In fact, in their hearts, they simply did not want to accept that Guanyin would really defect to the demons.

Only Guanyin herself knew whether it was true or false. If Tathagata had not returned, I am afraid that she would have really joined the demon side.

Seeing Tathagata Buddha's return, Maitreya Buddha and the others who were about to break through the formation had no choice but to shake their heads and sigh.

"What a pity, just one last step. Why didn't the Demon Emperor hold back Tathagata Buddha?"

"Give us less than half a day, and we can break through the formation and completely destroy the Western Heaven."

"Could it be that the Demon Emperor is not Tathagata Buddha's opponent?"

Maitreya Buddha and the others retreated with these questions. If they continued to fight after Tathagata Buddha returned, it would only increase casualties.

"Leave Guanyin behind, and I will let you leave. Otherwise, it is impossible for you to retreat completely," Tathagata Buddha shouted at Maitreya Buddha and the others.

Guanyin's little trick did work and allowed Tathagata Buddha to save her and not blame her too much.

Even though Tathagata returned and rescued the Western Heaven from its predicament, the Western Heaven had already been severely damaged by the demons and suffered considerable losses.

These successive losses forced Tathagata Buddha to make a decision.

"Our Western Heaven will temporarily enter a state of recuperation. No one is allowed to go out without orders.

From now on, everyone in the Western Heaven will prioritize the Journey to the West plan. Everyone will work together to protect our interests," Tathagata Buddha instructed the people of the Western Heaven.

Now that the Heavenly Court and the Demon Clan have both produced saints, the Western Heaven has begun to become a third-rate power among the three forces.

Tathagata Buddha had no choice but to make such arrangements, placing all his hopes and the resurgence of the Western Heaven on the Journey to the West plan.

On the demon side, after Maitreya Buddha and the others retreated, Chu Jin also convened a meeting within the Demon Clan.

"Demon Emperor, why did you let Tathagata go? We were only one step away from success," Maitreya Buddha asked Chu Jin with confusion.

"The plan has changed. I changed my mind."

"Even if we can really destroy Mount Ling this time, it will not do us any good."

"Now the Three Realms are divided into three parts: the Heavenly Court, the Western Heaven, and our Demon Clan. The Heavenly Court is powerful.

If we fight with the Western Heaven, even if we can win, but in the end, only we will be left to face the Heavenly Court, I am afraid it will be even more disadvantageous to us."

Chu Jin explained to the demons. He was not unwise and completely fooled by Chu Hao, but saw that the Heavenly Court, because of Chu Hao's existence, was also a strong enemy.

"Then what should we do next?" Maitreya Buddha and the others then asked Chu Jin.

"Accumulate our strength, and at the same time, think of the best way to defeat the Heavenly Court and the Western Heaven in one fell swoop," Chu Jin continued to answer the demons.

"The Heavenly Court and the Western Heaven are two major forces, but it is not easy to deal with them at the same time."

"Especially the Heavenly Court, with strong soldiers and horses, its own strength is not weaker than our Demon Clan."

"And that Prison God Chu Hao is an existence that is even more difficult to deal with than the Jade Emperor."

The demons discussed one after another, and they were not optimistic about Chu Jin's decision.

"Some of what Chu Hao said is still reasonable, that is, the foundation of the Western Heaven lies in Buddhism."

"It is said that the Western Heaven has set the Journey to the West plan. Once the Journey to the West plan is completed, the Western Heaven can dominate the Three Realms.

Since this is the case, why don't we use the Western Heaven's Journey to the West plan to serve us and ultimately fulfill our Demon Clan?"

This is Chu Jin's real purpose. He wants the Demon Clan to participate in the Journey to the West plan.

"From now on, pay close attention to the actions of the Western Heaven Heavenly Court, and Tang Seng and others. Our Demon Clan will become the ultimate beneficiary of the Journey to the West plan."

Chu Jin's order was issued, and the situation of the Demon Clan also changed, also maintaining calm and waiting for an opportunity to move.

Like the Western Heaven and the Demon Clan, the Heavenly Court also did not take any action. These three major forces temporarily stopped their disputes on the surface.

This also allowed the entire Three Realms to enter a temporary period of peace, which can be regarded as a new situation in the Three Realms.

Of course, under this superficial calm, there are actually undercurrents surging, and the three major forces are constantly paying attention to each other.

The most attention is still paid to Tang Seng and Sun Wukong and his party.