More than a dozen Five Calamities Dao Disciples had already begun competing for Moon Fruit atop the Panrong Immortal Tree.
Looking around, Putai, Puhua, Miyin, Mijian, Baiming, Huang Zhao... all came from sacred lands, and behind every one of them stood a Pure Yang existence.
Putai and Puhua came from Shaoguang World. Behind these two stood Jinglian Guanyin Great Bodhisattva and Mingguang Guanshi Great Bodhisattva, both renowned throughout the Glazed Path of the Buddhist sect.
Miyin and Mijian, meanwhile, came from Futu World. Behind them too stood the renowned Maitreya Great Bodhisattva of the Glazed Path. However, unlike Jinglian Guanyin Great Bodhisattva and Mingguang Guanshi Great Bodhisattva, who enjoyed close relations with His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, Maitreya Great Bodhisattva was more closely connected to Great Lingyin Temple of West Heaven.
These four Venerables with Five Calamities cultivation were not merely powerful contenders for the Moon Fruit. They were also the face of the Buddhist Glazed Path.
Baiming Demon Monarch was a Dao Disciple of the Chongming Clan from Weiyu World, while Huang Zhao Demon Monarch was a descendant of Great Sage Shenfeng of the Demon Emperor Palace in North Region Continent.
As for the Buddhist Vajra Path, only Wisdom King Wangsheng had entered the Dharma Banquet contest. He was from Tianlong Temple, and everyone knew that Tianlong Temple belonged to the Buddhist sect of Shanhe World. Today, Tianlong Temple and Golden Cicada Temple both had the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect behind them...
In a sense, the appearance of Wisdom King Wangsheng and Xingyue Venerable represented the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect. After all, of the three Heavenly Venerables of the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect, only Jiang Sheng had sent someone—while Daoist Lord Chixiao and Golden Mother Primordial Lord had not sent a single person.
The Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect's intentions