Eastern Sovereign Taiyi transformed into a rainbow streak and departed. The Buddhist Sect powerhouses within Spirit Mountain showed no intention of stopping him. Eastern Sovereign Taiyi was no weakling; since they could not win him over to the Buddhist Sect, there was no need to make an enemy of him.
Besides, Great Sun Tathagata Buddha was also one of the Buddhist Sect's higher-ups. There was even less reason to stop Eastern Sovereign Taiyi and become enemies with him. It was completely unnecessary.
Eastern Sovereign Taiyi's refusal to join the Buddhist Sect made Tathagata breathe a quiet sigh of relief, and he felt somewhat fortunate. If Eastern Sovereign Taiyi had joined the Buddhist Sect, then sorry—
his position as the Present Buddha of the Buddhist Sect would no longer be secure. The Buddhist Sect was now at the crucial point of its rise. As the Present Buddha and leader of the Buddhist Sect, once the eastward journey was completed and the tribulation passed, how much merit would he gain as the Present Buddha? It was easy to imagine.
It was not that he could not relinquish his position as the Present Buddha of the Buddhist Sect. But he had to wait until after the eastward journey was complete.
Eastern Sovereign Taiyi had left and refused to join the Buddhist Sect, which gave Tathagata some relief and a way out. If Eastern Sovereign Taiyi had joined, should he give up the position of Present Buddha or not?
That would truly have been difficult.
"Amitabha Buddha!"
Tathagata uttered a Buddhist chant and said, "It seems Eastern Sovereign Taiyi has rejected the goodwill of our Buddhist Sect."
Randeng and the others said nothing.
They had originally wanted to use Eastern Sovereign Taiyi to pull Tathagata down from his current position, but they had still