Manjushri burst into laughter. A dark crimson glow carrying an aura of destruction flowed around him, making him look bizarre and evil. There was none of his former radiant sanctity left.
His aura had reached the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm as well. He had clearly relied on some special method; if he had cultivated normally, Buddha Tathagata believed Manjushri would need at least several hundred more years to break through that threshold.
"So what if I suffer some scorn, as long as I can gain power? Back then, I joined the Buddhist Sect because I saw that it would flourish in the future. But now even the Primordial Continent is nearly gone. What right does the mere Buddhist Sect have to demand my continued loyalty?"
Buddha Tathagata listened to those words with a deeply furrowed brow and asked in silence,
"Besides you, who else has betrayed us?"
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart? Samantabhadra, my partner, would never pass up such an opportunity to soar to the heavens."
Hearing that it was only Samantabhadra, Buddha Tathagata asked anxiously,
"What about Dipankara Buddha? Has he..."
Manjushri sneered several times and asked darkly, "What do you think?"
Buddha Tathagata quickly saw through Manjushri's little trick. At the very least, Dipankara Buddha had not betrayed the Buddhist Sect yet. That could be considered good news; otherwise, Spirit Mountain would already have changed masters.
Li Tianming felt deeply troubled. Previously, when he and Buddha Tathagata had dealt with Wutian together, they had been highly confident of victory.
Yet the Buddhist Sect truly gave people no peace of mind. At a critical moment, a traitor had popped up.
Buddha Tathagata was useless too. He had failed to notice even his own subordinates' betrayal, dragging Li Tianming into