Deep within the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Jieyin and Zhunti faced each other, both wearing equally grave expressions.
The Heavenly Emperor's group had returned safely from the Return to Ruins. They had not fought the five Demon Gods, and the matter had ended peacefully.
This strange calm was far more alarming than a great battle.
The less the Heavenly Emperor and his group moved, the more it meant that the Change of Circumstances hidden beneath the Prehistoric Universe had grown unimaginably severe.
Buddha Light flickered in Zhunti's eyes. At last, he could no longer hold back and spoke in a low voice:
"Senior Brother, we can't wait any longer."
Jieyin closed his eyes and sighed softly. Above the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, the ten-grade Golden Lotus trembled lightly.
"You mean... the Westward Journey?"
"Exactly." Zhunti nodded heavily. "With the Dharma Ending Age upon us and the Immeasurable Kalpa approaching, if our West gains no great merit or great fortune to protect us, we'll inevitably become cannon fodder in the calamity."
Jieyin slowly opened his eyes, his gaze deep.
"But the foundation of our Western Buddhist sect is still insufficient. Can we truly withstand it if we forcefully begin the Westward Journey?"
"Relying solely on Golden Cicada's reincarnation is indeed dangerous, but at this point, how will we know if we don't try?" Zhunti's tone was solemn.
"Taiyi's Spiritual Teaching is now blessed by fortune at its height, but with you holding the fort in the West, Senior Brother, and with both of us being Hun Yuan Saints, even if he wishes to stop us, he cannot stop the two of us."
Jieyin fell silent for a moment. After calculating Tianji, he slowly spoke.
"After the trip to the Return to Ruins, the Heavenly Emperor has returned to the