All Saints Gather at Spirit Mountain

Yet at the very moment Tathagata failed at the moment of success, the vast tide of fortune that had been rising suddenly stalled, visibly so.

Great Powers throughout the Primordial Wilderness sensed this subtle change.

The disturbance was like a pebble thrown into a still lake.

Buzhou Mountain, Pangu Hall.

Zhou Ming sat in the main seat, his eyes closed as he rested.

Houtu sat calmly beside him, withdrawing her gaze from The West.

"Tathagata's attempt to attain the Dao has failed." Her voice was calm.

Zhou Ming slightly opened his eyes and looked toward the distant west with a profound gaze.

"Isn't that perfectly normal?"

"The Slaying Three Corpses Method itself has a fatal flaw. Once the Three Corpses are severed, they become independent entities, naturally rejecting one another."

"If he could force them back together by piling on Merit, that would be truly unbelievable."

Houtu gave a soft laugh.

"Under the circumstances, Jieyin and Zhunti should be able to guess that there's something wrong with the Slaying Three Corpses Method, right?"

There was a hint of amusement on her face.

Zhou Ming nodded.

"Those two aren't fools. They've definitely figured it out."

"They dared to pour all of Buddhism's fortune into protecting Tathagata's Dao Path because they intended to use him as a test stone."

"With Tathagata's failure, their suspicions have likely been confirmed seven or eight parts out of ten."

"I imagine Taiqing, Primordial Lord, and Nuwa will also draw some conclusions when they see this."

"They're all clever people."

Houtu chuckled softly.

"Now they'll be even more unsettled." A trace of mischief flickered in her eyes.

"Once they sort out the Karma, they'll come begging Elder Brother again."

"Then we can ask them for more benefits."

Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi were living examples right before them.