Buddhist

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Buddhist
Original Name	佛者
Affiliation	Buddhist Sect
Occupation / Role	Buddhist cultivator; monk
First Appearance	46

Appearance

Buddhist cultivators are depicted as monks with shaven heads, kasayas, Buddhist robes, and solemn bearing. Senior monks may appear elderly without seeming frail, while retaining imposing physiques and martial presence. 46 153 472

• The four monks who confronted Xu Yang were elderly men arranged in the four directions; one had snow-white hair and beard and carried a vajra staff. 46
• Vajra Temple monks reveal powerful golden bodies after discarding their kasayas and robes to meet heavenly lightning. 472
• Eminent monks at the Water-Land Dharma Assembly wore kasayas and stood in formal ranks around the Altar of Heaven and Earth. 153

Abilities & Skills

Buddhist Domain

Four Great Holy Monks can combine their momentum to establish a Buddhist Domain, suppressing opponents through a coordinated formation. 46 48

• The four monks occupy four directions to form and maintain the domain. 46 48
• The domain strengthens their attacks and makes it difficult for ordinary Grandmasters to resist their momentum. 48
• Xu Yang was still able to create his own Unity of Heaven and Man momentum within the domain, seizing part of its primal energy. 48

Vajra Staff Technique

Venerable Dixian employs a vajra staff within the Buddhist Domain. 48

• His staff strike is empowered severalfold by the domain. 48
• The technique is identified as a Great Perfection Staff Technique. 48

Buddhist Rituals and Chanting

Buddhist cultivators conduct large-scale religious rites and use scripture chanting as part of their practice. 153 658

• Major temples supplied 3,600 monks for the Water-Land Dharma Assembly, divided among upper, middle, and lower halls. 153
• Buddhist chanting can be used to perform the Reincarnation and Rebirth Mantra. 658
• The Great Sun Tathagata's Buddhist recitation is described as thunderous enough to shake heaven and earth. 537

Golden Body Cultivation

Some Buddhist or Buddha-Demon cultivators refine powerful physical bodies through Vajra-oriented methods. 472 475

• Vajra Temple is renowned for body-refining techniques and its monks possess golden bodies capable of facing tribulation lightning. 472
• Sattva's Sixteen-foot Golden Body is his path toward Buddhahood; he had achieved minor success in it before being defeated. 475 476
• A mortal cultivating the Vajra body-refining method can at most reach the Arhat realm without attaining Buddhahood. 475

Background

The Buddhist Sect is one of the two great orthodox Dao lineages of the Earth Immortal Realm and possesses immense influence comparable to the Heavenly Court. Its Great Compassion Bodhisattva is counted among the Four Great Bodhisattvas and had endured seven heavenly tribulations. 345 352

Its principal terrestrial power is concentrated in the Western Ox Continent, where it rules the Western Paradise and the Pure Land of Bliss. Its presence in Southern Jambudvipa is comparatively weak, leading it to seek opportunities to spread Buddhist teachings southward. 348

The Golden-Maned Hou was one such concealed advance: a Buddhist tamed beast and the mount of the Great Compassion Bodhisattva, allowed to descend as a demon while serving as a potential vanguard for the future spread of Buddhist Dharma southward. 344 348

Story Role / Major Arcs

Battle against Xu Yang

Four Great Holy Monks enter the battlefield after the fall of Shi Zhixuan and surround Xu Yang. Their intervention was arranged through Cihang Jingzhai and intended to prevent Xu Yang from escaping Chang'an. 46

The monks establish the Buddhist Domain and attack together after recognizing Xu Yang's ability to form momentum within their formation. Venerable Dixian takes the lead with his vajra staff. 48

Water-Land Dharma Assembly

The Buddhist Sect organizes a Water-Land Dharma Assembly under the Chen Dynasty. Dozens of sixth-realm eminent monks preside over the ceremony alongside 3,600 chanting monks, demonstrating the sect's extensive foundation. 153

Conflict over the Golden-Maned Hou

After Xu Yang kills the Golden-Maned Hou and takes its Mid-grade Immortal Artifact, the Purple Gold Bell, the Buddhist Sect becomes a direct adversary of Wuzhuang Temple. 345 346

• Bags Arhat and Pagoda Arhat arrive at Longevity Mountain to reclaim the bell on behalf of the Buddhist side. 347
• At the Pill Origin Gathering, Fairy Peony publicly questions their uninvited presence and exposes the circumstances surrounding the Golden-Maned Hou. 352
• The two arhats, identified as members of the Eighteen Arhats and attendants of the Great Sun Tathagata, accept Xu Yang's challenge to a contest of treasures and divine powers. 353

Buddhist Splinters and Demonization

Vajra Temple originated from the Buddhist Sect but ultimately entered the demonic path. Its Sect Master, Vajra Venerable, allegedly repelled Buddhist Great Powers sent to apprehend him during his Void Returning stage, then established the temple's lineage under demonic protection. 472

Sattva likewise embodies a Buddha-Demon path: his Buddha-Demon Vajra Body combines Buddhist and demonic characteristics with the power of reincarnation. 476

War against the Demonic Abyss

The Great Sun Tathagata leads Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and tens of thousands of Buddhist disciples to halt a demonic tide in the Southern Continent. 537

Shi Pi King, a converted Asura, later leads one million Guardian Asuras—Buddhist divine protectors—into the Western Demonic Domain. Ksitigarbha intervenes to capture the Great Black Buddha Mother's avatar when it descends against him. 669

Relationships

• Xu Yang / Zhenyuanzi — Opponent in the dispute over the Golden-Maned Hou and Purple Gold Bell; he refuses to yield to Buddhist pressure. 345 346 352
• Great Compassion Bodhisattva — Master of the Golden-Maned Hou and former owner associated with the Purple Gold Bell. 345
• Bags Arhat — Buddhist arhat dispatched to Longevity Mountain to recover the Purple Gold Bell. 347 352
• Pagoda Arhat — Buddhist arhat accompanying Bags Arhat in the attempt to hold Xu Yang accountable. 347 352
• Great Sun Tathagata — Senior Buddhist figure served by the Eighteen Arhats; later leads Buddhist forces against demons. 353 537
• Ksitigarbha — Buddhist Bodhisattva whose avatar saves Shi Pi King and captures the Great Black Buddha Mother's avatar. 658 669
• Shi Pi King — Converted Asura and Buddhist Guardian Asura King leading a million Asura protectors. 669

Trivia

• Buddhism, the Immortal path, the Saint-Confucian path, the Demon path, and the Devil path are identified as the five principal cultivation paths of the Earth Immortal Realm. 344
• Buddhist cultivation requires Great Brahma Dharma, a form of Immortal Spirit Qi aligned with the Buddhist path. 344
• The Buddhist path includes three major streams—Tathagata Buddha, Bodhisattva, and Dharmapala—which are treated as equivalent fruits of enlightenment when cultivated to their highest realm. 659
• The Buddhist Sect's southward expansion is valuable not only for influence, but also because wider Buddhist authority within the Heavenly Dao can reduce the difficulty of tribulations for its high-level cultivators. 389