What If We Built Another Spirit Mountain?

Western Buddhism's Spirit Mountain, the Maitreya Daoist grounds, was packed with people. Mahasthamaprapta and Medicine Master paced back and forth inside the hall.

"Mahasthamaprapta, Medicine Master, stop walking around! You're making me dizzy just watching you!"

Maitreya, seated cross-legged on a meditation cushion, raised a hand and gestured for the two of them to stop.

Hearing this, Mahasthamaprapta immediately stopped and looked at Maitreya with worry.

"Senior Brother, Rulai has already become one of the strongest people below the Sages..."

"Aren't you worried he'll settle accounts with you?"

Hearing Mahasthamaprapta say this, Medicine Master also stopped and said anxiously:

"You know perfectly well what our Spirit Mountain is like now. Even the novice monks know that Maitreya is worried!"

At present, Buddha Tathagata was at the height of his momentum. It was the perfect time to eliminate dissenters.

If they pinned a few nonexistent crimes on Maitreya...

"It's fine!"

"Didn't you notice that once the Journey to the West ended, the Karmic Tribulation Energy between Heaven and Earth suddenly became much denser?"

Maitreya still wore that smiling expression. The rise of the demons had come much sooner than he had expected.

"The change is indeed sudden!"

"The Karmic Tribulation Energy accompanying the demons' rise really did come a little too quickly..."

Lu Ya, who had been silently savoring his tea, suddenly spoke. The transition from Buddhism's rise to the demons' emergence had been far too swift.

It seemed the Buddhist sect had little time left to flourish...

"I estimate we only have a few years. We'd better make our preparations!"

"When Jinnara left back then, he swore that he would storm Spirit Mountain, settle accounts with Rulai, and avenge himself."

"So Rulai is the target everyone will focus on. We only need to protect ourselves!"

Hearing this, Mahasthamaprapta and Medicine