Yet at the very instant Tathagata fell short on the verge of success, that vast Fortune that had been climbing upward visibly came to a halt.
Every mighty being in the Primordial Wilderness sensed that subtle change.
That ripple was like a stone dropped into a still lake.
Buzhou Mountain, Pangu Hall.
Zhou Ming sat in the main seat, resting with his eyes closed.
Houtu sat calmly to one side and withdrew her gaze from the west.
"Tathagata's Dao attainment failed," she said calmly.
Zhou Ming slowly opened his eyes, his deep gaze turning toward the distant west.
"Isn't that perfectly normal?"
"The Method of Slaying Three Corpses has a fatal flaw to begin with. Once the three corpses are slain, each becomes independent, and they naturally repel one another."
"If he could force the three corpses back together just by piling up merit, that would be seeing a ghost."
Houtu gave a soft laugh.
"With things as they are now, Jieyin and Zhunti should be able to guess that there's something wrong with the Method of Slaying Three Corpses, right?"
There was a hint of amusement on her face.
Zhou Ming nodded.
"Those two aren't stupid. They must have guessed it."
"They dared to pour out all of Buddhism's Fortune to protect Tathagata's path, so they must have intended to use Tathagata as a touchstone from the start."
"Now that Tathagata has failed, the suspicions in their hearts are probably seventy or eighty percent confirmed."
"I'd guess Saint Taiqing, Yuanshi, and Nuwa will also form some suspicions after seeing this."
"Those few are all clever people."
Houtu laughed softly.
"Now they'll be even more uneasy." A trace of slyness gleamed in her eyes.
"Once they sort out the cause and effect, they'll come begging to Elder Brother again."
"When