"Hmph. Those two certainly have some tricks up their sleeves."
Yuanshi sensed the Buddhist faith's fortune rising steadily, and his expression darkened. A trace of gloom flashed between his brows.
But the gloom vanished in an instant. Recalling the plan he and his two brothers had already devised, the corners of his mouth slowly curled into a cold smile.
"Still, this is just as well. The more prosperous Buddhism becomes, the plumper and juicier the peach we harvest later will be."
Yuanshi lightly tapped the Jade Ruyi with his fingertips. After pondering for a moment, a cold glint flashed in his eyes. "We still have to put on a convincing show. If we seem too indifferent, Jieyin and Zhunti might notice something amiss and ruin the entire plan."
With that thought, Yuanshi immediately issued a decree from the Chan Sect, ordering its disciples scattered throughout the Human Realm to hurry to the Southern Jambu Continent and establish altars to preach, competing with Buddhism for believers.
The Chan Sect was not the only one to act this way.
Within the Immortal Realm, numerous factions successively issued decrees. On the surface, they remained calm and composed, but in secret they laid out schemes and set obstacles everywhere, seeking to suppress Buddhism's expansion across the Four Continents.
The major native factions of the Human Realm rarely received personal decrees from the ancestors of the Immortal Realm. When they first heard the news, they were all overjoyed.
But after reading the contents of the decrees and learning that they were expected to obstruct Buddhism's missionary efforts, their faces filled with worry.
At this moment, Buddhism was already an unrivaled behemoth across the Four Continents.
How easy could it be to stop it from spreading Buddhist Dharma across this land?
Yet the decrees of the