At this time, Immortal Domain Civilization, Buddhist Realm.
Just as the Destruction Giant Ape's Golden Hoop Buddha light transmitted a message beyond the distant starry sky, Tathagata Buddha, who was preaching Buddhist Dharma at the very center of the Great Thunderclap Temple, suddenly fell silent.
The Buddha's sudden silence drew curious gazes from the many arhats, Buddhas, and bodhisattvas within the Buddhist hall.
The Buddhist Realm's strength within the Immortal Domain was truly renowned far and wide.
As a rising power that had broken away from the Dao Sect, through the arduous founding efforts of the founding Saints Jieyin and Zunti, followed by the continued development of Tathagata Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and others, Buddhism Sect had finally grown into an existence capable of contending with the Dao Sect.
Now, the greatest hidden danger facing Immortal Domain Civilization was not the split of the Three Teachings, nor was it the conflict between humans and demons. It was the struggle between Buddhism and Taoism!
The Three Teachings had originally come from the same source. Even if they split, just how far could that split go?
Even if the Human Race and Demon Race fought fiercely, with Sage Nvwa of Wa Huang Palace and the Seven Great Sages of the Demon Race holding things down from above, along with the mediation of the various Sage Dao Courts, no overly intense conflict would erupt.
At the very least, it would not develop into a calamity that swept across all of Immortal Domain Civilization.
But the struggle between Buddhism and Taoism was different!
If this truly erupted, it would become an unprecedented civil war involving more than a dozen, perhaps even more, Saint-Level Experts.
This was a clash of ideals.
Perhaps it could also be called a question of whether the civilization's future development should