No More Duobao; Would the Interception Sect Really Do Nothing? The Heaven-Pacifying Assembly!

In the Western Lands, thirty thousand li from the Ultimate Bliss World.

A vast crowd of Western Teachings followers trailed behind the Two Sages of the West. Before them stood a travel-worn figure, his spirits crushed.

And now...

Daoist Zhunti had shed all his former warmth and approachability. His face bore a coldness none of them had ever seen.

Every Western Teachings follower present turned pale with shock.

They could not imagine why the teacher they had always known as kind and gentle had suddenly grown so cold, or why he favored an outsider so blatantly!

Was this... was this still their teacher?

It was bad enough that an outsider could join the Western Teachings without starting at the bottom. Now he could even stand over their heads and shit on them.

An outsider.

Someone who had joined the Western Teachings halfway through—what gave him the right to wield the power of life and death?

What gave him the right?!

The Western Teachings disciples were furious, but when they saw the dangerous glint and warning in Daoist Zhunti's eyes, they fell silent.

Some disciples turned instead to Daoist Jieyin, who rarely spoke.

They hoped he might give them a different answer.

"What my junior brother says is what I say."

Daoist Jieyin declared solemnly, "From this day forward, Daoist Duobao will lead the Western Teachings. He shall be Duobao Tathagata Buddha, the Buddha of this age. He will oversee the ten thousand Buddhas and every branch of our teachings. Every disciple of the Buddhist Sect shall be subject to Duobao Tathagata Buddha's authority!"

"Duobao Tathagata Buddha's words are my words!"

"If any of you dare pay lip service while defying him from this day on, Duobao Tathagata Buddha may forgive you, but I absolutely will not!"

"Do you hear me?!"