Rest assured, Universal Manifestation Tathagata will not interfere in the Journey to the West; Jieyin sets out

"Yes, Saint. Even the World-Honored One and the Ancient Buddha could not suppress Universal Manifestation Tathagata when they joined forces. If he expands in the future, what will we do?"

"He has already started poaching people. Nearly twenty thousand disciples from our sacred monastery have fled."

"Saint, at least tell us where he came from."

The gods and Buddhas questioned him anxiously and uneasily.

Daoist Jieyin raised a hand, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Only after the hall had returned to silence did he speak. His voice was not loud, yet every word was perfectly clear. "Universal Manifestation Tathagata is not someone of unknown origins. He has remained in the Western Teachings for countless Yuan Hui, cultivating all along in the Scripture Pavilion of the Ultimate Bliss World. You simply never noticed him."

After he and his junior brother had learned that White Bone was connected to Qingyuan, the First Disciple of the Interception Sect—

They had altered the memories of the living beings within the Western Teachings. Thus, no one remembered White Bone Buddha Patriarch, the former Vice Sect Leader of the Western Teachings who had once taught its disciples.

But many people knew of the monk who swept the floors in the Scripture Pavilion.

The moment those words were spoken, everyone froze.

The Scripture Pavilion?

That White Bone monk who swept the floors?

Maitreya widened his eyes. He recalled that whenever he occasionally visited the Scripture Pavilion to browse its texts, he had indeed seen a skeleton dressed in monk's robes organizing the bookshelves.

At the time, he had paid no attention at all, assuming it was some menial servant from somewhere.

Tathagata Buddha Patriarch's expression also changed.

He vaguely remembered that when he had first joined the Western Teachings, he had once seen a quiet figure reading