The Buddhist Sect is destroyed? Frustrated Burning Lamp! Tathagata: Saint? Shameless!

"You?!"

Even if Tathagata were foolish, he would have heard Bi Xiao's mockery and become instantly enraged.

"Do you really think my Buddhism is easy to bully?"

"Or else?"

Bi Xiao shrugged indifferently. "Besides those two Saints, what else is left of your so-called Buddhism? Just you remnants of defeated soldiers?"

"Insane, you lunatic!!"

As Bi Xiao's words fell, it wasn't just Tathagata who couldn't stand it; even Ancient Buddha Dipankara, who was spectating, grew angry.

"Bi Xiao, even Tongtian Daoist shows me some respect. How dare you, a mere little girl, humiliate me like this?!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Before Bi Xiao could reply, a faint sigh echoed from afar. "Daoist friend, I showed you respect back then because of our shared destiny of listening to the Dao in Zixiao Palace."

"But I never expected you to belittle yourself so much!"

Before the voice finished, Journey to the West Tongtian appeared before everyone. Facing Ancient Buddha Dipankara's astonished gaze, he spoke with feigned heartache:

"Look at you. You're clearly of the same generation as us, yet you actually became his disciple, Yuanshi?"

"And that's not even the worst part!"

"Senior Brother Yuanshi, considering your considerable seniority, he made you the Deputy Sect Leader, second only to him, right from the start."

"But what did you do?"

"You abandoned your position as Deputy Sect Leader and went west to become a disciple of those two, even willing to be a Past Buddha?"

"Don't you understand what Past Buddha means? They are humiliating you, calling you an outdated old man!"

"Yet you're enjoying it, calling 'your Buddhism' this and 'your Buddhism' that?"

"I'm embarrassed for you just watching..."

"Pfft~!"

Before Journey to the West Tongtian could finish speaking, Ancient Buddha Dipankara, his face flushed red, spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked as if he had aged thousands of years.

What did he care about most in his life?

It was this!

Back then, in order to glimpse the opportunity to become a Saint, he had no qualms about lowering his status and becoming a disciple of his Daoist brother, Yuanshi Tianzun.

But who knew the path to Sainthood would be so difficult!

Helpless!

Only when Jieyin and Zhunti promised to hand over Buddhism to him did he grit his teeth, betray Chanjiao, and join Buddhism.

He just never expected that Saints would also go back on their word.

Simply because Duobao Daoist had a special status, and in order to win over that eldest disciple of Jiejiao Sect, as well as to appease their own disciples, Jieyin and Zhunti actually came up with the concepts of Past Buddha, Present Buddha, and Future Buddha.

He had objected too.

Unfortunately, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity had passed, and the day of Buddhism's great prosperity was imminent. He was already dispensable to Buddhism.

On the contrary, having betrayed Chanjiao, he couldn't leave Buddhism.

Even with a thousand unwillingness in his heart, he could only remain in Buddhism as a Past Buddha, waiting for his chance.

Because of this, he regarded this experience as a disgrace. Anyone who mentioned it would die!

But...

Raising his eyes to look at the Sect Leader Tongtian opposite him, who wore a look of feigned heartache but whose eyes were full of mockery, Ancient Buddha Dipankara suppressed the urge to explode and asked with a forced smile, "Daoist Tongtian, you weren't defeated by the two Saints and are taking it out on me, are you?"

"Hahaha... Them?"

Journey to the West Tongtian threw his head back and laughed heartily, saying with disdain, "Even if they practiced for another twenty thousand years, they would still only be my defeated opponents!"

"Heh..."

Ancient Buddha Dipankara chuckled noncommittally. "Daoist Tongtian, you're not going to say that you defeated the two Saints in such a short time, are you?"

"Of course not!"

Journey to the West Tongtian shook his head truthfully. "Someone else will play with them over there. I'm here to give you some news!"

"What news?"

"Buddhism is destroyed!"

"???"

Upon hearing this, question marks instantly appeared on Ancient Buddha Dipankara's forehead. He really wanted to ask Tongtian if he knew what he was saying.

Buddhism destroyed?

How was that possible!

He couldn't possibly think that by killing the Bodhisattvas and Arhats of Buddhism, and even them, Buddhism would be considered annihilated, could he?

Ridiculous!

So what if Spirit Mountain was destroyed?

As long as the tens of thousands of Buddhist temples on the Primordial World's land still existed, as long as the hundreds of millions of Buddhist monks and disciples still existed...

Then, their Buddhism would not be annihilated!

However, just as Randeng was thinking this, streams of light came from afar and stopped beside them.

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, all 2,813 Buddhist temples in the East Victory Continent have been destroyed, and all monks who refused to return to secular life have been executed!"

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, all 3,628 Buddhist temples in the West Niu He Continent have been destroyed..."

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, all 2,928 Buddhist temples in the South Zhanbu Continent..."

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, the North Jielu Continent..."

"..."

As the Jiejiao Sect disciples who had been dispatched returned one by one, the news they brought made the four Buddhas present turn cold all over.

It seemed, perhaps, maybe...

Had their Buddhism, which was destined by the Heavenly Dao to prosper, truly been annihilated by these Jiejiao remnants?

"No, impossible, this is impossible!!"

Let alone Randeng, the Past Buddha, who couldn't accept it, even Tathagata Buddha, the Present Buddha, was so struck that his face turned pale.

"You, you can't do this, you are violating the Heavenly Dao, violating the will of the Dao Ancestor!!"

Looking up at his former Master, Tathagata Buddha's face was filled with despair, and he seemed to have gone a bit mad.

Why did he betray the Jiejiao Sect and join Buddhism?

Was it for advancement?

Was it to become a Saint?

Neither!

He simply couldn't see the future of the Jiejiao Sect back then!

One must know that facing the suppression led by Taishang Laojun and Yuanshi Tianzun, with the two Saints Jieyin and Zhunti as reinforcements, even the Jiejiao Sect, with its myriad of immortals paying homage, could not survive.

Therefore, When Sect Leader Tongtian was besieged by the Four Saints, and when the disciples of the Jiejiao Sect fell one by one, he opened the array gate and joined Buddhism to save his life.

But now?

Buddhism, which should have been revitalized, was utterly uprooted, along with its foundation, by the fallen Jiejiao Sect?

Was this a joke?

If he had known this would happen, he would have held on a little longer, and at worst, he would have been placed on the Investiture of the Gods...

Wait!

Staring at his fellow disciples who were on the list, Tathagata was stunned for a moment. After coming to his senses, he became even more agitated.

"You, you, you Saints are simply, simply shameless to the extreme!"

"Oh??"

Sect Leader Tongtian raised an eyebrow and looked at Tathagata with some curiosity, "You, a traitor to the sect, actually have the nerve to call the Saints shameless?"

"That's right, you are shameless!!"

Tathagata's eyes were bloodshot. He stared at Yunxiao and the others, gritting his teeth, "What disharmony among the Three Pure Ones? What siege by the Four Saints? I think it was all a trick to fool the Two Saints of the West!"

"Your goal was never the Jiejiao Sect!"

"You came for Buddhism!"

"It's just a pity that those two fools, Jieyin and Zhunti, were played by you Three Pure Ones like puppets and still haven't realized it!"