In the Pure Land, Jieyin and Zhunti sat facing each other in silence.
Ying Zheng had ascended the throne, Great Qin had replaced Great Shang, and the laws had become even stricter. This was undoubtedly a huge obstacle to the spread of Western Teachings across the Primordial Continent.
Their doctrine of "those with affinity" would probably be impossible to implement before the ironclad Qin Law.
"Senior Brother, are we really going to sit by and watch Great Qin flourish while our Western Teachings never get a chance to rise?"
Zhunti's face was full of unwillingness. "There are also those Witch Clan brutes. Their Fortune was already formidable, and this time it will probably increase by another thirty percent, while our Western Teachings have gained nothing."
Jieyin's expression was bitter and sorrowful. "Alas, Great Qin attained its current position legitimately through the Human Emperor Contest. What could we possibly do?"
"Moreover, the situation is stronger than the individual. Dao Venerate, Houtu, Nuwa, all the Ancestral Witches, and every Emperor behind the Human Emperor all support him. Even Sanqing and the others have not opposed him."
"We naturally cannot act rashly... We must think this through carefully. For now, we should open as many worlds as possible and repay our debts before discussing anything else."
Back then, in order to become Saints, the two had not hesitated to make one hundred and eight Great Vows, borrowing Heavenly Dao Merit to attain sainthood.
Now, the aftereffects of those Great Vows had arrived as well. They either had to fulfill the contents of their vows,
or repay enough Merit to the Heavenly Dao. Otherwise, even though they had now cultivated Buddhist-Demonic Unity,
and broken through some of their own shackles, their cultivation would be unable to advance any further.
But none of this was