Buddhist Treasure Cracks, Revealing a Hidden Truth

In fact, when Hechu's resounding Daoist voice first rang out in every direction, "calling friends and companions" to join him and bring about the perfect chance for a united assault,

he had not even named the Western Regions Buddhist Sect.

Yet even then,

the demon monk Monkey Mind had been tempted. He had truly considered whether this moment, with Spirit Transformation Dao Lords from various sects emerging to besiege Liu Dongqing, was his own perfect chance to enter the fray.

He had weighed it carefully, again and again!

He had even

nearly acted on it!

But his careful deliberation had taken a little too long, while Liu Dongqing's Spirit Transformation Dao Lord Dharma Forms had manifested, torn through the net of attackers, and broken the encirclement at an inconceivable speed.

Between one thing and another,

Monkey Mind had been left standing where he was, with no fitting opportunity to intervene.

To reveal himself now would only waste the concealment he had maintained for so long.

At most, he would draw the two Spirit Transformation Dao Lord Dharma Forms beside Liu Dongqing into a standoff with him.

He would change absolutely nothing.

He might even add another stroke to the record of Liu Dongqing's surging prestige, already risen today to a terrifying height.

And so,

with the situation changing abruptly and the turmoil in Central Province suddenly turning on its head, he had no choice but to remain hidden and keep his composure.

Then,

soon afterward, he realized that among those Spirit Transformation Dao Lord Dharma Forms stood Cai Siyun, a successor of the Ghost Vine Lineage whose identity was now laid bare.

He was forced into an even more "perfectly calm" state of rigid paralysis!

In truth,

when Liu Dongqing had undergone his tribulation, chanting his divine lord's honorific proclamation