From the Demon Empress's words, it was not hard to tell that Buddhism's rise owed much to her. When she passed on her teachings, she had naturally left plenty of ways to control those who received them.
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Jieyin and Zhunti knew that, but they had no choice. Hongjun had favored others and never taught them the complete Dao. During the Third Sermon in particular, the final three hundred years had covered the heart of Primordial Unity. But Zhunti and Jieyin had been schemed against and heard only half of it. How could they succeed with an incomplete Dao?
They had obtained the Devil Dao inheritance and, through sheer perseverance, worked to complete it. But it demanded too much of their strength of character.
Maitreya was dead. His strength of character had failed him, and he could not escape the Devil Dao's nature. The Demon Empress had crushed him with ease.
It was as though she had crushed an ant. Countless onlookers shuddered at the sight.
Even Ren felt a strange stirring. After all, the Three Sects and Buddhism had fought for so long and lost so many people, yet not one of their strongest had fallen.
Maitreya was the first.
"Ha ha..." The Demon Empress threw back her head and laughed. Having crushed Maitreya, she drew a mass of black Origin from him and caught it. "Ren, boy... Since you obtained the Origin of All Evil from Hongjun, you must have some affinity with it. This is yours!"
With a flick of her hand, the Origin of All Evil drawn from Maitreya Buddha turned into a streak of light and shot toward Ren!
Chapter 2067: The Demon Empress's Favors
Before Ren could stop it, the Origin of All Evil had entered his body!
The Origin of All Evil