[The World-Honored One Arrives at His Loyal Great Thunderclap Temple]

[A monster from the Primordial Ancient Star descends upon the Big Dipper]

[An unspeakable heretic approaches the Western Desert]

[The shameless Buddha's Demonic Shell sets foot on Mount Sumeru]

[Sakyamuni, traitor to the Buddhist Sect, flees into the starry sky]

[Quasi-Emperor Gautama Siddhartha returns to the Buddhist Sect]

[The Present Buddha takes his place in the Bodhisattva Realm]

[The supreme World-Honored One, Shakyamuni Tathagata, arrives at his loyal Great Thunderclap Temple!]

That was more or less how the Western Desert's Buddhist Sect had changed its tune after Sakyamuni's Divine Sense descended.

It was not that the monks of the Western Desert's many sacred temples were weak-kneed. The people making the decision simply held too much authority.

Future Buddha Lin Xian put forward the proposal, and the Demon-Subduing Pestle cast the decisive vote on behalf of Amitabha's Divine Self Body. Sakyamuni would become the Present Buddha and take charge of Mount Sumeru.

With those three together, never mind a crowd of Arhats and Bodhisattvas—even the Victorious Fighting Buddha could not stand against them.

In the Dao Sect, it would have been like the three old fellows Taiqing, Yu Qing, and Shangqing finishing a meeting among themselves. Whatever objections Rong Chengzi had, he could only obey.

After hearing Lin Xian's plan for the three lifetimes to stand side by side, Sakyamuni raised no objection. He had always belonged to the Buddhist Sect and had deep ties to Amitabha. So long as the plan did not obstruct his path, he was glad to see the Buddhist Sect grow stronger.

Once all the Amitabha Buddha Emperor's Causality returned to Amitabha, he could empty himself of all four elements and calmly attain the Dao.

Sakyamuni still had one question. After a moment's thought, he slowly asked, "How did you persuade that unruly Monkey to leave?"