Eastern Azure Emperor, Western Buddha Elder

"With the Victorious Fighting Buddha joining the Heavenly Court, he ought to have a title," Lin Xian asked. "Emperor Zun Ye, what position do you think he should hold?"

"An appointment?" Ye Fan blurted out. "Make him the Keeper of the Heav—cough, cough, the Great Sage, Equal of Heaven! The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven!"

As the Tianxuan Sacred Lord and part-time Lord of the Heavenly Court, Ye Fan knew all too well that the Eastern Wasteland Heavenly Court was a makeshift outfit, propped up entirely by a handful of Extreme Dao powers.

It was a Heavenly Court belonging to the Extreme Dao Holy Lands, not Extreme Dao Holy Lands belonging to the Heavenly Court.

Yaoguang, Tianxuan, the Ji Family, the Jiang Family, Yaochi, and the Demon Race—these six ruling factions disagreed among themselves from time to time. Only on matters of broad direction, with Supreme Beings and Emperor Weapons to arbitrate, could they maintain a united front.

How could such a loose organization command the Victorious Fighting Buddha, who represented the Western Desert? How could it govern the Buddhist Sect, the greatest religious order on the Big Dipper?

Besides representing the Buddhist Sect, the Victorious Fighting Buddha also spoke for the Fighting Saint Emperor's lineage. He bore two Dao Lineages on his shoulders, held two Emperor Weapons, and was on the verge of becoming a Quasi-Emperor.

In the vast Heavenly Court, only Gai Jiuyou could clearly outmatch him. Dongfang Taiyi and Great Saint Wei Yi were not quite up to the task.

He could only be equal to Heaven. Nothing less.

It was a mark of respect not only for the Victorious Fighting Buddha, but also for the Buddhist Sect of the Western Desert.

Lin Xian secretly told several senior figures in the Heavenly Court about Amitabha Buddha Emperor's