Although Other Shore Beings were difficult to deal with, once the gap in strength grew wide enough, no means could make up for it.
What Meng Chuan had shown in his clash with the Demon Buddha Monster already placed him far above the rest of them on the Other Shore.
It was a gap that left them silent.
The True Martial Emperor and Azure Emperor were less troubled. They were enjoying a honeymoon period with Meng Qi's side, and neither could contend for the Dao Fruit in the Current Era.
At most, they could choose a side, lend support, and pin their hopes on the next Era, or the one after that.
And they had already made their choice.
But the Bodhi Ancient Buddha, the Golden Emperor, and the others felt a weight settle over their hearts.
They wanted to contend for the Dao Fruit. The arrival of such a powerful outsider who stood with the Three Pure Ones put them at a terrible disadvantage.
And what if this outsider wanted to contend for the Dao Fruit too?
Granted, he did not appear to be practicing Reducing to Emptiness. He rarely came here, either, and seemed to have no intention of contending for the Dao Fruit.
But who the hell wrote their intentions on their face?
Before today, who had known that the Golden Emperor already possessed a Dao Fruit Embryo and had made considerable progress in Reducing to Emptiness?
Adults did not wear their private thoughts on their faces. They had reaction images for that.
So Amitabha Buddha and the other Other Shore Beings found their thoughts racing through countless possibilities, unable to settle down.
The Demon Buddha Monster fought Meng Chuan across layer upon layer of Space-Time, in the depths of Chaos and at every point along the