Letting Spirit Vine enter the Karmic Calamity would spell disaster for the Buddhist Sect!
Tathagata said, "Spirit Vine is the choice ordained by Heaven. Even I cannot fathom this unforeseen change. Whether we should change the chosen participant in the Karmic Calamity, and whom we should choose, requires careful deliberation before a decision."
"Master, a mysterious mighty being is hidden within Spirit Vine. This disciple believes an outsider must have swapped the beams and replaced the pillars, harboring more than a dozen unspeakable motives. If we let Spirit Vine enter the Karmic Calamity, I fear it will not bring great prosperity to the Buddhist Sect, but become its disaster instead. This disciple suggests suppressing Spirit Vine and choosing someone else."
Golden Cicada laid out his analysis, bringing the problem into the open.
Whether the Heavenly Court, the Human Teaching, Jiejiao, or some other faction was responsible no longer mattered.
What mattered was that the unforeseen change in Spirit Vine had gone beyond their control!
It seems I must report this to my two masters first. If they take the complaint directly to the Dao Ancestor, then once he lays the blame, let's see who can answer for it.
Tathagata thought this, then said, "I will report this matter to the two Saints and await their decision. However, the Karmic Calamity is already upon us. If we change its chosen participant, we must find a replacement as soon as possible, just in case!"
"Amitabha Buddha!"
The Buddhas pressed their palms together!
Guanyin Bodhisattva sank into thought, her eyes filled with coldness. She had already said that if the chosen participant was changed, she would personally strike down Spirit Vine and settle all the karma between them.
Now that Spirit Vine's identity was all but out in the open, she could act