Tathagata looked at the Buddhas and said, "Spirit Vine has been plotting this for a long time. This is the collective will of the Demon Race. They have been in decline for ages and want to rise by trampling on our Buddhist Sect's reputation, making this the battle that heralds their resurgence."
Wenshu asked curiously, "Buddha, why does the Demon Race keep targeting our Buddhist Sect? And why has Lady Nuwa agreed to this?"
Tathagata suddenly sighed. "Alas, perhaps Lady Nuwa learned of the Human Sovereign's scheme. That may be what brought this about!"
"The Human Sovereign's scheme?"
Everyone turned to Tathagata, unsure what was going on!
Tathagata looked at them and took a deep breath. "With the great battle imminent, there is no harm in telling you. For Buddhism to flourish, we must rely on the Human Race. I once met with Human Sovereign Xuan Yuan to discuss this. Among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Fuxi was a Demon Emperor in his previous life and has always hoped to resolve the conflict between humans and demons. Xuan Yuan promised that Buddhism would flourish among the Human Race, but in return, we had to support him in exterminating the demons."
Tathagata explained his dealings with Xuan Yuan, and the answers to every mystery were on the verge of emerging.
Buddhism needed the Human Race's fortune to survive, so it had no choice but to cultivate good relations with the Human Sovereign.
Xuan Yuan was a man of great ambition. The Human Race possessed the greatest fortune, but their ancient enemy, the Demon Race, still remained.
The Three Sovereigns were not an ironclad bloc. With Human Sovereign Fuxi among them, and Lady Nuwa as the Holy Mother of the Human Race, exterminating the demons would not be so easy for