Nuwa froze. "A great secret?"
Fuxi nodded. "Sister, I have recently been examining events in the Three Realms. In the War of the Investiture of the Gods, the Chan Sect appeared to win, yet it lost nine disciples-nine of its Twelve Golden Immortals departed. Now it has lost two Great Emperor Seats as well, leaving it unable to dominate the Heavenly Court alone. Moreover, my divinations revealed that Yunxiao even plundered Saint Yuanshi's Jade Void Palace, taking many Spirit Treasures. Saint Yuanshi has kept this from becoming known!"
"What! Such a thing actually happened?"
Nuwa's eyes widened in shock. "How could this Yunxiao have such audacity?"
Fuxi frowned. "That is precisely what puzzles me. Everything Yunxiao has done is inconceivable, as though she knew what would happen beforehand. Now I, too, feel that Saint Tongtian must have told her something. But Yunxiao should not have such a ruthless, decisive temperament. That is the suspicious point!"
Nuwa nodded. "Yunxiao is indeed suspicious. I once suspected that Senior Brother Tongtian had told her something, but that still cannot fully account for her transformation!"
Fuxi continued, "The Chan Sect suffered great losses, and Jiejiao's losses were enormous as well. It then seemed that the Western Religion had won, but Yunxiao destroyed its Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus, leaving it without the foundation of its fortune!"
After hearing this, Nuwa nodded. "Then there was no victor in the Investiture of the Gods?"
Fuxi shook his head. "No, there was a victor: Duobao. After Saint Laozi's Converting the Barbarians, Duobao directly took in the Western Religion and all the Jiejiao disciples Saint Zhunti had carried away, establishing Tathagata's position as the progenitor of the Ten Thousand Buddhas. He then absorbed the Western Religion, becoming the one who gathered the fortune of the Western Lands unto himself. Now