Otherwise, no one among the Primordial World's Ten Thousand Clans would have dared act against them or Buddhism.
"When you descend the mountain, be cautious. Do not recklessly pick fights with others."
Jieyin gave them a careful reminder.
Every disciple of Mount Sumeru was thrilled. Words could not describe how they felt about descending the mountain for the first time: nervous, excited, and full of curiosity about the world below.
The Buddhist Sect placed little emphasis on engaging with the mortal world, leaving its disciples rather inept at handling worldly affairs and interacting with others.
This was also why Buddhism had never particularly encouraged proselytizing.
In truth, Buddhism had only been founded because Jieyin and Zhunti needed this religious order to become Sages. Otherwise, it might never have existed at all.
Watching all their disciples descend the mountain, Jieyin and Zhunti felt a faint reluctance to let them go.
They remembered Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who had once been coaxed down the mountain in much the same way.
And that fellow had been such a blockhead that he had actually entered the Netherworld Office and even made a Great Vow.
Now look at him-trapped in the Netherworld Office for good, unable to leave.
Zhunti knew Jieyin must have been thinking the same thing. He comforted him, saying, "There is no need to worry. The same thing cannot keep happening. Besides, not everyone is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. They probably will not even encounter such an opportunity!"
Leaving aside Jieyin and Zhunti's reactions.
Primordial Heavenly Venerable was also growing restless. He had only just broken through to the second heaven, and even that had been thanks to Pangu. Without the aid of heaven-opening merit, he probably could not have broken through at all.
He cast a resentful glance toward the Heavenly Court. What virtue or