"If we make a move right now, we might not gain anything from it."
Guanyin Bodhisattva looked at Buddha Tathagata, helplessness written all over her face.
They had originally thought the Jade Emperor had already gone off to reincarnate. Yet they had seen him with their own eyes earlier.
Although they had not exchanged blows, Buddha Tathagata was absolutely certain that the man was the Jade Emperor.
In other words, they might well have fallen into a trap laid by the Heavenly Court this time.
After discovering this, both Buddha Tathagata and Guanyin Bodhisattva felt a headache coming on.
Now, they had no way to stop matters from developing further.
After all, no matter how they looked at it, the people of their Buddhist Order no longer had any room to ease the conflict.
Yet throughout this war, they had gained nothing at all and had instead paid a considerable price.
With things turning out like this, how could they possibly believe the Heavenly Court had not been scheming behind the scenes?
"Things have already reached a point where we can no longer stop them. We can only keep pushing this forward."
Buddha Tathagata was somewhat helpless about it as well.
How could Buddha Tathagata fail to see the Heavenly Court's schemes at work here?
But what could he do about it?
By now, he had long since lost control over his subordinates.
Although they still served under him, if he said they should abandon this struggle against the Heavenly Court, he might lose his position in an instant.
After all, he had obtained that position through certain maneuvers himself.
On Spirit Mountain, Buddha Tathagata had never referred to one fixed individual. It was merely a position.
Now that he controlled Spirit Mountain, he was Buddha Tathagata, the Lord of