The agreement was nearly settled. Xu Tong already knew there would be no more surprises.
"How about this? Once this matter is over, I'll help your Heavenly Court conquer the Buddhist Order's Three Thousand Pure Lands of Ultimate Bliss."
The moment he offered those terms-
Xu Hanlin sucked in a breath of cold air.
Even Taibai was dumbstruck, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
The Buddhist Order's Three Thousand Pure Lands of Ultimate Bliss extended throughout the mortal world's Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Trades. Earth gods, Arhats-they had secret agents everywhere.
In other words, that place was the black box of the Three Realms.
No secret escaped their eyes.
If the Heavenly Court conquered it, they would become completely independent and hold everything in their grasp.
But the ones presiding over the Three Thousand Pure Lands of Ultimate Bliss were Daoist Randeng and Amitabha.
They were even more overbearing than Buddha Tathagata. Could he really conquer the place just because he said he would?
"You aren't drawing us a picture of a cake to stave off our hunger, are you?"
Taibai recovered his senses and spoke irritably.
"Take a look at this!"
Xu Tong wasted no words and brought out a tree.
It looked like a little cypress, but light shimmered over it, and what grew from its branches were little lanterns gleaming with golden light.
"The Lotus Lantern?"
"That's right. This is the latest Lotus Lantern I've cultivated!"
"With this in hand, you can walk through the mortal world's Realm of Form as though treading level ground. In the Buddhist Order's Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, fame and profit are bound together, just like a theatrical stage. How could you manage without a magical artifact that breaks through form?"
Xu Tong's eyes shone as he spoke. Without