Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
Yang Jian sat alone on the steps before the imperial throne, lost deep in thought.
He needed to plan carefully.
Without using the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, how could I wipe out the Buddhist School and completely unify the Three Realms?
That would take planning.
Yang Jian had only just entered the realm of a Daluo Golden Immortal before, so he had no clear understanding of what other Daluo Golden Immortals were capable of. He had launched his Heaven-Slaying campaign on the strength of his own ideas, thinking it might be rather difficult, but never truly taking that difficulty to heart.
Only after actually fighting the Jade Emperor did he realize just how ignorant and shallow he had been.
The Jade Emperor usually seemed like a useless fool, muddleheaded and incompetent. Only when someone truly stood against him could they feel his might and terror.
You thought you had seen through someone completely, but in reality, you were still on the first layer, while they might already have reached the stratosphere.
The Jade Emperor was just such a case. You might think he was merely muddleheaded and incompetent, but in truth, he was simply laying plans. Hadn't even Buddha Tathagata, who swaggered around so impressively in public, never dared act presumptuously before him?
Through this battle, Yang Jian had come to fully understand that he could no longer view the Three Realms through his old lens.
Daluo Golden Immortals in particular were all seasoned schemers. If he continued judging them by his old standards, then unless he used the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation his Master had given him, he would surely die.
Take Buddha Tathagata, whom he was now preparing to confront. Although he had already considered Buddha Tathagata immensely powerful, looking back now, his assessment might