"Great Heavenly Venerable, the rise of the West is the prevailing tide of the Primordial World, something even this tribulation cannot change. But now there seems to be a small opening."
"Over at Five Finger Mountain, the karma of those people from the little world of the Douluo Continent has intertwined beautifully. They seem to have already fulfilled, in a vague way, the prerequisites for a Journey to the West. A little maneuvering behind the scenes would be enough to meet the conditions."
"Perhaps our Heavenly Court could claim a share of the merit from this Journey to the West plan too!"
"Indeed, Great Heavenly Venerable. What if there were not one westbound party, but two?"
The mighty figures of Jiejiao, led by the Three Firmaments and Zhao Gongming, blocked Li Xuanji from leaving court.
With the Journey to the West tribulation approaching, the workings of heaven concerning it were obscure and impossible to divine. Even Li Xuanji had not expected the predetermined pilgrimage for scriptures to allow for a few small changes.
Put plainly, the rise of the West meant using the pilgrimage to receive and distribute merit while spreading Buddhism eastward.
The pilgrims and the powers behind them would all benefit, and even the minor demons who formed the trials would gain something.
This was a huge cake, but the West held the knife.
The Heavenly Court, Chanism, Jiejiao, and the many other sects could only passively wait for the West to hand out their slices.
But things were different now. If powers such as the Heavenly Court pushed another party westward...
You can keep dividing your big cake. Can't I just use your ingredients to bake a smaller one?
*You're going to the Western Heaven for scriptures. I don't need to go that far; the Western Ox