Chapter 1778: Chapter 846: A Power Shift in the Western Regions! The Looming Crisis!
Chen Yuan, after instructing Jiang He and the others, watched them leave Spirit Mountain.
The affairs in the Western Regions were settled, and they were no longer needed there. Next was the north expedition, requiring Jiang He and the others to prepare in advance, while he acquired the opportunity.
Then it would be time to take action against the Northern Barbarians.
Of course, this was mainly because the injury of the elderly Heavenly Master was severe and required time to heal.
As for Chen Yuan, he planned to first recover from his injuries at Spirit Mountain before going to the Life and Death Crossing to seize the opportunity.
One must admit, the resources accumulated over a millennium on Spirit Mountain are an enormous sum, enough to rival the combined treasury of other Immortal Sects, akin to wealth that could equal a nation.
It was sufficient to offset this time’s losses.
However, the terrifying opportunities of Spirit Mountain were not too shocking, as Chen Yuan had somewhat anticipated them.
For a thousand years, Spirit Mountain has been the foremost of the ten great Immortal Sects.
The other Immortal Sects couldn’t even control a single state in the Central Plains, merely wielding great influence, while Spirit Mountain solely occupied the entire Western Region, naturally able to obtain abundant resources.
It’s worth noting that while the Western Regions are barren, their vastness is equivalent to half of the Central Plains, combining those resources is indeed a massive figure.
Most importantly, in the Central Plains, various forces vie for resources.
In the Western Regions, Spirit Mountain is at the apex, exploiting the entire region.
Finally, through consultation.
Moluo was willing to offer ninety percent of Spirit Mountain’s resources to the Central Plains, and from then on, provide three percent of the resources annually to Chen Yuan.
This decision naturally brought joy to everyone.
Chen Yuan didn’t concern himself much with other matters, finding a secret realm within Spirit Mountain to begin seclusion and prepare to heal his injuries.
Moluo, along with the recently freed Savior Bodhisattva, called Mahayana Buddhism disciples to gradually enter Spirit Mountain and restore its past glory.
Most of the Buddhist practices were unchanged.
Changes were only made to some practices that Moluo considered too extreme.
The rebuilding of Spirit Mountain was thriving.
...
At this moment, with the dissemination, news of Spirit Mountain’s fall rapidly spread throughout the Western Regions, causing an immense shock.
What is Spirit Mountain?
It is the leader of the Buddhist sects!
The sky of the entire Western Regions!
And now, the sky has fallen....
This caused countless people to panic, fearing that the forces responsible for the fall of Spirit Mountain would settle accounts with them, the forces under Spirit Mountain.
Countless people were anxious, with some even praying at home daily.
There were also those who recalled the events of a few days prior, with the massive tremor radiating thousands of miles around Spirit Mountain, a scene akin to the end of the world.
It assured people that the reason for such a phenomenon, with the earth shaking and tribulation thunder rolling, was due to an extremely terrifying seismic event.
This news affected not just individuals or single forces but the entire Western Region.
Although the Western Region consists of thirty-six countries, anyone with insight knows that Spirit Mountain is the true ruler, having ruled the Western Regions for over a thousand years.
The long years have taken root in many minds, believing Spirit Mountain to be invincible and unbeatable.
They had long resigned to their fate.
Believing that even the strong from the Central Divine Continent could not overthrow Spirit Mountain.
However,
Within less than a month of the Western Region’s retreat, such an event occurred, inducing fear.
While people were anxious, the identity of those behind the fall of Spirit Mountain gradually emerged in secret maneuvers.
Savior Bodhisattva!
The foremost of the four great Bodhisattvas, the Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva, joined forces with the Central Divine Continent’s rulers to suppress and kill the Buddha and several Bodhisattvas of Spirit Mountain.
This news, once released, caused even greater waves.
Many were astounded and fearful.
But there were also those who understood that the Western Region had changed, and to maintain a prosperous life, they needed to pledge allegiance to a new power—no more than replacing the Supreme Emperor.
And during this process, the once nearly extinct Mahayana Buddhism, suppressed by Spirit Mountain, re-emerged and ardently propagated.
Claiming that Mahayana Buddhism is the true Buddhist doctrine, and the previous was Minor Buddhism, thus the martial artists among the Western Region’s populace were oppressed for so long.
Whether anyone believes it or not does not matter; in any case.... the royalty of the thirty-six countries began switching allegiances, denouncing the former Minor Buddhism and instead venerating Mahayana Buddhism.
They declared their willingness to revere the Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva as the Ksitigarbha King Buddha, becoming the new Buddha of Spirit Mountain and the new Supreme Emperor of the Western Regions.
Honoring the Savior Bodhisattva as the Fighting Buddha.
Many of the old statues were shattered, and new sculptures quickly began to rise.
At first glance, it seemed.... the slayer of dragons had once again become the evil dragon.
But only Moluo himself knew that he was determined to reform Buddhism into one that truly saves the world.
It’s just that this process needed to proceed gradually.
If reform were sudden, the Western Regions would be in great turmoil.
During which, the people would suffer.
Once chaos erupted, Moluo would be caught up in it, unable to support Chen Yuan afterward.
Thus, the tone set for the Savior Bodhisattva by Moluo was stability.... gradual change.
As the Western Regions underwent massive upheaval, with many fleeing, Jiang He and others returned to the Central Plains, bringing the wave of Spirit Mountain’s fall to spread rapidly across the Central Divine Continent.
The tremors it caused were no less than those in the Western Regions.
