The Purple-Robed Celestial Master has turned into a zombie?! Who can stand that?!

Chapter 282 The Enraged Tathagata
After the Buddha announced this news, the entire Great Thunderclap Temple fell into a deathly silence, and even Guanyin Bodhisattva remained silent.

Guanyin was clearly unaware that such a major event had just occurred; no wonder the Buddha's expression was grim.

Manjushri Bodhisattva is one of the four great Bodhisattvas, and his cultivation has reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Logically speaking, under normal circumstances, with his cultivation level, he could basically roam freely in the Three Realms, and no one could kill him.

After all, a peak Great Luo Golden Immortal is someone who can be killed unless a Saint or Quasi-Saint makes a move.
In the present Three Realms, the Sages have long been taken by Hongjun to the Chaos Dojo outside the heavens. The Sages can no longer interfere with anything in the Three Realms, nor can they kill the strong beings in the Three Realms.

As for Quasi-Saints, there are still quite a few Quasi-Saints in the Three Realms today.

But there aren't many who can reliably defeat Manjushri.

Manjushri doesn't usually interact with those people, so it's unlikely that he would provoke them to kill him.

Guanyin asked, "Buddha, who is capable of attacking and killing Manjushri?"

Tathagata said: "Manjushri's immortal soul is indestructible. Even the Heavenly Court's Execution Platform cannot destroy Manjushri's immortal soul. He should die under Laozi's alchemy furnace."

As for who killed him…

Buddha narrowed his eyes.

Naturally, it was a joint effort by Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Daoling.

It turns out that Zhang Daoling, one of the Four Celestial Masters, was truly a master of deception, and the Jade Emperor was far more formidable than he appeared.

In recent years, the Four Celestial Masters have rarely taken action; they have mostly been discussing domestic affairs with the Jade Emperor.

Unexpectedly, these four guys are all incredibly strong.

This was indeed beyond the Buddha's expectations.

Originally, it was thought that even if the Four Celestial Masters were strong, they would at most be ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortals. However, it was unexpected that the cultivation levels of the Four Celestial Masters were all at the peak of Great Luo Golden Immortals or even reached the half-step Quasi-Saint realm.

Previously, at the entrance of the Great Thunder Temple, Ge Xuan and Sa Shoujian stepped forward to stop Manjushri Bodhisattva from going to kill Zhang Tianlu.

In order to allow Manjushri to escape, Tathagata personally dealt with Ge Xuan and Sa Shoujian inside the Great Thunderclap Temple.

At that time, Tathagata actually had murderous intent. After all, Ge Xuan and Sa Shoujian were the Four Heavenly Masters and the mainstay of the Heavenly Court. If they could be killed here, the upcoming great calamity between Buddhism and Taoism would naturally be of great benefit to Buddhism.

However, the cultivation level of these two individuals exceeded Tathagata's expectations.

Buddha originally thought that with his status as a quasi-saint, he could easily manipulate these two great celestial masters.

But he later realized he was wrong; Ge Xuan and Sa Shoujian were able to escape unscathed from Tathagata's deadly attack.

Their cultivation levels were at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and they had already touched the threshold of Quasi-Saint.

Although he can't be considered a near-saint, he's still far beyond the reach of ordinary peak Grand Luo Golden Immortals.

As for Zhang Daoling, he was the most powerful of the four Celestial Masters.

Both Ge Xuan and Sa Shoujian were able to touch the threshold of Quasi-Saint.

Zhang Daoling is estimated to be at the half-step Quasi-Saint level.

If Zhang Daoling and Zhang Tianlu join forces, they can indeed defeat Manjushri, who has no support.

That makes it less surprising.

The Buddha said, "Manjushri is dead, and our situation will be very passive from now on."

Guanyin asked, "Buddha, what should we do about Zhang Tianlu?"

Tathagata said, "I never expected that even Manjushri himself couldn't kill him this time. Now that he has broken through the Heavenly Corpse Tribulation, it won't be so easy to kill him anymore."

Moreover, our Buddhist sect has already paid a huge price to kill Zhang Tianlu. It is almost certain that this person is the chosen one of this great calamity. As the chosen one of this great calamity, it is too difficult to kill him. We should not concern ourselves with him anymore; the overall situation is more important.

As long as we can maintain control of the overall situation, given the prevailing trend, a single chosen one is not enough to change the whole picture. I should have realized this sooner.

Buddha has lost interest in Zhang Tianlu. Even though Zhang Tianlu has provoked the Buddhist sect many times, they simply cannot kill him.

In Buddha's mind, Zhang Tianlu is like a cockroach. No matter how you beat him, he's impossible to kill, and he'll only cause trouble for Buddha.

Buddhism wasted too much time on him and lost several great generals.

Buddha no longer wanted to harm him.

After breaking through the Heavenly Zombie Realm, Zhang Tianlu merged with the Dao of Corpse, making him extremely difficult to kill. Tathagata simply ignored him.

The Buddhist community is currently suffering significant losses, and the Buddha does not want to take any more risks. He wants to stabilize the overall situation of his Buddhist community before the coming of a great eon.

As long as the overall situation remains intact, and given the prevailing trend, Zhang Tianlu alone cannot cause any significant trouble.

Upon realizing this, the Buddha instructed his subordinates not to concern themselves with him any further.

The Buddha just announced this news.
News from the Heavenly Court also reached in: in addition to killing Manjushri, the Jade Emperor also killed the Four Heavenly Kings who had been left behind by the Buddhist sect within the Taoist Heavenly Court.

After killing the Four Heavenly Kings, Manjushri's mount, the Blue-haired Lion, came to join him.

The Jade Emperor plans to establish four new war gods in Heaven to fill the vacancies of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Currently, Qiu Shou Xian has become the Azure Lion War God among the Four War Gods!

Upon hearing this, the Buddha became even more enraged.

Damn it!

Before this, the horned immortal was merely a mount of a Buddhist bodhisattva from the Western Paradise.

I never expected that Manjushri would die, and that he would die at the hands of the Taoist Heavenly Court.

That blue-maned lion actually turned around and joined the Taoist Heavenly Court, betraying the Buddhist sect.

How could Buddha possibly tolerate this?
His underlings betrayed him, killing one of his own leaders and then joining his enemy.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei immediately recognized their expertise.

How the hell can I swallow this?
Buddha roared angrily, "This wicked beast has betrayed the West and sided with the enemy who killed its master. This is intolerable to Heaven!"

"Pass down my order: have the Jade Emperor return Qiu Shou Xian to his former glory. Our Buddhist sect will grind him to dust!"

Immediately, a senior member of his staff went out to relay the order.

The Jade Emperor received a message from the Buddha.

Buddha instructed the Jade Emperor to give him the Immortal with the Curly Head, so that the Green-haired Lion could be crushed to ashes.

After receiving Buddha's words, the Jade Emperor merely sneered inwardly.

This is because the Buddha of the Western Paradise has become increasingly arrogant lately.

When Hongjun Daozu founded the Heavenly Court, he appointed him as the ruler of the Three Realms, and all the immortals and gods obeyed his orders.

Even a quasi-saint must give face to the Jade Emperor.

Although Buddha is one of the Five Elders, in reality, his status is below that of the Jade Emperor.

Only the Jade Emperor has ever given him orders. When did it become the Buddha's turn to give orders to the Jade Emperor?

Now you actually want him to send Qiu Shou Xian back to him? Dream on!

The Jade Emperor completely ignored Tathagata, thinking he was just having a fit of madness.

Qiu Shou Xian is now a fierce general of my Taoist sect. Do you think I would return my fierce general to you?
Is Buddha just daydreaming here?
But upon closer reflection, it makes sense, given that so many of his top fighters have died.

It's reasonable for him to have a fit of madness.

The Jade Emperor could understand Buddha's current feelings.

(End of this chapter)