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Chapter 297 Buddha is the Way

The Buddha scrutinized Minghui, unaware of when Minghui had possessed Jin Chanzi's body.

Guanyin basically handled the affairs of the Journey to the West; he hardly ever interfered.

"What brings you to Lingshan?" The most pressing question now is what Minghui is doing at Lingshan.

Minghui smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing, I just want to replace you as the new founder of Buddhism."

Upon hearing this, the Buddha's expression changed drastically.

"You think you can replace me as Buddha? Let's see how I take you down."

The Buddha used his Buddhist supernatural powers to transform into a golden Buddha body hundreds of feet tall, intending to capture Minghui.

Minghui was not to be outdone, and he also transformed into a golden Buddha statue hundreds of feet tall.

The two then began their struggle for status in the void above Mount Ling.

Whoever wins will become the patriarch of Buddhism and Taoism in the future.

Tathagata and Minghui fought in the endless void, while Liu Er and others on Mount Ling were also fighting against many Buddhas.

Although Mount Ling is ruled by the Buddha, it is no different from the secular dynasties there, and there are also factions.

Those loyal followers of Buddha fought desperately against Liu Er and his group, while the neutral faction or other factions mostly watched from the sidelines.

They will continue to follow whoever wins.

Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu were also paying attention to what was happening at Mount Ling.

It's hard for them not to pay attention to a battle between two quasi-saints at the peak of their cultivation.

Tongtian and his group were quite interested in Minghui.

Because Minghui was beyond their comprehension, although Tongtian knew that Tathagata and Mount Ling would face a calamity, he did not know who would attack Tathagata and Mount Ling.

He only realized Minghui's existence the moment she took action.

Minghui possessed a system given to her by Zhou Yongcheng. Only those who had surpassed the Hunyuan Realm and reached the Chaos Realm were qualified to peer into the system, so Tongtian and the others naturally could not detect Minghui's existence.

Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, Jieyin and Zhunti were also watching over Tathagata and Minghui.

"Brother, I'm afraid Buddhism will have difficulty surviving in the future."

"There's nothing we can do. We can't get out of Zixiao Palace either. We're powerless to change the fate of Buddhism. We can only leave it to fate."

They are not worried about the life or death of Buddhism; what they are worried about is whether they can preserve their own spiritual practice.

If Buddhism is replaced by others, then they will lose their source of merit, and without their source of merit, they will be unable to repay their debts to Heaven.

If they don't repay their merits to Heaven, will Heaven take action against them?

Although they couldn't see through Minghui who had suddenly appeared, they could tell from their fight that Minghui was stronger than the Buddha.

Although Tathagata's strength is not as great as Minghui's, he has more treasures and more practical experience than Minghui.

Although the two could not be determined to win for a while, Minghui's strength was always greater than that of Tathagata, and it was only a matter of time before Tathagata was defeated.

Inside the tavern, Zhou Yongcheng was also watching the battle between Minghui and Rulai.

Although the Buddha only converted to Buddhism and Taoism halfway through his life, he had a profound understanding of them.

Although he had his own insights into Buddhism and Taoism, and his understanding of them was quite profound, he lacked pure and clear wisdom.

Minghui has been studying Buddhism in real life, and the Buddhist and Taoist schools of thought in the real world can be described as a hundred schools of thought contending.

Throughout Chinese history, there have been many eminent monks and virtuous masters who all possessed unique insights into Buddhism.

Minghui, on the other hand, lives in the internet age.

Don't assume that he's a ninety-year-old man who doesn't know how to use the internet.

While cultivation is not possible in the real world, it does not mean that one cannot cultivate one's spirit and soul.

Before Minghui's Buddhist and Taoist realms were transported to the Journey to the West world, his level of attainment was unmatched by anyone in his time.

His spirit and soul are extraordinary; otherwise, he wouldn't have awakened Buddhist and Taoist supernatural powers after his cultivation level increased to a certain point in the Journey to the West world.

It can be seen from the Buddhist and Taoist supernatural powers they used in their duel that Minghui's Buddhist and Taoist supernatural powers were able to suppress Tathagata.

Because the Buddhist path cultivated by Tathagata is not his own Buddhist path, while the Buddhist path cultivated by Minghui is his own Buddhist path.

While selling wine, Zhou Yongcheng watched Rulai and Minghui fight.

They fought their way from the endless void all the way into the chaos. Once they reached the chaos, they let loose completely and without any restraint.

Both of them unleashed their ultimate moves, creating a chaotic and disorganized battle.

As time went by, their fight continued for several months.

Their fight was undisturbed; even if Zhunti and Jieyin wanted to interfere, they couldn't.

Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu showed no intention of stopping it.

Because Minghui's origins were too mysterious, they could not deduce any information about him at all.

After fighting for so long, Tathagata began to be unable to withstand Minghui's supernatural attacks, and was blasted into the depths of chaos by Minghui's supernatural powers several times.

"This battle is about to end, and Western Buddhism is finished," Tongtian said.

A few days later, Tathagata was directly defeated by Minghui, leaving only his true spirit to enter the cycle of reincarnation.

In Mount Ling, those Buddhas who dared to resist were also killed by Liu Er and his companions.

Minghui returned to Mount Ling and used his supernatural powers to observe the people there. He directly killed the false Buddhas, leaving only the true Buddhas.

Thus, Minghui became the master of Lingshan and the founder of Buddhism.

When he annihilated the false Buddhas of Mount Ling, and the remaining Bodhisattvas and Buddhas hailed him as the Buddha, the system notified him that the mission was complete.

Infinite power flowed from the system into Minghui's body, and at the same time, as if his mind had been forcibly developed, he saw the true essence of Buddhism and Taoism.

Above Mount Ling, boundless Buddhist light emanated from Minghui's body.

After an unknown amount of time, Minghui's voice echoed in the void.

"The path of immortality is the path, the path of demons is the path, and the path of Buddha is the path."

Minghui's realm reached the Hunyuan Daluo realm.

In Biyou Palace.

Tongtian laughed out loud.

“Buddha is the Tao, what a wonderful statement. Jieyin and Zhunti have always proclaimed that Buddha is an independent existence, but now this new ancestor of Buddhism and Taoism says that Buddha is the Tao. I want to see how they will face their own Tao in the future.”

In the Zixiao Palace, Jieyin and Zhunti coughed up blood. When Minghui became the new Buddha and said that Buddha is the Tao, they felt the loss of their spiritual realm.

Their cultivation level plummeted directly to the Quasi-Saint realm.

When Buddhism changed hands, they lost their source of merit, and Heaven naturally took away the rewards that had been given to them.

Minghui looked at the six-story glazed pagoda in the Purple Mansion. From the information he had just received, he learned that this glazed pagoda was a Chaos Spiritual Treasure and the carrier of the system.

When he completed the task, the system had already left, but it gave him the Glass Pagoda.

Minghui became the Buddha, restructured Mount Ling, and redefined Buddhist principles.

A new Ling Mountain, a new Buddhism—thus, a new chapter has been turned in Buddhism in the Journey to the West world.

Several hundred years have passed in the world of Journey to the West. On this day, countless beams of law appeared in the sky above the Earthly Immortal Realm. The appearance of these beams of law signifies that someone has comprehended the origin of the law, and also signifies the birth of a new Grand Luo Realm expert.

The first person to reach the Hunyuan Daluo realm was Zhen Yuanzi.

Next came the human emperors, followed by veteran powerhouses like Styx and Haotian.

Inside the tavern, Zhou Yongcheng left the world of Journey to the West without saying goodbye to anyone.

Having spent so much time in the Journey to the West world, he had seen everything he needed to see, and there was nothing left for him to pay attention to.

With Zhou Yongcheng's departure, the world of Journey to the West has also undergone great changes.

Haotian became a powerful being in the Primordial Chaos Realm and abandoned his control over the Heavenly Court, thus making the Heavenly Court a thing of the past.

The Immortal Realm is divided into several factions: Buddhism, the Human Dynasty, the Demon Clan, various sects, the Demonic Sect, and so on.

With many forces at play, there will be much conflict, and a new story is about to unfold in the world of Journey to the West.