At the beginning, Sun Wukong was imprisoned to prevent the rise of Buddhism!

Chapter 242: Free Tiandao Saint Status

"Jie Yin, you still haven't figured it out. Now that I'm giving up the status of a Heavenly Saint, wouldn't it just make room for your Buddhist sect to flourish?"

"Hongjun wants Buddhism to flourish. As long as you have one more saint in Buddhism, it will mean great prosperity. Now, I have given up this position. Maitreya Buddha is the best candidate."

"If Jieyin Zhunti doesn't win the sainthood at this time, it proves that the two of them don't care about the rise of Buddhism at all!"

Tongtian walked towards the underworld while responding to Yin Yin's words.

Even at this time, he has not forgotten to deceive Buddhism, especially Maitreya Buddha.

After hearing Tongtian's words, the most surprising person in the three realms was Maitreya Buddha.

In the Daleiyin Temple in Lingshan, Maitreya Buddha's eyes shine.

"Is this my chance to become a saint?"

Maitreya Buddha thought secretly in his heart, and Tongtian was right. Now the number of Heavenly Saints is fixed, and there are no more places left.

This is also the reason why Duobao gave up the way of heaven and Buddhism and joined the underworld, because there was no hope for the way of heaven.

Not only Duobao, but also many quasi-sages have given up on the way of heaven, just like the Buddha, Bodhisattva and others sitting upright in the Great Leiyin Temple now.

The light in their eyes already represented their thoughts.

Tongtian gave up the status of a saint, and it was Maitreya Buddha's turn. Nuwa gave up the status of a saint, and it was Haotian's turn.

Moreover, there is no one in the Three Realms who is more suitable for the status of saint than Maitreya Buddha.

More importantly, there is another point: Buddhism is booming. Taoist ancestors have always said that Buddhism is booming.

Because this is what Heaven owes to the West. When Luohu and Daozu fought, Luohu blew up the spiritual roots of the West, causing the barrenness of the West.

In order to make up for the West, there was also the journey to the West to measure the calamity of Buddhism.

In fact, it should be the rise of Western teaching itself.

However, Lao Tzu took many treasures and transformed Hu into a Buddha. Although he could not completely stop Western religion, he at least turned Western religion into Buddhism.

In a sense, I have also succeeded.

The original guideline was to kill the three corpses of Buddhism, but the cause and effect was that Buddhism was booming, and the number of saints could not be less than that of Taoism.

Originally, Sanqing alone was already more powerful than them, but now, Tongtian has left, and only two of Sanqing are left.

Although Haotian is also a Taoist sect, he represents the will of the Taoist ancestors.

Once Maitreya Buddha becomes a saint, their Buddhist sect will have three saints, one more than Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi.

Don't worry about whether the three saints of Buddhism can compare with these two people. After all, my ability to transform three pure things with one breath is already very amazing.

Maybe, even if the three Buddhist saints gather together, they still can't be my opponent.

But at least this is a possibility, a possibility that transcends Taoism.

Since Tongtian is now forced to give up his status as a saint, will Yuanshi and Laozi also give up one by then?
In fact, Maitreya Buddha had already started to have a plan in his mind.

This time, Shi Zhunti directly told Tongtian to give up the sainthood, so why can't it be Yuanshi or Laozi who others said gave up next time?
Moreover, Yuanshi was isolated from the beginning. He was already isolated from the time he started patching up the sky.

In fact, at that time, even Dao Ancestor did not trust the other party.

In this case, it is very likely that Yuan Shi will be taken away at the next moment.

Thinking of this, Maitreya Buddha is now full of fighting spirit. The sainthood that Tongtian gave up must be his!

Maitreya Buddha has his own ideas in his heart, and the three Bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara, Manjusri, and Samantabhadra in the Great Leiyin Temple have their own ideas.

Isn't it that they joined Buddhism from Chanjiao just to take a step further?

The three of them already had other ideas when they learned that the three corpses of the ancestors occupied the final sainthood.The last time they attacked the underworld, they thought that Daozu could win. Once they won, they would be able to gain several more sainthoods.

At that time, there might be a chance for people like them to become saints.

However, Daozu failed, which gave the three great Bodhisattvas other ideas.

They have even been planning when they would have the opportunity to defect from Buddhism and join the underground or human world.

And they are doing it quietly.

But what happened today made them feel that there was another opportunity. If the saints of heaven were forced to give up their status as saints, wouldn't they have a chance to become saints?

Today is Tongtian, can't it be their former master Yuanshi next time?
Moreover, Tongtian said that the most suitable person this time is Maitreya Buddha, but they might not be able to fight for it?
No one knows about the Great Thunder Sound Temple, but a few saints can know what is happening in the Great Thunder Sound Temple just by thinking about it.

Magnet Jieyin was directly shocked by Tongtian's words, and even, in some aspects, he directly spoke of Jieyin's thoughts.

Buddhism is flourishing, which is the pain in Yingyin Zhunti's heart.

Nowadays, the Three Realms have changed too much, and the great prosperity of their Buddhist sect has become a luxury hope. Even the way of heaven does not seem to have the upper hand now.

What do they use to promote Buddhism?
However, if it is true as Tongtian said, he gave up the status of a heavenly saint, and then handed this saint status to Maitreya Buddha.

So, in a sense, Buddhism is already halfway through its development.

Because at that time, they had one more saint, and more importantly, compared to Duobao, Randeng, Guanyin and others who rebelled against Taoism and joined Buddhism.

Maitreya Buddha is a local Buddha originally cultivated by their Buddhist sect.

Maitreya Buddha, future Buddha.

Why is Maitreya Buddha the future Buddha?

It was because Jieyin Zhunti had already planned that after the great prosperity of Buddhism was completed, Duobao would hand over the position of Buddha. At that time, it was Maitreya Buddha who took over Buddhism.

But Maitreya Buddha is really together with Jie Yin Zhunti.

At that time, the three saints together might really be able to completely revive Buddhism.

At least, it is much better than the Buddhism that the two sages in the West struggled to support.

With three saints sitting in Buddhism, everyone has to think about whether it is worth going against them.

More importantly, Tongtian really went to the tunnel. Even though Tongtian was still a saint at that time, he ended up having conflicts with Yuanshi and Laozi.

The most important thing is that once that time comes, Yuan Shi and Lao Tzu will not be able to discuss some things in private like before.

At that time, they would have to face the gap between heaven and earth.

Jie Yin was still thinking about this matter, but in Zixiao Palace, Haotian opened his mouth wide.

"Is Tongtian serious? Before he left, he was still thinking about you!"

Haotian really didn't understand the reason why Tongtian did this.

"No, he is trying to drive a wedge between us."

Zhunti spoke with a sneer on his face.

"To sow discord between us? What's so good about this?"

Haotian sneered at this.

"Although it seems that he is thinking about Buddhism now, if a new saint really appears in our Buddhism, we will be the most troublesome at that time, because this means that we, the saints of heaven, have always been very clear about the distinction."

(End of this chapter)