Legend of the Great Sage

no idea about the general situation, no understanding about the bigger picture.
Do you think the buddha nemesis will perish with you if you just die? The Hungry Ghost realm wants her.
If she doesn’t die, the Hungry Ghost realm will never give up!”

“Among the buddhist scriptures I have read, I have only heard about the buddha cutting flesh from his own body to feed hawks, sacrificing his own body to satiate tigers.
I have never heard about the buddha setting ambushes to capture and kill hawks and tigers.
I have never learnt about any general situation or bigger picture either.
As the religious preceptor, you should be setting yourself as an example so that all buddhist disciples throughout the world understand the spirit of the buddha, not scheming and resorting to trickery, only weighing the costs and the benefits…”

“…My death might be useless, but I still have countless colleagues, as well as the arhats and bodhisattvas.
Perhaps the Hungry Ghost realm might not give up, but without the nine provinces, there is still the trichiliocosm and the six realms of saṃsāra.
Even in the face of countless difficulties, as long as the buddhist dharma is not twisted, it can shine forever, bringing light to all! The true buddha nemesis is not in the outside world, but within us.”

Despite the restraints, the Unraging monk’s spirit of grandeur filled the hall.
There would always be some “fools” who firmly believed the concepts mentioned in the books, refusing to turn back even if the world left them bloodied.
Even when he dirtied himself with alcohol and meat, spending his time among demonfolk, that was not enough to extinguish the spirit within him.

“Be quiet, y- you heretic who twists the buddhist dharma.
What do you know about the spirit of the buddha?”

“I know nothing, but if the buddha also launched sneak attacks and set up ambushes like the religious preceptor, then I’d rather hurl myself at the buddha’s statue and die!”

“I hereby abolish your identity as Monk King.
Drag him out and punish him with three thousand beatings!”

……

The sun sank in the west.
A short day had passed.
What came next was the lengthy night.

“Fellows, reinforcements won’t be coming from the Dragon province.
If we want to fight the buddha nemesis, we can only rely on ourselves! As the governor of the Harmony province, I have a duty to the land, so I must fight.
If anyone refuses to take this risk, you are welcome to leave.
I definitely won’t force you to stay,” the governor of the Harmony province said to his honoured guests sternly.
Behind him was the abbot of the Bhikṣu Mountain temple.

Not a single honoured guest left.
All of them had been born and raised in the Harmony province.
They were extremely far away from being mortals now, but if all mortals died, then where would the cultivators come from? Their sects and schools would end with them as well.

“Your wish is our command, your majesty!”

The governor of the Harmony province took out a mental map of the province.
“All we can do is this…”

Late at night.

The honoured guests scattered throughout the sky of the Harmony province, forming groups of twos and threes as they watched the various regions of the Harmony province.
Once they discovered the buddha nemesis’s activity, they would not be in a hurry to strike.
Instead, they would send the news to gather everyone so that they could deal a lethal blow to the buddha nemesis.

The governor of the Harmony province watched the auras on the platform in the Black Dragon King, presiding over the entire situation.

Fortunately, the Harmony province was even slightly smaller than the Green province.
Otherwise, if it had been as large as the Frost province or the Mist province, then it would be impossible to watch the entire place.
However, the Mist province was the main headquarters of the Great Banyan Tree King, while the Frost province was freezing and very sparse in population, which was why they had not served as her first choice.

“Your majesty, there are flames in the east!” The governor of the Harmony province received the news and immediately looked towards the east.
Sure enough, he saw the aura of the populace decline.
“Is it still the east?”

Right when he was about to gather the honoured guests and venture to the east, he received more news.
“Your majesty, there are flames in the northwest too!” “The south as well!”

At that moment, the Samādhi Flames of White Bone burned in every single part of the Harmony province.

The Skeleton Demons that had recovered their strength ran through the wilderness with strange cackles, setting the mountains, forests, and cities alight like sparks.

The governor of the Harmony province hesitated.
He tried using the Aura Observation technique to determine where the buddha nemesis actually was.

The abbot of the Bhikṣu Mountain temple who had remained silent the entire time suddenly said, “Your majesty, I can sense that the formation of the Bhikṣu Mountain temple has been destroyed! The buddha nemesis is at the Bhikṣu Mountain temple!”

“How’s that possible!? The Bhikṣu Mountain temple has the Heavenly King’s Formation of Enveloping Earth.
Even the Black Dragon King would struggle to breach that.”

“I don’t know.
The enemy is at the Bhikṣu Mountain temple.
Please provide reinforcements quickly.
Oh no, the buddha nemesis is trying to open the demon cavern and cause a demonfolk invasion!”