Not long after the Western Sage arrived in Bianliang City, a beam of auspicious light flashed across the eastern sky, and the Sage Zhunti arrived together with the Goddess Nuwa.
Upon seeing this, the Buddhist leader, the Sage of Reception, quickly rose and led a group of Buddhist disciples to greet him outside the city.
Meanwhile, the demon saints of the demon race, led by the Kunpeng Ancestor, came to pay their respects to the Goddess Nuwa.
After all, Nuwa was the queen of the demon race, so these demon saints naturally treated her with great respect.
As night fell and the city lights came on, the entire city of Bianliang was illuminated.
Meanwhile, in mid-air, the three holy leaders also raised auspicious clouds. In an instant, the hazy Buddhist light and the glow of the sunset reflected each other, illuminating half of the sky and sharing the same beauty as the two auspicious clouds opposite.
This extraordinary sight caused the people of the city to look up in amazement.
The cultivators, on the other hand, felt the oppressive force of these three powerful auras, and their hearts were filled with doubt and uncertainty...
Inside the reed hut outside the city, Yuanshi Tianzun slightly raised his eyelids, cast his gaze at the three auspicious clouds hanging high opposite him, and said in a calm tone, "I didn't expect that Goddess Nuwa would actually choose to stand on the other side."
Upon hearing this, Laozi, who was standing to the side, responded indifferently, "It doesn't matter. One more or one less makes no difference."
Since she's unwilling to enjoy peace and quiet beyond the heavens and instead throws herself into this bloodbath, then we've humiliated her, and she'll have nothing more to say.
Yuanshi Tianzun nodded slightly in agreement.
As the true descendants of Pangu, possessing the most precious treasures created at the beginning of time, they were completely unconcerned about the presence of an additional sage...
The next day.
The sky was bright.
The sages tacitly put away the auspicious clouds.
The clouds that had enveloped the heavens vanished instantly, and the world, including mountains and rivers, returned to their original colors...
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"Let's go out of the city and meet them."
As the sun rose in the east, the Sage of Reception realized that it was getting late, so he turned to the Sage of Zhunti and the Goddess Nuwa beside him and said softly.
The two sages exchanged a glance and then nodded slightly.
Thus, accompanied by Shakyamuni Buddha and Kunpeng, the three holy leaders slowly walked out of Bianliang City and went straight to the vast plain outside the city.
At the same time, Zhao Qin quickly assembled his army and led them to follow the three leaders outside the city.
A moment later, Laozi, inside the reed hut, keenly sensed the auras of the three religious leaders and saints.
He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said to Yuanshi Tianzun beside him with a smile, "Let's go over there too."
Yuanshi Tianzun nodded slightly and replied softly, "Indeed, we must not keep them waiting too long."
Immediately, the two leaders slowly stood up, got off the reed hut, one climbed onto the back of the blue ox, and the other sat back on the Nine Dragons Incense Carriage.
Surrounded by their many disciples, they steadily made their way toward the other side.
Soon, the five leaders and saints met in the center of this battlefield.
Zhunti Daoist's gaze swept across Taishang and Yuanshi's faces. He stood up and stepped forward, asking, "Brother Daoists, this is supposed to be a tribulation for us disciples. As Hunyuan and elders, how can you personally intervene and make things difficult for us disciples?"
This bullying of the weak by the strong—aren't you afraid of losing face if word gets out?
Yuanshi Tianzun coldly said, "Fellow Daoist, you are mistaken. We have come down the mountain by divine mandate to send your disciples to the Investiture of the Gods. Your presence here is against the will of Heaven and is not the act of a sage."
Laozi also said indifferently, "You are nothing but heretics, yet you want to imitate us, like Pangu, who protects his own? You are simply ignorant."
"Bah! You old thief, you've gone too far! We are all Primordial Saints, no less than Pangu. How dare you look down on us?" Zhunti Daoist said indignantly.
Nuwa frowned slightly upon hearing this.
To be honest, she was extremely dissatisfied with the four Pangu Saints for being arrogant and conceited because of their status.
The reason she was willing to stand with the two Western religious leaders and go down the mountain to help them was partly because she wanted to teach these shameless Pangu people a lesson.
As Master Zhunti said, we are all of the same Hunyuan Wuji, so why does the Pangu lineage look down on us so high and mighty?
As the saying goes, "Buddha fights for a stick of incense, man fights for a breath of air."
Even if they are saints, they are not truly devoid of emotions and desires; they still think about saving face...
The several religious leaders and saints engaged in a heated debate, but not only could no one convince the others, the atmosphere became increasingly tense. In desperation, they could only decide the victor through supernatural powers.
They had made preparations before they arrived.
Yuanshi Tianzun was the first to enter the arena, pointing the Pangu Banner at the Sage Zhunti.
"The Great Dao is not found in words. Verbal disputes are not the way of us sages. If you have the guts, then come and fight me. I will show you what the true lineage of Pangu is."
The Sage Zhunti chuckled, "What am I afraid of? After I defeat you, let's see if you still dare to be so arrogant."
"You'll have to have the ability too." Yuanshi Tianzun smiled dismissively, slowly pressing towards Zhunti Saint while holding the Pangu Banner.
As the Sage Zhunti pushed up his hair bun, a cloud of auspiciousness rose above his head, upon which stood a golden Bodhi statue.
Last time, Hu Le almost shattered this Dharma image, but although not much time has passed, he has already repaired the golden body.
Saint Zhunti, carrying the Azure Lotus Banner in one hand and the Seven Treasures Tree in the other, slowly approached Yuanshi Tianzun to greet him.
Upon seeing this, the Primordial Celestial Venerable also manifested a celebratory cloud, upon which hung a thousand golden lamps and ten thousand golden flowers.
The two religious leaders each took a few steps forward.
Yuanshi Tianzun directly shook the Pangu Banner and released a chaotic sword energy that slashed towards the Sage Zhunti.
The sword energy tore through the void, turning the surroundings into a landscape of earth, fire, water, and wind.
Facing the sword light, the Sage Zhunti raised the Seven Treasures Tree.
With a loud bang.
The chaotic sword energy was shattered by the Seven Treasures Tree, and the broken sword energy shot out in all directions.
If this sword energy were to truly run rampant, not only would Bianliang City, which was not far behind them, be reduced to dust, but the entire world would be reduced to ashes.
Lao Tzu simply presented the Taiji diagram.
A white jade bridge suddenly rose up, spanning the heavens and the earth, and the sword energy that had been shooting out from all directions was instantly annihilated.
The aftershocks of the battle between the two leaders also dissipated into the void.
With the Tai Chi diagram suppressing the entire area and neutralizing the aftershocks of the energy, Yuanshi Tianzun and Zhunti Saint simply let go of their inhibitions and went all out.
The exchange between the two quickly intensified.
On the field, the two exchanged blows, advancing and retreating swiftly, their magical artifacts colliding and sparking countless rays of light.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred rounds had passed, and with the help of the Pangu Banner, Yuanshi Tianzun finally began to gradually gain the upper hand...
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