In his view...
The myriad races of the Demon Court, how could they possibly know that Fang Ming intended this move, to utterly annihilate them...
So, hiding in the chaos, within the Great Thousand World opened by the Six Sages, a Great Thousand World of observable cosmic volume... the possibility of this was infinitesimally small...
And hiding in the Zixiao Palace, even more so... the abode of the Dao Ancestor, who could possibly hide there?
The only possibility was to briefly venture outside the primordial membrane of heaven and earth, deep into the chaotic currents. However, for a peak Taiyi Golden Immortal, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure was needed for protection to travel from the Great Desolation world all the way to the Zixiao Palace...
Although a Da Luo Golden Immortal could directly reach the Zixiao Palace, only expending spiritual power and not requiring spiritual treasures, spiritual power was finite. If one did not wish to perish in the chaos from depleted spiritual power, ordinary innate deities generally did not want to venture into the chaos...
Let alone Da Luo Golden Immortals, even Quasi-Saints and Sub-Saints dared not reside permanently in the chaotic currents...
Therefore, how many races could have foreseen Fang Ming's move and hidden in the chaos beforehand?
Likely, none!
Or rather, even if there were, their numbers would be infinitesimally small!
In the chaos, there was no long-lived primordial matter. For Fang Ming, who cultivated the Heaven-Shielding Method, it was a forbidden zone... A Great Emperor's lifespan of twenty thousand years could be exhausted in the chaos, and that was no joke...
But in the chaos, there was no heavenly spiritual energy to absorb. For beings of the Great Desolation, innate deities, and cultivators of the Heavenly Dao method, it was also a forbidden zone... The chaotic currents could not be refined by cultivators of the Heavenly Dao method either!
Who would, without reason, run into a forbidden zone?
Conversely, within the spheres of influence of the Five Heavenly Dao Sages, the possibility was truly immense...
Fang Ming had detected many innate deities cultivating the Heaven-Shielding Method within the spheres of influence of the Five Heavenly Dao Sages... and also the remnants of the myriad races of the Demon Court hiding there.
"These remnants of the old era must be purged..."
"As for the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin tribes... the Dragon tribe has already been brought under the Human race, so there's no need to concern ourselves..."
"The Phoenix tribe and Qilin tribe refuse to be recognized as demons, do not belong to the demon race, and have long resided in their ancestral lands, uninvolved in external affairs. Therefore, they also have no tribesmen cultivating the Heaven-Shielding Method..."
"Then, we will let them off for now... merely doing our best to send the heavenly spiritual energy belonging to the Human race, the heavenly spiritual energy imprinted with the Human race's mark, to them, so they can refine it... and prepare for battle."
"Now, we must deal with... the demon race within the spheres of influence of the Five Heavenly Dao Sages! And the innate deities cultivating the Heaven-Shielding Method!"
In the center of the Heavenly Court.
Standing before the Heavenly Net, the peerless young overlord operating it, a cold glint flashed in his eyes!
The Western Teachings, the Buddhist sect!
The Chan Teachings, the Daoist sect!
The Buddhist and Daoist schools, claiming to be detached from worldly affairs, would they dare to disobey the Human Emperor's decree? To not be governed by Human race laws?
One must know...
Without a sovereign, how can laws be established...
Disobeying the sovereign's command... The Three Martial and One Sect once eradicated Buddhism!
...
The Western lands.
This place is the western part of the Great Desolation world.
Unlike the prosperity of the Eastern world, the Western lands are generally barren.
Here, the land is vast, but cultivators are few.
This situation is clearly not conducive to mutual exchange among cultivators.
Therefore, the Western Teachings, established by the Two Sages of the West, or rather, the Buddhist sect, has built numerous gathering places.
These gathering places, occupying less than one-millionth of the Western lands, are truly the prosperous areas of the Western lands!
Here, there are a large number of cultivators, abundant heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and also many—Arhats of the Western Teachings!
These Arhats, in these gathering places, set up altars to preach, propagating the methods of Buddhism!
A cultivator from a heterodox path, a practitioner of the Everlasting Silver Crystal Rock tribe, one of the myriad races of the Demon Court, comes here to listen to an Arhat preach!
The myriad races of the Demon Court... not just beast tribes! Although beast tribes form the vast majority, there are also many plant races!
Not only animals can be demons! Plants can also be demons!
Even more absurdly—even rocks, flames, or even heavenly materials and earthly treasures that transform—in theory, can be classified as demon races!
As one of the myriad races of the Demon Court!
Back then, when Di Jun fought against the Wu tribe, he could not manage so much. He resorted to all means, directly incorporating the vast majority of beast tribes, a small portion of plant races, and very, very few non-living entities like rocks and flames, as long as they could transform and possess intelligence, into the myriad races of the Demon Court!
The Everlasting Silver Crystal Rock tribe possesses longevity, inherently possessing the laws of Golden Immortal immortality. The difficulty of advancing to Golden Immortal is relatively much easier than for other races.
After cultivating to Golden Immortal, progressing further is no different from other races.
This practitioner of a heterodox path, named Devadatta, is a powerful figure of the Everlasting Silver Crystal Rock tribe, having reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
The number of Everlasting Silver Crystal Rock tribesmen who possess intelligence and can transform is extremely rare, not exceeding a hundred.
Devadatta is already considered the strongest within his tribe!
However, he did not inherit the position of tribal chief. Instead, he became a rogue cultivator, leaving the Demon Court and coming to the Western lands, specifically to pay homage to the Buddhas, Arhats, and Bodhisattvas of the Western Teachings in his heart.
Heterodox paths, what are heterodox paths?
Outside the Xuanmen (Daoist sect), all are heterodox paths. And the leader of heterodox paths in the Wu-Demon era was undoubtedly the Western Teachings!
Devadatta is listening to the Buddhas of the Western Teachings preach at this large gathering place.
On the high altar, an Arhat speaks:
"Everyone! Our Western Teachings' two sect leaders! Saint Zhun Ti and Saint Jie Yin, have calculated the heavenly secrets, exhausting the past and future..."
"The two Saints have calculated that in the next two kalpas, our Western Teachings will be renamed the Buddhist sect!"
"The two Saints have calculated that during the great flourishing of Buddhism, there will be countless Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats!"
"This is the scene of the future!"
"Based on this, they have established the positions within our Western Teachings! Calculating the future to determine present positions is truly the supreme divine might of the Two Sages of the West!"
The numerous heterodox cultivators below applaud continuously, feeling a sense of sudden enlightenment!
"I was wondering why I kept hearing about the Western Teachings in the Eastern world!"
"But I never heard of any Buddhist sect?"
"So, the Western Teachings are the Buddhist sect!"
"So, it is the supreme divine might of the Two Sages of the West! They have calculated the past and future, almost exhausting all heavenly secrets, enabling the name 'Buddhist sect' to appear during this Wu-Demon era!"
"Reversing cause and effect, the Saints' divine abilities are truly invincible!"
"So, this is the utilization of karma..."
Below the stage, in addition to many heterodox cultivators with Taiyi Golden Immortal and Golden Immortal cultivation, there were also a large number of ordinary Human race mortals.
The ordinary Human race mortals, unlike these heterodox immortals and deities, usually only possess the cultivation of refining essence into qi and refining qi into spirit.
Even cultivators who refine emptiness to integrate with the Dao are very few. As for Human race mortals who have achieved immortality or the Earth Immortal realm, not a single one is seen.