Don't let Yu Ding take on any more disciples.

Chapter 482 The Great Vow Technique
This communication jade tablet was a treasure given to him by the Jade Cauldron Immortal.

This thing is really useful. He had already called all the people on his end, but Ao Run was still making calls on the other end, and the sound was still intermittent.

Long face!

That really made him look good.

Seeing that he still had time, he thought for a moment and then started fiddling with the jade tablet again.

Seeing this, Ao Qin and Ao Shun curiously approached and saw that Ao Guang had written a line of words on the jade tablet:

Something has happened in the Western Sea, my son, come quickly!

“The situation at the Demon Sealing Cave in the West Sea is so bad that even a few of us can’t handle it. What’s the point of sending your nephew over?” Ao Qin shook his head and said.

Ao Shun frowned and said, "The Demon Sealing Cave is such a dangerous place. We won't have time to take care of him then."

Ao Guang said calmly, "It's alright, brothers. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong."

He knew that Ao Qin and Ao Shun thought he was calling his eldest son, Ao Jia, but he deliberately didn't explain.

Although Ao Jia is the eldest prince, he is rather mediocre in terms of talent and comprehension, which is why he chose to gamble half of the East Sea Dragon Clan's fortune on Ao Bing.

Although they are brothers, they are not blood brothers, but cousins.

Moreover, they were cousins ​​who had already separated from their families.

They seem amicable on the surface, but think about it: even close brothers keep clear accounts and compare themselves to each other, fearing that their brothers will be better off than them. If they were truly of one mind, the family division wouldn't have happened.

He had often lost face when talking about his children because Ao Jia was disappointing.

Now that Ao Bing has completed his training, it's time for him to come out and make a name for himself and the East Sea in front of these uncles, and tell them why the East Sea is the leader of the four seas.

Seeing that Ao Guang said this, Ao Qin and Ao Shun stopped trying to persuade him. Since they couldn't persuade him, they wouldn't be blamed for any accidents that happened later.

At this time, Ao Run had also finished shaking his helpers and came over.

“Speaking of which…shouldn’t we report this matter to the Heavenly Court?” Ao Shun pondered.

Ao Guang nodded: "Logically speaking, since we have already submitted to the Heavenly Court, we should report such a big incident to the Heavenly Court and ask them to send heavenly soldiers to our aid."

"Hmph, the Heavenly Court has been harassed several times already, do you really think they can be relied on?" Ao Run snorted.

"Third brother, your stance is dangerous!"

Ao Guang said in a deep voice, "The Heavenly Court has been disturbed before, but don't forget that both Erlang Shen and Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, were eventually recruited into the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Court has been getting stronger all along."

He immediately realized that this brother seemed to be leaning towards the West.

Of course, what Ao Run said was true; he, Ao Guang, had also established connections with Yu Ding Zhenren and the Chan Sect.
But the Chan Sect is an Eastern religious sect and one of the forces behind the Heavenly Court.

Furthermore, the three religions of the East share a common origin, yet they still have a very tense relationship due to differences in doctrine; how much more so between the East and the West?

Ao Shun also said, "Yes, Third Brother, you can't say things like that."

"Alright, the situation is urgent. Let's go to the Demon Sealing Cave first, we'll talk about this later." Ao Run took the lead and transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-long black dragon, leaving.

After exchanging glances, Ao Guang and the others revealed their true forms as Azure Dragon, Crimson Dragon, and White Dragon and followed.

……

At this moment, on a certain mountain peak in the primordial wilderness.

"Brother Feipeng!"

A burly figure rushed into a cave: "Good news, fantastic good news!"

Inside the cave, a figure sat cross-legged in the void, dressed in a golden robe, with his eyes closed, his body enveloped in golden light.

It was Xiao Fei.

"What is it?" Xiao Fei asked calmly, without opening his eyes.

When he's out and about, the name Xiaofei doesn't carry much weight. Feipeng is the name he gave himself, but he still prefers to be called the Demon King by outsiders.

The Lion Camel King laughed and said, "I just received news that something wonderful has happened to the West Sea Dragon Clan, something that will absolutely make you happy. Guess what it is?"

"Get to the point, stop with the nonsense," Fei Peng snorted.

The Lion Camel King said, "News has come from outside that a few days ago, a guy took advantage of the West Sea Dragon King's absence and single-handedly destroyed the entire West Sea Dragon Palace. Right now, the West Sea is searching everywhere for the whereabouts of this Overturning Sea Dragon."

Fei Peng suddenly opened his eyes, his sharp golden pupils revealing surprise: "What did you just say?"

His feud with the West Sea Dragon Palace ended when he ate the second prince of the West Sea Dragon Palace.

Although he also caused a great disturbance in the West Sea at the time, compared with this guy who challenged the West Sea and demolished the Dragon Palace, his deeds immediately seemed insignificant.

Lion Camel King chuckled and said, "Big brother, don't you have a grudge against the West Sea Dragon Palace? Back then, the West Sea even issued a nationwide manhunt order against you, and those wild Taoists from the Western Sect forced us to move repeatedly. So as soon as I heard this news, I came to tell you to be happy."

"Do you know who demolished the West Sea Dragon Palace?"

Fei Peng couldn't hide his admiration and said, "To dare to cause such a ruckus in the Western Sea all by himself, such courage makes him quite a hero."

"It's not Yinghao, brother. I think his name is something like Fuhaijiao, and he's also the illegitimate son of the West Sea Dragon King."

Lion Camel King chuckled as he spoke: "That old lecher has countless illegitimate children outside. This time, his home was destroyed by his illegitimate children. It can be said that God has eyes."

"An illegitimate child? That's even more interesting."

Fei Peng's eyes flashed with golden light, and he sneered, "Since the Western Sea Dragon Clan wants to kill him, then I will protect him."

Soon after, golden light surged atop Tianpeng Mountain, and a divine bird of extraordinary beauty, its entire body golden with some black markings, soared into the sky, its wings spreading to cover a patch of heaven.

With a flap of its wings, the roc instantly whipped up a fierce wind in the area, and the divine bird soared into the sky, its golden pupils shooting out a chilling light that could terrify the soul, before vanishing into the horizon in an instant.

……

Mount Sumeru.

Maitreya and Jinchan stood side by side on a cliff, looking towards the Western Sea.

"My disciple's father once asked you for help. What would you do, senior brother?"

Jin Chan looked at Maitreya calmly and asked, "Should we help or not?"

Maitreya didn't speak, but the smile on his face no longer looked so happy.

Jin Chan smiled and said, "By the way, when you attained the Great Luo Dao Fruit, did you fulfill the great vow you made?"

"Junior brother, sometimes it's better not to bring this up,"

Maitreya sighed, his smile appearing even more sorrowful: "It's also a kind of kindness."

In the primordial world, there were four major religious traditions: the Human School, the Chan School, the Jie School, and the Western School!
But in reality, everyone knows that, whether in the primordial world or the world beyond, the influence of the Western religion is not on the same level as the other three religions that originated from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

To join the three religions is the wish of every primordial being; the Western way has always been a second-best option.

The reason why the Western religion is ranked as one of the four major religions in the primordial world is simply because it has two saintly leaders.

but,

In the West, there is a very special method of enlightenment called the Great Vow Technique.

The two leaders made forty-eight great vows before they attained the Primordial Dao Fruit.

Since it's a wish... then it needs to be fulfilled!

You might dare to owe others something, but who dares to owe a vow made to Heaven? Therefore, the Western religion has set out a grand plan to fulfill vows, to convert sentient beings, collect faith, and accumulate faith to fulfill vows to Heaven.

That is why they tirelessly traveled east and west to spread Western Taoist teachings in and beyond the primordial world.

However, wherever the disciples of the three religions went, the Three Pure Ones' teachings were immediately regarded as orthodox and received people's support.

Their Western religions, including their doctrines and teachings, are considered heretical. At best, they are driven away by being pelted with rotten vegetables and eggs; at worst, they are arrested and burned at the stake. Therefore, their work is extremely difficult to carry out.

They were extremely frustrated, but there was nothing they could do.

In order to attract believers and disciples and promote the prosperity of Western religions, they had to be more shameless when traveling abroad.

Thus arose the rumor of a "battle between the orthodox traditions" between the East and the West.

The Western Sea Dragon Clan is located in their western territory, and there are many aquatic creatures there. What's more, they are not affiliated with the three major religions.

Therefore, he took Ao Rong, the second son of Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea, as his disciple to get close to and win him over, and then expand his influence to the dragon clans of the four seas in the future.

But his brilliant plan came to an end when his apprentice was eaten by a golden-winged roc.

As his master, he shouldn't have let that beast go, both for personal and professional reasons, but unfortunately, the beast was too fast, and even he was powerless to stop it.

Jin Chan glanced at him: "Let's go!"

Maitreya sighed. Not to mention fulfilling the vows of his two teachers, he himself had also made a vow in order to attain enlightenment.

At that moment, whether he wanted to or not, his body followed along honestly.

……

At this moment, in the distance.

Yu Ding walked in the high sky with his eyes closed. He took a step as if he were strolling in a garden, but each step covered tens of thousands of miles.

"Fellow Daoist Bodhi!"

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the Jade Cauldron, connected with Bodhi, questioned him: "You haven't been idle all these years, have you? Back then, I sent you to infiltrate the West and learn their teachings, but you secretly taught me a troublesome thing."

It's bad enough that his disciples over the years have been troublesome, but then Bodhi turns out to be his incarnation... How could this be...?

Bodhi sneered, "If the Western Sect were so easy to join, why don't you go there yourself, brother?"

Yu Ding: "..."

Bodhi laughed again, "Although you are not me, I am you, so my disciple is naturally your disciple. Why distinguish between you and me?"

Seeing that Yu Ding remained silent, Bodhi continued, "Brother Dao, as long as you settle this matter for A Jiao, we will even out the matter with Fairy Yunxiao last time. In addition, I have some secrets of the Western Sect to tell you."

Yu Ding's eyes lit up: "Tell me quickly!"

Bodhi smiled and said, "Then what about our disciple..."

Yu Ding laughed and said, "No problem!"

After a long silence, Yu Ding asked with a strange expression, "So the Western Sect's plan to rise to power is all about fulfilling a vow? All the disciples of the Western Sect are busy paying off debts for those two...?"

The so-called Great Wish Technique is more like a form of advance consumption, where one makes an IOU to the Heavenly Dao to obtain the Primordial Dao Fruit, promising to repay it later.

Would Heaven, as the creditor, be afraid of people defaulting on their debts?

Even a saint wouldn't do!

How great must the power of this great vow be to attain the position of one of only six Heavenly Saints in the world?

They even sent out a total of forty-eight!
What immense power of faith would it take to repay this debt?

Yu Ding sighed, and he had to admit that the two Westerners were also formidable characters with great courage.

Otherwise, what's the difference between this and signing a contract to sell oneself into servitude?
No wonder Zhunti, a sage, disregarded his status and repeatedly appeared before people to manifest his divine power and guide the destined immortals of the East.

It's obvious that after being 'converted', those immortals will become preachers of the Western Religion, traveling to worlds large and small beyond the primordial wilderness to collect faith power for them.

Bodhi gave Yu Ding a deep look: "You can understand it that way too!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Bye!"

Yu Ding severed the connection, his eyes flashing. This made sense of all the actions of the Western Religion.

He was still in the Jade Void Palace when he received Ao Guang's call and immediately set off.

Above the Demon-Sealing Cave is the Demon-Suppressing Hall, which contains the Haotian Tower. He was determined to go there so that the supreme innate spiritual treasure could reappear in the world.

Only later did he realize that the so-called Overturning Sea Dragon was a good deed done to him by the incarnation of Bodhi.

"Immortal Jade Cauldron! Immortal Jade Cauldron!"

As Yu Ding was pondering, he heard a voice and looked up to see a figure waving at him from not far away.

"Venus?"

Yu Ding was slightly taken aback, not expecting to run into him here: "What are you doing here?"

Taibai smiled bitterly and said, "I was ordered to go to the mortal world to find a candidate for the new Heavenly Emperor, but I did not find one. The Water God of the Western Continent reported that something had happened in the Demon Sealing Cave in the Western Sea, and since I was closest to the Western Sea, I was sent here to investigate and deal with it."

"Is Heaven going to elect a new Heavenly Emperor?"

Yu Ding was somewhat surprised, but the next Heavenly Emperor had already been decided long ago.

He already knew who the candidate was, and he had intended to keep it as a trump card, but Longji lost it again.

Taibai nodded and told Yuding about the recent situation: "The Heavenly Court is leaderless, and it has been defeated time and time again... The heavenly soldiers and generals are disappointed with the Heavenly Court. Countless people have resigned over the years. The ministers are indignant and demand that a new Heavenly Emperor be elected. I... I really can't stop them."

Yu Ding patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Tai Bai, don't be discouraged. As the saying goes, the peak produces false supporters, while the trough reveals true loyalty. Those who remain will be the pillars of the Heavenly Court in the future."

Venus paused for a moment, then nodded in deep agreement.

“Come on, I happen to be going to the Western Sea on my way, so I’ll go with you to see what happened and lend a hand if needed.” Yu Ding also did Taibai Jinxing a favor.

Venus was taken aback, looked deeply at Jade Cauldron, and suddenly asked, "Immortal Jade Cauldron, do you want to become the Heavenly Emperor?"

This time, Yu Ding was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Tai Bai, you must be joking!"

He didn't care about being the Heavenly Emperor; the main thing was that in the prehistoric world, the Heavenly Emperor was an existence on par with those Heavenly Dao Saints. He wanted to try what it felt like to be on equal footing with the Heavenly Dao Saints.

Taibai Jinxing said with a serious expression, "I'm not joking. I wouldn't dare to hide anything from you, Immortal. We immortals who seek the Heavenly Emperor have a quota for nomination. As long as Immortal Yuding speaks up, I will immediately recommend you."

Jade tripod: ()
When the opportunity to become the Heavenly Emperor was truly presented to him, Old Yu Ding's heart still stirred somewhat against his will. Just as a man cannot resist the eight words: "By the mandate of Heaven, may you live a long and prosperous life," especially since this time it was not by the mandate of Heaven but by becoming the Heavenly Emperor.

"This...this isn't quite right, is it?" Yu Ding coughed.

Seeing that Yu Ding seemed interested, Venus quickly persuaded him, "What's wrong with that? I can't find the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor to undergo tribulation. After searching for so many years, I suddenly realized that Immortal Yu Ding is the most suitable one."

Yu Ding shook his head: "My master won't allow it!"

Firstly, he still needs to prove his Dao in the multiverse and reach the other shore. Right now, he just needs to find the Jade Cauldron Immortal of the multiverse. Once he becomes the Heavenly Emperor, his counterpart will be the Heavenly Emperor of the multiverse.

Secondly, the position of the Heavenly Emperor was, frankly speaking, predetermined long ago.

Finally, he mentioned that the two Western Saints signed a contract of servitude, but at least they received the Primordial Dao Fruit, a real benefit. The Heavenly Emperor, on the other hand, can only sit on equal footing with the Saints in the Heavenly Court, which is not as good as the Great Vow Technique!

He shut down Venus with a single sentence.

Taibai Jinxing shook his head with a regretful expression and said, "It's a pity that a celestial being like you isn't the Heavenly Emperor... Should I go and talk to the Heavenly Venerable about this?"

I hope you'll still be able to say that after you find out that the ones who caused trouble in Heaven were all my disciples... Yu Ding smiled and said, "Tai Bai, there's no need for further words."