People in Conferred Gods: Rising from humble beginnings, I am the God of Wealth

At the foot of Mount Sumeru.

A figure dressed in a bright red Taoist robe appeared out of thin air under the sunlight, but no one could detect his presence, at least not on Mount Sumeru at the moment.

The Heavenly Court held a grand Peach Banquet, and all the prominent beings in the primordial world were invited.

As a sect of saints, Buddhism is a top-tier power in the primordial world, and naturally it also received invitations from the Heavenly Court, and quite a few of them.

Buddhas and Bodhisattvas such as Tathagata, Dipankara, and Avalokiteshvara all received invitations.

The Heavenly Court invited them to a banquet, so how could they refuse?
Thus, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas such as Tathagata and Dipankara have all been invited to the Heavenly Court to participate in the Peach Banquet and are enjoying the spiritual fruits.

At this time, there were very few Great Luo Golden Immortals in Mount Sumeru. With Yang Xuan deliberately hiding, how could they possibly discover his existence?

To Yang Xuan, the Mount Sumeru before him was essentially undefended, allowing him to come and go as he pleased.

If Buddha were still on Mount Sumeru, Yang Xuan might have been able to sense something when he stepped onto the mountain, but now...

No one will ever discover his existence!

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Yang Xuan did not waste any time. He used the Heavenly Mystery Pearl to conceal his own aura and shield the surrounding heavenly secrets before stepping into Mount Sumeru.

The creation of the heavens is an extremely difficult task. Even though Yang Xuan has a complete plan and is 99% confident that he can create the Twenty-Four Heavens.

However, just to be on the safe side, before creating the world, it is necessary to understand the geological features of Mount Sumeru and the distribution of its internal small worlds.

Based on these factors, choosing the best location to open the gates can further increase the success rate of this matter.

With Yang Xuan's current cultivation level, unless Tathagata suddenly returns or the two Western Saints return from beyond the heavens, even if he travels all over Mount Sumeru, no one will discover his existence.

Moreover, it doesn't take much time; with each step Yang Xuan takes, he arrives at an important ley line node.

Generally speaking, most small worlds appear around the ley lines.

Therefore, after Yang Xuan explored the earth veins of Mount Sumeru, he also gained a sufficient understanding of the distribution of the small worlds within Mount Sumeru.

"The Western Paradise... I see."

After some deduction, Yang Xuan stepped out to the top of Mount Sumeru and determined the best location for the creation of the world, which was the edge of the Western Paradise.

Buddhism teaches that believers are reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss after death. This Pure Land refers to the Western Paradise, which was created by two Western saints and is an important foundation of Buddhist doctrine.

If the twenty-four heavens of Buddhism were established around the Western Paradise, it might be possible to steal some of the authority of the Western Paradise and further establish a foothold in Buddhism.

Furthermore, due to the unique nature of the Pure Land, the area surrounding the Pure Land is the best choice if one wishes to create other heavens.

Having made his decision, Yang Xuan did not hesitate. He sat cross-legged above the Pure Land of Bliss, took out the Ruler of Rules and placed it on his thigh, with the Holy Virtue Golden Wheel floating behind his head.
While adjusting one's own state, one should try to mobilize the power of the surrounding heaven and earth.

As the saying goes, "If you want to do a good job, you must first have the right tools!"
Making all the necessary preparations before taking action can further increase the success rate of opening the heavens.

Moreover, the commotion caused by the creation of the heavens was too great, and no matter how much Yang Xuan activated the Heavenly Mystery Pearl, it was impossible to block out all the noise.

Once Yang Xuan takes action to open the heavens, the two Western Saints, being in chaos, might experience some delay, but the Buddha Tathagata will certainly be able to perceive what is happening on Mount Sumeru.

With Yang Xuan's current cultivation level, even if the Buddha knew, he couldn't do anything about it.

But the Buddha was not an incompetent husband. How could he just watch Yang Xuan steal his home? He couldn't do anything about Yang Xuan, so why didn't he call for reinforcements?

Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is best to make sure everything is ready before starting to create the heavens, so that the Buddha and the two Western Saints can only watch helplessly, but cannot stop it.

And so, Yang Xuan sat cross-legged on the Western Paradise, silently mobilizing the power of heaven and earth around him.

Time flies by, and before we know it, five thousand years have passed.

heaven.

The Peach Banquet continues, and in the primordial world, five thousand years is not a long time.

Many of the invited beings spent tens of thousands of years traveling to the Peach Banquet. If the banquet were to end after only five thousand years, it would be rather anticlimactic.

Moreover, the Heavenly Court is holding this Peach Banquet to celebrate Haotian and the Queen Mother's breakthrough in cultivation and their attainment of the Three Corpses Quasi-Saint status.

However, the purpose of the Heavenly Court in holding this Peach Banquet was to demonstrate the majesty of the Heavenly Court, and it certainly couldn't be that tasting spiritual fruits was the only option.

Tasting the spiritual fruit is merely a way to showcase the Heavenly Court's wealth and tell all living beings in the prehistoric world that the Heavenly Court is no longer the empty shell it once was, but one of the most powerful forces in the prehistoric world!

After the tasting of spiritual fruits concludes, the main event of this grand gathering will begin—

A powerful preacher!

Nowadays, there are many Great Luo Golden Immortals in the Heavenly Court, many of whom are disciples of the Chan and Jie sects. They have profound insights into cultivation and the Great Dao.

Even among the Great Luo Golden Immortals, being able to listen to one of them preach is an immense opportunity, let alone multiple Great Luo Golden Immortals preaching.

More importantly, besides the Great Luo Golden Immortals, the Heavenly Court also has seven Quasi-Saints: Yu the Great, the White Emperor, the Twelfth Moon, the Golden Spirit Mother, Haotian, the Queen Mother, and Yang Xuan.

What is certain at present is that Haotian and the Queen Mother, both Quasi-Saints of the Three Corpses, will also take the stage to preach.

This is a Quasi-Saint of the Three Corpses. So far in the prehistoric world, there have only been three Quasi-Saints of the Three Corpses. To be able to listen to a Quasi-Saint of the Three Corpses preach is an incredibly terrifying opportunity!

Although Haotian and the Queen Mother were considered quasi-saints when the Heavenly Court was first established, no one ever looked down on them.

A quasi-saint is a quasi-saint. No matter how disheveled he looks, he is still a quasi-saint. At most, they can only tease him in private. How could they dare to really look down on him?

As for now...

Haotian and the Queen Mother are both Quasi-Saints with Three Corpses; who dares to mock them? Who dares to underestimate them!
After learning that there would be a sermon by a powerful being after the tasting of the spiritual fruits, with Haotian and the Queen Mother both giving sermons, all the beings participating in the Peach Banquet were filled with anticipation, including even Buddhist figures like the Buddha.

In addition, everyone also had a bit of anticipation in their hearts. Haotian and the Queen Mother had both gone up on stage to preach, so would Yang Xuan also go up on stage to preach?
Although Yang Xuan's cultivation level is not comparable to Haotian and the Queen Mother, he is still a Quasi-Saint with two corpses and is extremely famous. Who hasn't heard of Yang Xuan's name?

The many powerful figures present especially suspected that Yang Xuan had unique insights into corpse severing and that he had a way to help them sever their corpses.

If they were fortunate enough to hear Yang Xuan preach, they might gain unexpected insights into the matter of dismembering corpses.

Therefore, after the tasting of the spiritual fruits ended, no one left. Everyone looked expectantly at the central platform, waiting for the next sermon.

The time required for a great master to preach is destined to be long. Four or five thousand years have passed, and only a few Great Luo Golden Immortals have finished preaching. It is far from the time for Quasi-Saints to take the stage.

Therefore, few people found it strange that Yang Xuan had not appeared.

However, there are a few exceptions, such as the Tathagata Buddha and Dipankara Buddha.

The Buddha remained uneasy, as he had never seen Yang Xuan, nor even his good or evil forms. There was no way around it; the shadow Yang Xuan had cast over the years had been too deep for him to bear.

If it weren't for Yang Xuan, how could Buddhism be in such a dire situation?
But after some deduction, the Buddha could not deduce anything.

After thinking it over, he decided to temporarily suspend his missionary work and have him return to Mount Sumeru to check on things, so that any problems could be discovered in time.

After seeing the Golden Spirit Mother and Zhao Gongming at the Peach Banquet, the Taoist Ran Deng couldn't help but recall the events of the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa creating the world some time ago.

After witnessing the sage create the heavens, he had a vague feeling that he had missed some important opportunity.

When he met the Golden Spirit Mother, he thought of his measuring rod and had a feeling that the opportunity he had taken might be related to his measuring rod.

When he turned around and saw Zhao Gongming again, this feeling became even stronger. He immediately got up and went to find the Golden Spirit Mother, wanting to take back his measuring ruler.

Although he did not have enough evidence to prove who helped the Golden Spirit Mother, there is no doubt that he was killed by the Golden Spirit Mother.

Even if the Measuring Ruler is not in the hands of the Golden Spirit Mother, she should still know its whereabouts.

However, it is clear that it is wishful thinking for Dipankara to obtain information about the Measuring Ruler from the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit.

Even though she killed Randeng once, thus ending the karmic ties between Jinling Shengmu and him, Jinling Shengmu still showed no kindness towards Randeng.

Even if the Measuring Ruler were in her hands, she would never return it to Ran Deng, not even in a fair trade.

Not to mention that the Measuring Ruler is still in Yang Xuan's hands, so she is even less likely to reveal any relevant information.

Left with no other choice, Randeng had to retreat to his position in Buddhism, and his sense of loss grew stronger.

He is now almost certain that after losing the Measuring Ruler, he did indeed miss out on a crucial opportunity.
This opportunity may be related to the Heavenly Court, or even the Celestial Realm. Perhaps... this opportunity is also related to the creation of the world by a sage.

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now; this opportunity is no longer his.

"The creation of heaven and earth... The creation of heaven and earth?!!"

But today, more than five thousand years later, a sudden inspiration struck Ran Deng. He abruptly stood up from his seat, his gaze sweeping over everyone before finally settling on Zhao Gongming. He asked in a deep voice:
"Where is your magic pearl that stabilizes the sea?"

"None of your business!" Zhao Gongming's expression remained unchanged, but he was slightly startled.

To others, Ran Deng's sudden remark seemed out of nowhere.

But Zhao Gongming didn't think so. When Yang Xuan approached Zhao Gongming and borrowed the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, it was all to scheme against the Buddhist sect.

Now that Randeng has directly asked about the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, it's clear he's discovered something. If this isn't handled properly, it could expose Yang Xuan's scheme.

"Could you please take out the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl and let me see it?" Ran Deng continued to press.

In fact, he already had a guess in his mind, a rather terrible guess.

"Why should I show it to you?" Zhao Gongming naturally couldn't possibly take out the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

But Ran Deng doesn't need a clear answer. As long as Zhao Gongming can't produce it and Yang Xuan hasn't shown up for many years, that's enough to explain things.

He hurriedly turned his head and said to Buddha with a serious expression:

"Buddha, there may be some trouble on Mount Sumeru. Please return to the mountain and take a look!"

Ran Deng did not directly state his guess, firstly because he was not yet certain about it.

If his guess is wrong, revealing this matter would be like leaking a secret, and he might end up becoming Yang Xuan's ally.

Secondly, if his guess is correct, he will know what happened when Tathagata returns to Mount Sumeru.

"I'm going back to Mount Sumeru right now!"

The Buddha already felt uneasy, and now seeing Dipankara's serious expression, he immediately stood up and prepared to return to Mount Sumeru in person.

He was faster than the good corpse and took less time to return to Mount Sumeru.

But after thinking about it, he still felt that this was not a safe bet.

If Yang Xuan has been missing for so many years, and is indeed plotting something related to Mount Sumeru, then...

These powerful Buddhist figures all came to the Heavenly Court for a banquet, and for someone like Yang Xuan, Mount Sumeru was practically defenseless.

So many years have passed, enough time for Yang Xuan to accomplish many things. Even if his physical body were faster, it might still be too late.

After a moment of careful consideration, Buddha decided to summon the two Western Saints. No matter what Yang Xuan wanted to do, as long as the two Western Saints lowered their gaze, everything would be exposed.

Om-!
But at that moment, a mysterious fluctuation suddenly emanated from Mount Sumeru, and in the blink of an eye, it spread throughout the three realms of the primordial world.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Xuan's voice echoed in the ears of all living beings in the prehistoric world.

"Heaven, Earth, and Man are above. I am Yang Xuan. Now, feeling that Buddhism has shortcomings, I have specially opened up the Twenty-Four Heavens to perfect the Buddhist doctrines!"

what? !

As soon as Yang Xuan finished speaking, Tathagata's expression changed drastically. He could no longer sit still and immediately began to call out the names of the two Western Saints.

Although Yang Xuan said that he had discovered the shortcomings of Buddhism and was supplementing its doctrines.

But who in the primordial world didn't know that there was a struggle between Yang Xuan's divine path and Buddhism, with both forces vying for incense offerings and vows?

Yang Xuan is already being kind by not causing trouble for Buddhism, so how could he possibly help Buddhism complete its doctrines?
No matter who it was, their first thought upon hearing Yang Xuan's announcement was that there was some unknown scheme behind Yang Xuan's actions, which would definitely deal a heavy blow to Buddhism.

Upon further reflection, they had a guess in their minds.

"There's something wrong with these Twenty-Four Heavens!"

Even if Buddhism were to establish the Twenty-Four Heavens, how could it be the turn of an outsider like Yang Xuan to do it? Could it be that the two Western Saints couldn't do it?

If the creation of the Twenty-Four Heavens can truly complete the Buddhist doctrines, then wouldn't Yang Xuan, as the creator, be like a nail that is directly inserted into Buddhism, yet Buddhism cannot pull it out?

"So...so ruthless!"

After understanding the key point, all the beings in the primordial world changed their expressions slightly, becoming greatly wary.

The Buddhist monks looked even uglier, as if they had eaten shit, but they were helpless. If they rushed back at their current speed, it would be too late. They could only pin their hopes on the two Western Saints.

As long as the two Western Saints return in time, there is still a chance for things to turn around! (End of Chapter)