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

Chapter 487 Heaven and Earth Recognize, the True Lineage of Bliss!
"Do not!!!"

When the two Western Saints broke free from the influence of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, they witnessed a scene that made their eyes widen in horror.

At the summit of Mount Sumeru, Yang Xuan held the Ruler of Rules, as if he held the entire universe in his hand; his arm trembled slightly.

He slowly swung the Ruler of Rules, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth within and outside Mount Sumeru, channeling it through the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls into the surrounding twenty-four directions of the Middle Thousand Worlds.

Although Mount Sumeru is called a mountain, it is actually one of the most supreme blessed lands in the primordial world, containing many worlds of varying sizes.

It is capable of containing so many worlds, so its scale is enormous, far beyond what any other world can compare to.

This demonstrates just how immense the power of heaven and earth that Yang Xuan mobilized was.

Originally, these twenty-four middle worlds were about to expand to their limit, not far from the great world.

Now, with such a massive influx of the power of heaven and earth, in the blink of an eye, these twenty-four middle-thousand worlds have transformed into great-thousand worlds.

Finally, the scale of these twenty-four worlds expanded several times over before it came to a stop.

Although these vast worlds have not yet reached their limit and still have room for further expansion, their interiors are empty and in need of rebuilding.

However, after these twenty-four worlds transformed into the Great Thousand Worlds, the twenty-four heavens of Buddhism were already established and could not be changed.

Even if Buddhism itself created twenty-four great worlds, it would not be recognized by the primordial world. They would only be twenty-four great worlds, but could not be the twenty-four heavens of Buddhism.

In other words, unless Yang Xuan voluntarily withdraws, the position of the Lord of the Twenty-Four Heavens of Buddhism can only be held by Yang Xuan. It is impossible for anyone else to replace him, not even the Two Sages of the West!

The Twenty-Four Devas, as an important part of Buddhism, hang above the Western Paradise...

Or rather, the original Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, combined with the current Twenty-Four Devas of Buddhism, is the true Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!
If Buddhism denies the existence of the Twenty-Four Devas, it is tantamount to denying the Western Paradise. The basic rules established by the two Western Saints will also become incorrect or even invalid.

This is equivalent to negating all the efforts Buddhism has made over the years, and Buddhism has to redo its doctrines, including its fundamental doctrines, starting from scratch.

Even the Buddhist community cannot afford such a price! No matter how unhappy the Buddhist community is, they can only grit their teeth and accept it.

"Damn it, damn it! This was supposed to be my measuring rod, that was supposed to be my destiny!!!"

In the Heavenly Court, Dipankara glanced at the scene, and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

Although Yang Xuan was holding a rule ruler and there was no trace of the Heavenly Ruler, he could still tell that it was his Heavenly Ruler, or rather, the Heavenly Ruler was part of the rule ruler.

He is now certain that the mysterious expert who helped the Golden Spirit Mother was Yang Xuan!

If it weren't for Yang Xuan's help, he wouldn't have died at the hands of the Golden Spirit Mother, and his Measuring Ruler wouldn't have been taken away by Yang Xuan.

Then this opportunity to create the world today will not fall into Yang Xuan's hands, but he will complete the great feat of creating the world. He will then be able to use this opportunity to become a Quasi-Saint, and his status in Buddhism will be comparable to that of the Tathagata.

Unfortunately, there is no if!

Now all the dust has settled, the Twenty-Four Heavens of Buddhism have been established, and Yang Xuan has become the Lord of the Twenty-Four Heavens, a position that no one can change.

From now on, Yang Xuan will play a pivotal role in Buddhism, becoming a key figure infiltrating the Buddhist community.

Yang Xuan's achievement is so important, filling the most crucial link in the prehistoric world. It is a major opportunity for the rise of Buddhism and even the West. How could the prehistoric world not reward him?
Everyone knows that the reason why the Western religion of the past, now Buddhism, has been able to gain divine favor and is destined to prosper is fundamentally because the West needs to prosper.

During the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, the West suffered severe damage. However, before the primordial world could repair itself, the conflict between the demonic and spiritual paths broke out, causing the West to be damaged once again and its very essence to be harmed.

As a result, even today, many of the earth's veins in the West are still damaged.

If the West cannot be restored, the primordial world will never be considered complete, hence the prophecy that "the West will eventually prosper."

But the West is too vast, and the idea that the West will flourish is too general. So it has gradually evolved into the current idea that Buddhism will eventually flourish.

Its true purpose is to enhance the fortune of the West through the flourishing of Buddhism, and ultimately restore the West to its original state through the self-repair of the primordial world and the help of Buddhism.

Now that Yang Xuan has established the Twenty-Four Heavens of Buddhism and supplemented Buddhist doctrines, Buddhism will truly have the resources to flourish, and the possibility of the West returning to its former glory will be even greater.

With such achievements, how could the rewards from the primordial world be meager?
Rumble——!
Just as the Taoist Ran Deng was filled with resentment and unwillingness, a thunderclap suddenly came from Mount Sumeru, and large swaths of auspicious clouds gathered, turning Mount Sumeru golden.

Followed by.

Then they saw a massive amount of Heavenly Merit, Earthly Merit, and Human Merit fall one after another onto Yang Xuan alone.

"How can this be?!!"

All the beings of the primordial world who witnessed this scene showed expressions of disbelief.

In their view, it is reasonable for heavenly merits to descend, but what about human merits and earthly merits?

Even if Yang Xuan opened up the Twenty-Four Heavens, completing the final piece of the Buddhist puzzle and creating a significant opportunity for the rise of the West,
It seems there's not much direct connection between it and human merit or earthly merit.

Before the beings of the primordial world could ponder further, they saw the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc emerge from the summit of Mount Sumeru, the disc, divided into six equal parts, slowly rotating.
Strands of mysterious energy flowed out from it, passing through the Twenty-Four Heavens one by one, and finally flowing into the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss created by the two Western Saints.

Snap! Snap!
Immediately afterwards, a series of crisp sounds rang out, as if something had broken.

Upon closer inspection, however, nothing could be seen. The paradise was completely undamaged, and even the clouds in the sky were exactly as they had been.

Many creatures wondered if they had misheard.

Only the two Western Saints changed their expressions drastically, knowing where those crisp sounds came from and what had happened.

Their purpose in establishing the Western Paradise was to serve Buddhist teachings, one of the core tenets of Buddhism.

This means that after a believer dies, they can bypass the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld, be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, cultivate the true meaning of the eight hundred unorthodox Buddhist practices, and receive the true teachings of Buddhism.

The ideal scenario would be to steal a portion of the power of reincarnation, allowing Buddhist believers to be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss after death, relying on this stolen power.

Unfortunately, their plan was exposed by Yang Xuan before it was even in the preparation stage, and they were soundly beaten by Hou Tu. Even the few hidden weapons they thought they had managed to keep were actually intentionally planted by Yang Xuan as bait.

Left with no other choice, they had to change their original plan and, with the saint's extraordinary abilities, devise a completely new rule so that Buddhist believers could be reborn in the Western Paradise after death.

Those crisp sounds were the sounds that came after these rules were broken.

The rules they established in paradise were all shattered and replaced by...

It is the genuine right to reincarnation!

The Six Paths of Reincarnation are part of the primordial world, a manifestation of the authority of the Earthly Dao, and the most orthodox reincarnation authority in the primordial world.
Even rules established by sages cannot compare to its authority.

In the past, the six realms of reincarnation could not possibly recognize the Buddhist Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, so naturally, no authority over reincarnation would appear in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Only the rules established by the two Western saints can bypass the power of reincarnation, thus allowing Buddhist believers to be reborn in the Pure Land after death.

But now that the orthodox authority of reincarnation has appeared, the rules established by the two Western Saints naturally have no place to exist.

As for why the six realms of reincarnation did not recognize the Buddhist Pure Land in the past, but now the authority of reincarnation has appeared, the reason is obvious.

In the past, Buddhism had absolute control over the Pure Land and could not possibly acknowledge that the Pure Land was part of the cycle of reincarnation.

Their definition of the Pure Land is that it is independent of the six realms of reincarnation, and even transcends reincarnation.

Houtu knew their definition of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and also knew that it was the lifeblood of Buddhism. Even if Houtu used force to suppress them, she could only end up with both sides suffering heavy losses.

Things are different now. No matter how Buddhism defines the Pure Land, it's meaningless now because...

Yang Xuan is the Lord of the Twenty-Four Heavens of the West!

The Western Twenty-Four Heavens, together with the original Paradise, constitute the true Western Paradise recognized by the primordial world.

In other words, Yang Xuan is essentially the ruler of the Western Paradise. Even if the Western Paradise isn't entirely under his absolute control, he still wields absolute power.
He wants to change the underlying rules of the Paradise, and the two Western Saints can't stop him; it could easily lead to a lose-lose situation...

No, it's hard to say whether Yang Xuan is injured or not; in any case, the Buddhist sect is definitely the one that suffers losses.

Moreover, the emergence of the reincarnation authority is a good thing for the Pure Land itself, as only in this way can it gain the recognition of the primordial world.

This is why the two Western Saints risked offending Houtu to steal the power of reincarnation.

From a certain perspective, the current situation can be considered as achieving the original goal of the two Western Saints. However, the control of the Western Paradise will no longer be in their hands.

Even because the Pure Land has changed hands, Buddhism will be subject to Yang Xuan's control, and many things in Buddhism will have to be done according to Yang Xuan's wishes.

This feeling is like having just spent a fortune on a house, but not having had a chance to fully enjoy it yet.
One day, an uninvited guest suddenly arrived at the house. He not only drove the original homeowner to a side room and occupied the master bedroom by himself, but also gave orders to the original homeowner's family.

But the original owners were helpless against this uninvited guest, fearing he would demolish the house, and had to take good care of him.

Yang Xuan is currently in a Buddhist sect; that's roughly the situation.

As the ruler of the Pure Land, if Yang Xuan prevents Buddhist believers from entering or leaving, not only the Buddhas of Buddhism, but even the two Western Saints might not be able to do anything to him.

What's worse is that the Six Paths of Reincarnation have now replaced the underlying rules of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. If Yang Xuan is angered, Buddhist believers will have to go directly to the underworld, and they will have no chance to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

No matter how unwilling the Buddhist community is, they have no choice but to enshrine Yang Xuan!
The beings of the primordial world looked at the illusory image of the Six Paths of Reincarnation on the summit of Mount Sumeru, and their expressions all became somewhat strange.

Now they finally understand why the underground passage bestowed merit.

In the past, Buddhism was an exception to the cycle of reincarnation, allowing Buddhist believers to bypass the cycle and be reborn in the Western Paradise after death.

This kind of thing is inconsistent with the rules of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, which is equivalent to a huge loophole in the Daoist system.

Now, Yang Xuan has opened up the Twenty-Four Heavens of Buddhism, perfecting Buddhist doctrines while redefining the Western Paradise and bringing it under the control of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, thus filling the gaps in the Earthly Path.

If one has done good for the earth, the earth will naturally bestow merit upon them.

However, this would bring great suffering to Buddhism. For the prehistoric world, such a change in the Western Paradise is naturally a good thing.

But for Buddhism, this is truly a thorn in the side.

The Western Paradise has been recognized by Heaven and Earth, and Yang Xuan has become the master of this world. Even if the Buddhist sect wanted to open another Paradise, it would not be able to gain the recognition of Heaven and Earth.

Yang Xuan, this outsider, is the true master of the Western Paradise, the orthodox Buddhist realm!
This is tantamount to riding on the neck of Buddhism, and Buddhism cannot shake them off. Just thinking about it makes all living beings in the primordial world feel extremely uncomfortable.

"That's a really ruthless tactic..."

Ordinary beings in the prehistoric world felt more admiration for this matter, but many powerful beings in the prehistoric world felt awe, and once again labeled Yang Xuan as someone who should never be provoked!
The Buddhist sect, such a behemoth, was subjected to this scheme simply because it provoked Yang Xuan and competed with the divine path for incense offerings.

With their thin arms and legs, if they angered Yang Xuan, they might not even know how they died...

But they were still puzzled. It made sense that Yang Xuan could obtain both Heavenly and Earthly merits, but where did this Human merit come from?

What Yang Xuan did was to create the Twenty-Four Heavens, redefine the Western Paradise, and make the Western Paradise a link in the cycle of the six realms of reincarnation. What does that have to do with the human realm?

But before everyone could think further, an unexpected scene unfolded atop Mount Sumeru, in the brand-new Western Paradise.

Yang Xuan, holding a ruler of rules, strolled through the Western Paradise, each step he took instantly traversing infinite distances.

In this blissful world, Yang Xuan felt that he was an omnipotent being. As long as he wanted, he could appear anywhere instantly and create anything instantly.

Feeling this wonderful sensation, and with the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man still lingering, and a vast amount of merit surrounding Yang Xuan's body, he quickly fell into a special state of enlightenment.

In his mind, scenes of observing the ancient tree's self-repair, the sage's creation of heaven, and his own creation of the twenty-four heavens appeared.

After an unknown amount of time, a brand new idea emerged in his mind: to take the Blissful World to the next level, and at the same time... to further improve his cultivation!

(End of this chapter)