Primordial Era: The Ten Deadly Formations are Broken, Shen Gongbao Asks Me to Come Out of the Mounta

Upon hearing this, Haotian had a flash of inspiration and said, "In that case, why don't we hold a Peach Banquet nearby and announce it to the Three Realms!"

Firstly, it serves to demonstrate to cultivators across the Three Realms that the peaches we possess can offset one of the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.

Secondly, we should take advantage of the turmoil caused by the recent emergence of the Three Calamities to enhance the reputation of our Heavenly Court!

At this point, Haotian was also somewhat agitated. As the ruler of the Heavenly Court, he felt extremely aggrieved.

Let alone the Heavenly Saints, even the direct disciples of the Saints didn't take him seriously at all.

Fortunately, the Dao Ancestor was still on his side. With the arrival of the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, the prosperity of the Heavenly Court was unstoppable.

The Queen Mother of the West pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine too. Although the disciples of the great sects all know that we have peaches of immortality!"

However, at the previous Peach Banquet, we only invited those with great supernatural powers and disciples of major sects. The rogue cultivators of the prehistoric world probably did not know about this!

"When do you plan to hold the Peach Banquet?"

"There's no time like the present, let's just set it for January!"

Haotian replied that, in his opinion, the sooner the better, but the journey of cultivators from the Three Realms to the Heavenly Court would naturally take time.

"Excellent! I'll arrange the invited cultivators on my end. What other plans or arrangements do you have?"

Haotian paused, as if he had thought of something, and then waved his hand, saying, "I will arrange the seating for this Peach Banquet!"

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother of the West glanced at Haotian. Having been married for many years, she naturally knew that her Daoist partner was about to cause trouble.

So he spoke up and said, "Haotian, we have been following the Lord since the beginning of time."

I know your difficulties and that you have suffered a lot of injustice!

However, we have finally gotten this opportunity, and we must not make any mistakes!

"You mustn't cause any more trouble and trigger something like the Investiture of the Gods!"

Yaochi's worries were not unfounded. For example, during the Investiture of the Gods, Haotian acted rashly and sued Zixiao Palace.

This led to the immense calamity that swept across the primordial world. Although this matter was caused by the direct transmission of the Chan Sect, the conflict between the four sects and the shattering of the ancient primordial world are debts that the sages have kept in mind. No matter what reasons you, Haotian, may have, these things all started because of you. The reason you haven't taken action against me yet is because we can't take care of your Heavenly Court. If we find an opportunity in the future, the sages will not show any mercy.

Upon hearing this, Haotian shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Yaochi, it's not that I want to act recklessly!"

With the cause and effect of the Investiture of the Gods as a precedent, those saints all kept this debt in mind.

If we don't plan ahead, do you really think we can get out of this predicament so easily?

Those sages won't let this go so easily!

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother of the West was somewhat helpless.

She naturally knew that what Haotian said was true; during the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the Heavenly Court was often schemed against by those two from the West.

With the Heavenly Court on the verge of great prosperity, given the personalities of those two, even if they hadn't made plans in advance, they probably wouldn't have let this opportunity slip by.

After thinking for a while, Yaochi finally spoke up, saying, "Enough! Go and devise your plan. If this scheme fails, then it is the will of Heaven!"

Haotian nodded, looked at Yaochi, and said nothing more.

He, as the Great Celestial Venerable, is under immense pressure!

The Buddhist sect alone put him under immense pressure; moreover, the one from the Chan sect would likely not let this go easily either.

Several days later, Zhao Gongming, who was cultivating, met Venus on Ziwei Star.

This person is one of the Nine Luminaries Star Lords, and in terms of rank, he is naturally lower than him.

However, his status in the Heavenly Court is that of an elder. He has followed Haotian since the early days of the Heavenly Court and has been loyal to him. He is Haotian's most trusted confidant.

However, Zhao Gongming's attitude was somewhat indifferent. Looking at the invitation in his hand, he said calmly, "I am already aware of this matter. Please inform the Great Celestial Venerable that I will attend the banquet on time!"

Seeing that the Ziwei Emperor in front of him was not happy, Taibai Jinxing was also under great pressure.

He never expected that his own Great Celestial Venerable would arrange the seating arrangement before that of the Intercepting Sect.

Isn't this intentionally pitting this emperor against Buddhism?

Of course, he was just a messenger, and neither his own Great Celestial Venerable nor this Emperor could afford to offend him.

Venus then said, "The invitation has been delivered. This humble servant will not disturb Your Majesty any longer. Farewell!"

"Um!"

Zhao Gongming remained indifferent, watching Taibai Jinxing's retreating figure with a remarkably calm expression.

In his view.

Since he attained enlightenment as the Ziwei Emperor, he hasn't done much to this Great Celestial Venerable. On the contrary, he has cooperated with him in every way and taken the initiative to live in seclusion in the primordial starry sky. He thought that the other party should not come to cause him any trouble.

Now it seems I overestimated Haotian, or rather, underestimated this Great Celestial Venerable's thirst for power!

If Haotian were truly a person without desires, he would not have impulsively done something like suing Zixiao Palace and instigating the Investiture of the Gods.

The sage hasn't had time to deal with this yet. Once the sage comes to his senses, how will Haotian repay the karma of the Investiture of the Gods?

However, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out Haotian's purpose in doing this...

Haotian wants to put the Jie Sect and Buddhism at odds. He is afraid of offending Buddhism, but is he not afraid of offending Zhao?

Or was it that Zhao was too easy to talk to in front of Haotian, which led him to do something so harmful to others and himself?

Logically speaking, as the main force of the Heavenly Court, the Jie Sect, and with Emperor Ziwei in charge of the Starry Sky Underworld, Haotian should be trying to win them over. Yet, he is being treated with such contempt.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gongming shook his head helplessly. "Kindness is often taken advantage of," he said, "and this is certainly true."

It seems that during the Peach Banquet, I, Zhao, will also have to show my mettle, lest Haotian go down a dead-end path.

Just as Zhao Gongming received the invitation, the Buddha on Mount Sumeru also received it.

Looking at the seating arrangement, he was speechless.

What the heck?

You've placed the seats of our Buddhist sect ahead of those of the Jie Sect, which is one thing, but why should a mere Arhat of our Buddhist sect sit in front of a direct disciple of the Jie Sect?

Are you really not afraid that my Buddhist sect and the Jie Sect won't fight? Haotian, are you?

What's wrong?

Do you, Haotian, think that this humble monk is no match for Zhao Gongming?

Do you, Haotian, think that with your influence you are so great that Zhao Gongming will not attack this humble monk and will instead beat him up at the Peach Banquet?

After thinking it over, Tathagata said to Venus in a low voice, "I need to go into seclusion to study the Dharma, so I will not be able to attend the Great Heavenly Venerable's Peach Banquet!"

However, we Buddhist monks are welcome to attend the banquet!

As long as I, Buddha, don't go, you, Zhao Gongming, won't find a chance to beat me up!

As for the other Buddhist monks, this Peach Banquet is an opportunity to avert calamities, so they naturally cannot miss it.

Upon receiving the reply, Venus immediately returned to Heaven.

Upon hearing what the Buddha said, the many Buddhist practitioners immediately came to their senses.

What kind of seclusion and Buddhist meditation is this? It's just that he doesn't want to face Zhao Gongming.

However, the peaches are still very fragrant.

The Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats were naturally eager to try as well.

And so, a month passed in the blink of an eye, and soon the day of the Peach Banquet arrived.