CHAPTER 565: CHAPTER 365: COOPERATION ACHIEVED, HEAVENLY DAO CONTRACT

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti heard these words but did not continue to speak; instead, they fell into silence.

Emperor Fengdu and Lady Ping Xin looked calmly at the two Western Saints, not in a hurry, silently waiting.

"Two Daoist friends, please consider carefully."

Emperor Fengdu spoke again.

Daoist Jieyin looked at Emperor Fengdu’s serene face but felt a very intense sense of threat.

Buddhist disciples accumulate merit mostly through repairing the Western Primordial’s ley lines; part of it is for the disciples’ own merit, and another part belongs to the Buddhist merit.

Or rather, when Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti accept living beings into Buddhism, they naturally enjoy part of the merit due to imparting sacred teachings to their disciples.

Likewise, if disciples do something that damages merit, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti are likewise implicated.

Even worse, being implicated by merit is the least of concerns, as the entanglement of karma is more complicated and could even drag the entire Buddhist sect into the abyss.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti are naturally aware of this; hence, they felt an opportunity arose after the birth of Emperor Jun’s progeny.

After all, this is the progeny of the Demon Emperor, with even more closely intertwined karma and destiny.

Not only did the Buddhists realize this, but as beings of the Saint level who comprehend the Heavenly Dao, they naturally recognize it as well.

However, some Saints take this very seriously, such as Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti.

The amount of merit owed by these two Saints is too great, especially after supporting the Demon Emperor, they increasingly feel the constraints of the Heavenly Dao.

Fortunately, both Saints shared the burden of the owed merit; if such debts were truly on one Saint alone, the consequences would be unimaginable.

According to their calculations, if one person were to shoulder all this merit, they might lose their self and integrate into the Heavenly Dao.

More precisely, to cultivate Dao!

Their own realm of cultivation, their own path and laws, and everything else would become possessions of the Primordial Heavenly Dao, utterly losing themselves and becoming part of the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

No, perhaps this ’self’ would still exist but as part of the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

This is the result of the joint calculations by Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti.

Initially, after Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti undertook the merit of Emperor Jun, they felt even more obviously the bond of the Heavenly Dao, with a sense of urgency.

It is precisely because of this sensation that the two Saints foresaw such an outcome based on the trend they sensed.

Moreover, they had the feeling that they could even borrow merit from the Heavenly Dao.

No, it wasn’t that they could borrow merit from the Heavenly Dao, but that the Heavenly Dao seemed more willing to lend them merit.

However, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti view this as the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s sincere ’invitation’ for them to become part of the Heavenly Dao.

Even though Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti have become Saints, they could not help but feel fear.

They dared not continue to borrow merit from the Heavenly Dao.

Now they understood why, when they had made a great vow to borrow merit from the Primordial Heavenly Dao to become Saints, it was so effortlessly granted.

They also realized why the Demon Emperor Jun had them bear this Heavenly Dao Merit.

If there were no reason, based on the foundation laid by Emperor Jun, with the Celestial Heaven Star Formation and the Four Symbols Pillars, it would not take much time to repay the debt.

Under these circumstances, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti also felt an intense urgency to repay the merit as soon as possible.

Whether it was repairing the Western Primordial’s ley lines or gaining merit in other ways, most of it was used by the two Saints to repay their past debts.

Of course, they also tried to capture beings of various realms to attempt making vows to gain merit.

Unfortunately, there were no results.

It seems only beings with the potential to become Saints or the Saints themselves can attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao.

Otherwise, even if a Quasi-Saint made a vow, it resulted in nothing.

Previously, Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva made a vow within Earthly Hell, which merely caused a ripple in the Netherworld’s Law but did not gain merit.

The merit he obtained came from converting Evil Ghosts.

It seems in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, only beings of a Saint’s level are qualified to become a part of it.

This is precisely why Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti are even more concerned with the merit cultivation of Buddhist disciples.

Of course, not every Saint cares about this.

Shangqing Lingbao Venerate indiscriminately imparts teachings for the salvation of all living beings in Primordial, seizing a glimmer of hope, not minding such matters.

His disciples with lower cultivation are merely associated with hearing the teachings; even if they damage merit, it was not significant.

Moreover, the real Direct Disciples are personally instructed by Shang Qing Tong Tian and would surely not be like those beings who merely hear teachings.

When Emperor Jun established the Demon Clan while not yet a Saint, he had not yet comprehended these karmic destinies.

However, he retained memories from a previous life and set a threshold for joining the Demon Clan, avoiding a mix of good and bad within the clan.

Looking back, the choices of Emperor Jun seem extremely wise.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti exchanged glances, seeing the helplessness in each other’s eyes.