Emperor’s Domination

chose to concede and let Duality Academy emerge.
What if they had chosen to fight Duality Master? The result could have been total annihilation on their part.

“Amitabha.” The monk had a kind personality and didn’t become angry.
Nonetheless, he strongly retorted: “Our temple might be small and weak in your eyes but we’ll put up a good fight when forced to.”

“Little monk, you think too highly of your temple.” The old servant spoke since Li Qiye didn’t answer: “Your ancient Buddhas in the coffins have endured well, but that’s it.
They’ll be dying soon from a lack of lifespan.
Even if they can climb out of the coffins, they still have zero chance against my young master.”

“Senior, how do you know this?!” The monk became startled and shouted.

Few actually knew about their surviving ancient Buddhas.
He only found out after being appointed as the successor of the temple.

“It’s no secret.” The old servant said: “When Ruleless Monk came to knock on the coffins, your temple chose to not stop him.
This was a choice.”

The young monk was shaken because this event was extremely secretive.
Only certain members of the temple and Pacifist Heavenly Sovereign were privy to this information.
Now, this old man knew about it too.

The aforementioned monk had several titles – Ruleless monk, Ruleless Supreme, Buddha Heavenly Sovereign, or Ruleless Daoist. 

The inhabitants of the holy ground usually addressed him as “the supreme”.
He was one of the two supremes of the south.
The other was Righteous Supreme.

He had various statuses and titles but one thing was unanimous – that he was the true ruler of Buddha Holy Ground.
This was because he was the sect master of Sacred Mountain.

This sovereign was once a monk and a daoist.
Either way, he had one rule and that was to be ruleless – completely unrestrained and untethered.

He was extremely powerful and protected the border alone during the dark invasion.
This earned him quite a reputation through all of Eight Desolaces. 

Thus, his power was the reason why he was the highest ruler of the holy ground, more so than the fact that he was Sacred Mountain’s sect master.

He stood shoulder-to-shoulder with dao lords.
One would be hard-pressed to find someone as strong as him in the current generation.
That’s why no sect could affect Sacred Mountain’s supremacy despite its hands-off nature.

Whether it be Vajra currently in charge of administration or the resourceful Heavenly Dragon Temple or the mighty Divine Ghost Division, none of them dared to challenge Sacred Mountain.

In fact, some believed that if Sacred Mountain wanted to change the current sect in charge of the holy ground, the supreme only needed to say one word.
Vajra wouldn’t be able to resist this order.

As for Heavenly Dragon Temple, it has been following Sacred Mountain ever since the foundation of the holy ground.
It spread Buddhism and built temples.
One could say Heavenly Dragon was the representative of Sacred Mountain, not Vajra.

In the past, Buddha Supreme visited Heavenly Dragon Temple and entered its deepest area.
He knocked on the coffins, wanting to see the ancient Buddhas.

Remember, these Buddhas didn’t have long to live.
Every day was precious.
Alas, the temple still didn’t try to stop him.
This story served as another testament to the supreme’s power and also the old servant’s might for being aware of it.

Golden Cicada stood in silence for a while.

“I won’t be using any status to force you or people will say that I’m a senior bullying a junior.” Li Qiye smiled and shook his head: “Just go back and tell the old monks that I want this god-level dao bone.
If they refuse, I’ll have to take a trip to the temple.
Of course, I hope that it won’t get to that point.”

The young monk felt suffocated after hearing this.