Infinite Evolution

In Langya Pass, after a detailed discussion with Cao Yin, Chu Xun and others finally figured out the ins and outs of the war just now.

The cause of the matter can actually be summed up in four words: "the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism"!

Although the civilization of cultivation is flourishing and various inheritances emerge in endlessly, in the final analysis, the four branches of Buddhism, Taoism, demons and demons are the most prosperous.

Among them, it goes without saying that Buddhism has begun to rise since the Battle of the Ancient Gods, and has gradually become one of the largest powers in the world, with great influence.

The Dao Sect was created by the three great Heavenly Lords of Hongmeng who were reincarnated from the true spirit after the fall of Pangu. It is the oldest and once the most powerful force in this world, and almost ruled the entire Hongmeng Continent.

However, during the Hongmeng period, because the battle between the three great gods and the Yuanshi demon was too fierce, although the three great gods and the Taoist sect they created won the war, their strength was greatly reduced in the end, and they lost the ability to rule the world. Qualifications.

As for the demon gate, it is actually different from the demons that Chu Xun and others have seen. This so-called demon gate is actually a powerful inheritance created by the original demon. The inheritance of the Demon Sect is mysterious and powerful. If you practice to the depths, you can transform into various extraterrestrial demons. They are invisible and have no substance, but they can directly attack people's hearts. They are extremely powerful and extremely difficult to deal with.

It’s just that since the Yuanshi Heavenly Demon was suppressed by the three great Heavenly Lords who created the Taoist sect’s inheritance, the Demonic Sect’s lineage has turned from bright to dark, easily disappearing from the world. Although there are still many descendants of the Demonic Sect in the world, they are different from those at the beginning. Compared with the grand occasion of Hongmeng period, it is already a world of difference.

It was precisely because of the war between the Taoist sect and the demonic sect that the strongest Taoist sect and the demonic sect withdrew from the stage of history, so there was the subsequent rise of the witch sect and the demon clan, and the final lich war!

As the saying goes, where there are people, there are fights and rivers and lakes. This truth is true even in the entire world.

Just like the war between Taoism and Demons and the war between lichs, this time, the war faced by the Tang Dynasty was caused by the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism.

Although the strength of the Taoist sect was greatly reduced due to the battle between Taoists and demons in the early days of Hongmeng, the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how much the strength of the Taoist sect drops, it cannot be underestimated. Coupled with the recuperation and recuperation of hundreds of millions of years, the representative The Heavenly Court of Taoism became more and more powerful and became the undisputed largest overlord in this ancient world. Not only did it control Dongsheng Shenzhou, but Nanzhan Buzhou was also the place where Taoism preached. At the time, the state religions of countries such as the Tang Dynasty were Taomen.

But on the other hand, the strength of Buddhism is also constantly improving. It not only completely controls Xiniu Hezhou, but also penetrates its power into Nanzhan Continent. It has established many Buddhist holy places and holy mountains in Nanzhan Continent to promote Buddhism. Putuo Mountain is one of them!

In this way, Buddhism and Taoism have a huge conflict of interest in Nanzhan Continent!

Don't underestimate the Nanzhan continent. It is the largest and most populous continent in the prehistoric world. Even just a small country can have a population of hundreds of millions or even billions. And a big country like the Tang Dynasty , the population has reached hundreds of millions, which is difficult to measure.

This huge population base can not only provide countless believers for Taoism and Buddhism, but also has outstanding people in the prehistoric world, and people's talents in cultivation are naturally not bad. Coupled with various adventures and various heavenly and earthly treasures, this huge population There will always be countless strong people among the base numbers. Once these strong men join the Buddhist and Taoist sects, they will make the Buddhist and Taoist sects even stronger.

Therefore, what Buddhism and Taoism are fighting for in this southern continent are actually believers and future new forces!

At the beginning, because Taoism was too powerful and was the state religion of the countries in the southern continent, it was extremely difficult for Buddhism to spread its religion in these countries.

But later, Jin Chanzi, a disciple of the Buddhist leader Sakyamuni, was reincarnated in the Tang Dynasty, and had a sworn relationship with the Tang Dynasty leader. Then, by chance, he contacted Huaguo, who represented the king of demons. The mountain line, the Dragon Palace line representing the Qinglong clan, Marshal Tianpeng who once commanded the Heavenly Court Tianhe Forbidden Army, and the rolling curtain general who was familiar with the internal affairs of the Heavenly Court, went to Buddhism to obtain the Tripitaka of Mahayana Buddhism, and returned to the Tang Dynasty. This opened up a new situation for Buddhism!

What makes people feel strange and puzzling is that during this process, Tianting, which represents the Taoist lineage, seemed to be subject to some kind of restraint. It did not personally stop it, but secretly sent out various powerful men with various powerful forces. Use the magic weapon to snipe this Buddhist scripture-seeking team. However, the strength of this scripture-retrieving team was extremely strong, and with the secret help of Buddhism, they finally succeeded in obtaining the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures and returned to the Tang Dynasty.

After that, Buddhism began to rise in the Tang Dynasty, and gradually began to stand alongside Taoism. At the same time, as a hot potato sandwiched between Buddhism and Taoism, the Tang Dynasty also rose rapidly, pacifying countless surrounding countries in one fell swoop, making the Tang Dynasty quickly become the largest human country in the southern continent!

And this is the information Zhou Yulong knew before his death and reincarnation.

However, in the period before Zhou Yulong's fall, although Buddhism and Taoism were fighting openly and secretly to promote Taoism in the Tang Dynasty, they had always maintained a certain degree of restraint and basically did not turn this struggle to the open side.

And this fragile balance was finally completely broken within hundreds of years after Zhou Yulong's death and reincarnation!

Surprisingly, it was not Buddhism or Taoism that broke this balance, but the new king of the Tang Dynasty-Tang Wuzong, Li Yan!

In order to prevent the monarch of the Tang Dynasty from having too much influence and even threatening the rule of Taoism and Buddhism, Taoism and Buddhism made an agreement. Although the monarch of the Tang Dynasty can enjoy all the pleasures in the world and be free from illness and disaster, he cannot practice cultivation. At the same time, The lifespan can only be five hundred years. Once the five hundred years are up, he will enter the underworld and be reincarnated, and transfer the title of king to his descendants.

According to past practice, the new leader of the Tang Dynasty will still remain neutral like a puppet after taking the throne, sitting back and watching Buddhism and Taoism preach and compete for believers in their own country. But for some reason, after Tang Wuzong Li Yan succeeded to the throne, he did something that no one expected.

That is to destroy the Buddha!

In the 200th year after Tang Wuzong succeeded to the throne, Tang Wuzong suddenly issued an order to promote Taoism and suppress Buddhism, and began to suppress Buddhism throughout the Tang Dynasty, encouraging the expansion of Taoist power. Although Tang Wuzong was just a mortal, he was the king of the Tang Dynasty after all. Under his orders, the power of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty was greatly suppressed, while the strength of the Taoist sect increased and became larger and larger.

Finally, after hundreds of years of turmoil, the Buddhist forces were completely expelled from the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty once again became the dominant place of the Taoism. At the same time, people finally knew the reason why Tang Wuzong destroyed Buddhism!

Because the life span of Li Yan, Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, has exceeded 500!

He can actually practice Buddhism, and he is still a Taoist!

Obviously, this is an agreement reached between Taoist Sect and Tang Wuzong. As long as Tang Wuzong helps Taoist Sect suppress Buddhism, Taoist Sect will allow Tang Wuzong to practice, have stronger strength, longer lifespan, and at the same time enjoy a longer reign as king. position!

What Taoism did this time was obviously not very authentic, so it finally angered Buddhism completely. Although it is impossible for Buddhism and Taoism to go to full-scale war due to various mutual checks and balances, and even maintain harmony and common ground on the surface, this does not mean that they will not make other reactions.

Therefore, after Buddhism was completely expelled from the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism also took action personally. Just like Taoism supported the Tang Dynasty, it selected a country that believed in Buddhism from the Nanzhan continent to provide vigorous support.

With the strong support of Buddhism, the country called "Tianzhu Kingdom" began to rise at an extremely fast speed like the Tang Dynasty, and annexed many small countries around it, becoming more and more powerful.

After annexing all the surrounding small countries, although the Tianzhu country is still not as large as the Tang Dynasty, it also has a certain ability to compete. Therefore, since then, the conflict between Tianzhu and Datang has become more and more intense, and even fierce local wars have broken out like today's battle at Langya Pass.

In these conflicts, Datang Kingdom and Tianzhu Kingdom also suffered casualties from each other, so the grudges between them became deeper and deeper. No one knew when the two largest human beings in Nanzhan Continent would... The country will launch an unprecedented and tragic war!