They had come all this way in response to the summons from the Astral Holy Palace to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Buddhas. It was said that everyone would gather at the capital near the Lake of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and once there, someone would naturally contact them.

On their journey, they encountered many fellow practitioners from the Demon Cult.

The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Buddhas now presented two extreme images: one of reverence for the Buddhas and the other of a hundred ghosts roaming at night.

The forces under the Astral Holy Palace were numerous and all converging on the capital, Leiyin City, which heightened the tension between the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Buddhas and the Formless Monastery, leading to increased vigilance around Leiyin City.