I flew over on a cloud and saw several golden lights attacking the distant capital of the Western Liang Kingdom.

At the same time, a white light appeared in the east, and the five elements of heaven and earth moved together, forming various divination patterns in the sky.

The golden lights collided with the divination patterns, causing thunder and lightning to erupt in the sky above the Western Liang capital, as if thousands of divine swords were piercing through it.

At this moment, a mournful cry echoed throughout the Western Liang Kingdom, followed by black mists rising from the city, forming two open hands between heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, the thousands of divine swords caused by the golden lights and divination patterns attacked the hands like a fierce storm, cutting off the fingers one by one and leaving holes in the palms.

After an unknown period of time, only two palms were left desperately supporting the hands.

Suddenly, the rising sun appeared in the east, and the golden lights and the power of the five elements in the west vanished in an instant, restoring tranquility to the land.

In the morning light, the true appearance of the Western Liang capital was revealed.

But this scene deeply shocked me. Who was fighting, and what were those hands?

While pondering, a rooster's crow brought me back to reality.

I quickly flew back to the cottage. When my spiritual consciousness returned, my senior martial brother and master were already walking out of the cottage.

My second martial brother had returned to normal, while my third martial brother carried his burden and walked behind our master.

After bidding farewell to the old women, we set off directly towards the Western Liang capital.

As we walked, I thought about it and realized that the one I could trust the most should be my third martial brother, Shaxiong.

I took a couple of steps forward and mentally communicated to Shaxiong.

"Shaxiong, I saw a strange phenomenon this morning."

"What kind of phenomenon?"

I then explained everything I saw in the morning to Shaxiong.

As for what happened to my senior martial brother last night, I decided to keep it to myself.

After listening, Shaxiong fell into deep thought. He gently tugged on my reins, creating some space between us and the others, and then abruptly asked,

"How do you think the terrain of the Western Liang Kingdom is?"

I had already seen the terrain of the Western Liang Kingdom clearly while in the sky this morning.

To the east is the Flame Mountain we just passed, and to the west is the only road to the Western Heaven.

Suddenly, it dawned on me that the Western Liang Kingdom is located at the border between the east and the west, or the junction of the forces of the "Eastern Tao and Western Buddha".

It was not difficult to explain the phenomenon I saw last night.

The entire Western Liang Kingdom is composed of women, seemingly peaceful, but it is actually the frontline of the battle between Buddhism and Taoism.

Realizing this, I blurted out, asking,

"Shaxiong, if that's the case, then the Western Liang Kingdom is within the influence of Buddhism, right?"

"Not exactly."

"Didn't you say that the Western Liang Kingdom was created by the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, who is a prominent figure in Buddhism? Therefore, this should naturally be a territory of Buddhism."

Shaxiong glanced at the people walking in front of us, and then said,

"Although the Western Liang Kingdom was born out of Buddhism, it is controlled by Taoism."

"Taoism? How could Taoism control the Western Liang Kingdom's fate?"

"The Loutai Spring on Jieyang Mountain holds the destiny of the Western Liang Kingdom."

I couldn't understand this. In my opinion, if a person in the Western Liang Kingdom becomes pregnant, they can simply give birth. Why does it have to be aborted?

After all, in the mortal world, the population often determines the strength of a country.

"Shaxiong, the people of the Western Liang Kingdom are all women. If they become pregnant, why not give birth? Why do they have to go through these elaborate rituals to seek the Ruyi True Gentleman's help?"

But as soon as I asked this question, Shaxiong's expression instantly changed, and he lowered his voice to reply,

"Give birth? If they all give birth, this mortal world will fall into great chaos."