Buddhist Sangha

*Nine Mountains, Eight Temples, Four Oceans, and One Paradise.*

The Buddhist Sangha was made up of Nine Mountains, representing the seals on the Heavens. Eight Temples, each representing a peak elevating the Dao. Four Oceans for the Eternal Laws. And finally, one paradise, the heart of their belief—the ultimate destiny. **Chapter 983**

The Buddhist Sangha is one of the true peak factions in the Multiverse, eclipsing even the Undead Empire. They cultivate the heart more than anything else, and they seldom leave their temples. But when they get angry, they really hold a grudge. **Chapter 713**

The coalition led by the Buddhist Sangha pushed the Eternal Clan to the point they had to seek refuge with the Undead in the early days of the System. **Chapter 713**

Two of their Temples are still fighting with the Eternal Clan to this day. **Chapter 713**.

They are at war all the way over by the Cosmic River according to Catheya. **Chapter 687.**

## Structure

There are Nine Mountains, Eight Temples, Four Oceans, and One Paradise. These chapters are predominant powers unto themselves, and could all be considered A-grades factions. **Chapter 829**

The way they went about things was a bit different, but most of the Mountains and Temples have vast arrays of subordinate monasteries and factions as well, who can be considered outer disciples of the Sangha. To be ordained is to officially join either one of the main branches or their subordinate factions. **Chapter 829**

Anyone can visit most of the Buddhist cultivation grounds, though the mysterious Paradise and three of the four oceans are always closed to outsiders. The properly ordained monks who permanently reside on the mountains are just a small minority of the total population of the Sangha. The vast majority can almost be considered loose cultivators, and they follow Buddha’s teachings to very varying degrees. Some of them are fully committed, becoming self-ordained monks and sometimes running monasteries or temples on the outside. Others are empires with a Buddhist heritage, where many cultivators follow adjoining paths. **Chapter 829**

There are even people who simply visited the holy lands to make use of the high-quality cultivation environment. The monks don’t seem to mind at all, and they even share a lot of techniques with the public. Even unorthodox cultivators carrying tremendous amounts of fell karma are allowed inside, much to the annoyance of their pursuers. Conflict is banned in most regions of the Sangha, but there is danger of another kind. **Chapter 829**

The Sea of Tranquility is one of the Four Oceans of the Sangha. The Oceans are incredibly powerful but even more reclusive than the Mountains and Temples. They have never joined in on the crusade against the Undead Empire, apart from some of their acolytes joining to temper themselves. The elders didn't want to poke the hornet's nest. Attacking them might have summoned some terrifying Deva. **Chapter 947**

Well, they're not considered a true peak faction without reason. But much of their strength comes from their consecrated grounds and seclusion. They wouldn't be able to exhibit the same level of power when emerging from their Holy Lands. **Chapter 947**

## Pathbreaking

*They’re a poison of the heart, a plague on the Multiverse. The Buddhist Sangha is corruption. It is the death of self. The more they ensnare with their gospel, the stronger their mountains grow. And with the things they control… Be careful of spending too much time around monks. They are natural pathbreakers, destroying everything to fuel their own enlightenment. If you’re not careful, you’ll turn into an empty vessel, endlessly reciting sutras to empower their immortal Śakra. If they are left unchecked, one day the Immortal Buddha will open his eyes, and that is when we all fall.* **Chapter 798**

The monks are natural pathbreakers, and that effect is no doubt amplified manifold in the Buddhist Heartlands. Those who visit with impure motives may find their path subverted in short order, some to the point they lose all sense of self. They become beings without emotions or desires, and they give up on everything except the sutras and the Heavenly Dao. Visiting the sangha requires an extremely sturdy Dao Heart, but the danger is actually a source of attraction to some elite cultivators. Those who manage to hold onto their path may eventually walk away with a tempered heart and a path even sturdier than before. **Chapter 829**

The backhanded nature of the Sangha's gifts was nothing new. Every gift was a karmic debt, every encounter a karmic link that would bind you closer to the Dharma. They were like a casino. Some would win when coming through the Sangha's doors and walk away with riches, but the house always won in the end. And everyone believed themselves to be destined for victory. **Chapter 1,040**

## Dharma Cleansing

"The Sangha's Lotus Pavilions are Dharmic cleansing arrays. The treasures consecrated within are usually calamitous items with immense fell Karma. Even if this is just an echo made real, it's bound to be extremely dangerous."

"Why would the Buddhists consecrate something like that?" Zac asked, suddenly stuck between wanting to throw the box far away and not daring to let go.

"The light shines the brightest after the darkness of the night," Lova hummed, and Zac felt like she was talking about herself just as much as the box. "Eventually, the sin will be purified by the Buddhist Hymns and the soothing waves of the Brahma, and the calamitous item will become a Dharmic Instrument of great power." **Chapter 1,040**

## Cultivation Techniques

### Body Tempering

* **[Diamond Sutra]**
* **[Boundless Vajra Sublimation]**
	+ A foundational method to temper one’s flesh into one possessing boundless life. It quashes imperfections and elevates the divine, setting the stage for greater things in the future. It has unsurpassed compatibility and can be transitioned into myriad advanced techniques. It was created in the earliest era, and numerous great Dharma Guardians of the Sangha started with this method. **Chapter 830**
	+ Not only have the warrior monks and arhats used this method with great success. Numerous friends of the Sangha have exchanged great merit for this technique, before transitioning it into other body tempering techniques without any relation to us. **Chapter 830**
	+ The Heart Cultivation wasn’t just there as a trap or to lure more practitioners into the arms of the Sangha. It brought purpose to the movements, to the energy circulation, to the patterns, as it incorporated your Dao and your intent into the method. In a sense, it harmonized the method with your path, allowing you to create a life constitution uniquely suited for you. This was the real reason it was considered a top-tier method. **Chapter 874**
	+ Without the heart component, the method would become utterly flawed. He would perhaps be able to force the first layer or two with treasures considering his wealth, but that would do more harm than good. If he did that, then his constitution would take on the nature of the treasures rather than of one that suited him. Such an incongruity would soon cause problems with every aspect of your cultivation. **Chapter 874**
	+ Zac converted it into the **[**Void Vajra Sublimation**]** Chapters 874, 897. In doing so, Zac discovered that the version he had been given was a trap. On reaching the third layer, a person's consciousness would be locked away from their own body and turned into a spiritual battery to power the Vajra that their body had become.

## Branches

The Dao of Samsara was one of the main branches of the Sangha. It was their method to harness the Dao of Life and Death, bringing them away from the Dao of Chaos and toward the Dao of Order. Imposing a cycle of reincarnation, making random chance predictable. **Chapter 973**

## Members

* Lord Blessed Fate
* Three Virtues
* Golden Bell
* Peaceful Way
* Lord 84th
* True Merit
* True Benevolence
* True Fate

### Dharmic Guardian

* Amanthi
	+ a staff wielding kasaya wearing Dharmic Guardian, his role seemed more like that of an elite soldier than a spiritual cultivator. **Chapter 1,044**

### Junior generation

* Abbot Everlasting Peace
* Sacred Insight