The meeting proceeded in an orderly manner, everything as usual. All the cultivators attending this meeting were of high cultivation; not eating, drinking, or sleeping was their regular routine. For three days straight they discussed every detail with bright spirits and finally settled on the ultimate plan.
Among the faction representatives, only Buddha Child Wuzhi was at the Nascent Soul Stage. Though he could go without sleep, he had yet to reach the state of Inedia.
Influenced by Jiang Li’s old-world habit of “since we’re here, we might as well share a meal,” and also to attend to the Buddha Child, Jiang Li instructed his subordinates to prepare food. For those who avoided meat, and others with dietary taboos such as no pork, he had special dishes arranged.
After Old Sumeru Buddha’s passing, the Buddhist Sect was without a head. The monks gathered at the summit of Mount Sumeru and held hundreds of zen debates, great and small. Buddhist chants resounded atop the mountain day and night.