Chapter 380

"Why? They were fighting so fiercely just now. Weren't you trying to fulfill Dragon Flower's wish...?"

"Because using Desire to bind 'Buddha' is actually similar to what the Sakatsuki did, not to mention that Dragon Flower's salvation is Miyu."

"What's the meaning..."

"And that statement was actually spoken by Karma Buddha."

"What kind of Buddha is this?"

"It is me, yet it is not entirely me, but ultimately it is still me—a version of myself that people have conceived out of Desire."

Ilya, who was listening nearby, blinked, still feeling like she didn't understand.

"Just now, Ivia didn't really kill me, right?"

Ilya was also surprised by the thought that had slipped out of her mouth without her noticing.

I don't want to lie to you, I can only say I don't know.

Ivia shook her head. "But Banyan would never do that. In fact, if any Buddhists were present, they would immediately understand how strange it is for me to be fighting with Banyan in hand."

After all, Dragon Flower is the Bodhi Tree of Maitreya, while Banyan is the Bodhi Tree of Kasyapa. As for Dipankara, theoretically it is a seven-leaf Bodhi tree, but this is not definitively established in Buddhist scriptures. The reason it is called a seven-leaf Bodhi tree is mainly because it represents Nirvana, so it is only theoretical.

However, not hearing the answer she wanted, Ilya pouted, as if she were sulking.

"But if it's Ivia, she'll find me very quickly, no matter what, right?"

"Indeed, because Ilya, you were really cool just now."

Ilya remained silent for a moment after hearing this.

He remained in this state for a long time, pausing to speak several times before finally asking again.

Is that all?

"That's all, that's what I think."

Hearing Ivia say this, Ilya's eyes widened, and she asked again.

"Really, is that all there is to it?"

"Certainly--"

"Damn it, you've completely ignored me, haven't you! You might as well spend the rest of your life with Ilya."

Ilya immediately looked displeased; it seemed she had been asking Chloe the whole question.

However, Ivia didn't seem flustered at all; she just smiled slightly, her expression seemingly saying that there was nothing strange about it.

"Of course I know it's you, Chloe, that's why you came out, right?"

Upon hearing Ivia's words, Chloe's Ilya clicked her tongue slightly.

"You've always been like this; you're far too perceptive in this regard..."

"After all, I am Buddha, so this is only natural."

The well-known "Dipankara, Tathagata, and Maitreya Buddha" are the "Vertical Three Buddhas" in Buddhism, calculated in terms of time.

In Buddhism, there are the past Glorious Kalpa, the Future Constellation Kalpa. The number of Buddhas who are attained during these three kalpas varies depending on the Buddhist scriptures. The Mahavibhasa says that Dipankara is the first of the 77,000 Buddhas, while the Buddhabhadra Sutra says that the Buddha with the Dipankara is the one with the title 800 million. In Chinese Buddhism, Dipankara is the first of the 1,000 Buddhas of the Glorious Kalpa.

In Theravada Buddhism, there are twenty-nine Buddhas, which was probably a result of competition with Jainism was prevalent at the time.

In the first cycle of rebirth in India, the founder of Jainism was one of the Six Schools taught by Kavia. Therefore, Kavia is also known as Parameshthi and the Primordial Vardhamana. In Jainism, one who crosses the ocean of birth and death is called Tirtha. The one who completes Tirtha is called Tirthankara, which is Parameshthi has broken the shackles of karma and attained enlightenment.

In the world today, it is generally believed that the last of the Twenty-Four Tirthankaras of Jainism was the founder Vardhamana. However, this is a later interpretation. From another perspective, could the same title also refer to the same person?

For example, in the Buddhism system, Kavia is both the past Dipankara and the Future Maitreya. Although this is not widely known, aren't they somewhat similar?

So, is there anyone who connects the two?

First, let's return to the competition between Theravada Buddhism and Jainism. In order to compete with the Twenty-Four Tirthankaras of Jainism, Theravada Buddhism added the Twenty-Five Past Buddhas. Apart from these twenty-five new Buddhas, four Buddhas are more well-known, in order: Dipankara Buddha, Karma Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha, and finally, the undisputed Future Maitreya Buddha.

A closer examination reveals a significant connection between the deeds of Dipankara Buddha and Karma Buddha. For instance, Dipankara was the teacher of the Savior, as was Kayavatara, who was the teacher of Gautama in a previous life. However, Gautama, who should have become Wheel-Turning King) but instead abandoned this path, only had one incarnation.

In some accounts of the Seven Past Buddhas, he is even ranked as the sixth Buddha before the Savior.

Going a step further, we can see that the name Jiaye is not only associated with Dipankara, but also with Maitreya in the Dharma’s End Period.

Unlike the *Buddha Speaks of Maitreya Descent Sutra *, which describes the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies as the only great assembly in the Dharma’s End Period, the Buddha Speaks of Maitreya's Great Attainment of Buddhahood Sutra actually mentions another assembly, namely—

The Karma's Final Assembly.

Although Venerable Kashyapa is often regarded Savior of the Awakened One, Mahakarma, a closer look reveals a significant difference. This is because Venerable Karma can recite all the teachings of past Buddhas. Therefore, it is not surprising to regard the Karma Buddha added by Theravada Buddhism as a stitch-together of Dipankara and Maitreya, and there is also the character Ka.

Furthermore, Karma Buddha is also known as Namu Karma Buddha.

It should be noted that Papiyas, the Buddha's Enemy in Buddhism, eventually became a Buddha. Considering that Devadatta, who attempted to split the Buddhist Order, was ultimately named Namu, Papiyas should also have the same name. Furthermore, according to Buddhism teachings, Papiyas was able to become the Lord of Heaven of Freely Enjoying Others' Emanations because he had bestowed blessings upon Buddhas in the past, during a time without Buddhas, and thus received this favor.

In short, by completely transferring his own concept of Papiyas to Novia of Kama, he is, in a sense, also experiencing 'Papiyas's repentance in Hell and subsequent enlightenment,' thus not the Mara Heaven of Freely Enjoying Others' Emanations Buddha, but rather the Papiyas (the Lord of the Demon King) who transformed into Buddha.

Namu Karma Buddha.

This point was actually mentioned earlier during the great battle between Kavia and Krishna. After all, Amitabha is described as having "immeasurable light that pervades the ten directions," while Kayal is described as having "a body of radiant light that can overwhelm all other light." It is not an exaggeration to say that the two are in correspondence.

However, rather than saying that Karma Buddha is Kavia, it would be more accurate to say that Karma Buddha is a hybrid Buddha created by some later Buddhist for their own benefit, based on relevant Buddhist scriptures and stories. He is not a Buddha of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, but merely an empty name on Earth.

Therefore, Novia was unaware that he had been given the name Karma Buddha, nor should he have known of this Buddha, but if he had known, he would have acknowledged it as him.

After all, whether the so-called mystery is confined to Planet or develops in the distant future, the world is connected by misunderstandings, misidentifications, disagreements, and misperceptions, because even if people look at their reflections in a mirror, there will still be differences.

Because brains are not all the same, even if the input information is the same, the output cognition will not be consistent. Even if you see the same things, the same colors, and say the same things, you may not have the same feelings. This is true for everything.

But Ivia will choose to accept, after all, there's a saying, "The Maitreya countless incarnations."

Therefore, upon truly knowing this Buddha's name, the Perfection divinity of Maitreya, who had not yet completed the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies, was deciphered. After all, as Maitreya, the Buddha who redeems the world, he too would choose to bear the consequences of humanity's Desire accumulated over countless years.

'Truly concerned about birth and death, generate the Bodhicitta (the aspiration for enlightenment), with deep faith and aspiration, uphold the Buddha's name.'

Isn't it amazing? If Maitreya were born as a human, he would have Perfection divinity, but once he becomes a Buddha again, he would revert to normal humanity. Perhaps this is because the Primate of the Dharma’s End Period need to 'constantly reveal themselves to people, so that people will not recognize them'.

In short, the Desire of humanity, the Primate of this present age, have eroded Perfection over the long course of time, allowing Maitreya, who should not have been born as a human in this generation, to acquire Desire, namely Karma Buddha.

In fact, theoretically, according to the Maitreya Mahāsabhūmi-sūtra, the Savior one should say to Maitreya, who is about to be liberated, "You should speak of all the sutras and teachings of the past Buddhas." This is what is meant by Dipankara Buddha giving the prediction of Dipankara to the enlightened Savior, Savior giving the prediction of enlightenment to Maitreya. This is because "I wish to meet him at the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies"... As for why the Savior has not come, we do not know for the time being.

Therefore, the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies to save sentient beings are not true; it is the Karma's Final Assembly save sentient Dragon Flower.

After all, the world that truly faces the Dharma’s End, a world that can be described as hopeless, is another world altogether.

Chapter 410 The moonlight is so beautiful tonight.

Earlier in time, as the Dragon Flower Tree was gradually being replaced by the Banyan Tree, a certain space in the world came to a standstill for a moment.

It's not that time has stopped, but rather that there is a pure physical stillness.

"Banyan Tree..."

Dragon Flower stared expressionlessly at the new Bodhi Tree that had appeared behind the giant tree, but a sense of doubt crept into his heart.

How could any other Dharma assembly manifest during the Three Assemblies? Moreover, it's merely Banyan, the representative of the Karma Buddha, a figure created by humans to represent our Lord in a secondary creation. What's going on? The power is dissipating, no, it's weakening...

Despite her confusion, Dragon Flower never gave up her offensive against Miyu. Even though a power had previously entered Miyu's life, causing small, crescent-shaped moons to appear around her, radiating moonlight and merging with her Moon Cancer power, this would undoubtedly have created a mysterious chain reaction at any other time, perhaps even leading to Moonfall—

"Dragon Flower!"

Or perhaps his strength diminished too rapidly, causing the bewildered Dragon Flower to fail to notice Miyu rushing towards him immediately, and he could only rely on his instinct to use the huge phantom wings that suddenly appeared behind him to block the attack.

The moment it came into contact with the attack, its wings changed color with a 'whoosh'.

Originally translucent wings, they were completely solidified by Od. Clear colors sprouted from the ethereal feathers, revealing their shape—these were enormous white wings that, though described as wings, contained tiny wing claws.

At the same time, countless feathers arced from both sides of the floating Dragon Flower, rushing towards Miyu.

In response, Miyu leaped backward, using Moonbeam to fly sideways as if dodging thousands of white feathers. However, the feathers chasing her seemed to automatically track her like the fine lines fired from the Heavenly Wheel Cannon. The feathers were so sharp that they seemed unreal, with only the continuous sonic booms sounding heavy.

Through the countless gaps in the feathers, Miyu's silhouette could be seen, accompanied by a purple halo that seemed to follow her feet. She turned around and whispered:

That's all.

Instantly, two enormous, ethereal hands appeared on either side of the space, blocking the attacking feathers and stopping them halfway through.

"Moon Cancer is a manifestation of the moon's limitation on human progress. Given this, it's only natural that your attacks, which haven't yet shattered the moon itself, would stop here."

The two, like sisters, are not simply opposed to each other, but rather their conflict is a mysterious confrontation stemming from the Od within them.

Moon Cancer is something that humanity should overcome. Now that the power of Moon Cancer is within Miyu Satsuki's body, Dragon Flower, who is trying to integrate the concept of humanity, will naturally also overcome it. As far as these two are concerned, neither Moon Cancer nor humanity will submit to the other before the final result arrives. Opening up and blocking can be said to be the same thing in terms of thinking.

Mystery and Od, along with the will to rule them all, collided, and one could even see the glow emanating from their point of contact.

Originally, Dragon Flower's power could be said to have overwhelmed Miyu, but because the Dragon Flower Tree was replaced by the Banyan Tree, its power is now on par with Miyu's, hence both of them were thrown back.

Dragon Flower, quickly regaining his senses, created a staircase of feathers in the air, stepped onto it, and in a few steps, he was back in front of Miyu. With unexpected speed, he unleashed his Od and struck, piercing the Black-Haired Girl's thigh.

However, in response to the pain, Miyu grabbed Dragon Flower's wrist, raised her leg, and struck Dragon Flower's chin with her knee at high speed, causing both of them to suffer injuries of different degrees again.

Then, countless times, Dragon Flower Miyu intertwined, each collision unleashing an incredible Od force. They essentially controlled each other's movements by relying on all five senses and the unconscious that transcended them.

In the end, covered in blood, probably later when Dragon Flower was exchanging blows with Miyu, or perhaps a feather pierced through the giant hand.

"Dragon Flower, you said I was the first person to see Ivia, that's completely wrong."

During the fight, Miyu said this to Dragon Flower.

"I remember everything. Back then, in that world, a voice guided my mother and me."

As Miyu said, when Yoshiko Miyu entered the world of Ivia by chance, a friendly voice told them, "Be careful, be prepared, only those who truly want to fulfill their wishes can go further."

"That voice was Dragon Flower, wasn't it? You, Mom, and I all saw Ivia, but back then you were too scared to see him!"

"... As expected, I still want to kill you, Miyu Satsuki."

For Dragon Flower, who represents Maitreya's tribulation, the ability to develop self-awareness is already a miracle. Moreover, as this representative, she has almost everything she could want. Furthermore, because the Future is so long, with so much time until the end, it's as if she has nothing to worry about.

Why go to such lengths?

It was only after gaining consciousness that she realized her master would witness much suffering and sorrow in the long Future, and so she did this in order to prevent her master from showing such an expression. What she craved was Ivia's 'not showing Sorrow ', which was also the meaning of life that she believed in.

With consciousness comes Desire. Dragon Flower's Desire Root from Ivia, and thus extended to include many more Desire: 'the first person the master met,' 'the master's only servant,' 'the only one.' Dragon Flower wanted to be the first and the only one in countless ways.

Ultimately, all living things return to themselves. Allowing Ivia to undergo her tribulation ahead of time—isn't that also a form of Desire? Whether it's an older sister, a younger sister, or someone she's interested in, as long as all these concepts are mixed within her, isn't she herself all of them?

As for why it didn't appear at first, it was out of fear. Dragon Flower is one of the Bodhi Tree, but the form that Dragon Flower initially manifested was that of a beast. Therefore, it dared not see Ivia, believing that since Ivia was similar to Humanoid, she should also be Humanoid, not an ugly beast.

"I must kill you."

Dragon Flower closed his eyes and breathed slowly, thus concentrating a chilling magical Od.

"I've always wanted to beat you."

"... What?"

Dragon Flower is ultimately the tree from which Maitreya attained enlightenment. Even if its power has been greatly weakened, it was still shaped with the concept of universal salvation, and is the embodiment of universal salvation in the Future.

If the Moon Cancer is the Planet's protective shield...

Then Dragon Flower would use Beast Principle and Buddha Principle to completely deny, overwhelm, and trample upon it.

It was this domineering nature that led it and the Planet to accept this fate.

There's no need to explain any reasoning.

Thousands, tens of thousands, even hundreds of millions of Dragon Flower Tree once again illuminated the sky, their brilliance shining upon the world as if the Three Assemblies had just concluded.

Under the radiant light, the Dragon Flower that appeared before Miyu had transformed from Humanoid into a gigantic dragon.

It was completely devoid of any technological feel, its entire body was white, with long hair flowing from its head, and two metallic rings encircling the base of its tail. Beneath the rings was an object resembling an engine, and its appearance was a combination of a white bird and a Western dragon with huge wing claws.

In the Dharma’s End Period, Sutra of the End of the Dharma, people will despise the truth and indulge their Desire. Only the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies can save all living beings.

At that moment, the pure white dragon raised its eyes, opened its mouth, and spat out a blazing light of destruction towards Miyu before it.

Cleansing and purifying the world is an inherent Authority of the Dragon Flower Tree; this is the greatest Dharma assembly in the Buddhism system, equivalent to the re-emergence of the Garden of Eden.

"But the Moon Cancer told me: wanting to win and wanting to kill are not the same thing. Born from the people of this lonely Planet's longing for the moon, she, as humanity's protector before reaching its limits, actually dreams of dying alongside the Planet and humanity. She even fears that humanity will fall from its Primate position and become animals to be played with by the New Primates. But, but—"

However, before Dragon Flower could utter his final words, Miyu lowered her eyes and said...

A massive purple halo stood behind her, like a giant hand reaching out towards the dragon-transformed Dragon Flower. Its purple radiance resembled a river of light, or a torrent or a cradle within a cocoon, preventing Longhua from advancing or retreating.

"She still hopes that humanity, or rather, New Primates that transcends and inherits from humanity, can completely overturn and reject what she believes to be the idea, and go to a completely new beyond—that is her expectation."

"I don't have such high expectations, or rather, I don't have such grand ambitions, because I've always been afraid. To be honest, I Jealousy Ilya and Chloe. Compared to me, they learn and grow much more easily. But now I understand that I will grow too, even if it's a bit slow, it's still growth."

"So, I will also defeat you, but I will not kill you, because wanting to win and wanting to kill are different. This applies to me, and it applies to the Moon Cancer as well."

The wind is picking up.