"Buddhist Five Realms." Huowang remembered this term. It had not only been mentioned by the monks of Zhengde Temple; the abbess of Anci Nunnery had mentioned it as well.
But back then, he had not even dealt with Danyangzi, and his life had hung by a thread. He had not paid any attention to what they said.
Afterward, he came into contact with all kinds of sects and factions. Once he discovered that their worldviews contradicted one another, he paid even less attention to it.
"No! You're wrong!" Li Huowang's words left Chan Du unsure how to respond.
It was clearly common knowledge. Why was Benefactor Li reacting so strongly?
"No... you're wrong..." With trembling pupils, Li Huowang began pacing back and forth.
Just then, piecing together his past experiences, Li Huowang figured out what these Five Realms truly were.
"That isn't the Buddhist Five Realms you spoke of. It's history—five histories that took five different paths!" Li Huowang voiced his conjecture.
The Great Liang world was history after Great Qi had split apart a thousand years ago, while Great Qi was history from before Great Qi had split apart a thousand years ago!
If the first two worlds were like that, then by the same reasoning, the other three worlds must have been histories that branched off differently at their source!
The people were still the same people, yet they possessed five utterly different possibilities, all existing side by side. Such a thing could only exist in this completely mad world.
"No, no, no, Benefactor Li, listen to me." Naturally, Chan Du did not agree with Li Huowang's claim. It made him feel as though the Buddhist scriptures he had memorized for decades had all been fabricated nonsense. He had to refute him.
"Benefactor Li, the Buddhist Five Realms