A Real Man Should Be Like This

Bodhi suddenly understood. "Dao Venerable's first product of Reducing and Seeking Emptiness was Old Lord Huang. Yet when Old Lord Huang reached the Other Shore, Dao Venerable had not transcended. Only after Old Lord Huang perished with the end of the era, leaving behind a remnant shell that gave birth to the Heavenly Dao Monster, while a spark of his true spirit reincarnated as Eastern Emperor Taiyi—only when Eastern Emperor Taiyi reached the Other Shore did Dao Venerable finally transcend. It seems Dao Venerable's first experiment may have failed because Old Lord Huang was not pure enough. Some impurities had yet to be severed, and the Heavenly Dao Monster was precisely those impurities."

"The Buddha transcended only halfway, yet the will left behind by the Supreme True Buddha is actually clearer-minded than the Heavenly Dao Monster, merely more radical and extreme. In that case, the impurities the Buddha severed from within himself with the help of external objects must not have been pure enough, which was why he ultimately failed to transcend completely." Amitabha spoke casually. For one as ancient as him, the Buddha's failure to fully transcend was no secret.

"The Dao Fruit cannot rely on external objects." Bodhi Ancient Buddha sighed. "The Holy Emperor truly has remarkable methods. He used us beings of the Other Shore to draw everyone's attention, while actually using himself as bait to fish."

Amitabha chuckled. "Hard to say. This is only our speculation. Perhaps his original intention really was only to rid the living beings of the myriad heavens of their fear toward gods and Buddhas like us."

Bodhi laughed soundlessly. "As beings of the Other Shore, we can trace upward to the beginning of heaven and earth and occupy all kinds of futures below. How long has it been since we were