Although Ming Chan was a Rogue Cultivator, he had inherited the Shakya Sect's teachings. Thus, he knew something about Foundation Establishment True Persons and understood even more clearly how terrifying that realm was.
"Foundation Establishment" was merely the Immortal Gate's term. In the Shakya Sect, it had another name: the "Lotus Platform." Immortal cultivators built their Dao Foundation and were called "True Persons"; Buddhist practitioners ascended the Lotus Platform and were called "Arhats." Though their names differed, they ultimately led to the same destination by different paths.
"An Arhat. There's an Arhat behind Skull Mountain!"
"Damn it, what kind of opportunity is this?! It's all fake! An Arhat is clearly luring people in! Even if there really is some opportunity, that Arhat has already claimed it for himself!"
"Amitabha. Fuck!"
At this moment, Ming Chan no longer resembled a monk of the Shakya Sect in the slightest. In his panic, his old nature had resurfaced, and foul language poured from his mouth without end.
After all, before he had Cultivated Buddhism, he had been a mountain bandit.
It was rather amusing. Every time he finished killing someone or robbing travelers, he would worship a buddha statue. Who could have imagined that one day, he would truly obtain a Buddhist opportunity?
The opportunity had even claimed that it was Merit accumulated over his previous lifetimes.
So he laid down his butcher's knife and became a Buddha on the spot.
From then on, everything Ming Chan did went as smoothly as a favorable wind. He effortlessly reached Qi Refining Great Perfection, only one step away from Foundation Establishment.
Yet now, all he felt was terror.
His Three Lifetimes of Merit, which had always carried him through everything, and his towering Fortune all seemed to have lost their effect at this moment. They