"Amitabha!"
This was a voice that had never appeared in False History, so much so that even Hongtian froze, utterly unable to understand the true meaning of those four words.
Yet the next moment, he sensed Karma.
And not just him. The other Golden Core True Lords, Lu Yang, and every Foundation Establishment True Person capable of sensing shifts in Karma all stirred at once.
It's coming.
Something... is coming!
An indescribably vast Karma was descending from a place beyond knowing and beyond discourse. At this moment, the name of that Karma entered everyone's Sea of Consciousness.
Descending from Tushita!
Standing atop the high platform, Lu Yang looked across the world and saw that the countless masses and Foundation Establishment True Persons all wore blank expressions, sighing in unison:
"All Buddhas, World Honored Ones, attained enlightenment over kalpas as numerous as motes of dust in oceans of worlds, solely because of one great cause and condition: wishing to open the Buddha-knowledge and insight of sentient beings, so that they might attain purity. Thus did they appear in the world."
Amid the hymns of praise that filled heaven and earth, within a secluded residence in the imperial capital of the Immortal Court, an Image manifested between heaven and earth: a Six-Tusked White Elephant, a lotus held in its trunk, entered through the left side of a woman giving birth in the courtyard, filling her with joy as though she had drunk sweet dew.
Dwelling in the Womb!
The next moment, the woman gave birth. The clear, piercing cry of a newborn resounded throughout Great Qian. An infant came into the world, Lotuses blooming beneath every step, while a Bodhi Tree swayed behind him.
Birth!
In an instant, all heavens and worlds shone with brilliant light. Five-colored radiance shot straight through the