The Heavenly Emperor Called Me Dao Friend; All Buddhas of the Buddhist Realm Bowed Upon Seeing Me

"Fire Sparrow Clan? If I remembered correctly, they should have been one of the Demon Race's royal clans, descendants of the divine beast Vermilion Bird."

Jiang Chuan rubbed his temples. "The Demon Race of the Northern Territory and humanity are mortal enemies. Chasing a demoness won't be easy."

The Northern Territory was boundless. Searching for Que Jinling there was like fishing for a needle in the sea.

Therefore, you planned to first visit the Heavenly Dao Pavilion and buy information about Que Jinling.

Considering the Spirit Stones needed to purchase information, you set off for the External Affairs Hall early the next morning and began taking missions.

While completing missions, you refined the pill energy within your body. A month later, you successfully broke through to the third layer of the Third Realm.

At the same time, the palace at Stone Lotus Ridge had been completed.

Just as you were preparing to submit the mission with Jing Hui, Elder Jingyun and Elder Jinghou of the Pill Room came to find you.

"Amitabha. Jiang Chuan greets Elder Jingyun and Elder Jinghou." Jiang Chuan pressed his palms together.

Elder Jinghou was a tall man, his brows marked with flame patterns. As he walked, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted through the air.

"Jiang Chuan, let me ask you this. Since entering Bodhi Temple, you have never left. Where did these pill formulas come from?"

As he spoke, Elder Jinghou took out the pill formulas Jiang Chuan had submitted from his robes.

Jiang Chuan frowned slightly.

He had not expected the pill formulas he submitted to draw out Elder Jinghou, who oversaw the Pill Room, in person.

"Elder Jinghou, is there something false in the pill formulas Jiang Chuan submitted?"

"Nothing false. It is merely that these are all pill formulas from the Middle Ancient Era. They are exceedingly rare in today's Qingyuan Realm. Even the Dan Ding Sect, famed throughout the world for pill refinement, possesses few of them."

Elder Jinghou stared fixedly at Jiang Chuan. "Where did you get them?"

"Jiang Chuan, the temple requires an explanation."

Elder Jingyun's voice was not loud, yet it resembled thunder rolling through dark clouds, carrying immense pressure.

Jiang Chuan's expression remained unchanged. "I would not dare deceive the elders. These pill formulas appeared in my mind on their own."

"Appeared on their own? Have you awakened memories of your previous life?"

Elder Jinghou paused slightly, and his gaze toward Jiang Chuan became uncertain.

"That is correct." Jiang Chuan immediately admitted it.

Using reincarnation as a pretext, you had escaped the immediate crisis. Yet the two elders found themselves troubled over how to deal with you, a reincarnated person.

They did not know whether, after fully recovering your memories, you would leave Bodhi Temple—or even turn your spear around and strike Bodhi Temple.

After considering the matter again and again, the two brought you to the main hall of Bodhi Temple to meet Abbot Kong Ming.

After learning everything, Abbot Kong Ming asked you a question.

"Jiang Chuan, what do you think of your previous life?" Abbot Kong Ming slowly asked.

"Amitabha. In reply to the Abbot, Jiang Chuan believes that the self of a previous life is not the self of this life," Jiang Chuan answered.

Abbot Kong Ming slightly raised his eyelids. "Why do you believe that your past self was not you?"

"If a person had no previous life, how could they have a present life? Do you believe you have already stepped beyond the Myriad Realms and escaped the cycle of life and death?"

"That is not what I mean."

Jiang Chuan shook his head. "This disciple merely believes that one should live in the present."

"Live in the present."

After savoring those words, Abbot Kong Ming asked again, "But your previous life has already affected this life. How will you resolve that?"

"This disciple does not wish to pursue the karmic causes and effects of my previous life."

Jiang Chuan spoke with complete sincerity. After all, in his previous life, he had merely been an ordinary person.

If he returned to Earth now, he would be a bona fide Superman. He could not even be bothered to fuss over a few trivial verbal disputes.

"As for the scriptures and divine abilities this disciple obtained from memories of my previous life, I can offer all of them to the temple."

"Is that true?" Abbot Kong Ming was startled.

Elder Jingyun and Elder Jinghou could not tell, but he could see that the Supreme Yang Limitless Body Jiang Chuan cultivated was a technique no weaker than the core inheritances of the Seven Sects, Six Demons, Three Palaces, and Nine Clans.

If such a technique spread through the Qingyuan Realm, it would be enough to make the land wear mourning white. Experts of the Eighth Realm and even the Ninth Realm would take action, perhaps even fight bloody battles over it!

Jiang Chuan did not answer. Instead, he directly recited the complete contents of the Supreme Yang Limitless Body.

A sharp gleam burst from Abbot Kong Ming's eyes. His entire body seemed like a blazing sun, radiating dazzling golden light.

An aura of utmost supremacy and strength surged forth, as though a deity from the Primordial Era had awakened from slumber.

"Good! Good! Good! What an excellent Supreme Yang Limitless Body!"

"In terms of intricacy and profundity, it may be inferior to the Golden Body of Tathagata, one of the Buddhist Dao's supreme inheritances, but it can still be called a peerless scripture rarely seen throughout the ages."

"So this was the Abbot's true strength?!"

Jiang Chuan's breathing caught, and towering waves rose in his heart.

At that moment, he felt like a lone boat upon a boundless ocean, liable to capsize at any moment.

Soon after, Abbot Kong Ming's aura gradually returned to calm.

"Jiang Chuan, let the affairs of your previous life vanish like smoke and disperse like clouds. In this life, you are a disciple of the Buddhist sect. Once you have comprehended the Dao Stele, come find me here. I will teach you the Future Star Sutra."

"What?!"

Elder Jingyun and Elder Jinghou were both utterly astonished.

The Future Star Sutra was a supreme scripture of the Buddhist Dao. Even within the Qingyuan Realm, it could rank among the top five, perhaps even the top three, scriptures.

Only a few techniques, such as the Taixu Immortal Canon of the Taixu Immortal Palace and the Feather Ascension Scripture of the Feather Ascension Sect, could stand shoulder to shoulder with it.

Even within Bodhi Temple, those qualified to cultivate it could be counted on one hand.

Jiang Chuan was overjoyed upon hearing this. "Yes, Abbot."

When Jing Hui saw you return to the pavilion, he immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

"Junior Brother, you were an Immortal Dao Cultivator in your previous life, yet you entered the Buddhist sect in this life. Wouldn't that be betraying your master and destroying your ancestors, making you a traitor to the Immortal Dao? Would heavenly lightning strike you down, and would you be demoted to a beast after death?" Jing Hui asked curiously.

Jiang Chuan: "."

Can't you hope for something better for me?

Either I get struck down by heavenly lightning, or I get thrown into the beast realm after death.

Anyone who knew would think you were my senior brother. Anyone who did not would think I slaughtered your entire family!

"In my previous life, I was a supreme existence who swept across three thousand realms and reversed the Six Paths of Reincarnation. The Heavenly Emperor called me Dao Friend, and all Buddhas of the Buddhist Realm had to bow when they saw me. Today's Immortal Dao Cultivators are no more than my juniors. What right do they have to judge me?" Jiang Chuan said with a straight face.

Jing Hui's eyes widened round, shocked to the extreme. "Junior Brother! You were that incredible in your previous life?!"

Senior Brother, you were far too easy to fool!

After sighing inwardly, you and Jing Hui went to the External Affairs Hall to submit the mission, then headed to the Arhat Hall to view the Dao Stele.

The Arhat Hall stood atop a thousand-zhang peak within Bodhi Temple.

From afar, it resembled a golden dragon coiled around the mountaintop, majestic and magnificent.

When Jiang Chuan and Jing Hui arrived before the Arhat Hall, they saw an elderly monk standing there, draped in a seven-treasure kasaya, with white hair and beard, holding white jade Buddhist prayer beads.

"Jiang Chuan greets Elder Kong Bei," Jiang Chuan respectfully said.

"Jing Sha already sent me a message. However, the Dao Stele is one of Bodhi Temple's most important foundations, and only one person may comprehend it. Will it be you or Jing Hui?"

Elder Kong Bei shifted his gaze from Jiang Chuan to Jing Hui.

Jing Hui hurriedly said, "Elder, we were able to complete this mission entirely because of Junior Brother. If only one person may comprehend it, then let Junior Brother comprehend the Dao Stele."

"Hm?"

Surprise appeared in Elder Kong Bei's eyes.

The next instant, he appeared before Jing Hui out of thin air.

Before Jing Hui could react, Elder Kong Bei pressed a large hand directly onto Jing Hui's head.

"After all these years, I have finally found you. Jing Hui, are you willing to take me as your master?"

Curiosity appeared in Jiang Chuan's eyes at this sight.

"Why did Elder Kong Bei take Senior Brother Jing Hui as his disciple? In the simulation, when I asked Senior Brother Jing Hui, he could not explain the reason either."

"Could it be that Senior Brother Jing Hui possesses some special constitution that has yet to awaken?"

Upon hearing that Elder Kong Bei wished to accept him as a disciple, Jing Hui came back to his senses and immediately became Elder Kong Bei's disciple without the slightest hesitation.

After accepting Jing Hui, Elder Kong Bei brought you to where the Dao Stele was located.