Western Heaven Spirit Mountain.
Beneath the Bodhi Tree, Burning Lamp Buddha was leafing through an ancient Buddhist scripture, his bearing serene and peaceful.
Not far away, whenever Ancient Flower Immortal occasionally looked toward Burning Lamp Buddha, a faint trace of reverence showed in her eyes.
Burning Lamp Buddha had changed!
From the day the Dark Mythology Era drew back its curtain, Ancient Flower Immortal had sensed that some indescribable changes had quietly taken place within Burning Lamp Buddha.
He was clearly still the same person, still possessed that temperament as still as water and as immovable as a mountain.
Yet whenever she faced Burning Lamp Buddha, Ancient Flower Immortal could not stop a wariness born of instinct from rising in her heart.
And as time passed, that thread of wariness grew ever stronger, ever heavier.
By now, Ancient Flower Immortal did not even dare meet Burning Lamp Buddha's eyes directly!
She had also tested him, asking what exactly had happened to him.
But the answer she received was only one sentence:
"Yesterday's Dao is no longer Dao; today's self is no longer self; the self of tomorrow may naturally become Non-Empty Non-Destructive."
It was like a Zen riddle, and Ancient Flower Immortal pondered it for a very, very long time.
She vaguely understood that Burning Lamp Buddha meant his Dao was already different from the one he had pursued in the past, and thus he himself was naturally no longer the same as before.
As for his future self, he could cultivate to a realm called "Non-Empty Non-Destructive"!
Yet Ancient Flower Immortal knew perfectly well that her understanding was destined to be superficial. The changes that had occurred in Burning Lamp Buddha were also destined to be far from so simple!
The Bodhi Tree was ancient and vigorous. Its luxuriant