"Whoosh...!!!"
Just as Duobao muttered to himself in utter confusion, a peach blossom petal drifted inside...
Duobao watched the petal fall into his palm. His bloodshot, murky eyes seemed to glow...
Duobao looked toward the peach tree outside. He saw the peach tree beyond the cave wither before his very eyes, then bloom again just as visibly...
"Without root or stem... without flower or fruit... without all things and living beings..."
"Then what remains of Heaven and Earth? No sun by day, no moon by night, Heaven and Earth in chaos, yin and yang mingled..."
"Heaven and Earth exist, all things are born. With one thought, flowers bloom; with one thought, flowers fall—that is Dao. All things perish, all beings are extinguished—that is Dao!"
"Born before Heaven and Earth, silent and void, standing alone and unchanging, moving ceaselessly without exhaustion, it can be the mother of all under Heaven. That is Dao."
"What is Dao? Dao exists within all things, and all things exist within Dao—that is Dao!!"
At that moment, golden light radiated from Duobao's eyes, and his face filled with wild delight!!
"I understand!! This is Dao! I am Dao!!!"
"Boom...!!!"
In an instant, as Duobao raised his head and roared, the cultivation he had suppressed for so long broke through!
Following that, a colossal Buddha statue seated upon a golden lotus rose majestically within the Prehistoric World!!
"This is Dao. Demons are Dao, devils are Dao, all living beings are Dao, all things are Dao—Buddha is Dao!!"
"The golden pill and sarira are one with benevolence and righteousness, all things and living beings form one body. The spiritual treasure bodhi has no original self. Today, I finally know that I am myself!!!"
"Om...!!!"
In an instant, Duobao pressed his palms together, his dharma aspect solemn and majestic!