That day, a clear, tender infant's cry rang out across the Buddhist lands of the Western Ox Continent, breaking the silence.
A child named Shakyamuni had entered the world.
The moment he was born, he pointed one hand toward heaven and the other toward earth, proclaiming that beneath heaven and above earth, he alone was supreme!
Though he had only just been born, the Buddha-light within him already shone across the entire Western Ox Continent. The Brahma Sound rose faintly, golden lotuses sprang forth, and celestial flowers fell like rain.
Such a vision soon stirred all of Buddhism.
By then, Jieyin and Zhunti had gradually withdrawn behind the scenes, leaving the Three Buddhas of the Three Ages to lead Buddhism together. This was also the direction Buddhism would take in the future.
For now, the Present Buddha oversaw its affairs, assisted by the Past Buddha and the Future Buddha.
The three soon learned that a being whose Buddhist nature rivaled a Buddha's had been born in the Earth Immortal Realm.
At first, they were overjoyed.
But on second thought, a trace of unease crept in.
For a being of such terrifying Buddhist nature to appear out of nowhere at this critical juncture—they feared it was a scheme laid by another faction.
Yet no matter what methods they used, they could find not the slightest trace of a plot.
To be absolutely certain, they even asked the incarnation of Amitabha Buddha residing in the Earth Immortal Realm to examine the child himself. He, too, found nothing.
It was as though the newborn truly was nothing more than a being blessed from birth with Buddhist nature and profound virtuous roots.
As the incarnation of a Sage, Amitabha Buddha would have found some trace even if another Sage had personally laid the scheme.