That day, Randeng finished preaching as usual and was about to rise and leave.
But just as he was about to depart, Shakyamuni suddenly turned his gaze eastward.
Noticing Shakyamuni's gaze, Randeng paused, then turned to look at him in puzzlement.
"World-Honored One, the destined opportunity has arrived."
Joy lit up Randeng's face at these words, and he hurriedly asked, "Where does this opportunity lie?"
Shakyamuni gazed eastward, his eyes clear and profound, and smiled faintly. "Spreading the Buddhist Dharma east!"
Randeng froze at his words.
Spreading the Buddhist Dharma east?
This was the great undertaking Buddhism had dreamed of, yet had never managed to accomplish.
East of the Western Ox Continent lay not the Eastern Divine Continent, but the Southern Jambu Continent.
Thus, spreading the Buddhist Dharma east meant spreading it to the Southern Jambu Continent, not the Eastern Divine Continent.
Yet this road was fraught with immense difficulty.
Previously, humanity's heartland in the Human Realm had been the Nine Provinces.
But after the Human Realm was divided into the Mortal Realm and the Earth Immortal Realm, countless humans had poured into the Four Continents.
Now, almost the entire Southern Jambu Continent belonged to humanity, and it was also the primary territory where the Three Sects spread their teachings.
However, after years of development and exchanges with the forces of other races, the Three Sects had long since branched into countless schools of thought. Numerous sects flourished among humanity, ushering it into an age when a hundred schools contended and a galaxy of stars shone brilliantly.
Under such circumstances, Shakyamuni's proposal to spread the Buddhist Dharma east was nothing short of a fool's dream.
Seeing Randeng's expression, Shakyamuni guessed what he was thinking and said calmly, "World-Honored One, our Buddhist order is too deeply entangled with the eastern sects,