Two years later, Central Continent.
"Is this the Heavenly Sound Territory? Even the emperor of a country here is a monk—how strange!" Emperor Xian Xian said with a peculiar expression.
"This is called a Buddha Country, a special kind of dynasty operating under a Buddhist sacred ground as a vassal. Most large Buddhist sects have several Buddha Countries," Zhong Shan explained.
Several days earlier, everyone had arrived in the Heavenly Sound Territory. They had been heading toward the center all along.
Outside Heavenly Sound Temple, everyone made a brief rest stop and conducted a little investigation.
In a city belonging to a Buddha Country, Zhong Shan quickly found the city lord and questioned him.
"Senior, Heavenly Sound Temple governs the Heavenly Sound Territory. It has three Buddha Ancestors, corresponding to the past, present, and future!" the city lord said respectfully.
With only a slight display of their methods, Zhong Shan and the others had crushed the city lord's ability to resist. Along with a few small favors, the city lord quickly laid out everything he knew, as though reciting his family treasures.
"The past, present, and future? It sounds quite similar to the former Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!" Corpse Mister nodded.
"That is because the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss inherited its legacy from Heavenly Sound Temple!" Zhong Shan said with a smile.
The city lord glanced at everyone in surprise but did not interrupt.
"Several hundred years ago, one of the Buddha Ancestors should have returned, correct?" Zhong Shan asked.
"Yes. That was the Present Buddha. Unfortunately, I heard that his last Great Nirvana failed, leaving him in a rather awkward position within Heavenly Sound Temple today!" The city lord thought for a moment before answering.
"Oh? Tell us everything you know."
"Yes. Legend has it that a