Though Shen Mo was not a Buddhist disciple, he had several ties to Buddhism.
The [Supreme Excellence] and [Vajra Body] upon him, as well as several special Destinies he had later drawn from the Destiny Pool, all bore traces of Buddhist divine abilities.
The special Destinies within the Destiny Pool were extraordinary traits left behind after generations of Destiny Panel hosts perished over endless ages. They included the cultivation arts and divine abilities they possessed, immortal arts and martial techniques, attainments in the Sword Dao, and accomplishments in alchemy, talismans, artifact refinement, and formations.
Among these senior hosts, some might have fallen before the era they belonged to came to an end. Others might have condensed all their extraordinary traits into special Destinies after their era ended, then wandered carefree for a long while before ultimately perishing as well... These extraordinary traits had been forcibly condensed by the Destiny Panel into one special Destiny after another, deposited in the Destiny Pool for later Lords of Destiny to draw and use!
In other words, the Destinies Shen Mo had drawn, such as [Supreme Excellence], had likely been transformed from the Buddhist extraordinary traits of one or several senior hosts.
After its era ended, Buddhism became an olden Great Dao. Yet before the Immortal Dao Era, it had repeatedly merged into the Great Daos of other eras. Thus, it was hardly strange that some past Lords of Destiny had been Buddhist disciples or cultivated Buddhist arts and divine abilities!
Beyond the special Destinies, the Divine Soul Immortal Art Shen Mo cultivated, Great Sun Tathagata Heart Scripture, was also the foundational method of the Pure Land Sect in the Buddhist Domain of the Primordial Beginning Realm.
Before the Primordial Beginning Realm withered away, it often collided with the neighboring Heavenly Demon Realm, tearing