The self-address of Guanyin Bodhisattva was very interesting.
At first, he humbly called himself a poor monk. This title was adapted from the Daoist humble term, poor Daoist.
In the beginning, the Buddhist faction was inferior to the Heavenly Court and was essentially an affiliated organization of the Heavenly Court, much like the Underworld and the Dragon Palace. Coupled with the fact that Daoism was powerful at the time while Buddhism was in decline, Buddhist disciples also called themselves poor debtors of the Dao, meaning they lacked morality and wisdom.
Later on, the Buddhist faction gradually grew in power, and Shakyamuni saw hope for himself to attain the Great Dao. With his ambition rising, he gradually separated himself from the Heavenly Court and Daoism, drawing a clear line, and only then did Buddhist disciples start calling themselves poor monks.
Therefore, this displayed Guanyin Bodhisattva's humility, and also indicated his identity, stance, and attitude within the Buddhist faction!
Afterwards, after dismissing the rest of the bodhisattvas, he began to call himself a humble monk.
This title was undoubtedly more humble than poor monk, lowering his own posture even further while also stripping away that layer of formality, indicating that he had let go of his identity, stance, and attitude as a Buddhist.
Those immortals and deities also spoke quite interestingly.
When Guanyin Bodhisattva told them that that world had no gods or buddhas, they were extremely astonished, saying they also wanted to experience a world without 'immortals and deities'.
These immortals and deities of the Heavenly Court, accustomed to boasting of their orthodox status, even while conflicting with the ideologies of those Ruler Faction immortals and deities, still placed themselves in a very high position. They had eyes only for immortals and deities, and completely failed to take the Buddhist faction