"What I know is that the World-Honored One taught without distinction, seeking equality for all living beings."
Jiang Wang sighed. "What I have seen is Senior Guanyan."
Jiang Wang had long known of Senior Guanyan's compassion.
It was only that in the Forest Sea Source Realm, the Forest Sea Holy Clan had ultimately also been a branch of the Human Race, making it hard not to transfer one's feelings.
The living beings of this world did not even have human form. They were all beast-like, filthy and foul-smelling besides, muddled and savage.
Yet Senior Guanyan still gave his all, his compassion undiminished. This showed that his heart was not confined by race or kind.
"That is because you have not seen the moving moments in the lives of the creatures here. They too bleed themselves dry to feed their young; they too brave wind and rain together, overcoming hardship side by side; there are wives who grieve when their husbands die, only to return together in the end..." Guanyan said gently. "You merely passed by and glanced at them. You saw only how they squirmed in rotten mud, only their greed, ugliness, and stench. It is only human that you could feel nothing."
He shook his head. "The World-Honored One is too far away. This world is too close."
The World-Honored One's love was an impartial love. Greed, ugliness, stench—He would still offer help and love.
Guanyan's love came from seeing that the creatures of this world still possessed shining brilliance, still had the strength to struggle. It was because he saw that this world could yet be saved that he was willing to save it.
That was why he said he was still far from the World-Honored One, while everything that happened in this world was very close to