Shackles, too, are Shakya!
In the written language of Jing Kingdom, "shi" meant "to let go," and "jia" meant "to walk." "Shakya" could be interpreted as "letting go of everything and walking through the world."
In Sanskrit meaning, however, "Shakya" meant "the capable and benevolent"—capability and compassion.
Both interpretations could represent "Buddha." "Buddha" was a state of perfection, another name for "the imperishable."
Boyong unshackled himself before the Temple of the World-Transcending Buddha in order to fulfill the first promise he had made with Xiong Yizhen. He would also attain the most complete liberation and walk toward the perfection he sought.
He had walked this road many years ago.
As the eldest son of Jing Grand Ancestor Ji Yusu, he had been sent to the Daoist palace as a Daoist Heir from childhood... In civil and martial arts, he surpassed all the other princes; in Daoist cultivation and classical studies, he stood foremost among all True Persons.
When Jing Grand Ancestor led armies on campaign, he remained behind in Tianjing City, keeping government affairs in impeccable order. When Jing Grand Ancestor held the center, he led troops into battle, smashing through all before him.
In civil governance, martial merit, and Daoist learning, he had no flaws.
He had originally been the perfect crown meticulously cultivated by the Daoist Sect to inherit secular power—the "Dao Monarch" who would, in the truest sense, unify royal authority and imperial authority.
And that was precisely the only reason he did not possess Heaven's favor.
Yet his Empress Mother had come from Daluo Mountain; that was something he could not change. Nor had it been his own decision to be sent into the Daoist palace as a child.
Those adults had arranged everything, yet showed him different faces at different times. They sent him down