On Earth, Peacock Wisdom King's arrival made every living being raise their heads to the sky, gazing at this Buddhist powerhouse who seemed like a deity.
Before attaining the Dao, Hunyuan Heavenly Emperor had received the dharma decree of Amitabha the Great Emperor and obtained the Future Buddha fruit position among Buddhism's Three Buddhas of Past, Present, and Future. This was already common knowledge.
Now that Amitabha, the Past Buddha, had long since passed away, Hunyuan Heavenly Emperor, though the Future Buddha, had not attained the Dao through Buddhist teachings. Even though countless Buddhist disciples across the starry skies revered him, he had never ascended to the Buddha position and taken charge of Buddhism.
Otherwise, given Hunyuan Heavenly Emperor's current realm, even if he himself did not become a Buddha, Buddhism would have cast off the shadow of Amitabha's death, which had buried hundreds of millions of Buddhist disciples alongside him. It might even have reached unprecedented heights, surpassing the era when Amitabha the Great Emperor attained the Dao.
Above Hangu Pass, Sakyamuni pressed his palms together, compassion on his face as he recited a Buddhist invocation. His gaze turned toward Mount Sumeru in the Big Dipper.
He was deeply versed in Buddhist teachings and was already an expert who had attained the Dao by an alternative path. If not for the limitations of his imperial body and the fact that the Heart of Heaven Imprint had no vacancy, he would have attained the Dao and become a Great Emperor long ago.
To shatter that shackle, Sakyamuni had once discussed Buddhist teachings with Fang Yang in the Future Dharma Realm. From cultivating the method of the next life to seeking the method of this life, he had begun to find his own path.
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