"Buddha said that all beings are Buddhas. Could it be that the beings in this Painting of All Beings Worshipping Buddha were worshipping themselves? Was this meant to let me see my true self?" Shen Luo murmured, his eyes flickering.
With that thought, an idea suddenly came to him. His eyes fixed tightly on the crystalline wall, while his mind struggled to recall everything he had seen and heard that day in Dao-Viewing Cave.
"Only by understanding one's heart and seeing one's nature may one attain one's true self." At that moment, an ethereal, majestic voice echoed through the void without warning.
Shen Luo felt as though he had been struck by lightning. His entire body stiffened abruptly, frozen where he stood as he gazed up at the crystalline wall.
Blue spiritual light welled up in his eyes, and the image before him gradually began to change.
The reflection within the crystalline wall was no longer that of a handsome Human Race man. Instead, it once more became the golden ape he had seen before, clad in a green robe, with gaunt cheeks and a pointed mouth.
But at that moment, the golden ape suddenly twisted his neck and grinned at him. Then it turned around within the image on the crystalline wall and waved toward something unseen.
In the next instant, the entire crystalline wall blazed with light. No longer did it reflect only the golden ape; instead, it showed a mountain covered in banners, filled with sky-shaking battle cries and countless apes waving flags, shouting, and brandishing blades.
As Shen Luo shifted his gaze, the scenery in the image slowly moved with it. Only then did he see that beneath the mountain lay a vast open meadow, where many strange and varied demons stood.
Several demon kings stood