Sealing the Tongue Root, Calamity from Nowhere

Though the Buddhist School spoke of the equality of all beings, it still held that "men possess bodies of seven treasures, while women bear bodies of five leaks."

Now that Shikshananda's Red Dust Dharma Body had been broken and he had fallen into a female form, it not only damaged the foundation of his cultivation but also signified a regression in his attainment.

Thus, although Shikshananda still possessed the cultivation of a Fifth Grade Reverted Elixir, at his root, he had already fallen far below an ordinary Reverted Elixir cultivator.

Advancing a step brought the divine abilities of a step; retreating a step brought the karmic recompense of a step.

The strict laws of the Buddhist School lay precisely in this.

If he returned to the Hungry Ghost Path, then under the protection of his father, the Vajra Yaksha Wisdom King, he could naturally make up for the damage to his foundation.

But Shikshananda was unwilling to do so.

He had left the Hungry Ghost Path in order to escape that sea of suffering, climb to a higher level in cultivation, and spread the wondrous doctrines of the Buddhist School into the Central Land.

If he now returned to the Hungry Ghost Path with his tail between his legs, would that not mean the painstaking efforts and sacrifices of everyone—from the three Ancient Buddhas of the Hungry Ghost Path and the Vajra Yaksha Wisdom King down to his many clansmen—had all gone to waste?

That absolutely could not happen.

"I heard that you are the direct disciple of Jade Sun Mountain's sect master, Fairy, and may one day take charge of the sect."

Shikshananda looked at Xue Baizhi. "May I ask if that is true?"

"I am indeed a disciple under the True Person Sect Master." Xue Baizhi watched Shikshananda,