"With the investitures complete and all Buddhas in their places, there shall be three hundred years of peace."
After awarding the scripture-retrieval party their honors, Tathagata Buddha mentioned the figure of three hundred years.
Jiang Ming naturally understood. He had probably already foreseen the coming calamity. There was no escaping it; he could only endure it.
In his past incarnation as Demon Ancestor Wutian, Jiang Ming had also been a powerhouse at the Great Perfection of the Quasi-Saint realm, defying all laws and heaven itself. With the Primordial Spirit Black Lotus protecting his path, he was undying and indestructible. Even Tathagata Buddha had abandoned Spirit Mountain, reincarnating to make his escape.
Of course, the one Jiang Ming admired most was Guanshiyin of this Primordial Wilderness Parallel Universe. He also knew that his own descent into darkness had not actually been a matter of, Who did I fall in love with?
When Wutian, his identity in this lifetime, had still been Kinnara Bodhisattva, he had gone to Southern Jambudvipa to reform evildoers through Buddhist teachings. That was how he met A Xiu. As they spent time together, A Xiu was moved by Kinnara's kindness and fell in love with him. In the end, A Xiu died for her love of Kinnara, simply to let him see that she was no longer the person she had once been.
Yet Jiang Ming understood one thing clearly: Kinnara had not fallen in love with A Xiu. After burying her, he had still wanted to remain there and continue reforming people through Buddhist teachings. But because A Xiu had died, the Buddha presiding over the Buddhist Realm at the time ordered Kinnara expelled. Kinnara had worked so hard to spread the teachings, only to meet such an end. Resentment therefore took root in his heart,