[I'm the Future Buddha. Pay Up]

The Divine Monks and Buddhist Children on Mount Sumeru held their breath. Some Bodhisattvas were especially tense, for something had happened two thousand years ago.

Sakyamuni had broken with Mount Sumeru, traveled alone to the Primordial Ancient Star, and founded Vulture Peak.

Now another Buddha had arrived. Would this divide them further, or bring them back together?

"Will a third mountain rise?"

Countless Buddhist Children worried. One holy monk after another emerged from secluded cultivation on Mount Sumeru, their expressions grave as they witnessed what might be the most consequential meeting in the Buddhist Sect's history.

Would it end in collision or union?

Beneath the Bodhi Tree, Amitabha's Sixteen-Foot Golden Body radiated an aura that shook the world. Astonishing Buddha-nature flowed through every inch of his skin. He seemed one with Mount Sumeru; wherever he stood became the pure land of a Buddha Kingdom.

His boundless compassion and virtue made everyone who witnessed him want to bow down, join the Buddhist Sect, and worship the Tathagata.

Seated opposite him, Lin Xian wore the Brocaded Kasaya. Bathed in the Bodhi Tree's emerald light, he looked strikingly young. A lotus flickered at his brow, lending him an air of otherworldly grace.

He stirred a longing to leave the clamor of mortal life behind and keep company with an ancient Buddha beneath a lone lamp.

"Let all troubles fall away, and leave the mortal world behind..."

A bell rang. Blossoms rained down from nowhere, and divine lotuses sprang from the void. Lin Xian plucked a flower and smiled faintly. "I am White Lotus Maitreya. Through Ji Mie and Reincarnation, I shall attain Buddhahood in the future under the name Xingxiu. Now I wish to build the Little Electronic Music Temple, but it needs countless bricks and tiles. I ask all beings to donate.