"Blessed indeed, blessed indeed. Benefactor, you have sown karma and share an affinity with our Buddhist Sect."
Amitabha pressed his palms together, his Dharma manifestation solemn and majestic as he bathed in boundless Buddhist light. Faith power from all the heavens surged around him like a mighty river, lending its strength and making the halo around him shine ever more brilliantly.
One Buddhist scripture after another resounded, expounding the Great Dao of the heavens with unfathomable profundity. They even contained Amitabha's Longevity Method, touching upon nirvana and rebirth, mysteries beyond measure. Yet the Stone Emperor and Black Tortoise Emperor avoided them, choosing not to listen.
This was poisoned bait. Even a Supreme Being who swallowed it might enter the Buddhist Sect.
In Amitabha's era, many Quasi-Emperors had never even seen his face. Merely cultivating a Buddhist divine ability or a scripture had led them to convert completely.
A monk for a moment meant a monk for a lifetime, a monk in every life to come. Reincarnation had always been the Buddhist Sect's greatest tenet.
"What affinity?" The Peacock Ancient Emperor's face was frosty. She scoffed at Buddhist teachings and sneered, "Whether people, objects, or events, all have their own trajectories. Once you have seen the first half, you can anticipate the next stretch."
"Such trajectories are not immutable."
The Great Dao of causality sounded mysterious, but in truth it was simple. Some "causes" and "effects" could be foreseen. Even ordinary mortals could discern causality and glimpse fate.
Just as, when a yellow leaf withered and broke from its branch, people could foresee that it would fall to the ground. Just as, the moment a great river burst its banks, people knew in terror that it would wash away the villages downstream. Just as, when a wild goose cried out after