The Buddha King of Freedom in the World left, and Meng Chuan did not stop him again.
This time, he departed calmly. He was not fleeing in disgrace.
What a joke! He and Meng Chuan were fellow Daoists. Why would he need to run?
Meng Chuan watched the ancient Buddha's retreating figure. He might have seemed to have it all, but only he knew the bitterness beneath the surface.
He had struggled in the Bitter Sea for who knew how many eras, watching one latecomer after another break free and reach the Other Shore.
Even the Heavenly Emperor, born in the Primordial Era, had escaped the Bitter Sea through the Dao of Time and reached the Other Shore.
If one did not count an Other Shore Being's ability to trace back through the past, the Heavenly Emperor was younger than him by far more than an era or two.
The Heavenly Emperor had even faced the limitations of his origins as one of the Xiantian Deities, yet he had reached the shore first, using the Dao of Time no less...
It was a crushing blow.
The Buddha King of Freedom in the World still saw no hope of reaching the Other Shore.
At least in the original story, there was no place for him among the Other Shore Beings of the next era.
In the next era, Meng Qi would hold tremendous power. Anyone hoping to reach the Other Shore would first have to ask whether Meng Qi agreed.
For Great Divine Ability Users who could truly feel the Bitter Sea battering them, escaping it and reaching the Other Shore was their lifelong pursuit.
To remain in that Bitter Sea was utterly despairing.
Living beings below Fortune did not feel the same despair.
Of course, in the Lifetime World, living