Everyone present still remembered the spectacle when Old Ape founded the Great Forest Temple and brought it into the world.
The ancient temples on Mount Song had glowed, chants had risen in waves, golden roofs had blazed, and the thousand-year-old bodhi vajra tree had stunned the world.
Most importantly, Old Ape had recited Buddhist Scripture with a grasp of its deepest teachings as profound as an enlightened monk's.
After he founded the temple, many humans and beasts had hailed him as a Bodhidharma among beasts...
Yet now that Old Ape had spoken, no one knew what to make of it.
The Great Forest Temple worshipped the Daoist Lingbao Heavenly Venerable now?
Apparently, Buddha had been Daoist all along.
"Worshipping Lingbao Heavenly Venerable helps overcome the limits imposed by Heaven and Earth?" the master of Biyou Palace couldn't help asking.
The others turned toward the master of Biyou Palace and noticed something strange.
Wasn't the master of Biyou Palace himself Lingbao Heavenly Venerable...?
Old Ape looked at the master of Bi You Palace. "I can't say whether it helps, but one should never worship a Heavenly Venerable with selfish gain in mind."
"Lingbao Heavenly Venerable once manifested and saved my life."
"A sincere heart will find an answer."
Old Ape's words shook everyone. They could not remain calm.
"Lingbao Heavenly Venerable manifested? But he's just a myth!" Chu Feng blurted out, struggling to believe it.
He had asked Yaoyao about this. Even at Earth's peak, there had only been Evolutionaries, not figures like the Three Pure Ones or the Four Imperial Ministers.
Those were mythical figures. They had never existed in reality.
Or at least, they had never appeared in Earth's recorded history.
Yet Old Ape had actually witnessed Lingbao Heavenly Venerable manifest?
Old Ape nodded, his expression grave. "It was