Shi Feiyang and the Heavenly Lust Cult Master stormed into the Great Suchness Pure Land, where tens of thousands of believers had already been reborn.
Because Nun Xinru had made so many great vows, there were no three evil paths here—no hungry ghosts or animals, only humans and devas.
Women, moreover, possessed the Five-Leak Body. These so-called five leaks meant that women were prone to defilement and struggled to practice purity, so they could not become Brahma kings; women had many desires and struggled to curb them, so they could not become Indra; women were timid and struggled to be strong, so they could not become demon kings; women were jealous and struggled to achieve great benevolence, so they could not become Wheel-Turning Sage Kings; women possessed every affliction and struggled to perfect all virtues, so they could not attain Buddhahood.
Though called the "Five-Leak Body," these were actually five flaws of the mind. Buddhism held that all phenomena were limited by the mind and transformed by consciousness. It was not that being born a woman gave one these five flaws, but that possessing these five flaws caused one to be reborn as a woman.
Men possessed the Seven-Treasure Body, which likewise referred to five qualities of the mind. Only men could become Buddhas; for a woman to become a Buddha, she first had to be reborn as a man.
Among Nun Xinru's great vows was one that allowed all beings born into her world to attain Buddhahood in a single lifetime. Thus, the Great Suchness Pure Land contained only men and no women.
Tens of thousands of boys ran across the gold-brick ground and played in the water. Suddenly, Shi Feiyang and the Heavenly Lust Cult Master burst up through the earth. Terrified, they all screamed and cried, scattering