Shi Feiyang told Ye Bin, "That Heart Lamp is Fellow Daoist Xie's heart. Whether it is good or wicked, bright or dim, it will naturally remain with him forever."
Ye Bin wanted to ask more about the Bodhi-Leaf Spirit Talisman and the Seven-Treasure Golden Banner, but Master Youtan stopped her. "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Shi, for purging our Buddhist Sect of a great demon who cloaked his heresy in Buddhism."
The Buddhists were the first to leave, departing together. Master Fentuo invited them all to the Dragon-Elephant Nunnery at Yitian Cliff.
With the affair concerning X in Ru over, they were all preparing to take rebirth in the Ultimate Bliss World.
But one problem still remained: the transmission of Buddhism's Dharma lineage.
If they all left, the Buddhist Sect's true Dharma would be severed in this world. Other heretics would continue to emerge under Buddhism's banner, swiftly sullying the names of Buddhism and its teachings until the Dharma vanished entirely, plunging this world into the Dharma Extinction Age.
Master Fentuo had his disciple Yang Jin to inherit his mantle, but Yang Jin had always cultivated with his hair unshorn. As a lay practitioner, he did not count as a "jewel of the Sangha" and, by rights, was not qualified to transmit the Dharma.
He also had another successor, Hua Wuxie, who was even less suitable than Yang Jin.
Master Youtan's successor had originally been Suyin, but Suyin had been beaten until his soul scattered years ago. Though Master Youtan had gathered the remnants of his soul and saved him, his spiritual aptitude had been damaged, leaving him unfit for any great responsibility.
Qi Xia'er also cultivated with her hair unshorn.
Only Ye Bin had shaved her head and entered monastic life, taking the Dharma name Yiyin. But her karmic ties