In Hui Zhi's eyes, a dazzling expanse of multicolored Buddha Light lay before him.
Amid the clouds, countless temples, pavilions, Buddhist pagodas, and steles hid behind layer upon layer of mist. Countless Buddhas, arhats, bodhisattvas, and venerables sat or stood, their heads bowed as they chanted sutras or raised as they held flowers between their fingers.
Before him lay what seemed to be a supreme Buddha Kingdom, while wondrous, unsurpassed Buddhist chants filled his ears!
Before him was none other than the Western Paradise where the Buddha dwelled!
Hui Zhi's eyes brimmed with fascination. He could hardly wait to venture into the deepest reaches of these clouds and listen to the wondrous sounds of the supreme Buddhist Dharma!
A colorful cloud drifted over from afar and settled at Hui Zhi's feet, seemingly there to guide him to the Buddha Kingdom!
All the Buddhas, arhats, bodhisattvas, and venerables hidden in the cloud-veiled pavilions turned their gazes toward Hui Zhi. All those supreme mighty beings were waiting for him to join them in discussing and debating the Buddhist classics!
"Amitabha! The Buddha is right here!"
Hui Zhi's face was filled with fervor, as though he had finally found the way to the Buddha!
He had entered Buddhism at three, begun reading Buddhist scriptures extensively at five, and been able to debate Buddhist scriptures with the abbot of the Great Spirit Mountain Temple at ten. By fifteen, no one in the entire Great Spirit Mountain Temple could rival his understanding of Buddhist Sutra commentaries!
Such was Hui Zhi, hailed as the reincarnation of a child of the Buddha, bearing twelve ordination scars and holding a position at the right hand of the Great Spirit Mountain Temple's abbot.
Despite his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, his mastery of Buddhist Dharma completely surpassed that of every