"This... this child is..." Great Chan Master Ji Mie finally jolted awake from his stunned daze. He had worried over entering Nirvana for who knew how many years, pondering countless matters related to it in his mind. Now that he saw the signs of Jiang Liuer entering Nirvana, he recognized them at once. How could he not be dumbstruck? "Has he entered Nirvana?!"
Though Great Chan Master Ji Mie's words were a question, his tone was one of certainty. In the entire Pure Land World, there were likely few who understood the signs of entering Nirvana better than he did.
Just as Great Chan Master Ji Mie's gaze fell upon Jiang Liuer, the rain that had poured down for days abruptly ceased. The rain stopped, the clouds parted, and the morning sun peeked out half its face from the horizon. Above Golden Mountain Temple, a rainbow appeared, stretching between Golden Mountain Temple and the western skies. At the rainbow's end sat Jiang Liuer in the wooden basin!
Beneath the rainbow, seven-colored radiance flowed around Jiang Liuer's body, and beneath that radiance lay dense Buddha light. It suddenly surged into the rainbow, while an indescribably solemn and treasured visage emerged upon his face. Though he sat in a broken wooden basin, with rainwater still streaming from its cracks, in Great Chan Master Ji Mie's eyes, it was like a ninth-grade golden lotus!
"Amitabha... this disciple Ji Mie thanks the Buddha for His mercy!" Suddenly, Ji Mie seemed to grasp some enlightenment. Tears streamed from his eyes, and without regard for his soaked kasaya, he knelt atop the huge rock and respectfully kowtowed nine times toward the west.
Not only was Ji Mie stunned—even Xiao Hua, hiding nearby and watching in secret, found it utterly inconceivable! He had orchestrated all of this