"Junior Brother..." Tears had already fallen from Rāgaratna Tathagata's eyes, passing through the void and transforming into countless rivers that flooded innumerable Buddhist lands. An ancient, aged voice arose and echoed through Thunder Sound Temple. "Have you made your decision?"
"That is correct!" Maitreya Buddha World Honored One nodded firmly. "A World Honored One like this is not this disciple's Thunder Sound Temple, and a Buddhist sect like this is not this disciple's Buddhist sect. As the Future Buddha Lord, this disciple cannot help but plan for what lies ahead!"
"Junior Brother, do you think you can leave Thunder Sound Temple?" There was unexpectedly a hint of threat in Rāgaratna Tathagata's voice. For a moment, the myriad Buddhas within Thunder Sound Temple were in uproar.
Maitreya Buddha World Honored One smiled faintly and raised a hand to strike the crown of his head. With a clear boom, a Buddhist cloud surged forth. Within it floated a Buddhist artifact, light as a feather. Myriad rays of Buddhist light shot into the heavens, while a thousand layers of precious radiance churned.
"Th-the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree?!!!" Rāgaratna Tathagata was greatly shocked, and the myriad Buddhas changed expression all the more. "Namo Maitreya Buddha..." In an instant, fully thirty percent of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and others bowed in salute.
"With the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, can this disciple leave Thunder Sound Temple?" A smile appeared at the corner of Maitreya Buddha World Honored One's lips. "With the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, can this disciple scatter Buddhist light across the Three Great Continents? With the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, can this disciple recover the distorted Buddhist light?"
"Perhaps..." Rāgaratna Tathagata fell silent.
"Namo Amitabha Buddha!" Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One looked at the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree overflowing with precious radiance. His