"Ānanda had already made the origin of the matter clear, hadn't he?" the Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One asked.
"Yes!" Xiao Hua nodded. "This matter... began because of this disciple, and it shall end because of this disciple! All the karmic ties of this lifetime shall also end today!"
"Though it was your karmic affinity, it was also this seat's mistake!" With a wave of the Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One's hand, layer upon layer of Buddhist light flickered. Within that light appeared scene after scene—everything that had happened after Lü Cao followed Chun Zang away from the little fishing village, all the way until several years ago, when the souls of a man and a woman flew out of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and were reborn into the Chen family. After that woman was reborn, she became the little girl Xiao Hua had just seen in the Chen residence...
When Xiao Hua saw this, he naturally understood that the Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One had used Buddhist Sect divine abilities to protect Lü Cao and the Chen family. Though Xiao Hua did not recognize that man and woman, he clearly knew that they were Lü Cao's parents. Lü Cao had been unable to enjoy familial happiness as a child, but in her old age, she was reunited with her parents' reincarnated selves and renewed that bond of family.
"Amitabha!" Xiao Hua nodded. "World Honored One, it is never too late to mend the fold after the sheep are lost!"
"Late is late! No compensation can outweigh even a thread of the pain that came before!" The Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One shook his head.
Xiao Hua smiled. "World Honored One, you did not come today merely to speak with this disciple about this, did