"A living Buddha?" Chen Beiwu's mind stirred.
He had read many ancient texts and knew just how terrifying the Status of the word "Buddha" was in the Western Heaven Region. It was equivalent to a Void Refinement Dao Venerable of the Immortal Alliance.
By that reckoning, a Buddha Son whom the Western Heaven Region's Buddhist Sect called a "living Buddha" was at least comparable to someone with what the Immortal Alliance called Void Refinement aptitude, if not more.
The reason was simple. The Buddhist Sect's cultivation methods differed from the Immortal Alliance's methods of immortal cultivation. They cultivated enlightenment into one's own nature, the emptiness of nature and Lifelessness, placing greater importance on the root of wisdom.
Those whose roots of wisdom rivaled a Buddha's needed only to achieve Sudden Enlightenment beneath a bodhi tree to attain Buddhahood.
"The Western Heaven Region's Buddhist Sect has contended with our three teachings for years, and there have often been unpleasant incidents. Yet they dare send a Buddha Son known as a 'living Buddha' to this Dao-Buddhist Grand Assembly. Aren't they afraid he'll perish in the Eastern Land Region?" Chen Beiwu asked in puzzlement.
"What living Buddha? In the end, he's merely a top prodigy of one region. He can't even be called a true powerhouse."
Shen Yuxia smiled. "Given the breadth of vision of the Eastern Land's major sect leaders, do you think they would lower themselves to quarrel with a junior?"
"Probably not." Chen Beiwu shook his head.
If he were a Void Refinement Dao Venerable, he naturally would not care about an ant who had yet to even touch the Void Refinement realm.
"Of course, Zi'ang, you shouldn't underestimate the Buddhist Sect either. There are three thousand great Daos, and different paths lead to the same destination. Since the Buddhist