The Buddha Ancestor was in no mood to say much to Dabei. Almost all his attention was on Chu Ge; he merely led the others back with Dabei.
Dabei said little either. Full of discomfort, he thought he would take a look at the Buddha Kingdom first.
The Buddha Ancestor had brought a vast procession to welcome Dabei. Lending solemnity to the occasion was secondary; the main purpose was to guard against attacks from the Heavenly Emperor and the Dao Venerable.
Fortunately, nothing happened along the way... It seemed the Heavenly Emperor and the Dao Venerable did not care that much about Dabei.
He would explain everything to Dabei once they returned. Now was not the time. Chu Ge and his wife's trip to Indonesia was far too dangerous.
For the people in the book, sealing off an independent Heavenly Realm was certainly not their ultimate goal. Leaving was. Only then could they completely escape the Heavenly Dao's restraints and roam the Myriad Heavens freely.
Making the Heavenly Realm independent was merely a way to shake off the Heavenly Dao's control before doing anything else, one step toward their ultimate goal. Within that step, everyone had their own ideas. The Buddha Ancestor, for example, had drawn on the concept of a "Buddha" existing throughout the Myriad Heavens, then used the Vermilion Bird's power to connect the threads of fate to establish a projection, which he had nurtured for years. He hoped that, given enough time, he could replace the Buddha of the Brahma Temple. Then he would have a boundless world to roam.
Chu Ge had only just discovered this idea himself. He had to admit, it stood a very good chance of succeeding.
The Buddhas of the myriad worlds of the Myriad Heavens represented the same concept. That was