Ao Tu had failed his third attempt to break through to Great Luo.
The process had differed somewhat from his previous two attempts. Ao Tu was not quite certain why he had failed, but he still felt that Ananda was most likely involved.
Honestly, Ao Tu did not consider himself particularly prone to holding grudges. After beating Ananda into reincarnation at Yellow Wind Ridge, he had paid little attention to him.
Now, however, it seemed that deep down, his fixation on Ananda ran quite deep, so much so that two breakthroughs had failed because of him.
Within the Buddhist Sect, those whose attachments ran too deep could not become Buddhas.
To become a Buddha, one had to break through one's attachments with great wisdom and great perseverance. Only then could one attain Buddhahood.
Although Ao Tu did not wish to become a Buddha, the underlying principle was the same.
Perhaps he ought to find Ananda's reincarnation and eliminate him, thereby breaking his own attachment.
But Ao Tu still could not determine where Ananda had reincarnated.
Before Ao Tu, Jiangzhu remained dazed for a long time under the influence of the earlier Buddha-Light.
Ao Tu drew her to his side and asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Why are you so dazed?"
Only then did Jiangzhu come back to herself. Looking at Ao Tu, she parted her lips slightly and murmured, "Benefactor, you were so utterly divine just now that I didn't even dare draw close."
Ao Tu was rather curious. What had just happened seemed both real and illusory to him, and even he did not understand it clearly. He could not help asking, "What did I look like just now?"
Jiangzhu shook her head. "I don't know either. I only felt that you were supreme and inviolable, Benefactor. Beyond