Diting Emerged into the World
"If the reincarnated 'me' can truly regain this memory, I hope he will be able to find the answer then."
The Buddha's last words were clearly not directed at Wu Yao and Heaven-Eroding Lord.
But it was precisely because of this that the two of them were able to more clearly feel the Buddha's will and determination.
It can only be said that these Buddha, who were born of right mindfulness, are ultimately different from those demons who were born of desire.
Especially for Buddha who has awakened to self-awareness, the pool unaffected by mindfulness appears both pure and stubborn, clear-headed and persistent.
Whether you can be reincarnated is not up to me.
After a long while, Wu Yao gently shook her head and said this.
"Since you've lingered before the Three Lives Stone for so long, you must already know."
"Only after passing the Three Lives Stone, where all the obsessions of your past and present lives are revealed, will you be qualified to cross the Bridge of Helplessness and drink the Meng Po's Soup."
Wu Yao succinctly pointed out the crux of the problem, which was also the reason why the Buddha had been hesitant.
The Buddha is a being manifested through the right mindfulness of all sentient beings.
Let's set aside the fact that Chi's current spiritual form isn't a true soul in the real sense.
Even if this spirit could truly enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation, could the Buddha himself pass the test of the Divine Stone of Three Lives?
Mindfulness is a manifestation of this, yet there is still an attachment to going to this world...
To say that Buddha like this had no attachments is simply fooling children.
However, the original purpose of establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation was to allow souls to be reborn.
One's obsession leads to reincarnation, but reincarnation requires relinquishing that obsession.
The Buddha's current situation is essentially a bug in the cycle of Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Even Wu Yao wasn't sure if the other person could come to her through the Divine Stone of Three Lives and drink the Meng Po's Soup that would allow them to start over. "My past and present lives?"
He took a deep breath, and for the first time, a human expression appeared on the Buddha's sorrowful face.
It was a subtle change in facial expression that conveyed tension, anticipation, and a hint of struggle.
If he hadn't been staring intently at the Buddha, Heaven-Eroding Lord probably wouldn't have noticed that fleeting change in expression.
"Perhaps I was destined to experience this from birth..."
Whether it's a calamity or a blessing, it was all predetermined.
Before the words were finished, the Buddha, who had been standing still, finally took another step forward.
This step allowed the Buddha to stand formally before the Three Lives Stone, and truly see the divine stone that was said to be able to illuminate all past and present lives.
To the Buddha's surprise, the Three Lives Stone was far more ordinary than he had imagined.
Even viewed from the front, it was just an irregular rock several meters high, with clearly visible cracks and marks in the pool. Whew!
So, in the brief moment of Buddha's daze, his consciousness suddenly entered a trance-like state.
The originally irregular Three Lives Stone began to evolve, revealing the entirety of the Buddha's life from the present day until his birth.
From the Buddha's perspective, Chi felt as if he had been reborn.
If we consider a normal life experience as going from birth to death, then the Buddha is now going from death to birth again, and living it all over again.
When his memory returned to the time of Buddha's birth, Chi fell silent.
When the Buddha was born, there were unusual celestial phenomena.
Six consecutive earthquakes struck the earth, and mandalas fell from the sky...
Following closely behind were the appearance of a white elephant, a divine deer, and a spirit tortoise, with golden lotuses springing from the earth and spirit mushrooms growing.
Then the Buddhas appeared in the world, the Kings of Light paid homage, the Bodhisattva lowered their brows, the Vajras bowed their heads, and the Heavenly Princesses and Bhikkhus wept with joy, offering dances and songs.
The Buddha had never doubted that there was anything wrong with this, but now Chi vaguely felt that something was amiss.
Especially compared to the miserable ghosts in the Netherworld, everything that happened in the Buddhist kingdom was too abnormal.
"All beings suffer; how can we liberate them?"
The Buddha sighed softly, and the sorrow in his eyes deepened once more.
However, just when the society thought everything was about to end, the images on the Three Lives Stone continued to rewind.
This scene left the Buddha stunned—could it be that he too had a past life?
The thought had barely crossed my mind when the image on the Three Lives Stone appeared in its entirety.
That is not the life trajectory of any one person or any one creature, but a kind of common will of all living things and countless beings.
Although these images are only fragments and do not constitute a complete memory.
Without exception, the fragments of memory presented to the Buddha were the happiest moments of all living beings.
What's going on?
With a furrowed brow, Heaven-Eroding Lord looked at the Buddha standing before the Three Lives Stone and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
The Buddha lingered before the Three Lives Stone for such a long time that even the Three Lives Stone Heaven-Eroding Lord almost thought there was something wrong with it.
You're asking me? How could I possibly know?
"Chi was the first Buddha to wish to be reincarnated, and I also want to know what Chi saw."
As she gazed at the Buddha, Wu Yao felt a strange stirring within her.
The Three Lives Stone can indeed illuminate past and present lives, but not everyone can see it clearly.
Most of the time, ghosts can only see a few of the most crucial moments in their lives, like a revolving lantern.
Moreover, since Buddha had no past life, who knows what Chi would see through the Three Lives Stone?
"Huh?"
Just then, as if she had noticed something, Wu Yao suddenly let out a surprised exclamation.
The next instant, Wu Yao suddenly looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, even more dark clouds gathered in the previously gloomy Netherworld, and a face silently appeared within those clouds. It was the incarnation of the Great Emperor of Fengdu, and Chi also sensed the Buddha's presence.
In the blink of an eye, the Divine Stone of Three Lives trembled violently, as if an invisible power was being nurtured within it.
Boom!
Startled from the fragments of memories of all living beings, the Buddha instinctively looked around.
To Chi's utter surprise, from the Bridge of Helplessness to the Ghost City of Fengdu, all the ghosts in sight knelt down as if in worship.
Realizing that these ghosts were definitely not worshipping him, the Buddha immediately refocused his gaze on the Three Lives Stone.
Unsurprisingly, Chi saw a tangible reflection on the Three Lives Stone this time.
It was a ferocious beast, a creature with the head of a tiger, a Single Horn, dog ears, the body of a dragon, the tail of a lion, and the feet of a qilin—a creature unlike any other.
Just by exchanging a single glance with the beast, the Buddha felt a long-lost sense of dread, as if all his thoughts had been read. Just as the Buddha was wondering if this was an illusion, the beast actually stepped out of the Three Lives Stone.
"That is?"
With their eyes wide open, Heaven-Eroding Lord and Wu Yao also saw the ferocious beast that had emerged from the Three Lives Stone.
However, after completely leaving the Three Lives Stone, the beast that resembled nine different creatures underwent a tremendous transformation.
In the blink of an eye, the once fierce beast transformed into a large, snow-white dog.
[That kid Li Boyang... he still has the same wicked sense of humor as always!]
The Heaven-Eroding Lord was absolutely certain that this was not his imagination.
That big white dog was clearly modeled after me.
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