Back in Tianhuang Mainland, Monk Daming had met Ming Zhen before.
Even with Monk Daming's Dao heart cultivation, he avoided Ming Zhen's gaze instinctively after exchanging glances with him. He lamented, "The Vajra's glare is no match for the Bodhisattva."
In terms of attainments in the Buddhist Dharma, even Monk Daming had to bow down to Ming Zhen – it was clear how deep Ming Zhen's attainments in the Buddhist Dharma were.
It was only logical that Ming Zhen could ascend to the Pure Lands.
However, Su Zimo did not expect that Ming Zhen would come to the Avici Hell!
"Patron, you are …"
Ming Zhen looked at Wu Dao's true body.
Ming Zhen knew of the existence of Wu Dao's true body. However, he had never seen Wu Dao's true body wearing the Mara Mask and did not recognize him immediately.
"He's Araki Takeshi."
Su Zimo's back was facing the two fairies as he looked at Ming Zhen and blinked.
The two of them had lived at the bottom of the Dragon Burial Valley for 20 years and interacted with each other day and night.
Ming Zhen nodded and did not say anything else.
Su Zimo pointed to Mo Qing and Yun Zhu. "I'm currently in the Divine Firmament Immortal Domain and have joined Heaven and Earth Academy. This is my senior sister, Painting Immortal Mo Qing. This is Calligraphy Immortal Yun Zhu."
"Greetings, fellow Daoists."
Ming Zhen's gaze was clear. Even when he saw two peerless beauties like the two fairies, his gaze did not waver at all as he merely cupped his fists and bowed.
The two fairies looked at Ming Zhen with a hint of curiosity.
They had never seen such a clear gaze from anyone before.
Su Zimo asked, "How have you been after your ascension? What's your current cultivation realm? Why did you end up in the Avici Hell?"
Ming Zhen replied, "It's a long story. I managed to join Multiple Revelations Monastery to cultivate through a freak combination of factors and am now a Rank 9 Earth Immortal."
Ming Zhen ascended slightly later than Su Zimo.
Su Zimo had obtained many opportunities and was only a Rank 2 Heavenly Immortal right now. It was already extremely rare for Ming Zhen to be able to cultivate to a Rank 9 Earth Immortal.
Ming Zhen glanced at Arhat Buchen, who had just died, and said, "As for me, I was forced to stay in the Avici Hell. I had no choice."
Yun Zhu pondered for a moment and said, "The Polylore Temple is one of the four great Buddhist temples of the Pure Land of Bliss's Southern Viewing Continent. A thousand years ago, a Heavenly King of the Polylore Temple perished at the hands of Imperial Monarch Bo Xun."
"The Patriarch of Polywen Temple is Emperor Ananda. Ananda is a Sanskrit Daoist name, which translates to joy, rejoicing. There are rumors that Emperor Ananda was once buried in the Avici Hell. "
Ming Zhen nodded. He looked at the figure that was surrounded by a golden halo and said, "This is the body of Patriarch Anan."
Su Zimo looked back and couldn't help but be shocked.
No one knew how many years had passed since this Emperor Ananda's death. Unexpectedly, his body was still as good as before, not decaying at all.
Wu Dao's main body recalled the scene when Imperial Emperor Bo Xun revealed his demonic form. A golden light appeared and helped them fend off Imperial Emperor Bo Xun.
Imperial Emperor Bo Xun called that golden light Ananda.
Su Zimo smiled and said, "It's a blessing in disguise for you. If you didn't come to the Avici Hell, I don't know when we would have the chance to meet again."
"Moreover, this Emperor Ananda should have already preserved his inheritance. Ming Zhen, this is your opportunity. Go and accept the inheritance."
Ming Zhen shook his head slightly and said, "Buddhism saves all living beings from torment. Since everyone is here, we all have a chance to obtain the inheritance of Patriarch Ananda."
"We are not Buddhist monks. Can we pass through this golden barrier?"
Yun Zhu asked.
Ming Zhen said, "This last barrier left by Patriarch Ananda doesn't depend on one's cultivation background. For example, Senior Brother Bu Chen came from Buddhism. Although he cultivated to become an Arhat, his heart has already fallen into the demonic path and can't enter."
To put it simply, the golden halo left behind by Emperor Ananda still depended on whether the aura of each person was similar to his or not.
If one had a deep understanding of Buddhism, he could also enter.
Ming Zhen stepped forward. As expected, the golden halo didn't stop him. His journey was extremely smooth.
After pondering for a moment, Su Zimo stepped forward to give it a try as well.
The golden halo didn't stop him!
When Su Zimo was in Tianhuang Mainland, he already had a deep understanding of Buddhism. After ascending, he cultivated the forbidden secret manual of the Buddhist sects, the Prajna Nirvana Sutra. Although he couldn't compare to Ming Zhen, he was far superior to most Buddhist cultivators.
Ming Zhen successfully arrived before Emperor Ananda and sat down in a lotus position.
As for Su Zimo, he was obstructed by a strong force and couldn't advance when he was ten feet away from Emperor Ananda.
When they saw that, the two fairies were also curious and stepped forward.
However, the two fairies couldn't enter the golden halo no matter how they tried.
Both of them came from the Nine Clouds Immortal Realm and knew nothing about Buddhism. Their auras were quite different from the Buddhist sects and were thus excluded.
After a moment of silence, Wu Dao's true body suddenly stepped forward.
Yun Zhu shook her head gently. Although she didn't say anything, she had already made a judgment in her heart – there was no way Araki Takeshi could enter.
Araki Takeshi came from the fiend world and was wearing the Mara Mask. There was a high chance that he had already obtained the inheritance of Emperor Bo Xun – how could he be acknowledged by Emperor Ananda?
True enough.
Wu Dao's true body stepped forward and was blocked by the golden halo, unable to enter.
Wu Dao's true body did not retreat. His eyes were deep and emotionless as his aura changed drastically.
His body seemed to have turned into a bottomless black hole.
Wu Dao's true body turned chaotic from head to toe.
There were no immortals, Buddhas or fiends.
This was a completely different aura.
The golden halo couldn't sense the origin of the aura either. Wu Dao's true body seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist as he strode in.
In the blink of an eye, Wu Dao's true body arrived before Ananda as well!
The two fairies were dumbfounded.
What was going on with this Araki Takeshi?
He was clearly from the fiend world, but he was acknowledged by Emperor Ananda?
Right now, there were two people in front of Emperor Ananda. One was Ming Zhen and the other was Wu Dao's true body.
Su Zimo's position was even further.
Emperor Ananda's inheritance did not appear for a long time.
It was as though the inheritance he left behind did not expect such a situation to occur.
After a while, two golden lights burst forth from Emperor Ananda's glabella and entered the bodies of Ming Zhen and Wu Dao's true body respectively.
This meant that Ming Zhen and Wu Dao's true body would inherit Emperor Ananda's inheritance at the same time!
A sutra appeared in the mind of Wu Dao's true body – the Agama Sutra.
It was as though a voice was describing the contents of the sutra in the mind of Wu Dao's true body, imparting the Dao and passing down the Buddhist Dharma.
Ming Zhen listened with rapt attention.
However, Wu Dao's true body did not take it to heart. Instead, he flipped through the contents of the Agama Sutra.
He would not cultivate this Buddhist sutra. Instead, he would fuse this Buddhist sutra into Wu Dao's furnace and absorb the mysteries of the Dao within.
On the other side, although Su Zimo did not obtain Emperor Ananda's inheritance, he was not disappointed.
Firstly, this Agama Sutra was definitely not comparable to the Prajna Nirvana Sutra.
Secondly, it was enough for Wu Dao's true body to obtain the inheritance.
Thirdly, he caught sight of the Worriless Fruit and a relatively complete Worriless Tree trunk not far away!
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