"If when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings in other lands who hear my name do not immediately attain non-retrogression, I will not take perfect enlightenment."
"If when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings in other lands who hear my name do not immediately attain the first, second, or third forbearance regarding the Buddha's teachings, and cannot immediately attain non-retrogression, I will not take perfect enlightenment."
The chants of Buddhist chanting finally ended, with countless Buddhist scriptures encircling the fifteen-foot Buddha, transforming pure Buddha's energy into a Pure Land that seemed both illusory and real.
The ascent of Shakyamuni Tathagata was complete.
He sat cross-legged atop a golden Lotus Platform, slowly rising, locking eyes with the Sun and Moon Eye, a Pure Land of the Buddha Country naturally emerged, blocking the immense Gravity.
"It seems, Your Majesty, is ultimately a move short." Shakyamuni Tathagata said slowly.
"Emperor Xi indeed holds the superior skill."
The star moved within the massive humanoid outline, even if only revealing the head and a small portion of the upper body, its aura and Gravity still filled countless miles.
If not for the limitless Space of the Three Pure Ones, it might have already collapsed.
Jiang Li maintained this posture, producing a rumble like exploding stars, "He should have now disguised himself through Yi Dao, replacing me, and has been received by the Three Pure Ones. His aim is to replace me as the 'End of Dharma', colluding with his past self, changing the past."
The connection of the Three Pure Ones with heaven and earth is like Jiang Li now, even to briefly step out of the long river is quite strenuous, Emperor Xi could easily block it and then fill that gap.
In theory, Emperor Xi arrived at the gap opened by the Three Pure Ones faster than the future 'End of Dharma', but if he wants to enter, then there is no difference in precedence.
No matter who departs first, they both arrive at the same point in time by the definition of time.
But Emperor Xi actually cannot enter; he cannot squeeze into the past, at most dealing with the Three Pure Ones who have also briefly emerged from the 'water surface', working above and below the 'surface'.
And that alone is enough.
Emperor Xi, who arrived first, filled the gap, leaving the 'End of Dharma' unable to be received, ultimately dying on the 'water surface' like Emperor Xi, or returning to the future again.
To achieve these, that would be enough.
Missing this moment has already changed the past.
"Without the guidance of the Three Pure Ones within heaven and earth, even the 'End of Dharma' cannot enter, changing the past regardless..." Shakyamuni Tathagata said slowly, shaking his head with a smile, "Such a grand feat, truly admirable."
"Considering it as a change, yet not as a change either."
Jiang Li continued, "The past is like a river already frozen, fixed, will not change. Emperor Xi's actions should cause this river to branch into new tributaries, extending to another future."
At this step, even if Jiang Li hadn't heard Emperor Xi say it, he could already deduce Emperor Xi's plan.
Overall, the plan is quite simple. After the End of Dharma Tribulation, heaven and earth have long weakened, Emperor Xi breaking heaven and earth is far easier than the past Three Pure Ones.
It can be said that the detachment plan of the Three Pure Ones laid the foundation for Emperor Xi.
As long as Emperor Xi, this Heavenly Venerate-level mighty being, is willing to pay the price of complete death, utilizing the wind from the past Three Pure Ones, he can shake the unchangeable past.
Emperor Xi now, should be only one step away from success.
Even from a temporal standpoint, Emperor Xi's success or failure should now appear.
"Your Majesty seems not in a hurry at all." Shakyamuni Tathagata remarked with a slight wonder.
"Isn't Buddha also not in a hurry?"
Jiang Li laughed and retorted, Three Pure Ones' Space stirred into a gale, "Buddha, you wouldn't think that after ascending to First Grade, you would be able to stand with me on equal footing, would you?"
I'm not urgent because I have my plans.
Are you not urgent because you think you won't die?
Jiang Li flipped his hand, sending the Daoist Lord into the Mortal World, the colossal figure entering the Three Pure Ones, revealing its entirety before Shakyamuni Tathagata.
Cycling Stars arrayed, forming an unspeakably vast body.
A body composed of Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Stars, if not for Shakyamuni Tathagata being First Grade, he might not even glimpse its full picture.
Even with Divine Thought, it is extremely difficult to cover such an immense form.
"The Celestial Stars Array before you appears almost ineffectual."
Shakyamuni Tathagata stated with a solemn demeanor, his form also began to change, growing from fifteen feet to ten thousand feet, continuously ascending, his body itself a Buddha Country, internally transforming into Pure Buddha Land.
But compared to Jiang Li's form, it still seemed somewhat inferior.
"Wu——"
The entire Three Pure Ones seemed to emit a mournful wail, star after star clearly coming into view, each carrying magnificent star power.
The Three Pure Ones is indeed a miraculous place, but ultimately, it was created by the Heavenly Venerate of the Three Pure Ones, encountering equal-level power, inevitably showing a burdened state.
Before allowing Shakyamuni Tathagata to fully exhibit his Buddhist Golden Body, Jiang Li had already pressed down with a palm.
The star movement seemed slow, yet both time and Space were under Jiang Li's control, distance held no meaning; when the palm descended before him, Shakyamuni Tathagata's body appeared small in its face.
"Boom!"
The scene of the Three Pure Ones evolved with the breath, displaying the universe and stars, revealing Pure Buddha Land.
This realm transforms with the Dao, and with the expansion of the First Grade Qi of two individuals, the Three Pure Ones simultaneously exhibited the Dao landscapes of two First Grades.
