Chapter 663: World of the Buddhist Sect

Lao Jun watched Yu Lin eat his food bite by bite, and was about to pick up his chopsticks when the Tathagata stopped him.

The Tathagata turned, brought a plate of tofu skin from the stove, and placed it before Lao Jun.

"You think it's pretty, so you'll eat this."

Lao Jun lowered his head and looked at the plate of tofu skin.

The tofu skin was cut very thin, piled on the dish, drizzled with a bit of soy sauce, and sprinkled with a few scallion bits.

Lao Jun looked at the tofu skin, then at the Tathagata's smiling face, and was silent for a moment.

"Very well, I haven't contributed much, so let's just eat this."

He pinched a piece of tofu skin into his bowl and ate it together with the rice.

The tofu skin was thin, with a faint bean aroma; the salty soy sauce and the pungent scallion mixed together, pairing perfectly with the white rice.

Yu Lin finished the five dishes one by one.

After the last sip of soup, the power of the Five Lotus Seeds surged within his body.

The Five Origins rose from his stomach, passed through his chest, and gathered at the space between his eyebrows.

A fish leapt from the space between his eyebrows, opened its mouth, and the Five Origins transformed into Five Beams of Light, shooting into the fish's mouth.

Five new scales—dark red, golden, silvery, emerald green, and jet black—shone on the fish's body, arranged on its back and interleaved with the previous scales, colors layered upon colors.

Words floated before Yu Lin's eyes.

【Task: Accelerate the opening of the Buddhist mythic world】

【Reward: Traverse Three-World Buddha Origin】

Buddhism does not discuss the creator of the world or its origin, denying that the Universe has a creator or ruler.

It holds that the world manifests through cause and condition, karma, and natural law, cycling through formation, staying, destruction, and emptiness, without beginning or end.

The Buddhist scriptures "Qi Shi Jing" and "Chang Ahān Jing" record that the old world was destroyed by great fire, great wind, and Great Flood, all reduced to void, called the Destruction Era,

after which came a long void of nothingness, called the Void Era,

and after the Void Era came the Formation Era,

first the Wind Wheel arose.

Above the Wind Wheel, the Water Wheel condensed.

Above the Water Wheel, the Golden Earth Wheel settled, forming the earth's foundation.

Mount Sumeru grew at the center of the Universe.

It surrounded, forming the Seven Mountains and Seven Seas, and the Four Great Continents.

Layer by layer, the Heavenly Path, Asura, Human World, and Hell gradually took shape.

Initially, humanity descended from Guangyin Heaven to the world,

absorbing karmic cause and effect, gradually degenerating and reproducing,

thus the new world was formed.

That is roughly the process,

Yu Lin stared at the line of text, picked up a napkin from the table and wiped his mouth, then turned to the Tathagata.

"Thank you for the hospitality; I'll handle the matter, rest assured, it's taken care of."

The Tathagata nodded, "When you act, I am naturally at ease."

"Of course."

"As long as this guy doesn't cause any trouble."

His gaze flicked toward Lao Jun.

Lao Jun was sipping tea, the cup at his lips; hearing the words, he took a sip, set the cup down, and pretended not to have heard.

"Since you beat me to it, I'll take the next slot."

The Tathagata gave him a glance but said nothing.

Yu Lin looked at the Tathagata, then at Lao Jun, tossed the napkin into the trash can, stood up and said,

"Fine, that's that."

"I'll lie down for a while."

Lao Jun and the Tathagata watched Yu Lin walk into the bedroom and close the door.

"Bald donkey, aren't you leaving yet?"

"You're not leaving, why am I in a hurry?"

"Hmph, whatever, I'll go down and tell fortunes."

"Hey, together then, I actually brought some consecrated items, want to spread good karma..........."

The two stood up, one ahead of the other, and walked toward the exit.

Pressed the elevator button, rode the elevator.

Arrived inside the complex and set up a stall.

Soon people arrived, exclaiming with delight,

"Hey, Daoist, you're here again?!"

"Which Dharma Master is this?"

"I, a humble monk, have come here, with some..............."

Soon.

It was packed to the brim.