Chapter 116 - 114: Siddhartha Gautama Buddha is not the Tathagata
But it happened that the Daoist Equal to Heaven became entangled by the chaotic currents within the Guixu Sea Eye, and, after being violently torn, he nearly ripped apart. He activated the "Sutra of the Other Shore" and ultimately managed to preserve himself.
Amitabha Buddha, compassionate towards all beings, protected the Daoist Equal to Heaven. The powerful suction around was all blocked from reaching them. The Daoist couldn’t help but sigh silently, "This is truly a Buddha. What is it that Tathagata preaches, and what about that false compassion? I wonder where Amitabha’s true form actually is."
He didn’t know how long he had dived downward, but it was a colossal vortex, and the Daoist found himself at the center, continually being drawn into the depths below.
Finally, he felt the surrounding suction forces calming down. When he deactivated his divine skill and looked around, he realized he had arrived at a shallow shoal.
Looking up, he saw the sea miles above, and it seemed this place was a secret realm covered by the ocean waters.
The Daoist Equal to Heaven looked in all directions, only to see sunken ships around the shoal, as well as some massive stone statues. These statues stood hundreds of feet tall, their features blurred and bodies damaged.
The Daoist walked up to these stone statues and looked at them, noticing that after countless years, their material had weakened, and a light touch would make them crumble.
"These don’t seem to be ordinary statues!" He looked up to see small holes at the center of the statues’ foreheads, as if intentionally carved out by someone.
The war from Middle Ancient Times was shrouded in mystery; one battle took place in Beiming of the North Sea and another in the Ruins of the South Sea. These statues probably were remnants from that era, possibly the remains of a magical treasure belonging to some ancient power, destroyed and left here.
He jumped atop one statue’s head and peered forward, only to see the ruins of a massive palace, greatly impaired yet still grand and monumental in its former glory.
The Daoist thought to himself, "Whose powerful secret realm is this, built within the Ruins? Such great magical power is indeed terrifying."