Dao Equaling the Heavens

Sumeru Mountain, where monks from all over gather during the Buddha Meeting, millions of monks move like a flock of sheep along the grand road, step by step, kneeling as they converge towards the Spiritual Mountain.

Gu Wen wore a conical hat and a light veil to obscure his figure, blending into the crowd unseen.

There were rumors that the Buddha’s Golden Body could benefit the world, and only then did he realize the significance of his journey.

Before reaching the foot of the Spiritual Mountain, Buddha stupas were as numerous as a forest, temples were countless, and monks numbered in the tens of millions on both sides of the hundred-mile grand road.

In those temples, there were not only hundreds of thousands of golden Buddhas but also millions of tons of Golden Bodies.

At each entrance, a large iron scale was placed; benefactors visiting the temple would put gold and silver treasures on the scale. Monks, while chanting Amitabha Buddha with eyes closed, held Buddha Beads in their left hand and counted the gold and silver with their right.

Gu Wen observed for a long time, only to hear the phrase, "Our Buddha is bound by fate, Benefactor’s fate is not enough, please return."

It turned out that even becoming a monk required money, perhaps only in this way can so many monks be supported.

Merely at the foot of this Spiritual Mountain, these millions of non-producing monks represented an endless pit, unlike the cultivation of the Daoist and Demon Paths. Many monks chant scriptures their whole lives but remain in mortal flesh, eating and drinking.

Unlike most Daoist cultivators who, once they reach Foundation Establishment, fear neither cold nor heat, and upon reaching Golden Core, subsist on the wind and dew.