Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

The man lifted his head, following the trajectory of the cicada as it flew.

The dazzling sunlight caused him to squint, barely making out the golden-red outline of the sun and the cicada fluttering towards it.

It was hard to tell how much time had passed.

The man had waited for a very long time, seemingly forever, never leaving, not knowing whether it was reluctance to leave or anticipation.

Until he heard a cicada's cry.

Boldly sounding its voice against Heaven and Earth.

So faint, just like the insignificant ants under the vast canopy of heaven, yet brimming with a bold and exuberant life force.

Subtle yet dignified.

Suddenly, the man burst into laughter, louder and louder, bending over with joy, utterly delighted; he had finally found the person he was searching for.

He finally understood why Mu Shitian favored this youth before him.

He slowly sat down next to the boy, placing a iced mung bean paste on his forehead, comfortably squinting his eyes, feeling the summer in the youth's heart.

Another peak summer.

Ji Jingqiu, nothing is eternal in this world, except for the brilliance of life.

The lifetime of a cicada is merely a fall, and all beings are competing to cross.

Ah, right, is your name Ji Jingqiu?

Truly greedy...

Is just the peak summer not enough for you?

Suddenly, the man drew five knives from the Void.

[Follow this arduous journey, to reach the Morning Star]

[Today's training, my senior brother deceived me with his Cultivation Body, I've noted it]

[Third limit breached, spicy sour noodles tonight]

[Congratulations to comrade Fatty Hu for winning the advanced individual title in this knife sharpening contest]

[All the climactic changes in the world start from our kind]

The man stroked his chin, unsure whether to praise someone for their literary talent or not to bother looking.

But...

The spicy sour noodles really are delicious, he had just tried them.

Speaking of which, could they produce five knives?

"Really nice, Ji Jingqiu, go and forge your life's wilderness."

The man on the bench stretched out his hand, gently pressing on the youth's shoulder, murmuring,

"You must go and see for me again, what secret hides within that mountain, proclaimed the most marvelous in the world, deep in the wilderness."

"You need to become your own mountain first, then seek the sea in your heart..."

He had a lot to say to the youth beside him, but felt it was not the right time.

Like many years ago, when he discussed with someone, proclaiming the eternalness of time and Heavenly Destiny, but that did not mean all beings are insignificant.

That person didn't believe him, so he executed him atop the Divine Throne.

Like he hoped the youth would grow to be a more selfish sun,

To become the sun, not to hang high in the sky illuminating the world, but to enlighten the surroundings that uniquely belong to our Pure Land.

He always believed, the greatness of a person, if accompanied by the magnification of selfish desires, is unfortunate.

But if a person with immense selfish desires gradually becomes great, extending the scope of his selfishness from "self" to encompassing the world…

That probably, is what a Saint is?

Ji Jingqiu, isn't the goal of being a Saint too ambitious?

Let's change it then.

Ji Jingqiu, you must be invincible.

Because only by doing so...

Can we possibly meet again.

In a daze.

At this moment, the man saw the setting sun descend, gathering the desolate last rays, and also saw a rising sun dispersing the fierce morning light.

Excellent!

He softly asked one last question:

"Ji Jingqiu, in your life, has someone ever stood behind you, truly supporting you just once?"

"What, there has?"

"Good fellow, then you're luckier than me... My path in Martial Arts has always been alone."

He looked at the youth before him, feeling a rare sense of sorrow, yet also delighted.

He and himself were ultimately different.

That's very good.

He looked up.

Seeing three annoying figures.

Smiling.

Long time no see.

Let's catch up.

He slowly withdrew the middle three knives.

...

...

Ji Jingqiu saw an outline of a figure with his back towards him, plain yet with an absolutely breathtaking imposing nature, godlike and unshakeable.

It seemed in front of him, there was nothing impossible.

He said,

Ji Jingqiu, I've heard all your prayers over the years.

So I've come to answer you.

Then,

As if one, two, three bright sunrises sequentially rose in Ji Jingqiu's eyes.

Those were three flashes of knife light.

Commanding the world, suppressing the stars and heavens, cutting off time and Heavenly Destiny, invincible in this world.

Ji Jingqiu personally "saw", under these three knife lights, three revered figures standing at infinite heights, surrounded by endless Divine Country, overlooking boundless realms shaking, their surrounding Divine Country dimming significantly!

The knife light, following time, Heavenly Destiny, causality... everything traceable, against the flow and with the flow, covering all corners of the universe, reaching everywhere, shocking the wilderness of the three old friends after such a long time...

...

This day.

Ji Jingqiu reversed the Innate, an unprecedented vigorous life force brewing within.

That chunk of earth that had suppressed him for far too long finally loosened completely.

From then on,

True Dragon enters the sea.

Great Sun Crossing the Sky.