From the God of Lies to the Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 245 Postscript to Calcutta

Five days later, in Kolkata.

"You've finally changed your mind, Your Majesty!" Alvin's voice reached Bai Yang's ears, causing him to nod slowly with a sigh.

Bai Yang said, "Yes, but this is not my change, but Wutian's change. This nemesis of Tathagata, who once did not know his direction, has now clearly undergone a more profound growth. I am now beginning to look forward to the moment when he truly ascends to the Buddha's position in this country!"

Originally, Bai Yang's story was still supposed to focus on the Buddhists, but now he suddenly realized that it didn't really need to focus on them. At least Wutian wasn't doing too badly on this land, was he?
“Moreover, compared to a more lenient ‘Spirit Mountain,’ Wutian is now more suitable for this country, and his behavior seems more in line with it!” Bai Yang said again. “Calcutta only has 15 million people, but this continent has a total of 1.5 billion people living under this system!”

"Now that such a clear outcome is before them, even the most brutal Brahmins should know to restrain themselves!"

This horrific scene spread throughout the world during this period, and even the most cruel high castes should have known the consequences!

Bai Yang felt that this matter was quite effective, both in terms of willpower and in terms of the transformation of the country.

After this battle, a full ten million people out of the city's fifteen million became members of that virtual "Lion Camel Ridge".

These people will repeat their suffering in Lion Camel Ridge. This is also Wutian's decision. Conversion is not just simple brainwashing, but to make them believe in Buddha for the rest of their lives!
And the illusory world of Lion Camel Ridge is being slowly nurtured by the boundless power of will amidst the suffering of these ten million people.

Ironically, this world became the greatest gain he could offer from this major event!

"Your Majesty, shall we go to other cities? To those special cities, to fulfill our wishes in this country?" Alvin asked curiously.

Buddhism has truly taken root in Kolkata. The display of the fierce gaze of Vajra and the gentle brows of Bodhisattva all express the strength of Buddhism. This will be a huge feast of faith collection.

If this approach can be continued in other cities, or if an antithesis to Buddhism can be chosen for shaping, there might actually be entirely new possibilities.

Those superfluous beliefs will definitely flow towards this side, and may even, in a short period of time, achieve a model that rivals Buddhism.

“This approach does work, but it essentially gives these parasites a chance to rise again!” Bai Yang said. “Unfortunately, I don’t want them to have that opportunity!”

Because if they do this, the only religion that can achieve their goal is Hinduism. In order to absorb the faith, everything about Hinduism will inevitably be absorbed. No matter how much you try to stop it, there is no way to make these people receive the punishment they deserve!
This was certainly unacceptable to Bai Yang. The beliefs of this sect were far too malicious and corrupting, which was not good.

These beliefs were simply not something he could absorb; he didn't even have the desire to collect them. Therefore, Bai Yang changed his mind.

“A new sect will certainly emerge, but not now. This is the era of Buddhism. We need to have these senior monks clean this place up a bit before we can welcome our guests!” Bai Yang said with a slight smile. “Look, our guests have arrived!”

Alvin turned around and saw a large number of people disembarking from the plane at Kolkata Airport!
This was certainly within their expectations, as they had already been preparing for it for two days!
……

Let's go back two days, to the third day after the battle between Buddha and Demon ended.

Over the course of three days, all the forces around the world pieced together a chilling story from the mouths of those who awoke that night.

For example, the experts in the white house are slowly working their minds to piece together the story before them.

Among these people are all sorts of individuals who, with the stories they can hear and various historical materials in their hands, continue to reinforce and collect the stories, eventually bringing them together.

This is what they have been doing all along. Only by seeking knowledge from history and exploring the truth can they plan their future path and what they need to prepare for.

After three days of sleepless nights and repeated torment, this group of top human scholars finally completed a relatively self-consistent framework.

With the arrival of the Golden Retriever and the others, the storytelling began.

Now is the time for their story compiler, theology professor, and history expert, Thomas Franklin, to make his appearance! Professor Thomas rose to fame, of course, from his deductions about the special history of the Papacy and America, which made him a special employee of the White House, a mythological history information interpreter. Today, he will continue to explain mythology to everyone, but this time it is Buddhist mythology!

"I'm sorry, Mr. President, ministers, and new ladies and gentlemen, we don't have much information, so most of the information comes from my speculation and may not be entirely accurate!"

Professor Thomas put on his armor first, and then turned on the screen behind him, displaying the data they had collected.

"First, we learned about what happened in Calcutta, namely the appearance of an Asura and a Bodhisattva. Asuras first appeared in ancient Indian mythology and are the most common mythical creatures. They have stories in ancient Vedic mythology, later Buddhism, Brahmanical mythology, and modern Hindu mythology!"

"Information about Asura, also known as Jari Moore Covind, is now available all over the world, so I won't go into it. What I want to tell you is the story of Buddhism, or rather, the story of this Bodhisattva!"

Thomas made a startling statement, surprising everyone from the very first sentence: "First of all, the first point you need to understand is that Kinnara Bodhisattva is the initiator of this salvation from disaster, not a person from Mount Ling, or at least not now!"

"Not?" Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked. "A bodhisattva who caused such a commotion is not a member of the orthodox Buddhist sect?"

“Yes!” Thomas explained, “It’s definitely not, because there is no description of Kinnara rising from the Eight Legions of Devas to Bodhisattva in any Buddhist scriptures. But from the words of that Venerable Kasyapa, it’s not hard to tell that he also acknowledged Kinnara’s Bodhisattva status!”

"From this we can conclude that either he was not a Bodhisattva, or he was erased from the scriptures by some special means!"

"I tend to believe the latter, and there's some evidence to support it!"

"Based on their conversation, we have reason to suspect that this Kinnara Bodhisattva does not actually belong to Buddhism. He used to belong to it, but now he has become independent!"

As soon as Professor Thomas said that, almost everyone in the room's eyes lit up at the same time!
They were all shrewd people, so of course they could understand the hidden meaning of those words: if this person was alone and powerless, they could make contact with him privately!

Since he is not a true Buddhist figure, but rather someone who contradicts Buddhism, and possesses immense magical power and ability, in Christian terms, he is a powerful being of the "angel" level!
Why can't they have some contact with each other? Even if conversion is impossible, at least they could maintain some form of kinship, right?

No one would complain about having too many extraordinary people in their lives, especially a "Bodhisattva" who is incredibly powerful even in this world!
“That’s not right!” Vice President Qian Si suddenly spoke up curiously. “I remember Cardinal Angus saying that in the current world situation, even angels cannot stay in the world for long. So why is this Bodhisattva able to reveal his true form in the world?”

"The power he wielded was far greater than that of our angels!"

Professor Thomas shook his head. "Your Excellency, in fact, the force he mobilized was not large, and may even have been very small!"

"Not big?" Hearing this, everyone was stunned. "He hypnotized everyone in an entire city and sent them to a world called 'Lion Camel Ridge,' and you say he's not big?"

"It's not that big of a deal. He didn't kill anyone, destroyed any cities, or physically destroy anything. He just talked and played the wooden fish!" Professor Thomas said. "No matter what you say, he only acted on the level of mind and soul. If we're talking about divine power or might, he's not even as good as that Asura!"

Once those words were spoken, no one could do it anymore.

But thinking about it carefully, it does seem to make some sense?
This Bodhisattva did indeed appear last, and he was present from beginning to end, but if you really want to say that he did anything? Nothing at all, he just talked, walked, and struck the wooden fish.

From this perspective, it doesn't seem to contradict Angus's interpretation of the "lower realm." If the angels don't take action and just do these things, they should be able to stay there for a long time.

"So, manipulating minds and shaping the world is an instinct of Buddhism?" the blond-haired man asked, frowning.

Professor Thomas nodded. "These are the powers written in Buddhist scriptures. The saying 'the world is as numerous as the Ganges River' means this! In this era, the power of Buddhism seems even more transcendent!"

Everyone nodded, but a chill ran through them.

If Thomas's guess is correct, just how terrifying is this Kinnara Bodhisattva's power?
Or, to put it another way, just how terrifying is Buddhism?
PS: Thank you so much for the 1500 Qidian Coins reward from "The Serpent of the End".

(End of this chapter)