Golden viscous liquid, like molten gold spreading out, soaked the intestines laid on the ground.
The eyes of all the monks in the audience were fixed on it, even the Bodhisattvas who had achieved their position couldn't maintain their composure—it seemed they could pounce at any moment and swallow the intestines to attain the Bodhisattva rank of Ksitigarbha.
In the Buddhist Mahayana, hierarchical positions were revered: highest were the Buddhas, followed by Bodhisattvas, and then the Arhats.
Moving down the hierarchy, titles like Vajra or Jialan were not considered real positions; they merely indicated that one had entered the Buddhist path without yet achieving the Buddha Fruit.
The same went for the Daoist Sect. The Golden Core of Immortals, Mahayana, or the Golden Core Stage—none were alike. Some great powers believed that only those cores that advanced into Mahayana could be considered true; otherwise, they were merely "Fake Pills."