People yearn for freedom.
Yet the vast majority of people have never achieved true freedom, even those at the pinnacle of political power, like Qin Shi Huang or Emperor Wu of Han, who are ultimately bound by the chains of birth, old age, illness, and death.
Many people swear they will never return in the next life, but those who can truly achieve this have already transcended to sainthood and wouldn't bother making such trivial oaths.
Freedom to come, freedom to go—only the realm of Tathagata signifies true freedom!
But people do not understand this principle, and thus create numerous rules, claiming the right to interpret them for themselves, manipulating others with these rules, unaware that they are merely game players also being played by the game.
The Female Cultivator is a master at manipulating rules.
