At last, there was a resolution. The crisis of the world's destruction had been lifted. Miaoshan came before Jiang Hao and performed a Buddhist salute. "Daoist Jiang, having resolved this world-ending crisis, you will surely gain boundless merit and be blessed with great fortune."
"Heh, I hope so," Jiang Hao said.
"The matter is settled. I should take my leave as well," Miaoshan said.
"Shangqing Temple is not far from the Guanyin Hall. Come by when you have time. We can drink tea, discuss the Dao, and debate the scriptures," Jiang Hao said with a smile.
Miaoshan smiled and bade them farewell.
Bai Susu, Xiao Qing, Chuchun, and Sadako gathered around him. "Brother Jiang, Nuwa has been sent back, Jiang Chen has been eliminated, and there are no more zombies in this world. From now on, we can cultivate and live peacefully."
The women were all delighted, but Ma Xiaoling alone remained somewhat silent.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Hao went over and asked.
Ma Xiaoling said, "Our Ma family's ancestral precept is to uphold righteousness, eliminate evil, subdue demons and monsters, and destroy the Zombie King Jiang Chen. Now that you've destroyed Jiang Chen, I've been wondering whether our ancestral precept should be changed."
Jiang Hao said, "Actually, I think what your Ma family most needs to change is not the ancestral precept, but that thousand-year-old curse."
The Ma family's ancestor, Ma Ling'er, had originally been Qin Shi Huang's Imperial Preceptor. But after Qin Shi Huang became a zombie, he feared that Ma Ling'er would hunt him down, so he sent Ma Ling'er's lover, Kuang Zhongtang, to kill her. In the end, Ma Ling'er died filled with resentment, leaving behind the Ma family curse.
"The women of the Ma family must never shed another tear for a man, and generation after