A vast ocean stretched before them, its blood-red waves surging skyward with a foul stench. The furious breakers crashed against the shore with deafening thunder. Countless dark, slick bodies swam through the bloody waves: the Asura Clan. Deep in the Sea of Blood, a Golden Body Bodhisattva sat cross-legged in midair on a three-petaled white lotus, surrounded by auspicious light. Beneath the lotus was a ferocious beast shaped like a lion, but with enormous eyes, long ears, and uneven fangs. It trod on an auspicious cloud, bearing the three-petaled white lotus on its back.
One Asura after another suddenly lunged at the lotus. A sacred radiance poured from it, freezing the Asura warriors who swarmed through the sky in midair. Diting swung his claws, scooped them into his mouth, and crunched them down, then opened his jaws and spat out a stream of Vengeful Spirits.
Seated on the lotus dais, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva recited the Original Vow Sutra. The lines of scripture transformed into lotuses in midair and enveloped the Vengeful Spirits, slowly dispelling the resentment within them.
"Bald donkey, prepare to die!" A roar rang out from the Sea of Blood. Then an Asura Demon King appeared, his entire body wreathed in Killing Qi and his murderous intent soaring to the heavens. He had nine heads, each with a thousand eyes, and nine hundred and ninety-eight arms and legs. Flames poured from his mouth as he addressed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. "You dare come to my Netherworld Blood Sea to spread the Dharma? Then I'll send you down to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs!" With that, the Demon King Asura led a group of Asuras in a swift charge.
Countless Asura warriors rose from the Sea of Blood, wielding three-pronged weapons. They formed sixty-four squadrons in a circle, each cackling with a