Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Expelled from the Underworld

Ye Changqing walked through the Primordial World, sensing the dense aura of calamity between heaven and earth, as if he had already guessed the answer.

He sighed inwardly; he couldn't escape it after all.

This time, he came to the Netherworld Blood Sea and met Old Ancestor Minghe.

Instead of animosity upon meeting an old enemy, Old Ancestor Minghe quite admired him.

If the path to Becoming a Saint wasn't paved with bones, why would they need to fight?

In the gathering place of the Asura Clan, the two watched the beautiful Asura women dance below, feeling quite at ease.

Ye Changqing's time was running out, and Old Ancestor Minghe no longer saw him as a rival.

They chatted and laughed, discussing many secrets of the Primordial World.

At the banquet, a black-faced ox head drank heavily, his lecherous gaze fixed on the beauties, unwilling to look away for even a moment.

"Lecherous ox!"

"Big lecherous ox!"

Suddenly, a childish, loli voice cursed at him.

Kui Niu became furious, his stubborn temper flaring up instantly.

But when he saw the exquisitely carved little girl in front of him, his anger vanished without a trace.

How could he, a dignified Grand Unity Golden Immortal, pick on a little child?

"What kind of brat are you? Don't disturb your Grandpa Ox's good mood!"

"Go on, go away..."

Kui Niu urged her to leave quickly.

Ye Changqing, sitting above, suddenly wore a mysterious smile. Was this the fated encounter?

It's so good!

The little girl was named Rakshasa Woman, the princess of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

She had never suffered such humiliation.

Rakshasa Woman opened her small mouth and spat out a shrunken Banana Leaf Fan. She recited an incantation, and it grew with the wind.

"Shoo!"

Rakshasa Woman gave a gentle wave of the fan, and Kui Niu instantly vanished.

"Holy crap... I underestimated her..."

Only his tears of regret remained on the spot.

"Hahaha!"

Ye Changqing and Old Ancestor Minghe burst into laughter.

After eating and drinking their fill, the two entered the Blood Sea to Old Ancestor Minghe's lair for a heart-to-heart talk.

It was only after three days and three nights that a weary-looking Ye Changqing emerged.

The two had seemingly reached some sort of agreement or transaction.

However, Old Ancestor Minghe appeared quite pleased and personally escorted Ye Changqing and his companions out of the Netherworld Blood Sea.

In the Eighteen Levels of Hell of the Netherworld Underworld.

Countless evil spirits endured various tortures to atone for the sins they committed in life.

They say the Heavenly Dao cycles, and heaven spares no one, but is this method truly effective?

These fellows would sooner or later re-enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and after drinking Meng Po's Soup, they would forget their past lives.

Whether human nature is inherently good or evil is determined by the Heavenly Dao; no one can escape the path it has set.

Since good and evil are predetermined by the Heavenly Dao, what is the point of punishing them?

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, riding on Diting, radiated Buddhist light. As it shone upon the suffering evil spirits, their faces gradually became serene.

The hell that was once filled with wails instantly fell silent.

"I vow not to become a Buddha until hell is empty!"

That's a nice saying, but it's nothing more than a way to help the West frantically steal merit.

Both the Western Sect and the Human Sect are thieves of fortune.

As long as the Saints live, the great thieves will not cease!

"Someone's coming!"

"Is it him?"

As Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was liberating the evil spirits, Diting, beneath him, cried out in alarm.

It was born a Qilin son, a natural auspicious being with innate divine abilities capable of eavesdropping on the Three Realms.

However, one wonders how its ears compare to those of the Six-Eared Macaque?

A powerful aura permeated the Netherworld Underworld, causing the once-calm evil spirits to become uneasy and terrified once more. Their heart-wrenching cries sent shivers down one's spine.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by this?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sighed and asked.

Ye Changqing glanced at him and said to Diting, "Your dad exploded!"

Diting: ???

The Qilin Cliff, formed from the remains of the First Qilin, was thrown onto Shouyang Mountain and reduced to dust.

Ye Changqing truly didn't understand why it would willingly become Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's mount.

He had come this time to persuade the spies planted in the Underworld by the Western world to retreat.

"When will hell be empty?"

He asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with a smile, secretly digging a pit for him.

"How about we make a bet!"

"If I can convert all the evil spirits in these Eighteen Levels of Hell, you will return to the West and honestly become a Buddha!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva frowned, feeling that something was not simple.

But if he had to say what was wrong, he couldn't.

However, Ye Changqing's talk of converting all evil spirits was sheer fantasy.

As long as sentient beings in the world continued to commit evil, an endless stream of evil spirits would be generated.

"Okay!"

After careful consideration, he accepted Ye Changqing's bet.

Ye Changqing slowly closed his eyes, using the power of the Chaos Bead to instantly lock onto the entire Eighteen Levels of Hell.

Anyone who could enter this place was either a villain or a thief; none of them were good.

An invisible aura surged from him, sweeping across the entire Underworld and restraining all the evil spirits.

A lotus platform suddenly appeared beneath his feet, spewing boundless karmic fire.

"Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's eyes widened. He had clashed with Old Ancestor Minghe countless times and naturally recognized it.

His expression was as if he had seen a ghost, filled with disbelief.

Old Ancestor Minghe had clearly intervened when Ye Changqing achieved Dao. Shouldn't they be mortal enemies?

Could it be...

Had Ye Changqing already dealt with Old Ancestor Minghe?

Poof poof poof!

In just an instant, all the evil spirits were engulfed by the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

They possessed immense karmic force, so they naturally couldn't escape the fire's judgment.

One by one, they exploded like fireworks, turning into ashes.

"Fellow Daoist, make your move!"

With a command, Old Ancestor Minghe's hearty laughter shook the Underworld. Wielding the two killing Spiritual Treasures, Yuantu and Abi, he madly slaughtered everything.

The twin swords in his hands killed without incurring karma, and with the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus helping him absorb karmic force, this was simply a heaven-defying bug. It would be unreasonable not to hinder him.

Achieving Dao through killing was the foundation of Old Ancestor Minghe's Primordial Unity.

He was destined not to slaughter the humans of the Primordial World, otherwise, he would have met the same fate as Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun.

But these evil spirits were different; they were all deeply sinful beings.

Old Ancestor Minghe actually felt like he was accumulating merit and virtue.

In the blink of an eye, the evil spirits in the Eighteen Levels of Hell were wiped out.

"You..."

"You guys..."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was furious. This was outright cheating.

They had agreed to convert them, so why did they kill them all?

But then he sneered. Ye Changqing and Old Ancestor Minghe had killed countless evil spirits; could he bear such immense karma?

Their actions had affected the trajectory of the Heavenly Dao's operation. A tribulation cloud, radiating for hundreds of millions of miles across the Primordial World, appeared above the Netherworld Underworld.

Ye Changqing let out a disdainful laugh and forcefully used his life force to release the Great Dao Will in his sea of consciousness.

The swirling tribulation cloud was instantly dispersed, and heaven and earth returned to their original clarity.

"I won!"

"Farewell, don't let the door hit you on the way out!"

Ye Changqing said with a smile, spitting up blood.

Old Ancestor Minghe, holding two Innate Spiritual Treasures and stepping on the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, also looked at him with a smile, appearing ready to send him to his demise.

"Good!"

"Diting, let's go!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva gritted his teeth and left the Netherworld Underworld with Diting.

The Ten Palace Yama Kings, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, watched Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's departing back and fell into deep thought.

Would they be next?