What a fateful encounter!
Ksitigarbha had only just obtained the portion of karmic causality He sought from Gongsun Xi, the Saint of Namelessness.
He had only just fashioned Heavenly Derivation Supreme Sage's ability to perceive all things into this beautiful white hound, crossing the Heavenly Sea, washing away dusty causes, and arriving at this secret, unknown site within the great Netherworld world—the old site of Yellow Springs. Here, He sensed the changes in the great Netherworld world; here, too, He captured the old vista of Yellow Springs. Using this white hound, He sought the true, lost [Yellow Springs], thereby completing His design for the entire great Netherworld world.
Yes, the true Ksitigarbha would emerge from the Netherworld. If compared to the Son of Heaven of the Six Directions, this would be His "land where the dragon rises."
Gongsun Xi's ability to conceal himself naturally surpassed imagination. To contend against terror, the Sages used secrecy to kill secrecy, creating Heavenly Derivation Supreme Sage's power to hide alongside the world itself.
But after Gongsun Xi's confirmed death, He, Ksitigarbha, could be called the foremost in concealment among today's Transcendents! Or at the very least, one of the Transcendents most skilled in concealment.
Back when He was still under seal, the words "Fengshan" within the Central Heavenly Prison had always arrived with the light and vanished with the light.
"Hidden Light Tathagata" was precisely one of the World-Honored One's venerable names!
Hidden Light Tathagata was also Him. He was the World-Honored One. He would inherit every venerable name of the World-Honored One—and surpass the World-Honored One. Surpass Him in every respect.
The black robes upon Him were not black at all. They had concealed all light, swallowing every gaze that touched them.
The journey to Calamity Water was one He was bound to