One's own success was certainly worth rejoicing over, but an opponent's failure was what truly brought delight!
Compared to the spectacle of Great Qin biting off a huge chunk of Yama Palace for all sides to divide and feast upon, Great Qin would rather take only a small bite itself... on the condition that the other Hegemon States got nothing at all.
As for Wei State, that great power on the rise... letting it have a little was no great matter.
If it wished to claim the name of a hegemon, it still had a long way to go.
Should Wei State rise, the first to suffer a headache would be Jing Kingdom, gazing across the Long River at it; the second would be Chu Kingdom, sharing the Southern Regions with it.
Before it was Great Qin's turn to worry, Wei State would first have to overturn Chu Kingdom.
"Since the Bodhisattva has such an aspiration, Qin will naturally spare no effort in helping bring it to fruition!" Qin Zhizhen stood with his saber at his waist. Never had he imagined that monks could look so pleasing to the eye.
Had he not been naturally composed, he would have shouted, "Great Qin is willing to fight for the Bodhisattva!"
How could he not know that Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva was offering him benefits precisely because He valued Great Qin's support?
But this Bodhisattva was so considerate of people's hearts, so loving toward all living beings—so what if Great Qin gave a little support?!
Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva's vision was lasting peace in the netherworld and freedom from calamity for all beings, not enmity with every side or solitary supremacy. Yet if He allowed a pack of wolves to tear at it, and sat back to watch the mighty powers enter the fray,