Tathagata nodded in satisfaction. "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's great vow is truly admirable."
After Golden Cicada learned of this, he greatly admired his martial uncle.
"White Cicada, I also want to be like Uncle Ksitigarbha and save all living beings. I want to go to the Underworld now and help my martial uncle restore it. Are you willing to go with me?" Golden Cicada asked, looking at White Cicada.
White Cicada nodded. "Wherever Senior Brother goes, White Cicada will go."
Golden Cicada smiled and led White Cicada into the Underworld.
At the High Heaven Hall of the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor was furious when he learned that the Underworld had fallen into the hands of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Buddhist sect. He wanted to send troops to take it back.
But when he heard Ksitigarbha's words—"Until hell is empty, I swear I will not become a Buddha"—he fell silent.
The Heavenly Court currently did not have the military strength to contend with Ksitigarbha. Moreover, after Ksitigarbha made such a vow, the Jade Emperor deeply admired him and did not dare make an enemy of him.
Still, the Jade Emperor remained unwilling to accept it. The Underworld was an important place to the Heavenly Court, as well as one of the most crucial places in the Three Realms. Once the Heavenly Court lost the Underworld, it would lose the cycle of reincarnation through the Six Paths. In the future, all living beings in the mortal world would lean toward the Buddhist sect, since it controlled the reincarnation of the Six Paths and their next lives.
Therefore, he still wanted it back.
Kui Mulang saw what the Jade Emperor was thinking and went to see him.
"Your Majesty, now that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva controls the Underworld, it will be difficult for us to take