After entering the cave, Li Li explained the whole course of events.
After Li Jing paid his respects to Lady Shiji, he too said, "The rebellious son Nezha whom I fathered injured Your Ladyship's beloved disciple.
"This disciple dared not conceal it. I have already seized him before the cave abode and await your decree."
Lady Shiji ordered Rainbow Cloud Attendant, "Bring him in."
"Yes, Your Ladyship." Rainbow Cloud Attendant answered and went outside to summon Nezha in.
Yet not long after he left the cave, everyone heard a miserable cry: "Aah—!"
Lady Shiji, Ling Qing, and the others hurried out of the cave abode, only to find Rainbow Cloud Attendant already knocked to the ground by a blow from Nezha's Universe Ring.
Fortunately, Ling Qing had previously given her a protective talisman. Though she was badly wounded, her life was preserved.
Lady Shiji raged, "You vile wretch! You still dare commit violence and injure my disciple again!"
Nezha did not answer. He raised the Universe Ring and struck again, but this time it flew straight at Ling Qing.
Ling Qing thought to himself, *Well, Li Nezha. The first time we met, you struck me with that Universe Ring.
And now that we meet again, you are using the Universe Ring to strike me once more. Do you really take this poor Daoist for someone easy to bully?
At once, he swept the Wanhua Whisk in his hand, and the Universe Ring shot back toward Nezha at even greater speed.
Nezha had thought that the Universe Ring was his own magic treasure and that he could easily recall it.
Yet when he caught it in his hand, he discovered a powerful force he could not control.
With a bang, the Universe Ring struck him squarely in the chest. He fell