Taiyi left Skeleton Mountain White Bone Cave with Nezha and hurriedly called, "Nezha, go quickly! The Dragon Lords of the Four Seas have petitioned the Jade Emperor for approval and come to seize your parents."
Hearing this, Nezha's eyes brimmed with tears. He begged Taiyi, "Master, have mercy. Your disciple has brought disaster upon my parents, burdening them with the consequences of his deeds. How can my heart be at peace?"
With that, he burst into loud sobs.
Seeing Nezha like this, Taiyi leaned close and whispered, "Do this, and this, and this—you may save your parents from this calamity."
Nezha kowtowed in thanks, then used Earth Escape to return to Chentang Pass.
Having just arrived at Chentang Pass, he saw a clamor of voices before the commander's residence. When the household generals saw the young lord return, they hurriedly reported to Li Jing, "The young lord has returned."
As the Dragon Lords of the Four Seas—Ao Guang, Ao Shun, Ao Ming, and Ao Ji—looked on, Nezha cried out sternly, "A man bears responsibility for his own deeds!
"I killed Ao Bing and Li Gen; I alone shall pay with my life. Since when should a son's crimes implicate his parents?"
Then he said to Ao Guang, "My origin is no trifling matter. I am Spirit Pearl, sent down into the world in answer to fate under the command of the Jade Void Divine Talisman.
"Today, I will cut open my belly, scrape out my entrails, and strip flesh and bone from myself to return them to my parents, so that they need not be burdened by me. What say you?
"If you refuse, then I will go with you to High Heaven Hall to see the Heavenly Emperor. I have words of my own to say."
Upon hearing this,