At these words from Jieyin and Zhunti, their disciples all fell to their knees, tears in their eyes. "We will remember the patriarchs' teachings and strive to spread Buddhism, so its doctrine may rescue all beings from fire and flood. We will fail neither the Heavenly Dao nor our patriarchs."
Now that the disciples understood how lofty their patriarchs' spiritual realm was, how virtuous they were, and how they sought blessings for all beings, they worked even harder to spread Buddhism.
Jieyin and Zhunti exchanged a glance, suddenly realizing that their bout of tears and theatrics had unlocked yet another way to motivate their Buddhist disciples.
These fellows were so easy to brainwash.
And so Jieyin and Zhunti began preaching on Mount Sumeru from time to time.
"Heaven and earth are without mercy, treating all things as straw dogs. Buddhism strives to win a thread of survival for all things. Between heaven and earth, where there is evil, there is good; where there is slaughter, there is salvation."
"We disciples of the Buddhist Sect must rescue all beings from fire and flood, and deliver all things from suffering."
By then, the Buddhist Sect had grown into the largest religious order in the Primordial World.
Just then, evil ghosts began appearing throughout the Primordial World.
Although the Primordial World's Six Paths were now complete, its living beings were powerful, and some evil ghosts refused to enter the Netherworld Office for reincarnation.
Instead, they lingered in the mortal realm, defying the Heavenly Rules and the rules of the Netherworld Office.
The Netherworld Office therefore sent Ox-Head and Horse-Face to subdue them.
Ox-Head and Horse-Face belonged to special races that the Witch Clan had specifically recruited to serve the Netherworld Office.
Their races were not considered powerful within the Primordial World, so they