The Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha seated above looked at the dissipated estrangement between the two and couldn't help but nod slightly. At this moment, Sun Wukong released the Six-Eared Macaque, and then he patted his shoulder heavily twice, saying, "Good brother, we'll continue this conversation later. There are still unresolved matters at hand."
The Six-Eared Macaque was also sensible, and moreover, he was tricked by the Tathagata—who even projected a Divine Sense illusion into his inner world—and later had his own will sealed away. If not for the rescue by the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, he feared that he would have become nothing more than a walking corpse in this lifetime.
"Bodhisattva, what exactly is going on here? I beg for your guidance."
"You both should listen carefully to what I have to say. This time, the matter originated from Tathagata Buddha's scheme to kill three birds with one stone. However, something went amiss along the way, so this scheme ended in failure."