The Ten Yama Kings of the Underworld gathered at Ziwei Palace, seeking an audience with the Great Leader.
According to the script, they were supposed to report the chaos in the Underworld to the Queen of Heaven on duty during tomorrow’s morning court at the Lingxiao Palace in the Golden Que Cloud Palace.
However, the "daring monkey" who had tampered with the Book of Life and Death was the reincarnation of the Great Emperor of Fengdu of the North—their own superior. If it was him, whether his actions constituted "tampering" was a matter of perspective. It is a well-known principle that things may be theoretically forbidden but practically permissible, or theoretically permissible but practically impossible.
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