Seeing the unexpected turn of events, King Taishan stood gawping at Donghai Lin.
Soon, he calmed himself and wondered in his head: 'Huh! I was wrong. This human soul is out of the ordinary.'
Then he bethought himself while pondering in his mind. 'Didn't I just hear a Dragon's divine roar from his body?... Hmm, perhaps he's somehow related to the Divine Dragon Tribe. But, whatever, I need to get back my sword… And what's with this sword today? Every time I try to suppress it, it revolts, but it submits to this human soul. Hmm,'
Envy sprouted in his heart as all these times, the black sword refused to submit to him. But today, it had chosen a human.
"Human!... I'm King Taishan, the 7th Yama, and the overload of the two narakas*!" King Taishan said with a smile.
"You can call me Donghai Lin, a mere mortal soul from the earth!" Donghai Lin reciprocated with a natural smile.
"Well, my friend Donghai Lin, first, let me start by giving my sincere apology for my earlier blunder…. It was an oversight and I'm GENUINELY sorry. So, I would like to apologize. Please, accept my salute!" King Taishan, the 7th Yama, said courteously, clasping his hands at him.
"Sorry, my arse!" Hui Láng, the Giant Black dog sneered, "Huh! What a joke? Did you take us for a fool?"
"King Taishan, what did you want?" Donghai Lin shot straight without beating around the bush.
"Hmm, alright, can you return me, my weapon?" King Taishan, the 7th Yama, asked.
"Oh, so, you want that black dragon sword?" Donghai Lin replied with a straight face. "Nope, it's mine now. Finders keepers and losers weepers!"
He continued grinning at him. "Well, about the apology part, I'm considering it. But, before that, I simply need to kill you three times and also I'll keep this Black Dragon Sword as your apology…. What did you think?"
Hearing it, King Taishan's face fell, and a frown replaced his previous friendly smile.
"Hey, don't make that face? It's a generous offer considering your effort." Donghai Lin said, grinning. "Believe me. When I say a generous offer… It's because I don't wish for you to turn up like 10th Yama, here," He then smacked across 10th Yama's face, knocking him down on the ground.
In a crisp voice, he raised the 10th Yama's head and said, "Oh, My-my-my, vulnerable 10th Yama, why don't you convince him for his good?"
"King Taishan, make no more rash decisions?... Daoist Donghai Lin is telling the truth. I give you my word you don't wish to make an enemy out of him. Just do as he says." Xue Zhunluan, the 10th Yama, shrieked, and he further added. "Considering how you sneak an attack earlier. At least you deserve to….." He was warning him for his behest from the bottom of his heart, but King Taishan cut off, jumping into the conversation before he even finished his words.
"Shut up, you trash!" King Taishan yelped at the top of his lunge and he began berating him harshly. " You-you, you know what? You're truly a disgrace to the entire underworld…. Hmph, where is your arrogance and pride that you fawn over me all the time because you thought you have the coolest job here? First, you cannot take care of your subordinate and now you're at the mercy of this mere mortal. If you take care of your job. I don't have to come here, to begin with. So, just shut up. I don't like to hear another word coming out of your foul mouth."
He then turned his attention to Donghai Lin and said with an icy-cold tone, "Human, I'll not repeat myself. Just give it back or..."
"Or what?" Donghai replied with a sharp undertone as he squinted his eyes. Then he called, "That's it. I give up on playing a good guy…. Blackie!"
The Giant Black Dog, which had been waiting all this time for his Martial Uncle's decision, pounced at King Taishan.
Taisan tried to dodge him as his body morphed into a phantom, but the Giant Dog was even faster, as he eventually pressed him to the ground.
"Leave him to me, boy!" Donghai Lin's voice came from behind.
Just after the Giant Black Dog took a few steps back, Donghai Lin raised his right leg and stomped hard on King Taishan's face, hitting his head hard against the dusty ground.
"Hey, did you think just because you're some mighty-arse God of death, your half-arse apology can write everything off?" Donghai Lin said in a deep tone and he further added as his voice turned louder and louder. "Hah, don't you know I almost skipped a beat when you sneaked on me earlier? So, as a powerless mere mortal, I'm still going to slay you three times to calm my spirit."
"You, wretched human! You'll pay for this!" King Taishan shrieked.
"Whatever. I've gone all the way through. Adding you to the list will not make any difference." Donghai Lin said, and he unsheathed the red saber from the scabbard.
With a flick of the wrist, Donghai Lin cut off his left foot, which was followed soon by a heart-wrenching cry.
"Aargh!" King Taisan, the 7th Yama, howled in pain. It was as if Donghai knew exactly what he was doing.
For several minutes, he continued torturing him and ended his life.
Like this, he continued for his next two lives.
When King Taishan got rebirth in his 4th life, he breathed out a heavy breath thinking that it was all over. But it turned out to be just his dream after all.
"I'm a man of my word. So, I'll stop here." Donghai Lin said with a firm tone. Then he called, "10th Yama!"
The 10th Yama came before him with total subservience.
"Alright, you use a blunt sword and start killing him. Your times start now. Kill him 5 times within 10 minutes." Donghai Lin instructed. "Eh, don't make that face, venerable King Taisan. My-my, he's the one that has warned you. And you didn't listen to him and I guess this won't break my promise in any manner, too, yeah?"
He then craned his head to 10th Yama and said, "What're you waiting for? Your times start now."
Hui Láng, the Giant Black Dog, took out a blunt long sword and tossed it on the ground.