My buttocks seemed to hurt, as if the Judge's kick had really landed on my behind. I gently rubbed my backside and, with my head lowered, pondered what had just happened. How did I suddenly end up in the Netherworld? Was it Black and White Impermanence who took me there? But after being taken down, why was I thrown to the Judge?
"Luk Yu, you're finally awake. You scared us to death," my mother said with exceptional joy upon seeing me come to.
"What about Grandma? How is she?" I lifted my head and glanced at my mother, feeling a sudden shock in my heart. The very reason I had done all this was to save Grandma. If I could come back safely, it couldn't be that Grandma had her soul reaped by them instead. Perhaps they achieved their goal and, knowing I acted out of filial piety, decided to let me go.
