The Great Bodhisattva, on the verge of nirvana, had summoned him, his disciple.
"I am about to pass into silence, and it may be a thousand years before I return. But if one day my Reincarnation Dharma Body comes back, know that it is I who calls for you. When that time comes, you shall once again follow me and resume your cultivation of the Miaofa."
At the time, Hai Xin had been beside himself with grief. The Great Bodhisattva had passed into nirvana, and Hai Shu and the other Bodhisattvas immediately rebelled, shattering the Seal the Great Bodhisattva had laid down. Though they were a step too late to claim the Great Bodhisattva's physical body, they learned that his Reincarnation Dharma Body would one day return.
Afterward, hopelessly outnumbered, Hai Xin was thrown into the Eternal Prison, where he languished for untold ages.
