King Ping Deng (Eighth Court)

King Ping Deng Huang presides over the Eighth Court of the Underworld, specifically adjudicating souls who committed grave transgressions in their earthly lives—such as commercial fraud, murder, and abortion resulting in fetal death. The most heinous offenders are condemned to the Avīci Hell (Sanskrit: Avīci, meaning 'uninterrupted'), described in Buddhist scriptures as a realm where suffering is ceaseless and unrelenting. His title 'Ping Deng' ('Equal' or 'Impartial') embodies the principle of absolute fairness—equal application of karmic law regardless of social rank or status, affirming that in the eyes of the netherworld’s justice, nobility and commoner alike stand on equal footing. He is venerated on the 1st day of the 4th lunar month, and folk tradition invokes his name to uphold the conviction that virtue and vice inevitably bear their due recompense, and that cosmic justice remains supremely fair.