Chapter 487

Jia Baoli: "That's right, why don't you ask your father for help?"

Zhong Suqiu: "My father is stubborn and hot-tempered—I'm afraid if he starts, he won't stop. Then the people of this county would suffer."

Huang Rong: "It seems Young Lady Zhong has thought this through carefully."

Nie Xiaoqian: "Enough talking—I'm going over now."

The world of Huaguzi.

Nie Xiaoqian opened the dimensional gate, stepped through, and instantly arrived in a delicately decorated courtyard from the cold netherworld.

In the courtyard, flowers and plants thrived, several blossoms vying for sunlight.

A gentle, bright-eyed girl stood there, like a beautiful painting.

Seeing Nie Xiaoqian, she hurried forward to greet her.

If the ghost Nie Xiaoqian seemed timid and pitiable, the Nie Xiaoqian dressed in the robes of the Lord of Hell radiated an aura of solemn dignity, transformed from a Jiangnan young lady into a cold, imposing beauty.

"Greetings, Sister Nie."

Nie Xiaoqian waved her hand and said, "Young Lady Zhong, no need for formalities—you're one of us now that you've joined the chat group."

"Mm." Zhong Suqiu nodded, curiously asking, "Sister Nie, is that the crown and robe of the netherworld you're wearing?"

"Mm." Nie Xiaoqian nodded. "It was forged by Daojun Brother based on ancient depictions of netherworld deities. Isn't it beautiful?"

"Very beautiful. In everyone's words—it's incredibly imposing. Only someone like Sister Nie could wear it properly. If I wore it, I still couldn't command respect."

Zhong Suqiu understood her own nature well.

She was soft-hearted and indecisive.

Even if she became an emperor, she'd merely be a puppet manipulated by others.

Fortunately, she didn't have to bear responsibility—she could always turn to others for help.

Otherwise, life would truly be difficult.

As Nie Xiaoqian chatted with Zhong Suqiu, her spiritual sense had already begun scanning the heavens and earth, observing the differences in this parallel Liaozhai world.

Boom—!

A thunderclap suddenly cracked across the sky.

Within the dark clouds, a spectral netherworld land seemed to emerge, black mist rising and shifting.

Zhong Suqiu jumped in fright, looking toward Nie Xiaoqian.

Nie Xiaoqian reassured her: "Don't worry—it's just me activating my netherworld authority. I didn't expect such a strong reaction from this world."

She closed her eyes, carefully probing the cause, and soon found the reason.

"This world hasn't even completed the evolution of the netherworld, let alone the heavenly court. Does that mean—this world is far inferior to mine?"

Above, the netherworld land gradually perfected itself through interaction with Nie Xiaoqian's netherworld authority, then sank into the earth.

All supernatural phenomena vanished.

Yet Nie Xiaoqian knew deeper changes were already unfolding beneath the surface.

Because she had been granted the netherworld authority by this world's heavens and earth, she could perceive every change within the netherworld land.

Beneath the earth, the Six Realms of Rebirth were coalescing... the Eighteen Levels of Hell were coalescing...

In short, due to its proximity to the chat world, this world's netherworld was evolving toward the Liaozhai netherworld.

"Sister Nie, how do you plan to punish the corrupt County Magistrate?" Zhong Suqiu sighed in relief as the dark clouds dispersed.

Nie Xiaoqian smiled: "Before, I could only act personally. Now, let this world's netherworld judge the Xiong family."

With a thought.

Above, a shadowy netherworld deity appeared.

"Today, the 437th Netherworld Deity patrols the mortal realm. I have observed County Magistrate Xiong Xiong, who, to curry favor with the powerful, poisoned his wife and infant son, then discarded their corpses in the bamboo grove—his crimes are intolerable to heaven and earth. Punishment: reborn as livestock, for the next eighteen lifetimes, reborn as livestock, to be slaughtered by humans!"

"His wife, complicit in the crime, shall also be punished: reborn as an animal, and for the next seven lifetimes, remain as livestock."

"His son, who seized property by force and forced virtuous women into prostitution, has had all his earthly lifespan stripped. For the next ten lifetimes, he shall be reborn as a beggar."

"His infant son, now the bamboo spirit Tao Zui, is pitiable—bestowed with the fortune of the Heavenly Human Realm. May you strive diligently, and ascend swiftly to the Immortal Path."

"His mother's soul has already passed into reincarnation—bestowed with three lifetimes of worldly wealth and honor!"

"The netherworld resides in the human heart, within heaven and earth. Let all beings remember: above every head, three feet, there are divine eyes. Do not commit evil deeds!"

The figure in the void and the voice echoing through the air could be seen and heard for thousands of li—terrified and awed, the common folk all looked skyward.

Especially within the County Magistrate's mansion, chaos had erupted.

As the divine judgment fell, County Magistrate Xiong and his Lady instantly transformed before everyone's eyes into two fat, black-furred pigs, squealing wildly at the maids and servants, who screamed in terror and fled in panic.

As for the magistrate's son, having just witnessed his parents turn into pigs, he felt his vision go black and collapsed to the ground.

"The County Magistrate turned into a pig!"

"The County Magistrate's Lady turned into a pig too!"

"The County Magistrate's son was taken by heaven! Heaven has eyes!"

"Who would have thought? County Magistrate Xiong was so cruel—he poisoned his wife and child! If heaven hadn't had eyes, we'd never have known!"