Chapter 144: Reincarnation and Rebirth

At the very least, to be shameless to this extent is quite impressive.

In any case, Ning Feiliu cannot do this; he can be unscrupulous toward villains without the slightest guilt, but he cannot be so shameless or strike so ruthlessly against innocent people or those around him.

Not only did he swallow the treasures of his "old friend," but he also occupied the other's lair.

He could ignore the senior who saved his life, unwilling to break the rules to save that person's life in return.

He could sit by and watch his teacher, who treated him like a biological son, die of old age in the lower realm.

He could sit by and watch his own cousin and his friend's wife die of old age in the lower realm, even when his friend begged him.

He even severed his own biological daughter's Spirit Soul to coerce his son-in-law.

Facing these various behaviors of Tang San, one truly has to admire that he is indeed ruthless and highly skilled.

Otherwise, how could he be called the ten-thousand-admired Tang Fozu?

Ning Feiliu asked himself, he truly could not do any of these things.

Take Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, for instance; never mind giving their lives to save him, if he had even half the kindness toward them that he had for Ning Rongrong.

To say nothing else, Ning Feiliu would even break the rules to help them become gods.

For someone like Dugu Bo, who not only gave Tang San Immortal Herbs but even gave him the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, allowing Tang San's mother to be successfully resurrected, one should at least give Dugu Yan a chance to become a god.

In the original plot, Dugu Bo might not have had the talent to become a god, but Dugu Yan should still have had a chance, right?

Tang San's fault actually lies not in his stance, but in the fact that he is too selfish and too much of a hypocrite.

When it comes down to it, Xiao Wu, Daming, and Erming—these three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts—not only lack the strength of Di Tian and Xiong Jun from the Peerless Tang Sect era, but their threat to humanity is absolutely not comparable to that of Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and other Beasts who were practically hostile to humans.

Although Xiao Wu harbored hatred toward the Spirit Hall because of her mother's death.

Yet she truly never thought about dealing a heavy blow to humanity or the Spirit Hall, such as calling upon the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape—the current "masters of the Star Dou Great Forest"—to summon a beast tide.

However, one could also say that these three lacked the ability.

But regardless, the fact that Tang San mingled with Soul Beasts was not even used as a rallying cry by the Spirit Empire and the two great empires when they were hostile later on, which proves that in their view, so-called collusion with Soul Beasts was nothing.

At least during the time period of Douluo I, it was nothing.

It was only during the Peerless Tang Sect era that the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts intensified, roughly led by Beasts like Di Tian; in that period, colluding with Soul Beasts might have been considered a great crime.

But during the Douluo I era...

Soul Beasts were merely the source of human Soul Rings; it would be roughly equivalent to saying in Ning Feiliu's past life that a person was colluding with animals to subvert human society.

If said aloud, people would find it laughable.

Actually, for Ning Feiliu, as a human, he simply does not have excessive, overflowing love for races other than those related to him.

But for his companions, even if they are not human, he will give them a helping hand.

Like Xiao Jiu, after what just happened, he really grew quite fond of this highly spiritual Exotic Beast, and felt a sudden sense of pity in his heart.

Xiao Jiu sensed Ning Feiliu's affection for it and once again wrapped its cold body around his finger to show intimacy.

"Actually..." looking at Xiao Jiu, which was so full of spirit and almost human-like, Ning Feiliu suddenly thought of something, "It is truly a pity for you beasts sometimes; clearly more suited to be human than some humans, yet your luck is just a bit too poor."

Sometimes, he feels how good it would be if this world had an Underworld for reincarnation.

It would count as giving Soul Beasts like Xiao Wu, who want to become human, a chance to be reincarnated as humans.

And coincidentally, the injustice between the two races of Soul Beasts and humans would also have a good explanation.

Then one could say it is because Soul Beasts were all wicked humans or Soul Beasts in their past lives, so they were judged to be reborn as Soul Beasts in this life, sinking into beastly nature and slaughter for a lifetime; although they have many years of life, they do not have the freedom humans are born with, nor do they enjoy the happiness of the world, and they must also suffer human hunting.

Although humans can enjoy pleasure and be high and mighty, they are still sinking in the world, and only by becoming gods can they escape the suffering of reincarnation.

As expected, the mythology of my own past life is still more interesting.

The Six Paths of Heaven and Humanity—the Asura Path, Human Path, Heavenly Being Path, Hell Path, Hungry Ghost Path, and Animal Path—each path of reincarnation has its own assessment and judgment of good and evil, merit and demerit.

Actually, come to think of it, since Tang Fozu came from that world of the Tang Sect, he should also know about this.

Although the situation of the God Realm in Douluo Continent cannot be generalized, it would be excellent to modify it slightly, for example, simplifying it into three paths of reincarnation, such as removing the Asura Path, Heavenly Being Path, and Hungry Ghost Path.

Those who have committed heinous crimes enter the Hell Path to be punished, and after their sentence is served, they enter the Animal Path... or rather, the Soul Beast Path; those with lesser evil deeds enter the Soul Beast Path directly, and the kind-hearted enter the Human Path directly for reincarnation.

Ning Feiliu feels that this would be a very good reincarnation system for Douluo Continent.

But perhaps opening up an Underworld is not an easy task, which is why Tang Fozu did not do it.

After all, in the web novels of his past life, the Underworld had to be forged with merit by innate great gods like the Goddess Houtu.

Xiao Jiu seemed to sense Ning Feiliu's pity and drooped its head in low spirits.

It also understood a little of what Ning Feiliu said, but it could do nothing about it.

Ning Feiliu said with a smile, "Regardless, Xiao Jiu... since you have followed me, I guarantee you will eat well and live well!"

Exotic Beasts as a type of beast are also considered special in the original plot; they are neither considered Soul Beasts nor ordinary animals.

In the original plot, it was only mentioned that the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King, the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent, and the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King parasitic on Tang Chen in Slaughter City were Primordial Exotic Beasts; in fact, those dark gold bats were also Exotic Beasts.

After all, the Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King also evolved from dark gold bats.

It is just that dark gold bats are ordinary Exotic Beasts.

Xiao Jiu should also be able to evolve, but... it should need to absorb a lot of life force or many Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures to evolve.

At the same time, Ning Feiliu is also a bit curious; Soul Beasts have a chance to become gods after a million years.

Would Exotic Beasts also have such an opportunity?

Let's see... if the cheat can help.

Thinking this, a line of small text that only he could see suddenly appeared before Ning Feiliu's eyes.

【Obtain Essence Blood from ten different Exotic Beasts to receive the Secret of Vastaya Xayah Evolution.】

Vastaya Xayah?

Ning Feiliu roughly remembers that this is the ancestor of the Vastaya people, a type of spiritual creature that can change its form and resonate with the natural magic of the world...

Spiritual creature, related to Exotic Beasts?

Or rather, although Exotic Beasts are different from Vastaya Xayah, can the Secret of Vastaya Xayah Evolution provide a direction for the evolution of Exotic Beasts?

Ning Feiliu was not sure, but he knew that this ability of his basically always gave tasks related to his current thoughts.

This point could not be wrong, especially when he actively recited a matter in his mind.

"Essence Blood of different Exotic Beasts?" Ning Feiliu stroked Xiao Jiu's head again and said with a strange expression, "It seems I need to trouble... Teacher again."

Having to ask Dugu Bo for help every time made him feel a bit embarrassed; after all, he was not a person like San Ge.

At this moment, the process of Ye Lingling absorbing her Soul Ring was also gradually drawing to a close.

Just as stated at the beginning, the protagonist of this book is heading toward the ending of becoming the master of the Underworld, with the prototypes being the god Osiris from Egyptian mythology and the Feathered Serpent God from Mayan mythology; the subsequent Underworld reincarnation system also references the Egyptian mythology Underworld, synthesized with our ancient mythology's reincarnation system, plus the Spirit Blossom system from the League.

Also, regarding the issue of the protagonist's stance, I can only say that in my previous book, I wrote the protagonist and Soul Beasts as being at odds like fire and water, not standing with the Soul Beasts; it's just that this book requires the protagonist to treat Soul Beasts equally later on, so that's how it was written.

Likewise, in my previous book, my protagonist stood with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and that book's protagonist even helped Sword and Bone reach the God Realm by the end, so I really have no intention of blackening them because I dislike Sword and Bone; it's purely that this book had to be written this way, so I wrote it, and besides, I truly have no intention of forced blackening.

Sword and Bone are just ignoring the protagonist, they haven't treated the protagonist badly, right? I also said they definitely wouldn't interfere with the internal succession issues of the Ning family; it's just that they mentioned that Ning Rongrong being usurped would make them dissatisfied, but dissatisfaction and direct interference are different, okay?

I really couldn't hold it together, anyway, I will definitely try my best not to force blackening.

And there couldn't really be anyone who can't tell that the titles I wrote for Tang San in the book, like "San Ge", "Tang Fozu", and "Tang God King", are meant to be sarcastic, right? How can anyone think there is a problem with this?

There are a few comments that left me speechless, I can only say "6" and then delete them.

(End of this chapter)