Chapter 285: The God Position of the Spirit God

The appearance of the Small Spirit Realm, as well as the mysteries of the Spirit World, gave Ning Feiliu a firm understanding of his own future path.

That is... to create a Spirit World, a cycle of reincarnation, and even a system of karma and retribution for Douluo Continent!

The Spirit World would accept the wandering spirits of all things in Douluo Continent, using the obsessions the spirits held in life as a guide to lead them to where they ought to return, and then determine their destination in reincarnation based on their deeds in life.

However, Ning Feiliu did not want the standard of judgment from his past life, where all killing and retribution were considered karma; after all, if all living things wish to survive, they must inevitably take the lives of others.

Therefore, apart from the survival-based killing necessary for the law of the jungle, the distinction between good and evil and killings outside of that necessity would be the standard of judgment.

For Soul Beasts to survive by killing other Soul Beasts or Spirit Masters, and for Spirit Masters to kill Soul Beasts to obtain a Soul Ring—these things should not be considered karmic retribution.

One cannot simply starve to death or allow oneself to be slaughtered by others just to avoid killing.

Only those killings committed out of selfishness, evil intent, and greed should count as karmic retribution.

For instance, when Wan Yao Wang devoured his companion Fairy Spirit Grass out of evil intent, or when Evil Soul Masters slaughter the innocent to become stronger—those are the true karmic obstacles.

But such killings are not all karmic obstacles; for example, if one kills evil people who are full of karmic obstacles, it naturally does not count as a karmic obstacle, but rather as acting on behalf of Heaven.

For example, killing someone like Tang San would naturally be a deed of immeasurable merit.

However...

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation..." In Douluo Continent, if one were to create the Six Paths of Reincarnation, I fear it cannot be like the original version, where the Six Paths are divided into the Heavenly God Path, the Human Path, and the Asura Path—these being the Three Good Paths.

That is to say, as long as you do more good deeds, your merit will outweigh your karmic retribution, and you will be able to be reborn into these three relatively better paths of reincarnation.

The Heavenly God Path, also known as the Heavenly Being Path, is where you can be reborn as a heavenly being, far removed from the suffering of all living things in the Heavenly Realm, possessing a long lifespan and enjoying the ultimate bliss of the Heavenly Realm.

Yet, in the end, one cannot escape the Five Decays of Heaven, eventually withering away and entering reincarnation once more.

If it were in Douluo Continent, this Heavenly God Path would naturally correspond to the God Realm.

But apart from that group of gods, the God Realm is filled with the families of deities; how could they possibly let you be reborn into it so easily?

"Forget it, then I shall change it to the Underworld God Path in the future," Ning Feiliu pondered for a moment and said. "Souls with perfect merit may enter the Spirit World to become an Underworld God, far removed from the suffering of all living things, and preside over part of the affairs of the Spirit World's reincarnation."

The Human Path is naturally easy to explain: it is to be reborn as a human. As beings of the Human Path, their forms and lifespans vary; they enjoy the ten virtues and suffer the eight sufferings, yet because their rebirths differ, the treatment they receive also differs.

This is naturally determined by merit and karmic retribution; those whose merit is not yet full but who have consistently performed good deeds will be reborn into wealthy and noble families.

Those burdened by karmic retribution, yet not to the point of falling into hell for punishment, will enter poor families and suffer the eight sufferings of the world.

This part does not need any changes at all.

But the next, the Asura Path... in this world, Asura represents the punishment of good and evil in the world, and since there is an Asura God, it is naturally impossible to name it that way anymore.

"The Underworld Luo Path, for the living beings of the Spirit World to maintain order," Ning Feiliu thought of a good alternative and said. "However, since that is the case, the Underworld Luo Path should be placed above the Human Path."

To be honest, if the Underworld Luo Path becomes the civil service of the Spirit World, it would certainly be much better than being a human.

The following Three Evil Paths are the Animal Path, the Hungry Ghost Path, and the Hell Path.

The Animal Path is a broad category for rebirth, encompassing all birds and beasts, those that travel by land, water, or air, as large as cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep, and as small as insects, ants, and moths; all belong to this path.

The Hungry Ghost Path refers to ghosts that cannot be reborn, often suffering from hunger and fear, hence the name Hungry Ghost.

Hungry ghosts dwell in all sorts of places, some in the sea, some under trees in mountains and forests, or in the wilderness; some have human forms, others beast-like forms, each differing from the other.

The Hell Path is to enter the hell of the Underworld, where one suffers punishment for the sins committed in life, and only after the punishment is complete can one go to be reborn.

During this time, the most heinous evil ghosts enter the Avici Hell, suffering punishment and pain at every moment; the best outcome is for their spirit and soul to scatter, naturally sparing them from endless torment.

Ning Feiliu felt... that the things Tang God King did in the original plot would qualify him to enter this Avici Hell.

However, in Douluo Continent, apart from the Hell Path, the Animal Path and the Hungry Ghost Path are not quite suitable.

But he thought of alternatives that fit the situation of the Douluo Continent world...

"The Soul Beast Path and the Animal Path!" Ning Feiliu thought of these two in his heart.

The Soul Beast Path replaces the Animal Path, and the Animal Path replaces the Hungry Ghost Path.

Besides Soul Beasts, Douluo Continent also has Exotic Beasts and ordinary animals.

Soul Beasts can still cultivate, improve their cultivation, and still have the chance to survive for one hundred thousand or one million years and become gods.

But they are born wet-born or egg-born, covered in fur and wearing horns; not only must they face being hunted by humans, but they also encounter mutual slaughter among Soul Beasts themselves, which can be said to be born in danger.

Even most Soul Beasts are like Xiao Wu, whose father disappeared—this is actually normal; in the animal kingdom, males have always been like this: after mating with the female, they run away.

Xiao Wu had it worse, because her mother was also gone later on.

So being a Soul Beast is indeed more miserable than being a human, but at least there is a chance to improve one's strength and the possibility of rising.

The most miserable are actually the Exotic Beasts and those ordinary beasts of Douluo Continent; Exotic Beasts like Xiao Jiu find it almost impossible to improve their strength.

Like the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King in Slaughter City, it absorbed so much blood, and it is unknown how long it took to evolve from an ordinary dark gold bat into the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King.

And that Ten-Headed Sun Serpent, it is likely the same.

But they never developed intelligence, nor did they have any chance to become gods.

It is often said that Soul Beasts have no hope of becoming gods, that they must endure a million years, and even if they do, they are shackled by the Dragon God's oath.

But the Exotic Beasts and those animals of Douluo Continent truly have no hope at all; born that way, they are basically the same when they die.

Apart from being beasts of burden and being slaughtered by others, animals have no hope.

Exotic Beasts might have the ability to protect themselves, but they also have no hope of becoming stronger.

Therefore, the Soul Beast Path can replace the Animal Path, and the Animal Path can replace the Hungry Ghost Path.

What remains is the Hell Path, which the most heinous people enter.

Ning Feiliu suddenly had a clear plan for his future path: with the Small Spirit Realm as the foundation, and using the path of becoming a god through faith in Douluo Continent as a reference, he would create the legends of the Spirit World, reincarnation, and karmic retribution, and then use the mysteries of the Spirit World to break through and become a god!

Just as this thought settled, he saw a line of pinkish-white, sacred-looking small characters appear before him once again—

【Create legends related to the Spirit World, reincarnation, and karmic retribution in this world, and gain over one million living believers to obtain the God Position of the Supreme God of the Spirit World!】

This is actually the Supreme God of the Spirit World... God Position! Ning Feiliu was shocked, and then ecstatic to the extreme; a task to become a god had actually appeared!

However... the task is also quite arduous: create legends and develop over one million living believers...

The population of Douluo Continent is only one or two hundred million, with the two great empires occupying seventy percent, and the remaining thirty percent of the population being in the various kingdoms, duchies, and Wuhun City. (Secondary setting, I Baidu-ed it and couldn't find data, and I didn't want to check the original work, so I just wrote down a random figure.) That is to say, if one develops believers primarily among humans, one basically has to make one percent of this world believe in this legend. However, it could also be simpler... for example, large cities like Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, and Wuhun City all have populations of several million.

If one were to develop a large city into believers of the legend, then having over one million living believers would be an easy matter.

However, the requirements here do not necessarily have to involve developing humans as believers, but rather living beings... That is to say, besides humans, one can actually develop Soul Beasts as believers.

Even Exotic Beasts will do; as for livestock...

It can only be said that it is difficult for them to even understand the content of the legends, let alone require them to believe in a faith. It is very difficult to develop such creatures without intelligence into believers.

This is just like playing the lute to a cow.

Ning Feiliu had an idea; he decided that after the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament... he would find a way to establish a sect and spread his faith.

First... use the Blooming Spirit Flower to make people believe in the existence of the Spirit Soul, then tell the legend that the Spirit Soul will go to the Spirit World, and then create a legend of reincarnation.

In short...

He, Ning Feiliu, not only wants to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to create a new force, but also... to create a new God Realm—the Spirit World! Just as Ning Feiliu was full of ambition and high spirits...

"Why are you up so early?" Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling suddenly woke up at this moment. Looking at Dugu Yan who had already woken up, she sat up, rubbed her eyes, yawned, and said.

Seeing this scene, Ning Feiliu felt his interest piqued again.

"Come, let us battle again!"

"You... how can you be like this! It's been all night, aren't you tired!"

However, it eventually turned into a beautiful scene of broad daylight ()().

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were defeated once again.

By noon, Ning Feiliu told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling about what had happened in the Sunset Forest, though he claimed that the Spirit King had told him.

Because of the one thousand Spirit Blossom Trees and the power of the Spirit King, the Sunset Forest had transformed into a resting place where spirits could dwell.

And here, all the dead Spirit Souls no longer had to fear dissipating into nothingness; they could finally appear normally without having to go to sleep.

That is to say, Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin could appear normally from now on.

Thus, they were to head to the Sunset Forest together to see Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin, allowing the Dugu family—Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo—to reunite.

This time, Ye Lingling also intended to go along. Ning Feiliu pondered for a long time, and because of the protection of Xue Di, plus the presence of the Spirit King and the Small Spirit Realm, he finally agreed.

Ning Feiliu then took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and headed toward the Sunset Forest.

They left Heaven Dou City, and before they even entered the Sunset Forest, they saw the sacred forest that appeared particularly peaceful and serene under the sunlight.

The Sunset Forest originally had a gloomy feeling, and most of the creatures inhabiting it were Soul Beasts like snakes, insects, scorpions, and poisonous creatures, so it usually appeared particularly dark.

But not long ago, because quite a few Spirit Blossom Trees were planted in the forest, the color tone suddenly became soft.

Now, however, it was completely different from before.

Light filtered through the sparse treetops, casting mottled light and shadows, as if it had been enchanted, edging every leaf with gold.

In the air, drifting pinkish-white petals danced lightly with the wind; they seemed to be silently telling of the quiet beauty of the passing years.

The air was filled with a faint floral fragrance, fresh and moist; every deep breath allowed one to feel the gift of nature.

They walked into the forest; the path was winding and quiet, covered with fallen flowers. Stepping on it felt like walking on clouds, soft and steady.

Beside them, the sound of water gurgled, interweaving with the chirping of birds and insects into a natural movement.

By the stream, the stones were washed smooth and cold, with moss laying a green carpet over them.

The trees were tall and straight, their branches and leaves interlacing to build a natural dome, blocking most of the sky and allowing only sporadic light to penetrate, creating an otherworldly atmosphere.

The Sunset Forest seemed to possess an extra kind of quiet and peaceful power at this moment; it made one's soul feel tranquil, and all troubles and noise were washed away here.

Standing on this land, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling could both clearly feel the sanctity and grandeur of the Sunset Forest, as well as that peace that allowed the soul to find rest.

Perhaps the Sunset Forest should no longer be called by this name, but rather the Sacred Forest.

This had simply turned into a sacred land.

In reality, the Sunset Forest had not only become sacred and peaceful, but because of the power of the Spirit Blossom Trees, it had completely turned into a treasure land for Soul Beast cultivation, just like the Star Lake area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It can be said that in a while, the Sunset Forest might truly give birth to its first Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Of course, this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast would most likely be the Spirit King, the ancestor of the Spirit Blossom Trees.

Especially with the nourishment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Spirit King would absolutely not need fifty thousand years to break through to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.

However, after the Spirit King, perhaps the Sunset Forest would also give birth to many Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts.

Ning Feiliu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling were not very clear about these things; after traversing the now more sacred and beautiful Sunset Forest, they arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan both had methods to open the poisonous miasma outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so they opened it directly.

Then they saw...

Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin were talking and conversing with the tearful Dugu Bo with serene and peaceful expressions.

Just at this moment, they all sensed that someone had arrived.

They looked toward Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan, and then Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin revealed joyful smiles.

"Dad! Mom!" Dugu Yan could no longer hold back and rushed over. Although she couldn't touch anything, she still pretended to hug the Spirit Soul bodies of Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin, crying with excited laughter.

Finally... finally, there was no need to worry about Dad and Mom dissipating into nothingness anymore. Now, according to Feiliu's words, Dad and Mom could always be here to accompany her and Grandpa.

"Yanyan..." Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin also smiled very gently and said.

After a long while, Ning Feiliu finally stepped forward with Ye Lingling, smiling as he said, "Uncle, Aunt, long time no see."

(End of chapter)