Chapter 615: Outstanding talents of the world emerge from our generation; good and evil will ultimately meet their reward

Houtu, Sovereign of Earth!

When Fengxi, in the guise of Houtu, conferred titles upon the Netherworld's Yin Sovereignty and the Mountain and River Earth Deities, finally linking yin and yang, binding the rules of life and death, mobilizing human power as much as possible to let the myriad beings partake in this grand undertaking of reincarnation——

A cosmic position formed naturally, etched into the hearts of this era's myriad beings of humanity, gaining historical acknowledgment and remembrance!

The so-called Houtu, Sovereign of Earth.

It governs the beauty of yin-yang nurturing all things, the excellence of mountains and rivers, oversees the authority of the Netherworld's Yin Sovereignty over reincarnation, and the transformations of life and death for myriad spirits!

A boss spanning the yin-yang realms, possessing supreme dignity!

While alive, I'll take care of you.

Even after you die, I'll still take care of you!

Looking across past, present, and future, how many people's actual authority and status could match it in battle?

Except for Pangu, who could be the father of all innate divinities, it is none other than the perfected Heavenly Emperor!

The true Heavenly Emperor is absolutely not a diminished version like today's Heavenly Court's demon emperor.

That which can master the Heavenly Dao, hailed as the ultimate of humanity, king of all gods, whose Dharma-body is supreme, governing the Myriad Heavens, overseeing all saints, ruling the universe, and enlightening myriad heavens!

Only such a Heavenly Emperor can outweigh Houtu, Sovereign of Earth, which is also the upgraded Nüwa.

Regarding this, within the human royal court, Nüwa is both pleased and wistful.

Fengxi helped her achieve this accomplishment, and Her Majesty Nüwa is very pleased——

Her top subordinate is indeed extraordinary; with a single move he laid out such a grand plan, opening a glorious future for her, after which she could openly stand equal to Hongjun, without needing to resort to using the Pangu bloodline descendants—the identity of the ancestral witch—to qualify to guide myriad beings.

Humanity has acknowledged it!

Merit boundless, upright and bright; from now on, what is the Heavenly Dao before her?

The Heavenly Dao can bestow titles upon the Heavenly Court, establishing the position of the Heavenly Emperor.

Her Nüwa's Houtu identity fundamentally needs no top-down endorsement; the myriad beings of humanity, from below, have bestowed upon her a crown, which may be called the 'Earth Emperor'!

An undiluted Earth Emperor!

She gained an achievement without expending much effort; Nüwa is in high spirits and no longer holds Feng so-and-so's act of striking first and reporting later against him……After all, facts have proven that Fengxi is still quite capable, with great resolve and determination, able to accomplish great deeds.

For such a minister who can produce results, if the boss doesn't give a promotion and raise, that's already enough—could they dare to find fault?

Really not afraid of switching jobs?!

Fengxi certainly has a next position!

As for this next position, Nüwa is extremely torn.

As mentioned earlier, to outweigh Houtu in actual authority, only a Heavenly Emperor can do it.

Unfortunately, such a Heavenly Emperor has appeared before.

Not only did it appear, but it is precisely Nüwa's elder brother—the August Emperor who opened heaven and earth!

The sovereign, ruling over the Myriad Heavens……

Imperial Heaven!

Imperial Heaven!

Heaven and Earth, Imperial Heaven overwhelms Houtu.

This is quite helpless.

Fengxi strives to strengthen Nüwa; as of now, in terms of merit and prestige, he still cannot surpass the true head of the Feng family.

Before him, when evaluating merit and virtue, Nüwa remains a humble little sister, unable to stand as an equal.

What about Houtu, Sovereign of Earth then?

Even though she governs humanity's life and death, yin-yang nurturing, and the earth's mountains and rivers, she's still just a sister figure—could she possibly overturn the heavens?

Nüwa cannot help but feel wistful.

However, after a brief wistfulness, her spirit is renewed.

"No big problem."

"When I accomplish the feat of defying heaven with humanity, sweep across the eight wilds of the universe, and command past, present, and future……"

"Then I shall surely advance further……Imperial Heaven?"

"The August Emperor is a sovereign; is Nüwa not a sovereign?"

"Changing sovereigns, it's still Imperial Heaven……I think it's doable!"

"Stay grounded, look up to Imperial Heaven……step by step on the road, bite by bite of food, dreams will ultimately be realized!"

Nüwa encourages herself, full of motivation.

As this motivation surges, the fervor originally sparked by her subordinate boils even more, spontaneously contributing bricks and mortar to Fengxi's reforming reincarnation system, filling gaps.

After all, the position of Houtu, Sovereign of Earth seems within reach, but the funny part is—Houtu's authority is still mortgaged!

As merely the Lord of Earth, Nüwa grits her teeth, endures the pain, perhaps if she loses it, she loses it.

But after upgrading, transcending the original framework, the ancestral witch of Houtu became Houtu, Sovereign of Earth……the mortgaged value has grown enormously; even if Nüwa is big-hearted, she cannot bear to part with it!

After Feng so-and-so's manipulations, Nüwa in recent days will likely be very proactive in working overtime.

Concerning the year-end grand prize, even a slacker wants to turn over.

Everything happened silently, subtly changing many people and matters.

"Let me see, what room for maneuver is there in here……"

"Like this 'Fengdu Great Emperor', can I find a sufficiently reliable hero to take the post, capable of bearing the sorrow of the dead and also humanity's sins?"

Nüwa mutters, her eyes bright, earnestly filling gaps.

"Three thousand years!"

"Only three thousand years!"

"Three thousand years must yield results, otherwise my Houtu, Sovereign of Earth identity that the little junior mortgaged cannot be reclaimed……"

The reincarnation work of the Yin-Yang two realms must be coordinated well!

I'm not worried about anything else... only those two uncertain elections are headache-inducing.

The Yang world is fine; I don't need to worry too much. Just a mere Lord of the Seven Sevens, with a term change every five hundred years—not to mention, there are plenty of people to share the burden.

As for that Great Emperor of Fengdu, it's tough on the dead.

Nüwa rubbed her little hands, "Those with enough ability would rely on their own wisdom and nature to cultivate and attain the fruit of longevity Dao; they would never go to the Netherworld at all."

The more capable one is, the better they can turn danger into safety... thus the harder it is for them to die!

This is a very sad matter.

The Netherworld cannot be called a recyclable trash dump, but truly outstanding heroes... are actually few.

Honghuang is an age of flourishing cultivation.

Capable people have already cultivated great supernatural powers, not to mention immortality; even when facing calamity, their chance of getting through is greater than that of ordinary mediocrities.

That kind of hero who can bear the sorrow and regret of countless dead and endure boundless sin... though not necessarily absent in the Honghuang heavens and earth, their possibility in the Yang world is far greater than in the Netherworld!

Moreover.

Even if the Netherworld once had such a hero, they probably left early and reincarnated elsewhere.

——How could such a person not have the lofty ambition to fight heaven and earth? Not have the determination to contend with fate? How could they wallow in self-pity, clinging to the Netherworld, unable to see clearly or let go?

This is the Netherworld's awkward situation.

Now, Fengxi mentioned establishing the position of Great Emperor of Fengdu... Nüwa isn't afraid of the power being divided; she's afraid there's no one capable to take that share.

Without candidates, how can we expand the Netherworld's pie?

How can we ensure the successful retrieval of the mortgaged position of August Sovereign of Earth?

Reality forces us to have such heroes, and the stronger the better!

Not even a puppet can be supported.

Because Nüwa can foresee that the Heavenly Court will, in the coming days, undoubtedly carry out continuous crazy big moves, becoming obstructive obstacles!

Sending a puppet up there... are you afraid your situation won't collapse fast enough or badly enough?

"What a headache... the Netherworld has plenty of ghosts, but their average quality is much lower; wanting to pick out a supreme hero is hard! Hard! Hard!"

Nüwa sighed, feeling that even plugging gaps has become a difficult matter.

Suddenly, her eyes brightened fiercely.

"Wait..."

"If it really can't be done..."

"Could I send a reliable candidate from the Yang world over?"

Nüwa's gaze turned subtle, feeling the matter holds great promise.

A person died.

Then wouldn't that become a ghost?

Since it's a ghost, joining the competition is totally fine!

"Perhaps... we could still operate it and turn it into one of our own."

"If the Great Emperor of Fengdu could be of human origin... that would be best!"

"Otherwise, things might still be troublesome."

……

"Houtu is playing big... she's not afraid of the Great Emperor of Fengdu and the Lord of Mount Tai, being of demon origin?"

"If so, that's still quite interesting."

Di Jun, while sighing over his past neglect of Houtu, even though he had high hopes, still missed the mark and still underestimated.

"The selection of the Lord of the Seven Sevens is said to be fair and just, but compared to the Great Emperor of Fengdu, there's still much room for manipulation..." Xihuang said calmly, "Just like the Heavenly Dao Saints of old, who knows how much behind-the-scenes manipulation there is... stirring hype, buying votes, stuffing ballots—it's completely doable."

"But that's within the Wu Clan's system... how do you play with them?"

"The right to set the rules is theirs."

"The vote checker is also theirs."

"Give it up, you can't beat them."

"This Lord, even if not of human origin, is surely close to humans."

"As for the Great Emperor of Fengdu, there's still some drama."

"That's good too!" Di Jun chuckled.

"What's good?" Xihuang shook his head, "The election for the Great Emperor of Fengdu is the least afraid of cheating... if you can, you can; if you can't, you can't."

"Bearing the evil of all beings, undergoing the baptism of all sins... truly, those who can pass this hurdle will surely lean toward the Human Dao, sympathizing with all beings."

"What if they're of demon origin?"

"Surely just; whoever benefits the Human Dao, they'll help that side."

"Who Fengdu helps doesn't matter..." Di Jun waved his hand, "I just want to disgust the opponent."

"If Fengdu is of demon origin, we could just promote it..."

"Either launch a racial attack—humans are inferior to demons... humans are naturally cold-blooded, unlike me this demon race, which has a great loving heart."

"Or launch a systemic attack—humans are still inferior to demons, it's a backward line... protecting the world, still have to look to my Heavenly Court!"

"Looking at the ratio of humans to demons, I think we can strive for this result."

Di Jun shrugged his shoulders, calmly pouring out dirty water.

"You really know how to play." Fuxi praised, saying, "Indeed, in Honghuang each generation produces talented people, each generation stronger than the last."

"I never would have thought of such a brilliant idea… sigh, I'm getting old! Getting old!"

"I think I'll just sit aside and watch the show…"

…… -> just "……" (ellipsis). Should we keep as is? Probably output "……". We'll output exactly.

Honghuang always brings forth talented ones.

Fengxi merely gave them a head start; the rest of the way, the bosses of the witch and demon clans naturally proceeded.

Regarding the possible issues of the new reincarnation version, one fills gaps while the other digs pits, and they covertly engage in opposition.

One is pondering picking a suitable 'sacrifice'.

One has nearly finished preparing a criticism manuscript, just waiting for a day to send it out to carry out personal attacks.

This has already become the vortex center of the storm.

And as the architect of all this—Fengxi—he is admiring his masterpiece, nodding in satisfaction.

Yin and Yang worlds are now tightly linked… Lady Nüwa's Houtu authority has been expanded to its limit, swelling to a ruthless extent.

As for himself, he can thereby reap countless pawns, and the fulfillment of the Way of Yin Virtue and the Way of Blessing Virtue is imminent!

'As long as everything goes smoothly……I also hope everything goes smoothly……'

Fengxi tilted his head, looking at the brand-new reincarnation mechanism, and began his journey haltingly.

His eyes gleamed, piercing the mist of ages; the portion of the future he could see was unfolding.

——The Netherworld has undergone reform, presenting a completely new aspect!

After a person dies, the Earth God first files a report upward, passing through each level of City God, finally reaching the hands of the Five Direction Ghost Emperors.

Afterward, it is handed over to the Eastern Peak Great Emperor, then passed down to the Ten Prefecture Lords, who, based on mortal moral law, determine within three years whether this person's soul and spirit are retained or scattered.

The verdict is then sent to the Underworld for execution.

Seven days after death, the One-Seven Prefecture Lord judges the first po; fourteen days, the Two-Seven Prefecture Lord judges the second po… up to forty-nine days, the Seven-Seven Prefecture Lord judges the seventh po.

After forty-nine days, the po are completely collected by the Underworld, processed, and the departed soul is utterly severed from the Yang world, no longer able to wander the mortal realm.

This is not the end.

When the po are exhausted, the hun remains.

After a hundred days, the Hundred-Day Prefecture Lord judges the first hun; thirteen months, the Minor Auspicious Prefecture Lord judges the second hun; twenty-five months, the Major Auspicious Prefecture Lord judges the third hun… thus, the hun is also fully processed, the final outcome determining whether the person's soul and spirit are reduced to ashes, wholly retained, or partially retained.

Throughout this process, the po shields the hun from calamity, bearing many tribulations and punishments.

As a price, the corresponding repayment in the next life weakens the relevant aspects.

This, too, can be counted as a touch of humanity in the new reincarnation system… after all, the purpose of punishment is education, not mere violence.

Of course, this is not unlimited tolerance.

When the po are used up and scattered, they cannot offset sin… the thing that gets exterminated is the hun!

Killing one hun means the next life can only be a confused beast, making the path to cultivation arduous.

Killing two hun results in the next life being ignorant and unaware.

All three hun extinguished… sorry, there is no next life.

Only a hint of true spirit remains, taken as the most basic material, awaiting future reconstruction.

This is the process weakened by sin.

In fact, most people have neither great merit nor great fault……these punishments mostly do not fall upon them.

It's just going through the motions, a mere formality.

If one cultivated blessings in life?

Then, rewards will be given on the three hun and seven po… after reincarnation, they become various sorts of 'innate talents'.

It is indeed talent——

Don't treat the Underworld as heaven!

Sin is suppressed.

Good deeds are promoted.

This is a spontaneous intervention of the Human Way, to eliminate past errors.

In Fengxi's vision of the future, a golden torrent flows……that is merit, that is virtue, writing a beautiful future!

Unfortunately.

Could not gaze at it for long.

Then a killing sword came down, blurring his vision.

——Witch Slayer!

(End of chapter)