Chapter 83

After Hou Tu's words, your memory gradually traced back…

In your first life, you were again cut off by your parents for publicly uttering heaven-defying remarks, and together with your idiot brother, you were seized by the Judicial Heavenly God and taken to the Heavenly Court's Execution Platform for Demons, one dragon and one blade, your soul and spirit scattered.

You should have restarted once, but that time inexplicably retained a fragment of your true spirit, and you reincarnated into a human tribe, becoming a human.

At that time, the human race had already been slaughtered by the Demon Race; without the protection of sages, they were nearly extinct, so they could only hide in shelters, silently accumulating vengeful power while carrying hatred.

And after you accidentally broke the mystery of the womb, you also once wanted to investigate the mystery of your own reincarnation; thus, after your extensive inquiries plus some speculation, you finally managed to roughly reconstruct what happened after your death…

Because the Demon Race slaughtered innocent humans, the grieving souls and remnants filled the wilderness; this tragic sight moved the Twelve Ancestral Wu, who then launched the Wu-Demon War, ultimately causing the Heavenly Court's elite to be annihilated, even the Heavenly Emperor and the Eastern Emperor fell, thereby giving the human race a chance to counterattack the Heavenly Court.

Of course, looking back now, the reason for launching the war claiming to be "moved by humans" is probably just an excuse; the extremist faction of the Wu Clan likely sought to use the mandate of the Heavenly-Chosen Protagonist to achieve their ambitions, which is probably the main reason for the war…

However, the problem is that there is simply no dedicated organization responsible for this; everyone's reincarnation is actually just an individual act.

Where could there be a loophole in heaven and earth? Without reincarnation, would living beings not be born?

Therefore, theoretically, the wilderness's "reincarnation" should not actually be Hou Tu transforming with her body; she also fundamentally had no need to do so.

Black and White Impermanence

Judges are responsible for judging the deeds of departed souls and determining what they should be reincarnated as.

Thus, after sorting out the logic, Zhao Si could only discover something that shattered his worldview:

The "reincarnation" should not be some magical artifact crafted by Hou Tu sacrificing herself; rather, it is a large organizational unit dedicated to the business of reincarnation…

At this point, Hou Tu smiles and encourages you: "Hope you can truly defeat the supreme Heavenly Court; then I will accomplish this great reincarnation undertaking with you."

Supreme Heavenly Court

Could it be that the player hasn't noticed? The reincarnation you know of actually already existed in the wilderness.

But she also tells you that, at present, wanting to build such a large reincarnation mechanism capable of covering all spirits of the wilderness is unrealistic, because the wilderness has "two suns in the sky"!

Since I can specially find a group of people to be responsible for capturing souls, judging souls, erasing memories, and sending them for reincarnation, why would I need to use suicide to accomplish this?

It's just self-moving self, or Hou Tu has a jade-jade syndrome, right…

In this way, all beings in the world would then have the continual opportunity to obtain a new life, such as you!

If one insists that Hou Tu has merit, then her merit is not the tangible merit you imagine, but rather the grateful feelings of the benefited beings toward her… an illusory spiritual merit; this merit has no substance, cannot help her become a sage, nor increase her cultivation…

Thus, you immediately solemnly told Hou Tu the secret that humanity is the Heavenly-Chosen Protagonist.

Reincarnation actually only has some significance for deceased beings; for heaven and earth themselves, it has essentially no meaning—how could one speak of completing it?

Ancestral Wu

Other Ancestral Wu

Twelve Ancestral Wu

You call this "transforming reincarnation"? Shouldn't Hou Tu go to the Sea of Blood of the Nether River and then use her own body to transform into reincarnation?

Before the outcome of the war between the two Heavenly Courts is decided, the political situation of the wilderness is unstable, making it impossible to devote sufficient manpower, material resources, and energy to prepare the great reincarnation undertaking for all spirits.

Reincarnation

All sorts of ghost officials are responsible for sending the brainwashed blank souls to various places for reincarnation.

Zhao Si froze; after thinking carefully, it seemed… indeed so:

Reincarnation, put bluntly, is just letting departed souls be reborn; but who in the wilderness doesn't have this ability?

Heavenly Dao merit

Why would the player think that reincarnation is Hou Tu transforming with her body? Or, what do you think reincarnation is?

If demons can reincarnate as humans and humans can reincarnate as demons, with a balanced cycle between them, then even if the essence of humanity as the Heavenly-Chosen Protagonist cannot be changed, it could greatly balance the contradictions between humans and non-humans!

Regarding your proposal to establish reincarnation in order to balance the various clans, Hou Tu, with complex feelings, pondered for a long time before finally agreeing.

Nether River Sea of Blood

All beautiful fantasies that want to be realized cannot escape the various material foundations of reality…

"Wait!"

"How can Hou Tu still become a sage through merit? How did she become Lady Pingxin?"

"Most people need compensation for what they do, while some do not…… Apart from those forced to work unpaid like cattle and horses, they really just want to help others, regardless of whether there is any benefit."

"And so, Hou Tu's merit-based sainthood naturally vanished……"

"【Hou Tu, is such a selfless person; she has no utilitarian Heavenly Dao merit, she only has human merit that is utterly useless……】"

"【But once you think about it, you suddenly keenly discover that this 'Six Paths of Reincarnation' seems to have functions beyond this; if used properly, you can completely rely on it to weaken the innate halo of the human race's destined protagonist.】"

"【Just for the great cause of equality among all beings, right? Use the Heavenly Court's iron fist on the Sun Star Lord!】"

"Ox-Head and Horse-Face, Black and White Impermanence are responsible for running errands to capture souls and bring them back to the Underworld."

"【However, whether the other ancestor Wu have been transformed is uncertain, but Hou Tu definitely was transformed, for Hou Tu, with a great compassionate heart, established the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Netherworld Sea of Blood, specifically to provide reincarnation opportunities for the deceased like humans.】"

"【Hou Tu: I originally thought the Wu Clan was already a top-tier demon, but I didn't expect humans to be even more outrageous…… Is this the reason why Nüwa became a sage?】"

"What loophole? There's no loophole in this Primordial Wilderness!"

"It's clearly perfect!"

"【Thinking of this, your heart is filled with fervor: although it's still the behavior of a papier-mâché artisan, this time you can really make a flower out of papier-mâché……】"

"Exactly, before Hou Tu established reincarnation, the primordial wilderness's beings didn't see a need to cut off descendants, did they? Souls without reincarnation still resulted in plenty of newborns……"

"Of course, she filled the loophole in heaven and earth!"

"Zhao Si raised an eyebrow:"

"In a Primordial Wilderness where everyone is an immortal, actually anyone can easily do this: first capture the soul, then find a pregnant woman or an egg, and finally place the soul inside……ok!"

"What? You're talking about past-life memories?"

"No…… What happened to the promised Hou Tu establishing reincarnation?!"

"Zhao Si thought:"

"Then isn't Hou Tu basically doing unpaid labor in the Underworld?"

No wonder, reincarnation is just like that.

You naturally felt grateful for Earth Mother's merit back then, but after all you were originally able to restart—each death could rewind time—so you weren't overly moved, and soon you forgot her completely…

Why do players think Earth Mother should become a saint through merit?

Calling it merit is more like "achievement", "labor".

Zhao Si scratched their head:

Earth Mother heard and everyone was dumbfounded; after repeatedly confirming you weren't joking, she directly sucked in a breath of cold air!

Earth Mother: …… (CPU no response)

If Earth Mother hadn't brought up this topic in front of you today, you probably wouldn't have thought of this matter at all.

……

"Then you..."

All the work has been done by them; you say Earth Mother committed suicide and turned into a reincarnation disk, just sitting there to look good or what…

Zhao Si suddenly realized:

So the matter of reincarnation really isn't that indispensable, and merit... In this version of the Primordial Wasteland, only by helping humanity does one gain merit, but if humanity dies, is it still humanity?

A small problem—for immortals, deleting soul memories is too easy!

It seems... speaking of heaven and earth naturally, there originally was no need for some mysterious "reincarnation".

This discussion between Jin Bing and Earth Mother about reincarnation made Zhao Si numb; they couldn't help but say:

You buried all your thoughts in your heart, only silently nodding…

"Um…"

"Reincarnation... is the process of letting wandering souls enter a fetus's body, to begin a new life."

The Primordial Wasteland has no reincarnation disk, because in the Underworld, Earth Mother, who constantly sends souls to be reborn as white labor, is itself a 'reincarnation disk'; this is called 'Earth Mother transforms into reincarnation'!

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(End of chapter)