Chapter 294: with translation of chapter title

Yama Hall

The City Lords of the new Netherworld arrived here; as soon as they entered, they saw a group of female ghosts wearing strange attire, all bowing and saying:

City Lord

Red-clothed City Lord

"Those who don't know might think the Netherworld has changed its business." A figure in black clothes nearby, emanating power not inferior to a Nascent Soul cultivator, said.

White-clothed City Lord

"What are we to do? With King Yama's order, how could we not come? The key is this concerns the lost Youming—it's extremely important."

Green-clothed City Lord

By then, the hall was already full of people, among whom seven were City Lords like them, serving in various cities of the new Netherworld, wearing different-colored robes and being addressed by those colors.

Nascent Soul

Although those individuals were not as strong as these few City Lords, they had never been able to gauge the new King Yama's strength; crucially, he had indeed erected the authority of the new Netherworld, gaining recognition from the Youming reincarnation, so they dared not ask further.

However, because of the lost Youming incident, after the great chaos in the Youming realm, it's not that no one wanted to rebuild the Netherworld, but they had been fighting each other constantly, and indeed no one noticed that someone had actually gotten a step ahead and obtained recognition from the Youming reincarnation.

the new Yama

The red-robed City Lord looked at the white-, purple-, and green-robed City Lords beside him; these three openly defied the new King Yama.

Black and White Impermanence

Ever since a mortal cultivator possessing a Void-Splitting Stone appeared in his territory, he has never stopped searching; after looking for so many years he still hasn't found them, and he doesn't know whether they are dead or alive.

Netherworld Reincarnation

On the contrary, few people believe that mortal cultivator actually has a Void-Splitting Stone; after all, no one has caught him, and the red-robed City Lord himself suspects his subordinates might have misseen.

"Today I've invited you all here; I won't say much more. Previously, the lost Youming incident caused the reincarnation order to fall into chaos, preventing beings from reincarnating. Now I have rebuilt the Netherworld and intend to regulate the reincarnation order, but I have suddenly discovered the location of the lost Youming, so I ask you all to come and discuss what to do."

"The lost Youming is of utmost importance; although the Netherworld has been reestablished, the reincarnation order is not yet perfected. But retrieving the lost Youming to restore Youming to unity and complete the laws of the Youming realm requires immediate action!" said the white-robed City Lord.

Meng Po beside him nodded: "Indeed, the ingredients for my Meng Po soup are running low; reincarnation order cannot do without Meng Po soup."

"Since Lord Yama possesses a broken reincarnation disc, we can determine the location of the lost Youming. However, our strength is still insufficient; one must know that during the lost Youming incident, the ancient Rakshasa and ancient Asura clans were also involved. Although there are now many ghost officials of those two clans within the new Netherworld, this relationship.... is not exactly good." said the blue-robed City Lord.

In ancient times, Martial Dao cultivators invaded the Youming realm and nearly destroyed the reincarnation order; had it not been for the sages intervening back then, the Rakshasa and Asura clans would have nearly been wiped out.

Ancient Asura Clan

However, some who hated the sages' teachings and clung to their original beliefs—the Rakshasa and Asura—refused to side with them, so they fled to the depths of the Youming realm.

Rakshasa Clan

Now the reincarnation disc has suddenly sensed the location of the lost Youming; such a major matter, the new King Yama dare not conceal it—he must speak of it.

"What does the blue-robed City Lord mean? Are we to ignore the lost Youming?"

"It's not that we ignore it; our top priority now is to quickly establish the reincarnation order. Over these years, ghost numbers in the Youming realm have surged greatly, and the ghosts drawn by reincarnation need not be mentioned. The souls of those who die daily in the mortal world cannot be fully received by the current reincarnation, and they would become fodder for ghost-path cultivators—shouldn't we manage this?" said the blue-robed City Lord.

It appears that King Yama's side is not without helpers; a few City Lords genuinely wish for the new Netherworld to become better and better.

As for the new King Yama, his view is also to first set aside the lost Youming; the new Netherworld has too many matters, the reincarnation order is not yet fully regulated, and sending people to search for the lost Youming itself would consume manpower and resources.

Furthermore, even if we found the lost Youming, figuring out how to pull it back and merge it with the present Youming realm is a major problem!

At least, relying solely on the laws of the Youming realm itself won't suffice; we also need these native Youming cultivators to devise a solution. This way, we'll likely have to ask those few sages for help, but then....

Don't the great sages of Buddhist, Daoist, Mysterious, and even Confucian traditions all have reasons to intervene in Youming affairs?

Ghost Path Cultivator

The new King Yama, holding this position, his decision represents the interests of the entire Youming realm; asking the sages to act is the best way, enabling the lost Youming to be swiftly united as one!

native forces

The reason is that the present new Netherworld lacks the strength to seek and unite the lost Youming, and the new King Yama, having only recently embarked on cultivation, is merely at Golden Core stage; he fundamentally dares not reveal his strength before outsiders.

reincarnation transmigration

position of Yama

adult/honorific

The new King Yama waved his hand, and the scene quieted: "I understand your views, but as the blue-robed City Lord said, the new Netherworld has too many affairs; it is truly unsuitable to now prepare for unification. My idea is to seek the Daoist sages and hear their opinions."

mortal cultivator

"My lord, you must not! The sages are not true sages; they also have disciples and followers. If we ask them for help, then in the future, when Daoist disciples undergo reincarnation, how shall we conduct ourselves? Shall we act impartially or throw open the gates?"

The new King Yama smiled: "So then, do any of you possess the ability to unite the lost Youming as one? If so, you may also take a seat in this King Yama's position."

Netherworld

Youming Jie

Lost Netherworld affair

reincarnation disorder

beings cannot reincarnate

rebuild Netherworld

regulate reincarnation order

location of Lost Netherworld

Netherworld Reunification

Space-splitting Stone

Ancient Rakshasa Clan and Ancient Asura Clan

It seems that's also the principle.