Chapter 48: Meddling in the Underworld? Pick up our leftovers

In the Demon Court, although Di Jun was very reluctant, he still led the members of the Demon Court to bow toward the direction of the Sea of Blood.

But before Houtu could react from the joy of becoming a Saint, her expression suddenly changed slightly, and she fell into a struggle. It is unknown how much time passed before Houtu sighed.

"Now that the Cycle of Reincarnation is established, from now on Houtu will not..."

"Seventh Sister!" Just as Houtu was about to shout "from now on Houtu is no longer of the Wu Clan," a voice full of surprise came from afar.

Houtu turned her head to look and saw the Twelve Ancestral Witches flying over from afar. Among them, Houtu actually saw herself.

That's right, Houtu indeed saw herself in the group of Ancestral Witches. It was a very strange feeling, as if looking in a mirror. When the group arrived at Houtu's side, Houtu did not pay attention to the others but went straight to the other Houtu's side.

"How magical!" the two said simultaneously, then looked at each other and smiled.

When the two Houtus stood together, a lot of information instantly appeared in their minds, and they immediately understood what was going on.

"Thirteenth Brother is truly remarkable!" Lady Pingxin looked at the Ancestral Witch Houtu before her and said with a smile.

"Thirteenth Brother is indeed remarkable! He seemed to be able to calculate the arrival of this day in advance; otherwise, I would not have been born," Ancestral Witch Houtu said.

"Indeed! Thirteenth Brother actually calculated today." Lady Pingxin also nodded.

The group of Ancestral Witches listened to Lady Pingxin and Ancestral Witch Houtu, looking completely bewildered. They could understand the words, but when put together, they didn't know what it meant.

What's going on? Was today's event Thirteenth Brother's scheme?

Lady Pingxin and Ancestral Witch Houtu wanted to say something more, but suddenly their brows furrowed, and their expressions became somewhat ugly.

"What's wrong?" Ancestral Witch Houtu asked.

"What level has your current strength reached?" Lady Pingxin suddenly asked.

"No less than yours before, including the bloodline," Ancestral Witch Houtu said with a smile.

"That's good!" Lady Pingxin nodded.

The next second, her gaze immediately turned cold, and then Lady Pingxin looked up at the sky.

"Now that the Cycle of Reincarnation is established, I am Pingxin of the Earthly Dao! Pingxin is also of the Wu Clan!" Lady Pingxin said coldly.

The next second, thunder struck on flat ground, and the pressure of the Heavenly Dao instantly descended. Minghe, Mosquito Daoist, and all the living beings around the Sea of Blood were directly pressed to the ground by this pressure, unable to move.

"Hmph!" Lady Pingxin snorted coldly, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared behind her. Because it was newly born, the pressure of the Earthly Dao was simply no match for the Heavenly Dao.

But Pingxin's eyes remained calm, because she knew the Heavenly Dao dared not destroy the newly born Earthly Dao; otherwise, even the Heavenly Dao could not bear the karma of destroying the Earthly Dao.

Sure enough, just after the Six Paths of Reincarnation made a sound as if it were about to shatter, the Heavenly Dao withdrew its massive pressure. However, the Heavenly Dao did not intend to give up just like that. One Heavenly Dao was enough for the Primordial World; the Earthly Dao and the future Human Dao could only submit under the Heavenly Dao and become its subjects.

After the pressure of the Heavenly Dao receded, the Three Pure Ones led by Laozi, as well as Nüwa and Jieyin of the West, immediately appeared at the edge of the Sea of Blood.

"Greetings, Lady Pingxin!" After Laozi and the others appeared, they bowed to Lady Pingxin.

Subsequently, everyone turned their gaze toward Ancestral Witch Houtu, and expressions of surprise appeared in their eyes. However, this expression lasted only for an instant before it was hidden.

"You have come for my Underworld?" Lady Pingxin asked faintly after seeing the group of Saints.

"Lady, your Underworld has just been created and has no manpower to use. My Western Sect can help you," Zhunti said with a smile.

"My Jie Sect has many disciples and can also help you perfect the Underworld," Tongtian said, bowing.

"I have only come to congratulate Sister Pingxin; I have no intention of interfering in Underworld affairs," Nüwa said with a smile.

Because Nüwa was the only Saint between heaven and earth, and now there was an additional Lady Pingxin, she naturally had to come and congratulate her!

Laozi and Yuanshi did not speak, but it was clear that their purpose was the same as Tongtian's.

"Hmph! There is no need to trouble you all. We of the Wu Clan have plenty of manpower," Di Jiang snorted coldly upon seeing this.

Hearing Di Jiang's words, the expressions of Laozi and the others darkened. Anyone could see the future development of the Underworld; as long as the Primordial World did not perish, the merit of the Underworld would be endless.

But now they were actually blocked by Di Jiang, so how could they have a good expression?

"Hmph! What do you Wu Clan know about management? A bunch of guys who don't even have primordial spirits, do you know how to run the Underworld?" The Primordial Heavenly Lord looked at Di Jiang with a sneer.

"You!" Zhurong looked at the Primordial Heavenly Lord with anger, but the Primordial Heavenly Lord was right; if they were to manage the Underworld, they really wouldn't know how.

The Wu Clan was a naturally fighting race; they were great at fighting, but as for management, it was truly unsatisfactory.

"Lady Pingxin, my Western Sect is not greedy. We don't want any divine positions in the Underworld; we just want to arrange a disciple at the edge of the Sea of Blood to convert the passing souls and contribute a meager strength to the Underworld's cause of rebirth." Seeing that everyone was at daggers drawn, Zhunti said with a smile.

After Zhunti's voice fell, everyone's gaze immediately turned toward him.

"Hmph, it is not yet your turn for the West to interfere in my Eastern affairs!" The Primordial Heavenly Lord snorted coldly.

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, this place of reincarnation belongs to the entire Primordial World; it should not be divided into East and West. Does the West not enter this cycle of reincarnation?" Jieyin looked at Yuanshi with a bitter expression, which seemed to be his constant look.

"My Jie Sect only needs one of the six paths," Tongtian said in a deep voice.

"My Chan Sect also only needs one."

"My Demon Sect only needs the Animal Path," Laozi said faintly.

"No matter what you say, this Underworld is not something you can meddle in," Zhu Jiuyin said sinisterly at this moment.

"Hmph!" The group of Saints snorted coldly, and their Saint's might immediately enveloped Zhu Jiuyin.

"What? Are you forcing the palace?" When the Saint's might of all the Saints permeated, Lady Pingxin, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

As soon as she spoke, the Saints present immediately withdrew their Saint's might and then looked at Lady Pingxin in unison.

"Lady Pingxin, there are so many divine positions in the Underworld that you cannot handle them all. If you delay the reincarnation, it will not be a good thing," Yuanshi said faintly, but there was a hint of threat in his tone.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Lady Pingxin said faintly.

The next second, a pressure far exceeding that of a Saint emanated from Lady Pingxin's body, directly pressing down on the Three Pure Ones and Jieyin and Zhunti. They were directly pressed to their knees by this pressure.

Feeling the pressure on Lady Pingxin, their eyes were full of fear and disbelief. They were all Saints, so why was Lady Pingxin so strong?

In fact, Lady Pingxin was using the power of the Earthly Dao; otherwise, she would not have been able to suppress the Three Pure Ones at all.

"This is my Underworld, do you understand?" Lady Pingxin looked at the Three Pure Ones kneeling on the ground and said coldly.

The reason she was so confident was, first, the importance of the Earthly Dao to the Primordial World; the Heavenly Dao simply dared not do anything to her. The second point came from Ancestral Witch Houtu.

When she learned that Ancestral Witch Houtu possessed her previous strength and bloodline, she had no more worries in her heart, because without her, the Ancestral Witches could still summon the True Body of Pangu.

"If you want divine positions in the Underworld, that's fine!" Just as Lady Pingxin finished speaking, a voice with a smile appeared in everyone's ears.

Hearing this voice, everyone's expression changed, because the owner of this voice was none other than their Thirteenth Brother, Pan Huang.

"Thirteenth Brother, you have emerged from seclusion?" Shebi Shi hurriedly turned his head and saw Pan Huang walking over with Siting, Ruyi, Leng Yue, and Zhong Ling.

"Mm, just emerged." Pan Huang nodded.

"Thirteenth Brother, what did you mean by that just now? This Underworld was created by Seventh Sister abandoning her physical body, and you're just giving it to them like that?" Zhurong said at this moment, his words filled with anger.

"Third Brother, do you trust me?" Pan Huang asked, looking at Zhurong.

"I trust you." Zhurong said this almost subconsciously.

Because Pan Huang would never do anything that would harm the interests of the Wu Clan. Since he said so, perhaps he really had his reasons, Zhurong thought.

"Then leave this matter to me to handle." Pan Huang looked at Zhurong, then looked at Di Jiang and the others.

"Good!" Before Di Jiang and the others could speak, Lady Pingxin spoke first.

"Wanting divine positions in the Underworld is no problem, but you have to wait for our Wu Clan to choose first." Pan Huang looked at the Three Pure Ones and the others.

"Lady Pingxin must not help." The Three Pure Ones of Laozi looked at each other, and then Laozi spoke.

As for the two Western Saints, they had already been excluded by the Three Pure Ones.

The reason Laozi said this was that he believed the Wu Clan was not familiar with the Underworld at all. Even they only knew about the wonders of the Underworld after the Heavenly Dao revealed some information to them; otherwise, they would not have appeared here at all.

"Agreed!" Lady Pingxin nodded.

Subsequently, Lady Pingxin waved her hand, and everyone arrived at the Underworld. This place gave people a very oppressive feeling, but the eyes of the Saints showed excited light.

"Let's begin." The Primordial Heavenly Lord said impatiently.

"Let Ancestral Witch Di Jiang serve as the Great Emperor of Fengdu of the North." Pan Huang took away the highest divine position of the Underworld as soon as he spoke, which made the expressions of the Three Pure Ones change, but they couldn't say anything. After all, this was what they had agreed upon just now—they would choose after the Wu Clan had finished choosing.

"Let Ancestral Witch Houtu serve as the head of the Reincarnation Department."

"Let Ancestral Witch Zhu Jiuyin serve as the Chief Judge of the Judge Department."

"Let my eldest disciple Zhao Gongming serve as the head of the Reward Good Department under the Judge Department, let Yuding serve as the Punishment Evil Department, let Yun Zhongzi serve as the Investigation Department, and let the Three Xiao serve as the Underworld Law Department."

"Let the remaining Ancestral Witches distribute the Five Directions Ghost Emperors among themselves."

"Let the Great Witches serve as the Ten Kings of Hell."

"Let the Six Case Merit Officers be served by my Tool Wu Clan."

"Let the Human Race and the Jiuli Race jointly serve as the main officials of the Underworld Department."

"Minghe is the Lord of the Asura Path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Do the Saints have any objections?" Pan Huang looked at the Saints, whose faces were as black as the bottom of a pot, and asked with a smile.

"Hmph!" The Saints snorted coldly and did not speak.

"Mosquito Daoist is the Lord of the Hell Path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

"This poor Daoist is the leader of the Human Sect, so I will serve as the Lord of the Human Path. That's not too much, is it?"

"I'll leave the rest to you Saints." Pan Huang thought for a moment, and since there were no important positions left, he said with a smile.

"My Demon Sect wants this Animal Path." Laozi said faintly.

Everyone naturally would not compete with Laozi, as this Animal Path was most suitable for the Demon Sect and the Demon Race.

"My Chan Sect wants this Heavenly Path!" After Laozi's voice fell, the Primordial Heavenly Lord spoke first.

"On what grounds? My Jie Sect wants this Heavenly Path." Tongtian was somewhat unwilling.

"On what grounds? On the grounds that my Chan Sect is full of blessed immortals with deep foundations, while your Jie Sect is full of fur-wearing, wet-born, and egg-born creatures." The Primordial Heavenly Lord snorted coldly.

"Stop arguing. Give this Heavenly Path to Tongtian." At this moment, Laozi suddenly said.

Hearing Laozi's words, the Primordial Heavenly Lord's brow furrowed, and then he thought of something, his expression becoming extremely ugly. Laozi was now the leader of the Demon Sect, and most of Tongtian's disciples were of the Demon Race. When he said just now that Tongtian's disciples were fur-wearing, wet-born, and egg-born creatures, he must have offended Laozi.

"Do you Saints have any interest in the remaining soul-detaining envoys and such?" Seeing that the main divine positions had been divided, Pan Huang asked again.

Laozi did not speak but directly vanished from where he stood. Clearly, his goal had been achieved.

Yuanshi thought for a moment and then also vanished from where he stood. As for those low-level divine positions, the Primordial Heavenly Lord disdained them.

But Tongtian was very interested in those low-level divine positions. The Ten Great Underworld Commanders, Ghost Messengers, Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, etc., were all taken by Tongtian. After confirming these, Tongtian left.

"My West does not want divine positions; we only need to arrange a dojo at the edge of the Sea of Blood." Zhunti said with a smile.

"Good!" Pan Huang smiled. Both his and Zhunti's smiles carried an indescribable flavor.

Afterward, Zhunti pushed Ksitigarbha out. Ksitigarbha arrived at the edge of the Sea of Blood, casually built a residence, and then, under Zhunti's guidance, made the very famous Heavenly Dao oath: "If hell is not empty, I vow not to become a Buddha."

When the oath was made, Ksitigarbha immediately became bound to the Underworld. Sensing this scene, Lady Pingxin and Pan Huang looked at each other, and a smile that was hard to detect appeared on the corners of their mouths.

"Farewell!" Seeing that their goal had been achieved, Zhunti and Jieyin also vanished from where they stood.

"Sister Pingxin, if you have time, you can come to my Wa Palace to discuss the Dao." Finally, Nüwa said to Lady Pingxin, and then she also vanished from where she stood.

"Thirteenth Brother, you are confused! You actually gave up three of the Lords of the Six Paths." After everyone had left, Shebi Shi said.

"Don't worry, they will all be ours in the future, right? Lady Pingxin." Pan Huang looked at Lady Pingxin and said with a smile.

Lady Pingxin did not speak, but the smile on her face already explained the problem well.

"Since the divine positions have been divided, let this poor Daoist complete the construction of the Underworld." At this moment, Mosquito Daoist stood out.

The next chapter will systematically introduce the structure of the Underworld to everyone, as well as the process of souls going to the Underworld to be reincarnated after death. It will be very detailed!!! I hope everyone likes it!

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