Chapter 50: Reincarnation process, setting rules for the Underworld

The Third Hall King of Hell manages the Black Rope Great Hell and sixteen small hells. If they are screened in the Second Hall and have crimes that meet the Third Hall, they enter the Third Hall to receive punishment. Examine their crimes and determine the punishment time. After the punishment period expires, if there are crimes managed by the Fourth Hall, they enter the Fourth Hall. If not, they are sent to the Fifth Hall for more detailed trial.

The Fourth Hall King of Hell manages the Combined Great Hell and sixteen small hells. If they are screened in the Third Hall and have crimes that meet the Fourth Hall, they enter the Fourth Hall to receive punishment. Examine their crimes and determine the punishment time. After the punishment period expires, they are sent to the Fifth Hall for more detailed trial.

The Fifth Hall King of Hell manages the Calling Great Hell and sixteen small hells. The Fifth Hall King of Hell is the King of Hell widely known in Pan Huang's previous life. The Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, Zhong Kui, etc., that we are familiar with are all subordinates of the King of Hell. After living beings finish receiving the punishment of the Second, Third, and Fourth Halls, they will come to the Fifth Hall. After arriving at the Fifth Hall, they will first be escorted to the Looking-at-Home Terrace, allowing them to look back at their relatives in their lifetime for the second time. Afterward, another detailed and comprehensive trial will be conducted, and then they will be divided into the Fifth Hall's small hells to receive punishment according to their crimes. After the punishment period in the Fifth Hall expires, they are divided into the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Halls to receive punishment according to the crimes they were screened for.

The Sixth Hall King of Hell manages the Great Calling Great Hell and sixteen small hells.

The Seventh Hall manages the Heat and Trouble Great Hell and sixteen small hells.

The Eighth Hall manages the Avici Great Hell and sixteen small hells.

The Ninth Hall manages the Great Heat and Great Trouble Great Hell and sixteen small hells.

The Tenth Hall manages reincarnation. After the deceased arrives at the Tenth Hall, reincarnation matters are determined according to their good and evil. If they have done more good than evil, they enter the Human Path. If they have done more evil than good, they enter the Animal Path. At the same time, the fortune, salary, and longevity after reincarnation are determined according to their good and evil. If they have done more good, their fortune, salary, and longevity will be deep. If they have done more evil, their fortune, salary, and longevity will be shallow.

After reincarnation matters are determined, the reincarnated can go to the next stop to wait for reincarnation. Of course, there are many processes to go through before formal reincarnation.

After the punishment period in the Ten Kings of Hell expires, continue moving forward, and you arrive at the Tenth stop of the Underworld, the Eighteen Levels of Hell.

Between the Ninth stop and the Tenth stop is the Beiyin Mountain. All ghost criminals whose punishment period in the Ten Kings of Hell has expired will be gathered here for screening. For ghost criminals who still do not know how to repent, they will be pressed into the Eighteen Levels of Hell to continue receiving punishment, while ghost criminals who have repented will go to the next stop.

The Eleventh stop of the Underworld is the Offering Pavilion. This is equivalent to the post office in Pan Huang's previous life's memory. After arriving at this stop, ghost criminals will line up to receive the money and items burned for them by their relatives in the Yang world.

After receiving the items, they will arrive at the Twelfth stop of the Underworld, the Ghost World Castle. Those waiting for rebirth will live here for a long time. All living beings have a Yang lifespan, while living beings in the Netherworld have a Yin lifespan. The Ghost World Castle is very large, and those waiting for rebirth here will be notified to go to the next stop when their Yin lifespan is about to end, to prepare for rebirth.

The next stop of the Ghost World Castle is the Thirteenth stop of the Underworld, the Lotus Terrace. This is at the edge of the Sea of Blood. This Lotus Terrace is the dojo of the famous Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Pan Huang's previous life. Mosquito Daoist restored it, because Pan Huang has confidence that in this life, the West will lose both the lady and the army.

Actually, there is a place called the Qinghua Palace in front of the Lotus Terrace, which is the dojo of the Great Heavenly Venerable of Salvation, but there is no Great Heavenly Venerable of Salvation in this life, only Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Those reborn from the Ghost World Castle will receive baptism from Ksitigarbha here, which is simply salvation. Then, after these baptized people are reborn, they will often have deep Buddhist nature, so they will likely join the West. This is the scheme of the West, but this situation should not appear in this life.

Moving forward from the Lotus Terrace, you arrive at the Fourteenth stop of the Underworld, which is the famous River of Forgetfulness. The River of Forgetfulness probably doesn't have many people who know about it in Pan Huang's previous life, but the Naihe Bridge is known to everyone, and this Naihe Bridge is a bridge on the River of Forgetfulness.

Actually, there are three bridges on the River of Forgetfulness: the Golden Bridge, the Silver Bridge, and the Naihe Bridge.

Those who have done more good than evil walk the Golden Bridge, those who have done equal good and evil walk the Silver Bridge, and those who have done less good and more evil walk the Naihe Bridge. The Naihe Bridge is the most dangerous of the three bridges because there is a risk of being dragged down by the souls of the unjustly dead in the River of Forgetfulness, while the Golden Bridge and the Silver Bridge will not.

On the bank of the River of Forgetfulness, in front of the Naihe Bridge, there is a pavilion called the Meng Po Pavilion. In the pavilion, there is an old woman with a large pot, and in the pot is green soup. This soup is Meng Po Soup. One bowl of Meng Po Soup, and the past events will dissipate with the wind.

After drinking the Meng Po Soup and walking across the Naihe Bridge, there should be a Three-Life Stone on the other side of the Naihe Bridge, where you can determine the marriage of the next life. However, the current Primordial World's Mount Buzhou has not yet collapsed, and the Yue Lao system has not yet been perfected, so Mosquito Daoist abandoned the Three-Life Stone.

So after walking across the Naihe Bridge, you arrive at the Fifteenth stop of the Underworld, the Rebirth Hall. The ghost criminals here will go through the last process before rebirth—determining the Six Paths.

The Heavenly Path, the Asura Path, and the Human Path are the upper three paths, which are good paths. The Hungry Ghost Path, the Hell Path, and the Animal Path are the lower three paths, which are evil paths.

After determining the Six Paths, you arrive at the last stop of the Underworld, the Sixteenth stop, the Soul-Returning Cliff. Below the Soul-Returning Cliff is the Six Paths of Reincarnation. After jumping off the Soul-Returning Cliff, the Six Paths of Reincarnation will automatically guide the ghost criminals to enter the corresponding reincarnation according to the Six Paths determined in the Rebirth Hall. Thus, the entire rebirth process is over.

After Mosquito Daoist took everyone for a walk in the Underworld, everyone looked at Pan Huang in surprise. After all, Mosquito Daoist was Pan Huang's clone, and what he said was what Pan Huang said.

"Is this designed by you? It looks very comprehensive and detailed, taking all factors into account." Lady Pingxin nodded with a smile.

Just as Lady Pingxin finished speaking, the entire Netherworld produced a violent turmoil. This sudden turmoil caught everyone off guard. Just when they wanted to stabilize their figures, the Netherworld returned to calm, which surprised everyone!

But an excited look appeared on Lady Pingxin's face. The Earthly Dao actually defaulted to this set of processes by Pan Huang and made certain additions during Pan Huang's explanation.

The addition of the Earthly Dao was to expand the hells and the sixteen subsidiary small hells controlled by the Ten Kings of Hell, and the Earthly Dao also drew inferences from one instance to divide the dojos of the Five Directions Ghost Emperors, including the mountains and waters of the Netherworld, and the River of Forgetfulness also had a source.

Before, when setting up the River of Forgetfulness, Mosquito Daoist used the blood water in the Sea of Blood because he didn't know where the source of the River of Forgetfulness was. Now the Earthly Dao actually perfected the entire Netherworld based on this set of processes set up by Mosquito Daoist. This should be expected, right?

"The Earthly Dao has adopted this set of processes by Thirteenth Brother. From now on, the operation of the Underworld will be carried out according to this set of processes. Thirteenth Brother, you have really helped me a lot." Lady Pingxin looked at Pan Huang and said.

"It should be, after all, I am the Lord of the Human Path and the Hell Path!" Pan Huang smiled.

Just as Pan Huang's voice fell, several black-red lights appeared in the depths of the Netherworld. These lights instantly enveloped the Ancestral Witches and Pan Huang in this black-red energy.

This energy came quickly and went quickly. After a dozen breaths, these black-red energies left the bodies of the group of Ancestral Witches.

The next second, another self appeared in front of the Ancestral Witches. While they were still curious, the clothes worn by these replicas began to change, and finally became black robes with red patterns, dragon robes. Clearly, these were created by the Earthly Dao to temporarily replace Di Jiang and the others.

"Because you still have things to do in the Primordial World, I communicated with the Earthly Dao. You are already divine personnel of the Underworld. The Earthly Dao copied them out using your aura. With this set of processes by Thirteenth Brother, there should be no problem within ten thousand years. But after ten thousand years, you must enter the Netherworld to take office." Lady Pingxin looked at Pan Huang and the others and said.

"Seventh Sister, as the Lord of the Human Path, I shouldn't need to be stationed in the Underworld, right?" Pan Huang said with a smile.

"Mm!" Lady Pingxin nodded.

"Seventh Sister."

"Ah!" After Di Jiang shouted, Lady Pingxin and Ancestral Witch Houtu responded in unison, and then the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Uh!" This made Di Jiang a bit confused. He didn't know how to address the two before him.

"How about this, Big Brother, you still call me Seventh Sister, call Houtu Little Sister. Thirteenth Brother, you are blessed. From now on, you are also a brother." Lady Pingxin said to Pan Huang with a smile.

"Ah? I'm already a brother? Hahaha!" Pan Huang was stunned, then grinned. His expression reminded everyone of the expression on Shebi Shi's face when Pan Huang was born.

"Hahaha!" The group of Ancestral Witches laughed when they saw this.

"Seventh Sister, then we will leave first. After the matter with the Demon Race is over, we will enter the Netherworld to help you manage it." Di Jiang said very seriously.

The other Ancestral Witches also nodded very solemnly. They had already discovered at this time that the current Primordial World was no longer something they could decide. Now that the Saint era had arrived, the Wu Clan alone could not stop the calculations of the Saints with just Pan Huang and Zhu Jiuyin.

Once their own brothers were calculated by the Saints, the final result would be death or something similar to death. So Di Jiang said this sentence.

"Go, I will wait here for your arrival." Lady Pingxin nodded.

"The Cycle of Reincarnation is established, return to your positions quickly!" After the Ancestral Witches left, Lady Pingxin's indifferent voice appeared in the Primordial World.

After the Saints who returned to their dojos heard Lady Pingxin's voice, they immediately began to send their disciples to the Netherworld.

Mount Kunlun.

In the memory of Pan Huang's previous life, the Primordial Heavenly Lord didn't seem to want any divine positions. There was only one Great Heavenly Venerable of Salvation in the Underworld, and he didn't seem to belong to the orthodox divine positions of the Underworld but was a loose immortal who saved souls like Ksitigarbha. But now he wanted an Animal Path, which made him somewhat unwilling. Subsequently, he called Guang Chengzi and Taiyi Zhenren to the Yuxu Palace.

"Guang Chengzi, you go to the Netherworld to serve as the Lord of the Animal Path. Taiyi, you go find Lady Pingxin, and then you say you don't want any divine positions either. You just set up a dojo next to Ksitigarbha to help my Chan Sect plan for some merit." The Primordial Heavenly Lord looked at Guang Chengzi and Taiyi Zhenren and said.

"Master, will this work?" Taiyi Zhenren asked with some worry.

"You go first! If it doesn't work, I will come forward personally." The Primordial Heavenly Lord said.

"Yes, Master!"

Tanggu, Laozi sent his only disciple, Long Xu Hu, to the Netherworld. That's right, this Long Xu Hu was Laozi's disciple.

After Laozi founded the Demon Sect, countless people in the Demon Race wanted to become Laozi's disciples, but the internal structure of the Demon Race was too complex. Taking disciples rashly would cause the race they belonged to to expand. The best result was to take Di Jun and his descendants as disciples, but Di Jun had no descendants yet.

Finally, Laozi discovered Long Xu Hu. He was the first human-made living being born between heaven and earth before Nüwa created humans, naturally carrying fortune. Later, Long Xu Hu joined the Demon Race, so Laozi took him as a disciple.

Tongtian was a bit troubled here. Things like the Soul-Detaining Envoy, Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face were easy to handle, but who to give the position of the Lord of the Heavenly Path to really gave Tongtian a headache.

Finally, Tongtian called his four direct disciples together to ask for their opinions.

"Master, you don't need to consider the disciples. The disciples have no interest in this Lord of the Heavenly Path. It's better to give it to the Junior Sisters." Duobao expressed his stance first.

Hearing this, Tongtian looked at the remaining three.

"Master, does this Lord of the Heavenly Path need to be stationed in the Netherworld?" Jin Ling Shengmu asked.

"Currently no, but it will definitely be needed in the future." Tongtian nodded.

"Master, since that's the case, the disciple doesn't want this position of the Lord of the Heavenly Path either. It's too unfree." Jin Ling Shengmu shook her head.

"I don't want it either. Master, you know the disciple; the disciple cannot bear that kind of restraint." Gui Ling Shengmu hurriedly said.

"Master!"

"Stop, someone has to go. Since that's the case, Wudang, then you go." The Tongtian Jiaozhu looked at Wudang Shengmu.

"Good! That's it, you all go out." The Tongtian Jiaozhu didn't wait for Wudang Shengmu to speak again and drove them away.

In fact, for the Jie Sect, being free and unfettered is always the first priority, but Tongtian knew that the Underworld not only had merit to take, but it also involved the game between the Heavenly Dao and the Earthly Dao, so the Saints must participate in this game.

Needless to say, the Western Sect had been waiting for a long time. When Lady Pingxin announced to return to their positions quickly, Ksitigarbha was the first to arrive at the Netherworld.

Looking at Ksitigarbha before her, a thought-provoking smile appeared on Lady Pingxin's face. When the Three Pure Ones' disciples came later, the same smile appeared on Lady Pingxin's face.

The reason she dared to let the power of the Heavenly Dao enter the Netherworld was all because of a conversation Pan Huang had secretly had with her when the reincarnation was first built. It was precisely because of this conversation that Lady Pingxin agreed to let Pan Huang be in charge of the distribution of divine positions in the Underworld.

Now looking at these people who came, Lady Pingxin knew that the plan she and Pan Huang discussed could begin to be implemented.

There was a small episode in this, which was that Taiyi Zhenren of the Chan Sect also wanted to imitate Ksitigarbha, but Lady Pingxin did not agree, because Pan Huang didn't say so. In Lady Pingxin's view, this was an unstable factor.

Later, the Primordial Heavenly Lord came to discuss with Lady Pingxin personally. Lady Pingxin was also a capable person; she directly kicked the ball to the West, saying that if the West agreed, she would also be willing.

But how could the West be willing? When the Primordial Heavenly Lord went to the Western Sect, he was directly rejected. They had thought for a long time before coming up with such a strategy. This was a piece of fat meat that could directly make the West full. How could they share half of it with the Chan Sect?

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