The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 67 The Emergence of the Underworld, the Great Emperor of Fengdu

Empress Pingxin glanced at Zhou Chen in surprise. Such a meritorious deed was given to someone else, and the structure he described was perfectly in line with the earth's secrets, as if it were ordained by heaven.

Lady Pingxin communicated with the power of the underworld and began to establish order in the Netherworld.

"When the Netherworld is about to be opened, a gate will appear. This gate is the Gate of Hell, and all reincarnated beings must enter through this gate. This is the entrance to the Yin and Yang realms."

As soon as the words were spoken, a huge portal appeared, and the Netherworld stopped absorbing reincarnated beings. Instead, the Gate of Hell took charge of this matter, and all reincarnated beings entered through the Gate of Hell.

"When living beings enter the gates of hell, they must walk the road to the underworld. Along the road to the underworld, there are flowers of the other shore. The flowers of the other shore gaze upon the river of forgetfulness. On the river of forgetfulness, there is the Bridge of Helplessness."

Beyond the enormous gates of hell, a long and dark road appeared, with red spider lilies blooming on both sides. Apart from that, there was nothing else.

These spider lilies are the only color that living beings can see on their journey to the underworld; they can also be called guiding flowers, preventing reincarnated beings from getting lost.

At the end of the red spider lily, which can also be said to be the end of the road to the underworld, a great river directly blocks the road to the underworld.

This is the River of Oblivion. Its waters are blood-yellow, filled with wandering souls who cannot be reincarnated, teeming with insects and snakes, and emitting a foul stench.

There is a bridge over the River of Oblivion, called the Bridge of Helplessness. As the saying goes: "On the Bridge of Helplessness, one can only lament; right and wrong cannot cross the River of Oblivion."

"Cross the Bridge of Helplessness, drink the Meng Po soup, and examine your past by the Three Lives Stone."

On the other side of the Bridge of Helplessness, an old woman appeared; she was Meng Po. All beings in the cycle of reincarnation who wish to cross the river must drink the Meng Po soup to forget their past lives.

Behind Meng Po appeared a high platform called Wangxiang Platform, and on the platform was a large stone, which was the Three Lives Stone.

The Three Lives Stone records all the information about the past and present lives of all living beings, thus verifying their actions and determining which of the six realms of reincarnation they will enter.

"Behind the Terrace of Longing for Home, there lies the Hall of Bewilderment, the City of Fengdu, and the Eighteen Levels of Hell. The virtuous enter the cycle of reincarnation, the wicked enter hell, and from then on, the netherworld is orderly, and its name is the Underworld!"

Behind the Viewing Platform, a grand hall appeared; it was the Hall of Bewitching Souls.

The Hall of Bewitching Souls is a place to bid farewell to one's past life. After entering the Hall of Bewitching Souls, the dead can stay for seven days to settle their past affairs. After seven days, they must drink the Bewitching Soup to eliminate their emotions.

After passing through the Bewitching Palace, a huge city appears before the Six Paths of Reincarnation, named Fengdu.

Fengdu City has ten palaces, namely:
1. The Book of Life and Death: A place that records the names of all living beings in the cycle of reincarnation and their past good and evil deeds.

Second, the Judge's Hall: a place where detailed judgments are made on all living beings in the cycle of reincarnation.

Third, the Hall of Killing: Primarily for judging the dead who have committed murder.

Fourth, the Hall of Confiscated Property: The deceased who is responsible for judging property disputes.

Fifth, the Hall of Torture: used to examine and punish the crimes and deceptions committed by the deceased during their lifetime.

Sixth, the Court of Judgment: mainly for trying various cases, including crimes such as theft and gambling.

7. The Hall of Summoning Souls: Responsible for summoning back souls that are about to be reincarnated and arranging their path in the next life.

8. Hall of Reincarnation: This hall determines which of the six realms a deceased person will be reborn into based on their good and evil deeds. 9. Hall of the Black Mirror: Yama uses a black mirror to observe people's past good and evil deeds.

10. Zhenshou Hall: mainly responsible for the management of lifespan and determining the length of life of the living.

After the ten great halls appeared, eighteen levels of hell were also created underground, namely the Hell of Tongue Pulling, the Hell of Scissors, the Hell of Iron Tree, the Hell of Retribution Mirror, the Hell of Steaming Cage, the Hell of Copper Pillar, the Hell of Knife Mountain, the Hell of Ice Mountain, the Hell of Oil Cauldron, the Hell of Ox Pit, the Hell of Stone Pressing, the Hell of Mortar and Pestle, the Hell of Blood Pool, the Hell of Unjust Death, the Hell of Crucifixion, the Hell of Volcano, the Hell of Stone Mill, and the Hell of Saw and Knife.

These hells are arranged according to the length of time of suffering and the severity of the punishment. Each hell is twenty times more painful and has twice the lifespan of the previous one.

The wicked go to hell, the virtuous enter the cycle of reincarnation, and thus the netherworld is ordered.

After the establishment of the local government, the Netherworld stabilized immediately, and the underground passages became increasingly compatible.

"Fellow Daoist, the Underworld has been established, but it lacks manpower. Could you recommend some people?" Seeing the establishment of the Underworld, Lady Pingxin smiled with satisfaction and then asked Zhou Chen beside her.

Zhou Chen was speechless. He hadn't even recruited enough people for the Heavenly Court yet! And now the Underworld wanted him too?

"Your Majesty, it's not that Zhou Chen doesn't want to help, he's just really powerless to do so! My Ziwei Palace is short-handed!"

"Why don't you use the Witch Clan to hold the line for now?" Zhou Chen said with a wry smile.

Pingxin rolled her eyes at Zhou Chen. If she could use the Witch Clan, why would she need to discuss it with Zhou Chen?
The truth is, the Wu tribe is simply not good at this kind of thing. They can easily expand their territory and fight, but they really can't do things like treating all living beings fairly.

Putting aside the hatred between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan, their volatile tempers alone would prevent them from doing something like this.

Perhaps by the time they learn of this being's good or evil, those evil beings will be torn apart alive before they even reach the eighteenth level of hell. So, the witch clan should just give up!

However, speaking of the Witch Clan, Pingxin also plans to relocate them to the Netherworld, letting them live there. Firstly, he can keep an eye on them and prevent them from causing trouble. Secondly, they can serve as a protective force for the Netherworld. It's a win-win situation!

"This underworld was built according to your ideas, so you have to help gather some manpower. Otherwise, if chaos breaks out in the underworld, it will be your problem!" Pingxin directly resorted to shamelessness. It's true that she has a primordial spirit, but she used to be an ancestral witch who believed in the existence of "physical" things. She can handle using her fists, but she's really not used to using anything else.

Zhou Chen's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. "I gave you an idea to help you improve the Underworld, and you're still blaming me!"

"Your Majesty, you can't do this! You're dumping everything on me; I can't handle it all!" Zhou Chen said helplessly.

"Alright, I trust you to handle things! This matter is now in your hands. From now on, you are the Fengdu Emperor of the Underworld! I'm tired of merging into the Netherworld, and I need to rest for a while!" Pingxin tossed the authority of the Fengdu Emperor to Zhou Chen, said this, and then directly entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Zhou Chen...

With a dark expression, he summoned his Daoist body from the Ziwei Palace, integrated the authority of the Fengdu Emperor into the body, and entrusted it with handling matters of the underworld before leaving the Netherworld.

He still had to go to the Ziwei Palace to deal with the matter of the Buzhou Mountain breaking and the transformation of chaotic energy into spiritual energy, so he could only leave his Dao body in the underworld.

Without a physical body, I'll have to do everything myself from now on, which will probably be tiring for a while.

He had originally planned to have his Dao Body refine a spiritual treasure for use in setting up an array, but now that the Dao Body was occupied by the Underworld, he had to do it himself.

Not only the magical treasures for setting up the formation, but also the many immortals and gods of the Ziwei Palace need to refine a batch for use as rewards. They can't wait until the reward time to refine them, can they? Not only would they be running out of time, but those immortals and gods would also lack motivation. After all, seeing the reward is what motivates them to do things!
(End of this chapter)