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Am I dead?

Jingliu's sword was enough to destroy his body.

Yannian opened his eyes dazedly, but soon realized something was wrong. What caught his eyes was a silent darkness. His hands and feet were bound with iron chains, and he was lying on a dark platform.

Green ghost lights flickered around, making strange noises from time to time.

What is this place?

"Little friend, you are the youngest person to come here in history. You have fallen into the demonic body before the age of two hundred."

"But don't be afraid, because your name is already in the Book of Life and Death."

The hoarse voice was like the sound of a dull drum, beating into Yannian's heart.

Yannian was startled and tilted his head.

A young man in a black robe stood next to him, his face unclear. He was holding a green ancient scale in his hand, with ten copper coins tied to one end and ten copper coins placed on the scale pan at the other end.

The two sides moved, but they were not close to balance yet, making a buzzing sound.

"Before I weigh your souls, I'll show you a list—the Cangcheng death list. It's a long one."

"I'll just take one page." The young man in black robe stretched out his hand, and a piece of paper emerged. The words on it were reflected in front of Yannian's eyes. Among those names, there was "Jingnian".

Yannian's eyes narrowed. That was a memory that even Jingnian had incomplete, and he was unaware of it from the beginning to the end.

He's already dead, so why... is he still alive?

"I don't remember."

"You were swallowed by Shuhu to protect Jingliu... and then you crawled out on your own."

"That's... horrible, Jingnian. You were an accident."

The young man in black robe spoke in a low voice with some fluctuations. Even now, whenever he thought of that scene, he felt horrified.

In a tree covered with human faces, a child forcibly took back his own face and returned to his sister.

"Jingliu found you, lying in a pool of blood. She was crying out, asking if anyone could come and save you."

"I have examined your body. Your celestial soul and human soul are incomplete. One of the seven spirits is missing, named 'Shan'. With three souls and seven spirits incomplete, you are doomed to die."

"So I told Jingliu I could save you and temporarily restore your soul with mystical techniques, but there's a price to pay." The black-robed young man smiled sinisterly, "And that is, after you die, you'll become the Grand Judge of the Ten Kings Division."

"He is heartless and thoughtless, abandoning his human form, and in charge of 'detention, imprisonment, punishment, and questioning.'"

"A special soul, you are destined to become the sword against the curse of abundance."

The young man in black robe stretched out his finger and touched Yannian's eyebrows. The copper coins on the scale plate glowed and began to shift.

"The soul and spirit I replenished at that time were incomplete, which encouraged the evil of one of the seven spirits."

"You were so arrogant, but after jumping into the river... you actually became a bit like your former self. How could Jingliu, who was closest to you, not notice?"

"She knows everything but tells you nothing."

"You are completely back—Jingnian."

In the darkness, the bells rang, and each sound carried an endless chill that made people shudder.

Yannian bit his lip, he didn't quite understand.

What does the other party mean... Is he Jingnian?

Impossible, absolutely impossible. He is Yannian, and he came into this body with revenge in his heart.

He is not Jingnian.

To be more precise, his celestial soul, human soul, and the spirit representing "good" are connected to Jingnian.

So - he did not hide anything from Jingliu from the beginning to the end. In Jingliu's eyes, it was his brother's soul and spirit that returned home.

No wonder... when he inadvertently reveals his personality, Dan Feng still says, you are the same as Jing Liu.

What you think is a poor performance is actually a premeditated plan by others.

Above, a small ball of light appeared, which was invisible to others. It was the system. It rotated slowly, as if resisting something for Yannian?

Yannian clenched his fists. He disagreed. He was Yannian, with an independent soul and independent memories - an independent living being, definitely not anyone's shadow.

[K0047 is aware of danger... Activating response mode.]

The two sides of the scale became balanced, and the surrounding will-o'-the-wisps howled with joy, "Not more, not less, not less, not less, all the souls are complete."

But soon, one side of the scale began to shift.

The will-o'-the-wisp began to wail, "It's missing, one or two ounces."

"Less?"

The young man in black robe looked at the shifted scale. The copper coins representing Heavenly Soul and Kindness on it were shining silver. After a long moment, he chuckled in understanding.

"So that's how it is. The returning soul and spirit no longer possess the blessing of abundance. Is this... the reason why you fell into the demonic realm?"

"The karma and sins are complete, imperfect—but the puppet body will make up for this shortcoming."

"Hell is divided into ten halls, each with a master, known as the Ten Kings of the Underworld. Each of the ten kings has a name, and together they are known as the Ten Kings of Hell, hence the Ten Kings Division."

"And you are the one I have chosen. You will take my place one day, one of the Ten Kings of Hell. Say goodbye to yourself, Jingnian. From now on, you will no longer have a name, and you will no longer be a 'human.'"

The young man in black robe raised his hand, and ten copper coins floated in the air and fell on Yannian's body.

People have three souls: the heavenly soul, the earthly soul and the human soul.

The heavenly soul contains conscience, which is immortal. However, due to its connection with the cause and effect of the physical body, it cannot return to its origin and has to be taken away by heaven.

The earthly soul returns to the underworld, knows all the cause and effect retribution of the human soul, and is judged in hell.

The human soul wanders among the graves. It is the human body and the master of the seven spirits. If the human soul is damaged, death is inevitable.

Humans have seven souls: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and desire.

The copper plate flickered with light, and Yannian was completely dead. The young man in black robe snapped his fingers, and the green flame burned his body to ashes.

Several ghostly flames carried a new body and placed it back on the jade table - the body of a truly immortal Yanou, which looked no different from Jingnian when he was alive, but a little taller, about seventeen years old.

The young man in black robe had black gas in his hand, wrapped in ten copper coins, which he pressed on the puppet's body, sealing the seven spirits and three souls, erasing all memories, and only inputting cold rules and precepts.

After a while.

The young man took off his black robe and put it on Jingnian.

In the darkness, Jingnian slowly opened his red eyes, cold and ruthless.

"The Tenth Hall of Hell - reincarnation, distinguishing good from evil, determining levels, forgetting past lives, and managing the afterlife."

"That will be your future job, but before you take over this position, you'll need to serve as a judge for a while... You need to familiarize yourself with your new body."

The young man in black robe turned and left. Yannian's eyes flickered, and the small light ball beside him gave a prompt.

[Input backup memory, a brief moment of soul liberation.]

Yannian remained calm, but his heart sank.

He never expected that the incomplete memory of his original body would cause him so much trouble.

The good news is that he can't die now.

The bad news is that he was tricked and became a heartless and thoughtless puppet on the surface, and he couldn't meet Jing Yuan openly.

Things are not as simple as he thought... he must be more cautious.

Yannian felt an inexplicable chill and asked the system in his heart, "System, are there any relationships between Jingnian and me?"

"I don't know. I just made a 'Mirror Year' appear out of thin air in this world. I can't control the cause and effect afterwards." The system said lightly.

"From the moment you took over Jingnian's body, you have been under the supervision of the Ten Kings Division. Without me, you would have been exposed the moment you transformed."

"Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier!" Yannian was dissatisfied.

"Knowing too much makes you feel more restricted."

"Be careful, k0047. Every failure is a learning experience. I have one more thing to remind you of."

"Build your character, determine your personality, words and actions, and don't let players think you're just a different skin. If you do, you'll be judged as 'unqualified.'"

"You still have a lot to learn."

The system disappeared in the air, leaving Yannian alone in the darkness. He lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

——He is such a reckless man, but he is still too naive.