158: Chapter 158 Re-establishing the Underworld, the Six Paths of Reincarnation in Heaven!

Li You, the thirteenth prince of the Great Xia Imperial Dynasty, had just been born. The River of Netherworld manifested, and his name was inscribed on the Book of Life and Death. Although the supreme Dao rhyme that suppressed the Myriad Realms and judged all spirits slowly dissipated, the aftershocks remained, plunging the entire Immortal Realm into an unusual silence.

Countless old monsters, passed down from ancient times, sensed from this sudden fluctuation of Law that the era was about to be overturned.

Inside the heavenly emperor, deep in the harem.

Li Xuan held the newborn Li You, feeling the innate Lord of the Netherworld Holy Body within the child that seemed capable of communicating with the dark side of the entire Universe. A sense of ambition to look down upon the world flashed in his eyes.

The blueprint for repairing the six paths of reincarnation disk had already unfolded in his mind, and the natural Lord of the Netherworld was already in his arms. With the right time, place, and people, everything was ready.

Some things no longer needed to wait.

"Pass on my decree: convene a Heavenly Court Grand Assembly before the Southern Heaven Gate!"

Li Xuan's voice was not intentionally raised, yet through the authority of the heavenly emperors jade book, it was instantly transmitted to every corner of the Heavenly Court Fleet, reaching the depths of the Primordial Spirit of every member of the Heavenly Court.

The Yuhua Immortal Lord, the Ancestor of the Wang Family, and others, who were digesting the shock of the heaven and earth anomaly just now at their posts, felt their Divine Souls shake. Daring not to show the slightest negligence, they immediately transformed into divine light and converged toward the Southern Heaven Gate.

Southern Heaven Gate—this magnificent portal, which had once been dilapidated but now, under the blessing of massive resources and the Zhou Tian Star Array, had recovered seven or eight tenths of its former grandeur—was soon filled with figures.

Leading them were Li Xuan's few offspring who already possessed significant Divine Abilities. Li Changsheng, Li Qingyue, Li Lunhui, and others stood in a row. Behind them were the Yuhua Immortal Lord, Dan Lingzi, and the Ancestor of the Wang Family, as well as the Corpse Emperor, who had just been enfeoffed and whose strength had reached the half-step Taiyi Golden Immortal level, along with a crowd of Golden Immortal and Taiyi Golden Immortal rank experts.

They looked solemn, gazing toward the direction of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, waiting for the heavenly emperor's arrival.

Just then, Li Xuan, holding the infant Li You, appeared silently at the highest point of the Southern Heaven Gate.

He was dressed in a black imperial robe, accompanied by no myriad anomalies, but his appearance caused the entire Zhou Tian Star Array to resonate. The brilliance of billions of stars converged, draping him in a sacred robe woven from starlight.

Everyone's gaze was subconsciously drawn to the infant in his arms.

It was this tiny life that had just triggered that terrifying anomaly which had shocked eternity.

"Everyone."

Li Xuan spoke, his voice calm yet naturally majestic.

"Since the re-establishment of the Heavenly Court, we have mastered the Immortal Dao and controlled all Laws. However, the order of heaven and earth dictates that where there is Yang, there is Yin; where there is life, there is death."

"The cycle of life and death is the iron Law of the Universe and the cornerstone of the Heavenly Dao. Yet, the ancient times collapsed, the Netherworld was destroyed, and Reincarnation was severed, causing the Souls of the dead across the Myriad Realms to have nowhere to return, filling the Universe with resentment. This is a great flaw in heaven and earth."

He paused, looking down at Li You, who was wide-eyed and curiously examining the world in his arms, his expression softening slightly.

"Today, heaven has bestowed a precious son upon our Great Xia, born to govern the Netherworld, and he shall rectify this regret."

Having said this, he raised his other hand, and the heavenly emperors jade book bloomed with boundless divine light.

"In the name of the heavenly emperor, I hereby issue a decree!"

The voice turned into rolling thunder, resounding through the Nine Heavens and the ten lands!

"I hereby enfeoff my thirteenth son, Li You, as the 'Lord of the Netherworld', to govern the Nine Nether regions, rule over the Yin and Yang realms, rebuild the Netherworld, and re-establish Reincarnation!"

As the word "enfeoff" was spoken, a golden edict condensed from the purest authority of heaven and earth flew out from the heavenly emperors jade book and went straight into the cinnabar mole between Li You's eyebrows.

Li You's body trembled slightly, and in those clear eyes, six ancient whirlpools seemed to slowly emerge.

He seemed to sense something, opened his little mouth, and let out an unintelligible babble.

But this babble triggered a resonance of the Law!

"The Netherworld shall be established!"

Li Xuan spoke again, as if proclaiming the constitution of heaven and earth.

He flicked the 'Netherworld Core' that he had been holding in Li You's tiny hand.

That grey stone ball flew below the Heavenly Court Fleet, growing in the wind from the size of a human head to becoming larger than a star in the blink of an eye!

Boom!

It shook violently, releasing a boundless grey curtain of light.

Where the light curtain covered, it did not open a new space, but rather laid out another deep, underlying world beneath the canvas of the reality of the Universe.

An unimaginably magnificent prototype of a Netherworld was born!

With the framework of the Netherworld initially set, Li Xuan's gaze swept over the Yuhua Immortal Lord and the others, his eyes sharp, as if they could pierce through their Primordial Spirits.

"Now that the Netherworld is established, there must be divine officials. I now enfeoff you all as the Netherworld deities under my son!"

He took out the remnant page of the investiture of the gods.

"Yuhua Immortal Lord, step forward and receive your enfeoffment!"

The Yuhua Immortal Lord felt a chill in his heart, quickly stepped out and knelt, feeling both awe and excitement.

"I enfeoff you as 'King Qinguang', to govern the lifespan, life, and death of the human world, and manage the fortune and misfortune of the Netherworld!"

A divine light shot from the investiture of the gods and entered the Yuhua Immortal Lord's crown.

He instantly felt an inseparable connection form between his Primordial Spirit and the newborn Netherworld below.

Countless Profound Truths regarding judgment and life and death flooded into his mind.

"Your subject accepts the decree and thanks you for your grace!"

"Ancestor of the Wang Family, step forward and receive your enfeoffment!"

"I enfeoff you as 'King Chujiang', to govern the Great Hell of Living!"

"Dan Lingzi, step forward and receive your enfeoffment!"

"I enfeoff you as 'King Songdi', to govern the Great Hell of Black Ropes!"

"Corpse Emperor!"

That half-step Taiyi Corpse Emperor with a terrifying aura paused slightly before bowing down.

"I enfeoff you as 'Emperor Yama', to govern the Great Hell of Screaming! Distinguish the merits and demerits of the world, and judge the sins of past lives!"

... Li Xuan enfeoffed ten experts who had reached the Golden Immortal Realm or above, respectively, as the Ten Kings of the Netherworld.

Each enfeoffment caused the Netherworld below to vibrate once, becoming more stable and real.

The massive phantom palaces of the Ten Kings of Yama rose from the ground in the Netherworld, majestic and solemn.

When the ten kings were in place, Li Xuan looked at Li You in his arms.

Li You seemed to understand his father's intent; he stretched out his fair, tender little hand and gently pointed at the chaotic, newly opened Netherworld.

Hum— With this point, the core Law of the entire Netherworld was instantly activated!

A towering stone gate condensed and formed at the entrance of the Netherworld, and the three large characters 'Ghost Gate Pass' radiated the majesty of suppressing all Souls.

An endless yellow dirt road extended from beneath the Ghost Gate Pass, winding toward the end of the world.

The Yellow Springs Road was formed!

At the end of the road, a simple stone bridge spanned an illusory river, and a giant stone, smooth as a mirror, stood at the head of the bridge.

The Naihe Bridge and the Sansheng Stone appeared!

Witnessing this scene, the Immortals of the Heavenly Court were all stunned, speechless for a moment.

This was not an enfeoffment; this was clearly creation!

In the name of the heavenly emperor, speaking with the authority of heaven, his Will Manifests as Law, he had forcibly created the Foundation of the six paths of Reincarnation!

This was the true "Heavenly Court Order"!

And this was just the beginning.

The moment the framework of the Netherworld was completely stabilized, Li You, this newborn Lord of the Netherworld, opened his little mouth again.

This time, it was not crying, nor was it a babble, but an ancient, melodious, distant call that seemed to span eternity.

As this call sounded, across the Myriad Realms and infinite Universes, all the remaining Souls that had just died and had not yet dissipated; all the lonely ghosts that had wandered in the Void Realm for unknown epochs; all the monstrous resentful spirits trapped on the battlefield and unable to be liberated... all seemed to hear the call from their final resting place.

They stopped their roaring, let go of their hatred, and ended their confusion.

Then, countless Soul bodies turned into faint points of light, rising from every corner where they were located.

A scene that would make even an Immortal King look twice unfolded on the scale of the entire Universe.

Endless points of light converged into brilliant rivers of light spanning the Star Domain, and these rivers of light converged into a torrent that pierced through the Universe.

They had only one destination—the Netherworld beneath the Heavenly Court!

"Damn... Is this... The Return of Myriad Souls?!"

A surrendered old Immortal saw this scene, his teeth chattering in fear.

Legend had it that such a scene could only occur when an epoch ended and the Universe returned to Chaos.

Now, it had reappeared because of the establishment of a divine dynasty and the enfeoffment of an infant!

That torrent formed by billions of dead Souls accurately poured into the Ghost Gate Pass.

Behind the Ghost Gate Pass, the divine positions of the Ten Kings of Yama were instantly activated.

The ten newly appointed Kings of Yama did not need to think at all; the relevant authority and responsibilities surfaced in their hearts as if by instinct.

They sat mechanically and majestically on their respective palaces, beginning to operate their divine offices.

Soul body after Soul body walked along the Yellow Springs Road, stepped onto the Naihe Bridge, looked at the Sansheng Stone, and then, according to their Karma in life, were automatically assigned to the front of the ten palaces to accept the judgment already inscribed in the Netherworld Law.

Finally, all the Soul bodies that had finished their judgment converged at the end of the Netherworld.

There, Li Xuan threw in the 'six paths of reincarnation disk repair blueprint'.

With the entire Netherworld as the Foundation, the billions of returning dead Souls as the guide, and his own Great Luo Law as the fire, Li Xuan began to re-refine that cosmic treasure which had long been shattered.

Six huge wheels of light, each radiating the aura of different Laws, slowly emerged at the end of the Netherworld.

The deva realm, radiant with light, filled with Immortal music.

The human path, bustling with the Mortal World, simple and plain.

The Asura path, with Killing Intent soaring to the sky, Battle Intent boiling.

The animal path, ignorant and foolish, with all kinds of beings.

The hungry ghost path, insatiable with hunger and thirst, endless demands.

The hell path, with Karma fires burning fiercely, sinking into sin.

The six paths of reincarnation disk was complete!

The moment the first Soul body judged to enter the human path turned into a light of true spirit and plunged into the human path light wheel.

Boom—!!!

The entire Universe seemed to tremble for it!

Like a gear that had been stuck for billions of years, it finally "clicked" and started turning again!

At the end of the Great Dao, deep in the Origin of the Universe, mysterious golden light suddenly fell!

Karma!

Since the creation of the world, apart from the ancient gods who transformed into all things, this was the greatest amount of heaven and earth Karma!

This golden light of Karma was like a golden ocean, pouring down, enveloping the entire Heavenly Court Fleet.

Li Xuan bore the brunt of it, being infused by the most majestic golden light of Karma.

His Chaos Body roared incessantly, his cultivation easily breaking through the barrier of the first level of Great Luo, steadily climbing toward a higher level!

His understanding of the Chaos Dao instantly stepped onto a brand-new level.

Li You in his arms was even more comfortable, as if soaking in a hot spring, squinting his eyes, the divine script 'Nether' between his eyebrows becoming increasingly brilliant, and his connection with the Netherworld becoming increasingly close.

Everyone else, whether it was Li Changsheng and the other offspring, the newly enfeoffed Ten Kings of Yama, or even the most ordinary soldier on the Heavenly Court Fleet, was enveloped by the golden light of Karma.

Everyone's cultivation experienced rapid growth at this moment!

The Bottlenecks that had troubled many for years loosened, and their insights into the Great Dao advanced by leaps and bounds!

The entire Heavenly Court Fleet was undergoing a transformation that felt like a rebirth under the illumination of this golden sea of Karma!

This was not just an increase in strength, but an elevation of "status"!

From then on, the Heavenly Court was no longer just a pure martial divine dynasty.

It had become one of the operational cores of the Universe, governing the order of heaven and earth, acting on behalf of heaven to mete out punishment, and controlling the Reincarnation of all spirits!

Its existence was protected by great Karma and blessed by great Heavenly Mandate!

However, at this very moment when the Heavenly Court's Luck and momentum reached their peak.

In the Immortal Realm, and even in more distant unknown dimensions of the Universe, this huge fluctuation that forcibly twisted the Laws of heaven and earth alarmed those ancient existences hidden in the depths of time.

In the Central Immortal Realm, within an Immortal dojo floating in the turbulence of time and space, a voice seemed to come from the previous epoch:

"Reincarnation... Hmph, who has such great courage?"

Beneath the endless Demon Abyss, a terrifying existence locked by billions of demon chains let out a low roar that shook the entire Demon Realm:

"A new order? Or new... food?"

Above the Nine Heavens, in an ancient temple invisible to others, a sigh sounded faintly:

"Karma has been moved, the great tribulation is coming... This time, who will face the tribulation?"

Countless supreme wills that had transcended the Great Luo, and even reached the Immortal King level, like sharks smelling blood, crossed infinite time and space, locking onto the area currently enveloped by the endless golden light of Karma.