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Chapter 447 The Judge's Pen of the Book of Life and Death in the Underworld [Seeking monthly votes and recommendations]

The Heavenly Court of the Nine Heavens does not exist on the four continents of the real Earth.

But Sun Wukong's golden cudgel, as if by fate, pierced into the Nine Heavens.

Right outside the South Heavenly Gate, it even alarmed the Jade Emperor in the Lingxiao Palace.

The Jade Emperor ordered the all-seeing and all-hearing to investigate, and they learned that it was a demon monkey from the mortal realm who had stretched an iron rod into the Ninth Heaven.

The Jade Emperor simply smiled, not taking it to heart, and said nonchalantly:

"He was originally a demon monkey from the lower realm, a mountain spirit or wild monster. There's no need to pay him any mind."

So the music started playing and the dancing continued.

The Heavenly Court is always a peaceful and serene fairyland, where the nectar and dew are inexhaustible and the fairy Chang'e dances without end.

The immortals laughed heartily, enjoying the most exquisite offerings in the world, indulging in pleasure, and remaining immortals forever, indestructible through countless eons.

Even a single banquet, with its mere scraps of divine treasures wasted, could feed countless mortals.

Any celestial object requires the accumulated merit of countless mortals through countless lifetimes of arduous cultivation to produce its essence.

It is a pity that what is taken from us is as precious as dirt, but what is used is as worthless as mud and sand.

Although there are few immortals and gods, they consume as much as 90% of the resources of heaven and earth.

Although there are many ordinary people, they consume less than one-tenth of the resources.

On the contrary, they should try their best to be frugal and support all the cultivators and immortals at the top of the food chain.

Even so, the immortals still complained that mortals were too wasteful, didn't know how to protect, save, be sustainable, or be hardworking and ambitious.

Little did they know that if the immortals had been even slightly less wasteful and had left a little bit behind, it would have been enough to feed countless fish and shrimp.

This is humanity.

The way of man is not to lose enough but to give more than enough.

The gods and immortals are the ultimate harvesters standing at the top of the human food chain.

Furthermore, the great power returns to himself, he wields the strongest martial force and killing power, and possesses the pinnacle of the order and strategy of the three realms.

It is never in danger of destruction, nor is it ever in danger of falling.

Only the gods and immortals themselves can destroy them.

If you want to destroy someone, you must make him crazy.

The gods and immortals of this world have been high above for too long, reaping the rewards of too many reincarnated beings.

They can't harvest anymore.

Because the land and sky that gave them birth are about to perish.

Living beings reproduce and thrive, consuming the world's resources and absorbing its essential nutrients.

The gods and immortals reaped the lives of all living beings, and in doing so, they also reaped the heavens and earth.

The further into the cycle of reincarnation, the weaker the universe becomes.

Until one day, the world perishes, and the cycle of reincarnation can no longer be restarted.

The game's supply chain collapsed.

At this point, the vast majority of immortals and gods who are not yet self-sufficient and immortal will be buried along with the world and head towards destruction.

Only a group of powerful immortals and big shots at the top are immortal and indestructible; they are immortal even if heaven and earth decay and they perish.

They either wander far away into chaos, or they expend great effort to create a new world, start over, and begin another great cycle of the world.

Yes, reality is always this cruel.

For the big shots, the strong always get stronger.

Even if they harvest all living beings and the world, all living beings cannot resist the great immortals and gods.

That was a devastating chasm.

Strong is strong, weak is weak.

Great power originates from itself and is unshakeable.

Unless all living beings unite as one, merge into one, and ascend to a higher ultimate life form, a fusion of civilizational consciousness, there will be no chance of resistance.

But that's basically impossible.

It is very difficult for people to unite, and it is very difficult for them to be without selfishness.

Before civilization has even developed to that point, its progress will be repeatedly interrupted by the powerful immortals and gods, who will then firmly control its lifeline and resources.

The second hope is that an unparalleled genius, a protagonist destined by fate, will emerge from among all living beings, and through incredible opportunities, perseverance, and wisdom, complete a transformation in strength, gain the power to rival immortals and gods, and strive for a chance to transcend.

But this is also very difficult; the probability of such a truly destined protagonist appearing is extremely low.

Moreover, even if a prodigy or genius emerges and rises to the upper echelons, their strength undergoes a transformation, making them worlds apart from ordinary people.

In the end, they will most likely join the ranks of the immortals and gods, and happily reap the benefits of all living beings together.

The dragon-slaying boy will eventually become the dragon himself.

Chen Hong silently observed the Heavenly Court, the world, and the various actions of the immortals and gods in different places, deducing the truth and operating mode of this world.

The monkey didn't think much of it. He spent his days hanging out with the Six Demon Kings, eating, drinking, and having fun, getting drunk like a limp rag.

Then he was taken to the underworld by the Black and White Impermanence.

Chen Hong took the opportunity to secretly follow the monkey, concealing himself, and then arrived in the underworld.

Obtain the coordinates of the underworld.

Like the Heavenly Court, the Underworld is a kind of celestial realm where the souls of all living beings who have died fall into it under certain rules.

Only those beings with powerful primordial spirits, or special vengeful ghosts and spirits with deep-seated obsessions, require the Underworld to dispatch the Black and White Impermanence to collect their souls and bring them to the Underworld. Sun Wukong, drunk and in a daze, arrived in the Underworld and entered the eerie Gates of Hell.

The gates of hell are guarded by tall ox-headed and horse-faced guardians on both sides.

After passing through the gates of hell, one embarks on the road to the underworld.

The Road to the Underworld is the main thoroughfare connecting the living world and the underworld. Ghosts line up in long queues and walk along the Road to the Underworld, while ghostly soldiers patrol to maintain order.

Some even ox-headed and horse-faced demons brandished long whips, lashing at the ghosts and scolding them to hurry up and line up obediently.

Whether they are royalty or commoners, once they descend to the underworld, they are all ants and ghosts, and are suppressed equally.

On the road to the underworld, there is a platform for looking towards home. Standing on it, ghosts can see their hometown and relatives, and bid their final farewell to the mortal world.

After traversing the long, winding road to the underworld, Sun Wukong and the ghosts were led to Fengdu City, the core of the netherworld and the place of judgment.

Here, ordinary ghosts are assigned to judges to assess their merits and demerits in life.

A powerful ghost like Sun Wukong was led to the Ten Kings of Hell, where he was personally judged by one of them.

At this moment, Sun Wukong's soul finally cleared. Seeing that Yama dared to arrest him, an immortal god, and even had the audacity to judge him, he was furious.

Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the underworld, forcibly obtaining the Book of Life and Death, and with a stroke of his pen, crossed out his own name.

Then, all the names of the monkeys in Huaguo Mountain were crossed out.

From then on, all the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain became immortal beings with endless lifespans and no possibility of reincarnation.

Only after these monkeys have lived for a long time, until their souls and minds decay and crumble, will they completely leave this world.

Chen Hong hid behind Sun Wukong, secretly scanning and analyzing the Book of Life and Death.

The Book of Life and Death is a treasure of the underworld. It can not only determine a person's lifespan, but also examine the merits and demerits of a ghost in his previous life, assisting the judge in making judgments and sentencing ghosts.

The Book of Life and Death can be divided into countless sub-books, making it convenient for all the judges in the underworld to view.

The Book of Life and Death in the hands of this King Yama is only one of the ten major sub-books.

Even so, analyzing this Book of Life and Death allowed Chen Hong to comprehend many of the mysteries of the [Laws of Life and Death], where a single word can determine life or death, giving him control over life and death.

In order to comprehend more of the laws of life and death, Chen Hong secretly went to the Emperor of Fengdu to study the true nature of the Book of Life and Death.

With Chen Hong's current primordial spirit strength, he comprehended it very quickly, and many secret patterns of the laws of life and death appeared on his golden core.

The entire dantian space seemed to transform into a rotating black and white tai chi diagram.

Birth and death alternate, yin and yang rotate, life and death are opposites and transform into each other.

As Chen Hong delved deeper into the Book of Life and Death, a phantom of the Book of Life and Death, composed of law-based runes, appeared in his dantian space.

The illusory image was projected into the golden core and merged into it, causing the golden core to display the mark of the Book of Life and Death.

Between the cycles of life and death, the Golden Elixir is refined, thus accelerating the refining process.

Between life and death, the speed at which immortal golden qualities are forged accelerates.

The immortality of gold further amplifies its meaning of transcending life and death.

Besides the Law of Life and Death, Chen Hong also comprehended a special law in the Book of Life and Death—the Law of Information.

The Book of Life and Death is the Book of Humanity among the three books of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and it records all the information about all living beings in the world.

Therefore, judges can consult the Book of Life and Death to see all the experiences of a ghost in his previous life, thereby judging his good and evil deeds and deciding the severity of his punishment and which realm he will be reincarnated into.

As long as there are living beings born and active in the world, the Book of Life and Death will automatically record all their information.

It's practically a massive, automatically recorded database.

Information recording, information querying, information retrieval, and information networking (subbook connection).

It could be said that the Book of Life and Death gave Chen Hong a pleasant surprise.

This amazing ability can be used not only to judge the merits and demerits of ghosts, but also for humane governance, and even for intelligence networks, cultivating the mind, finding resources, and spiritual practice.

As long as a highly intelligent system can be used to efficiently mobilize this massive information database.

Therefore, one could be virtually omniscient across the four continents.

Information itself is a resource.

In particular, information that comes before others is especially valuable.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

Chen Hong was aware of the terrifying potential of the Information Avenue.

This Book of Life and Death only touches upon a tiny fraction of the Great Dao of Information.

Even so, Chen Hong was still completely absorbed in comprehending the information laws contained therein.

Information law patterns appeared on Chen Hong's golden core.

Chen Hong's primordial spirit operates more smoothly and efficiently, and his ability to mobilize and process information has greatly increased.

I feel that my IQ and comprehension have increased.

It even allowed Chen Hong's observation skills to see more and deeper information.

The design of artificial intelligence, the deduction of martial arts techniques and supernatural powers, and the quick and easy information retrieval are all smoother now.

The laws of information are terrifying!
Besides the Book of Life and Death, Chen Hong also secretly studied the true form of the Judge's Pen of the Underworld and comprehended the [Law of Judgment].

He judges all living beings in the three realms with a single stroke of his pen, rewarding the good and punishing the evil, wielding the power of life and death. With this authority in hand, the sharpness of his pen surpasses all weapons and killing intent.

While Sun Wukong was causing havoc in the underworld, Chen Hong left the Yama Palace and continued his tour of the underworld.

After the judgment, the ghosts and spirits will go to the eighteen levels of hell to receive different degrees of punishment according to their sins in life.

Along his journey, Chen Hong witnessed the various forms of torture in the eighteen levels of hell. Tortures such as pulling out tongues, being thrown into boiling oil, being subjected to iron thorns, and having tendons and bones pulled out were nothing more than child's play.

(End of this chapter)