Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 387 The Underworld Messenger and Ye Guyi
At the heart of the Tianling Mountains, located at the border between the Douling Empire and the Tianhun Empire, on the site of the former Jialing Pass, countless men in black robes gathered.

The weather here is so-so. The sky is overcast and the thick clouds make it hard to breathe. Occasionally, a gust of wind blows, causing the clouds to form endless waves. Occasionally, a few carrion-eating birds or spirit beasts will fly across the sky.

No legitimate force would ever hold a large gathering in this kind of weather. In a fantasy world like Douluo Continent where destiny exists, the mystical nature of weather is not without reason.

Fortunately, this group of black-robed people were by no means a legitimate force. If you lifted their black robes, you would see that most of them had bluish-black skin and were extremely thin.

The dark resentment might not be noticeable when it comes in one or two pieces, but when it comes together, its power is quite obvious.

Every single one of these men in black robes is an extremely twisted psychopath, a ruthless evil spirit master who kills without hesitation.

Above this group of evil spirit masters, several figures holding cold chains floated silently, each surrounded by a black blade made of death power.

An aura of majesty and chill emanated from these people. Some of them carried soul-collecting bags and moved back and forth among the black-robed figures, capturing the wronged souls that were entangled around their bodies and unable to enter the underworld.

They were soul-collecting messengers among the ghost messengers. The aura of this group of evil soul masters had attracted them from a great distance. According to the rules of the underworld, soul-collecting messengers were not allowed to interfere with the living, but only with the souls of the dead.

However, these evil spirit masters love to devour souls, which is a crazy provocation against the laws of the underworld. These ghost messengers are here to supervise them.

They kill people or even perform blood sacrifices, and the ghost messengers won't lift a finger, because they will be dealt with by the judges after they die. But if they dare to do anything like soul refining, the ghost messengers can justifiably arrest and kill them.

The ghost messengers are even more effective at restraining evil spirit masters than angels; their pure death power naturally subdues all evil forces.

Currently, there are not many ghost messengers in the underworld, and even fewer who can patrol the mortal realm. Most of the ghost messengers are keeping an eye on things in the Sun and Moon Empire.

Ye Xishui was under the 24-hour surveillance of several ghost messengers, and the millions of vengeful spirits on her body almost exhausted the ghost messengers.

In particular, the Holy Spirit Cult's favorite method is the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and at the top level, there is also the Blood Sea Vengeful Spirit Spear, a heaven-defying and ruthless technique, whose power in the original timeline was enough to injure Di Tian.

Without exception, all these methods trigger the laws of the underworld. The ghost messengers are constantly watching the Holy Spirit Cult, rendering all their methods related to soul refining ineffective.

Ye Xishui knew something was causing trouble. Even with her cultivation level as a Limit Douluo, she could vaguely sense the presence of the ghost messengers, but she was helpless and could only rage in frustration.

No matter what methods she used, she could not directly interfere with the ghost messengers unless they actively revealed themselves in the mortal world.

But even if she reveals her form, if she dares to kill a ghost messenger, she will commit a heinous crime, and the underworld will spare no effort to kill her, even after death she will have to endure the underworld's severe punishments.

After three years of development, the original two demiplanes have been completely connected to the Underworld and become subordinate demiplanes of the Underworld. One demiplane, Butterfly Treasure, has been transformed into a residence for Underworld civil servants. The overall atmosphere is very comfortable, and it can even be connected to the Magic Network.

The benefits for civil servants in the underworld are quite good. They have a separate area to live in, and they can also regain their sense of taste and other senses on specific days to visit their families in the mortal world.

Those who wish to be reincarnated can have priority processing, and will receive some preferential treatment in their second life. This is not unfair, but rather takes into account the merits and contributions of the underworld officials in their previous lives.

There are plenty of undead in the underworld who want to become civil servants. The way to become a civil servant is to first be reviewed by the phantom of the super artifact, the Book of Ending, to determine the qualifications, and then compete for the position through an exam.

The exam covers many aspects. First, cultural knowledge accounts for 20%, physical strength and skills account for 20%, moral character accounts for 30%, and willpower accounts for 30%.

The other demiplane was transformed into Hell. Because Diebao was too kind, Hell was too warm and cozy at first. Later, Huo Yuhao arranged for the Demon Emperor, this crazy woman, to go there, so that heroes would investigate heroes and villains would grind against villains.

The Demon Emperor did not disappoint Huo Yuhao. In just a few years, she turned Hell into a truly terrifying place. This madwoman used all sorts of methods to torture the dead who came to Hell.

Especially those with the surname Tang, as well as sea spirit masters or sea spirit beasts, if they accidentally fall into hell, they will suffer a lot.

The administrative system of the underworld is running smoothly in the underworld and has withstood the test of various problems. All that is needed now is to gradually repair and improve the system.

"Brother Yang, what are these evil spirit masters doing gathered together?"

A ghost messenger in the sky asked his companion with a puzzled look in his eyes. He had just passed the exam to become a full-fledged official and was on his first mission, so he was a little excited.

"I didn't see any offerings, so it doesn't seem like a blood sacrifice is going to be performed."

The ghost messenger, known as Brother Yang, is a veteran. He's been a ghost messenger for two years and is highly skilled. Today, he's here to mentor the newcomers and teach them some practical skills.

“We cannot take action unless they are involved in illegal detention or harming the dead. You newcomers must remember this.”

We are not the Shrek Inspection Team, and we have no obligation to punish evil and promote good. Injustices suffered by the living are not our concern; equality for the dead is our duty.

A while ago, a ghost messenger broke a taboo; he forcibly killed three hundred human traffickers with the Black Blade of Death, and was nearly annihilated by the dark laws of the underworld. "…………"

"I can't tell you much, but you must remember one thing: 'When you make a choice, don't let yourself regret it.'"

Brother Yang looked deeply at the newcomers behind him. What he didn't say was that the ghost messenger who broke the taboo was his former instructor, and these were words that the instructor had warned him about.

The reason the instructor was willing to break taboos and, as a law enforcer, knowingly violate the law was mainly because he saw his older brother's daughter among those trafficked children.

It was precisely for this reason that he wasn't completely obliterated by the Black Law, but instead survived to be sent to reincarnation.

The newcomers behind them all nodded thoughtfully. Brother Yang didn't say anything more, and led them to quietly watch the evil spirit masters below, supervising their behavior.

"Is everyone here?"

The black-robed figures below began to disperse to both sides like a tide, and two figures, one short and one tall, walked on the path in the center of the crowd. It was none other than Ye Guyi, the leader of the greatest evil soul master in the Douling Empire, and behind him was Scorpion Tiger Douluo.

A man in black robes knelt respectfully before her and said, "The Holy Spirits from the various branch altars have arrived."

Ye Guyi's cold golden eyes swept around, and he nodded slightly, saying:

"Ah."

"Today's routine meeting is about to begin. Everyone, prepare what you need to report. Don't panic. If you do, you all know what will happen."

All the men in black robes lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

Ye Guyi slowly walked towards the white bone throne in front of her. The throne was surrounded by a strong resentment, and any normal evil soul master would immediately go crazy if they sat on it.

However, Ye Guyi is different. She is a Soul Master with the Holy attribute and is not afraid of resentment. This makes the evil Soul Masters who are unaware of the truth feel even more that their leader is unfathomable.

Just before ascending the throne, Ye Guyi glanced at the ten evil soul masters to her side, a cold blade of light appeared in her hand, and with a flick of her wrist, ten fine heads flew up and crashed heavily to the ground.

These heads still bore respectful expressions.

Over the past three years, Ye Guyi had long since learned how to conceal her divine attributes. After killing these ten evil soul masters, her cultivation finally broke through to the Soul Douluo level.

"The...master of the altar?"

"this………"

The black-robed man beside him trembled, and Ye Guyi spoke in a cold, emotionless tone:

"I want to kill you, what's your problem?"

"Are you new here? Don't you know that we have to sacrifice someone to appease the gods at every routine meeting?"

"Next time, watch your manners and words. Get lost."

Many of the black-robed figures had long since become indifferent to this, and instead grew even more fanatical. The altar master's every move was defining the evil soul masters, and there was so much for them to learn.

Looking at Ye Guyi's extremely wicked appearance, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo behind him couldn't help but think to himself:

"Surname Ye, with such a cold heart, he doesn't even look at evil soul masters as human beings. He must be a descendant of the Supreme Sect Master."

"Otto asked me to protect her, probably because he wants to use her to restrain the Supreme Master in the future."

"That's quite a skill."

Ye Guyi sat high on the bone throne and said calmly:

"Next, I will begin reporting on the situation in various regions. Afterward, I will arrange the Holy Church's summer deployment to launch precise strikes against all forces, letting them feel the pain of the world."

"Only by experiencing pain can one understand pain."

(End of this chapter)