Bitter Realm: My Feet Step Through the Flames of War

“Indeed. This matter is likely related to Luo Hou. Senior, I must travel to Tiandu.”

"Go, I will be waiting for you at Yundu Mountain."

Tian Qijue thanked Jian Buyi and Yue Cangfeng, and hurried to Tiandu.

At this moment, Huang Quan and the other two had finished clearing out the Burial Blade Society's forces and were reporting the course of the battle to Luo Hou.

When Tian Qijue arrived, Luo Hou told them to leave first.

"I am Tian Qijue, and I pay my respects to the Martial Lord."

What brings you here, sir?

"May I ask, Lord Wu, is Yan Wushang in Tiandu?"

"No."

Seeing that he claimed to be a Heavenly Nobleman, Rahu did not expose his identity, but sat quietly on the throne and listened to him explain his purpose.

"The Blood Puppet Master spearheaded a dark alliance, the most important member of which is the Ghost Desolate Hell Transformation, who possesses the Three Fiendish Demons. I and Yi Ye Shu have devised a plan to exterminate evil, the details of which are as follows..."

Tian Qijue recounted in detail how Yan Wushang and Zhi Xin had intervened.

"It is said that the first Ghost Desolate Hell Transformation came from the Demon Realm, and Yan Wushang may have taken her away for this reason."

"I see. I've heard that Yan Wushang and Wu Jun have a good personal relationship. I humbly request Wu Jun to mediate and persuade Yan Wushang to hand over the Ghost Desolate Hell Transformation."

Luo Hou naturally refused to grant this request.

He said calmly, "Tiandu is a neutral city, and I have no right to interfere. Besides, although the three evil spirits possess world-destroying power, I have not heard of how many people the Ghost Desolate Hell Transformation has killed."

"This... She joined forces with the Blood Puppet Master to first attack the Heavenly Buddha Homeland, and then ambushed Senior Yi Ye Shu. The Judge and Senior were spared because the three villains were not all present."

"Perhaps it was the Blood Puppet Master's instigation. We should kill the Blood Puppet Master first."

Tian Qijue sighed: "I understand. If Wu Jun cannot mediate, Senior Yi Ye Shu will probably personally go to the Hundred Demon Road to demand people."

This is advice, and it is also a threat.

In Yi Ye Shu's eyes, all evil and heretical sects must be eradicated. Moreover, they had personally experienced the terrifying power of the thirteen-word ghostly incantation. If the ghostly hand were to return, the Ghost Desolation Hell Transformation would be an uncontrollable disaster.

After Tian Qijue left, Luo Hou pondered alone.

He already found the actions of the Burial Blade Society against Tiandu suspicious, and now the Ghost Desolate Hell Transformation has dragged him into it as well. His relationship with Su Huanzhen and Yi Ye Shu may be broken because of the Demon Realm.

Next, the demon realm will use the power of the Ghost Eye to massacre the Buddhist land and take away the White Jade Twin Buddhas. At that time, the demon realm will face the condemnation of the entire righteous path of the Central Plains.

Over the years, Luo Hou has been walking a tightrope, painstakingly maintaining the neutrality of Tiandu and avoiding falling into the trap of destiny.

But now, it seems like there's an invisible hand pulling everything toward war.

As for the demon world...

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Chapter 192 A Chess Game Explores the Underworld: Entering Reincarnation is So Difficult

Even during the day, ghosts can be seen wandering around Life and Death Alley.

After more than a month of management, Zoushan Qiyi finally figured out the rules of Life and Death Alley, took stock of the number of ghosts, and arrested all those who were still there. Those who were to be thrown into the river were thrown into the river, and those who were to be reincarnated were reincarnated.

After the death of the Empress, although Ling'er and the affairs of the harem were managed by Lady Buxiao, she was used to being aloof and unwilling to take over the Empress's seal, so the affairs of the underworld remained in a state of disorder.

For some unknown reason, Duan Junheng remained in the Bitter Realm and did not return.

Qi Yi waited anxiously for many days, but Duan Junheng did not return. He then decided to investigate the Cycle of Reincarnation himself.

Just in case, she left a letter for Duan Junheng, then bound a ghost to the desk and began casting a spell: "Yang Jiu Yin Liu · Banner Delegation, Hah~"

A wisp of spiritual consciousness separated from his own soul and remained on the Yin ghost.

Immediately, Qi Yi drifted along with a group of souls to the Path of Reincarnation. At the end of the path, an entrance shimmering with a dark light appeared.

The souls that reached the entrance were captured by the light and automatically flew inside.

Several souls were pushed out by the light; these were ghosts judged to be guilty of heinous crimes and denied reincarnation.

Qi Yi didn't know if she was guilty of a heinous crime. She took a deep breath and walked to the entrance.

A sudden burst of light pulled her into the vortex.

When Qi opened his eyes again, he was in a completely new world. It was a gray space with a gray sky overhead. There was no sun or stars, and he didn't know whether it was day or night.

On both sides were equally gray, high mountains, devoid of trees and color.

The road between the mountains is neither too wide nor too narrow, and it winds endlessly along the mountain slopes.

A dozen or so ghostly figures were moving forward sparsely ahead.

Qi Yi quickly took a few steps, caught up with them, and followed them.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, two ghosts dressed as constables suddenly appeared by the roadside. They were extremely tall, with one red and one blue face, both tattooed with incomprehensible patterns.

"Stop and wait for someone."

"Wait until you're fifty before you leave."

An invisible force compelled Qi Yi and the ghosts to stop and wait by the roadside.

One of the ghosts was lively by nature and not afraid of the ghost messengers. He asked enthusiastically, "Master Ghost, are we going to the underworld?"

The red-faced ghost snorted, "The underworld? It's a long way off."

"That is?"

The blue-faced ghost kindly replied, "This is the Mountain of Karma. Ghosts from the intermediate state must pass through the Mountain of Karma first to cast aside all the karma of their lives here, otherwise they will not be able to cross the sea of ​​sin."

"And what is the Sea of ​​Sin?"

"After crossing the mountain of karma and the sea of ​​sin, one can shed one's sins and become as light as a feather, enter the dark realm of Nirvana, and then go to the Avici Hell."

Qi Yi secretly relayed the ghost messenger's words back to the Yin ghost in the Alley of Life and Death. If she couldn't go back, Duan Junheng could read the memories of the Yin ghost's spirit.

The ghost that asked the question must have been a chatterbox, as it continued to press, "What are the Mud Realm and the Avici Hell?"

The red-faced ghost guard grew impatient: "Why are you, a new ghost, asking so many questions!"

Although the ghost was talkative, it was timid. When the ghost guard shouted at it, it immediately started crying: "Waaah! My wife and I were walking peacefully on the road when suddenly a landslide buried us both."

A ghost nearby chimed in, "Why would the mountain suddenly collapse?"

"Two top masters were competing here. Each of them struck with a palm, and the mountain collapsed."

"You died such an unjust death."

"Brother Ghost Messenger, I'm looking for my wife. Do you know where I can find her?"

Seeing his pitiful state, the blue-faced ghost messenger pointed out, "If you want to find someone, you can only do so in the Mud Goddess Dark Realm. After passing the Karma Mountain and crossing the Sin Sea, you will reach the Mud Goddess Dark Realm, where ghosts are allowed to stay."

Qi Yi, filled with doubt, finally couldn't help but ask, "Brother Ghost Messenger, aren't we going to reincarnation? Why are we stopping halfway?"

The blue-faced ghost glanced at her but remained silent.

Instead, the red-faced ghost snorted from his nostrils: "There are as many kings in the human world as there are gods in the underworld. Each governs its own territory, and even if you worship all the territories, you may not be able to reincarnate."

"Shh~~ Third brother, you're talking nonsense again."

The red-faced ghost immediately shut up.

At this moment, fifty new ghosts had gathered. The two ghost messengers made everyone line up, and the two ghosts walked side by side, herding these ghosts on their way like sheep.

Qi Yi looked at the mountains on both sides of the road. The sky had no end, the mountains had no end, and so did the industry.

It takes countless years and countless encounters with both humans and ghosts to build this mountain so high.

In the gray, unchanging world, as you walk along, you lose track of time.

When a sea of ​​blood appeared before them, Qi Yi had walked for an unknown amount of time before the world finally regained its color.

The fifty ghosts, freed from their karma, mostly became listless. Even the talkative ghost who was searching for his wife was now dazed and silent.

The red-faced ghost had a bone whistle hanging on his chest. He picked it up, put it to his lips, and blew it a few times. With the sharp whistle, a wooden boat appeared in the sea of ​​blood.

The wooden boat was rowed to the shore, and the ghosts were taken aboard.

The boatman was a green-faced ghost messenger with the same tattoos.

The ghost messengers clearly knew each other. The blue-faced ghost messenger asked with a smile, "Fifth brother, I heard the boss is getting a promotion?"

The green-faced ghost replied arrogantly, "We brothers have served in the Karma Mountain and the Sea of ​​Sin for a thousand years. Not to mention our merits and hardships, the cultivation we have gained from this sinful karma alone is enough to put us on par with the four great lords in the Dark Realm of Niwa."

The red-faced ghost agreed with his point of view: "Fifth Brother is right. This time, the King of the Mud Realm invited Boss over, so he should at least be granted the title of a feudal lord."

As karma is stripped away, the spirits of the ghosts gradually lose their senses. Thus, the three ghost messengers discuss loudly, completely unaware that there is another conscious ghost on the ship.

Qi Yi was secretly alarmed upon hearing this. He hadn't expected the cycle of reincarnation to have so many twists and turns. No wonder Wu Jun said there was a problem with the reincarnation system.

Unfortunately, the three ghost messengers spent the rest of the time boasting about how brave their leader was, how incompetent the lords of the Mud God's Dark Realm were, and imagining how their brothers would enjoy their ghostly lives once they entered the Mud God's Dark Realm.

The wooden boat drifted on the endless sea of ​​blood.

As time passed, the wooden boat gradually sank, and the blood from the Sea of ​​Sin was less than a finger's width above the gunwale, threatening to capsize the boat at any moment.

The three ghost messengers seemed to ignore it and continued chatting animatedly.

Qi Yi looked down at the bloody water and saw that it was as thick as soup, with countless bones floating in it.

It is the yin bone.

The so-called Yin bone refers to the ghost that, after death, is transformed back into its former state by some kind of power, with flesh and blood, but the flesh and blood are all shaped by Yin power.

This sea of ​​blood holds a great secret.

The three ghost messengers finally revealed a sliver of useful information:

"Fifth Brother, are there many ghosts being sent here that have capsized?"

"One or two out of ten, your team's obsession is too weak, you're still a finger's breadth away from the sea."

"If we don't capsize, we brothers can eat and drink whatever we want. A few years ago, we sent three boats and one capsized. That's when we ate to our hearts' content."

"Hehehehehe, the boss calls it the Sea of ​​Sin to outsiders, but what the Sea of ​​Sin really cleanses is obsession. As long as you're human, how can you not have obsessions?"

"It's all because the Bitter Realm is too peaceful. Without war, there is no bloodshed. Let's start fighting already!"

The blue-faced ghost suddenly whispered, "It's not that the realm of suffering has become more peaceful, but rather that more of the dead have committed evil sins and have gone to the hellish realm of the intermediate state, so there are fewer ghosts in the cycle of reincarnation."