Primordial Era: The Witch Clan's Dog-Headed Strategist

The job fair has come to an end, but the underworld remains bustling with activity.

The newly appointed priests each took on their respective duties and began to perform their priestly duties in their respective positions.

The Ten Kings of Hell preside over the trial hall, while the Four Judges are in charge of the four departments.

The seventy-five officials were buried in a vast sea of ​​documents and archives.

The ten Yin generals led their ghost messengers to travel between the primordial world and the underworld, while the guards of the six ghost gates led their ghost soldiers on duty day and night.

The entrances to the eighteen levels of hell are lined up one after another in the depths of the sea of ​​blood.

The lords of hell have begun to take charge of punishments in their respective jurisdictions, and the first batch of souls who died unjustly in the City of the Dead have moved into independent courtyards within the city.

The entire underworld is like a sophisticated machine, gradually becoming smoother through the process of breaking in.

At the gates of hell, the Black and White Impermanence had just brought back a group of souls whose lifespans had run out from the primordial world.

Ox-Head and Horse-Face escort the sinful souls condemned to hell towards the depths of the sea of ​​blood. Souls come and go on the Bridge of Helplessness, and the large cauldron in Meng Po's Pavilion simmers day and night with the soup of forgetfulness.

The six-wheeled wheel of light of the Six Paths of Reincarnation slowly rotates in the center of the underworld. With each rotation, countless souls are sent to their rightful places of rebirth.

The six realms of reincarnation—the realm of gods, the realm of humans, the realm of asuras, the realm of animals, the realm of hungry ghosts, and the realm of hell—each have their own responsibilities and operate in an orderly manner.

With the improvement of the underworld's divine system, the rotation speed of the Six Paths of Reincarnation is several times faster than before.

The long line of souls waiting for judgment outside the gates of hell is visibly shortening.

Before the divine offices of the underworld were completed, all the work of judgment rested on Houtu alone.

She is the ruler of reincarnation, wielding the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen. She personally reviews every judgment and decides the fate of every departed soul.

But her energy was ultimately limited, while the number of dead souls was endless.

The souls of the dead lingering in various parts of the underworld are like silted-up riverbeds, accumulating more and more, even though the Wheel of Reincarnation keeps turning.

However, it has never been able to unleash its full potential.

Today, the Ten Kings of Hell each preside over one of the Ten Courts, with the Four Judges assisting in the judgment.

The Seventy-Five Departments of Registrar manage documents and archives, the Ten Underworld Marshals are responsible for capturing souls and pursuing fugitives, and the Six Gates of Hell orderly guide the souls of the dead.

The entire trial process, from the initial trial to the final trial, from conviction to execution, is conducted in accordance with the law.

Each step was overseen by a dedicated priest, and every deceased soul had a verifiable file. The efficiency of the trial was increased by more than tenfold.

As the accumulated souls of the dead were rapidly digested, the six wheels of light on the Six Paths of Reincarnation disc rotated faster and faster.

The light of the Heavenly Way becomes ever clearer and more ethereal, while the light of the Human Way becomes ever more gentle and peaceful.

The light of the Asura realm grew increasingly intense with fighting spirit, while the lights of the animal realm, hungry ghost realm, and hell realm also rotated in an orderly manner according to the laws governing their operation.

Each rotation of the light wheel sends countless souls to their respective places of rebirth, and the rebirth of each soul affects the laws governing the primordial world.

The alternation of life and death, and the cycle of yin and yang, are among the most fundamental laws of the primordial order. The smoother the cycle of reincarnation, the more complete the cycle of laws in the universe.

The rotation speed of the Six Paths Wheel reached an unprecedented critical point, and at this moment, the six wheels of light simultaneously lit up with brilliant light of law, causing the entire underworld to tremble violently.

The tremor did not come from an external force, but from the tunnel itself.

Under the efficient operation of the law of reincarnation, the underground passage is spontaneously perfecting itself.

When the underworld was opened up and reincarnation was established, the underground passage had already been formally created.

But it is ultimately just a newly formed dimension of laws, like a newborn baby, with a skeleton but not yet flesh and blood.

At this moment, with the improvement of the underworld's divine system, the significant increase in the efficiency of judgment, and the orderly operation of the law of reincarnation, the new dimension of the underworld is undergoing its first substantial growth.

Deep within the sea of ​​blood, in the underworld beneath the abyss vortex, the light of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Wheel grows ever brighter.

The laws of the underworld converged from all directions like a tide, forming a dark golden pillar of light that pierced through the entire underworld around the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The pillar of light contained the most primordial power of the earth, and it was the first time since the birth of the Law of Reincarnation that merits were actively released outward.

In the past, it was always the Great Dao and the Heavenly Dao that bestowed merits, while the Earthly Dao never took the initiative to repay any deity with merits.

Because it is a newly emerging dimension supported by the law of reincarnation, its accumulated merits are not yet deep enough.

But at this moment, with the orderly operation of the laws of reincarnation, the underground passage began to nourish the gods who had contributed to its growth.

Countless dark golden petals fluttered down from the sky.

It was a unique flower of merit found only in the earth, completely different from the purple-gold heavenly flower that descended from the heavens.

The Flower of Heavenly Merit is purple-gold in color, bright and dazzling, containing the power of the rules of Heaven.

The Flower of Earthly Merit is dark gold in color, deep and restrained, containing the power of reincarnation from the netherworld.

Although the two kinds of light of merit are different in color, they are equally vast and solemn, and both contain the recognition of merit by the laws of heaven and earth.

Each dark golden petal contains the pure essence of the laws of reincarnation. They fall between the eyebrows of each underworld official and merge into their divine laws.

The divine law between the brows of the Ten Kings of Hell lit up simultaneously, and they were surprised to find that their primordial spirits had gained an unprecedented sensation.

That was the law of reincarnation recognizing them, and the earthly path rewarding them for their just judgment of the dead.

As the core of the underworld's trial system, they conducted the first formal trial of the dead, clearing up most of the long-standing backlog of cases. In the eyes of the underworld, this achievement was enough to be recorded in the operation of the laws of the netherworld.

The four judges also received the blessing of earthly merits, and the four departments of rewarding good deeds, the underworld law, punishing evil, and investigation each received something.

They assist Yama in judging the dead, ensuring that the judgment of every soul is fair and impartial; this achievement is equally indispensable in the eyes of the underworld.

The seventy-five officials were pleasantly surprised to find that their vast archives and documents had become well-organized under the blessing of their merits.

Information that used to require a long search can now appear before your eyes with just a thought.

After the Ten Underworld Generals obtained the merit of the Earthly Realm, their cultivation improved to varying degrees, and the Ghost King's cultivation showed a faint trend of breaking through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

With the blessing of virtuous deeds, the Soul-Hooking Rope and Soul-Locking Chain of the Black and White Impermanence have been slightly upgraded, making them more effective at capturing souls.

The eighteen lords of hell are among the greatest beneficiaries of the merits of the earthly path.

Although they were created by the River Styx, under the recognition of the laws of the underworld, they have established an inseparable connection with the underworld.

Dark golden light of merit fell upon them, merging into the divine law between their brows; they were the guardians of hell.

With the approval of the true source, it possessed truly independent authority, no longer merely a created being, but the true lord of hell.

As the ruler of the eighteen levels of hell and the lord of the City of the Unjustly Dead, Styx received the most abundant merit from the underground channels.

The crimson lotus of karmic fire beneath his feet, blessed by the merits of the earth, shone with an unprecedentedly brilliant red light, and the Netherworld Marshal Law Deity and the Blood Sea God Law Deity between his brows lit up simultaneously.

His cultivation level was showing signs of advancing towards the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and this merit allowed him to take another solid step on the path to enlightenment.

The benevolent corpse of the Eastern King Duke became the Central Ghost Emperor, and the benevolent corpse of the Western Queen Mother became Meng Po; both of them received the blessing of earthly merits.

Although it is a good corpse, the merits of the earthly path do not distinguish between the main body and the avatar, but only recognize the merits and responsibilities.

The central Ghost Emperor Law deity between the eyebrows of the benevolent corpse of the Eastern King Duke flickered slightly, and this merit was simultaneously fed back to his true self, who was far away in the Pure Yang Immortal Court.

The benevolent form of the Queen Mother of the West stood in the Meng Po Pavilion, feeling the gentle yet vast power of merit flowing into her primordial spirit, which even caused her true form, far away in Xikunlun, to tremble slightly.

Not only the underworld officials, but also the powerful beings who came to the underworld as examiners and have not yet left, all sensed the arrival of the earthly merit at this moment.

The first to sense it was Houtu, who was standing closest to Panxuan.

The marks of the Lord of Reincarnation and the Ancestral Witch of Earth on her brow lit up simultaneously, and dark golden light of merit surged into her primordial spirit like a tide.

As a practitioner of the law of reincarnation and the presiding over the six realms of reincarnation, the feedback from this merit is the most direct.

It was precisely because her understanding of the law of reincarnation reached perfection that she was able to open up the underworld and establish the six realms of reincarnation so naturally.

The eleven ancestral witches, including Dijiang, Zhujiuyin, Zhurong, Gonggong, Xuanming, Jumang, Rushou, Qiangliang, Xizi, Shebishi, and Tianwu, also received the blessing of the earthly merits.

When they opened up the underworld, they used the true form of Pangu to split open the underworld world. In the eyes of the underworld, this achievement was a foundational one.

The divine deities of the Three Pure Ones, including the Heavenly Venerable of the Mind and Spirit, simultaneously lit up.

Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu used the illusory image of Pangu's primordial spirit to assist in opening up the underworld.

The achievements of stabilizing the spatial framework of the underworld with the Three Pure Ones and Three Talents Formation and establishing the principle of fairness in the underworld's judgment with funeral rites are all remembered by the underworld.

The Primordial Water God Law deity between the ancestral dragon's brows trembled violently, and the dark golden light of merit pierced through the waiting area before the Gate of Hell, reaching deep into the primordial spirit of this ancestor of all dragons.

Although the dragon race does not directly participate in the judgment of the underworld, the water gods of the dragon race have made invaluable contributions by guiding and escorting the souls of the dead throughout the prehistoric world.

The Heavenly God's Law deity between Yuan Feng's eyebrows lit up simultaneously. Although the Phoenix Clan are the Heavenly Gods, the Daoist will never forget their merits in illuminating the path to the afterlife for the deceased souls at the Father God's funeral and in purifying the blood sea of ​​evil with the fire of Nirvana when the Underworld was opened.

A hint of surprise flashed in the ancient eyes of the First Qilin, which quickly turned into relief.

As the mountain god's inspectors, the Qilin clan guarded the ancient mountains and forests, preserving countless resting places for the departed souls, and he also received this merit.

Jieyin and Zhunti clasped their hands together, using the power of vows to soothe the departed souls and the path of compassion to deliver the vengeful spirits. Under the harmonization of the merits of the earthly path, the power of vows and the law of reincarnation began to produce a subtle fusion.

Fuxi and Nuwa stood side by side outside the Hall of Judgment, the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Secrets Divine Law between Fuxi's brows flickering slightly.

He used the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Chaos to deduce the best matching scheme for the divine positions in the underworld, and this contribution is also worthy of praise in the eyes of the underworld.

Although Nuwa, as the Goddess of Creation, has only been a member of the divine path for a short time, she used the Way of Creation to help stabilize the laws of reincarnation when she opened up the Underworld. The Underworld will not forget this achievement.

Zhen Yuanzi stood with Hongyun. The ancestral law of the Earth Immortals between Zhen Yuanzi's eyebrows flickered slightly. He used the Earth Book to stabilize the connection between the ley lines of the underworld and the primordial land.

The divine deity of the God of Fortune and Virtue between Hongyun's brows lit up simultaneously, and he used the energy of fortune and virtue to bless and protect the rogue cultivators who came to apply.

The dual deities of the Laws, the God of Funerals and the Heavenly Venerable of Soul Soothing, simultaneously lit up between the eyebrows of the Burning Lamp.

As the earliest guardian of the underworld, he protected the peace of the entire underworld with a glass lamp throughout the recruitment fair, and his merits and blessings were the most enduring and lasting.

In an instant, the entire underworld was enveloped in dark golden flowers of merit.

Every righteous god in the divine system, whether or not they directly participate in the daily operation of the underworld, felt the recognition of the underworld at this moment.

Mountain gods and water gods govern heaven and earth, while the underworld and reincarnation govern the netherworld. These seemingly independent responsibilities, under the unification of the laws of the earth, form a complete closed loop of the order of heaven and earth.