Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Past events drift away with the waves, a single thought can lead to countless lifetimes.

One day, I suddenly realized that all worldly ties were severed, and that all of life was but a dream.

The Samsara Palace is a colossal entity whose influence spans the vast ocean of realms and whose tentacles reach countless worlds, yet it operates with extreme secrecy.

No one knows when the Samsara Palace was first created, nor who originally built it.

Similarly, no one knows exactly how many powerful individuals are in the Samsara Palace, or why they have gathered together to form such a massive force.

Most powerful beings in the myriad realms and seas know of this organization, which travels throughout the myriad realms and seas, either guiding precious souls or directing the evolution of the world.

Only the core members of the Samsara Palace know that the Samsara Palace is actually composed of twelve forces, which they internally refer to as the Twelve Palaces of Samsara.

The twelve courts are independent of each other, each with its own duties and distinct personality traits.

For a very long time, the Samsara Palace was one of the most powerful forces in the myriad realms and seas.

Until 15 million years ago, for some unknown reason, several supreme and unspeakable beings fought each other.

No one knows what the Nine Supreme Beings are, nor does anyone know why they are in conflict.

Even the Golden Immortal powerhouses in the Boundary Sea have no way of knowing anything about the Nine Supreme Beings.

All they knew was that the nine supreme beings suddenly clashed, and the aftershocks of the struggle alone caused the annihilation of hundreds of millions of worlds.

The battle between the great beings did not last long, but the effects they caused lasted for more than ten million years, plunging the entire universe into unprecedented chaos.

During the turmoil that lasted for more than ten million years across the realms, the Twelve Palaces of Reincarnation suffered heavy losses, their vast power disintegrated, and they were once on the verge of extinction.

The twelve palace masters disappeared, leaving only an order for the remaining members of the Samsara Palace to preserve their strength.

Beset by internal and external troubles, the Samsara Palace had no choice but to shrink its influence in the Boundary Sea and abandon the vast majority of worlds.

It was from that time that the Samsara Palace disappeared without a trace, gradually fading into obscurity in the Boundary Sea, with only a very few salespersons still traversing the Boundary Sea.

The once renowned Samsara Palace is no longer known to the world, and even most of the powerful beings in the Boundary Sea are unaware of their existence.

……

During their conversation in the same dream, Qinghe gained a preliminary understanding of the Samsara Palace.

Long ago, the twelve palaces of reincarnation each had their own duties and were an important part of the reincarnation system.

The First Hall is responsible for guiding the souls of the dead, helping them to discern their origins and enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Life and death have their order, and the soul has its own path to return to.

In the second hall, the members of the hall hold a lamp of the heart, illuminating the past.

It can reveal the events of the deceased's past life, helping them to understand their past.

The Three Courts determine karma, and can assess cause and effect based on the rules set up in the Samsara Court, thus making a judgment on the soul.

The Four Halls of Punishment, under the guise of punishing evil, carry out acts of killing and violence, and are the most bloodthirsty organization within the Hall of Reincarnation.

Right and wrong, good and evil, are all determined by a single word. He is highly controversial in the Hall of Reincarnation and is the least popular of the twelve halls.

The Five Palaces Cleanse the Soul, purifying the remnants of the soul, washing away worldly impurities and turbid thoughts, reshaping the soul, restoring its clarity, and improving its qualities.

The Six Palaces of Severing Dust can help the reincarnated soul sever its attachments to the mortal world, end worldly love and hate, and sever the karmic ties of the past.

The Seven Palaces of Oblivion guard the River of Oblivion. Drinking the soup can erase the memories of the departed souls, allowing them to enter the cycle of reincarnation in a completely new form.

One sip from the River of Oblivion, and all worldly affairs vanish.

The Eighth Hall of Peaceful Souls excels at soothing lingering souls, stabilizing the spirit, and guiding all things.

The nine courts are divided into six realms: heaven, human, asura, animal, hungry ghost, and hell. Each realm has its own path and its own duties.

The Ten Palaces are skilled at forging new souls, with members adept at condensing new souls and helping them replenish their spiritual essence so that they can better adapt to their next physical body.

The eleventh hall guides souls to the afterlife, overseeing the gates to rebirth and escorting reincarnated souls into the mortal world.

The twelve palaces of hell revolve, the cycle of life and death continues, and all things never cease to exist. They have no specific duties, yet they can participate in anything.

……

In Qinghe's room, two women, one older and one younger, sat on the bed, drinking milk tea they had brought from Tiangong Star and chatting about the Samsara Palace.

"This is my understanding of the past of the Samsara Palace."

"But if you ask me, the Twelve Palaces of Reincarnation, and the former glory of the Palace of Reincarnation, are all just legends."

"I heard all this from my old man. It's impossible to verify whether it's true or false. Maybe it's true, maybe it's false, or maybe my old man just told it to me on purpose..."

"Unlike your husband, Qinghe, the Golden Immortals in the Samsara Palace are all crazy, and you can only believe about 30% of what they say."

"Even with their own daughters, these Golden Immortals have no real affection for them; they mostly just use the relationship."

"Take my father, Shi Ying, or the old man I'm talking about, the Lord of the Wheel of Reincarnation in the Samsara Palace, and the Dao Lord of the Wheel of Time in the Boundary Sea. He is a prime example among Golden Immortals."

"Golden immortals have long lost their emotions and cannot reproduce with mortals. Logically speaking, it is impossible for me to be born."

"But my old man, the all-powerful Daoist Shiying, forcibly conceived me and brought me into the Boundary Sea."

"It's not because he wants to experience what it's like to be a father, but because his cultivation has reached a critical point, and he can no longer make any further progress on his own."

"In order to go further, he found the world where my mother lived, and had my mother give birth to me at the cost of her own life."

When she spoke of her mother, Shi Meng's voice trembled for a moment, but she regained her composure in the next second.

Qinghe noticed this slight tremor.

Qinghe, who was drinking milk tea, suddenly slurped up the pudding in her cup, using the noise to mask the subtle change in her emotions.

Knowing when to be foolish and when to be clever is a principle that Qinghe has always adhered to.

The fact that Qinghe has been able to stay by Mu An's side until now without being disliked by him, and that Mu An has become accustomed to her presence, is enough to prove Qinghe's ability to maintain appropriate boundaries.

"Perhaps I inherited the old man's cold-hearted nature, I didn't feel much about my mother's death. I just naturally grew up by the old man's side and followed him in cultivation."

"Apart from the old man, I don't have contact with anyone. Every day, all I do is cultivate."

"Just like my name, I cultivate a technique called the Great Dream of Three Thousand, which uses dreams to enter the Dao and cultivates within dreams."

"It takes thirty years to become an immortal, fifty years to become a spiritual immortal, one hundred years to become a true immortal, and five hundred years to become a half-step golden immortal. My cultivation went smoothly and I quickly reached the limit I could reach."

"It was at this time that the old man, whom I hadn't seen much since I became a True Immortal, suddenly appeared and told me that he was going to cripple my cultivation and make me join the Samsara Palace as a salesman."

The calm voice contained not a trace of resentment, yet it sent chills down Qinghe's spine.

"Isn't it funny? In five hundred years, I haven't seen anyone except that old man. I've been cultivating every single moment, all to please him, because that's the task he assigned to me."