Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 512
Chapter 510 Daozu may not mean this
“I’m so famous?” Jiang Li didn’t think he’d done anything remarkable.
When King Yama first heard of Jiang Li, he didn’t connect him with the man Daozu had mentioned. Even when he used the Book of Life and Death to check his life, he was only half-believing. Even today, even today, whenever he used his spiritual sense to probe Jiang Li, he could sense his unfathomably powerful soul.
King Yama had only experienced similar feelings with Daozu and Hou Tuhuang, but neither was as profound as the one Jiang Li gave him.
King Yama studied Jiang Li, and Jiang Li studied King Yama. This was his first time seeing a Golden Immortal, even if it was just a soul.
It felt similar to a Celestial Immortal—neither was particularly powerful.
“Judge me,” Jiang Li awaited the judgment. He also wanted to know his good deeds.
King Yama’s eyes were pure black, so he rolled them. “You… you’re not dead. I can’t judge you.”
King Yama instinctively rolled his eyes, wanting to say, “What’s the point of judging? You’re not dead. “
But just as he opened his mouth, the judge glared wildly.
King Yama then remembered that the man before him wasn’t his colleague, but a figure even more terrifying than Daozu.
“Just in case you’re unfamiliar with the procedures after death, give it a try,” Jiang Li said with a grin.
King Yama wanted to say, “If you want to die, then I’ll grant your wish. I can cross out your lifespan.”
But then he realized that such words shouldn’t be spoken carelessly.
Seeing King Yama’s expression, the judge had no idea what his superior was trying to say. He felt that his boss would sooner or later face disaster because of his words.
He had heard that King Yama was a powerful figure in the immortal world when he was alive, but because he said something he shouldn’t have, he offended the Immortal Emperor and ended up having his body shattered on the Execution Grounds of the Immortals.
“Your good karma is great, enough to allow you to be a celestial being for a hundred lifetimes, enjoying prosperity and wealth
forever. If you are willing to stay in the underworld, you will become Yama of the eleventh hall, the head of Yama, and under Hou Tu Huangzhi. It is also possible that Hou Tu Huangzhi will give up the throne and let you become the new master of the underworld.” “If I reincarnate into the celestial being, what will be the best outcome?”
“An immortal fetus is born, born to be an immortal, the darling of heaven and earth, you can reincarnate into this immortal fetus.”
“Can I reincarnate into the fairyland?”
“Yes. Generally speaking, celestial beings are reincarnated into the fairyland, because there are many opportunities in the fairyland, and it is possible to come into contact with the highest level of immortals and exercises, which is conducive to cultivation. However, there has been no new life born in the fairyland for nine thousand years. Even if you choose to reincarnate into the fairyland, it is a distant result.”
King Yama could not help asking, “Do you have any plans to stay in the underworld?”
The underworld is short of people now, and Hou Tu Huangzhi is not in charge of things. It would be best to have one more person in charge to share the affairs.
Jiang Li answered neatly, “No.”
He knew from the exhaustion King Yama was feeling that staying in the underworld wasn’t a good job.
“If you can’t think of your next life, you can follow the process. That’s the direction of reincarnation for the gods.” King Yama saw Jiang Li’s dilemma and, if he didn’t know better, he’d think he was seriously thinking about reincarnation. “Why are
you reincarnating? With your lifespan, it’s not your turn to reincarnate. “
The Ox-Headed and Horse-Face were leading Jiang Li, but were overtaken by the sudden appearance of a female ghost messenger.
“Please go this way. This is the place for reincarnation for the gods.”
The female ghost messenger walked ahead, explaining the situation in the underworld to Jiang Li.
“The entire underworld can be roughly divided into six parts. King Yama judges and determines good deeds. Then there are the three reincarnation areas: the heavenly way, the human way, and the animal way. Originally, there was no need to divide these three areas specially, but the fairy world made trouble and wanted to destroy the heavens and all worlds. More and more souls flocked to the underworld. In order to facilitate management, these three areas had to be divided.” “
Then there is the Avici Hell. Some creatures have committed heinous crimes. They need to suffer in hell and eliminate their karma before they can be reincarnated as animals.”
“If the karma is difficult to eliminate, you can only continue to reincarnate as an animal in the next life.”
“Finally, there is the reincarnation area. The Santuo River and Wangxiangtai in folk legends are there.”
“Have any immortals from the fairy world been reincarnated recently?” Jiang Li thought of the envoy from Honghu who had just died.
The female ghost shook her head: “No immortals have come to the underworld. At the beginning, the Heavenly Dao produced intelligence and the immortal world was in chaos. Except for the powerful Daozu who sent his soul to the underworld, the souls of immortals and mortals in the immortal world did not come to the underworld
. Daozu said that it was the Heavenly Dao that took action and dispersed everyone’s souls.” “Perhaps the immortal world wanted to prevent the underworld from becoming powerful. After that, all the souls of immortals will automatically dissipate after death, and there will be no reincarnation.”
“We were wondering why the immortal world wanted to prevent us from becoming powerful, and the underworld never interfered in the affairs of the mortal world. Later we understood that the underworld had no intention of opposing the immortal world, but the immortal world wanted to occupy the underworld and prevent reincarnation.”
“The Daozu is in the underworld?” Jiang Li had always wanted to meet the oldest Hunyuan Wuliang Immortal.
“He’s gone. Daozu was the first reincarnated Hunyuan Wuliangxian. Anyone who reincarnates must have his soul cleansed to become a brand new soul. But Daozu was too powerful. We in the underworld used the Six Paths of Reincarnation Stele to try to wear away the soul that represented the part of Daozu, but unfortunately we still failed. In the end, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Stele cracked, and we still couldn’t turn Daozu into a brand new soul.”
“We have no choice but to send Daozu’s soul to reincarnate like this.”
Jiang Li was moved. This description was too much like someone he had met.
“Where did the Taoist reincarnate? Who did he become?”
The female ghost thought for a moment, as if recalling what the Taoist had said: “The Taoist wanted to reincarnate into the Heavenly Way, but there was no place for him in the Immortal Realm. The Taoist said that reincarnating into Jiuzhou would be equivalent to the Heavenly Way. He said that he would reincarnate into the person with the best talent for cultivation.”
“We looked at all the newborn babies in Jiuzhou and indeed found one with a talent for cultivation that was rare in ancient times, especially for cultivating Buddhism. We asked the Taoist whether it was more important to cultivate Buddhism or Taoism. He said that the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree after listening to his lectures. Buddha is a part of Taoism, so how can there be a difference between cultivating Buddhism and
Taoism? We suddenly realized and let the Taoist reincarnate into that baby. The baby’s name is Wen Da.” “We also cared about the baby’s future. We heard that the baby entered Buddhism and was named Wuzhi. I think the Taoist was quite satisfied with this identity.”
“…”
Jiang Li suspected that the Taoist just wanted to show off how senior he was at the time and had no intention of reincarnating into a son of Buddha.
“This is the Heavenly Way.”
In the Tianren Dao reincarnation area, Jiang Li encountered many nervous souls, hostile to each other.
They were also wary of Jiang Li.
Jiang Li was puzzled. Those qualified to reincarnate into the Tianren Dao should be very kind, but why did they look so hostile?
The female ghost sneered, “A bunch of pitiful souls who are still waiting for the fairy world to return to normal and reincarnate into the fairy world. When they see you, they think they have another competitor.”
(End of this chapter)
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