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Chapter 655 Jin's Approval! Every path has its own meaning.
If you could only read one urban novel in your entire life, it would probably be "Swallowing the Stars: The Soul Dominator".
"Minghuang, you are too kind, and too narrow-minded."
Jin looked at Minghuang with some dissatisfaction.
Each of the seven lords is incredibly powerful, and they have a good relationship with each other, but each lord has a different style of doing things, such as Jin's tyranny and slaughter, or Minghuang's absolute benevolence.
The cultivators' territory is too vast, so each of the seven lords has their own territory to guard in order to make it easier to defend.
Similar rules apply to the territory of the Dark Phoenix.
In the Mingyu World Group, there is no soil for sin to survive in her absolute territory. The Mingyu Holy Land gathers cultivators from the entire world group.
Besides strength, the most crucial factors for entering are merit!
If one is burdened with sins, not only will they be unable to enter, but they will also be killed on the spot.
In the Unending World Group, if one were to devour billions of souls in order to break free from the shackles, once discovered, a top-tier expert would be dispatched to punish them, leaving no escape.
"Hmph, a path rife with heinous sins and the destruction of countless lives should never have existed!"
Minghuang snorted coldly.
"Every path has its own meaning!" Jin looked at Minghuang. "Celestial cultivators have their own reason for existence."
He looked down at Qin Ming, and there was even a hint of admiration in his eyes.
He had also read Qin Ming's "The Black Laws of Fengdu". After some research and some actual trials in the underworld, he discovered something rather amusing.
That is, if the Destroyer Demons were placed on the Origin Continent.
According to the "Dark Laws of Fengdu," destroying demons and all living beings can bring merit!
Merit!
Merit in the underworld is not determined by personal likes or dislikes.
Instead, it's from the perspective of the source world!
If wolves eat sheep, does that mean wolves are evil?
Sheep eat grass, does that mean sheep are good?
This is the instinct of life.
The same principle applies to billions of lives; to label the killing for survival as sin is far too superficial.
The same applies to the Beast Realm and the Destruction Demon Clan.
They are an integral part of the Source World's operation, a strategy employed by the Source World to protect itself.
When the primordial universe develops to a certain extent, or when the source world enters its final stage, life forms such as world beasts and destruction demons will emerge under the supreme rules.
This is cruel for billions of lives.
But it is also a link in the cycle of heaven and earth.
Without the cleansing by the Beasts of the Realm, the Cosmic Sea would have long been occupied by Eternal True Gods, Chaos Rulers, and even God Kings, and the Primordial Cosmic Will would have been possessed.
There was never any hope for the future.
The situation on the continent of origin is even more unique.
All life forms are born immortal and revered, and upon reaching adulthood, they become true gods with infinite lifespans; they do not die naturally.
As time goes by, the number of life forms on the Origin Continent will only increase!
Until one day, the source world could no longer sustain it and collapsed completely.
That would be an absolute disaster.
This is true for both the origin world and for billions of lives.
Thus, the Demon Race was destroyed.
The Destruction Demons were born at the end of the Origin World. Under the influence of the supreme rules, they were born to destroy, to destroy all life.
Unless one breaks through to the ultimate realm of God King, one cannot escape this influence.
So, is destroying the demon race evil?
From the perspective of billions of lives, this is naturally the case.
But what about from the perspective of the source world?
Heaven is ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs.
Many people often misunderstand this statement, interpreting "unrighteous" as "cruel".
But this is a misunderstanding.
The true meaning of this statement is that Heaven and Earth have no subjective will or personal feelings. They treat all things like straw dogs, letting them grow, flourish, decline, and perish naturally, without interfering or showing favoritism.
The Way of Heaven can also be understood as the will of the origin world or the supreme rule.
The greatest fairness is when the world's will is selfless.
The same applies to the underworld.
If Qin Ming, as a human being, were to convert the merits of the underworld into merits of humanity, that would be the most terrifying thing.
"I'm actually quite interested in this little guy."
A hint of a smile played in Jin's eyes.
Merit? Sin?
He didn't care about that.
Although the underworld has concepts of merit and sin that instill fear in all evildoers and murderers, the underworld itself does not hunt directly, but rather settles accounts after death.
In his opinion, there was nothing wrong with it.
Taking the path of catastrophe means being at odds with all life, so what is this little bit of rejection?
The weak, if they die, they die.
His death proves that his path was wrong!
"His underworld is very interesting; it's an excellent way to spread faith. I understand why the elder brother said that this person is somewhat similar to me."
Moman also spoke up.
"With the laws of Fengdu, the Black Laws can provide fairness and protection to hundreds of millions of lives. After this trial, countless lives will likely lose their faith!"
"For him, it is only a matter of time before he becomes the master of the source world through the path of faith."
……
In the light screen, Di Yuan was escorted by two jailers, slowly descending from the Mirror of Retribution. Shock and resentment still lingered on his face, but the mirror had already revealed all his secrets to the world.
"The sinner, Di Yuan, is to be escorted to the First Hall—the Hall of King Qin Guang!"
A deep voice resounded throughout the entire Origin Continent.
The scene shifts, and Di Yuan appears in a magnificent palace. Seated in the center of the palace is a majestic figure—King Qin Guang.
"Your sins in this life have been laid bare before the Mirror of Retribution, the evidence irrefutable. Do you plead guilty?"
Di Yuan's soul trembled. The mirror reflected not only the scene of him commanding the Iron Demon Lord to slaughter all living beings, but also the endless lives he had personally devoured each time he went mad in order to refine the Hunyuan bloodline throughout his long years.
Those faces, those cries of agony, seemed to transcend time and space, echoing within the hall.
"I...I am the Emperor! I have expanded the territory of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom. My killing is for the sake of becoming stronger, for the sake of climbing the Great Dao!"
The continent of Origin is inherently a place where the strong prey on the weak!
Di Yuan barely managed to gather his strength and let out a final roar.
King Qin Guang remained unmoved, and a gigantic phantom of a book appeared beside him—the Book of Life and Death.
The Book of Life and Death moved automatically without wind, rapidly turning its pages until it finally settled on the page belonging to Di Yuan.
Countless tiny, ant-like words emerged, meticulously listing his merits and demerits from birth to death.
Immediately afterwards, a huge, ancient scale of good and evil descended from the void, and all of Di Yuan's "good thoughts" and "evil deeds" in his life turned into specks of light, falling to either end.
The end representing good intentions is as light as a feather, almost weightless.
The other side, representing evil deeds, was as heavy as a mountain, instantly pressing the scale to the bottom.
The evidence is irrefutable and leaves no room for argument.
King Qin Guang nodded slightly and delivered the final verdict:
"The sinner Di Yuan, as an emperor, is worshipped by all living beings, yet he does not think of his responsibility to protect them. Instead, he treats the common people like straw dogs and slaughters countless lives for his own selfish desires. His crimes are heinous and cannot be recorded."
"According to the 'Black Laws of Fengdu,' those who commit grave sins should not be lightly pardoned."
"Take him to the Second Hall and into the Living Hell to suffer the torture of the Copper Pillar Hell."
"They would embrace the red-hot copper pillar, enduring the scorching heat of torture, their flesh and blood charred and reduced to ashes. Then, a gust of cold wind would blow, and they would instantly revive, repeating the cycle endlessly, to atone for the suffering of countless lives instantly annihilated!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two tall underworld jailers appeared from the side of the hall. They had blue faces and fangs and were holding iron forks. Without saying a word, they picked up Di Yuan's soul and dragged him out.
Di Yuan tried to struggle, but was suppressed by the rules of the underworld, becoming like a mortal.
The scene then shifts to the second hall, the Hall of King Chujiang, following Emperor Yuan.
However, the trial was not over.
The second trial began, and because of his incitement of people's hearts and manipulation of puppets to create endless slaughter, he was sentenced to the punishment of the Black Rope Hell, where he would be bound with hot black iron ropes and his bones would be branded.
The Third Hall, the Fourth Hall...
Each punishment in the court corresponds to the sins he committed at different times and under different identities.
Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Di Yuan knelt on the ground.
"Di Yuan, the review is complete."
In the end, the Ninth Palace Master's voice tolled like an ancient bell.
"According to the 'Black Laws of Fengdu,' those who commit heinous crimes are measured in 'reincarnations in the source world.' Your sins should condemn you to the eighteen hells, where you will suffer the torment of ninety-seven reincarnations in the source world."
As soon as he finished speaking, Di Yuan was led by the jailers into the Eighteen Hells.
This is a grand hall, inside which stands a massive bronze pillar that reaches straight to the ceiling, glowing transparent from the heat, and wreathed in flames. Even through the light barrier, one can almost feel the excruciating pain that could scorch one's soul.
Di Yuan was thrown by the jailer towards the bronze pillar. The moment his soul touched it, it made a loud hissing sound and smoke billowed out. He let out a shrill scream that was not human. His soul instantly melted and charred like a wax figure, and then disintegrated into countless specks of light.
However, in the blink of an eye, the points of light regrouped and formed Di Yuan's soul once more. His face still bore the traces of the extreme pain he had just endured, yet he was drawn back by the gravitational pull of the bronze pillar and lunged at it once more...
It goes on and on, without end.
The entire continent of origin was deathly silent.
Countless beings watched as the once high and mighty emperor, who could destroy stars with a wave of his hand, now resembled the most humble moths, repeatedly flying into the flames on the bronze pillar, screaming in agony, melting, and being reborn.
Those powerful figures who had once relied on him and enjoyed killing now felt a chill rising from the depths of their souls, their entire bodies turning icy cold.
The scene shifts to various punishments in the eighteen hells.
The Eighteen Hells are not eighteen kinds of tortures; each hell contains smaller hells with all sorts of extremely cruel punishments.
In the hell of volcanoes, countless tormented beings are driven to the scorching volcanoes, repeatedly burned in the churning lava, enduring the most extreme pain time and time again until their souls are annihilated. But death is never the end in the underworld.
After death, the soul is reassembled and continues to be punished.
Or perhaps the hell of boiling oil, where sinners who once enjoyed devouring lives are thrown into it and repeatedly fried, directly repaying the pain of being cooked and devoured.
That terrifying scene plunged the entire Origin Continent into a deathly silence.
"Ninety-seven source worlds in reincarnation."
The Thunder Ancestor's expression was gloomy. Others might not understand what this meant, but he knew it better than anyone, even though he himself had never lived for such a long time.
A source world cycle is a complete cycle from the birth to the destruction of a source world.
That was an incredibly long time.
That is a timescale that even the King of Gods would have to look up to.
Even he found the various punishments in the eighteen hells heavy to bear, and the torment of enduring ninety-seven cycles of reincarnation in the source world was far too cruel.
"The next sinner, Di tide."
Di tide, one of the thirteen royal emperors of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, is also at the ultimate level of the God King realm.
She was led to the Mirror of Retribution, where the light shone down, and images appeared one after another.
Her sins were less than Di Yuan's, but not much better.
Slaughter, devouring, ...
One pile, one piece.
When Di Yuan was imprisoned in the Second Hall, his trial had already begun.
The final punishment is only slightly better than that of Emperor Yuan, requiring the suffering of 67 cycles of reincarnation in the source world.
Then the third, and the fourth.
One by one, the emperors of all the ancient kingdoms were put on trial, each one guilty of heinous crimes. In order to gain benefits and advantages, they had done far too many things, both openly and secretly.
Until the trial of Emperor Chu began.
When the Mirror of Retribution reflected his entire being and the verdict was announced, everyone fell silent.
Because the verdict was—not guilty!