Within the passage from the living world to the Pure Land.
A somewhat bewildered soul was flying toward the Pure Land.
This person was Ryoshiki, who had used a secret technique in preparation for one final gamble.
"Why did my technique fail?"
"Are this planet's soul laws really so strict?"
Almost as soon as Ryoshiki abandoned his body, he was forcibly dragged here.
The rules governing how souls remained in the living world differed from planet to planet, but given his Soul Strength—
he had never encountered a situation where he would be seized and taken away in an instant.
But now that things had come to this, Ryoshiki had no way of returning.
He could only take advantage of the considerable energy still within his body to see what the final resting place of souls on this Super-Energy Star was like.
Suddenly, Ryoshiki, who could no longer feel temperature, felt an icy wind sweep past him.
His body turned cold, and the energy within him rapidly flowed in a single direction.
"Who is it!? A guardian!?"
Ryoshiki had once heard Meishiki mention that every planet's resting place for souls had guardians.
The guardians would draw away all the energy carried by souls in order to preserve the tranquility of that place.
Ryoshiki had not studied souls much. The energy within his soul existed solely because he was a high-ranking Otsutsuki.
He could not stop the energy from draining away at all, and no one answered his question.
Before long, Ryoshiki grew weak, and his senses blurred.
A figure streaked past at incredible speed and struck Ryoshiki's head with a palm.
Ryoshiki's final expression was one of utter horror, because he had seen the soul of a godhood Otsutsuki.
But before he could think of anything else—
his soul had