Cause and Effect

The underworld.

With a slight flicker, he returned to this land.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation slowly revolved once more beneath the pitch-black sky.

"Your Majesty, how are your injuries?" Meng Po Shangguan Man asked anxiously.

"I am already exhausted, but there is no serious harm." Emperor Lord sat upon the Emperor Seat, his expression calm.

Upon hearing this, Meng Po, Black and White Impermanence, and the others immediately relaxed considerably. Their fates were now tied to the Lord of the Underworld. If his injuries were too severe, unforeseen changes would inevitably arise.

After all, the combat strength he had displayed just now had been far too exaggerated.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation gained no small benefits, but we still suffered many losses and casualties." Emperor Lord spoke calmly. "The matter of reincarnation still needs to be maintained."

Meng Po and the others nodded.

That was indeed the case.

The reincarnations of Li Sansheng, Qi Tiandi, Su Huanzhen, and the others were still necessary.

Moreover, the arrival of their reincarnated forms would also trigger enormous upheaval.

Though their world appeared to be among those that had suffered the fewest losses in this great war, there were still postwar matters that needed handling.

After reporting on several matters, Meng Po and the others departed to maintain order on the Road to the Underworld.

Before long, Emperor Lord was the only one left sitting in the empty Reincarnation Hall.

He had told Meng Po and the others that his injuries were not serious, but in truth, only Xu Zhi knew that his condition was utterly terrible. He was already at the end of his rope, beyond saving.

The combined efforts of his three avatars had seemed like a narrow victory, but in reality... they had lost.

A voice murmured, "I defeated them