The Soul Summoning Finally Succeeded

The Three Realms and Six Paths each have their own order. Except for special cases like the Asura Realm, all living beings enter the Ghost Realm Underworld after death to be judged for good and evil, and to cleanse their karma from their lifetime before they can be reborn with a pure soul. The rule is that it takes nine years. Regardless of good or evil, even if one's karma is completely cleansed, one still needs to wait until the nine-year period is up.

Lin Xiaolu's father had been dead for only a year, yet his soul was not in the Underworld. It couldn't have been destroyed by Void Realm Great Expert, nor could it have been reincarnated. So, what was going on? Zhuge Xiang, Lu Yuling, and the others all wore expressions of confusion.

"Lu Yuling, could it be that Xiaolu's father's soul didn't enter the Ghost Realm, but was absorbed into another place by the Asura Path?" After pondering for a moment, Zhuge Xiang asked.

Shaking her head, Lu Yuling replied, "Impossible. If it had been sucked into the Asura Path, the Gate of Ghosts would have closed immediately when the silk scarf was thrown out, and instead opened the Gate of Rakshasa of the Asura Path, the Soul Summoning Formation. As long as the other party's soul has not dissipated and has not been Cycle of Reincarnation, it can be summoned no matter where in the Three Realms and Six Paths it is."

"How is this possible? How can a soul not be summoned..." The soul -Soul Summoning Formation, which had been used to its fullest potential, had failed to summon the soul. Lin Xiaolu's mother collapsed to the ground, somewhat distraught, and murmured to herself.

"It took a whole year, and we still couldn't summon the spirit. It seems the problem isn't with the Soul Summoning Formation, but rather that her husband's soul has mysteriously disappeared. A normal summoning only requires activating the Soul Summoning Formation and calling the deceased's name, but even that didn't work today. There's no way..." Shaking her head, Lu Yuling was at a loss.

Zhuge Xiang frowned slightly. The system task had been released, and although the rewards were generous, it also meant the task was difficult. But how could a system task be impossible to complete?

Lin Xiaolu's father's spirit has vanished? Zhuge Xiang shook his head inwardly. Impossible. The system wouldn't issue such an impossible task. There must be something wrong somewhere.

After a moment of contemplation, Zhuge Xiang's gaze fell on Lin Xiaolu, and he suddenly asked, "Xiaolu, in the past year, your mother has been Soul Summoning Formation, calling upon your father's spirit. Have you called upon it?"

"No, I was just watching from the sidelines." Shaking her head, Lin Xiaolu answered frankly, though she didn't understand why Zhuge Xiang asked that.

"Alright, let's activate the Soul Summoning Formation again. This time, it's your turn to call out. Remember, don't call out your father's name. Just call him 'Father' directly," Zhuge Xiang said after a moment of silence.

Zhuge Xiang's words surprised everyone present, who looked at Zhuge Xiang in astonishment, not understanding what he meant. Only Lu Yuling understood that Zhuge Xiang must have made some guesses. Zhuge Xiang's talent was not only reflected in his strength, but also in his wisdom, something Lu Yuling had never forgotten.

"Xiao Yue, let's try again. If we can't succeed this time, there's nothing we can do," Zhuge Xiang said to Xiao Yue after making the decision.

"You really know how to order people around..." Xiaoyue grumbled somewhat discontentedly, but Xiao Yue didn't hesitate and jumped back into the formation to activate the Soul Summoning Formation.

From Lu Yuling's perspective, being unable to summon the spirits of the dead was indeed a dead end. However, from Zhuge Xiang's perspective as part of the system mission, Zhuge Xiang had a guess in his mind.

Since the system task has been issued, it must be able to be completed. The soul's dissipation or Cycle of Reincarnation is impossible; why would the system issue a task that cannot be completed? Therefore, there must be a problem somewhere in the soul-summoning process.

After much thought, Zhuge Xiang had a vague intuition that sending someone else would yield different results. If he couldn't succeed this time, Zhuge Xiang wouldn't be able to complete the mission.

The Soul Summoning Formation was activated, and the Yin Qi gathered and materialized. The previous scene reappeared: the eerie Gate of Ghosts of Hell stood in the Soul Summoning Formation and opened again. One after another, ferocious and shrill ghosts appeared, making Lin Xiaolu's face full of fear, and she dared not go forward.

Qin Qing stepped forward and gently comforted and encouraged Lin Xiaolu, who then dared to slowly walk into the Soul Summoning Formation.

As Lin Xiaolu stepped into the Soul Summoning Formation, the roars of the Vengeful Spirits in the Gate of Ghosts grew even stronger. The thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl had never experienced such a scene before. She took a step back and fell to the ground. The courage she had finally mustered dissipated, and she reflexively tried to crawl out of the Soul Summoning Formation.

"Xiaolu, shout! Don't you want to see your father?" The distraught woman on the other end of the line mustered some strength, like a gambler who had lost everything and was putting all his last bets on this one gamble.

Zhuge Xiang did not give up and was determined to make this final gamble. The woman also realized that she had never been called upon by Lin Xiaolu before, so she wanted to seize this last one in ten thousand chance and give it a try.

Hearing her mother's words, Lin Xiaolu thought of her father, and the fear on her face subsided considerably. A resolute look appeared on her delicate face. She nodded, stood up, and turned to face the Gate of Ghosts.

The wailing of Vengeful Spirits inside continued, but Lin Xiaolu suppressed her fear and walked to the gates of Gate of Ghosts, shouting, "Father... Father... come out quickly... it's me, Xiaolu!"

Each call transformed into a wave of sound, reaching the Gate of Ghosts. Zhuge Xiang, Qin Qing, Lu Yuling, Lin Xiaolu's mother, and Xiao Yue all focused their gazes on the Gate of Ghosts.

Lin Xiaolu's mother tried for a year without success; even a strengthened Soul Summoning Formation using personal items as a medium failed. Could Lin Xiaolu's cries truly be effective?

All eyes were fixed on the Gate of Ghosts. Lin Xiaolu, facing the Vengeful Spirits Gate of Ghosts, called out to her father again and again, more than ten times. Finally, something strange happened...

An invisible membrane of light blocked all the Vengeful Spirits souls and vengeful ghosts in the Gate of Ghosts, but at that very moment, a vengeful ghost emitting a faint light suddenly passed through the Gate of Ghosts and appeared in the Soul Summoning Formation.

The faint light slowly faded, and finally, the Phantom Image of a man appeared, standing in the Soul Summoning Formation.

The Gate of Ghosts slowly closed amidst the howls of countless Vengeful Spirits and vengeful ghosts, finally dissipating. If it weren't for the appearance of a ghostly Phantom Image in the Soul Summoning Formation, everything that had just happened would have seemed like an illusion.

"It really worked? Why?" Both Lu Yuling and Qin Qing were slightly taken aback when they saw that a ghost had actually been summoned.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Xiang's suggestion actually worked, but why? Why did that woman's efforts for over a year yield no results, while Lin Xiaolu's appeal succeeded? (To be continued...)