When Bai Zhi opened his eyes again, he found, somewhat strangely, that he had not returned to that great hall. Instead, he had reappeared atop the Square Stone Platform he had visited before.
All the equipment, items, and skills that had originally been Sealed were returned to him. Correspondingly, however, the immense power he had gained after commanding an army of three hundred thousand ghost slaves within the Dungeon had vanished without a trace.
The previous trial scenario had been reset once more.
Before he could react, the Pink Haired Girl came before him and gave him a graceful bow.
"Greetings Your Majesty."
Bai Zhi: "..."
"...I remember that I took part in the Eastern Ghost Emperor's class inheritance, right?"
Glancing at the Blood Moon in the sky and the Blood Sea around him, Bai Zhi, now aware that he was inside a dream, rubbed his forehead with a slight headache.
"Don't you think you should give me an explanation for this?"
"Was this not Your Majesty's own choice?"
Looking up at him, the Pink Haired Girl spoke solemnly.
"Your Majesty chose it, and it chose you as well. In truth, the Unique class inheritances of the Underworld—the Four Great Judges, the Five Directional Ghost Emperors, the Ten Palaces Yama, and so on—gradually evolved and diverged from the original class prototype. They had no names at the beginning; those things only appeared later."
"...So?"
"At the very beginning, there was no Yin Emperor, nor were there Five Directional Ghost Emperors. There were only classes that emerged from the original class prototype. There was no clear hierarchy between them. Whoever possessed the highest Adaptation with the world and gained recognition from the World Contract would automatically become the Yin Emperor."
"...I remember there being a lot of requirements to become the