Ha Luosa paused slightly, his words carrying a hint of guidance as he asked:
"May I ask, have you ever heard the legends of hell?"
Lu Jun's gaze flickered, and he raised a hand to signal for him to continue.
"In mortal legends and many religious beliefs, hell is often considered the place where the souls of sinners are punished after death."
"The underworld, on the other hand, is a broader concept, referring to all spaces inhabited by the deceased."
"One could say that hell is part of the underworld—a prison and execution ground specifically for confining and punishing souls burdened with grave sins in life."
His voice held the calm of one who saw through the truth.
"Yet whether it is the underworld in the broad sense or hell in the narrow sense, their essence belongs to the same place: the so-called Undead Plane."
At this point, Ha Luosa gave a definite conclusion.
"Yes, you heard correctly. The Undead Plane we previously inhabited is the underworld of legend, and it also encompasses such concepts as hell and the netherworld."
"And my Netherworld Rebirth Domain is, in essence, a manifestation of the Undead Plane's power and laws extending into and expanding through the real world."
"In theory, anywhere covered by my domain can be regarded as temporary territory of the Undead Plane."
Ha Luosa revealed the core mechanism behind the cycle of life on Douluo Star.
"Under the current, perfected Plane Laws, every living being that dies on Douluo Star—whether human, Spirit Beast, or another form of life—will have its soul guided into the Undead Plane after leaving its physical body."
"There, souls undergo the appropriate process according to the karma they accumulated in life. In the end, they are judged and purified by the Douluo Star Plane's own natural