Thus, he helplessly explained, "It is not that I do not want to turn all the residual souls here into the Asura race. I simply lack the strength. Since Great God Pangu created heaven and earth, the residual souls of all living beings who died in the primordial world have gathered in the Sea of Blood. By now, no one knows how many have accumulated. Creating each Asura consumes a portion of my blood energy. Though the amount required each time is small, faced with these countless residual souls, even I am powerless!"
After hearing Minghe's explanation, the little hope in Houtu's heart was completely extinguished. After receiving the concept of reincarnation and the method of creation, she had already considered transforming herself into reincarnation. Yet when she heard that Minghe could create the Asura race from residual souls, she hesitated. Besides her clansmen, she also had her husband; she had far too many attachments. Now that her hope had been shattered, Houtu's heart was filled with disappointment.
"Ah... it seems reincarnation is destined to come into being after all," Houtu murmured softly.
Having made her decision, Houtu directly said to Minghe, "I wish to establish a place of reincarnation in the Sea of Blood. I hope Fellow Daoist Minghe will make this convenient."
"What is a place of reincarnation?" Hearing this unfamiliar term, Minghe asked curiously.
"A place of reincarnation gives souls struggling amid endless suffering another chance to be reborn, so they need not remain forever sunk within the Sea of Blood," Houtu explained with a smile.
"This... this..." Minghe found himself in a difficult position upon hearing that. If Houtu established a place of reincarnation in the Sea of Blood and gave souls somewhere to go, it would certainly be a blessing for all beings in the