Within the Underworld Reincarnation, under Goddess Houtu's protection, everything remained intact.
Those Netherworld dead and ghost cultivators who had taken refuge in the Underworld ahead of time because of the Three-Headed Hellhound's rampage had managed to protect themselves.
However, the Netherworld ghost cultivators and yin spirits outside, who had not yet managed to enter the protection of Goddess Houtu's divine power, instantly returned to dust, their souls returning to Houtu.
Goddess Houtu could see that, in an instant, an unknown number of departed souls had flooded into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to be reborn.
At this time, because the Underworld's functions were restricted, neither the eighteen levels of hell nor the ten King Yama's Halls could sort the yin spirits undergoing reincarnation and rebirth.
Thus, at this moment, Goddess Houtu was under tremendous pressure.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Disc was already operating at nearly its limit.
Even the boundaries between the six reincarnation regions on the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc had begun to dim.
They seemed about to merge into one and collapse completely.
If the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc collapsed, the entire Underworld Reincarnation system would collapse with it.
By then, even if Houtu did not fall outright as a Reincarnation Sage, she would still be stripped of her Sage position, severely injured, and fall into slumber.
Great Immortal Yang Mei and Demon Ancestor Rahu noticed Goddess Houtu's predicament and wanted to help, but they were powerless to do so.
After all, the Underworld and the Primordial Continent were two separate systems.
Moreover, the path of Reincarnation differed greatly from the Great Dao of Space and the demonic path.
As for Taiqing Laozi, who possessed the Taiji Heavenly Dao, he could use the power of the Heavenly Dao to suppress the Underworld. But clearly, Laozi, who had his