"Haotian, Accept the Decree!"

Outside Ghost Gate Pass.

After receiving a reply, Haotian and Yaochi were "respectfully" invited to wait beside the Bridge of Helplessness.

Watching the souls lined up across the bridge, their eyes numb and vacant, and smelling the scent of the River of Forgetfulness permeating the air, Haotian's expression darkened.

He was the dignified Heavenly Emperor, yet he had been left waiting here!

This was simply the greatest humiliation!

Just as he was about to lose his temper, Yaochi gently tugged on his sleeve and shook her head.

"Your Majesty, please remain calm. This is a price we must pay."

Haotian took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the fury in his heart.

That was right. He had come to ask for help, not to throw his weight around.

As he watched the souls drink Meng Po Soup one after another, forget their past lives, and enter reincarnation, a trace of realization unexpectedly arose within him.

Before the true tides of heaven and earth, perhaps his identity as Heavenly Emperor was no more important than these mortal souls.

They waited for a full three hours.

Just as Haotian's patience was about to run out, a ghost marshal finally arrived at a leisurely pace.

"Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, the Great Emperor summons you."

Haotian nodded expressionlessly and followed the ghost marshal into the legendary Fengdu City alongside Yaochi.

Inside the great hall, the atmosphere was grim and imposing.

Countless powerful ghost gods stood on either side, their gazes uniformly fixed on Haotian with scrutiny and indifference.

Yin Tianzi sat high above the hall, enveloped in dense laws of reincarnation. His face could not be seen; only that vast, boundless aura, as deep as the Abyss, could be felt.

"Haotian greets Great Emperor Fengdu."

Haotian gave a slight cupped-fist salute toward the