The cool breeze brought relief, the waning moon hung high, and its clear light shimmered. The deep night was so peaceful, so beautiful. Meng Qi still sat kneeling behind his desk, seemingly no different from before. Yet, having cultivated the Yuanshi Golden Chapter and the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to his current level, he could say with absolute certainty that Ox-Head and Horse-Face and Judge Cui had appeared.
The end of an era was marked by the complete destruction of the Heavenly Court and the Nine Heavens. One of the foundations of the Heavenly Court was the wondrous treasure known as the Investiture of the Gods. In other words, obtaining the Investiture of the Gods and establishing a new Heavenly Court might well be key to surviving the Final Tribulation or seizing the initiative. By the same token, unifying the world of the dead, establishing a true underworld, and bringing the cosmos to completion might also be crucial.
One could glimpse this in the many Mythological Legends and records in ancient texts. In the past, Meng Qi had been too ignorant to notice. Only now, after repeatedly encountering the Investiture of the Gods and matters concerning the underworld, did he begin to understand.
Earlier, when he told the evil ghost transformed into "Uncle Fu," "There's an immortal realm above, the Nine Abysses below, demons and ghosts coexisting, and the Yellow Springs running through it all. How could there be any underworld?" he had meant every word. But once everything had settled, he thought it over carefully and was startled to discover the flaw in his reasoning. It was true that no genuine underworld existed, but terms like the underworld, the netherworld, the King of Hell, Judge, and Eastern Peak Emperor had long circulated in the world. And then there was Ksitigarbha