The little girls huddled inside the cages, watching Uchiha Shin and the others enter with wary eyes. Their gazes were filled with fear.
Girls their age should have been carefree and innocent, but seeing them like this was heartbreaking.
"Black and White Impermanence, send all these girls back to their homes and extend their lifespans," Uchiha Shin said.
Black and White Impermanence nodded. Although extending lifespans required Yama's approval, they knew he would certainly agree.
"This Benefactor Hong was not the only one doing such things. The Four Heavenly Kings often came to his estate for entertainment as well. We of the Underworld have evidence. Mystic Spirit King, shall we hand it over to you and have the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court deal with it?"
White Impermanence walked to Uchiha Shin's side, carrying several book-like ledgers.
Uchiha Shin glanced at them. "No need. Even if this evidence were placed before the Jade Emperor, he would turn a blind eye to it."
Back then, Uchiha Shin had risked his life to enter Nine Nether Hell and retrieve the Underworld's Soul Disk, displaying it before everyone in High Heaven Hall in the hope that the Jade Emperor would severely punish the gods of the Heavenly Court.
Yet in the end, the Jade Emperor had merely handed down a perfunctory punishment.
He had barely punished them even with such irrefutable evidence. How could he possibly take these ledger-like records seriously?
Uchiha Shin understood now. What the Jade Emperor wanted was not justice for the Three Realms, but merely his own power.
Or perhaps the Jade Emperor did want the Three Realms to become better, but what he desired even more was supreme authority.
Uchiha Shin left the matter of Hong Garden to Black and White Impermanence and departed with Honghong.
"Honghong,