Li Changshou could not help feeling somewhat disappointed at his first sight of the Netherworld.
—This was far too different from the Land of Reincarnation he had previously painted with his imagination.
At the edge of the Netherworld, all he saw was savage wilderness, with no order to speak of. Fierce Ghosts and Vengeful Ghosts wandered everywhere, and there were even traces of many Yin Sha ferocious beasts.
It was not much different from the wild and desolate Blood Sea recorded in ancient classics.
As they flew onward from Netherworld East, the farther they went, the less gray mist there was, and the broader their view became.
Sadly, there was no River of Forgetfulness filled with wronged souls, no River of Three Crossings dividing life from death;
They could find neither the Gate of Ghosts so often mentioned in common sayings, nor the magnificent sight of countless souls traveling down Yellow Springs Road toward reincarnation...
Above their heads and around them, tiny motes of light had been drifting in the same direction as them.
These were the true spirits of living beings after death, drawn and driven toward the center of the Netherworld, where the Heavenly Dao Merit Supreme Treasure—the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk transformed from Great Virtue Houtu—stood.
Ji Wuyou led them onward for a while before Li Changshou suddenly understood...
The place they were in was Yellow Springs Road, except the true spirits of living beings had no entanglements.
The Netherworld's "sky" was somewhat low, inevitably giving one a stifled feeling. The winds blowing from every direction also faintly carried sobs and miserable howls.
This was probably related to the fact that the Primordial Wilderness had yet to develop the custom of "dancing at gravesides."
Li Changshou did not carefully savor the atmosphere here, nor did he take