Since contacting Tongtian, Yu Chen had also split off incarnations to replace the souls of the victimized living beings one by one. Some of those souls chose to continue through reincarnation without waiting to see the sinners punished.
In their words, "Our souls are now incomplete. To receive the True Person's protection and escape suffering is already no easy blessing. Why must we watch that person's karmic retribution? Would seeing it make us any better?"
Although some departed souls objected, those souls who chose rebirth took it all very lightly.
They bluntly told the souls unwilling to enter the cycle, "Since True Person Yu Chen is willing to save us, he will not deceive us in other matters. How many of you truly wish to witness the retribution for those sins, and how many fear that True Person Yu Chen cannot fulfill his word?"
In response, those souls unwilling to leave said that Yu Chen had promised them that the final judgment would be left to their decision.
The souls choosing to depart laughed aloud. "We trust True Person Yu Chen and leave the choice to him. Or you may regard us as having forfeited our rights."
Having said that, under the influence of the Highest Purity Dao energy and its power to save people, these departed souls began restoring themselves.
During that time, they did not absorb much Highest Purity Dao energy. Instead, they used it to spread apart their souls and restore them to completeness before stepping onto the road of reincarnation on their own.
Seeing this, the remaining departed souls discussed matters among themselves. Some were fearful and did not dare act. Some were heartsick as ashes, merely waiting for the final outcome. Others had been consumed by obsession and grown stubbornly prejudiced, only to be stopped