Within the Hall of Judgment in the Netherworld World.
The investitures were complete, the concealment had been withdrawn, and the foundations for the Netherworld's operation had been laid.
Netherworld qi poured ceaselessly from the depths of the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.
It shrouded the entire Netherworld in a heavy, solemn atmosphere.
Outside the Ghost Gate, the Yellow Springs Road wound into the distance. The souls of the dead guided there slowly advanced along it, drawn by the Netherworld Law.
The Naihe Bridge spanned the Wangchuan River. On the bridge, Meng Po quietly stirred a pot of ghostly green soup beneath a blue-green lamp.
It was Forget-Worry Soup, blended from Wangchuan River water and the juice of Flowers of the Other Shore. Every mouthful could make a departed soul forget its past and enter its next incarnation unburdened.
But the Netherworld World had only just been established, and the Reincarnation Law needed someone to stand guard over it for the long term to ensure its smooth operation.
Especially the judgment procedures within the Hall of Judgment.
Departed souls entered the Netherworld through the Ghost Gate, passed along the nether river and crossed the Naihe Bridge, received a judge's judgment before the Judgment Platform, and then had their destination for rebirth determined by the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Although this entire process already had a framework of laws, its actual operation would inevitably present many detailed issues requiring decisions on the spot.
Which souls should enter the human path, which the heavenly path, which the Beast Path, and which the Hungry Ghost Path.
The weight and timing of the Judge's Brush as it wrote in the Book of Life and Death-every stroke concerned the fairness and accuracy of the order of reincarnation.
Pan Xuan stood in the center of the Hall of