The Five Ghost Emperors took their places, and Meng Po assumed her office.
The framework of the Netherworld World grew ever more stable with the addition of these two heavyweight deities.
The Light of Laws from the five Ghost Gates shone upon one another in the depths of the Blood Sea.
Wisps of bluish smoke had already begun rising from the great pot in the Meng Po Pavilion.
The first bowl of Meng Po Soup gave off a fragrance as cool yet gentle as moonlight.
Yet Pan Xuan knew that running the Netherworld involved far more than this.
The Five Ghost Emperors governed the gateways through which departed souls entered the Netherworld and its territorial divisions, while Meng Po handled the final step before their reincarnation.
But between the Ghost Gate and the Meng Po Pavilion, an entire process still needed to be completed.
The Hall of Judgment needed people dedicated to trying departed souls.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Disk needed people to maintain its operation, and the documents and records of the Netherworld's various departments needed people to manage them.
Seizing souls and capturing spirits, as well as pursuing escaped souls, required dedicated Ghost Messengers, and the eighteen levels of hell needed people to guard them.
Every day these divine offices remained vacant meant another day of sluggishness in the Netherworld's operation.
He stood atop the highest point of the Ghost Gate, purple-gold Divine Dao light flowing around him.
The three-stage assessment had been underway for more than half a day.
Several hundred applicants had already passed the first two stages.
They sat cross-legged in meditation in the waiting area outside the Fengdu Illusion Realm, awaiting the third trial.
Most of them had cultivation around the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, while the strongest few were already early-stage Daluo