"So that's how it is. Then we'll wait a little."
Kami nodded with a chuckle and introduced Jerry at the same time:
"Taishang Laojun is the God who watches over the Yin-Yang Realm Passage. He has lived for tens of thousands of years, so you must be respectful when you meet him later.
"The burning furnace before you is the divine artifact that opens the Yin-Yang Realm Passage. The smoke it produces allows souls taken away after death to enter the underworld and report in.
"If this furnace goes out, it will take two thousand years to light it again. When that happens, the human world will fall into chaos."
While Taishang Laojun had yet to appear, Kami hurriedly taught Jerry the common knowledge that Celestials ought to know.
As Jerry listened, he secretly sighed. Different worlds really did vary greatly.
The Taishang Laojun he had known in his previous life was Laozi's incarnation, Daode Tianzun of the Three Pure Ones. Yet in this world, she had become the Guardian God of passage between the realms of yin and yang.
But it did not matter. He had encountered this sort of thing too often while traveling through different worlds.
Merlin was practically indispensable in those magical Small Worlds, yet every Small World's Merlin had a different background and origin.
"And this is?"
The little old man with a halo above his head saw Kami teaching a living human youth about the Gods and could not help growing curious.
"His name is Jerry, and he is the successor I have chosen. Come to think of it, you two are connected as well. He can be considered your junior brother."
Kami first introduced Jerry to the little old man, then explained to Jerry:
"His name is Son Gohan. You should have heard