By the time the images ended, Zheng Jiajie was sobbing uncontrollably.
Scalding tears spilled from his eyes, soaking his clothes and the ground, yet they could not wash away the regret in his heart.
"Do you understand now? Your true crime?" Jun Wangchen's voice quietly rang out.
"I'm... I'm sorry, Mom, Dad. I've wronged you. I've wronged you both!" Tears poured from Zheng Jiajie's eyes, and his heart-wrenching cries echoed through the place.
His true crime had never been theft or extortion, but making his parents endure untold suffering.
Even on the verge of death, they had been unable to fulfill their final wish—to see their son one last time.
Their lives had ended in regret and sorrow.
Scum!
I was nothing but scum!
At that moment, Zheng Jiajie truly understood his crime!
He regretted it.
He regretted everything he had done.
He regretted making his parents suffer.
Watching his parents' tragic lives unfold in those images, Zheng Jiajie felt a pain worse than being burned by Hellfire.
Jun Wangchen looked at Zheng Jiajie and slowly asked, "Do you understand your crime now?"
"I do... but... none of it can be undone..." Zheng Jiajie gave a self-mocking smile as more tears fell.
"Indeed, none of it can be undone. But I can let you atone for your sins." Jun Wangchen nodded, then added, "I can let you see your parents once, so you can apologize to them and atone for your wrongs. You will have only ten minutes."
"In exchange, you will never be reincarnated. You will remain in the Underworld forever, burned by Hellfire every day."
"Are you willing?"
"I am!" Zheng Jiajie answered without hesitation, his gaze utterly resolute.
"What does Hellfire matter? The wrongs I committed deserve to be punished with Hellfire."
"If I can't apologize to