The Ice Empress faced her four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation; Asura schemed, Destruction intervened

Qian Daoliu looked at him, his tone calm:

"Tang Hao's crimes went far beyond what the word 'ruthless' could describe-torturing innocents to death, exploiting Ah Yin's sacrifice, abandoning his child. Under the Underworld's rules, he was sentenced to two thousand years in the Eighteen Levels of Hell."

"Two thousand years?!"

This time, even Golden Crocodile looked slightly shaken.

"Elder Brother and I are already Level 99 Peerless Douluos, yet our lifespans are only a little over a thousand years. These two thousand years..."

"Time flows differently in the Underworld than in the human world."

Qian Daoliu explained,

"One day in the human world is one year in the Underworld. Tang Hao's two-thousand-year sentence amounts to only a little over six years in human time."

"Six years? That's far too short!"

Jiang Mo was about to argue, but Qian Jun tugged at his sleeve-Qian Jun shook his head, signaling him not to say any more.

Qian Daoliu naturally noticed their exchange, but paid it no mind and continued:

"To us, six years is brief; to the criminals in the Underworld, every day is torment. The Underworld's rules will ensure they serve their punishment in full. Once their sentences end, those willing to remain in the Underworld as Yin Messengers may take up their duties after washing away their sins in the Sin-Washing Pool. Those who wish to return to the human world must accumulate virtue and perform good deeds in the Mortal Realm. If they continue burning, killing, and plundering, their souls will still return to the Underworld upon death to face judgment once more!"

Hearing this, Dugu Bo thoughtfully stroked his beard.

"That would both punish evil and replenish the Underworld's ranks. A sound long-term strategy."

Remembering his past killings, he actually felt a flicker of relief-fortunately, he had chosen