"Indeed. We cannot afford to overlook it!"
Li Ling had considered this issue before, so after a moment's reflection, he offered the Thunder-Control Heavenly Venerable a suggestion.
"Once the grand order is secured, rebuilding order must be our foremost priority.
"Regardless of who wins or loses this war, the outbreak of war itself adds fuel to the apocalyptic cataclysm. More and more karmic burdens accumulate, with calamities lurking within...
"After all, unorthodox cultivators and ghost monsters can be destroyed, and the Netherworld Sect can be broken, but the Demonic Path itself, along with Nether Heaven's spirit resonance, is undying and indestructible.
"Even we lack the power to eradicate it completely. We might instead cause it to spread...
"Now that we have obtained the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, we may have an opportunity to master the power of reincarnation and restore order to the Three Realms.
"Ghost souls belong to yin, and impurities settle and accumulate. This is a natural law of heaven and earth, and we need not defy it. Let us establish a mechanism for the six paths of reincarnation centered on the Underworld, redistributing spirit resonance and administering the various realms.
"From then on, the Heavenly Realm, the human world, and the Underworld will be united. The cultivators of the Immortal Sects will each have their duties and do their utmost to uphold this order.
"As for karmic burdens, however much work we put into eliminating them is how much we can bring under control.
"Although that is merely a cup of water against a burning cartload of firewood compared to the whole of nature, the Heavenly Court's rule can at least last an era. As for what things will become when the next era arrives, that should concern our successors, not us."
The Thunder-Control Heavenly Venerable nodded.