"So that was it. No wonder that spring was so uncanny."
Bajie repeated it, scratched his head, and looked at Guanyin. "Bodhisattva, then how did those Rakshasa Women's souls reincarnate as ordinary women?"
Guanyin shook her head. "They were gone."
Bajie froze. "What?"
Guanyin said, "When the Fetus-Reflecting Spring truly took shape, those Rakshasa Woman's Souls had already merged with the Extreme Yin Power within the well."
"The souls dissolved into the spring, and the spring bore their souls."
"From that moment onward, the Rakshasa Women's souls and the spring could never be separated again."
Sha Wujing was bewildered. "Bodhisattva, doesn't that mean they can never reincarnate again?"
Guanyin nodded gently. "They wished to remain in the Rakshasa Kingdom forever, and in the end, they did remain there forever."
Bajie abruptly sat straight. "Then they kept thinking their loved ones had returned, when it wasn't them at all?"
"It wasn't."
"The Rakshasa Woman's Soul had long since dissolved into the spring."
"Those born through it afterward were other women's souls drawn there by the Fetus-Reflecting Spring's call."
Wukong suddenly frowned. "Then something still doesn't add up."
"If those Rakshasa Women's souls had all dissolved into the well..."
"Where did the child that Rakshasa Woman gave birth to earlier come from?"
Guanyin looked at him. "The Netherworld."
Wukong's gaze flickered. "After the Fetus-Reflecting Spring took shape..."
Guanyin said, "That well was no longer merely a place where yin gathered. This spring could connect to the Netherworld."
Bajie said, "This spring could snatch souls from the Underworld?"
Guanyin shook her head. "Yes and no. This was not a path anyone could travel freely. Only women's souls would answer its call."
A-Hu asked, "Why did it draw only women?"
Guanyin said, "This spring was formed from countless Rakshasa Woman's Souls and that demon's