Dharma Kings of the Ten Halls, a Transformation of Order
On the River of Forgetfulness, on the Bridge of Helplessness.
Has the first Dharma King been born?
Meng Po gently stroked the Diting at her feet, but her gaze was already focused on the sky above Ghost City of Fengdu.
There, endless dark clouds gathered, and thunder roared in all directions. A golden edict descended from the sky, landing precisely on the Palace of Zhoujue Yin Heaven. Rumble...
In the blink of an eye, a powerful roar echoed from the Hall of Yama.
Then the entire Palace of Zhoujue Yin Heaven seemed to come alive, and began to gather a huge amount of primordial Yuan Qi.
By the time everyone realized what was happening, a Dharma King with indigo skin, an iron face, and a black beard had already appeared in the world, and then, with lightning speed, expanded into a giant that could support the sky.
Influenced by this, the Shaohao, which was closest to Yama, Shao Hao spread its wings in an attempt to resist this terrifying power.
To his astonishment, the Dharma King Yama completely ignored his existence, stomping him into the depths of the earth as if he were an ant.
"The Great Emperor of Fengdu!?"
Despite the excruciating pain, Shao Pu in disbelief.
But he immediately rejected this guess—that Dharma King Yama, was not the Great Emperor of Fengdu.
He was the Yama he knew, but now he possessed one-tenth of the divine status and duties of the Great Emperor of Fengdu, becoming his representative in the Netherworld.
It should be understood that ordinary Yin Deity and ghost messengers, having only assumed a wisp of divine authority, are already able to roam freely in the Netherworld.
But now Yama has been promoted to Dharma King, possessing power equivalent to one-tenth of that of the Great Emperor of Fengdu.
What exactly happened?
As if completely unable to accept this fact, Shao Hao looked up at the perpetually dark sky.
Then, something even more shocking happened.
The Dharma King Yama lifted his leg and walked away, but did not touch any building in Ghost City of Fengdu.
Or more precisely, the architecture of Ghost City of Fengdu is "actively" avoiding Dharma King Yama.
Wherever Dharma King Yama, lands, buildings move and disperse on their own, carrying away the ghosts; even the streets rise up to support his footsteps.
In just a few breaths, Dharma King Yama, crossed the River of Forgetfulness without hindrance and entered the Cold Spring Prison.
River of Forgetfulness, Earth Veins, mountains, valleys...
Everything in the Netherworld actively avoids Dharma King Yama, to provide him with the fastest direct route to the Cold Spring Prison.
"Is this the Dharma King?"
"You've created yet another incredible freak!"
With a long, soft sigh, Meng Po's eyes involuntarily shifted.
Because she knew that from the moment Dharma King Yama of Hell, was born, those escaped Ghost God and ghost kings could no longer cause much trouble. In the current system of the Netherworld, Ghost City of Fengdu was undoubtedly the central hub.
It sits atop the Yellow Springs, connecting the realms of Yin and Yang, and commands all spirits and Ghost God.
But the Netherworld is not just Ghost City of Fengdu.
Beyond the Ghost City of Fengdu, on the endless underworld connected by the River of Forgetfulness.
New Ghost God are born every moment, and new Ghost God are also dying.
With the formation of the Three Realms and the elevation of dimensions, the single Ghost City of Fengdu is clearly no longer able to govern the increasingly vast Netherworld. As far as Meng Po knows, new hell springs are being born one after another outside the Nine Prisons and Nine Springs.
That creature called "Minghe" even encroached upon a portion of the River of Forgetfulness, establishing a settlement for the Asura Clan on a new Hell Spring. For the Netherworld, the River of Forgetfulness is like the "meridians" running through its entire body, and each Hell Spring is equivalent to an "acupoint."
It's no exaggeration to say that Minghe's actions were a case of usurping someone else's place.
Prior to this, due to the limitations of Ghost City of Fengdu itself, it could only govern a maximum of nine of the largest hell springs.
However, this situation will no longer occur after the birth of Dharma King Yama.
"From the Nine Prisons and Nine Springs to the Eighteen Levels of Hell?"
At this moment, Meng Po's gaze seemed to transcend the Long River of Time, gazing upon the infinitely distant future.
In the future Netherworld, the Eighteen Levels of Hell have been fully constructed, and the Ten Halls of the Nether Capital have become ten nodes outside of Ghost City of Fengdu. It is a completely new order, a completely new future.
In this era, Fengdu the central hub of the Netherworld, with the Six Palaces responsible for suppressing powerful Ghost God, Nine Prisons and Nine Springs being the places where ghosts serve their punishments.
This is a complete system that allows souls from the mortal realm to be effectively diverted until they ultimately enter the cycle of reincarnation.
However, with the increase in the number of souls and the birth of the new Hell Spring, this system gradually became somewhat overloaded.
Ghost City of Fengdu is no longer able to distribute so many souls.
The increasing number of Ghost God, spirits, and ghost kings is also forcing the Ghost Gods of the Six Heavens Palace and the Nine Prisons and Nine Springs to continue expanding.
Not to mention, the Netherworld itself is constantly evolving, giving birth to native creatures unique to the Netherworld.
Under these circumstances, reform of the Netherworld is already urgently needed.
The eruption of the Yin World Nether Spring and the escape of the Ghost God present a perfect opportunity.
While Li Boyang plays chess in the mortal world, isn't the Netherworld Lord also scheming in the Yin World?
From Meng Po's perspective, she even felt that the escape of Ghost God, gods, and Netherworld Lord.
Chi is currently selecting a Dharma King, similar to Yama, suitable to command the Ten Halls of the Nether Capital.
"No, it's not just the Dharma King of the Ten Halls..."
"There are also the judges, the impermanent ones, and the ghost soldiers; these all need to be carefully selected."
Great chaos also means great change, and great change means opportunity.
Aside from Yama, the outlier, the future Dharma King of the Ten Halls of Hell and the judges of the underworld will all be born from the outstanding Yin Deity of this event. At that time, a more complete and perfect system of order will be born.
Transfer in Fengdu → Initial trial in the Six Palaces → Judgment in the Ten Courts → Serving punishment in the Eighteen Levels of Hell → Finally, going to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Just thinking about this process in the future, Meng Po couldn't help but admire the foresight and ambition of the Netherworld Lord and the Great Emperor of Fengdu.
Diting, do you think such a "future" is possible?
Reaching out to stroke Diting again, Meng Po muttered to herself, somewhat uncertainly.
Meng Po can see the future, but among the infinite possibilities of that future, the new system created by the Netherworld Lord and the Great Emperor of Fengdu is not necessarily going to happen.
Or to be more precise, even in a future with infinite possibilities, the chances of such a future coming true are very small.
"Woof!"
Looking up at its master, Diting clearly didn't understand the meaning behind her words.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a stupid dog."
With a disgruntled slap on Diting's head, Meng Po couldn't help but think of the long-absent Heaven-Eroding Lord.
Since Great Unity successfully Dao Proving, Heaven-Eroding Lord has completely disappeared.
If Meng Po hadn't figured out that Heaven-Eroding Lord was just in seclusion for cultivation, she probably wouldn't be so calm right now.
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