Chapter 5: Reincarnation
"I came here following these wandering souls. I find them truly pitiful. Their souls have nowhere to go, wandering everywhere. If this continues, chaos will surely follow. I want to find a place for all living beings to return to, but I still can't find the method."
"It's really pitiful that souls have no place to go. It would be great if there was a place that could accommodate all souls to reincarnate."
Hou Tu glanced at the young man in surprise and murmured, "Reincarnation... versus Reincarnation."
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he looked at Mu Ning and asked, "Daoyou, what do you think about reincarnation?"
"Wu Zu, the Six Paths of Reincarnation, after death, all living beings will be reincarnated into different paths according to their good deeds and evil deeds in life. This may solve the problem of the soul having no place to return to."
"Fellow Daoist, what is the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"
Mu Ning's heart moved. Thinking about the information he knew from the novels in his previous life, he took a deep breath and said, "The six paths of reincarnation are divided into three good paths and three evil paths. The three good paths are the heavenly path, the human path, and the asura path.
The three evil paths are the animal path, the hungry ghost path, and the hell path.
The way of heaven is unkind and treats all things as straw dogs. In the end, good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil.
The Heavenly Realm: The realm of the six realms of sentient beings, offering the greatest blessings. Beings there enjoy a variety of pleasures, extremely long lifespans, and possess extraordinary supernatural powers. However, even in the Heavenly Realm, beings cannot escape the shackles of samsara. When their blessings are exhausted, they will fall back into the other realms.
The human realm lies in the middle of the six realms, characterized by a mixture of joy and sorrow. Humans possess seven emotions and six desires, experiencing birth, aging, sickness, and death, the pain of love and separation, resentment, and the unfulfilled desires of the world. However, they also possess the opportunity to elevate their realms and transcend the cycle of reincarnation through spiritual practice. Therefore, the human realm is the most suitable for spiritual practice.
Asuras: Brave and skilled in warfare, their merits and supernatural powers are similar to those of the celestial beings. However, their belligerent nature and deep hatred often lead them into conflict with the celestial beings. While possessing considerable merits, their negative emotions, such as anger, cause them to endure constant pain in these conflicts.
The Animal Realm encompasses all manner of creatures, including birds, beasts, fish, insects, and ants. These beings, often reborn here due to karma from past lives, such as ignorance and greed, suffer in harsh environments, often at the mercy of one another and the law of the jungle. They are also hunted and exploited by humans.
Hungry ghosts: Hungry ghosts possess emaciated bodies, enormous stomachs, and pinhole-thin throats, suffering from constant hunger. Although they can see food, various karmic obstacles prevent them from eating properly. Even if they manage to eat, the food dissolves into pus and blood. Some hungry ghosts endure various tortures, causing them unbearable pain.
Hell: This is the most painful of the six realms, divided into eight hot hells, eight cold hells, and many other hells. Beings in Hell, due to the extremely evil karma they committed in previous lives, suffer various cruel punishments, such as being cut into mountains of swords and seas of fire, being fried in oil, being skinned and having their tendons pulled out. The suffering is extremely long and unbearable.
We can set up an 180-degree hell to punish the good and promote the evil, so that good and evil will eventually be rewarded."
As soon as Mu Ning finished speaking, the Heavenly Dao bestowed upon him waves of merits, most of which were worth tens of thousands of acres. Mu Ning collected the Heavenly Dao merits, but could not reveal them now, as they could be kept for future use.
The great man of the ancient times looked towards the direction of the sea of blood in shock. The sea of blood was full of evil spirits and blood, yet it could still bestow so many merits. Did the Styx do something big?
The six saints of heaven were also counting on their fingers, but they could only give an approximate estimate, which was that the time for Hou Tu to reincarnate had come, and they could not calculate any other details.
"Fellow Daoist, what are the Eighteen Levels of Hell?"
Mu Ning did not show off and continued to introduce, "The eighteen levels of hell are: the first level is the Tongue-Pulling Hell: It punishes those who sow discord, slander and harm others, are glib, make clever arguments, and tell lies.
The second layer is the Scissors Hell: it punishes those who instigate others to remarry or act as matchmakers for remarriage.
The third layer is the Iron Tree Hell: it is used to punish those who instigate discord between fathers and sons, brothers and sisters, and husbands and wives.
The fourth layer is the Hell of the Mirror of Sin: it targets those who commit crimes in the world of the living but do not reveal the truth or use connections to gain favor.
The fifth level is the Steamer Hell: it punishes those who gossip, spread false information, frame or slander others.
The sixth layer is the Copper Pillar Hell: it punishes those who commit arson, destroy evidence or kill in revenge.
The seventh layer is the Hell of Knives: where those who blaspheme the gods are punished.
The eighth layer is the Iceberg Hell: any evil woman who murders her husband, commits adultery, or has an abortion maliciously will be thrown into this hell.
The ninth layer is the Oil Pot Hell: those who engage in prostitution, thieves and robbers, bully the weak, abduct women and children, make false accusations and slander, and try to seize property and wives will suffer here.
The tenth level is the Ox Pit Hell: the destination of those who kill animals at will and build their happiness on the suffering of animals.
The eleventh level is the Stone-Crushing Hell: those who drown or abandon babies will be thrown into this hell.
The twelfth level is the Mortar and Mortar Hell: people who waste food will be punished here.
The thirteenth level is the Blood Pond Hell: people who do not respect others, are unfilial to their parents, are dishonest, and take the wrong path will be thrown into this hell.
The fourteenth level is the Hell of Unjust Death: it is the place where people who do not cherish their lives go.
The fifteenth level is the Crucifixion Hell: people who dig graves will be tortured here by having their flesh and bones cut off.
The sixteenth level is the volcanic hell: people who embezzle public resources for personal gain, accept bribes, steal, rob money, and set fires will be thrown into the volcano to suffer.
The seventeenth layer is the Stone Mill Hell: those who destroy grains, thieves, corrupt officials, and those who oppress the people will be ground into powder here.
The eighteenth level is the Saw Hell: those who cut corners, deceive their superiors and subordinates, abduct women and children, and engage in unfair transactions will be sawed here.
After Mu Ning finished her introduction, Hou Tu suddenly had an epiphany, and yellow earth energy surrounded her.
The realm is also constantly rising, from the perfect breakthrough of Daluo to the early stage of Quasi-Sage, and then to the middle and late stages.
"It would be more useful for Wu Zu to pray to the Great Dao."
Seeing that Hou Tu was about to break through to the quasi-saint state, Mu Ning hurriedly reminded her.
Although this is a bit unethical, it can stop Hongjun's progress in merging with the Dao, prevent Hongjun from obtaining the authority of the underworld, and prevent the underworld from being suppressed by the Heavenly Dao. It can also help in the future Conferred God Tribulation.
Hou Tu glanced at Mu Ning with a dignified look, then prayed to the Great Dao: "Great Dao above, Father Pangu bears witness, Heavenly Dao examines. I am Hou Tu, the ancestor of witches, a descendant of Pangu. I sense that the heaven and earth are incomplete, and my soul has nowhere to go. I wish to transform myself into the six paths of reincarnation, open the underworld, and let all living things enter reincarnation. The good will enter the three good reincarnations, and the evil will enter the three evil reincarnations. The underworld has eighteen levels of hell, and it is said that good will be rewarded and evil will be punished. I hope the Great Dao will examine me."
The clouds in the sky retreated one after another, and purple rays of light illuminated the ancient world. Thunder sounded and a giant purple eye appeared in the sky, looking at Hou Tu and Mu Ning beside Hou Tu.
"Accurate." A voice suddenly sounded, as if all the noise between heaven and earth disappeared in an instant, and the whole world became quiet. Only this voice was like a majestic music coming from the depths of time, with the power to shock the soul, sweeping across all living beings in the prehistoric world.
The merits of the Great Dao fill the sky, covering an area of one million acres.
A part of it flew towards the sea of blood and split open a space. Palaces appeared in the space with flashing purple light. A stone tablet appeared in front of the space with the words "Underworld" written on it.
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