"Is this... going to the underworld?" Ye Chen thought expectantly.
In the legends of the primordial era, Houtu is the one who governs reincarnation and is known as the Goddess Pingxin. Now that the Primordial Star has advanced to the seventh level, the cycle of heaven and earth must be perfected. Houtu's entry into Fengdu is inevitable. Ye Chen does not need to take action; she will be guided by the Primordial Star in the dark.
Standing before Fengdu City, Houtu looked at the tall, menacing, and terrifying lintel, but felt no fear whatsoever. Instead, she felt a sense of anticipation, as if the entire city of Fengdu was waiting for her to enter.
"Boom~~~" The gates of the Ghost Gate were slowly pushed open, and Houtu walked in slowly amidst the surprised gazes of many ghosts. This ghost city, which was forbidden to the living, welcomed a living being other than Ye Chen for the first time.
Houtu passed through the Gates of Hell and walked on the Yellow Springs Road planted with spider lilies. She did not feel any resistance or opposition from the underworld. On the contrary, she seemed to hear the cheers and joy of the entire Fengdu City. It seemed that the whole city was cheering and jumping for joy because of her arrival.
"Aren't living people not allowed to enter Fengdu?" Houtu murmured, a hint of confusion in her eyes, but her steps never stopped, and she continued to walk forward. Soon she arrived at the Naihe River and stood under the Naihe Bridge.
Countless spirits passed by her, looking back on their past on the River Naihe, suffering endless torment, before finally being able to cross the Naihe Bridge and reach the other side, or perhaps sinking into the River Naihe and becoming trapped there.
"All people in the world suffer, and after death, they can only wander in this ghost city, struggling endlessly, with no peace..." Houtu looked at the passing ghosts and couldn't help but murmur, "If there is a netherworld, then there should naturally be reincarnation. Mortals suffer the hardships of the world, enter the netherworld to bear the rewards of good and the consequences of evil, and naturally they should have a day of liberation and a time to be reborn as human beings!"
After Houtu finished speaking, she stepped onto the Naihe Bridge. Two figures appeared and simultaneously stepped onto the upper, middle, and lower bridges, seemingly to experience all the good, evil, and ordinariness of this world.
In the upper levels, countless celebratory sounds were celebrating for her, while in the lower levels, countless evil spirits were grabbing at her, seemingly wanting to drag her into the River of Forgetfulness to suffer for a thousand years.
Houtu remained unmoved by this. What truly touched her was the ordinary path of the middle level. There weren't that many heroes and demons in the world. The vast majority were just ordinary people who lived their lives in an ordinary way.
Perhaps in the course of their lives they have felt resentment, cried out and roared, thought about giving up, and had their own persistence and ideals... but in the end they could not live the life they wanted and could only become one of countless ordinary people.
This ordinary and mundane life was something she had never experienced before. She was born as a great witch, and as she grew stronger, she gradually replaced the former Houtu and became the new Houtu on the primordial planet. As her strength continued to grow, she gradually gained more and more influence among the twelve ancestral witches.
She grew up amidst the envious gazes of others, a true prodigy. Yet now she experiences the lives of countless ordinary people, walking, surviving, and struggling in this world as a mortal... ultimately dying unnoticed in some corner, living an uneventful life, to the point that even her occasional cries and struggles, and the inscription on her tombstone, are not worth mentioning.
"Death should not be the final destination and end for all living beings. They should not have to endure endless torment and depravity after death. They should have the opportunity to start over! The opportunity to take control of their destiny again! All beings suffer, and only by saving themselves can they be saved!" After Houtu finished speaking, she walked down the Naihe Bridge, her three bodies merged into one, and she returned to her domineering appearance. She walked firmly toward Fengdu City, not even glancing at Meng Po and the others beside her.
At this moment, Meng Po and Noah in the city all looked up and were astonished to see Hou Tu walking step by step into Fengdu City. They were surprised not only by her living body full of vitality, but also by the mysterious aura surrounding her.
Both of them were seventh-tier demigod level powerhouses, theoretically capable of crushing Houtu with a single finger. Yet, they sensed a chilling aura emanating from her, while she was only at the peak of the sixth tier!
"Who is this? How strange?" Meng Po tilted her head and murmured.
Noah, in the Yama Palace, closed his eyes slightly and quietly observed Houtu from afar. He also sensed a fearful aura emanating from her, an aura that made him want to submit.
Houtu ignored the strange looks from the crowd and slowly walked into Fengdu City. None of the patrolling ghosts she encountered along the way dared to stop her or question her, and they didn't even have the courage to speak to her.
Walking through Fengdu City, Houtu once again witnessed the city's prosperity. However, this was not the mortal realm. In the past, all she had seen were ghosts, but now they all looked at her with horrified eyes. Not a single ghost dared to step forward, not even those who were also at the peak of the sixth rank.
Houtu paused briefly before continuing onward, arriving outside the Yama Palace.
At this moment, all ten Kings of Hell stood before the Hall of Hell, with Noah at the head. All of them looked at the creature before them with wary eyes, a sight they had never seen before.
"The Ten Kings of Hell and the Ghost City of Fengdu, the institutions of the ghost city that punish good and evil, how could they not have the means to control the life and death of evil ghosts?" Houtu frowned slightly, then raised her right hand, and the entire Yama Palace immediately trembled violently.
"What are you doing?" Noah exclaimed in surprise. Several Yama Kings looked at Houtu with fury in their eyes, but then they discovered that the entire Yama King Palace was emitting a faint golden light, and a writing brush slowly condensed above the Yama King Palace.
"The judge determines life and death, and Yama punishes good and evil; only in this way can it be considered perfect!" Houtu nodded, ignoring the Yama Palace and the group of surprised Yama Kings, and turned to walk in another direction, which was where the Samsara Palace was located.
"This is... a treasure from the Yama Palace? Summoned by her?" Noah and the other Yama Kings stared in astonishment at the two items, the aura emanating from them making them tremble.
But now was clearly not the time to study the two treasures. Houtu's speed seemed both fast and slow. In the blink of an eye, she had arrived outside the Samsara Palace. Looking up at the plaque of the Samsara Palace and sensing the aura within, Houtu stepped inside without the slightest hesitation.
"Your Majesty, Houtu, moved by the hardships of her life, who has wandered in endless darkness since death, wishes to take charge of reincarnation and establish a place for all to be reborn, so that they may one day see the light!"
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