"Just like the demons in the demon realm, once the number of demons corresponding to a population of 160 million exceeds 10 million, problems will occur in all six realms."
"This conclusion is supported by data. There have been several incidents of demons causing havoc in the Heavenly Court, all of which were related to the imbalance between the number of demons and the number of living beings in the Six Realms during that period. After all, the demon race has a strong reproductive capacity. If each of them were to achieve success in their cultivation, the demon population could even exceed the human population."
"Therefore, once the reincarnation plan is launched, although the first to be affected are low-level creatures such as insects and livestock, it is still necessary to keep them all in the underworld and maintain a certain number."
"If their reduction is not enough to make up for the loss in the underworld, then higher-level beings will naturally have to fill the gap."
"When things get really tough, not to mention humans, even immortals will become victims of the reincarnation plan. This reincarnation plan is a major reshuffling of all living beings in the six realms, and it is extremely dangerous."
The Lord of the Cycle of Reincarnation sighed and shook his head.
After listening to the words of the Daoist Master of the Samsara Path, Wang Yao understood. To put it simply, if 3.2 billion ghosts died, the human population would decrease by 160 million, and the demons in the demon realm would decrease by 8 million, and so on.
The six realms govern all living beings in this way, and the relationship between animals and humans in the human realm is naturally the same. It's just that there are more animals in the human realm now, but once the animals die to a certain extent, then wolves, bears, tigers, leopards, and even humans will have to die as well.
This idea is quite similar to the ecological balance he heard before he traveled through time; all living things are actually connected in some mysterious way.
The one who suffers the most from the loss of balance is humanity itself. However, in that case, the ecological balance is one that humans consciously control, while here, the underworld is secretly manipulating everything to prevent major upheavals in the six realms.
"You said the underworld lost about a billion ghosts this time, so wouldn't fifty million people die in the human world?" Wang Yao thought for a moment, then suddenly changed his expression and asked in horror.
The death of fifty million people was truly a horrific catastrophe for the human world, and Wang Yao couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine when he thought of it.
"The situation hasn't reached that point yet. In order to prevent a random change in the number of beings in one realm from causing overall turmoil in the six realms, my Underworld has prepared a large reserve of ghosts. These reserves are not included in the proportion I mentioned above."
"Otherwise, wouldn't the death of one more immortal in the Immortal Realm mean that all the other realms would face a great calamity?" The Lord of the Samsara Dao explained to Wang Yao with a smile.
"Why did we build such a huge building in the Underworld? It's not because the Ten Kings of Hell are greedy for grandeur. Think about it, thirty-seven floors represent thirty-seven realms. This huge space is used to balance the total number of beings in the six realms."
"The immortal realm lost one more immortal, no problem, I have plenty of ghosts here. Just arrange for one to be reincarnated as an immortal. The demon race had ten million more births, no problem, I have plenty of space here. Those who came from the demon realm can stay here for now, don't rush to reincarnate back..."
Wang Yao nodded, feeling finally a little relieved. This was the reincarnation ghost and native ghost that the Underworld Lord had mentioned. However, the Lord of the Reincarnation Path changed his tone when he got to this point.
"Actually, what the Six Realms fear most is a significant reduction in the number of ghosts in our Underworld. Don't be fooled by the numbers of hundreds of billions or tens of billions of ghosts in our Underworld. It may seem like a huge number, and the death of a few doesn't matter. But if too many people die, we won't be able to maintain the balance of the Six Realms, and the total number of living beings in the Six Realms will decrease as a result."
"Moreover, this reduction is not like reincarnation, where there is a chance to recover. Once the reserves of the Ghost Mouth cannot be replenished, the beings of the Six Realms can only maintain a low level for a period of time."
"It's like the several fierce battles that have occurred in the Six Realms, resulting in heavy casualties. But after the battles, within a few years, the number of living beings quickly recovers to its original level, or even increases. Why? Because there are so many ghosts in my Underworld that the number of people getting married and having ghost babies naturally increases significantly."
"No matter how much deficit the beings of the Six Realms have, as long as the ghost mouths of my Underworld are sufficient, I can guarantee that the beings of the Six Realms will recover quickly, and may even improve. But once the ghost mouths decrease significantly, the reproductive function of the beings of the Six Realms will deteriorate accordingly, and the infant mortality rate will increase."
"After all, if every pregnant woman can give birth smoothly, the ghosts can't keep up, so where will there be so many to be reincarnated? Moreover, the premature death of infants is much more effective in reducing the total number of living beings than the death of old living beings. So once that situation occurs, infants and young children will be the first to be affected."
After listening to what the Lord of the Cycle of Reincarnation said, Wang Yao couldn't help but nod. Indeed, the old man couldn't stay in the human world for many more years, but the infant had a long life ahead of him. So once the ghost population decreased, the tragedy of white-haired people sending off black-haired people in the human world would inevitably increase.
"The reason why I said Fang Chengxian's reincarnation opportunity was not good is this: once the Heavenly Court approves the start of the reincarnation plan, the first to rise in mortality in the human realm will be fetuses and newborns. At that time, life and death will depend entirely on chance, and even I will not be able to control it," the Dao Master of the Reincarnation Dao said with a sigh.
"Then... are there any other methods?" Wang Yao asked hurriedly after hearing this.
"A method? It's not that there isn't one, but it's extremely troublesome. Since you're an immortal, the easiest way is to ask the Heavenly Official to bless the family that has been reincarnated as an immortal. Of course, this will eliminate disasters and difficulties. However, I've heard that the Heavenly Official's blessing requires merit, but I'm not sure how much merit is needed."
"Another way is to go to the creative group of the Reincarnation Path on the tenth floor to modify Fang Chengxian's destiny. However, those guys in the creative group are all stubborn. The destiny they created is some kind of open design, and they always say that they have no responsibility at all."
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