Chapter 920: All Souls Gone, See You in the Next Life

Chapter 920: All Souls Gone, See You in the Next Life

After staying in the mountains for some time, Li Yuan and many of his relatives and friends enjoyed the peaceful time after the disaster.

One day, Li Xiaoan, now the god of justice, was busy with official duties. He heard that there were immortals causing chaos in the northern Shenzhou and disturbing the mortal world, so he hurried away with his big black dog Xiaotian.

Afterwards, the Liangshan Mountain God, the Barbarian Elephant and other gods with responsibilities also returned to their own territories to avoid any trouble.

Gu Jian learned about Li Yuan's return a day later than everyone else, and spent some time with everyone. However, he was a serious person who never smiled, and fearing that he would spoil everyone's mood, he returned to the capital to guard the city.

Before leaving, he told Li Yuan privately that Li Yuan had asked him to keep the soul of Emperor Anyue, but he had persisted for hundreds of years and had never handed over the soul of Emperor Anyue to the underworld. For this, he violated a taboo and was subjected to a lot of criticism and accusations.

Later, this matter even alarmed the gods in heaven. After all, Emperor Anyue was extremely lucky and had made great achievements in his life. The underworld attached great importance to his soul and sent out the Ghost Bureau to receive it personally.

However, Gu Jian said that Yuan Zun left a decree to preserve the soul of Emperor Anyue and wait for Yuan Zun to come back to discuss the matter!

The underworld also has indicators. Some important souls written on the list have their afterlives arranged by the six paths of reincarnation, and some even have the opportunity to become immortals directly.

If the souls on this important list cannot be brought back, many ghost officials in the underworld will be implicated.

It would be fine if it was just Emperor Anyue, but Li Yuan had previously "stored" the souls of a large number of relatives and friends under the Bodhi tree, and the underworld had returned empty-handed every time it tried to lead them away. Naturally, many high-ranking officials in the underworld had something to say about Li Yuan.

Many high-ranking officials in the underworld dared to be angry but not to speak out: Is it so difficult to collect all the souls of Anshan? If this happens every time, wouldn't Anshan be given too much privilege, defy the rules of heaven, and become a "lawless place" outside the heaven?

Although they certainly didn't dare to comment on Li Yuan, Gu Jian was only a City God. Even if he was the first City God in history, his position was not too high.

During the hundreds of years since Li Yuan's death and reincarnation, Gu Jian naturally bore enormous pressure alone.

More than a hundred years ago, this dispute reached its peak. Some high-ranking officials in the underworld did not dare to go against the order of the Dao Emperor, and could only say helplessly: It doesn’t matter if you don’t hand over this soul, but you should at least give over some of the souls that were previously taken away by Yuan Zun, right?

If Yuan Zun could perform a large number of resurrections, it would be too shocking. Wouldn't the powerful immortals and gods in the future follow suit?

Will these three realms not face yet another catastrophe?

Gu Jian also knew that Anshan was at fault in this matter. Although they openly expressed their support for maintaining the order of the three realms, they were reluctant to let their relatives and friends leave, and they forced many of their souls to stay and not return to the underworld...

To put it bluntly, merits are merits, but things cannot be done in this way, otherwise it would be really double standards.

This incident was not a big deal, but the underworld was quite dissatisfied. Worried about the bad influence, Gu Jian finally plucked up the courage and asked Tian Yao to go to the heaven.

The result of this incident was: the Emperor of Heaven gave the order that the souls under the Bodhi tree should not be moved for the time being, but the soul of Emperor Anyue was still taken away by the underworld.

So Gu Jian felt unworthy of Li Yuan's trust.

However, Li Yuan did not blame him without reason. After all, Gu Jian was the City God, and because of his words, he had been going against the underworld on this matter. He was under great pressure and had really tried his best.

And since Old Zhang has spoken, it means that Emperor Anyue is really going to the afterlife. Maybe he should take a good rest and enjoy himself.

I have been accumulating incense for Emperor Anyue for a long time, and Ji Yu has a destiny to be an immortal, so sooner or later they will meet again, even though they may not remember the past anymore.

But this is Lao Zhang's attitude, and it is also a hint and reminder to Li Yuan. Now that he has come back and knows about this, he should understand what to do.

After Gu Jian left, Tian Yao patted Li Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, they deserve the rewards. Heaven will not forget them... But many things still need to go through the process, no matter which world it is."

"Since we have chosen to be in the white path, we should not openly break the rules."

Li Yuan also smiled casually and nodded in agreement with Brother Tian Yao's teasing.

In his early years, he was only worried that the so-called "fate" would come true, and Anshan would be destroyed and all his relatives and friends would die.

Therefore, he was determined to go against the so-called trajectory of fate and the great catastrophe in order to leave a way out for his relatives and friends. He only wanted to preserve the souls of his relatives and friends so that when there was a shortage of people in heaven in the future, he could help them find a way out.

But this world remembers everyone's merits and demerits, good and evil. Sometimes there is no need to make special preparations. Those who have made merits will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished.

However, if we judge the merits of these souls and promote their deification based solely on Li Yuan's words, it would be unfair to other beings who have the potential to become immortals and gods.

If we really want to be fair on the surface, we should leave these souls to the heaven and earth, the underworld, or the six realms of reincarnation, to be judged.

After all, there is no such thing as a "List of Gods" in this world, and there are very few cases of people becoming immortals directly after death.

If you really want to become a god in heaven, it is better to follow the procedures and let the heavens make the judgment. That way you won't be afraid of other people's rumors.

Of course, absolute fairness does not exist, only relative fairness.

After all, these souls came from the Anshan area and had made great contributions in fighting against the catastrophe. They were also brought out by Li Yuan himself, so they were imbued with a lot of strong luck.

Especially when he officially becomes the Source Lord, the status of these relatives and friends will naturally be elevated, and they will have more hope of becoming gods and immortals.

Moreover, Li Yuan placed those souls under the Bodhi tree to nourish them for many years, which not only completed their soul bodies, but also improved their qualifications and wisdom. Even if they really had to go through the process, it would be much better than the hasty reincarnation during the previous catastrophe.

On a sunny day.

Anshan held a farewell banquet.

Li Yuan called out all the souls living under the Bodhi tree, even the soul of the little rabbit that was able to walk in the outside world.

"Today's separation is only a brief farewell."

"You all have great merits, and you have sacrificed heroically in the catastrophe. You also have the wisdom of Bodhi, and your mind is clear. No matter what happens, this world will give you a good ending..."

Li Yuan chose to respect Lao Zhang's opinion and let go a little, allowing the souls of these relatives and friends to go to the underworld and accept the most fair arrangement of the underworld.

This farewell is not sad, because it represents another kind of fate. Perhaps, we will meet again in heaven soon.

As long as they have passed the judgment of the six reincarnations in the underworld and have sufficient merits and no problems with their character, the names of these relatives and friends will definitely appear on the list of 'new gods' that the gods in heaven are preparing to recommend.

This did not conflict with his original idea, it just added a step of entering the underworld and accepting the judgment of the underworld.

Moreover, it can also ease the attitude of the underworld, so that they don't really treat Anshan as a special place and complain that the creatures brought out by Yuanzun can break the laws.

He casually summoned a guide, and the underworld knew that it was Yuan Zun who summoned them personally, so they reacted quickly and sent a few more powerful underworld officials, who bowed respectfully to Yuan Zun and waited for his orders.

After some negotiations, relatives and friends waved goodbye and followed the guide to the underworld.

Before entering the Yin Gate, the little rabbit even joked with Li Yuan: If there really was a day when they could become immortals and see each other again, it would definitely fly to the moon in the sky to see if there were any magical herbs and leaves that it liked to eat.

Li Yuan just patted its head and smiled warmly: "We'll see each other again, I promise."