Ye Chen felt his consciousness drifting away, being dragged by a mysterious force into a dark and bottomless abyss with no end.
"Is this what death feels like?" He murmured softly in the darkness, unable to open his eyes, feeling cold and weak all over.
He did not resist, drifting freely, wandering in the darkness.
His memory still lingers in the heavens, nostalgic for Da Chu.
The mountains and rivers of his hometown, the people in his hometown, the flowers, grass, and trees in his hometown are all his last tenderness.
Alone, he is still living in the memories of his past.
Time seems to be stretched and becomes extremely long, and the long river of time seems to have no other shore or end.
At some point, he stopped and slowly opened his eyes.
At first glance, what I saw was a dark and cold world, boundless scorched earth, without any light.
This is really like Jiuyou, with the dark wind raging and the ghosts wailing.
There are blood gullies crisscrossing the area, with resentful spirits struggling, and in the dark and scorched earth, there are half-covered skeletons, weathered by time.
"Is this... the underworld?" Ye Chen's eyes cleared of confusion and regained clarity, staring blankly at the scene in front of him.
He had been here before when he was writing poems and paintings about Xunlin.
Although most of the memories were erased by the supreme being of the underworld, there are still sporadic memories: this is the underworld.
"How did we end up in the underworld?" Ye Chen couldn't help but frown.
He recalled what Long Yi had said: In his later years, the Taixu Dragon Emperor had used his world-defying magical power to communicate with the underworld, and he could actually get a glimpse of the underworld, where there were beings as equal as the emperor.
After death, people disappear into thin air. Some may return to the underworld, but there are almost zero such people.
Obviously, he is one of those close to zero.
"This is my true destination? My real resting place?" Ye Chen murmured to himself, smiling a little sadly.
"Don't be stunned, let's go quickly." When Ye Chen said to himself, a rough voice suddenly sounded, with a rich cow moo.
Ye Chen subconsciously looked back and saw two people standing behind him.
The one on the left has a human-shaped cow's head, with an iron ring hanging on the cow's nose. He is obviously a human, but he has a cow's face.
Look at the one on the right again, with a human-shaped horse face. At first glance, it looks a bit like a donkey, with two straight front teeth.
"Bull head and horse face?" Ye Chen was stunned for a moment. Stories about these two people are always used in the mortal world to scare children.
That is the underworld general. He will run to the house where there is a dead person, specializing in catching the undead and souls, and he will be sure to catch them.
"What are you looking at? Come on, don't waste the time." Niutou hissed, with a bad temper, and even pushed Ye Chen.
The horseman was not idle either. He took out the shackles and locked Ye Chen's hands and feet tightly. He was a dedicated master.
"Where...are we going!" Ye Chen couldn't help but ask, looking at the bull's head and then the horse's face.
The bull-headed and horse-faced bully ignored him, pushing and hissing all the way.
It was as if the two of them were government servants, and Ye Chen was a prisoner, shackled and dragged with clattering chains.
There was no answer to the question, Ye Chen coughed dryly and looked away.
The underworld is also like the heavens and all the realms, with mountains, water, and trees, all of which are pitch black and so cold that there is no warmth at all.
Occasionally, there will be one or two lonely ghosts floating around, with dull expressions and empty eyes.
In addition to these, there are many terrifying existences in the underworld.
For example, in a mountain forest, a man in the house is chopping wood.
For example, under an old tree, a baby squatted there and cried.
For example, there is a sarcophagus suspended on a river of blood.
The scariest thing is the howling of the evil spirit, which makes people's hearts tremble with its whining, resentment and evil thoughts, interweaving into a series of ferocious faces.
Even though he had been here once, he was mentally prepared, but when he came again, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel excited, it was too scary.
Soon after, a pass appeared in front of us. It was an archway with three large characters engraved vigorously: Guimen Pass.
In front of the gate of hell, there is also a pavilion of "Underworld".
Ye Chen raised his head and looked at the words "Ghost Pass", and then looked sideways at the gate pavilion of the underworld. He felt that it was very familiar.
This pass can be described as a fortress, with copper walls and iron walls. It is also guarded by eighteen hideous and weird ghost kings, which is eerie and terrifying.
After passing the gate of hell, I don’t know how long I walked, and I saw a huge palace again, which was gloomy, solemn and cold.
On the plaque, three big characters are very eye-catching: Yama Luo Palace.
In front of the Yama Hall, there are two rows of people standing on one left and one on the right. On the left is a clear cow head, and on the right is a clear horse face.
At this moment, a group of people were filing into the Yama Hall.
Just like Ye Chen, they were all wearing white prison uniforms, and they were all wearing iron shackles. When they walked, the iron chains they dragged made a rattling sound.
"I died unjustly and my revenge has not been avenged. Let me go!"
"My child is not born yet, let me go back and see him."
"I'm the Dragon King. Damn it, reincarnation."
There was no peace in front of the Yama Hall. Some people were crying, some were shouting, and there were all kinds of noises. It was extremely noisy.
"Noisy." A bull-headed man looked fierce and whipped up his whip.
When he whipped the whip, there was no sound.
No matter what you were in life, no matter how awesome you are in front of you, when you come to our place, you have to lie down.
Ye Chen was also honest and didn't dare to say anything. He was too stubborn.
His eyes were bright, and he heard clearly just now that the person who was captured was going to be sent to be reincarnated as a human again.
"I can still reincarnate." He almost jumped up with excitement.
This was so surprising that even someone like him who slaughtered two emperors couldn't believe that he could actually be reincarnated.
He thought that only their great Chu had reincarnation, and the so-called reincarnation was just a fabrication in the mortal world.
But now it seems that it is not Da Chu who has reincarnation. This so-called underworld also has reincarnation, and it is more professional than Da Chu.
"I can still go back." Ye Chen's eyes were filled with tears.
"Come forward, get in line." It was Niu Tou again, with a rich voice, pushing him, and then left with Ma Mian.
Ye Chen wiped away his tears and hurriedly followed, lining up behind.
"Who are you?" The person in front of Ye Chen turned around and asked. It was a leopard-headed spirit with round eyes.
"All heavens and all realms." Ye Chen smiled and did not hide anything.
"Then we're not in the same place. I'm from the spiritual realm."
"Spiritual realm?" Ye Chen raised his eyebrows, "Where is the spiritual realm?"
"It's the spiritual world among the people in your world. Your people there are not real. They like to channel spirits from us whenever they have something to do. Most of them are called to fight with others, so I was called there. Give it to me. A good beating.”
"Not everyone is unrealistic." Ye Chen laughed dryly.
"Actually, our spiritual realm also belonged to the heavens and the ten thousand realms earlier, and was also one of the realms among the ten thousand realms. However, there was a great turmoil in the heaven and earth, and the ten thousand realms collapsed and were divided into countless small realms and planes."
"There's still this matter." Ye Chen couldn't help but touch his chin.
"Do you know the three realms of heaven, earth, and man?" The leopard-headed spirit seemed to be very bored, and he was also a chatty person who didn't want to be lonely.
"You know?" Ye Chen suddenly became interested when he heard this.
"Then you must know that the heaven is above, the underworld is below, and in the middle is the human world, which is our universe."
"This is the first time I've heard of it." Ye Chen sighed.
"Then when people in your spiritual realm die, will they all come to the underworld?" Ye Chen looked at the leopard-headed spirit with curiosity.
"How can that be impossible! When people die, they disappear into thin air. There are almost zero people who can come to the underworld after death. There may not even be one in any region."
"Then what kind of principle is this? How can it still go to the underworld?"
"You don't understand this! Before the separation of the three realms of heaven, earth and man, they were originally one. The three realms are inextricably linked, or there are many small cracks. It was a coincidence that we died and were dragged in by that small crack. To the underworld."
"Then reincarnation..." Ye Chen said tentatively.
"To put it bluntly, they just throw us back through some small cracks." The leopard-headed spirit shook his head and said.
"This explanation is really easy to understand." Ye Chen coughed.
"I guessed this all." The leopard-headed spirit picked his nose.
"Guess... I..." Ye Chen almost kicked him.
Your grandma has been busy for a long time, where are you teasing me
If this wasn't the underworld, and if the bull-headed horse hadn't been so fierce, he would have beaten the leopard-headed spirit to the ground.
"Stop talking, it's my turn." The leopard-headed spirit shook his head and didn't forget to lick his hair when he was done.
Then, he raised his legs with dignity and straightened his back, as if he was going to the execution ground with a righteous air.
"Hurry up." Before the leopard-headed demon could finish pretending, he was kicked in by the bull's head. He was already dead, and he was still pretending.
Ye Chen took a deep breath and looked at him with a meaningful expression.
Others cry for father and mother when they die, but the leopard-headed spirit is better, Beier said optimistically, energetically, and proudly.
No one was chatting, so Ye Chen glanced back.
Behind him was a beautiful woman, not peerless, but pretty, with her head lowered and her eyes downcast, feeling sad.
"Beauty, what the hell." Ye Chen said with a smile, just like the leopard-headed spirit asked him before, should I protect him or be a fellow countryman
"Fire domain." The woman whispered, her tone was flat, without raising her head, her hair was messy, covering half of her face.
"Fire Realm, it should be the Flame Realm in the mouth of all the worlds." Ye Chen muttered in a low voice, it was all in the Human Realm anyway.
The woman seemed to be shocked and didn't want to speak. Ye Chen didn't ask any more questions, but stood on tiptoes and looked behind her.
A lot of people died in all the heavens and realms this time. Maybe besides him, there were people who came to the underworld, and I didn't know them all.
Unfortunately, he didn't look at anyone. Although the queue was very long, he was the only one who saw no one from All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
Soon, he was pushed in by the bull's head and almost fell down.
After standing firm, I realized that the Yama Hall was somewhat similar to a government office in the mortal world, with two rows of little ghosts standing on both sides.
Looking at the center again, sitting in front of a table is the county magistrate. Oh no, it should be the judge of Hades, with a fierce look.
On both sides of the judge, there are two people, one black and one white, wearing high hats and sticking out their tongues. It is obvious that black and white are impermanent.
Generally speaking, this Yama Palace can be described in two words: gloomy.
Ye Chen took a step forward and stood still again without saying a word.
The judge's eyes were as bright as fire. He glanced at Ye Chen and opened the book of life and death, wanting to see how many good and evil things Ye Chen had done.
The underworld is very professional. Whenever a ghost comes here, his memory will be taken away and burned into the book of life and death for judgment.
The standard of judgment is good and evil. If you do good deeds and accumulate virtue throughout your life, you are a good person, and you will be able to go back safely.
As for those who have done many evil things, you need to talk about it carefully, and I will let you know what the legendary retribution is.
Ye Chen was silent and wanted to know how the Book of Life and Death judged him, whether he was good or bad, good or evil.