si-mexico Chapter 75 His bad karma has reached its limit.
Chapter 75 His bad karma has reached its limit.
After a mortal dies, their soul returns to the underworld, drinks the Meng Po soup, crosses the Naihe Bridge, and then faces judgment from the underworld.
In the temple of the judges in the underworld, there are two very important books: one is the Book of Life and Death, and the other is the Book of Merits.
The Book of Life and Death records the birth dates and lifespans of all living beings, while the Book of Merits briefly records their lives, especially their good deeds and bad acts during their lifetime.
The judge is in charge of guarding these two books, and the judge's pen in his hand is the only magical artifact that can change lifespan and merits.
One of Judge Cui Jue's daily tasks was to assign mortals to different Yama Palaces and minor hells based on the amount of good deeds recorded in the Book of Merit, so that they could be subjected to various forms of torture.
Therefore, the souls of the dead who remained at the border market generally wanted to work to accumulate good karma.
The time they spent working at the border market was equivalent to a probation period; if they behaved well, their sentences could be reduced.
Only those who commit heinous crimes are ineligible for a reduced sentence; they will receive the full punishment they are entitled to.
As for cultivators, they seek the path to immortality, and they will not die for hundreds or thousands of years. Even if they die, in most cases, their body and soul will perish, and they will not enter the cycle of reincarnation.
The underworld has no jurisdiction over these cultivators; at most, it just records their names in the Book of Life and Death and the Book of Merit.
Although their lifespan and good deeds can be found in the two books, who cares?
Basically, every cultivator can live past the day of their death recorded in the Book of Life and Death, but the Black and White Impermanence will not come to collect their souls.
Even if all your good karma is depleted, it doesn't matter, since you won't die anyway, you can still live a carefree life.
Therefore, Si Wuxie didn't understand why Li Tingyun cared about this.
[The detection system has found that the host's karmic merit has been completely depleted and has been in a state of arrears for a long time. Since the merit book does not display negative numbers, it is currently unknown how much karmic merit the host has lost.]
Li Tingyun: "Then what is my negative merit value in the system?"
[Initial cost -1000, subduing the fox demon in Eternal Town +100, rescuing the protagonist +300, handing over the golden coffin in the market -400 timed deduction.]
Wang Laoliu carefully settled the score with him.
[Host, congratulations, everything is back to square one. You've been busy for most of the day, and you're still down to -1000.]
He lacks both good deeds and good karma; in short, he is simply lacking in virtue.
It seems your attempt to use your accumulated good deeds to make up for the lost merit points in the system is also unsuccessful.
Both are negative numbers, and they decrease with each addition. I don't think you'll ever turn back. It's a miracle you haven't gotten smaller.
Li Tingyun: "How much smaller can it get? Like a baby?!"
After he finished speaking, 001 suddenly emitted a notification sound.
Wang Laoliu cautiously clicked to view.
Don't let his words become a prophecy!
fortunately.
[It's good news, hahaha, it's good news! Host, do you want to hear it?]
Li Tingyun replied with a single word: "Let go."
The system may have closed the front door for you, but it has opened the back door.
[The merits recorded in the underworld and the merits displayed by the system—as long as you can fill one of the large gaps and turn it from negative to positive, even if it's zero, you've passed the test.]
[At that time, the system will remove all restrictions on you, and your cultivation level will return!]
"Don't be too happy too soon."
Li Tingyun knew 001's nature; closing the front door and opening the back door was definitely because the back door was even more damn difficult to navigate than the front door!
[Even if it's difficult, it's still much easier than killing the Emperor of Fengdu and only getting 0.01 merit points, right?]
Is the Emperor of Fengdu really that worthless? His life is a life too!
"There is another possibility: the Emperor of Fengdu... is unkillable."
What makes you think this is possible?
Li Tingyun said confidently, "Intuition."
[In my original text, after Ren Ping of Dao Xuan Sect died, only the Hall Master of Taiji Hall and the Emperor of Fengdu were at the same level of power, but the two of them never had a formal duel.]
[But don't worry, host. In my power system, you are the ceiling. If I continue writing, the Emperor of Fengdu will definitely be your formidable rival, but not your opponent.]
[You have only one opponent: Yuan Che, the protagonist who will surely become a god in the future.]
"Let's not talk about that now."
Looking at Si Wuxie's puzzled expression, Li Tingyun figured he was also wondering why she valued this bird-like thing.
"Yes, hidden virtue, that's exactly what I want."
He affirmed.
"..."
Si Wuxie had something he didn't know whether he should say: he felt that Li Tingyun was definitely a person with extremely bad karma.
They even went in the opposite direction from his home, rushing headlong in the opposite direction!
Li Tingyun asked, "Do you know any way to make up for lost merit?"
Si Wuxie said, "Actually, only Judge Cui Jue knows the answer to this question. No one else... not even the Ten Kings of Hell, has the right to interfere with matters related to the Book of Life and Death and the Book of Merit."
The judge's position in the underworld is very special. Although he seems to be under the jurisdiction of the Ten Kings and the Ghost Emperor, no one can change the direction of his judge's pen.
Those who deserve to die at midnight will not die until dawn, and the most heinous criminals will never escape the punishment of purgatory.
The cycle of reincarnation, like the laws of heaven, should be viewed with reverence by both mortals and cultivators.
Although the loss of one's virtue does not pose a direct threat to cultivators, it has a negligible impact on their cultivation.
However, they could very well deliver a fatal blow when they are undergoing their tribulation.
This is especially true for cultivators.
Because Heaven will not allow someone burdened with karmic obstacles to become a true immortal.
It doesn't really matter for demonic cultivators.
They spend their entire lives fighting against the Heavenly Dao. Even if their cultivation level hasn't reached the Tribulation Transcending stage, they might still be chased and struck by the Heavenly Dao's great lightning tribulation for doing heinous things!
Those who can truly cultivate into demons have already undergone countless tribulations, and they have even developed an immunity to the punishments of Heaven.
The true demon suffers eternal damnation.
Demons are the calamities that bring endless disasters to the lower realms.
How terrible is this "catastrophe"?
The answer is that there is no living being in the lower realm.
Humanity is filled with sorrow and grief, while hell is emptied of its dead souls.
In short, it boils down to two words: destruction of the world.