Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 477: Ghost Judges Under the Command of the Yin, Seventy-two Divisions of the Underworld_1
Under the joint efforts of his memory bodies, Great Families, and other establishments, the faith and incense offerings for Wang Linchi, the Heaven Equivalent Benevolent Holy Emperor, spread quickly throughout the land. Temples dedicated to the Holy Emperor began to be built everywhere, naturally increasing Wang Linchi’s influence. Moreover, with the ability to prolong life, his propaganda further refined the divine responsibilities of presiding over life and death within Wang Linchi’s divinity.
Meanwhile, the process of Mortal Liberation also naturally accelerated.
The divine responsibilities of life and death, immersed in Mana, were being refined bit by bit by Wang Linchi. Naturally, he could not allow divinities from the Demon God System to enter his own system as they were, lest they become its master. Instead, they would be dismantled and assimilated, ultimately becoming his nourishment. He needed to convert that system into nourishment for himself, not become nourishment for the system.
As the divine responsibilities for life and death were gradually devoured, the originally chaotic god realm within him began to take shape according to his plan, forming the embryonic structure of the Seventy-two Divisions.
"Retribution for deeds comes in due time; it may fall upon one’s descendants or directly upon oneself. The First Division shall oversee the Quick Report Department."
The Quick Report Department did not signify rapid reporting of news, but rather the swift meting out of retribution. All who committed evil in the world, regardless of the severity of their sins, would face retribution, either upon themselves or through their descendants.
After the completion of the First Division, the Supervisor Inspection Department, the Pain Control Department, and others were also established with impressive efficiency.
As the saying goes, all beginnings are difficult, and Wang Linchi found this to be true as well.
Once all Seventy-two Divisions were established, Wang Linchi invested a large number of memory bodies. These memory bodies quickly dispersed among the Seventy-two Divisions, transforming into Underground Dominators, who were civil officials, and Underground Ghost Leaders, who were military officials.
Unable to leave the god realm? The drawback of the Demon God System still persists. Wang Linchi discovered a problem: the civil and military officials of the Seventy-two Divisions could only operate within the god realm. If Wang Linchi hadn’t needed personnel to carry out his tasks, he wouldn’t have introduced memory bodies into the Seventy-two Divisions. However, discovering they couldn’t leave and could only remain within his body rendered them somewhat useless.
However, after further research, Wang Linchi discovered they could indeed leave. They just needed to attach themselves to people, specifically those within the Shaman System. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
It’s not entirely useless; there are ways to supplement this. Wang Linchi thought of Player technology. Once he perfected it, he could use the Seventy-two Divisions as a foundation to create Players for the Three Realms. Of course, he wouldn’t limit himself to a single Netherworld. He aimed to construct a complete Heaven, Earth, and Human Realms, as a triangle is the most stable structure. However, with his current capabilities and resources being limited, he could only temporarily perfect the Netherworld. The Human and Heavenly Realms could be developed slowly later.
As for why he didn’t use orthodox Ghost Errands, Wang Linchi didn’t particularly want them. He believed Players had a slightly higher upper limit. Most importantly, they were easier for him to modify.
There is one serious issue now. Why do they look like this? Wang Linchi suddenly discovered that the memory bodies transformed into Underground Dominators and Underground Ghost Leaders had taken on terrifying forms. Each was uniquely grotesque, and they emanated a kind of distorted law.
The Erroneous Sin, combined with adaptive evolution and the power of the Seventy-two Divisions...
Wang Linchi quickly analyzed the situation. Theoretically, he was the source of Erroneous Sin for the Soul Kind. Having devoured a large amount of Erroneous Sin in the previous world and subsequently transforming his race, these factors had caused the civil and military officials of the Seventy-two Divisions to take on this current form.
There was a distinction between memory bodies and the civil and military officials of the Seventy-two Divisions; the two could not be equated. Firstly, memory bodies were essentially summoned creatures, structures infused with spiritual power. Thus, they were classified as Skills and were subordinate to Wang Linchi. The civil and military officials of the Seventy-two Divisions, however, were different. They were Wang Linchi’s Family, a part of his very being, and thus were naturally influenced by him.
This is acceptable. In that case, let’s proceed with further in-depth modifications.
Wang Linchi held no aversion to the appearance of the Seventy-two Divisions’ personnel. He quickly selected a number of outstanding individuals among them to further refine the entire system of the Seventy-two Divisions.
"Ghost King, Day Wandering God, Night Wandering God, Black and White Impermanence, Bull Head, Horse Face, Leopard Tail, Bird Beak, Fish Gill, Yellow Wasp."
These ten special Underground Ghost Leaders were enlightened and transformed by Wang Linchi, becoming the Ten Great Underworld Leaders.
The Ghost King had red hair and tusks, wielded a demon-subduing bell, and appeared fierce and menacing. The Day Wandering God was dressed as a jailer, with disheveled hair, holding a wooden tablet. The descriptions continued for the others.
With these ten templates established, further subdivisions were made. For example, the Ghost King was further differentiated into the Vicious Ghost King, the Empty Belly Ghost King, and a series of other Ghost Kings. The ranks of the Underground Ghost Leaders were thus quickly expanded by him.
However, this was not yet complete. Only the military positions had been finalized. Next came the civil positions, primarily centered around Judges, including those responsible for rewarding good and punishing evil, and the Four Great Yin Judges who oversaw the laws of the underworld, among others.
Thus, Wang Linchi quickly established a general framework for the Netherworld. The remainder consisted of troublesome minor details that would require his meticulous polishing.
Now there is a serious problem to solve... the income and expenses are imbalanced...
Wang Linchi had built the most fundamental part of the Three Realms—the Netherworld. However, its primary business was reaping souls and capturing ghosts to be processed as income. Yet, neither the Underworld Leaders nor the Judges could leave; they were forced to remain there. Consequently, he had no funds to acquire additional Ghost Errands, Yanluos, or other necessities. The initial faith and incense offerings had already been exhausted. He didn’t even have enough resources to install Player modules for these Underworld Leaders and Ghost Judges.
Building infrastructure is truly expensive. I’ve only just finished the framework, and the money is already gone, Wang Linchi lamented, his spirits sinking. And this was at cost price, without any middleman markup. The most expensive part was likely the establishment of the Netherworld itself, akin to purchasing land. The largest expenditure in real estate is typically the land, followed by taxes. Wang Linchi didn’t have to pay taxes here; otherwise, he wouldn’t have even been able to create the Ten Great Underworld Leaders and the Four Great Ghost Judges, and would have had to make do with basic modules.
Currently, there’s no good solution, so I can only tough it out for now.
His temples were now flourishing everywhere. The Dai Temple on Mount Tai, in particular, enjoyed a continuous stream of worshippers, with people visiting in an endless flow every day. He had placed the Saint Master into his divine statue at the Dai Temple to help gather faith. His game character had also returned, now completely transformed into the likeness of the Heaven Equivalent Benevolent Holy Emperor, and was subsequently absorbed by Wang Linchi. This was the... human skin suit, formed from his External Incarnation and Second Original Spirit. He had originally intended to use it as an avatar, but with no other options, he had to make do by wearing it.
I really wish I could hold another Dharma Assembly... Wang Linchi mumbled quietly.
Fortunately, Wang Linchi was not the kind of greedy deity to be swayed by faith and incense; otherwise, he would have initiated one immediately. He possessed numerous divinity-related traits, so he had no need to worry about such matters. Furthermore, with the game character there to take the brunt of any negative effects, if anything went wrong, the game character would be the first to collapse. Then... Wang Linchi would simply create another game character to shield himself. This entity was merely a part of the Destiny ability inherent to him; he didn’t need to worry about it being destroyed upon death. As long as he himself was alive, he could recreate everything from scratch, including his Soul Resemblance. Therefore, only his own life was paramount; everything else was of secondary importance.
Seriously, how did the Wolf God endure such meager faith? Wang Linchi gazed at the trickling flow, recalling when he first became a god. The faith, the incense—Wang Linchi had spent it lavishly. But now, the peak period was over, and it had settled into this trickling, long-term flow.
Although in the Wolf God’s eyes, the faith Wang Linchi received daily was an astronomical sum, Wang Linchi didn’t see it that way. The Wolf God was like a small village convenience store; its daily income was practically useless in the eyes of a multinational conglomerate like Wang Linchi. The disparity in their levels, compared to Wang Linchi’s true strength, was immense.
No, I need to find a way to make them generate more faith for me, Wang Linchi began to ponder. The current state of the Netherworld’s development and construction was more than just a little bit off from his plans. It was true that he was using the Underground Dominators and Underground Ghost Leaders, combined with the Seventy-two Divisions of Dongyue, as the foundation. But if he had money, he would undoubtedly want to build on a much grander scale. For instance, wonders like the Ghost Gate and the Yellow Spring Road would definitely need to be established. He would also need to implement a Six Paths of Reincarnation system to prevent a collapse of the Seventy-two Divisions without replenishment. Then, he would arrange for imitation personnel from the Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions, as well as figures like King Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Emperor Fuchu, and the Ten Halls of Yanluo, to expand his power.
Without money, he certainly wouldn’t have dared to make such plans. But having experienced wealth (even though it was now spent), Wang Linchi was determined to push things to the limit. After all, he had once possessed it.
The greatest tragedy in life is when the money runs out, but you don’t... Wang Linchi sighed.
This couldn’t be helped. Wang Linchi hadn’t realized that these faith offerings were so quickly consumed. Furthermore, his current high expenditure was precisely to avoid being constrained by faith offerings in the future. A self-sustaining balance of income and expenditure, ideally even generating profit, was what Wang Linchi desired—not reliance on the charity of others. In Wang Linchi’s eyes, faith offerings were akin to alms, an unsustainable foundation for a long-term enterprise.
