Chapter 479: Ghost Realm (1/2)
”Rule Breaker?” Xue Wei frowned as he looked at Lan. He felt as if something important was about to be unveiled for him, and he could not help but feel excited.
”Yes,” Lan nodded his head and looked at Xue Wei with complex eyes.
”A world does not appear out of nowhere,” he began. ”A world is created by a deity who has reached a certain level of strength. When the world is created, the deity sets down various rules and regulations that the world will follow.
”These rules can control anything, from how you cultivate, to which lifeforms have intelligence. It controls how many suns and moons are in the solar system, the color of the clouds, and even where the dead will go after death.
”Each world has an owner, but these owners sometimes die, or they find other worlds that they wish to own, as you can only connect with one world at a time, and as such, many worlds get abandoned throughout the passing of time.
”This world was one of those. I do not know how or why it was abandoned, but when I arrived, there was no owner.
”I never planned on staying for long, but I did not wish to leave again after meeting Li Zhiqing. However, it never reached my thoughts to actually take over the world and change it's laws.
”It was not before she had died, and I realized that the dead in this world do not go to the Ten Courts of Hell. Instead, they end up in the Ghost Realm.
”These two places are fundamentally different. Those who end in Ten Courts of Hell are still connected to each other, and their newborns are actually reincarnated.
”Those who end in the Ghost Realm are never able to reincarnate. The Ghost Realm is much like any other realm. When you die, you become a soul, and you enter the ghost realm, where you will wander till the end of time.
”Ghosts are cannibalistic and consume soul power to grow their strength. Only by consuming other ghosts is it possible to become stronger. But no matter how strong you become, you cannot leave after you have entered the Ghost Realm.
”When Li Zhiqing died, I thought she would end up in the Ten Courts of Hell, but she did not. She ended up in the Ghost Realm, and I have no power to enter it.
”No matter how strong you are, the Ghost Realm does not open its doors to others other than the dead, with one exception. The Rulebreaker can open the gates, but the cost is unimaginable.”
”You see, these are the rules that have been made by the owner of the realm, and they are not made to be broken, but sometimes, something will happen that might cause them not to work, such as your birth.