Netherworld

According to legend, the souls of dead beings in the world would enter the Netherworld, take the path of the Nether Springs, pass the River of Forgetfulness and the Bridge of Helplessness, drink a bowl of soup from Granny Meng, and then enter the six paths of hell to be reincarnated according to the good and evil deeds the soul committed in the past.

Moreover, there were various other mysterious and terrifying places in the netherworld like the City of the Wronged, the Gates of Hell, the 18 levels of Hell, the Bloody River of Sin, and so on and so forth.

There were numerous great figures that were in control of the Netherworld like the five Ghost Emperors, the ten Kings of Hell, Kṣitigarbha, and so on and so forth. But all of these were legends that were spread in the mortal world, and it was impossible to discern if they were true.

Even though the Netherworld was merely a single world, it was boundlessly vast and almost without end. It exceeded every world in the Mortal Dimension and was even on par with the territory of the Immortal Dimension. The existence of the Netherworld was for the sake of reincarnating all the living beings in the world. It was filled with boundless spirits, souls, and ghosts. But besides all of these, there were numerous clans that existed in the Netherworld as well.

There was a variety of such clans, yet they were collectively addressed as ‘Nether Clans.’ The existence of Nether Clans was no different to humans or the myriad of clans from the Primordial Era. The only difference was that they lived in the Netherworld. For example, the great figures that controlled the Netherhell were practically all from the Nether Clans, whereas, the Netherhell was an organization that controlled the Netherworld.  This organization was divided into the Gates of Hell, the Nether Springs Path, the Bridge of Hopelessness, and the Six Paths of Hell.

The five Ghost Emperors controlled the northern, western, southern, eastern, and central Gates of Hell. All the dead souls from the mortal world would first appear at the Gates of Hell when they entered the Netherworld. After that, they would be drawn to the Nether Springs Path from the Gates of Hell, and the master of the Nether Springs Path was called the Nether Springs Grand Emperor.

The Nether Springs Path delivered the souls past the Bridge of Helplessness, and they were received by the Nether Clan disciples of Granny Meng Hall before being brought into the Six Paths of Hell. After that, they would undergo reincarnation after they were judged based on various karmas like virtue, kindness, sin, evil, and so on and so forth.

Something worthy of mention was the Six Paths of Hell was an extremely complicated organization. Even though it was divided into the Asura Path, God Path, Human Path, Ghost Path, Hell Path, and Beast Path, there were numerous organizations that controlled the Six Paths of Hell. For example, the Ten Kings of Hell, the Officials of Hell, the Penal Officers of Hell, the Punishment Officers of Hell, and so on and so forth. They respectively managed different duties, and their duties were clearly divided.

However, according to the tiny cauldron, the Netherhell was the core lifeline of the Netherworld, and it was originally completely under the authority of the Netherworld Emperor and there weren’t so many organizations at all.

But along with the fall of the Third Netherworld Emperor, the entire Netherworld underwent an abrupt change. The kings of hell and ghost emperors fought for supremacy, yet there was no one who could ascend to the position of Netherworld Emperor, causing the entire Netherhell to be split up and controlled by various different great figures, and it formed the current situation in the Netherworld.

Simply speaking, the Netherhell was like an enormous dynasty where most of the authority in the world was converged, and there were various organizations under its command that allowed it to control the entire Netherworld.

The resources and reserves of the Netherhell were extraordinarily formidable. There were many great figures holding down the fort, and all of them were existences above the Heavenly Immortal Realm. For example, the one that manages the Six Paths of Hell, the 10 Kings of Hell, the Master of Granny Meng Hall, and the Nether Spring Grand Emperor that controls the Nether Spring Path even possess terrifying strengths above the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Nether Spring Grand Emperor Qi Shanhe chapter 953

Cui Zhenkong - The Cui Clan’s ancestor

**Netherworld Disk** - Netherworld Disk, a Saint Artifact in the six paths of hell, so only a great figure in the six paths of hell is capable of controlling it. A Supreme treasure capable of activating the six paths of reincarnation and delivering all the living beings in the world to the other side

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 936
2. ↑ Chapter 931