The ghost attendant looked up and saw that the person asking was Qi Yu, and upon seeing the North Sea Dragon King Seal on her forehead, he quickly bowed:
"Greetings, Dragon King. Your Majesty, the Judge has gone to the Reincarnation Hall to count the souls and will be back soon."
"Would you two like to sit for a while?"
Qi Yu and Si Qing nodded and walked in to sit down.
On the table, the Book of Life and Death was still open.
Qi Yu glanced left and right, her curiosity piqued, wanting to take a look.
But before she could reach out, the Judge returned in a flurry from outside.
He held many documents in his hands, distributing them to his subordinates for processing. After finally getting a handle on things, he looked up, saw Qi Yu and Si Qing, and hurried over:
"Your Majesties, the two Dragon Kings, when did you arrive? What are your commands?"
"It's nothing too major, we just wanted to ask about the new Heavenly Dao," Qi Yu said, looking at the Judge. "I received a decree from the laws, stating that the Innate Dao would appear at the place of reincarnation. But I don't quite understand. When it appears today, is it that today's appearance is for the promotion of reincarnation, and then time will give birth to new laws, or will the new Heavenly Dao and new laws appear together?"
Qi Yu's question stumped the Judge.
The Judge thought carefully, pacing back and forth with the Book of Life and Death. "This, this... how should I put it? Actually, up to now, we don't know what the relationship between the new Heavenly Dao and the laws really is. We always thought that only the new Heavenly Dao would be constantly produced, but not the laws."
"Later, we discovered that after the new Heavenly Dao appears, the laws will also appear together. The two are bound, and the new Heavenly Dao and new laws have the power to devour the old Heavenly Dao and old laws."
The Judge pushed up his glass mirror. "So, our understanding of the new Heavenly Dao is limited to this. We are temporarily unclear whether the laws are born on their own, or if, like the new Heavenly Dao, they are formed after a soul reincarnates and ascends to become a law."
"However, one thing can be confirmed: the laws, as chains that restrain the three realms, if they truly have souls that reincarnate, then they must be the purest and kindest souls."
"Otherwise, they are not qualified to form laws."
Qi Yu's expression was solemn, and she finally sighed. "In other words, I still can't get an answer."
Seeing her say that, the Judge looked confused. "Your Majesty, the North Sea Dragon King, what is it you wish to know?"
"...It's like this," Qi Yu looked at the Judge and recounted how the amethyst necklace, imprinted by the laws, had reacted to both herself and Si Qing. "Originally, I always thought there should only be one new Heavenly Dao. But now the law's necklace is reacting to two people. I haven't spread this information yet because I don't quite understand what's going on. Did I make a mistake, or is something else happening?"
"Ah, this," the Judge looked at Qi Yu, staring for a long time, then suddenly seemed to recall something and said, "You and the South Sea Dragon King are twin souls. Your Majesty, have you ever considered that it's very possible that both of you are."
"You mean both of us are, one is the law, and the other is the new Heavenly Dao?" Qi Yu found it a bit far-fetched. "But which one of us resembles a pure and kind soul?"
Si Qing, as a God of War in his previous life, had committed countless killings.
His soul was connected to the abyss, and it wasn't very clean either.
In comparison, Chen Xi and Chu Xian's souls were purer and kinder.
How were these things chosen?
"This... your subordinate is not very clear about this, but your subordinate can be certain that whether a soul is pure and kind is not related to your usual behavior. No, it's not entirely unrelated, but rather it depends on one's entire life."
The Judge looked at Qi Yu and rambled on:
"It's like this, imagine the eggs on the table. One looks smooth and round on the surface, but inside it's already rotten. Another looks not particularly clean, covered in mud, but inside it's full and fresh. In this situation, how would you judge whether an egg is good or bad? Of course, you have to look at the inside. After all, who eats the eggshell?"
Qi Yu listened, feeling lost but understanding the Judge's meaning.
That is, don't look at the surface, look at the inside. But she didn't feel like she was particularly pure and kind on the inside either.
Si Qing cleared his throat and stood up. "Forget it, forget it. Even if it really is us, no one has told us how to become the new Heavenly Dao and new laws. Then everything can only go with the flow and depend on fate."
"Your subordinate has actually heard of this," the Judge stood up and looked at Qi Yu and Si Qing. "I've heard that saviors must sacrifice themselves. Perhaps, a certain moment is needed."
Qi Yu's first reaction after hearing this was: "What do you mean? I have to die again? No, I just don't understand. How many times have I died? No matter who it is or what they're doing, they always want to kill me first, or I die on my own. What, does my living hinder the development of this world?"
Angrily, she lifted her skirt and dragged Si Qing back to the ground. "Let's go. Whoever it is, I don't care. Heavenly Dao, laws, I'm not in the mood. I want to live. I don't want to be it anymore, I don't want to be it!"
The sky rumbled with thunder.
Qi Yu looked up and spat at the heavens. "What the hell are you thundering for? If you have the guts, choose a new Heavenly Dao and laws again. Otherwise, I'll just not die and not be it. What can you do to me! Damn it, I've lived again, can't I live a little longer? I'm stuck in the thirteenth heaven, a barren place, and I can't even go out to play. Also, what about the North Sea then? You figure out how to manage it!"
The thunder in the sky paused for a moment, then silently retreated after Qi Yu finished her tirade, revealing a clear sky.
Si Qing's mood was complicated. "..."
Look, with his sister's temper, if she really became the new Heavenly Dao, then in the future, if she saw any wicked people in the human world from the thirteenth heaven, wouldn't she send lightning specifically to strike them?
Perhaps in a fit of rage, she would throw a shoe down and turn the bad guy into an idiot.
Now even the heavens have been cursed.
So... becoming the new Heavenly Dao was probably a misunderstanding.