One person above Qing Huang Ting

Chapter 877 The Ten Kings of Hell
Meng Po watched helplessly as Sun Wukong and his group split into two forces and attacked the Underworld.

With a sigh, he grabbed the young judge from before and continued dealing with the souls crowding at the Bridge of Helplessness, waiting to be reincarnated.

The young judge followed closely behind Meng Po, and after a few steps, he recovered from his extreme astonishment and stammered:

"Lady Meng Po, shouldn't we go to support the Underworld and notify them?"

Meng Po returned to the stove, picked up the soup ladle, and scoffed at the little judge's words:

"Supporting the Underworld? You think you can do that?!"

Upon hearing this, the junior judge, whose cultivation was still shallow, lowered his head in shame.

"Besides, didn't that mischievous monkey Sun Wukong already do the job of notifying the underworld for us? Why do you need to waste your breath? You can't even fly as fast as Sun Wukong on his somersault cloud, can you?"

"Sigh, that monkey, he just arrived in the underworld and he's already giving this old woman something to do! He even spouted some nonsense about maintaining the order between Yin and Yang."

After saying this, Meng Po dipped the soup ladle into the soup pot, then forcefully scooped it up, creating a perfect arc in the air. The clear, watery soup reflected a rainbow of colors in the air.

The drops of soup seemed to possess a spirit, connecting spontaneously in mid-air and transforming into a water dragon soaring through the sky.

The water dragon blinked and then soared into the air, carrying the remaining scattered water vapor. It circled the departed soul, and just as it could see its own tail but had not yet caught up with it, it burrowed into the ground and returned to its original form.

The liquid, when sprinkled on the underworld soil, did not seep into the earth; instead, it floated on the surface, shimmering and forming a gap in the ring.

The gap is the entrance for the souls of the dead to come to the Bridge of Helplessness. The Meng Po Soup Ring has the effect of guiding and deterring the souls of the dead, restraining them and guiding them to Meng Po.

After receiving a bowl of Meng Po soup, one goes to the Naihe Bridge, receives a new identity, and embarks on a new path.

The circle drawn by Meng Po replaced the Black and White Impermanence who had just been driven away by Sun Wukong's roar.

Meng Po's move had already dazzled and bewildered the junior judge in the Judge's Hall, making him realize the truth.

No wonder the newly appointed judge first went to the Bridge of Helplessness to be tested by Meng Po.

Meng Po is indeed a powerful recluse in the underworld. No wonder many judges firmly believe the rumor that Meng Po is Houtu Niangniang.

After doing all this, Meng Po suddenly sighed: "Alas, what does it matter who sits on the positions of Yama and the Emperor? As long as they can maintain the order of Yin and Yang, it doesn't matter who does it."

The judge seemed to be deep in thought.

Meng Po always stood guard by the Bridge of Helplessness.

Perhaps what she is guarding is not the Bridge of Helplessness, but the final barrier of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

She stood guard by the bridge, protecting the last vestige of fairness and order in the cycle of reincarnation!

All living beings die, without exception.

If it weren't for Meng Po guarding this place, the disciples and grand-disciples of those immortals and gods in the Heavenly Court would probably be even more unscrupulous. In their next reincarnation, they would probably not stop at choosing a good family or a good destiny.

Even the mystery of the womb will no longer exist; the child will be reincarnated with the memories intact.

What's the difference between that and continuing to live?

The junior judge was moved by Meng Po's words: "Even if the building collapses, as long as it's not the end of the world, we should continue to work in peace and maintain order."

The Underworld was established precisely to maintain the cycle of reincarnation. The junior judge said in a deep voice, "This humble immortal understands."

Returning to their positions, they picked up the judge's pen and the Book of Life and Death again, diligently determining the destination for each departed soul.

Meng Po was pleased: "He's still a good child, he hasn't been corrupted by the atmosphere of the Judgement Hall."

"It would be good to let Sun Wukong stir up the muddy waters of the underworld, so that it wouldn't be so chaotic and murky."

Stealing a moment from her busy schedule, Meng Po gazed towards Fengdu City, as if she could already see the Ten Kings of Hell, utterly exasperated by Sun Wukong.

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"Sun Wukong, you were imprisoned by the Buddha for five hundred years and then killed by the Heavenly Court, yet you are still so unruly, daring to come to the Underworld and disrupt its order!"

King Qin Guang, the head of the Ten Kings of Hell, loudly rebuked Sun Wukong in front of the underworld soldiers, generals, and ten kings.

The generals and commanders were full of heroic spirit and dared to go out into battle alone to rebuke the Monkey King. The army of the underworld was honored and their morale immediately soared!

"Whee!"

Sun Wukong raised his Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel) as if to strike, and the chosen ones, Sun Xunyin and Nezha, grabbed their weapons and prepared to charge after him.

King Qin Guang, who had just been so righteous, immediately shrank back and fled, retreating back to the camp of the Ten Kings of Hell.

King Qin Guang, King Chu Jiang, King Song Di, King Wu Guan, King Yan Luo, King Bian Cheng, King Tai Shan, King Du Shi, King Ping Deng, and King Zhuan Lun—the ten Kings of Hell—connected their energies and immediately erected the [Nine Springs and Ten Hells Yama Formation].

They invoked the authority of the eighteen levels of hell under the jurisdiction of the Ten Kings of Hell, utilizing the power of the eighteen levels of hell to suppress all evil spirits and demons.

The formation will also open a hell portal, releasing the evil spirits being punished in hell into the formation.

Anyway, there are endless evil spirits being punished in hell. Even if they are thrown into the formation as consumables, the Ten Kings of Hell will not feel any pain.

These hellish demons are willing to die a horrible death in order to escape the punishment of hell.

The myriad ghosts of the eighteen levels of hell were like vicious dogs held in the hands of the Ten Kings of Hell, their chains taut and straight. The ghosts howled madly, daring to bite anyone. If it weren't for the formation binding them, they would have pounced on Sun Wukong and torn him apart long ago.

Sun Wukong made a move as if to strike, but then slowed down halfway and hoisted the Ruyi Jingu Bang onto his shoulder.

Looking at the tense and fearful scene opposite him, Sun Wukong, carrying his staff and scratching the fur on his neck, said to the chosen one, Sun Xunyin, in a sarcastic tone:
"Hehehe, my good disciple, look at these people. Those are the Ten Kings of Hell from the underworld, who judge the sins of all living beings and determine the lifespan of mortals."

Sun Wukong's mockery made the Ten Kings of Hell's faces even uglier than the eighteen levels of hell.

Moreover, after Sun Wukong's antics, the morale that King Qin Guang had managed to raise was once again dampened.

Even the King of Hell, who was in charge, was so afraid of Sun Wukong. The ten Yin generals and the Yin soldiers and generals below them found it even harder to suppress their fear.

But Sun Wukong's mockery wasn't over yet.

Sun Wukong tilted his head toward the Mandate of Heaven, Sun Xunyin, and pointed at the Ten Kings of Hell, led by King Qin Guang:
"This is the kind of shoddy product we get."

No matter how quiet the chosen one, Sun Xunyin, is, she's still a monkey from Flower Fruit Mountain. When faced with this situation, of course she'll bare her teeth and laugh heartily.

Nezha crossed his arms and looked at the Ten Kings of Hell with disdain.

Red temperature! Directly to red temperature!
How could the Ten Kings of Hell, who held high positions and decided the life, death and fortune of millions of people in the underworld, tolerate being mocked by two monkeys cheek to cheek?

King Qin Guang was furious and ordered: "Attack! Attack!"