Douluo Continent: The Ten Kings of Hell, I am the Emperor of the Underworld

Ning Qiuyang moved all the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts to the underworld, including the Ten Thousand Beast Purgatory, the Frost Purgatory, the Blazing Purgatory, and the Boundless Blood Sea, which can accommodate countless soul beasts.

However, he did not intend to stifle the cultivation of Soul Masters through this. In addition to strengthening the power of the Underworld, Ning Qiuyang also prepared another Soul Ring bestowal system.

Soul beasts that are thousands or tens of thousands of years old are killed by soul masters to absorb their soul rings, but the soul rings also disappear after the soul master dies, which is undoubtedly a huge waste.

A titled Douluo needs to absorb nine spirit rings, and those over ten thousand years old need at least four or five. The growth of a spirit beast cannot keep up with the rate of consumption, making it completely unsustainable.

But now the underworld is becoming more and more complete, and all the souls of the dead return to the netherworld.

The soul rings of a soul master do not disappear directly after death, but have the opportunity to be recycled a second, third, or even more times. These soul rings are stored in the underworld.

Now that the Spirit Hall has suffered a blow, apart from those who returned to Spirit City, the rest have transformed into people working at various City God Temples.

Since their pope was also one of the gods of the underworld, they easily accepted the change in identity.

Moreover, working at the City God Temple greatly increases the chances of becoming a ghost messenger, ghost official, local City God, or civil and military judge after death, making it a very promising job.

The City God Temple further improved the system of the underworld and strengthened its connection with the mortal world, which is a good thing that achieves multiple benefits.

After Huo Wu and the others closed their eyes, in a daze, they heard many voices and saw many figures.

Huo Wu wanted to hear what these voices were saying and also wanted to see who these blurry figures were.

Suddenly, her vision became much clearer.

"Child, do you want this yellow spirit ring, this purple spirit ring, or this black spirit ring?"

An elderly man with red hair looked at Huo Wu with a smile.

The scene was clearly eerie, but Huo Wu didn't feel afraid; instead, she felt at ease.

Huo Wu didn't recognize the old man, but she felt a certain familiarity with him.

But she didn't have time to think too much, her gaze was already drawn to the eight spirit rings of different colors.

Two yellow, two purple, and four black soul rings appeared before her.

She didn't even consider the yellow and purple spirit rings; her gaze was fixed directly on the black spirit ring.

"Can I have this spirit ring?"

Huo Wu pointed to the soul ring with the strongest aura.

"Haha, you're really greedy, girl. This spirit ring is 70,000 years old, you can't absorb it. You should choose from these two black spirit rings instead."

Huo Wu stuck out her tongue, feeling a little embarrassed.

"How many years old are these two spirit rings?"

The red-haired old man said, "This one is about 11,000 years old, and the other one is 20,000 years old. They are both spirit rings from fire-attribute spirit beasts, which are very suitable for you."

Huo Wu hesitated and said, "Twenty thousand years, isn't that beyond the limit that the fifth spirit ring can absorb?"

"Don't worry, unlike directly absorbing a soul beast's soul ring, you can absorb a 20,000-year-old soul ring."

"Then I'll choose this one that's 20,000 years old."

Huo Wu immediately replied.

Absorbing a soul ring that exceeds its age limit is extremely risky, but Huo Wu subconsciously felt that this old man wouldn't deceive her.

"it is good."

The red-haired old man put away the remaining spirit rings, and the last spirit ring automatically floated towards Huo Wu's head.

Inside the main hall of the City God Temple, Huo Wu, with her eyes closed, had four soul rings appear around her. On top of the four soul rings, a black soul ring was gradually solidifying from nothingness.

Fire Dance is the first one.

Following closely behind, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, and Shui Yue'er, like Huo Wu, automatically condensed their sixth soul rings.

"I've watched it so many times, but every time I watch it, I still find it a bit unbelievable."

The temple keeper murmured.

He was previously the bishop of the Spirit Hall branch in this city. After his identity changed, he became the temple keeper. Although it wasn't the first time he had witnessed a spirit master absorbing a spirit ring here, he was still shocked every time.

"Thank you, grandpa, you..."

Huo Wu had just finished absorbing her fifth spirit ring and was about to ask the red-haired old man about his identity when her eyes lit up and she realized she was still in the City God Temple. She quickly covered her mouth, afraid of disturbing Huo Wushuang and the others.

Before long, the others also finished absorbing their fifth spirit rings.

The group exchanged glances and noticed the newly appeared black spirit ring on each other's bodies, their faces beaming with smiles.

"Thank you, Temple Keeper."

The five people stood up from the prayer cushions and respectfully thanked the temple keeper.

They were not ungrateful people; having unexpectedly obtained a suitable ten-thousand-year soul ring, they all felt genuine respect and gratitude towards the temple keeper.

"No need to thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank the King of the Underworld and all the gods of the netherworld."

The old man said gently.

Although Huo Wushuang and the others didn't know much about the underworld, they felt they should express their gratitude for such a great favor, regardless of whether they believed in gods or not.

The group bowed deeply to the statues and murals.

"cough~"

The temple keeper suddenly coughed.

Faced with the questioning looks from the group, the temple keeper felt that they were utterly hopeless, lacking even the most basic understanding of human relationships.

He pointed to a wooden box beneath the statue and said:

"Since you are grateful, you can express your gratitude. Of course, how much you express is entirely up to fate."

Shui Bing'er and the others stared wide-eyed.

"You...you mean you want Gold Soul Coins?"

The image of the temple keeper as a wise man in their hearts began to crumble.

The temple keeper said in a serious tone, "It's not about gold soul coins, it's about sincerity. Sincerity will bring results. You'll be absorbing soul rings next time, right? This is such a big city god temple. Maintenance, cleaning, and adding prayer mats all cost money."

"Uh……"

Shui Yue'er was a little confused: "So, do we want gold soul coins or not?"

The temple keeper was very depressed.

I already said it's about the sentiment, don't you understand? Do I have to be so direct?

"I've come to offer my heartfelt thanks."

It turned out that Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian were chosen as captains. Although they were initially confused, they quickly understood the temple keeper's meaning.

The two arrived at the box with the words "Merit" written on it and put handfuls of gold soul coins into it.

The donation box is a big deal for accumulating merit. It might even affect the quality of the next soul ring you get, so you can't be careless with your offering.

Huo Wu and the other two quickly followed suit, each expressing their own feelings.

"It doesn't need to be too much, as long as the sentiment is there, the gods of the underworld don't care about these material possessions."

The temple keeper said with a smile.

Although he said that, Huo Wushuang and the others did not dare to be careless and still wanted to express their feelings more.

They were all quite wealthy and carried a lot of gold soul coins with them.

Paying some gold soul coins for a soul ring that's over ten thousand years old is totally worth it.

For Soul Masters, Gold Soul Coins are not hard to come by.

A Soul Master used to receive one hundred gold soul coins from the Spirit Hall every month.

Once you reach the Soul Master realm, although you no longer receive gold soul coins, it's still quite easy to earn several hundred gold soul coins a month.

After expressing her feelings, Huo Wu asked:

"Master Temple Keeper, I just saw a red-haired old man while absorbing a spirit ring. Do you know who he is?" (End of Chapter)