Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 351: Northern Emperor's Black Law
Speaking of the Dragon God's billions in subsidies, Huo Yuhao sensed a large number of divine souls slumbering beneath the golden River Styx as soon as he stepped into the Underworld.

Those spirits refused to have any contact with the outside world, doing their utmost to ensure the integrity of their origin.

Before their ascension, the underworld could not sustain so many divine souls. Some even had the divine souls of third-level gods unable to withstand the strain, collapsing on their own and merging their origins into the underworld, without even the chance of reincarnation.

Among a large number of divine souls, Huo Yuhao quickly locked onto a familiar aura—the aura of the Fire Dragon King.

The Fire Dragon King's soul slumbers in the deepest part of the River Styx. Since her soul was already incomplete, she could probably only sustain herself for a shorter time than a normal first-level god.

Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao was unable to find the soul of the Space Dragon King. He had completely fallen into oblivion, or to put it bluntly, his soul had been scattered and he would never be reborn.

Perhaps this is what he wanted. As one of the main instigators of the Dragon God War, he had no face to yearn for reincarnation.

When I first met him, the endlessly recurring dream was the best manifestation of his self-destruction, attempting to alleviate his guilt through the pain of being torn apart by the Dragon God countless times.

Huo Yuhao sighed and shook his head helplessly, offering a regretful sigh for the deceased Dragon King. The tombstone that Di Tian personally erected on the outskirts of Xilu City should be the final proof of the Space Dragon King's existence.

Aside from the Fire Dragon King, Huo Yuhao didn't recognize the other souls. After all, they were all clumps of soul essence of different sizes and colors, and he could only identify them by their aura.

Soon, Huo Yuhao snapped out of his thoughts and asked the obediently standing Butterfly beside him:
"What is the third test that the goddess of life has given you?"

"Could it be related to the underworld?"

Xia Die nodded, her purple hair, which was coated with a layer of radiance, swayed gently, and her gentle and ethereal voice rang out beside Huo Yuhao.

"Ah."

"The third test is to re-establish the rules of the underworld."

The Goddess of Life did not say that the God of Life's test needed to be kept secret, so Xia Die could reveal it at will. In fact, the Goddess of Life did not limit the number of people taking the test, so Xia Die could easily find someone else to take it for her.

Huo Yuhao's lips twitched involuntarily. It really was related to the Underworld. Ever since the Goddess of Life obtained the central hub of the God Realm, her bottom line had been getting lower and lower.

Has this central hub of the divine realm been tainted with Tang San's meme? How come whoever possesses it immediately gains a flexible moral compass?

That's how the third test went. I'm afraid the next six tests will also involve archery first, then drawing the target.

However, this is also a good thing for Xia Die. Passing the divine test is basically a foregone conclusion. Now the first thing to consider is how to re-establish the rules of the underworld.

"Re-establish the rules of the underworld?"

"It really needs to be rebuilt. The original underworld was too inefficient, and reincarnation required a journey of ten thousand years."

"It's better to be irrational; if you're irrational, it's torture."

"The first thing to do is to solve the problem of inefficiency. The underworld certainly cannot have only one person supporting the operation of all functions; there must be relevant subordinates."

"Butterfly, does the Underworld provide the necessary enforcement equipment?"

Xia Die nodded emphatically, closed her eyes, and a large, illusory, dark purple book appeared in Huo Yuhao's hand.

"This is a phantom of the ultimate artifact, the Book of Ending."

"Although it doesn't have the ability to define an endpoint like the original, it retains the basic functions."

"As long as the aura of the target's soul is recorded, the phantom will automatically reveal the deceased's identity information and life story."

"The phantom of the Book of the End also has a strong deterrent effect on the dead, and can even use the power of death to attack."

"Then this is the phantom of the Pen of Beginning. The phantom of the Book of Ending, combined with the phantom of the Pen of Beginning, can, to a certain extent, determine the next life of the deceased."

"I... don't really like this feature."

A foot-long, ancient-looking golden pen appeared as a phantom in front of Huo Yuhao.

“Now I understand.”

"The Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen."

However, a problem arises: the Book of Endings and the Pen of Beginnings have too much authority; even their phantoms possess the power of life and death over the souls of the dead.

The selfish desires of life are endless. If the holder were to add a stroke to the Book of Death with a golden pen, the impact would be enormous. The justice of reincarnation would be broken, and death would no longer be a synonym for fairness.

"Too much privileges."

"Butterfly, can the Underworld establish laws? If so, I can find someone who knows a lot about this." Feeling a sense of control over the Underworld, Xia Die nodded her little head and said:

"can!"

Huo Yuhao casually flipped through the Book of Ending and said with a smile, "Then there's no problem. As long as we establish strict and precise laws, down to every single stroke, we can ensure that these two artifact phantoms will not be abused."

Huo Yuhao plans to bring Kerudela over and have her use Xia Die's highest-level authority to formulate strict laws for the Underworld.

As for the legal references, we will use the Black Law of Fengdu from the previous life, also known as the Black Law of the Northern Emperor, or in full, the "Spiritual Book of the Black Law of the Northern Yin Fengdu Taixuan for Subduing Demons".

It is a law that strictly regulates the direction in which judges urinate, and those who violate it will have no chance of survival. Of course, it cannot be copied verbatim and must be edited and modified.

This was not Huo Yuhao's concern; he let Krystal communicate with Xia Die herself to complete the formulation of the Underworld Laws.

At the same time, a promotion system can be arranged for the underworld according to the established laws.

The underworld system will temporarily be based on the Chinese underworld system, leaving a lot of room for expansion. After all, the underworld can become the realm of gods in the future, and there will certainly be many underworld gods. It is necessary to make sure that their respective positions are reserved.

I simulated the operation of this system in my mind using the spiritual power of the Spirit Realm. Although it was a bit bumpy, it was still running smoothly.

Further modifications based on actual circumstances in the future should allow this underworld system to operate more smoothly.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao used his mental power to materialize a draft of the underworld system that was 10cm thick, and then handed it to Xia Die.

Xia Die: "(⊙_⊙;)"

Diebao stared blankly at Huo Yuhao, clutching a thick stack of papers.

Huo Yuhao, stroking his chin, said:

"That's all for now. Overall, it's a bit rough, and some parts of the plan may not even match reality."

"But there's nothing we can do; the situation on Douluo Continent is inherently complicated."

"But according to my simulation, it should be able to run with difficulty, and it should definitely be able to handle the initial situation in the underworld."

"My dear Butterfly, quickly read through this information. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

Xia Die suddenly understood why her sister Su Tong was so tired every day. Looking at the thick draft in her arms, she felt that her father might have some misunderstanding about her. Even if she didn't eat or drink, it would probably take her a whole day to finish reading the book.

Seeing Xia Die's bewildered expression, Huo Yuhao helplessly ruffled her hair, then pointed to the papers and said:
"That's a manifestation of spiritual power. Place it on your forehead, and the information inside will automatically flow into your brain."

"This level of information delivery won't even make you feel dizzy."

Xia Die suddenly realized, picked up the draft and placed it on her forehead. A large amount of information began to flood into her mind, the draft gradually became transparent, and then disappeared completely.

"If Behe ​​and Medemus knew that knowledge could be acquired in this way, they would be very excited."

As Xia Die absorbed the vast amount of knowledge flowing through her mind, she thought of the ill-fated couple, Bai E and Mai Demos, a smile playing on her lips.

Because Bai'er and Medemus often endured hardship on Poseidon Island, suffering torture at the hands of the elders, they would always show their pain when facing midterm and final exams.

In particular, with Aglaia taking office as the head of teaching, she adopted the excellent tradition of monthly exams from Xiru City, and conducted monthly assessments every month, including both theoretical and practical aspects.

Even academic performance can affect the level of student development. Originally, Shrek Academy's core disciples were determined in the first year.

Aglaia felt this was too absolute and suggested relaxing the core disciple assessment, while still holding a freshman assessment to select core disciples in the first year.

Other students can also improve their overall academic ranking through further study and become core disciples.

Poseidon Island strongly supports this, and Mu En thinks it's a great idea. He even suggests that the inner court can also adopt this assessment system to cultivate the disciples' comprehensive qualities in all aspects.

This was tough on Bai Er and Medemus, as they both had to cram in all night to study as the exam approached.

Especially since this ill-fated couple also loved to compete, when Bai Er was sleeping, Medemos would secretly read books, and the sound of turning pages almost gave Bai Er PTSD.

Fortunately, thanks to their exceptional learning talents, even with last-minute cramming, their grades were often among the best.

Medmus even consistently held the top spot in his grade for many years.

At that moment, Xia even commented that Medemus had the bearing of a great sage!
If he could put down the physics he was studying and turn to the physics in books, Medemos would surely lead the future academic world of Douluo Continent.

(End of this chapter)