My Sister is Ma Xiaoling from My Date with a Vampire

While Acha produced a nail clipper from somewhere and began filing her nails, she explained:

"Do you think Your Majesty doesn't want to directly take back control of the Underworld? The problem is, it's impossible."

If he were in the underworld, I could kill that brat Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva directly, reclaim the Book of Life and Death, and take back control of the underworld.

But that kid reincarnated and hid in the human world, taking the Book of Life and Death with him. That's troublesome.

Before Ma Tian could ask any more questions, Acha continued to explain.

"The Book of Life and Death is extremely important to the Underworld; it can be said to be the foundation of the entire Underworld."

The Book of Life and Death is used to make the final judgment on a being's life and death, good and evil deeds, the amount of good karma accumulated, or whether they will be reincarnated in the six realms of reincarnation.

Only the judgment of the Book of Life and Death is recognized as the orthodox one by the entire three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

This is also the basis for the legitimacy of the underworld's control over the life, death, and reincarnation of living beings.

Whoever controls the Book of Life and Death holds the power in the underworld.

Before I fell into slumber, in order to maintain the stable operation of the Underworld, I handed over the Book of Life and Death to that brat, the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, so that he could properly ensure the operation of the Underworld during my slumber.

But who knew that when he woke up, this guy and all his middle and high-level subordinates had disappeared, and even the Book of Life and Death had fallen into the hands of Ksitigarbha.

More importantly, it also allowed that guy to bring the Book of Life and Death to the human world.

That left me helpless.

I am Hades, and I have existed since the birth of the first living being in this world, accompanying the birth of the entire underworld.

I am invincible in the underworld. Even if the spirit of the Heavenly Book dares to appear in the underworld, he is nothing but trash in front of me.

However, I have an inherent limitation: I cannot leave the underworld. If I do, the entire cycle of reincarnation will collapse.

This means that once the Book of Life and Death is taken out of the underworld, even I have no way to take it back.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva calculated this point precisely, which is why he hid in the human world with the Book of Life and Death.

I can't do anything about him!

At this point, Acha was so angry that her teeth itched, and her face turned cold.

Her face turned cold, and Ma Tian could clearly feel the surrounding temperature drop instantly. Even the swirling black mist cracked and condensed into chunks of black ice that fell to the ground, radiating an endless chill.

Ma Tian could feel the chill penetrating his body. If this continued, he would soon turn into ice like the black mist.

He didn't even have the ability to resist, because the moment the cold air appeared, he could clearly feel that the true essence in his body was frozen, and he couldn't move at all.

At this moment, he became an ordinary person in front of Acha Noodles, powerless to resist.

Even the Black and White Impermanence brothers, who had been standing behind Acha from the beginning, suddenly changed their expressions, looking quite frightened.

But soon, as Acha's expression calmed down, the changes around her also quickly stopped.

The chill dissipated quickly.

The black mist that had frozen into black ice returned to its original state, and the chill that had been constantly assaulting Ma Tian disappeared.

Ma Tian breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Acha continued:

"Although I can't do anything to him because that brat Ksitigarbha brought the Book of Life and Death to the human world."

However, there are other ways to retrieve the Book of Life and Death.

As a precious treasure of the underworld, the Book of Life and Death is inherently capable of controlling the operation and laws of the underworld.

However, He was also bound by the laws of the underworld.

Anyone with an official position in the underworld can have the authority to control him.

I previously transferred this access to that kid Dongyue, but now it's in the hands of Ksitigarbha.

If one wants to reclaim authority from Ksitigarbha, then another person with higher or equal authority than Ksitigarbha needs to find Ksitigarbha and forcibly snatch the Book of Life and Death from him with higher authority.

This is also why I, Your Majesty, have come to you.

After hearing Acha's explanation, Ma Tian still didn't quite understand, so he asked:

"Then why me? And why the position of the Underworld Emperor?"

Since the Empress said that anyone of equal rank to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva could retrieve the Book of Life and Death from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's hands, why doesn't the Empress just appoint a Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak?

Besides, why me? Shouldn't there be many more suitable people in the underworld than me?

In Ma Tian's view, he was just an outsider compared to the people of the underworld.

Hades Acha could easily promote another Emperor of the Eastern Peak from within the family.

There's absolutely no need for them to go to such great lengths to find me and become the King of Hell.

That's why he was wondering why they had come to him.

Upon hearing Ma Tian's question, Acha sighed, seemingly exhausted from explaining the matter. He waved his hand, and Xie Bi'an, the White Impermanence standing nearby, spoke up:

"Boy, do you think just anyone can be appointed as the King of the Underworld? To become a high-ranking god in the underworld, besides having enough virtuous deeds, the most important thing is that one must have a high enough status."

No matter how much good deeds one has done, a person without a proper rank cannot become a spirit.

The Underworld Emperor is the most powerful underworld deity besides the Queen Mother, and the destiny required to become the Underworld Emperor is extremely high.

Since the establishment of the underworld, no one has ever been found who fits this destiny; otherwise, this position would not have been vacant for so many years.

The Empress originally intended to appoint a new Emperor of the Eastern Peak to replace the missing emperor.

However, when the amnesty was granted, it was discovered that the vanished emperor was not dead, but rather sealed away in some unknown place.

As long as the former emperor is alive, even the empress cannot remove his title unless he has committed a serious offense.

Therefore, there was no way to re-establish the title of Emperor of the Eastern Peak.

The situation of the others was similar to that of the Great Emperor; they were all sealed away, as those positions simply couldn't seal anyone else.

This is why we have been unable to do anything about Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

"But you, for some reason, have been extremely lucky, possessing a destiny perfectly suited to the Emperor of the Underworld. Otherwise, why would the Empress have chosen you?"

"Me? Possessing the destiny of an underworld emperor?"

Ma Tian turned his head incredulously to look at Hades Acha.

Acha, who was trimming her nails, nodded, stopped what she was doing, and said solemnly:

"Although I cannot see where your soul comes from, it does not seem to have originated from our world itself."

However, your destiny is extremely high. Not to mention the Emperor of the Underworld, you could even be worthy of my position if there were a vacancy.

I don't know where that little guy Tiandao got it from.

It's really strange.

Now that you understand the whole story, will you accept the position of the Underworld Emperor or not?

After thinking for a moment, Ma Tian suddenly asked cautiously with some concern:

"Your Majesty, if... I mean if... if I didn't accept this position as the Emperor of the Underworld, you wouldn't have left me here, would you?"

A radiant smile appeared on Hades Acha's stunningly beautiful face.

He said slowly, "Brother Taoist, how could you think of Acha like that? Of course, Acha would never do such a thing!"

Ma Tian had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Hades Acha continue.

"But since Acha was born, no one has ever dared to refuse Acha."

If the Taoist brother refuses, Acha will be very sad, and when Acha is sad, she has to punish the little guys below to vent her anger.

If these little guys harbor resentment, they naturally won't dare to retaliate against Ah Cha.

If they do something without Acha's knowledge, there's nothing Acha can do. Then, Taoist brother, you'll just have to pray for your own good fortune.

The moment Hades Acha finished speaking, Ma Tian froze on the spot.

Haha... So if I refused, you'd issue a kill order against me from the underworld!

Putting aside everything else, although some of the high-ranking officials of the underworld have disappeared.

But at least the judges and other mid-level officials in the underworld are still there.

Putting everything else aside, the two big brothers, Black and White Impermanence, standing behind Hades and Acha right now are not people I can afford to offend.

From the moment they appeared, Ma Tian had already sensed that their cultivation level was definitely much higher than his own.

Ma Tian knew that if he refused...

I'm afraid that as soon as I leave this ghost market, these two big shots will put me in a sack and beat me with bricks.

Uh... do I even have a choice, honey?

(I'm walking on thin ice right now. Do you think I can make it to the other side?)

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