Chapter 533: Summoning (Extra Chapter for the Dog Pocket Alliance Leader)

The Path of Devas.

On the high mountains shrouded in pure white clouds, divine radiance shone. A majestic Deva sat on a divine throne, gazing down. "Recently," he mused, "the rules and order of heaven and earth seem subtly off. Talented beings are becoming scarce. Could it be that the world of the dead has undergone a drastic upheaval!?"

"Your Majesty!" Yun Zhongjun took a deep breath. "Indeed, it is so. Not only is it happening in our Deva Path, but I have also visited the Human Path and the Beast Path... There is a great upheaval in heaven and earth. What should we do?"

Emperor Yun was also bewildered. The Deva Path, Beast Path, and Mortal Path had recently seen a sharp decrease in new births. No matter how he pondered, he couldn't fathom the reason for such a change in the world.

"A great change in heaven and earth, chaos in the three realms—there must be something strange happening in the Underworld of Reincarnation!" "Perhaps some malevolent entity is disrupting the order of reincarnation? Could it be related to Zhang Xiao? After all, our investigations across the three realms found that he hasn't reincarnated... And the Devas who have died in recent years haven't reincarnated either. Who knows what they are doing in the Underworld? Even if Zhang Xiao has a scheme, our people in the world of the dead would surely stop him... Regardless, we can only prepare for the worst." Sitting high above, Emperor Yun took a deep breath, feeling a profound sense of powerlessness, able only to passively confront this cosmic tribulation.

Hall of Reincarnation.

Xu Zhi sat on a black dragon throne, watching a massive, sprawling city being built. A single Fengdu could rival the territory of a large mortal realm nation. "Building this online game world is just as I imagined; I don't need to lift a finger. These players will arrange the main city and all sorts of buildings themselves. They've always had this fervent passion..."

At this very moment, with the addition of arcade machines, people were thoroughly drawn into the Underworld. Beings no longer rushed to reincarnate but participated in the massive infrastructure project of the Underworld. The magnificent and vast city of Fengdu had already seen its first large district completed. But there was no rush; they would discuss other matters once the Underworld was fully constructed.

Xu Zhi sat on the divine throne, his gaze distant, and quietly said, "As for them becoming completely addicted to the online game? Just give them a bowl of Meng Po's soup, throw them into reincarnation, and let them be reborn as humans." This might be the best way to cure internet addiction. Anyway, if these accounts were ruined, they were ruined; they could just start new ones.

As Xu Zhi was pondering, Meng Po entered the Hall of Reincarnation, bowing respectfully. "Your Majesty," she said, "that being from the Asura Path is waiting outside."

"Call him in," Xu Zhi said, lowering his gaze and sitting upright.

"Yes," Meng Po replied hoarsely.

In no time, Cat Jumper walked in. He clearly looked nervous and quickly bowed. "Greetings, Your Majesty." From the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but peek upwards. The supreme being who commanded reincarnation seemed to be shrouded in divine light, his figure indistinct, only vaguely appearing in a black King of Hell's dragon robe and wearing a dragon crown, much like the mythological Yama of the Underworld in ancient tales. However, the rules of this world involved the Six Paths of Reincarnation, not the Ten Kings of Hell from Chinese mythology—high-ranking immortals who were essentially glorified workers, famously scattered by a monkey. In this world, there was only one such existence, who controlled the Six Paths of Reincarnation and was the sole supreme authority.

Xu Zhi sat on the divine throne, observing this furtive, sneaky glance, and quietly said, "Asura Path being, do you know why I called you here?"

Cat Jumper quickly replied, "It must be about Fengdu." He wasn't foolish; he downplayed the issue, deliberately avoiding any mention of the arcade machines and the games.

Xu Zhi couldn't be bothered to argue with this fellow and went straight to the point. "Your peculiar mechanical constructs are quite interesting!"

Cat Jumper immediately calculated in his mind: "Quite interesting"—this tone suggested the Emperor wasn't planning to punish him. He let out a sigh of relief. "Your Majesty, they are passable. Your humble servant has gone through fire and water, sparing no effort, to establish Fengdu!"

"I see," Xu Zhi said blandly from his high seat. "No need to be so restrained; simply do as you please. However, the figures you've constructed will have flaws in the eyes of the world, and they will eventually be exposed... Instead, I shall lend you a hand. I will truly awaken the figures within those machines, transforming them into living beings, into real entities, suppressed within the hells."

Cat Jumper's eyes widened instantly. "Holy cow! Not only is he not punishing me, but he's helping me cover my tracks!?" His breathing grew rapid and heavy. Could this possibly be the reward for this 'hell difficulty' mission? The thought that his self-made arcade machines would truly become the eighteen levels of arcade hell, and even help him make this history appear as the real history of the Underworld in everyone's eyes, made him incredibly excited. This being truly deserved his title as the master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Creating life—this was on par with Nuwa! He was undoubtedly an unimaginably terrifying super-expert.

However, at this moment, the livestream chat exploded. "What are you excited about, idiot? Don't think it's a mission reward. If it were me, I'd just discard the tool after the job is done. Why would I give such a massive reward? This Reincarnation King of Hell definitely has an agenda!" "Yeah, why would he, for no good reason, help you fabricate history to complete the Underworld's history? What happened to the Underworld's *real* history before this?" "Exactly! Even we feel the entire Underworld is strange. There's nothing here now, everything needs rebuilding. Could it be that it really experienced a prehistoric war of destruction, and he wants to use players' fabricated history to conceal the Underworld's past?" "This NPC has serious problems!" "Oh my goodness, he's not a villain, is he?! Like Emperor Qi?" "Emperor Qi? Can't afford to provoke him, can't afford to provoke him!" Countless people started discussing. Since the game was so realistic, they had to think logically. It seemed like he was helping Cat Jumper cover up his lie, expending great effort. In reality, he probably wanted to use false history to conceal true history... But what if it was another ultimate villain like Emperor Qi? They really didn't want to provoke that... Before, a group of players had schemed and devised flawless plans, only to be effortlessly defeated by Emperor Qi. He just learned their "Nine Revolutions Profound Cultivation" technique, which they had painstakingly developed, making them bald? "How to deal with that?" "There's no way to deal with that!" Facing that mastermind, their psychological trauma was still extremely deep.

Cat Jumper couldn't quite process it, but the frantic discussion in the livestream chat instantly made him shiver. Looking at the mysterious Majesty high up in the Hall of Reincarnation, he suddenly felt himself drawn into some mysterious conspiracy, perhaps a hidden quest. Fabricating history? The goal was basically to cover up previous history; that much was certain.

Xu Zhi merely smiled, knowing they would undoubtedly make such inferences. He had indeed not underestimated their imagination, but he paid it no mind, stating with authority: "Transform those machines into true gates of hell, and let the objects within them become real living beings. Do you have the confidence for this?"

"Yes!" Cat Jumper quickly replied. After all, it was an unexpected windfall; he didn't care about the details, he just wanted to seize the opportunity first.

"Then it is settled," Xu Zhi said calmly.

Cat Jumper was terrified. This was truly going along with a scheme! Fabricating history with this being, creating a fake ancient myth, deceiving the entire Underworld. He couldn't help but ask, "Since that's the case, should I perhaps further complete some history, or refine it? Or perhaps publish a 'Reincarnation Daily' to give these figures biographies, making it feel more like real history?"

"There's no need." Xu Zhi simply shook his head faintly, his voice cool from his high seat. Instead, he instructed, "What you have now is sufficient. The more one elaborates on things in this world, the greater the flaws. As it is now, they will speculate and complete the narratives themselves... and there will be no flaws, as it will all be their own conjectures, making it simple and convenient."

Give them an initial setting and let them fill in the blanks themselves? This way, it's both simple and without fatal flaws? Cat Jumper was startled, chewing over the meaning deeply and finding it profoundly insightful! It seemed this being was extremely mysterious, very experienced at such matters, doing them with ease, clearly having done them many times before.

"This, perhaps, is the legendary art of imperial governance," Cat Jumper mused admiringly.