Chapter 498

Chapter 498: The Misfortune of the Malicious Spirit

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“Build what?!” Lu Chao Chao leaped up and fiercely swung at Great Emperor Feng Du.

However, given his towering stature, even with her jump, she only managed to hit his knee.

“All you ever think about is rebellion! Can’t you focus on anything else?” Lu Chao Chao clutched her forehead in frustration. She didn’t recall him being this defiant before!

“If not rebellion, then why are you here? Stop wasting this king’s time!” Great Emperor Feng Du’s face darkened instantly.

His initial warm welcome evaporated, and he turned on his heel, walking away.

“Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going? I have a request! I need to borrow something from you…” Lu Chao Chao, her short legs moving at full speed, chased after him.

Great Emperor Feng Du halted, his brows arching as he lowered his voice, “You want to borrow soldiers?”

“How many do you need? Let’s set the terms first—I can lend you all three hundred thousand of my Underworld soldiers, but if you attack the Celestial Realm, you can’t come after me later!”

“Why aren’t you answering? Three hundred thousand isn’t enough?”

“Fine! I’ll throw in another hundred thousand!”

“Say something already!” Great Emperor Feng Du grew impatient. “You always take so long to respond!”

“I…” Lu Chao Chao opened her mouth but felt like her throat was blocked.

“I want to borrow the Reincarnation Register for a look…” she finally admitted meekly.

Great Emperor Feng Du stared at her in shock, disbelief evident in his eyes.

“You useless little thing, what’s so fascinating about the Reincarnation Register?!”

“Tch, I thought there was going to be a fight!” With a flick of his sleeve, he huffed in irritation.

Yet, when he turned back and saw her standing all alone on the Yellow Springs Path, looking pitiful, his heart softened.

“If you want to see the Reincarnation Register, then hurry up!”

Lu Chao Chao shamelessly grinned, grabbing onto the corner of his robe tightly.

“I knew you were the best!” She didn’t forget to butter him up.

Great Emperor Feng Du tilted his chin up, giving a slight hum of acknowledgment.

“That is the Bridge of Helplessness, and over there is the Terrace of Longing for Home…” he dutifully introduced as they walked.

“Is that Meng Po’s Soup? Those uncles from Peach Source Village, I know them… Can I go drink a bowl?” The little girl tugged at his robe, her voice filled with curiosity.

Great Emperor Feng Du: “…??”

“I figured, since I rarely get a chance to visit the Underworld, I should at least try its specialties!” Lu Chao Chao giggled, slightly embarrassed.

Great Emperor Feng Du couldn’t resist and flicked her forehead twice.

Tsk! Who would’ve dared flick the forehead of the Sword Sovereign Sunshine before?!

This four-year-old Sword Sovereign was truly easy to bully!

Ever since Lu Chao Chao set foot in the Underworld, the entire realm had been placed on high alert. Ghost guards patrolled everywhere, ensuring security.

The spirits all steered clear of her path.

After all, who knew what kind of powerful figure warranted a personal welcome from Great Emperor Feng Du? Certainly not someone they could afford to offend.

Even Immortal Sovereign Han Chuan had never received such treatment.

“Something’s off about the Underworld.” Lu Chao Chao floated in midair, gazing at the pitch-black sky, which never saw sunlight, making the realm feel even more eerie.

Great Emperor Feng Du cast a glance around. “You noticed?”

“The miasma in the Three Realms is growing denser. It’s reaching an unbearable level, even seeping into the Underworld. The spirits here absorb too much of it, causing them to lose their sanity, which has increased our workload significantly.”

“Tch, those self-important gods! Their desires are endless.”

“And their greed is wreaking havoc upon the Three Realms.”

“Chao Chao, I fear it won’t be long before the Underworld permanently shuts its gates to preserve itself.” Great Emperor Feng Du spoke after much contemplation.

“If the Underworld seals its gates, what happens to the newly dead? Will they just roam the mortal world unchecked?”

“Chao Chao, I am Great Emperor Feng Du, ruler of the Underworld. I oversee the imprisonment of countless spirits. I must protect the Underworld and the Three Realms. If the miasma continues to corrupt this realm, and the Underworld falls, the disaster will be unimaginable.” He sighed, the situation already becoming difficult to control.

Lu Chao Chao exhaled softly.

“Do you know how the Celestial Realm is handling the miasma?” Great Emperor Feng Du asked as they arrived at the Reincarnation Platform.

“Them? Ha…”

Great Emperor Feng Du sneered.

“The catastrophe is their doing, yet they try to shift the burden onto the mortal world. The Spirit Realm has cultivators, the Demon and Fiend Realms are not to be trifled with, the Buddhist Realm has its wrathful Vajras, and the Underworld has me and my ghostly legions.”

“Only the mortal world, favored by the Heavenly Dao, is the weakest.”

“The gods, ever so compassionate, would never do something so heartless, would they?”

“And yet, they instructed Ming Kong and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to advocate for the mortals to bear the suffering.”

Great Emperor Feng Du’s expression brimmed with scorn, though he lacked the authority to oppose the Celestial Realm’s decree.

“It’s merely because mortals have no one to protect them.”

The four-year-old Lu Chao Chao walked ahead, her voice tinged with frost. “Perhaps, my rebirth as a mortal is the will of Heaven.”

The Underworld’s Judge, usually a stern and impartial figure, put on a rare smile upon seeing Great Emperor Feng Du escorting someone personally.

“Bring forth the Reincarnation Register for my young friend to examine.”

“Yes.” The Judge himself retrieved the book and handed it to Lu Chao Chao.

Flipping through a few pages, she found her parents’ lifespans and nodded in satisfaction.

“Huh? Why are my three brothers missing from the register?”

The Judge glanced over and was momentarily stunned. “I hadn’t noticed before, but their past lives are entirely blank. In the Reincarnation Register, an absence of past records suggests two possibilities.”

“First, they are divine beings undergoing tribulation, and their history is beyond mortal comprehension.”

“Second, their fate has undergone a tremendous shift, altering their destiny and erasing past and future records.”

Lu Chao Chao was taken aback. Originally, her brothers met tragic ends. But now…

Her eldest brother was a dragon among men, her second brother an invincible warrior, and even her third brother—though the dullest in the family—was about to become the top scholar!

It seemed her rebirth had caused their fates to diverge.

“What about my unborn younger brother?”

“He hasn’t been born yet, he’s still a fetus, so why…” Lu Chao Chao frowned at the register.

Her younger brother’s entry was pitch black.

Flipping through several pages, she found his record was the only one of its kind.

The Judge hesitated before handing the book to Great Emperor Feng Du, his expression growing grim.

Great Emperor Feng Du held the Reincarnation Register, his eyelid twitching slightly.

“This child is not from the cycle of reincarnation. In the vast cosmos, life is constantly being created. And sometimes, even malicious spirits can slip into the cycle.”

“Your brother is likely one of them.”

“I imagine he’s been restless in the womb, hasn’t he?”

“Some children are born to bring blessings; others are born to bring calamity.”

“He… is rebellious to the bone.”

“If you act now, before he is born, you can avoid future suffering. A child like this cannot be taught. He is evil incarnate, rotten to the core.”

“And if you terminate the pregnancy, make sure to destroy his soul completely. Otherwise, he will be reborn elsewhere, bringing disaster upon the Three Realms.”

Lu Chao Chao murmured, “No past, no origin…”

“Rebellious to the bone?”

“I’ll break that rebelliousness myself!” A smirk played on her lips.

Great Emperor Feng Du shuddered.

For that malicious spirit, this was both good and bad news.

Good news: After a thousand years, he was finally reincarnating.

Bad news: He was being born into Lu Chao Chao’s family—the specialist in taming unruly bones!