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“How fares the mortal world?” Ji Hu asked softly.
He didn’t bow to Yan Yu, nor did he bow to his father, the founding Tang Emperor. His first question was for the living.
“Why don’t you go see for yourself?” Li Yuan chuckled.
“Can I still see it?” Ji Hu murmured, looking down at his hands. Those hands that had once conquered the Nine Provinces, severed the Underworld, and bent the tide of history. And yet now, they were simply a man’s hands.
He didn’t seem to mind. He just smiled and said, “That’s fine too. If I can set foot in this new world again, even as a simple farmer tilling the earth, planting grain.. that would be enough.”
Li Yuan turned to Yan Yu, “Didn’t I tell you? This child is fine.”
Yan Yu looked at Ji Hu. “If you truly wish to be a simple farmer, you’ll have to wait. The Underworld has yet to rebuild the Six Paths of Reincarnation.”
She paused, then continued, “But until then, will you stand guard before the Karma Hall? Judge the spirits who pass through, discern right from wrong, good from evil. Let the righteous find peace, and the wicked meet justice. Once the Six Paths are complete, ghost messengers will escort them to their fates....
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