Originally, I thought the return of the Heavenly Soul was to transform the human world into a realm of ghosts.

I never expected that the Heavenly Soul's goal was to recreate the ancient Human Sovereign.

This…

This made it hard for me to understand.

I looked at Jin Sheng and said, "The ancient Human Sovereign? The descent of the Heavenly Soul is just a group of ghosts who haven't been reincarnated. Can they become a Human Sovereign?"

"Haha…" Jin Sheng laughed loudly, "If all that returned was the Heavenly Soul, what difference would there be from being imprisoned in the Heavenly Dungeon?"

"Moreover, ghosts are still ghosts, and cannot follow the path of the Human Sovereign. What's the point of me wanting a world full of ghosts?"

Speaking of this, Jin Sheng suddenly asked, "Have you ever wondered why we try so hard to smuggle people across the Yellow Springs?"

I couldn't help but gasp, "Are you using the Earthly Souls to test how to perfectly return the Heavenly Soul?"

"Smart!" Jin Sheng said, "Soul possession is ultimately difficult to perfectly match the original owner's body."

"We must find a way for the Heavenly Soul to reach its peak upon returning, so that we can usher in the age of the Human Sovereign as soon as possible."

Jin Sheng said, "The Holy Lord sent us to hide in the Underworld for many years, first to contain the Ten Yama Kings, and second to constantly test how to perfectly return the Heavenly Soul. As for the third…"

Jin Sheng smiled grimly, "The third is to cut off the connection between the Underworld and the Heavenly Soul."

I was shocked again, and a terrible idea suddenly popped into my head: "The Heavenly Soul has already become an independent soul?"

"That's right!" Jin Sheng clapped his hands and laughed, "It's easy to talk to smart people."

Jin Sheng said, "According to the rules of reincarnation, the three souls each have their own destination. Only when the three souls are gathered together can they be considered truly reincarnated."

"Possession by the Human Soul and seizing a body with the Earthly Soul are not true reincarnations."

"Forcing a body with the Heavenly Soul is also not reincarnation."

"Therefore, we thought of using the Heavenly Soul to replace the Earthly Soul and the Human Soul."

Jin Sheng explained unhurriedly, "This method, simply put, is to merge the three Heavenly Souls into one through mutual devouring."

"After seizing the body, we release the other two Heavenly Souls whose consciousness has been erased, and use them to replace the Earthly Soul and the Human Soul. We are thus bypassing the Book of Life and Death and completing reincarnation."

"The Holy Lord's plan is truly amazing!"

Jin Sheng said, "The Underworld established Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren to indirectly support the Yang world's practitioners in resisting the Heavenly Tribulation. Rewarding lifespans by capturing Earthly Souls is meant to sever the Earthly Soul and kill the Heavenly Soul."

"In reality, this trick is no longer useful."

"The Heavenly Soul is no longer a single soul. Unless the Underworld is willing to kill all Earthly Souls at once, it cannot stop the return of the Heavenly Soul."

"The Underworld will not, and dare not, do this."

I couldn't help but gasp. "Every step of the Samsara Holy Lord's plan is to separate the Underworld, the Yang world, and the Heavenly Dungeon."

"Finally, he will directly attack the human world when the Underworld cannot participate in the war."

"The path of magic is equivalent to being isolated and helpless."

"What a calculation!"

Jin Sheng smiled, "Therefore, the path of magic is bound to fail."

"Even if you have the determination to die, you can't stop the hundreds of millions of Heavenly Souls."

Jin Sheng seemed to be confident of victory, but I could feel that the other party had not yet completed a crucial step. Otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly appeared in the prison to say these words to me.

I tentatively asked, "Which emperor in history are you talking about when you say Holy Lord? It can't be the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, right?"

Jin Sheng sneered, "The Holy Lord is naturally not the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, but the Holy Lord is an existence that will surpass them."

"As for the emperors of the past, hehe… how can a group of people who willingly become Sons of Heaven be compared with the Holy Lord?"

"The Heavenly Souls of those people have long been devoured by the Holy Lord."

"Those who have no ambition to be Human Sovereigns are not even qualified to be ministers under the Holy Lord."

I narrowed my eyes and looked at Jin Sheng: This guy must have been brainwashed by the Samsara Holy Lord.

It was precisely because of Underworld civil officials like him, who had been brainwashed and became loyal to the Heavenly Soul, that he was able to deceive the gods of the Underworld and set up such a grand scheme in the human world.

It was conceivable that the battles of Xie Ban Gui and Wang Hun against the Ghost Emperor were just the Samsara Holy Lord creating a smokescreen.

The real decisive battle was at Liangjie Mountain.

I said lightly, "What if the Samsara Holy Lord sets up a scheme throughout the world?"

"There is still the path of magic, and there are still emperors in the human world."

Before I could finish speaking, Jin Sheng laughed again, "Emperors? Do you really believe that a so-called emperor can turn the tide?"

"Your so-called emperors only have the name of an emperor, but not the reality of one."

"Three Palaces, Eight Guards, Left and Right Prime Ministers! Sounds like a great power, a great prestige."

"How many people are there in the Three Palaces and Eight Guards combined? Millions, or tens of millions? I'm afraid there aren't even 100,000 troops, right?"

"Your so-called emperor is just the leader of a large Jianghu group."

"Without unifying the world, how can there be talk of an emperor?"

"The so-called Emperor's Descent is just your self-deceptive comfort!"

Jin Sheng paused and said, "Moreover, can you guarantee that the Emperor is not bait thrown out by the Holy Lord?"

After Jin Sheng finished speaking, he looked at my face with a smile that was not a smile.