God Slayer Chronicles Chapter 2

Sha Ku opened his eyes, for the first time in endless years it felt as if they weren't heavy, he was finally refreshed . He scoffed at the thought though, he knew why they weren't weighted, looking around he realized where this place was – Samsara Road .

His form was currently ethereal and resembled that of when he was a young man . Currently, he was in an endless queue, thousands of miles long . One-by-one a myriad of ethereal figures lined up, humanoids, demons, there was even one or two dragons and phoenixes .
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Seeing the endless line, he was infuriated, as a member of the Sha Clan, he knew how the Samsara Road worked . The three judges of the Netherworld would preside and judge the dead, then a soul would take its path .

There were three paths, the path of Neutrality . This is for those who are normal, living peaceful lives but would sometimes be bad people, after all, not everybody could be a Buddha… The people who were reborn on the Path of Neutrality would have neither positive or negative karma; everything would be left to chance in their next lives, they could only rely on themselves .

Then came the Good Fortune Path, those who are sent through the path of Good Fortune had usually been saints, or doctors before death, helping those in needs . There were also other ways to enter Good Fortune, people who sacrificed themselves for others were given a chance or somebody who saved lives just because could . People who stepped onto the Good Fortune Path would be blessed with great karma in their next life, becoming stars in the sky .

Finally, was the Sinners Path, those who trod the path of 'Evil' where sent down here . The ma.s.s murderers, the genocidal maniacs, the pedophiles, the rapists . Whatever trash the universe had to spit out, is sent down Sinners Path . The people of Sinners Path had two choices, enter their next life with unholy karma, leading to a lifetime of suffering or bathe in the Great Karmatic Flames, suffer torment for countless years . Then walk the path of Neutrality after their souls are cleansed . Most choose the unholy karma .

Even thinking about all this Sha Ku was still infuriated, most beings were in a catatonic state when entering rebirth . They'd stand there like zombies unaware of anything moving along the line, and only regain consciousness when they were being judged . Unfortunately, though this was not the case for Sha Ku or anybody that practiced a Reincarnation Art, that allowed one to regain their memories after death . There were also humans who reached the Grand Immortal cultivation stage, as due to a pact they made with the three netherworld judges, they'd be allowed to keep their memories when rebirth occurred .

Sha Ku still had no idea how the humans managed to convince the netherworld judges of this, even when the Pantheon was at its peak they didn't dare try to oppose the netherworld judges! There's a very plain and simple reason for this, every being that has ever died has pa.s.sed through the netherworld, and every time somebody does pa.s.s through they have a tiny piece of their cultivation taken away .

Imagine that, but throughout trillions of years, taking a trillion-quadrillion people's cultivation, who would be willing to risk offending them?

A fool, that's who! Or somebody that's willing to suffer hardship for his people .

Sha Ku sighed, directly walking out of the queue .