CHAPTER 445: CHAPTER 291: REWARDING VIRTUE, PUNISHING EVIL, AND THE ABDICATION TURMOIL

As Lu Yan’s figure appeared within the simple chapel, it seemed to trigger an invisible switch.

In the unseen, the Divine Court and Underworld imbued with supreme majesty seemed to sense this critical moment. A force containing the Power of Origin of the Underworld Extraordinary Path descended silently, precisely enveloping Anna’s Soul Body attached to the plaster statue.

Anna had long met the conditions for ascension; however, Lu Yan’s seclusion had caused the Power of Origin of the Underworld Path to lose its guidance, forcing Anna to rely on faith to slowly complete her sublimation.

Yet, with the completion of the Power of Origin, Anna’s ascension finally officially began!

The Power of Origin from the Divine Court and Underworld was like a gentle yet irresistible tide, washing over Anna’s soul.

The dark cloak she wore, which represented the Seventh Rank Soul Detainer, began to quietly dissipate like shadows, replaced by an officer’s robe of profound black, embroidered with fine silver patterns along the edges.

More strikingly, the Soul-Grabbing Chain in her hand voluntarily integrated into her body, and a brush with a black lacquered shaft and tip stained with a faint yin energy appeared out of nowhere in her right hand.

In her left hand, she held an ancient booklet, its cover made of a material neither metallic nor jade. On it were four vigorous, rule-resonating characters outlined with Divine Patterns.

Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil!

Just as Anna stabilized her ascension, the aura of a Sin Judgment Clerk emanated from her, and Lu Yan immediately felt a more direct feedback of rules compared to when he created the Path of the Yellow Springs.

This feedback did not enhance his cultivation but directly acted on the order foundation of the entire Divine Court and Underworld.

The order of the Divine Court and Underworld, omnipresently supporting the operation of the Underworld Heaven and Earth, seemed to receive enormous nourishment and began to grow at a visible speed, with the majestic atmosphere of All Heavens Divine Court becoming increasingly grand.

Underworld Path Seventh Rank: Sin Judgment Clerk, whose core authority is wielding the Book of Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil.

This book is not an ordinary item; it can record the sins on the enemies.

The greater and deeper the sins on the enemies, the more the Sin Judgment Clerk can draw a certain blessing from the Book of Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil against them, even causing the sins to rebound on their owner.

When facing those with merit and a kind heart, the Sin Judgment Clerk can also expend their own power to bestow a certain degree of blessing and enhancement through the Book of Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil, helping them to avoid misfortune.

The combat power of the Sin Judgment Clerk may not be top-notch, but the authority it represents in Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil is one of the cornerstones of the entire Underworld order’s operation.

The sins of one’s past life must be reckoned after death; likewise, the good deeds of one’s past life will be rewarded after death.

This is the core concept of maintaining the order of yin and yang; theoretically, no living creature can escape the judgment of this law.

For this reason, Anna’s successful ascension to Sin Judgment Clerk greatly enhances and strengthens the order of the Divine Court and Underworld, far beyond the ordinary rank ascension.

It signifies that one of the core functions of the Underworld, Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil, truly has an executor and symbol in the real world.

Lu Yan keenly felt the thriving growth of the Divine Court and Underworld’s order, his mind clear.

He knew well that the ability of the Divine Court and Underworld to suppress powerful existences like the Undying King and Prince Rein, each bearing a hint of the world’s unique Position, was not merely due to the power of the Underworld’s small Heaven and Earth, but more crucially relied on the illustrious order originating from the All Heavens Divine Court.

The order of All Heavens Divine Court mirrors many versions, closely related to the grand momentum of the Celestial Dao, naturally restraining various non-order forces, especially those incomplete and fragmented unique Positions.

Now that Anna has ascended to Sin Judgment Clerk, further completing and strengthening the order of the Divine Court and Underworld, Lu Yan can clearly feel his suppression of the Undying King within the Underworld’s small Heaven and Earth has increased by a few degrees.

Previously, he still needed to divert his attention to constantly suppress the Undying King beneath Fengdu City, preventing its escape.

But now, under the current order of the Divine Court and Underworld, the Undying King, which could previously struggle a bit, has completely fallen silent.

"In this version of the Mysterious World, the source of all Extraordinary Power seems related to the so-called uniqueness."

Lu Yan pondered silently, "The closer one gets to the peak of the rank, the stronger the essence of uniqueness one can contact, and the more incredible its power becomes."

"Now that my cultivation is about to break through to the Nascent Soul, and the order of the Divine Court and Underworld has been significantly enhanced by the appearance of a Sin Judgment Clerk,

should I encounter again a Hidden Evil God, like the Undying King, usurping a fragmented uniqueness..."

A trace of confidence flashed in Lu Yan’s eyes, "Even if the opponent does not enter the Underworld’s small Heaven and Earth voluntarily, merely by leveraging the power of this increasingly perfected Divine Court order, I might be able to suppress that fragment of uniqueness externally."

Thinking of this, Lu Yan’s mood inexplicably brightened.

The steady rise in power and the continual increase in trump cards gave him more composure and confidence when facing this perilous Mysterious World.

And at this moment, Anna’s ascension process finally neared its end.

The light of the Underworld’s origin surrounding her gradually dissipated, and the Soul Body attached to the plaster statue slowly floated down, hovering in mid-air.

With the power of the Seventh Rank Sin Judgment Clerk enhancing her, her Soul Body became unprecedentedly solid and refined, nearly crossing the boundary of life and death, emanating an aura no longer purely cold but rather with a touch of majesty and order.