When Chiyou put his hands on the sheathe to take it out, the whole world around him slowed down, to a point it was like everything was stopped.
And he found himself in a white space where Spirit King was standing in front of him
The spirit king looked at Chiyou and asked "King Chiyou, what are you trying to do?"
hearing his question, Chiyou smiled and replied "Sir Spirit King, you are a god of spirits and also guide us, mortals, there is nothing hidden from you.
So why ask such questions when you know the answer?
Still, if you have asked then allow me to answer it.
I have heard the voice of a soul, and i want to free her"
"Please don't do it" Spirit King said in a serious tone
"why?"
"Because that is her fate"
"As i told you, Sir Spirit King, i don't believe in fate.
The reason why she is there is because the god of heaven or hell have made a mistake, and they dont want to taint their hands, that's why they don't care about rescuing those pure souls out of their pain"
"It is not like that King Chiyou, the true reason why no one helps them is something else"
"And what is that reason?"
The Spirit King looked at Chiyou for a while, thinking if he should tell him the true reason why no one helps those pure souls or not.
After a while, he thought of telling him
"Everyone in this world has a reason they are born with, some become evil as they forgot their very reason of existence and some thrive to know the truth of their existence.
But no matter who becomes evil and no matter who becomes a good person in their life,
We have to make a proper balance between both good and evil.
and for that very reason, we have to let few souls go here, in the sea of souls, in the underworld, as they will be the ones who will keep on fighting till the end and try to keep the balance normal
if we dont do that, then the power of evil will grow and every world, whether its hell, heaven, mortal or even the underworld itself, everything will be in complete chaos.
Thus, we have to make decisions that are hard but we have to do it so that a proper balance is kept on"
"Doing something they didn't even ask for,
While alive, lived for others and did the right thing
And now that you are dead, you still have to keep fighting the evil in this vast sea of souls, why?
Did they ask this?
I dont think so from their voice?
Then why let them do it?
They lived their whole life as a righteous person with no evil desire, yet now they all will have to fight till they don't turn evil and give up? Why?
is this right?"
"it is wrong, i know... but someone has to do it."
"then why not destroy those evil souls and let the pure ones enter the cycle of rebirth rather than letting them turn evil"
"That is something impossible as these souls are so much evil that even us gods feel disgusted from them.
Even though we see everyone equally, but these souls are just too much, and destroying them sounds a great idea but the only one who can do it is the first emperor"
"Then what is taking him so long? why is no one requesting him to help these souls?"
"The first emperor of heaven is too much power, that is the reason why"
Chiyou was taken back by this answer, he didn't understand the meaning behind it so Spirit King explained
"The first emperor of heaven also knows as the heavenly dragon, is so much powerful that his fire can burn anything from its existence.
But his flames are so much strong that they can even burn down the whole world and may even burn other worlds.
This is the reason why he didn't do it as his simple breath is enough to burn down the whole heaven and the underworld, if some fire (sparks) falls on another world, everything will be burned down in an instant and nothing will remain"
"Then do i have to remain silent?" Chiyou asked
"yes, that is the only thing i request you King Chiyou.
I know how you are feeling but the soul you are trying to help is from some other time, and its better if you don't take her out.
That soul will remain there for next thousand-year untainted from evil, so please fear not"
Chiyou remain silent for a while, his silence made the spirit king sad
Finally, he spoke, "I understand everything,
But i am sorry Sir Spirit King, now that i have heard her voice, i can't turn my face away.
Even if you can see the future and tell that she will remain safe, my heart won't believe it and my soul will feel pain if i don't help her today
So, I apologize as i will be doing something that you have dont want me to do"
Chiyou turns away and comes back to reality, in his mind, the spirit King warned him again but he didn't listen to them
He removed the sheathe of his sword and then put his step on the sea
"Your highness!" Fang Huizhong became scared but Chiyou told all of them to wait for him
After saying his words, he took his step towards the source of the voice
Everyone looked at his back as he walked to somewhere
Shoes started burning up and the dead souls started climbing on Chiyou, but Chiyou showed no hesitation, with a single wave of his sword, he threw away all souls aside and kept on walking
Some souls grabbed his black robe, but Chiyou didn't care, he waved his sword and all souls disappeared.
In his mind, the soul asked who he is and Chiyou explained about himself
As he talked more and more, Chiyou finally reached the entrance of the ocean, and that he could also sense the soul just a few steps away
Chiyou got on his knees, looked at the soul he was talking and asked "What is your name?"
. . .
to be continued-