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# Chapter 987: The World Government's Netherworld Three Departments and Six Divisions!
"Forget it, better not try to copy."
After some deep thought, Im finally shook his head and waved his hand.
Instantly, the white paper on the table, which already had a lot written on it, vanished into thin air.
The content on it was precisely the organizational structure of the Underworld from the Chinese Mythology System.
Mainly, he thought that in the Myriad Worlds, there was an eighty percent chance that such Divine Court and Underworld existed, and it would be too awkward if he encountered them then.
Therefore, neither Western nor Eastern systems were suitable for 'copying'.
Since that was the case, he would directly follow the World Government's organizational style.
That is, the five-level system of Court, Department, Division, Section, and Branch.
Im created new white paper and wrote down his ideas again.
Firstly, Enma Castle had to be changed to Yellow Spring City, because there was already a legend among the Sea Star's populace that referred to the Netherworld as the 'Yellow Spring Kingdom'.
Next was the Yama Court, the political center, and below the Yama Court were the Judge Department, Reincarnation Department, and Underworld Army Department, although the Underworld Army Headquarters needed to be built elsewhere.
The Judge Department would have six divisions under it: the Underworld Law Division, Underworld Judgment Division, Underworld City Division, Underworld Emissary Division, Underworld Currency Division, Underworld Spring Division, and Underworld Record Division.
The Underworld Law Division would be responsible for formulating, amending, and abolishing matters related to law.
The Underworld Judgment Division would be responsible for the judgment of reincarnation and rewarding good and punishing evil for the majority of undead.
The Underworld City Division would be responsible for the supervision, construction, and development of the city, town, and village in various districts of the Netherworld.
This was very important, because after the undead arrived in the Netherworld, they weren't immediately reincarnated. This was because there were many people queuing before them.
Therefore, most undead needed to be assigned to various places to live for a period of time until it was their turn to go to the Underworld Judgment Division to receive their judgment.
This time often ranged from several decades to over a hundred years. Many undead would choose to form new families during this period, so the construction of urban infrastructure was necessary.
There would even be children born directly in the Netherworld; this kind could choose reincarnation based entirely on their own application.
If they didn't want to reincarnate, they would live in the Netherworld until their soul lifespan ran out, resulting in soul annihilation.
However, during King Yama's rule, very few undead could live that long.
Firstly, relying solely on absorbing Reishi from the air could only allow some young or weak undead to survive.
Undead with slightly higher Reiryoku had to frequently drink 'Yellow Spring Water' to avoid starving to death.
This 'Yellow Spring Water' was actually Underworld River Water originating from the underworld ground.
Although the reason was unclear, the water in the Underworld River couldn't be drunk directly; only the 'Yellow Spring Water' dug out from the earth could.
The key was that you couldn't just dig down anywhere and get 'Yellow Spring Water'.
So, this thing was actually very precious in the Netherworld of the Sea Star, and could even be used as hard currency.
This led to many water sources being occupied by various powerful demons and ghosts.
At the same time, all the towns and villages were actually built around these water sources. If the water output was high, it was a large city; if the water output was low, it was a small village.
If the water source of the latter stopped producing water one day, the result was often that the entire village starved to death or scattered and fled, each seeking a way to survive.
And even having a water source wasn't necessarily a good thing; they might be attacked by ghosts who came to 'drink water' and 'eat' along the way.
Therefore, the environment under King Yama's rule was very harsh.
Outside of Enma Castle, it was almost entirely a 'lawless zone'.
A true hell!
Only the lower-class undead living in the large cities had a certain possibility of stable life.
Because these cities not only had water sources with high output, but also experts they could rely on. These experts were generally called 'Ghost King'.
In Im's gaze, these 'Ghost King' definitely needed to be suppressed. They either had to submit to his rule or be assimilated, or be completely eliminated.
The Underworld Police Division was responsible for recruiting, training, and management of the Ghost Messengers.
They acted as police officers, maintaining public order and security in the Netherworld society, as well as being the guides for the undead.
Similar to the previous Black Robed Shinigami, but with more duties and a larger scope.
And the Underworld Spring Division was to supervise all 'Yellow Spring Water Sources', which meant nationalizing these water sources.
At the same time, it was responsible for manufacturing more water sources, or sending 'Yellow Spring Water' to places that needed water, ensuring that the undead in various places would not starve to death.
Finally, there were the Underworld Currency Division and the Underworld Record Division.
These two were simple. The former managed the bank and currency, while the latter managed various archives and data.
Im felt that the era of the Netherworld using 'Yellow Spring Water' as currency should also end.
He wanted the people under his rule, whether alive or dead, to only use Berry.
In the future, it might even be possible for the Berry of the two worlds to be interchangeable.
For example, if a living person deposited Berry into the Netherworld's bank before they died, they could use it directly when they arrived here!
Of course, this was just an idea for now...
Im's calm gaze looked at the composition of the Reincarnation Department on the paper.
The so-called reincarnation naturally referred to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
According to Yama, the Six Paths of Reincarnation was a function that every complete Netherworld must have.
And its mode of operation could be passively hidden or actively manifested.
The former meant letting the Netherworld operate automatically without any trial process, directly casting each undead whose time was up into one of the Six Paths for reincarnation randomly.
So, whether the next life was to be a human, a pig, or to suffer torment in hell for eternity, it completely depended on luck.
The latter meant the lord of the underworld communicating with the will of the underworld, allowing the Six Paths of Reincarnation to appear in the form he desired.
This way, he could decide which path the undead would be cast into based on the rules he set.
So Im directly created the Heavenly Path, Human Path, Ghost Path, Animal Realm, Hell Path, and Asura Path divisions, specifically responsible for the protection and management of their entrances, and also responsible for sending the undead sent by the Underworld Judgment Division in for reincarnation.
Among them, the Heavenly Path, he decided, would be the exclusive passage for the Celestial Dragons!
All undead determined to be reincarnated as Celestial Dragons in their next life would enter the Heavenly Path!
Also, Celestial Dragons after death were not under the jurisdiction of the Underworld Judgment Division, but were judged by the Heavenly Path Division.
Those who achieved little during life or committed major errors should not expect to be Celestial Dragons again in their next life.
However, since they were Celestial Dragons during life, a small preferential treatment was still given.
That was, no matter what, they would at least be cast into the Human Path, and absolutely could not be cast into the Animal Realm, Hell Path, or Asura Path, these three evil paths.
But when they died again, they would be under the jurisdiction of the Underworld Judgment Division, and they would be judged accordingly...
Of course, for these Celestial Dragons, knowing that they would become commoners in their next life should also be a very painful and hard to accept result.
And those who were exceptionally outstanding during life might possibly continue to be Celestial Dragons or become Celestial Dragons in their next life.
For example, in the future, after Sakazuki, Sengoku, and Garp die, perhaps their reincarnation will be born into a certain Celestial Dragon clan.
Im wanted to use this method to make the future Celestial Dragons more and more outstanding!
Although he didn't know if those who were outstanding in their previous life would still be outstanding in their next life, isn't the possibility of them becoming outstanding greater than that of those who were mediocre or even incompetent in their previous life?
Next is the Ghost Path.
This is a bit interesting to talk about.
Undead cast into the Ghost Path will be born in the womb of a certain woman in the Netherworld after reincarnation, and after birth, they will be souls native to the Netherworld.
As for the difference between them and undead, it is not clear yet...
Writing up to here, Im stopped the pen in his hand.
Because next was the reconstruction of the Hell Path.
Before, the hell here was just throwing the randomly assigned unlucky undead into the volcanoes in various places.
Letting them be burned by magma and sea of fire for eternity.
But in his opinion, this was too monotonous.
"Hmm... Firstly, people who oppose the World Government in the future should have a special hell prepared for them after death, and opposing Celestial Dragons is also a crime of crimes!"
Im muttered to himself.
Since it was the Netherworld under the banner of the World Government, these crimes and punishments were a must.
Not only would they suffer while alive after being caught, but they would also be subjected to purgatory torment after death.
Hmm... At that time, should I support a religion to spread this propaganda?
(End of this chapter)
"Forget it, better not try to copy."
After some deep thought, Im finally shook his head and waved his hand.
Instantly, the white paper on the table, which already had a lot written on it, vanished into thin air.
The content on it was precisely the organizational structure of the Underworld from the Chinese Mythology System.
Mainly, he thought that in the Myriad Worlds, there was an eighty percent chance that such Divine Court and Underworld existed, and it would be too awkward if he encountered them then.
Therefore, neither Western nor Eastern systems were suitable for 'copying'.
Since that was the case, he would directly follow the World Government's organizational style.
That is, the five-level system of Court, Department, Division, Section, and Branch.
Im created new white paper and wrote down his ideas again.
Firstly, Enma Castle had to be changed to Yellow Spring City, because there was already a legend among the Sea Star's populace that referred to the Netherworld as the 'Yellow Spring Kingdom'.
Next was the Yama Court, the political center, and below the Yama Court were the Judge Department, Reincarnation Department, and Underworld Army Department, although the Underworld Army Headquarters needed to be built elsewhere.
The Judge Department would have six divisions under it: the Underworld Law Division, Underworld Judgment Division, Underworld City Division, Underworld Emissary Division, Underworld Currency Division, Underworld Spring Division, and Underworld Record Division.
The Underworld Law Division would be responsible for formulating, amending, and abolishing matters related to law.
The Underworld Judgment Division would be responsible for the judgment of reincarnation and rewarding good and punishing evil for the majority of undead.
The Underworld City Division would be responsible for the supervision, construction, and development of the city, town, and village in various districts of the Netherworld.
This was very important, because after the undead arrived in the Netherworld, they weren't immediately reincarnated. This was because there were many people queuing before them.
Therefore, most undead needed to be assigned to various places to live for a period of time until it was their turn to go to the Underworld Judgment Division to receive their judgment.
This time often ranged from several decades to over a hundred years. Many undead would choose to form new families during this period, so the construction of urban infrastructure was necessary.
There would even be children born directly in the Netherworld; this kind could choose reincarnation based entirely on their own application.
If they didn't want to reincarnate, they would live in the Netherworld until their soul lifespan ran out, resulting in soul annihilation.
However, during King Yama's rule, very few undead could live that long.
Firstly, relying solely on absorbing Reishi from the air could only allow some young or weak undead to survive.
Undead with slightly higher Reiryoku had to frequently drink 'Yellow Spring Water' to avoid starving to death.
This 'Yellow Spring Water' was actually Underworld River Water originating from the underworld ground.
Although the reason was unclear, the water in the Underworld River couldn't be drunk directly; only the 'Yellow Spring Water' dug out from the earth could.
The key was that you couldn't just dig down anywhere and get 'Yellow Spring Water'.
So, this thing was actually very precious in the Netherworld of the Sea Star, and could even be used as hard currency.
This led to many water sources being occupied by various powerful demons and ghosts.
At the same time, all the towns and villages were actually built around these water sources. If the water output was high, it was a large city; if the water output was low, it was a small village.
If the water source of the latter stopped producing water one day, the result was often that the entire village starved to death or scattered and fled, each seeking a way to survive.
And even having a water source wasn't necessarily a good thing; they might be attacked by ghosts who came to 'drink water' and 'eat' along the way.
Therefore, the environment under King Yama's rule was very harsh.
Outside of Enma Castle, it was almost entirely a 'lawless zone'.
A true hell!
Only the lower-class undead living in the large cities had a certain possibility of stable life.
Because these cities not only had water sources with high output, but also experts they could rely on. These experts were generally called 'Ghost King'.
In Im's gaze, these 'Ghost King' definitely needed to be suppressed. They either had to submit to his rule or be assimilated, or be completely eliminated.
The Underworld Police Division was responsible for recruiting, training, and management of the Ghost Messengers.
They acted as police officers, maintaining public order and security in the Netherworld society, as well as being the guides for the undead.
Similar to the previous Black Robed Shinigami, but with more duties and a larger scope.
And the Underworld Spring Division was to supervise all 'Yellow Spring Water Sources', which meant nationalizing these water sources.
At the same time, it was responsible for manufacturing more water sources, or sending 'Yellow Spring Water' to places that needed water, ensuring that the undead in various places would not starve to death.
Finally, there were the Underworld Currency Division and the Underworld Record Division.
These two were simple. The former managed the bank and currency, while the latter managed various archives and data.
Im felt that the era of the Netherworld using 'Yellow Spring Water' as currency should also end.
He wanted the people under his rule, whether alive or dead, to only use Berry.
In the future, it might even be possible for the Berry of the two worlds to be interchangeable.
For example, if a living person deposited Berry into the Netherworld's bank before they died, they could use it directly when they arrived here!
Of course, this was just an idea for now...
Im's calm gaze looked at the composition of the Reincarnation Department on the paper.
The so-called reincarnation naturally referred to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
According to Yama, the Six Paths of Reincarnation was a function that every complete Netherworld must have.
And its mode of operation could be passively hidden or actively manifested.
The former meant letting the Netherworld operate automatically without any trial process, directly casting each undead whose time was up into one of the Six Paths for reincarnation randomly.
So, whether the next life was to be a human, a pig, or to suffer torment in hell for eternity, it completely depended on luck.
The latter meant the lord of the underworld communicating with the will of the underworld, allowing the Six Paths of Reincarnation to appear in the form he desired.
This way, he could decide which path the undead would be cast into based on the rules he set.
So Im directly created the Heavenly Path, Human Path, Ghost Path, Animal Realm, Hell Path, and Asura Path divisions, specifically responsible for the protection and management of their entrances, and also responsible for sending the undead sent by the Underworld Judgment Division in for reincarnation.
Among them, the Heavenly Path, he decided, would be the exclusive passage for the Celestial Dragons!
All undead determined to be reincarnated as Celestial Dragons in their next life would enter the Heavenly Path!
Also, Celestial Dragons after death were not under the jurisdiction of the Underworld Judgment Division, but were judged by the Heavenly Path Division.
Those who achieved little during life or committed major errors should not expect to be Celestial Dragons again in their next life.
However, since they were Celestial Dragons during life, a small preferential treatment was still given.
That was, no matter what, they would at least be cast into the Human Path, and absolutely could not be cast into the Animal Realm, Hell Path, or Asura Path, these three evil paths.
But when they died again, they would be under the jurisdiction of the Underworld Judgment Division, and they would be judged accordingly...
Of course, for these Celestial Dragons, knowing that they would become commoners in their next life should also be a very painful and hard to accept result.
And those who were exceptionally outstanding during life might possibly continue to be Celestial Dragons or become Celestial Dragons in their next life.
For example, in the future, after Sakazuki, Sengoku, and Garp die, perhaps their reincarnation will be born into a certain Celestial Dragon clan.
Im wanted to use this method to make the future Celestial Dragons more and more outstanding!
Although he didn't know if those who were outstanding in their previous life would still be outstanding in their next life, isn't the possibility of them becoming outstanding greater than that of those who were mediocre or even incompetent in their previous life?
Next is the Ghost Path.
This is a bit interesting to talk about.
Undead cast into the Ghost Path will be born in the womb of a certain woman in the Netherworld after reincarnation, and after birth, they will be souls native to the Netherworld.
As for the difference between them and undead, it is not clear yet...
Writing up to here, Im stopped the pen in his hand.
Because next was the reconstruction of the Hell Path.
Before, the hell here was just throwing the randomly assigned unlucky undead into the volcanoes in various places.
Letting them be burned by magma and sea of fire for eternity.
But in his opinion, this was too monotonous.
"Hmm... Firstly, people who oppose the World Government in the future should have a special hell prepared for them after death, and opposing Celestial Dragons is also a crime of crimes!"
Im muttered to himself.
Since it was the Netherworld under the banner of the World Government, these crimes and punishments were a must.
Not only would they suffer while alive after being caught, but they would also be subjected to purgatory torment after death.
Hmm... At that time, should I support a religion to spread this propaganda?
(End of this chapter)
