"It's quite hassle-free."
Xia Wei walked into the 'Reincarnation Temple'.
The 'Reincarnation System' was formed by the combined efforts of all worlds converging here.
Some worlds had 'reincarnation', while others did not.
Before this, only the 'Demon Slayer' world had a 'Reincarnation System'.
Moreover, the 'Reincarnation System' was not perfect; it merely had the function, but the world lacked the ability to perfect 'reincarnation'.
Coupled with the fact that all worlds wanted to enjoy the benefits of 'reincarnation', the 'world wills' uncharacteristically and uniformly presented their requests to the 'God Group Order'.
After analyzing the benefits for the Gods, the 'God Group Order' gathered the power of all worlds at the base of the World Tree and established the 'Reincarnation Channel'.
Since the worlds provided the materials, the 'God Group Order' merely handled the construction, and full ownership belonged to the 'Gods'.
Each of these seven rivers composed of gray mist traversed a world.
After life in a world died, it would enter the 'river' and arrive at the 'Reincarnation Channel' for reincarnation.
The 'Reincarnation System' would automatically filter the life stories of the deceased; ordinary people with no merits or demerits would directly undergo 'reincarnation'.
After 'reincarnation', they would also be ordinary people with no remarkable qualities.
Those with 'evil deeds' and 'good deeds' would temporarily come to the 'Reincarnation Temple' for judgment.
People with 'good deeds' would have their good deeds materialized into certain talents; after reincarnation, they would gain strengths superior to ordinary people, becoming elites among humanity, and even if they didn't become elites, they would live a happy life.
Conversely, those with 'evil deeds' would also have their evil deeds materialized, and these evil deeds would bring them suffering after reincarnation, such as physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and so on.
If they performed good deeds during their period of suffering, those good deeds would still be preserved and materialized after death.
There was also another type of person, those who were 'egregiously evil'.
These individuals wouldn't even have the chance to come to the 'Reincarnation Temple'; they would be directly cast into 'Hell' to become consumables, returning as the most basic soul material to be re-introduced into the world.
This 'Hell' was located further below the 'Reincarnation Temple', a space burning with 'karma fire'.
This 'Hell' was also contributed by the Ghost Fire World.
The size of Hell was as large as the central floating island of the Heavenly Realm, an attached space dependent on the Heavenly Realm.
The 'Reincarnation Temple' was enormous, with a vast plaza in front of it, and gray mist enveloped the entire plaza and temple, preventing the deceased within from seeing outside the plaza and temple.
Seven gray rivers extended a branch that flowed down to the plaza, from which spirits with dazed eyes emerged one by one.
Only after the spirits emerging from the gray rivers landed did their eyes clear; they already knew they had died and had now arrived at the place where their life's sins would be judged.
The Gods would determine whether they would fall into Hell or be reincarnated.
"Dead, how could I die? I'm the Prime Minister's son! Let me go back." A young man with a pampered expression yelled loudly.
Before he could finish speaking, a holy light struck him.
"Loud noises are prohibited outside the Reincarnation Temple." A Little Angels flapped its wings, holding and flipping through a book.
"Abe Sokkin, you don't need to go to the Reincarnation Temple. You have caused the deaths of eleven lives, and your sins are heinous. You shall directly descend into Hell."
The Little Angels finished reading in a childish voice.
The ground beneath the feet of this egregiously evil young man cracked open, and tentacles of crimson fire wrapped around his feet, dragging him down.
"Ahhh—"
Such screams occasionally appeared in the plaza.
"Little Angels, will an old man like me also go to Hell?" An elderly person with a hunched back inquired.
"No, only those who are egregiously evil will go to Hell the moment they step onto the plaza."
"Now, go line up and wait for judgment. Grandpa, you have good deeds, you will be very happy in your next life."
The Little Angels said sweetly.
"Will I be happy in my next life? Thank you." The elderly person's wrinkled face was full of smiles.
The deceased who arrived here lined up in an endless queue, waiting to enter the temple.
Inside the temple.
A small, golden light figure sat on the divine throne, with twelve wings behind the figure, and its face was obscured by light, making its features unclear.
"Good deeds level 9, just a little short of receiving Divine Blessing, what a pity. The good deeds will be converted into one of three choices: intelligence, spell talent, or wealth."
A ethereal voice echoed in the temple, and the small figure looking up at him in the temple quickly said.
"Intelligence, I want to be a smart person in my next life."
As soon as she finished speaking, golden light enveloped her and she flew towards the reincarnation vortex.
"You're doing a good job, Mebiel, have you already become the 'Reincarnation Angel' widely spoken of in the subordinate worlds?"
Xia Wei appeared before her and said to the golden light figure.
'Mebiel' was the world will of the 'Cursed Children' in the Black Bullet world, and after coming to the Heavenly Realm, she became the 'Angel Willpower'.
She herself was a willpower, without a physical body.
Willpower, in a sense, held a higher status than ordinary divine-ranked Gods. Now, as the collective will of the Little Angels, her own great power was no weaker than a normal LV.1 True God.
However, precisely because she was an 'Angel Will', she only existed where Angels were present.
Although there were some restrictions, the special nature of willpower itself meant it was an intangible existence, capable of being omnipresent.
The light on Mebiel dissipated, transforming her into the appearance of an eight-year-old loli, from whom all the Angels' physical characteristics could be seen: Aihara Enju, Tina, Fuse Midori, Thousand Life Summer World—
"Forgive me, Lord God, as more and more deceased are coming to the 'Reincarnation Temple', and seeing that you had not made arrangements, I took the liberty of assuming this reincarnation priesthood." Mebiel said emotionlessly.
"I wasn't blaming you. You've done quite well. Everything must prioritize the stability and development of the Gods." Xia Wei nodded.
"Since you have already taken on the reincarnation priesthood, then continue to hold it."
'Priesthood' and 'Authority' are not the same thing.
'Priesthood' refers to the duties of holding certain positions within the God Group system. By holding this duty, one consequently gains corresponding great power.
Simply put, it's like being a 'civil servant within the system'; holding that position grants corresponding power and responsibility.
Whereas 'Authority' is the crystallization of rules, belonging to one's own great power.
When the 'Reincarnation System' was born, a series of corresponding priesthoods were spontaneously generated with it.
The Little Angels here also became 'Reincarnation Messengers'.
"Yes, I will not allow any errors in reincarnation, please rest assured." Mebiel said without emotion.
He was originally a world will; he had no selfish desires and would absolutely carry out the duties of reincarnation.
Xia Wei nodded and left the 'Reincarnation Temple', feeling immensely proud.
His Gods were truly becoming more and more impressive; the Reincarnation System was perfected, and the subordinate worlds and the Gods were increasingly bound together as one.
"It's time to gather my retainers and begin the conquest of Re:0."
This world had already given birth to numerous 'Authorities', yet no true Gods had appeared.
Perhaps the retainers might condense Authorities before becoming Gods, truly becoming 'Apprentice Gods'.