Chapter 131: The Challenge

In the Great Sui Empire, it is perhaps more accurate to say that the world is ruled by superstition and the sword, rather than by imperial authority. Gods govern the human spirit, while the sword conquers the human body. Figures like Hongren and Yuan Tiangang are nothing but utter charlatans—at least, that is what Yun Hao believes. He has never seen what the gods look like, yet he has encountered many ghosts. He has even met the King of Mount Tai himself, and discovered that everything in the underworld is merely a reflection of the mortal realm. The squalor of the ghost realm is no different from that of the living world.