Who Stopped Him from Reincarnating?

Also known as The Most Dedicated Ghost Warden in History.

“I was a good person in life, and I’ll be a good person in my next life too,” Xu Chen told the Judge.

“No. In your next life, you’ll be a menace: as a human, you’d be a scumbag; as an animal, you’d be more lecherous than a dragon; and even as a hungry ghost, you’d be a pervert… So you’d better stay in the Underworld and work as a ghost warden.”

And so Xu Chen stayed in the Underworld, becoming an honored soul-reaping messenger.

“Even if I have to be a ghost warden, I’ll be a diligent and conscientious one.”

While the other ghost wardens lazed around, Xu Chen worked hard. He pushed his colleagues to the brink of exhaustion and even worked his boss so hard he nearly coughed up blood!

Other ghost wardens were afraid to reap the souls of Daoists and Buddhists with powerful connections. Xu Chen wasn’t afraid: he reaped them all the same! He broke the unspoken rules of the immortals and Buddhas, upheld the Underworld’s authority, and earned a commendation banner from the delighted King of Hell.

Then one day, Xu Chen reaped a certain monkey’s soul, and the King of Hell burst into tears when he saw it.

“How could this fool reap even him? The Underworld is doomed! Who was it that stopped this guy from reincarnating in the first place?”