As the saying goes, "Good and evil will always be repaid; it’s only a matter of time." Death does not mean the end; instead, one enters an absolutely fair underworld to be judged for their deeds in life. This article explores the underworld’s judgment system, the various hells and their punishments, and how to accumulate virtue in the present life to avoid the suffering of reincarnation.

1. The Underworld Judgment Process: From City God Temple to the Ten Courts

• Canceling Life Registration: After death, one is escorted by ghost guards to the City God Temple to cancel their Yang world identity.

• Seventh-Day Return: The soul may temporarily return home for a final farewell.

• Trials in Ten Courts: Judged based on lifetime deeds, determining punishments and reincarnation.

• Reincarnation: After punishments, one is assigned a next life based on merit.

2. Hell Punishments: Corresponding to Worldly Wrongs

• Tongue-Ripping Hell: For those who sow discord, slander, or lie; tongues are pulled out with iron pliers.

• Iron Tree Hell: For those who break family harmony; hung on a tree of blades.

• Mirror of Sin Hell: Reveals hidden crimes committed in life.

• Steamer Hell: Gossips and rumor-mongers are steamed and reshaped.

• Bronze Pillar Hell: Arsonists embrace a red-hot bronze pillar.

• Mountain of Knives Hell: Killers and blasphemers climb a mountain of blades.

• Ice Mountain Hell: Adulterers, the unfilial, and gamblers climb naked up an ice mountain.

• Oil Cauldron Hell: Prostitutes, robbers, and oppressors are fried in oil.

• Ox Pit Hell: Animal abusers are trampled by wild oxen.

• Stone Press Hell: Those who drown or abandon infants are crushed by stone.

• Pestle Hell: Food wasters are pounded in a mortar.

• Blood Pool Hell: The unfilial and dishonest soak in a pool of blood.

• Prison for Wrongful Deaths: Suicides lose the chance to be human again.

• Volcano, Millstone, and Saw Hells: Corrupt officials, thieves, and fraudsters suffer accordingly.

3. Real-Life Significance: Cherish Human Life, Do Good Deeds

• Rarity of Human Life: Being born human is a precious chance for cultivation and virtue.

• Retribution for Good and Evil: The underworld records everything; Yang world actions determine Yin world fate.

• Cultivate Early: Cherish this life, do good, understand your nature, and avoid falling into the cycle of reincarnation.
  The underworld does not deceive – what we do in the Yang world, we will eventually face. May we live without regret and never cease doing good.