Chapter 697

Chapter 697 Instant Karma, Crying Out “I Was Wrong”

Molly’s incessant murmurs filled the air, but sadly, this dream refused to yield to her control.

Crash…

Molly’s incessant murmurs filled the air, but sadly, this dream refused to yield to her control.

Crash…

A wave, akin to a fiery tongue, crashed upon them.

Those who disrespect and dishonor their parents… shall descend into the Blood Pool Hell…] A faint voice echoed in the background.

Daun glanced downward and beheld a sea of blood, with something writhing beneath its surface.

“Is that it? His expression remained unchanged, and a faint smile even crept upon his face.

He had anticipated a far more agonizing vision of hell within his dream, yet all he encountered was a pool of blood.

In the next moment, Daun and his siblings plunged into the blood pool.

Instantaneously, their bodies felt as if something was devouring them, as though thousands of ants were prying open their flesh and burrowing into their veins.

The scalding blood surrounding them boiled, and layer by layer their skin peeled away…

The brothers, who had been indifferent just moments ago, were now engulfed in wailing agony.

Time became elusive, and soon they were reduced to mere skeletons, their flesh clinging to their bones, trembling in excruciating pain.

Just when they thought the torment of the blood pool hell had ended, they realized it was merely the first layer of hell. Sixteen smaller hells lay beneath.

The Broken-Roof Hell, the Snag-Tooth Hell, the Crumbling Chariot, the Severing Blade, the Intestine Crawl, the Stewing Cauldron, the Open Guts, the Steel Fork…

Everything they could never have fathomed was materializing before their eyes.

Daun realized he was undoubtedly trapped in a nightmare.

His face turned pale with fear, and he quickly fled.

Tom, Shaun, and Molly followed suit, shrieking as they climbed upward.

Yet, they could never ascend. That night, they traversed through all sixteen layers of hell.

As dawn broke, Daun trembled as he awoke in his prison cell, swiftly turning over in bed.

Finally awake…

He had assumed it was just a nightmare.

However, inexplicably, he still felt the pain he had experienced in the dream.

He hurriedly examined his body, finding it unscathed, yet the pain persisted, tormenting him to the very core. The mere thought of it made him shudder Daun spent the entire day in a daze of reformation. This time, he was far from relaxed, utterly exhausted. both physically and mentally.

Finally, during the mealtime break, he collapsed into bed and fell asleep.

And once again…

It began!

They endured another horrifying night, waking up to the same harrowing pain.

On the third day, the fourth day… Daun no longer dared to sleep.

Yet, sleep is inevitable for every person. As soon as he drifted off, he would inevitably find himself in hell.

He contemplated pleading with the Ruler of Hell for mercy.

But after the initial encounter with the Ruler of Hell’s silhouette, they never saw it again.

“Save me…” Daun despaired in his dream, shouting. “I was wrong, I know I was wrong!”

“Ruler of Hell, have mercy!”

“I’ll go back and honor my mother… I’ll observe mourning for her, visiting her grave every day…”

Shaun and Molly also cried out in fear:

“I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong, spare me…”

“Don’t… don’t cast me down there, ah!”

Night after night, the brothers cried out in their dreams, overwhelmed with regret.

Gone were the words of “it is what it is.”

Indeed, the punishment they faced, in reality, was serving several years in prison.

Especially for Molly, it was eight long months..

They were no longer indifferent, no longer able to boast about their resilience.

Only now did they truly understand the meaning of fear…

Their days turned into a never-ending cycle of sleepless nights, plagued by relentless dread every time they closed their eyes.

They wondered when this torment would ever come to an end…

On the other side, Lilly retracted her pen of judgment.

“Sometimes, the human world is the real hell…”

Her small face was filled with an unfathomable confusion.

+5 Bonus Pablo spoke, “Well… These few individuals will eventually end up in hell after they die. Right now, it’s just an early repayment of a portion of their ‘debts.”

Some people have no fear, even when facing judgment by human laws. They continue to smile and laugh.

They need earthly consequences to be dealt with.

Perhaps, this is the significance of Lilly possessing the pen of judgment.

“There must be something they fear… Pablo sighed. “You’ve done nothing wrong.”

Pablo understood that the pen of judgment indeed allowed Lilly to foresee the future and revisit the past.

As a five-year-old apprentice, she had just begun her training… and she had already surpassed him.

She was probably even more formidable now.

It was another day of preparing for unemployment….

Pablo said softly, “Don’t worry about it. You’re only five… which five-year-old has a wrinkled face like yours?”

Lilly huffed, “Master, you’re the one with a wrinkled face.”

Pablo laughed and replied, “Hmm, Master has a wrinkled face.”

He didn’t want to see her unhappy. His apprentice, who was dear to his heart, had to experience such worldly matters at such a young age.

It was impossible not to feel distressed, but this was her path.

Suddenly, Lilly said, “By the way, Master, I want to see if they will change for the better in the future.”

Pablo nodded and said, “Watch, but don’t interfere.”

He suddenly became unsure whether Lilly’s first judgment on Darwin a few days ago using the pen of judgment could be considered altering fate.

Altering fate… was not allowed.

Lilly lay on her bed, holding the pen of judgment, and even rolled around.

Then, she raised her hand and scribbled randomly.

Pablo exclaimed, “Hey, hey…”

Oh my God.

What he saw before him was a background resembling a starry sky.

Three years later, Daun was released from prison. He had endured mental torment and had lost half his weight. Once having a beer belly, he was now skin and bones.

He became afraid and would step aside when encountering elderly people on the street, showing utmost respect.

Only when he returned home did he realize that his abandonment of his elderly mother had led to her imprisonment, which affected his son’s public service examination. His son held a grudge against him.

Tom’s job was also affected. The news of his abandonment of his elderly mother and how the whole family refused to open the door for her reached his workplace. Tom lost his job as a result.

Thus, when Daun returned, he faced constant verbal abuse from his son and daughter-in-law.

Time fast-forwarded, and Daun reached his seventies and eighties. His two sons argued about dividing the family assets, but they couldn’t agree. They ended up selling the old family house and each bought a separate apartment.

With nowhere to live, Daun would visit his elder son one month and the younger son the next. He accused both sons of being heartless, but they retorted, “Weren’t you the same way to Grandma back then?”

He experienced the despair and anguish his elderly mother felt during the typhoon.

Now, things had changed for the worse. This was true retribution.

Daun cried, realizing his wrongdoings. He kept calling out for his mother, but there was no response.

Lilly looked at Shaun and Molly, and their situations were similar. When they grew old, they had a place to live, but they were constantly rejected and belittled.

Some became bedridden and soiled themselves, with no one to take care of them. They would leave food casually at their bedside…

The knots in Lilly’s heart suddenly unraveled.

The cycle of karma is just. Who can escape the heavens?

It turns out that some things are not left unpaid; it’s just a matter of time. For humans, a lifetime is too long, and they may feel that there is no retribution…