天将 Captain of the Court
授箓定长生，钢铁铸躯身。
离恨不离苦，轮回又归真。
Immortal rites bestow eternal life,
A body forged in steel, free from strife.
Though sorrow lingers, pain remains,
In cycles of rebirth, truth regains.
话接前文，自亡魂成为天兵已然千年，他亦历尽淘选，成了天将。
虽升了职，他却迷惘无措。
原来生前未得道，做了天兵后，他能晋升的顶点便是天将。
有许多前任天将，为了改变这宿命，逃脱下界，又被追杀毙命，从此魂消梦殒，再无机会。
这次，听闻花果山有异动，天庭再调天兵下界，因他差了一员部下，便领了召令去阴曹地府挑个亡魂。
他走至判官身侧，看见三个跪着的亡魂，他将其中那个修道的亡魂带出幽冥，那亡魂看他盔甲晃亮，刀锋透寒，一块精铁做的大盾，雕着华丽纹样，心怀激荡。
天将停下脚步，失言问道:“若你今日随我去，日后再无投胎轮回的机会，做神仙也只能到我这官职，你可还愿意去?”
那亡魂回道:“愿意愿意，我也不知再入轮回可有别的机缘，指不定再轮回千万次，只是过得更惨了。”
天将知他定不会回转心意，只得带着他朝天去了。
Continuing from the previous story, the soul had been a celestial soldier for a thousand years and had risen through the ranks to become a captain of the court. Despite his promotion, he felt lost and uncertain. In life, he had not attained enlightenment, and as a celestial soldier, the highest rank he could achieve was that of a captain. Many former celestial captains, in an attempt to change their fate, had fled to the mortal realm, only to be hunted down and killed, their souls dissipating with no chance of reincarnation.
This time, upon hearing of upheaval at Mount Huaguo, the Celestial Court dispatched celestial soldiers to the mortal realm. Missing one headcount, the celestial captain received orders to select a soul from the underworld.
He approached the judge and saw three kneeling souls. He chose the one who had practiced Daoism and brought him out of the underworld. The soul, seeing the celestial captain's gleaming armor, the cold edge of his blade, and the intricately carved shield of solid iron, was excited. The celestial captain paused and asked something he wasn't supposed to: "If you come with me today, you will have no chance of reincarnation. As a deity, the highest rank you can achieve is my position. Are you still willing to go?"
The soul replied, "Yes, yes, I am willing. I don't know if there will be any other opportunities in reincarnation. I might go through countless cycles of rebirth only to suffer even more." Knowing that the soul would not change his mind, the celestial captain had to take him to the upper realm.
