There was no sunlight in the depths of the Hades, but you didn't have to worry about not being able to see your surroundings. After all, the dead didn't use their eyes to observe external objects. The true eyes of the souls could reflect the truth of everything, even if there was no light in front of them.
In this pitch-black world, if you closed your eyes and opened your heart, the entire world would reveal its true face to you, shocking even visitors from other dimensions.
At every moment, this dark land without sunlight was trembling. However, it wasn't because the sky was falling and the earth was cracking. Instead, it was a rhythm full of vitality. It was like a sleeping giant beast, and the rhythm of the earth's trembling was its breathing and heartbeat.
Yes, this world was alive. It was breathing, moving, and growing.
The first to step through the gate of the Hades was the endless River Styx, which flowed from the shadows of the void like water from heaven. Countless newborn souls drifted helplessly in the river. This was the origin of new reincarnation.
At a bend in the river, the rapid flow of the River Styx suddenly stopped. There was a shoal covered in snow. Countless demons were busily working by the shoal. They waved their pitchforks and maces, driving the unconscious souls onto the shore.
"I … Who am I? Where am I … I'm John, a militia from Kati Village. I … I should have been killed by the beastmen while I was patrolling."
At the same time that he recovered his memories, the wound on his chest appeared. At the same time, there was also the arrow that pierced his body, constantly reminding him of the reality that he was already dead.
However, the bestowal of the rules of the Hades allowed the souls that had lost their memories and self to return to their previous state.
In the middle of the River Styx, the falling snow would cover their bodies. The newly formed bodies made of ice and snow would feel hunger, pain, and desire. Under the command of the demon soldiers, they would walk on the winding mountain path towards the palace in the mountains to welcome the final judgment that was destined to come.
At the end of the mountain path, there was a wide obsidian gate with blurry words written on it.
Behind the gate was a wide group of palaces. To walk towards those palaces, one had to first walk through a corridor made of mirrors.
Hardedef walked along the corridor, but the reflection in the mirror was not his current appearance. It was the past, the present, and possibly the future.
The one on the left was the one who played around with chickens and dogs when he was young, while the one on the right was the one who turned over a new leaf and became a militia, finding meaning in helping others.
This was a famous product of Hell in the future – the Corridor of Fate of Good and Evil. Here, the magic mirror that played with fate would pluck the strings of fate, and all sins and good karma would be displayed. And at the end of the Corridor of Mirrors was the first of the Four Halls of Hell, the executor of good and evil karma on a scale – the Balance Hall.
Upon entering the Balance Hall, one would discover that it was not a palace, but a boundless world.
The brightly lit hall was filled with busy people, and the floor was carved with the Milky Way of Fate. Devils were hurriedly working, and countless Mirrors of Fate kept flashing. Just memorizing the major events of the deceased as evidence for their judgement was enough to keep these novices busy.
At this moment, the original God of Fate, Catio, who should have been in control of this hall, was currently in an eternal slumber. He was currently being transformed by the laws of the Hades, and when he woke up, the Divine Concepts of Good and Evil Balance and Accusation would be added to the Balance Hall. The Balance Hall would finally welcome its true master.
While Catio was in a deep sleep, the silver-robed judge was busy at the position where he should have been sitting. Not only that, in the three halls that had already been activated but weren't guarded by the Gods, the silver-robed figure was also busy at the manager's position.
"… You're doing so many jobs by yourself. Can you even ask for overtime pay?"
[You're the final boss. Who can you ask for overtime pay from?]
Right now, the reason why I had the free time to comment to my System was because I, as the master of the Hades, had obtained some new abilities.
The reason why I had the free time to chat was because I was now capable of having countless incarnations. It was quite a wondrous feeling to be able to simultaneously observe so many locations. Even more wondrous was that I could stand on the bodies of all the Original Sins and taunt the Main Gods without having to worry about being reduced to dust.
"Oh my, Donatis is so violent. He killed yet another incarnation."
Yep, it should be said that it wouldn't matter even if he was reduced to dust.
And so, as if I was playing a strategy game, I sent another incarnation over to continue provoking Donatis with words to interfere with their judgment and gather information.
The current me was Wumianzhe Roland, the Pillar of Space, one of the Four Pillars of Hell. I existed in the Balance Hall, as well as in the Seven Hells. I was the Hades, and the Hades were me. "Endless incarnations" was my most useful yet most useless special ability. After all, these incarnations had zero combat strength to speak of, but they allowed me to do many things.
From a different perspective, unless both the Pillar of Law and the Pillar of Death collapsed, I would be undying. This was one of the special abilities that I had just obtained.
Actually, as long as the Pillar of Death didn't collapse, the Gods of the Hades would all be undying. Or, to put it more directly: "How could the already dead existences in the Hades possibly die again?"
The Gods of the Hades had to be dead. If they were alive, they would become dead the moment they chose to become a member of the Hades. As for the Four Pillar Gods, they had to be reborn from the dead. They had to be the purest dead "born" in this world in order to become the Four Pillars of the Hades.
This was the foundational rule of the Earth Elemental Plane. For example, only elemental lifeforms could become Elemental Gods, and only dead Gods could become the Gods of the Kingdom of the Dead.
Yep, there was no need to hide anything at this time. I was already dead, dead, and a bento. When I used Reverse God's Descent to infuse my soul into Wumianzhe's body, allowing my physical body to merge with my Divine Body, my physical body was corroded by the aura of the Hades. My original physical body had already sunk into a physiological state of eternal hibernation. The natural laws of the Earth Elemental Plane didn't differentiate between friend and foe. At that moment, I was already biologically dead. Actually, I was already destined to die from the moment I entered the Hades …
What? Not shocking enough? Too sudden? Who made the rule that a bento had to be slowly brewed up in several episodes, or that it had to be emotional and tearful? I was already used to receiving bento. Receiving and vomiting bento over and over again would make me feel nauseous. Since this was already my fifth bento, there was no need to be so unreasonable.
"So many people have already died. It doesn't matter if I die."
Fortunately, Wumianzhe was "Sloth," a unique undead created from splitting off his soul. He completely fit the definition of a dead person and could directly merge with his current physical body. Otherwise, I would have had to first die in the mortal plane and then fill up my soul crystal. I didn't even know how long it would take for me to wake up, or if I could even wake up. It was likely that no one would be in charge of the construction of the Hades.
Now that I had mastered the power of "Space" in the Hades, I also had the ability to transform into a myriad of clones. This was a special ability that the God of Judgement, Wumianzhe, needed. Otherwise, just the endless Undead Judgement alone would be enough to tire him to death.
Right now, this ability was the most convenient one for me. It allowed me to control the entire situation and have a bird's eye view of the battlefield. I would also be able to fill in the gaps in time. More importantly, this ability to transform into clones would allow me to carry out my "official duties" in place of my comrades who were currently in a deep sleep, changing, assimilating, and carrying out the Cycle of Hades.
As long as the Hades were carrying out their duties and allowing the Cycle of Reincarnation to continue, not only would the Hades themselves become more complete and powerful, even the Gods, warriors, and guards of the Hades would become stronger. This would be our support and source of power for a prolonged battle, as well as the key to victory that Aillé had fought for for us.
Every time the Lord of Hades created a dossier of criminals, the sleeping Catio would obtain a portion of power, which would bring him one step closer to true awakening. And with every judgement, every Cycle of Reincarnation, and every time the Law was carried out, I, as the Lord of Hades, the Lord of Law, and the God of Judgement, would naturally obtain a portion of power as well.
Even the Seven Kings of Hell would naturally become stronger when those condemned were thrown into the Infernos and their duties were carried out. Since the Aillé Plane had been able to produce more than one hundred Main Gods in its entire history (there were currently more than twenty of them), which meant that there were Main Gods even at the beginning of Creation, our Hades Plane would naturally be able to produce Main God level existences as well.
At this time, the bargaining chip that I had promised to a certain existence was naturally revealed.
Anything that could be used to bribe powerful individuals would naturally require greater power and a higher status.
The Seventh Hell's Bestial Desires Purgatory was where "Lust" Cher was stationed. Her opponent was also a Main God level existence — Sophocles the Deceiver.
Cher herself didn't have any powerful combat strength. She could only rely on the Hell Dragons under her command. And, the Seventh Hell was where the Hell Dragons gathered.
Yes, the Hell Dragons were a completely new species. They were the future envoys of the Hades, as well as the only existences that could freely enter and exit the Hades.
Compared to the past, their bodies were much larger, and their dragon scales had become pitch-black. However, nobody would mistake them for black dragons. The aura of death that filled the air around them was the foundational difference between them and ordinary dragons.
Being able to travel through dimensions and not be affected by the environment was the strongest special ability of Dragons to begin with. Meanwhile, the Hell Dragons of the Hades were capable of wandering between life and death. They would become the Death Gods and Hell Gods who traveled on land. As for their combat strength, it would be incomparable to what they had been in the past.
"I know that all Dragons desire power. What I can give you is naturally endless power and the glory of being the ruler of a dimension. That's a power that's more than enough to kill even Gods. You shall become the strongest Dragon King! Your brethren shall become the strongest Dragons! "
And so, the White Dragon Sam consulted Roland's plan and confirmed that the reward was feasible. In order to change the fate of the White Dragons, he joined Roland's faction, and the entire White Dragon species became the Hell Dragons.
However, he wasn't the most powerful Dragons of the Hades. The true ruler of the Hades was the three-headed Hell Dragon Evelyn, who was currently fighting against the Demon Main God Sophocles the Deceiver.
"… Apart from helping to heal Cher, don't you want to have your own home and brethren? Of course, you'll also receive additional power and the status of the ruler of a dimension. You'll be one hundred times more glorious than you are now! "
There were two Hell Dragon leaders. One of them was the former Supreme Immemorial White Dragon Sam, while the other was the three-headed Hell Dragon Evelyn and her younger sisters. Currently, the Main God Sophocles the Deceiver was actually at a disadvantage under the combined attacks of the Hell Dragons!
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