Artemis looked up in Amon's arms and saw Amon's left hand first.
A ball of light flew out of his palm, and the suspended ball of light enlarged and turned into a small scale, which was the artifact that Osiris used to build the center of the Underworld. Amon took this artifact out of the depths of the Underworld, and the array pivot that supported the entire boundary of the Underworld disappeared, but the Underworld did not collapse, because Amon created another "Underworld" and merged it with it.
The process of taking out the artifact, transforming and merging it with the Underworld was also a new sacrificial refining of the artifact. Amon handed it to Artemis and said, "Anyway, at least in the eyes of the world, Osiris was scolded to death by you, and it should be your trophy. I have refined and erased the soul mark of this thing, and it is called the Scale of Judgment. "
Artemis asked, "You don't keep it for yourself?"
Amon shook his head. "You should be the one to take it."
Artemis took the Scale of Judgment and said, "Then I'll accept it. It happens that one of the Olympian gods wants this thing, and this god has a little relationship with you, so it makes sense for her to take it. Anyway, if it stays in your hands, it may be given to some disciple. "
Amon asked curiously, "Oh, there is another goddess in the Olympian kingdom who has something to do with me? Which god is she, and what's going on? "
Artemis shook her head gently and said, "You are not an Olympian god, and it is not convenient for me to tell you the secrets of the Olympian School. You will understand when you see her." As she spoke, she looked up and suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
They saw that the appearance of the Underworld had changed silently, and the huge scale under their feet had disappeared, and the two were standing on a strange dividing line. On the left was the blue sky and white clouds, the green grass spread out like a shade, the distant mountains were full of flowers, and the sound of running water was like cheerful music drifting faintly in the wind.
Not far to the right, there was a tree. Its bare branches were grey and had no leaves. The strangely shaped branches were like a strange claw reaching towards the sky. Scorching smoke rose from the bottom of the tree, as if the depths of the earth were burning. Not far away, there was a river flowing with a black, oily liquid. The surface of the river was still burning, and everywhere it passed, there was a scorching aura of death.
As far as the eye could see, there seemed to be no end to the scene.
Artemis murmured, "Is this what you call heaven and hell? They are actually in the same place! "
Amon smiled faintly. "That's right. It's a place that I've recreated after absorbing the structural experience of the various Divine Clans of the Heaven's Pivot Continent. After all, it's still the home of the Undead. It's still a different kind of Underworld."
Artemis added, "It is not surprising that Hades is called Hell, but the Hades you created is also called Heaven, which is also your divine kingdom. It is truly unimaginable."
Amon smiled. "Who cares if it's Heaven or Hell, just call it Hades according to your habit. Do you see the difference?" Artemis narrowed her eyes and said, "I have seen the Hades of Hades of the Olympus divine clan, and I have also guarded the Hades for Osiris of the Ennead divine clan as Bastet, and I also know what's going on with the Hades of Kella of the Anunnaki divine clan. Those Hades are the same as this place, both of which receive the Undead, but there is a big difference.
The Hades has always been the source of divine power for the Hades, no matter what happens to the Undead in the Hades, and the Hades are mainly built for the God of the Underworld. The God of the Underworld is the god who practices necromancy in every divine clan. Your place is different, it is mainly built for the Undead. The so-called God of the Underworld has only become a watcher and guide. Who inspired you? "
Amon explained, "I once met a Great Awakener named Amitabha, and this was inspired by his disciple Ksitigarbha."
Is the Hades built for the God of the Underworld or for the Undead? This has never seemed to be a problem. The existing divine clans all have the Hades to receive the believers of the Undead. The Hades is important to the divine clans because it holds the secrets of almost everything on earth and strengthens people's faith in the gods in another way. "
Because the question of life and death has always been the ultimate consideration of people. On the other hand, the Hades is also the source of divine power for the God of the Underworld, and what people fear may be the will of the God of the Underworld.
But Ksitigarbha once showed Amon that the Nether World he wished to create was completely different from the Hades that Amon knew. Ksitigarbha observed the Undead in the Nether World, and although it was also a kind of wish practice for him, the Hades itself was created for those Undead, so that these Undead could feel some kind of guidance left by Amitabha in the world, not for Ksitigarbha himself.
This was also the reason why Amon created the Hades. It did not exist mainly for the existence of the gods, but for the Undead who came here to witness, or to accept some kind of judgment. But there was no judge in the Hades. The so-called judge was the Undead itself, which was a reference to the magical function of the huge scale in the original Ennead.
What Amon created was Heaven and Hell, and what was different from Ksitigarbha's Nether World? What was witnessed in the Nether World was "reincarnation", while what was witnessed in Heaven and Hell was "judgment".
When the Undead entered the Nether World, they entered what Ksitigarbha called the Barren Bright Realm. In an instant, the experience of their life would be clearly reflected, and the things that were unclear in this life would be clear at this moment. The Undead would recall everything they had experienced, including the feelings they had left on others, the true thoughts of others, and so on.
The emotion of this moment was indescribable, and then the heart of reincarnation and the heart of remorse would alternate.
Almost everyone would think of a question — —
What would happen if they could start all over again? With this thought, the Barren Bright Realm would reverse, as if their life had really started all over again.
Many people in this world had the desire to be reborn. They often fantasized about what it would be like if they could go back to the past and start all over again. Sometimes they imagined that they could start all over again in this life, and sometimes it turned into another kind of wish, to travel to a certain era in history, and start all over again with the background of the whole world. These two ideas were actually the same thing, but they were based on different wishes.
The first kind of wish was based on the regrets of one's life experiences, and a re-imagining of what one had done. The second kind of wish was a kind of regret for the historical background in one's life, and a re-imagining of the world outside one's body. But these two wishes originated from the same beginning, and that was the heart of reincarnation.
When people lived in this world, the heart of reincarnation was just a fantasy or a yearning. But when the Undead entered the Barren Bright Realm, they could witness this heart of reincarnation.
But there was a fact that couldn't be changed by people's wishes, and that was when a person truly witnessed the heart of reincarnation, they might not be able to eliminate their regrets. Being able to foresee the future couldn't truly change themselves. Even if they transcended an era and returned to the past, they wouldn't be able to truly transcend the era they came from, if they were still the same person.
When the Undead witnessed the heart of reincarnation in the Barren Bright Realm, it was like starting all over again in life. Those who sought wealth could obtain wealth, those who sought fame could become famous, some people could become extremely wealthy, and some people could establish unparalleled achievements. Some people might rule the world, thinking that they could kill and intimidate all living beings. Some people might be overflowing with ruthlessness, thinking that their desires were unimpeded and unrestrained.
But the Barren Bright Realm didn't just witness the heart of reincarnation, it also witnessed the heart of remorse. The so-called heart of remorse wasn't the person's own remorse, but the imprints they left behind that reflected on themselves.
How they treated the world, the world would view them as well. The imprints they left in the world, the world would imprint the feelings of their soul.
The Barren Bright Realm was the witness of the soul anew. Everything would be reflected back, allowing one to truly feel it clearly. It was something that couldn't be described with words. If a person lived in this world only as a fantasy, they wouldn't be able to feel all of this. But when the Undead entered the Barren Bright Realm to witness the heart of reincarnation, the heart of remorse that followed would drag the soul into an unimaginable torment of hell.
One thought extinguishes fate, and another thought creates fate. The Netherworld could witness the endless heart of reincarnation and the heart of remorse, allowing the Undead to assume and redo again and again. If the soul's vow wasn't truly liberated, then it would enter an endless state of reincarnation, known as the Infernal Hell. At this time, the thought of remorse was different from the human world. It was an eternal moment, and also a moment of eternity.
What kind of soul a person had was already determined when he was alive. Amon created Heaven and Hell, and people themselves already lived in Heaven or Hell, they just witnessed it when they passed away.
The Underworld created by Amon drew inspiration from Ksitigarbha's Netherworld, as well as the ingenuity of the Scales of Judgment in the Underworld of Osiris. It also reflected the heavenly realm he created, which was different from the Netherworld of the various divine systems. It became a heaven and a hell of two sides.
Artemis had already achieved the Creator level, so she naturally saw the mystery of this world. She asked Amon with a faint smile, "I know who your hell is for, what about Heaven?"
Amon replied: "There are also many people in this world who, although not guided by the power of origin, have a transcendent soul, so they will naturally come to Heaven. The so-called Heaven is still a moment of eternity or a moment of eternity. This Underworld is the image of Heaven that I have projected here, and they are like angels in Heaven. "
Artemis frowned slightly. "So the Heaven you created is like this, the undead who have not transcended eternal life can't distinguish it. But after all, this is not true transcendence of eternal life, this is still the world of the undead, how can the undead in it leave? "
Amon replied leisurely: "They can leave voluntarily, with a certain wish, no matter how long they spend in Heaven, it is only equivalent to a moment in the human world."
Artemis asked again, "How can the undead in Hell be liberated?"
The Hell created by Amon was also different from the Infernal Hell in the Netherworld. It was to let a person witness their true self, and then witness the self that they wanted to be in their vow, repeatedly questioning, like the unquenchable fire in Hell.
Amon smiled slightly. "Until they can be liberated, it is only equivalent to a moment in the human world."
Artemis looked around and said, "You actually used Heaven to project the Underworld, such guidance is very attractive in the human world, is this temptation or coercion?"
Amon shrugged. "Maybe it's nothing, I just created such a world of the undead, as you can see."
Artemis said thoughtfully, "I can see that more and more people will believe in you, you are very smart."
Amon said with a faint smile, "Maybe I'm more charming."
Artemis burst out laughing, punched him and said, "You've learned to talk like that too?"
Amon replied, "After witnessing so much in the human world, what else can I not learn? This is not some incredible magical power, it's just a little trick, inspired by the artists playing with puppets in the Pantheon Square. "
Artemis frowned again. "This Underworld seems perfect, and there will be more and more people who believe in you, but as you can see, there are very few people in the world who truly understand the soul.
There are very few people who truly understand the soul. Even if people believe in you, it is only with their own understanding, and there will be more and more believers who judge others in your name. "
Amon shrugged again. "That is the choice of the world, and conflicts in the human world have always been like this. I am just using this way to prove my vows and leave my guidance in the thousands of paths that people understand."
Artemis turned her head to look at him. "You are very indifferent."
Amon also looked at her with a wry smile. "I have been like this since I was a child, you watched me grow up." Before his voice trailed off, he suddenly turned his head to the right and looked into the distance. "There is an undead coming, it is the Pharaohs Of Eygut, Merneptah, he is so timely!"
Artemis sighed inexplicably and gently stroked Amon's arm. "It's time for me to go, too. Thank you for helping me vent my anger, and thank you for showing me the heaven and hell you have created."
Then another voice said, "Bastet, no, Goddess Artemis, will you please guide me?"
Artemis turned and replied, "Typhon, you want to leave the Ennead and join the Olympian divine clan?"
The speaker was Typhon, the gatekeeper of the Underworld of Osiris, the golden three-headed dog. He bowed to the ground at the boundary between heaven and hell and said, "I am an oracle guided by Osiris. Osiris has left, and this heaven and hell no longer need a gatekeeper like me. But what I practice is the Book of the Dead of the Ennead, and you have also practiced it before, so I ask for your guidance. "
If a god falls, the oracle he guides can leave the divine clan, or ask for the guidance of another god in the divine clan. The choice Typhon made was different from that of the other oracles in the Ennead. He was more willing to accept the guidance of Artemis, who had the same experience as him, and at the same time leave the Ennead.
Artemis said to Amon, "See, not all oracles are willing to choose you, the Lord of Heaven." Then she said to Typhon, "Then you will come with me to the Olympian divine clan, the Underworld of Hades is missing a gatekeeper like you."
Amon waved his hand and said, "Since Typhon has a choice, then go. I will merge the divine kingdom of Ennead and the divine kingdom of Anra, the gods of the Ennead and the gods of Anunnaki will be angels in heaven, and I will send Kella and Nergal to take care of the Underworld. "
Amon fulfilled his promise to Artemis and accompanied her to the Underworld to find Osiris and "settle accounts", but the result of "settling accounts" was the creation of heaven and hell. Artemis left as she wished, returning to the mortal world and flying with Typhon across the vast sea to the divine realm of Olympus.
She should have been very happy, but her expression was a little sullen, as if she had lost something. She played with the trophy in her hand and did not speak along the way. Typhon asked cautiously, "My goddess, is there something that makes you unhappy?"
Artemis sighed and looked at the Scales of Judgment in her hand. "I have fulfilled my old wish with Osiris and obtained such a trophy, how can I not be happy?"
Typhon plucked up his courage and said, "Goddess, what you really want is not this artifact, but a god, right?"
Artemis glared at him. "Who are you talking about?"
Typhon shrank his neck. "Forget I said anything."
Artemis did not argue with him. Flying in the clouds, she looked at the sea level in the distance and said, "Seeing the Underworld like that is equivalent to witnessing the heavenly realm he created and understanding his achievements. It was impossible for such a deity to join the Olympian pantheon. I always have a hunch that something I don't want to see will happen between me and Amon, but I can't describe what this feeling is. "
Amon created heaven and hell, watched Artemis leave, then stepped into the void, and seemed to stay in place, but Gabriel appeared in front of him. He came directly to heaven, and as Artemis saw, heaven and hell were the reflections of heaven on earth, which for the transcendents guided by him was nothing more than directly crossing from the mortal world to an indescribable space and time.
Gabriel bowed and said, "My god, you have created the Underworld and are going to fuse with the divine realm of Aeru? I have been ordered to wait in heaven for the arrival of the other angels, but their test has not yet come. "
Amon shook his head. "I don't need to go anywhere to fuse with the divine realm of Aeru, I can do it here."
Gabriel exclaimed, "Then I will have the honor of being the only angel to witness this great moment."
Amon, however, shook his head again. "There's no hurry, I still have to wait for the arrival of another angel. If he is fortunate enough to ascend to heaven, he must be badly injured, so let's heal him first. "
Gabriel said with some surprise, "Which of your disciples will face the test at this time? I think the next one to ascend to heaven should be Michael the Seagull, but even he won't be that fast. "
Amon stretched out his hand and pointed to the void. "It's not the disciple in the Garden of Eden, do you see him?"
Gabriel exclaimed softly. "So it's him, the situation is a bit dangerous!"
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