Chapter Fifty-Eight: Mastering the Underworld! [Request for Monthly Ticket]
2017-01-29
Author: Floating Tower
Underworld.
This plane was once also called the [Dim Realm].
When mortals pass away, their souls are drawn to the Dim Realm. The vast majority of this plane is flat, gray, dull, and monotonous, lacking any obvious geographical features.
The Dim Realm has the following characteristics:
1. Stable.
2. Magic Suppression: All magic is suppressed. (Casting difficulty increases, and casting effects are reduced.)
The Underworld exists in a special space of the multiverse. At d*ath, the souls of mortals naturally travel from the Material Plane to the Underworld via the River of Underworld, but they find it difficult to reach through their will. Divine servants can come here from their deity’s realm (Divine Kingdom) and carry back the souls that truly belong to the god they serve. Due to the agreement between devils and Klanvor, the Nine Hells have portals leading to the Underworld, and Demon Lords sometimes create portals from the Bottomless Abyss to come here. In both cases, evil spirits can use these portals to bring souls back to their residing planes.
The Astral Realm cannot directly reach the Underworld; one must go to the Spirit Realm and cross the River of Underworld to arrive.
Most of the inhabitants of the Underworld are souls of the deceased, waiting to be sent to the planes of their faith’s deities. These souls are devoid of domain characteristics as Prayer Weavers, having no immunities, resistances, or special qualities. The souls of unbelievers form a living wall (Wall of Unbelievers) outside Judgment City, while false believers are punished with labor in the city, where they may sometimes be tormented by demons.
This rather mundane plane’s only feature is the Crystal Tower, the crystalline domain of Klanvor and Ye Ge, standing in the center of Judgment City.
The city is a drab and dull capital filled with the deceased awaiting judgment.
The Crystal Tower, a shining high tower made of transparent stones, was known as the Castle of Corpses when Sherek was still the God of d*ath, but Klanvor transformed it into a symbol of his promise to judge the deceased openly and equally.
The Underworld itself is not large.
But it is the source of the River of Underworld and a transit point for countless souls.
Both good-aligned deities and evil-aligned deities ultimately need to transfer the souls of their believers from here to their Divine Kingdoms. This is an ancient agreement between the God of d*ath and other deities. To some extent, the God of d*ath must maintain a neutral stance, as even devils have respective contracts with the God of d*ath.
This is the concept of good and evil in the multiverse.
Among mortals, many people are meant to go to the Hell of Bartok and the Bottomless Abyss after d*ath.
However!
There is one entity that neither the gods nor the God of d*ath can tolerate, and that is the — [Soul Thief]!
They are a group of order-provoking lunatics.
These people hardly have any principles; whether a soul is good or evil, it is wealth to them. They steal these souls and sell them to other planes, completely disregarding the moral outlook of the multiverse. Because of the presence of Soul Thieves, even good Paladins might fall into the Abyssal Hell after d*ath.
If order collapses, then rules no longer exist.
Naraku sells these souls to obtain assistance from devils.
It can be imagined that for a long time to come, the gods will need Otherworldly Divine Servants to retrieve the souls taken by devils because they always have some believers needing redemption, rather than being forgotten somewhere in lower planes.
This is the responsibility of the deities!
When Soren’s avatar arrived in the Underworld, it was already a ruin full of holes.
The only intact structure was the Crystal Tower, for even Asmothiels would not easily challenge Ye Ge. Countless souls had been plundered by devils, and Naraku had used these souls as chips to exchange for the devils’ support. When Naraku died, most of the God of d*ath’s servants had already fallen, all integrated with the deities. The entire Underworld appeared desolate, with only some wandering unclaimed souls. This time, the d*ath God system was almost like starting over; the Underworld had undergone a major reshuffle, and the devils were the biggest winners. Judgment City was nearly empty, but countless souls still floated in the River of Underworld.
The God of d*ath’s duty is to guard all this order.
As the [King of the Dead], Soren does not need to judge all souls; only certain important souls are worth his attention.
So.
Upon arriving in this plane, the first thing he needed to do was to create [d*ath Servants].
This is another form of angel; mortals call them [d*ath Angels], but Soren prefers to refer to them as [d*ath Servants]. They are the assistants of the King of the Dead, responsible for judging, transporting, and delivering souls, while a portion of powerful deceased longing for the mortal realm are brought back by these d*ath Servants.
—“Summon Divine Kingdom!”
A portal opened in the center of the Underworld, and as Soren received the divine profession of [King of the Dead], Prayer Weavers could also reach this plane.
In the golden light.
A part of the Shadow Angels flew up from around the Grand Temple, passing through the portal to this place and kneeling on one knee before Soren’s avatar.
There were a total of twelve Shadow Angels.
Among them, nine were male and three were female in life. Soren drew a bit of divine light from his forehead and then bestowed this divinity to the power of [d*ath], infusing it into these Shadow Angels.
A total of 36 points of divinity.
With Soren’s divine bestowal, the Shadow Angels rapidly changed, transforming into the appearance of d*ath Servants, their weapons becoming soul-reaping d*ath scythes. These angels were promoted to [Otherworldly Divine Servants], who would assist Soren in restoring the operation of the Underworld.
“I am the King of the Dead! Master of All Endings!”
Soren’s dignified voice echoed in the Underworld, pointing to the wisest of the Otherworldly Divine Servants, he spoke solemnly: “I grant you the domain of [True Word]! Judge the sins of mortals on my behalf! ……”
Words had power.
Invisible divine power formed the Power of Laws, a white light in the shape of an eye integrated into the body of the divine servant before him, and then the first [Judgment Angel] was born.
“I grant you the domain of [Slaughter]! Reap the souls of the rebellious on my behalf! ……”
A hint of bloody light emerged.
Soren again drew a thread of divinity from his brow and infused it into the strongest of the Otherworldly Divine Servants, a female angel who quickly transformed into the form of [Slaughter Angel].
“I grant you the domain of [Tracking]! Lead the souls of the River of Underworld on my behalf! ……”
A point of divine light fell.
Soren selected the most agile one among them, granting it the domain of [Tracking], delegating it the responsibility to guide the souls of the River of Underworld.
Three beams of light rose.
After Soren selected the most excellent among them, three chosen [Otherworldly Divine Servants] were promoted to [Otherworldly Messengers]; they would be the leaders of the d*ath Servants, assisting Soren in reestablishing order in the Underworld.
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