Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 621 77: Sacrifice of the Abyss (Part 2)

The Demon Lords of the Bottomless Abyss possess a portion of the Divine Spirit's power, although it's confined to the Bottomless Abyss. In the layer of the Plane they govern, it's akin to their own Divine Kingdom, allowing them to command a segment of Law Power.

And these powers all originate from the depths of the Bottomless Abyss, an unknowable, unobservable void fissure.

Some relics from the Ancient God Era lurk here, yet they cannot break through the prison of the Bottomless Abyss. The Abyss itself is like a gigantic inverted pyramid, using the power of a Plane to block the deepest void fissure. The permeating power forms an entity known as the 'Abyssal Will', but it's divided by human souls. Each human soul that arrives at the Bottomless Abyss must absorb the Abyss's power, for only this power can transform them into demons.

It's better to channel than to obstruct.

This is what the Death God-Yeager once did, being the last Ancient God responsible for cleanup.

He used human souls to calm the Pollution of the Bottomless Abyss, then moved the entire Netherworld to the upper layers of the Abyss, forcing all subsequent Death Gods to suppress the Abyss, for without suppression, the Tanali Demons of the Bottomless Abyss would completely steal the souls of the Netherworld.

Therefore, after the retreat of Death God-Yeager, all beings with the Divine Office of [Death] fought fiercely, yet as soon as the Bottomless Abyss showed any sign of turmoil, they would first suppress the Abyss.

However, the later Death Gods grew wiser. They directed a portion of souls towards Bator Hell, letting the devils deal with the demons.

This was a transaction.

The result of the transaction was the never-ending Abyssal Blood War of the Lower Plane!

"These secrets should have been left by that presence, correct?" Su Ziyu murmured.

Knowing the secrets of the Ancient Death God, it's likely that Lord Soron had visited the memory sea of Storm Lord-Bachard.

The Obelis demons ultimately failed to learn any of this.

They believed human souls were gifts from Heaven, but failed to realize they were mourning songs that brought them doom.

The ever-changing character and abundant desires of humans made their souls highly malleable. The complexity of humanity made it difficult to wholly measure one's good or evil, so whether good or evil, human souls could be converted by Obelis demons.

Su Ziyu saw an eye of a hurricane nearly blotting out the sky, bolts of Lightning slicing through the dark clouds. In the sky, there were creatures like giant whales circling, creations of Storm Lord-Bachard.

And below the eye of the hurricane, on the land buried under blood and Skeletons, Su Ziyu saw an almost endless army of demons.

The third generation of Tanali Demons!

With the end of the Ancient God Era, humanity ushered in an unprecedentedly prosperous period on the Prime Material Plane. The Gods of Faith ascended to the stage of history, and due to religious conflicts, Race wars, land disputes, and other issues, humanity on the Prime Material Plane sprang up like wild grass.

The lifespan of humans was very short.

Compared to other Races, the average lifespan of humans, less than forty at the time, couldn't possibly compare with the longevity of Elves and Dwarves. Therefore, humans were born quickly, reaching adulthood in just sixteen years, and dying swiftly as well. Even those who lived a full life would only live to their forties, not reaching the adulthood of an Elf, roughly equating to a recently matured Dwarf.

Before the birth of humanity, souls in the Lower Plane were scarce.

Souls were scarce, expensive, and precious. The Obelis Demon Lords frequently fought viciously over exceptional souls. After the arrival of human souls, all demons could easily capture prey, as there were simply too many.

And human souls were of very high quality.

Unlike other rapidly reproducing Races, human's brief lifespan didn't hinder them from creating a brilliant and splendid civilization. They pursued knowledge, Power, authority, art, and all desires, learning from all Races superior to them.

The human Race pursued all goodness and beauty, as well as all evil and depraved desires.

This meant their lives burst forth with dazzling brilliance in just a few short decades, the final harvest being souls filled with primal Power.

Many long-lived species live a monotonous and repetitive life for decades, but not humans. Whether from the pressure of survival or a craving for something, they will always burst out with brilliance at some moment in life.

For demons, good and evil aren't important; what matters are desires, ambition, emotional release, and the shining light of humanity.

Thus, human souls are the most perfect material for them.

Wave after wave of human souls surged into the Bottomless Abyss, while newly born Gods of Faith on the Prime Material Plane were vying for Divine rights. In the yet to be perfected Divine Kingdom system during the end of the Ancient God Era, countless legendary strong souls were lost to the Lower Plane.

Death God-Yeager's tacit approval was the ultimate cause of all this.

Then.

Everything developed according to the will of the Ancient Gods. After initially being enslaved for a period, the third generation of Tanali Demons created from human souls finally initiated a rebellion!

Su Ziyu was in great pain now.

Painful and desperate.

Because he felt the death of Storm Lord-Bachard, under the near-endless siege of Tanali Demons, His massive body was gradually being devoured, dying bit by bit. Even though each of His strikes could kill a large number of demons, new demons quickly emerged.

The Power of the Nether River surged fiercely.

At this moment, the entire Bottomless Abyss seemed like a grand and magnificent sacrificial ritual. Each time a Tanali Demon died, its soul dispersed into Energy, swiftly absorbed by the soul of a new strong one. A weak Timid Demon can advance to a mighty Balrog in a mere instant, as long as enough similar corpses surround it to serve as growth nourishment.

And the sacrificial offerings for this ceremony engulfing the entire Bottomless Abyss were the Obelis demons.

Their innate powerful Power was enough to shred any Tanali Demon, yet they were surrounded by more Tanali Demons. The shackles of the Law of Death seemed completely unbound. No matter how many Tanali Demons died, new Tanali would rise among a sea of corpses and blood.

This is the power of the Ancient God who holds the Law of [Death]!

When the fundamental Law of Death is overturned, and souls are no longer bound by the Nether River, all Obelis demons can only face death in endless despair. Only the most astute and cautious fortunate ones might luckily escape this reckoning by the Ancient God!

This was a judgment using all beings of the Prime Material Plane as chess pieces, with humanity as the blade in the hands of the Ancient God, also the most perfect creation of the Ancient God.

While feeling the despairing and painful death of Storm Lord-Bachard, Su Ziyu also heard the praise from another Death God, admiring the masterpiece of the Ancient Death God-Yeager, as if appreciating the most beautiful painting.

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