Old days in the box

Chapter 486: The Spirit World Begins After Death

The blind god Hoder, also known as the god of darkness and the god of murderers.

He is one of the twin sons of light and darkness, the legitimate relative of the God-King Odin and the God-Queen Frigga. He was born as one of the twelve main gods of the God's realm, and he and his brother hold the two great powers of "light" and "darkness" respectively.

But he was also an outcast among the gods, a parricide. It was he who threw the mistletoe weapon with his own hands, killing his own twin brother on the spot, causing the enthusiastic and cheerful God of Light to be isolated from the world forever.

Originally according to the Norse mythology, Hodr's wrongful killing should have been a conspiracy of Loki, the god of trickery. But now the Nine Realms have long been deeply involved in multiple box users, and a lot of history has been changed, so the truth of the matter has become confusing.

The only thing that is certain is that Odin already knew of Balder's death from a prophecy, and that the giantess Linda's child will avenge Balder's death.

So he devised a plan to have Vali with the giantess Linda. Vali grew up against the wind and became an adult in one day. Before he could even wash himself, he shot Hoder to death with a bow and arrow, avenging his parricide and repaying the natural law of "equal exchange" at that time. As a result, he gained the power of "revenge", and Hoder's soul returned to Helheim and fell into Hela's hands together with his brother.

But now, this blind god who once made a big mistake has regained his freedom, and it can even be said that he has been "reborn in Nirvana."

"Hoder, shouldn't He be in the hands of the goddess of death?" Although Tain had not paid special attention to the news about other sons of Odin, he had heard about the twin gods.

"The changes between the stars are rapid. Buddha has destroyed most of the seals of the goddess of death. Not only Hodr, but even the god of light Balder has also escaped from Hela's control and is nowhere to be found."

“I didn’t expect the new laws of nature to have such a huge impact on the old gods.” Taiin shook his head.

In the Nine Realms, life and death are the cornerstones of the reincarnation of all things. Even the "royal power" cannot control it. This is why Hela was able to leap from an exile to the ruler of the Kingdom of the Dead.

But now, a new faith born from death can make Him so overwhelmed.

"Concentrate and remember, you are not here to join the war. Try not to get involved in meaningless disputes. Your goal is to find people and bring them back safely." Zhou Xiao reminded again.

"Understand my Lord, we will act quickly."

Hundreds of ghost fleets continued to move along the current space river, and soon merged into a larger river with other small streams, entering the main section of one of the Styx rivers.

From here they could see more clearly that of the nine Styx rivers winding among the stars, two of them had been attracted by the huge lotus and redirected into the golden light.

The River Styx is the only channel for all the dead to be extradited into the kingdom of the dead, which means that the goddess of death has lost control of the two rivers of the Styx.

Tyin looked out from the Mist Gate and saw that many tributaries of the Styx floating in space were in conflict, starting a war between the dead and the dead.

Although Helheim is the kingdom of the dead and the natural home of all souls, it does not mean that there are no living beings living here.

On the main star near Hela's palace, there is a hellhound named Garm guarding it. In addition, some corpse wizards who learned undead magic from the rupture of "death" also live here. They are all worshippers of the goddess of death.

"By the way, are there any people who have drifted here from our atrium?" Tyin suddenly had an idea and turned to Drake and asked.

"I'm not sure. After all, not all citizens of the Midgard can trace the signal, and some individuals don't send out signals." Drake answered slowly. "What individuals don't send out signals?"

"Like your undead, the God-chosen champions."

With the mutual induction between the powers of "death", Tain controlled the fleet to speed quickly in the Styx and shuttle through the vast space.

But Helheim is really too big. As a standard realm, it is at least the size of several to dozens of galaxies. Considering that it exists to accommodate all the dead souls in the world, it may actually be even larger.

But in contrast, the planets in this kingdom of the dead are extremely rare. On average, there are only a few hundred planets in each galaxy, and they are only connected to each other by the River Styx, making it extremely desolate and empty.

But since death is the end of all life, there really is no need for any extra embellishment here;

Without the need for reproduction or inheritance, there is naturally no need for the birth of civilization. Hela just needs some places to accommodate the continuous influx of dead souls. Other than that, she has no idea about these dead souls.

Anyway, as long as the power of "death" is in His hands, these dead souls will have no choice but to obey His orders.

With no internal or external troubles, the Kingdom of Death has remained the same for thousands of years and has hardly changed since its birth.

Sam was indeed right about this point. Most of the gods had no idea how to be a real god. They just instinctively squandered their innate power and privileges and never thought about how to go further, Zhou Xiao couldn't help but think.

It is precisely because Hela has made no contribution to "death" that it is so easy for "Buddha" to find a flaw and take advantage of her in the new era of heavenly principles.

Death is not the end of life, it is actually the end of the material world and the beginning of the spiritual world.

If Hela could realize this earlier and manage this afterlife well, perhaps at this time, She would not need the authority of "death" and She would be the true Lord of Death, the ruler of the spiritual world who controls all souls.

Unfortunately, now it is Zhou Xiao's turn to pick peaches.

Zhou Xiao already had his own ideas about the concept of "death". Since the establishment of the new law of nature, the authority of gods in the universe has been falling one after another, either destroyed by Odin himself or naturally declining with time.

As the extraordinary divinity encapsulated by these authorities returns to the world, all living beings in the nine realms of the universe are taking back the power that originally belonged to them, awakening the long-buried spirituality beneath their skins, and re-feeling the true flow of magic power.

This was originally part of Odin's plan. In order for living beings to generate the power of faith, the first major prerequisite is that the individual must become strong enough.

However, the strength of the individuals also causes their souls to regain their true spirituality and become synchronously stronger; after all, compared to the physical body, magic power flows more from the soul, and the sparks of magic burst out from the spiritual wisdom.

In other words, the souls of mortals are gradually becoming real "souls" with spiritual qualities.

In this case, there is a lot to be done here.

(End of this chapter)