It's time to improve the strength of the infinite world

Chapter 494 The Triune Goddess
Hell is empty...

The soul is not among mortals either!
This is a strange situation right now; since a few days ago, the volume of business in hell has started to decline significantly in various places.

Finally, we've started to reset to zero.

This strange situation naturally attracted the attention of the Hell's judgment authorities, who have begun to dispatch Grim Reapers to investigate the cause.

To be honest, Shiki Eiki also had people she suspected, and she reported these suspicions to higher authorities.

Just for a short time...

I'm afraid I won't get a response.

As for now, it seems that Enma Girl's suspicions have been confirmed—or rather, the suspect didn't bother to hide it at all.

"I did it," Xia Zhi readily admitted.

"..."

"..."

"Why?" The green-haired Enma girl clenched her sleeves, her voice filled with unprecedented anger and helplessness. "Just to cut off my escape route?"

"You're overthinking it." The young man waved his hand casually. "Hell is just a side effect of my plan; it's not something I need to specifically target."

His explanation carried a condescending magnanimity.

However, this composure stemming from absolute strength makes his words even more persuasive.

Upon hearing this, the Enma girl's tightly pursed lips relaxed slightly, and she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good...

She thought it was one of those guys with perverted fetishes who had specifically targeted her.

What's that term? Something like "legal loli"? It's disgusting... Just imagining it gives me the creeps.

"What plan?" Shiki Eiki shook her head vigorously, banishing those strange associations and thoughts, forcing herself to focus on the key point—

What kind of action could have such a ripple effect that brought the entire underworld to the brink of collapse?
"I have already taken control of the human world outside, but I guess Hell hasn't paid much attention to it before."

The young man pondered for a moment, then chuckled softly.

“You are indeed focused on building order in the afterlife, and you only ever look at the ledgers of the dead.”

"Of course, I'm not criticizing..."

"After all, being able to understand one's own responsibilities is the limit of one's power, and not intending to interfere in the world of the living, is actually a very competent performance..."

This is true.

Hell has always adhered to ancient boundaries: the living live in the mortal world, and the dead live in the underworld.

The living belong to the living, and the dead belong to the dead.

Hell is responsible for the final judgment, ensuring that good and evil are ultimately rewarded. The judges only care about the final destination of souls and never overstep their bounds to interfere in the human world.

Only in special places like Gensokyo, where people know and confirm the existence of Hell, would this Enma go there in his spare time to preach.

Its original intention was also for the good of those people, and it can be regarded as a reminder to those who have lost their way.

But that's all there is to it.

Preaching is just preaching; it doesn't force or restrict how others should behave.

But precisely because of this, Hell doesn't pay much attention to the movements of the human world, because it has no intention of directly interfering and therefore has little reason to keep observing.

For example, many times—

Often, a large number of souls suddenly flood into hell, and the number of the dead increases unusually sharply within a certain period of time...

The existence of beings like Enma, the Grim Reaper, and the Chief Judge is necessary to deduce that a massive, intense war may have broken out in the human world outside.

"You don't even spare their souls?"

Shiki Eiki showed no joy at being affirmed. After quickly considering the matter, she pursed her lips and asked.

Hell has lost its flow of souls...

And this person before us has taken control of the human world...

Combining these two factors, the truth seems obvious: after all, humans are the primary customers of Hell.

Firstly, their numbers are enormous, numbering in the hundreds of millions...

Secondly, they are a short-lived species, and birth, aging, illness, and death are commonplace for them...

Within the intellectual realm of this world, this is the underlying logic of the flow of the soul and the cycle of life and death.

After all, you can't expect those who are relatively few in number and who are all long-lived or immortal to become the main customers, right?

In that case, it's estimated that they might not be able to complete even one or two deals in hundreds of years.

"I'm not some kind of soul-reaping demon..."

Xia Zhi chuckled softly.

However, this statement was hardly convincing and earned a questioning look from the Enma girl.

"That strange banner you summoned earlier, who knows how many living souls it bound within!"

Lord Shiki is an upright person, so at this moment he also pointed out the problem frankly.

That colossal banner, blotting out the sky and seemingly capable of covering the entire planet...

As it unfolded, billowing black smoke appeared, as if an invisible giant hand had extinguished the light of day...

The clear sky surged with turbid, purplish-black clouds, and crimson lightning flashed from the depths of the clouds from time to time, like blood seeping from a wound.

The moment the banner unfurled, countless twisted souls roared and broke free of their restraints, leaving gray-white, misty trails in the planet's atmosphere.

Even the Dragon God couldn't help but frown at that scene.

same……

This naturally startled Shiki Eiki.

In the eyes of this Enma girl, this strange being of unknown origin might have destroyed countless worlds along its way before descending upon this world.

Those were the souls and spirits of other dimensions that he had harvested.

This is a very chilling guess.

Therefore, even the compromise and concession chosen by the Dragon God seemed like appeasement... Unfortunately, it was a choice made out of necessity. Shiki Eiki was helpless in this situation, and her heart was heavy.

Now that she sensed an opportunity, she did not hesitate to raise questions about it.

"Oh, you mean the Emperor's Banner..."

The Qi practitioner spoke the name of the magical artifact that made people lose their composure, while calmly extending his hand, and the banner appeared in his palm.

It is a normal size, not the overwhelming physical scale that can block out the sky and even obscure the light of celestial bodies.

However, there was still some black mist swirling around...

"It's just a special effect," he said calmly, and with a thought, the flag in his hand changed color.

Golden light shone brightly, purple mist swirled, and countless colors appeared...

The black aura effect, which used to look evil and ferocious, has been transformed into something sacred and noble, as if an auspicious omen has appeared in the world.

"As for the soul inside..."

"Actually, I constructed a virtual world of spiritual particles within it, simulating the complete ecosystem of an entire world..."

"It contains billions of advanced AIs... well, what the outside world calls artificial intelligence, giving computers the ability to have consciousness and thought..."

"At this point, it's almost like a real soul; what you're seeing is actually the behavior of these advanced AIs..."

Xia Zhi started making things up with a straight face, even throwing out some very sci-fi concepts with great seriousness.

In fact, the fictional world of the myriad souls... cough, the human emperor's banner does exist, and it is indeed a database of the entire Earth.

But it wasn't something he simulated; it was something he harvested.

The main consideration is that in that timeline, Mooncell was refined into a Great Dao Golden Core by him, and could no longer perform his functions and duties.

Once the shielding signal from that observation device to the entire Milky Way is lost, the predatory planets will soon descend and reap everything.

Rather than leaving that Earth for predatory planets to harvest, it's better to pack it up and take it with us.

Therefore, he will cover everything from billions of humans to flowers, birds, insects, fish, and even plants, microorganisms, and so on.

All spiritual information was scanned and then pulled into the photon network of the Golden Core...

With a single breath, it destroyed the planet's surface and ruined the entire planet's ecosystem...

However, this matter is not something to be told to outsiders. Even if it were told at this time, it would be difficult for the Enma girl to understand the complex logic involved.

It might backfire and solidify his reputation as a "world-destroying demon."

That's not good; it tarnishes their reputation out of thin air.

Shiki Eiki hesitated slightly; if this person was just offering a simple explanation, she certainly wouldn't believe it.

But the other party spoke with such conviction, claiming that it wasn't a soul at all, but a sentient being... which seemed quite plausible.

"Then how come there are no souls in hell now?"

"Now that I have taken control of the human world, it naturally encompasses all aspects, including the laws of reincarnation of souls..."

The young man readily explained the situation to the Enma girl.

"Birth, aging, sickness, and death continue, but their souls will no longer circulate in this world. Instead, they will flow into my Daoist temple along the sea of ​​primordial energy I have created..."

Where is his temple?
It is naturally the radiant Milky Way!

To date, he has devoted his utmost effort and magical power to maintaining and shaping this dazzling galaxy.

To say that we could recreate the world or rebuild the universe is certainly impossible and an exaggeration... But if we look at it according to a narrower definition of "world (planet)"—

Therefore, this vast galaxy contains countless worlds and possibilities.

In this situation, all he needed was manpower.

Therefore, given the opportunity, he would do his best to engage in reverse colonization, relocating humans or potentially powerful races from other worlds to his dojo.

"So, people will continue to die, and people will continue to be born..."

Shiki Eiki took a soft breath and concluded:

"But in any case, the general trend of souls is to flow to another world, and the place that determines reincarnation will no longer be in the hell of this world..."

"--is that so?"

"Yes, of course, it's not impossible that we could have you set up a new subsidiary in the future. Who knows?"

The young man smiled and invited again, "So, Miss Eiki, would you like to consider working at my dojo?"

"..."

"..."

The green-haired Enma girl pursed her lips and remained silent.

At that moment, a cheerful and open-minded voice rang out—

"I think this is a good idea, really, why don't you consider it, Eiki?"

The surrounding space suddenly distorted, as if a crack had been torn open by an invisible giant hand.

The gloomy scenes of hell dissolved rapidly like a faded painting, replaced by a chaotic yet majestic realm—

Broken stars floated in the dark purple sky.

A fiery river of lava meanders through the void.

"After all, Hell is empty... even I find it boring." She drew out her words, her voice a mix of a girl's lightheartedness and a god's languor.

As she finished speaking, a dark red halo shone on the void beneath her bare feet, rippling outwards with each step.

Her long, deep red hair reached past her shoulders, with bangs that reached her eyebrows.

A black choker was tied around its neck, with three shrunken planets connected by a golden chain.

"...Lord Hecate?"

Shiki Eiki was slightly taken aback, and then subconsciously spoke.

The Qi cultivator stood calmly in place, his hands behind his back, casually surveying the goddess with his gaze, then slightly raising an eyebrow.

Is she actually a goddess who embodies the three elements?
(End of this chapter)