Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 147 Punishment, Leaving the Moon
Heaven.

The palace was magnificent and resplendent.

The towering pillars are covered with delicate reliefs of cute little angels.

The walls are decorated with various gold murals depicting God, telling the mythological story of God's coming into the world.

"Please, merciful God, spare us."

Hearing God's words, these demon lords were reduced to mere shadows, souls, and demons, trembling and silent.

They were unaware that God had granted Goliath's request.

These demon lords simply believed that God's decision not to kill them but to bring them back was a punishment, and that He wouldn't let them die so easily.

The unknown is the scariest thing.

"God, we dare not do it again!"

"This is not our will. It was the demons who gave us demonic nature, which turned us into this."

"Yes! We are sinful, but the root of our sin lies in the shadowy creatures; we were all good at the beginning."

Some recounted history, some compared their friendships, some knelt down to beg for forgiveness, and some shouted angry curses.

The demon's intense will to survive was on full display.

Demons are truly fascinating and tenacious creatures.

Lilith dared not be presumptuous any longer, and lowered her head, saying, "Merciful God, please forgive our sins."

"I am a communicator, and communicators are neither good nor evil! They are neutral!"

"It was the first Demon King who betrayed me and turned me into this. I used to admire you. Now that I've changed for the better, I'm willing to follow you and spread the mystery for you."

God did not speak, but watched them silently.

wow-

The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.

It was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

Just as Lilith was talking until her throat was dry and she felt she was about to die, God suddenly spoke.

"Death is only a moment, a simple and easy thing."

"Lilith, from this day forward, you will face your sins and punishments for the rest of your life, and suffer endless pain every moment."

"You will be sealed in the moon, serving as a medium to shine upon the human world, and then transmitted to the heavens beneath the earth through the Tower of Babel."

"You will use your propagation to cover the three worlds and provide the gods with your channels of communication."

Click, click, click!
The next moment, chains flew up like long snakes, binding Lilith to a huge cross, about to bury her deep into the earth.

They will be sealed on the moon to spread their influence.

"No, I'm willing to spread my message across three worlds, but I don't want to be locked up."

A look of immense terror and fear flashed in Lilith's eyes. She knew that once she was sealed away, she might never be able to come out again.

Even if a new demon king rules the world in the future, he will not save him.

Since the Demon King could continue to use her propagation power while sealing her after he had taken control, why should he unseal her?
Unsealing Lilith may still lead to unforeseen changes.

All we need to do is use her divine power.

From now on, everyone will treat her as the cornerstone of the world, a mere tool.

"No, no!" Lilith grew more and more frightened, her lips trembling, her face filled with despair. "I will be sealed away forever."

God looked at her silently and said, "If you do not repent, I will give you even deeper despair and pain."

Lilith dropped the pretense, her face contorted with resentment, and shouted angrily:

"Come on, let's see how else you can torture me! You're not going to kill me!"

"I am the natural host of the two divine objects. If I die, it will be easier for the divine objects to go out of control."

"So, if I can't be killed, how else can you torture me?"

She completely let loose, spewing all sorts of insults and profanities; her voice filled the entire heaven.

The goddess of night, far away in heaven, was gazing at the brilliant starry sky from the moon when she heard her mother's words and was startled: "Has Mother gone mad?"

In Fairy Lake.

Hearing the shouts and curses coming from the direction of Heaven, the Lake Fairy was also somewhat surprised:

"Lilith seems to be very dissatisfied with God's judgment, and is actually provoking God?"

The elderly Father Peter was also curious and said to Cupid beside him, "I'm very curious what God will do, how He will deal with Lilith when He cannot kill her!"

Some adorable little angels were also discussing things, flying in the sky, talking about God's decisions.

Heaven.

The demon lords beside them trembled with fear, not daring to utter a sound, silently chanting in their hearts:

"Stop talking, stop talking! Lilith, you're not afraid of dying, not afraid of being killed, but we are!"

Seeing that Lilith's throat was dry from talking, God finally spoke calmly:

"Demons are inherently cold-hearted, devoid of guilt or regret, so they feel no pain."

Lilith proudly raised her head. "I don't have such base emotions!"

God slowly said:
“I will remove your shadows and fill you with light, and then you will begin to have emotions such as kindness and remorse.”

"I will torment you with kindness, and torment you with regret."

"I will make you experience pain, endure pain, and then accept pain."

As soon as she finished speaking, a hint of unease finally appeared on Lilith's face. "No, pain and regret are base emotions that only inferior beings have!"

She doesn't want to become that kind of sentimental, cowardly, and sad person.

Tatata!
"No! I don't want to be locked up here!" This devil suddenly broke free of her shackles, immediately turned around, and stumbled towards the door.

But all they heard was the voice of the god behind them:
"Darkness within Lilith, leave your body."

"If it is your wish." A voice came, and wisps of darkness turned into thick fog, withdrawing from her body.

then.

God then poured the divine power of light, which had been stored up by the God of Light, into Lilith's body.

Then, the darkness faded from the plague demon's body, her black wings disappeared, and snow-white feathers gradually covered her entire body.

The menacing black horns on her head turned snow-white, her dark red eyeshadow and deep fangs disappeared, and her heart-shaped succubus tail was filled with divine radiance.

"Woo!"

"I'm guilty!"

To the astonishment of the many demon lords, Lilith, who had already fled, ran back even faster than before. Thump.

Her legs buckled, and she slid down to her knees for six or seven meters, finally reaching God.

Just moments ago she was defiant, but now she was instantly repenting, begging for mercy, prostrating herself on the ground, and wailing.

"I am in so much pain, I am so full of regret."

The thought of the evil things she had done filled her with remorse and endless regret, and the pain and despair made her want to commit suicide.

"I am guilty, I am unforgivably guilty!"

The kind-hearted Lilith knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face. "I killed the God of Light and caused this disaster."

"I bewitched the retired swordsman Goliath and made him a demon king, and I plunged the people of the earth into annihilation."

She recounted her many sins, her kind, gentle, and delicate face filled with immense pain.

The demon lords standing nearby suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.

"Gan!"

"terrible."

"This is bizarre! This method of punishment is absolutely bizarre!"

Lilith was so stubborn just now
How much time has passed?

very scary.

For a demon, kindness is the most painful punishment.

This is to overturn the evil deeds they committed in the first half of their lives and force them to reflect on their past.

but.

This ability to manipulate light and darkness is probably something only God could do!

Even the immortal divine power of the immortal gods could not expel the darkness that had completely permeated every cell.

Immortality, at best, only locks away your darkness.

"Devils never repent, but only God can make them repent!"

The demon lords lowered their heads, not daring to utter a sound, their hearts filled with immense fear: "Mysterious, indeed, extremely omnipotent."

After all, the [Ultimate Wisdom] is the first ultimate divine artifact, so it is naturally extraordinary.

"You know how to repent now?"

On his throne, God watched this scene in silence.

Even the God before her showed no mercy to Lilith, remaining bound to the cross and sealed inside the moon.

"The name Plague King no longer suits you."

"Your future self will be called Lilith, the Goddess of Abundance."

"Go and atone for the sins you have committed."

As soon as she finished speaking, the weeping Lilith was sent to where she was meant to go. The cross bound her again, and she slowly sank into the lunar soil.

Lilith was filled with immense fear of the punishment that would seal her away, and her heart was filled with endless remorse. She could only weep softly, "I am guilty, I am guilty."

God said, "The gods of water and fire, Anu, and the three giants committed a grave crime. The immortal gods also gave them eternal punishment, but also left them with the hope of escaping their cage."

"I will also give you the possibility of getting out of prison. As long as you accomplish a great deed of equal value to the crime you committed, you will be released again."

Lilith looked somewhat dazed.

Anu continues to drag corpses, serving as the giant gatekeeper of the underworld.

In the future, how long will it take for me, as the world's order, to break free from this predicament?
Do I even have that chance anymore?

Boom boom!

The cross sank into the earth, decisively sending Lilith away. God looked down at the group of demon lords.
"As for you."

"Seal it on the other side of the moon."

God had no intention of wasting time on them and simply sent them away.

And so, the far side of the moon became a new hell.

This area is very small, just enough for them to reproduce.

The demons in hell also began to take on the responsibility of collecting corpses, dealing with the bodies transported up from the human world.

They have become a race of scavengers.

But they themselves also need to absorb the fear, malice, darkness, evil, and all the rotten things in life for their cultivation.

Putting aside dignity, disposing of corpses is indeed very suitable for them.

After finishing his work on the moon, God spoke to the distant Lake Nymph, Cupid, and other celestial beings:

"We should leave the moon. This hellish place is not for us."

The lake fairy and the others nodded quickly: "We will migrate with you to your abode of light."

Soon, they left the moon, lightly packed away their belongings, leaving behind the palace.

He said to the moon fairy, the goddess of night, who was born on the moon, "I will not banish your darkness, for you yourself are part of the night."

"I'm leaving. The moon is now under your jurisdiction; you must take good care of them."

"Yes!"

The goddess of the night, with the cunning and greed of a demon, cowardice and a tendency to bully the weak, now spoke with the respect of a dutiful daughter: "Father, I will protect Hell for you."

“I will come back to see you from time to time.” God paid no attention to her address and decisively led the group away.

After God and the others left, the Goddess of Night entered the earth and looked at Lilith, who was bound to the cross: "Mother, you are really brave!"

"I was wrong, I was really wrong."

Lilith is still in a state of collapse, constantly repenting.
"If I hadn't hesitated when I first obtained the divine artifact and had immediately gone to the capital of Light, instead of being captured and infected by the Demon King in the eastern city, I wouldn't have fallen."
I haven't fallen into depravity, so I won't become the Plague King.
"If I hadn't become the Plague King, I wouldn't have killed the God of Light, I wouldn't have bewitched Goliath, and there wouldn't have been the Great Flood."

The goddess of night paused for a moment, silently keeping her weeping mother company.

Because in the days that followed, only the goddess of night would occasionally visit her mother, who was forever weeping and filled with regret.

In the distant future.

People discovered a well on the moon, from which a distant weeping sound could be heard from time to time.

The well water flows continuously, containing some kind of divine power.

Some say that it is the ceaseless flow of tears from Lilith, the goddess of abundance, which transforms into underground springs.

The legend of a moon well on the moon gradually spread across the land in later eras.

(End of this chapter)