Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

If it were the sun god Ujat who came, his gaze would probably only be fixed on those obelisks under the light, after all, the inscriptions on those obelisks, those epitaphs that annihilated the gods, are so awe-inspiring.

However, Du Yi, who had absorbed the dark clouds, fixed his gaze on the light that was not at all dazzling.

Du Yi could sense that, like the black mist, this light was also one of the gifts left behind by the god of death.

If those dark clouds bring long periods of peaceful sleep, then these soft lights bring eternal tranquility.

"This is truly... an extraordinary thing."

At that moment, Elias, the chosen champion carrying the sun god Ujat, also landed beside Du Yi.

“I can sense that these rays of light can even heal injuries at the soul level… Even in the Star Sea, such methods are not common.”

It's not just an uncommon problem; once it appears, all beings will scramble to have it, since injuries to the soul are notoriously difficult to heal. Even those races and forces that have mastered how to attack the soul may not necessarily be very good at treating it.

After all, compared to destruction, construction is often much more difficult. A single act of cognitive destruction or damage to the soul often requires hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times more time to repair.

"This is not a method that can appear on this planet."

If the black mist just now only shocked Elias with the grandeur of the creator of this warp, then this light that can even heal the soul now made Elias truly realize that this warp is far more complex than he thought.

"Even the planet itself... what exactly is the origin of this planet?"

Elias was increasingly puzzled. To have studied the soul to such a profound degree, to the point of being able to influence things subtly and imperceptibly, was enough to qualify one as a top-tier powerhouse. Such an existence could not only occupy a planet, but even a star system as its home, which would be considered an extremely simple form of seclusion.

However, even an existence of this caliber only managed to carve out a subspace on this planet.

It's like a king who is incredibly wealthy leaving his magnificent palace behind and choosing to go to the mountains and sleep in a tree hollow.

It was incomprehensible and incomprehensible to Elias; no matter how much he pondered it, he could not figure out the reason.

"Perhaps... this is the difference between me and these great beings."

A profound sense of defeat washed over Elias once again.

This time, however, Elias didn't even need to muster the courage to actively resist; the gentle light that fell upon him had already dispelled the shadows in his heart.

Only a sense of calm and tranquility remained in Elias's heart.

"This is really..."

Elias sighed; at that moment, all he could do was sigh.

After all, this wasn't even the great power's personal action; it was merely a ray of light left behind by that great power.

"The god of death...?"

Elias secretly memorized the name.

This name is actually quite common, after all, death is an extremely common thing. Looking across the entire starry sea, there are countless self-proclaimed gods of death; Elias himself knew five, and had even killed two of them.

But for this god of death right now, Elias genuinely acknowledged that the other's name was truly authentic.

To have mastered the soul to such an extent, calling him a god of death is truly not an exaggeration.

However, that's where the problem lies.

If he remembered correctly... no, he couldn't possibly be wrong, the ancient serpent had indeed said that this was the graveyard the God of Death had created for himself.

"The god of death, can he really die?"

This was even more incomprehensible to Elias than the methods and choices of the God of Death—after all, to study the soul to such an extent meant that one could truly achieve so-called immortality.

Even if the physical body, which serves as a vessel, perishes over time, such an existence should be able to easily maintain the shape of its soul, thereby continuing to sustain the power of consciousness. As for the physical body itself, its existence or non-existence is even less important. For such a powerful soul, it is entirely irrelevant whether it exists merely as a consciousness entity.

But this subspace is clearly a no-man's land. All that remains here are the automatic operating mechanisms, like the dark clouds before or the soft white light now.

This means that the god of death is probably indeed dead.

"Can the God of Death really die?"

Elias couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Du Yi, standing to the side, also nodded slowly.

"It will."

As he went through the flood of information in his mind, Du Yi felt a pang of emotion.

"When everyone forgets him, the so-called god of death will truly die."

Chapter 215 Three Deaths

Long, long ago, Du Yi had heard that a person's death actually occurs in three parts.

The first death is the death of the body; the heartbeat and breathing stop, and the brain permanently loses its function—which means that the body itself loses all its functions and is about to undergo the most thorough decay, turning back into part of the soil.

The second death is a social death, which often occurs at the funeral or the moment when relatives and friends receive the news of the death. Whether it is a farewell at the coffin or a distant tribute, it means acknowledging the passing of this person and that this person no longer exists in this world.

As for the third death, which is the final death, everything about this person is gone, and all memories of this person have completely disappeared. It is not just an acknowledgment of this person's passing, but a true cessation of any trace of their existence.

This even corresponds to the concept of body, consciousness, and soul previously given by the Chosen Champion Elias.

The first death was physical death—although in common sense, or rather in Du Yi's understanding, this was definitely death, after personally experiencing the astral projection, Du Yi also knew that this was not real death.

Of course, as the vessel that holds the soul, the destruction of the body often means that the soul itself can no longer maintain its shape. But conversely, if the shape of the soul can be maintained in some way, then it doesn't really matter if the body is destroyed.

As for social death, it's not easy to equate it with consciousness. However, Du Yi had heard those priests talk about things related to divine descent—for example, a god like the sun god Ujat, as long as there are believers reciting the sun god's prayers, can attach their consciousness to him, thus achieving the so-called divine descent.

To put it simply, it means using one's consciousness to take over another's body when that other person is aware of them. Although Du Yi himself doesn't understand how this is done, at least according to those priests, such a thing does exist.

This also means that, conversely, if all means of divine intervention are cut off, then even so-called gods will no longer be able to attach their consciousness to anything else, and will only have one life left.

That is, the soul itself, which is encased within the body.

This is the third death, the death of the soul. There will be no more divine intervention, no more resurrection. Everything will be completely annihilated and never exist again.

And now, amidst the surging information in Du Yi's mind, the God of Death who single-handedly created this Netherworld is facing the latter two deaths.

Yes, the last two died.

The death of the body is meaningless to the god of death who has mastered the soul. Even without the body as a vessel, He can still maintain the shape of the soul at will. But the real trouble comes after the death of the body.

Initially, the God of Death didn't realize the problem. After all, it was just the death of the body; it was simply a matter of changing bodies, or even not changing bodies at all. Maintaining the spiritual body with willpower was actually more conducive to his study of the soul itself.

However, as time went on, fewer and fewer people worshipped this god of death.

Although life and death are matters that are relevant to almost everyone, strictly speaking, not many people are actually willing to worship death. Compared to death, people value life more, want to see what it's like to live, and want to see things flourish.

As for death, even though it objectively exists, no one wants to think about it. Perhaps only when remembering the dead will people think of it and offer a few strands of sorrow from the living for those who have returned to the underworld.

Yes, it's only for the dead.

As for the god of death himself, he can only be considered an afterthought.

Of course, the God of Death had not actually perished at this time, but the pantheon to which he belonged had already been annihilated in time before him. Obviously, unlike the God of Death who was proficient in the way of the soul, the other gods were far less able to live. In the repeated battles with other powerful beings, those gods who once had infinite glory were eventually annihilated in time.

Since the deity himself was dead, his original followers naturally scattered.

Only the god of death himself remained.

This deity, who was not originally listed among the Nine Pillars of Gods, became the last guardian of the Nine Pillars of Gods' tomb.

"Nine Pillars Gods... why does that sound so familiar?"

Du Yi tried hard to think about it, but this kind of knowledge could hardly be considered common sense, at least not to Du Yi.

For a moment, he could only feel that the name was familiar, but he couldn't recall any specific information.

"Do you know about the Nine Pillar Gods?"

Thinking of this, Du Yi simply turned to look at the chosen champion, Elias.

At least based on the past period of time, this chosen champion Elias is practically an encyclopedia, so there's no reason why Elias wouldn't know the term "Nine Gods," which even he has heard of.

But to Du Yi's surprise, the chosen champion Elias actually didn't know.

"It sounds like some kind of rural pantheon."

Elias pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"This situation can only occur when a planet itself cannot be unified and can only occupy a small place to act arrogantly. Therefore, adopting this crude family-style management will not cause any problems... In reality, how can one power have nine voices? Any god who can set foot in the sea of ​​stars has definitely already achieved complete unification of the planet from which they originated."

"This……"

Although Elias spoke of it casually, Du Yi felt as if he had heard something extraordinary—in a sense, this was another opportunity for him to see the world for the first time.

The pantheon is merely a small family workshop; only by unifying the planet itself can one be qualified to enter the cosmos…

"That does seem to be true. How can we concentrate our efforts on building spaceships if we don't unify our plans?"

Although the information provided by Elias was too shocking, Du Yi thought about it carefully and surprisingly found it to make a lot of sense.

So he kept those words in his heart.

Of course, chatting aside, Du Yi at least remembered why he came here.

Du Yi's gaze then fell upon the largest obelisk in the distance.

Clearly, compared to the nine named obelisks, this nameless tomb is the final burial place left to him by the god of death.

"But... have you felt it?"

It was at this moment that the Chosen Champion Elias suddenly frowned slightly.

"It feels like someone is watching us from the shadows."

Chapter 216 Living the Second Life

As the burial ground of the annihilated gods, the deepest part of this underworld is actually quite vast. Even though Du Yi and Elias are not slow, it still took them some time to reach the foot of the wordless obelisk.

During this process, Elias mentioned several times that he felt being watched, and as they got closer to the obelisk, Du Yi gradually felt that faint gaze that occasionally lingered on him.

"What's going on? It can't be a zombie coming back to life, can it?"

Just as he was about to enter the wordless monument, the tomb of the God of Death, Du Yi once again felt the watchful gaze from the shadows.

"Could it be that there's something else in the tomb?"

"There's something else? Besides the God of Death, what else is there?"

Elias was also somewhat puzzled.

"As for resurrection... wait a minute."

Elias also felt it, the sensation of consciousness slipping through his body.

The possibility of a corpse coming back to life is uncertain, but if it's a divine intervention, that's another story.

The so-called divine descent is the act of using consciousness to seize control of another body. This is extremely common and is a common tactic used by many unorthodox spellcasters. After all, the spellcaster's so-called spellcasting involves not only influencing themselves with their consciousness, but also affecting the external world.

For example, the most common and deadliest fireball is a concrete example.

Even if a normal flame were thrown at a person, it would at most burn their skin and muscles. Although this would be an extremely serious injury for most ordinary people, for those who are not so ordinary, it would simply be a matter of applying some medicine or getting a new skin. But a fireball thrown by a spellcaster is completely different. In addition to the already extremely serious burns, the tearing caused by the explosion is the most deadly.

Normal flames cannot explode, but the spellcaster's fireball is not an ordinary flame either. It is the external manifestation of their will. Rather than saying that the fireball shatters the opponent, it is more accurate to say that these spellcasters want to shatter their opponents. It's just that this consciousness itself is expressed through the form of a fireball.

It sounds a bit convoluted, even like a tongue twister, but the difference is extremely important—after all, it involves the essence, namely the influence of consciousness itself on the external world.

Divine intervention is also a form of consciousness influencing the external world.

However, although both have an impact, they manifest in completely different ways—the reason being that their purposes are different. The purpose of a fireball is to tear apart the opponent's body; such a destructive event only requires a momentary burst of energy.

The purpose of the divine intervention, however, was to seize control of the body.

Just like pouring another glass of water into a full glass, this is an extremely difficult task. If you insist on putting two glasses of water in, the container itself will definitely break and break. But if you want to keep the container itself usable, there will definitely be excess water overflowing. And since we're talking about divine intervention, it must be the strong descending upon the weak, which is like pouring a large glass of water into a small glass that is already full.

As for the weak wanting to transfer their consciousness into the body of the strong, that's not entirely unheard of. However, this usually happens when the strong are educating their children or when teachers are educating their disciples. In order to allow these close people to learn advanced experience directly from them, they will actively lower their defenses to create convenience so that weaker souls can enter their bodies.

However, whether you pour from a large cup into a small cup or from a small cup into a large cup, there is a prerequisite to prevent the cup from breaking.

That is, between the two cups of water, there is an overlap.

Using water to describe this is not entirely accurate; the relationship is more like two circles—the more they intersect and overlap, the smaller the area of ​​the two circles becomes.

Of course, this is only from a two-dimensional perspective. If we were to use the analogy of a water glass and water, it would mean that there is an overlapping part between the two glasses of water.

If it were real water, this wouldn't exist, since water has volume and doesn't fold—but between consciousnesses, this overlap does exist.

Just as all gods would do, they would have believers recite prayers about themselves. In the process of reciting these prayers, believers' understanding of the gods would become deeper and deeper. And at the level of the gods, as believers continue to recite the prayers and understand the content of the prayers that are related to themselves, the overlap between the souls of these believers and their own souls would become more and more extensive.

The best time for divine intervention is when the two completely overlap.

"Wait a minute?"