Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

"There's no reason why, it's just a fair trade."

Samael waved his hand, his smile unchanged.

Reciprocating kindness with kindness and responding to force with force is Satan's principle.

The rescue upon arrival at the singularity, the overnight stay, the generosity of giving away all of his pocket money...

If you add them all up, it should be worth this much.

Although he didn't need those things.

Izanami looked at the nonchalant man before her, bit her cherry lips, and coldly snorted without any appreciation.

What do you want to do? Pity me?

Although the demonic silver coin absorbed the filth accumulated on her body, it also divided her power and severed her control over the entire Kingdom of the Underworld.

Besides, wounds can heal, but scars cannot.

Whom should I seek retribution for the suffering I have endured for thousands of years while immersed in the filth of the underworld?

"No matter what you've done, I'm still going to take back what was once mine!"

Izanami stubbornly raised her head to look at the man opposite her, refusing to yield.

"If you want to stop me, you'd better kill me now!"

"Sigh, I've already said we're even, I won't make a move against you."

Samael spread his hands, his gaze sincere, his face full of innocence.

As he spoke, he decisively retreated to the edge of the gun turret, indicating that it was none of his business.

However, those not-so-clean hands also stole the Holy Grail that was suspended in the magic circle.

As the owner of the item, Yustissa couldn't help but twitch her lips when she saw this blatant act of robbery.

"You think this will make me give up? No way!"

As Izanami watched the man who had taken away all the dangerous items and was getting further and further away from her, a nameless anger rose in her heart.

"A small boat floats on the reed plain, this is my umbilical cord, the Yellow Springs God's body and swamp halberd, now is the time to stir it up—the heavenly jade spear!"

The Goddess of the Underworld grasped the artifact of creation in her hand and pointed it to the sky. The last remaining power of death within her surged, and her body began to actively absorb the death energy that she had once loathed. She forcibly controlled her divine kingdom, broke through the final barrier, and thus manifested in the mortal world.

The deathly aura that permeated the divine realm continuously converged on Izanami-no-Mikoto atop the spear tower, condensing into a purer form of death and darkness after shedding its filth and resentment.

A pitch-black vortex centered on the Heavenly Spear connects heaven and earth, reshaping the surface and essence of this world.

And at that end, a corner of Shinjuku Street in Tokyo is reflected.

This country, lost in darkness, is gradually squeezing into reality.

Amidst the violent upheaval throughout the singularity, the two sides reacted in starkly different ways.

Enzambhi, Anubis, the Rainbow Serpent, and other deities all showed excitement in their eyes.

Today, Africa is mired in ignorance, the Egyptian Age of Gods is gone, and the Australian Aborigines are almost extinct; they have long been abandoned and buried by the times.

But now, the door to the present world is opening.

Conversely, Hestia, Jeanne Alter, and Artoria Alter, who were already fleshed out and integrated into real life, were filled with worry.

The arrival of a divine kingdom of death will inevitably bring intense turmoil to reality.

The majority of those present were heroic spirits and anti-heroes drawn by the Land of the Dead.

They yearn to be given a second life, to walk in the sunlight, but they also understand what the simultaneous return of so many dead people means to this land.

Life needs sustenance.

If a group of beings beyond human comprehension were to descend into the flesh, they would likely drain all the nutrients from everything around them in an instant.

They themselves might even become ether offerings to higher deities.

Therefore, both the heroic spirits and the anti-heroes were moved and terrified.

At the same time, Samael, who had been watching from the sidelines, sneezed, opened his eyes as if waking from a dream, and raised his right arm.

"You can't stop me..."

Izanami turned to look at the opposite side, her gaze resolute and stubborn.

"I didn't say I was going to stop you."

Samael's expression remained innocent and sincere. His arm, which had been pointing to the sky, slowly lowered, and the corners of his lips curved upwards in a pleased smile as he spoke leisurely.

"But that might not be the case for her..."

In an instant, the power of a landslide and tsunami erupted, the sky was torn apart, the clouds and fog dispersed, and the golden sun, immersed in the night, dragged nine long red and black flame tails as it plummeted straight down from the sky.

"boom!"

As the entire singularity trembled, the sun goddess, with her golden hair, white face, fox ears, and a golden halo spinning behind her, opened her sleepy golden eyes, yawned, and lazily got up from the deep crater.

Her alluring fox-like eyes looked up at the top of the tower, and she smiled and raised her hand in greeting, seemingly very affectionate.

"We meet again, 'Mother'?"

Their eyes met, and Izanami's eyes turned bloodshot, her clenched teeth grinding together, before she unleashed a hoarse roar of fury.

"Amaterasu!"

Chapter 81 Mother and Daughter Rice Bowl

At this moment, Samael, on the gun turret, seeing Izanami's excited reaction, couldn't help but twitch his lips and ask again.

"Fox, what exactly did you do to them?"

According to the Kojiki, Amaterasu-Omikami, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, and Susanoo, who are the three main gods of Japanese mythology, should have been born after the death of their mother goddess Izanami-no-Mikoto.

That is, during the process of the father god Izanagi entering the underworld to visit his wife but failing, he fled back to the mortal world to perform the purification ritual.

Symbolizing purity and nobility, they were thus known as the "Three Noble Sons," thereby gaining supreme authority.

Theoretically speaking, the so-called Amaterasu and his "mother" should never have met.

However, the two "mother and daughter" are currently acting like enemies, with intense hatred between them.

Clearly, the truth behind this is far more complex than what is superficially recorded in the Kojiki.

"What can I do? I can only take the initiative to share the burden of the Mother Goddess, so that she doesn't have to worry about the trivial matters of worldly intrigues and can retire to the Land of the Dead early..."

Upon hearing the question, Tamamo-no-Mae floated into the air, blinked her charming fox eyes, looked at Samael on the gun tower and Izanami-no-Mikoto on the side, and spoke with a smile.

"Incidentally, let her take on more of the duties of a mother goddess, regularly helping to cleanse the world of impurities and guide the souls of the dead..."

However, Amaterasu Omikami's seemingly casual words seemed to have stepped on Izanami's sore spot, causing the goddess of the underworld to tremble all over, her face turning pale as she roared in anger.

"Despicable outsider! It was you who bewitched my people, seized my power, and robbed my land! You even sealed me in the filthy land of the underworld, making me a tool to cleanse the evil thoughts of the three realms, subjecting me to endless corruption and torment!"

Wait a minute, it's not about a loving couple, but rather a loving mother and filial daughter?!

Upon hearing such a shocking truth, Samael's mind raced as he tried to process the astonishing amount of information and gradually pieced together the truth of the matter.

First, one thing is certain.

Since Mei Xi of Xia, Daji of Shang, Bao Si of Zhou, and Huayang Tian of India are all disguises used by this dead fox to wreak havoc on various pantheons,

Based on the timeline, her original birthplace should be in China, from Kunlun, and she was a "celestial maiden" who assisted the emperor. She was definitely not the product of Izanagi's purification ritual in the river to cleanse his right eye, as described in the Kojiki.

The so-called identity of "Amaterasu Omikami" and the name "Tamamo-no-Mae" are just fabrications of information she created to infiltrate different eras of gods and civilizations.

Secondly, the story of a primordial mother goddess who was burned to death by the flames attached to her child during childbirth and then wandered to the Land of the Dead seems too far-fetched.

In comparison, the account given by Izanami, the person directly involved, is more reliable.

On a certain day in a certain month of a certain year, a despicable outsider escaped the encirclement and suppression of the Chinese pantheon and infiltrated the newly formed Japanese pantheon. He bewitched the local natives, turned the tables, beat up the earth mother goddess, and threw her into the land of the dead.

Then, the defeated Izanami was bound to the underworld, becoming a human filter that absorbed the filth of the three realms, stabilizing the sinking and formation of heaven and earth.

These speculations can be corroborated by the golden rune chains that wrapped around Izanagi-no-Mikoto's body when he first awoke.

This time, the imprisoned primordial mother goddess was tragically forgotten, and the three noble children, who were given authority by the father god "Izanagi no Mikoto," became the rulers of heaven and earth.

The reason "Izanagi no Mikoto" is in quotation marks is because Samael guessed that this so-called father god might not exist at all, but was just a fictional character made up by that scoundrel fox in order to seize power smoothly.

The most compelling evidence is undoubtedly the story of the division of power among the three noble sons in the Kojiki.

The god Izanagi, who was essentially a tool, disappeared after creating the three noble children.

Of the three noble children, Amaterasu Omikami was sent to rule Takamagahara (the heavens), Takehashi Susanoo was sent to rule Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (the human world), and Tsukuyomi was sent to rule the Land of Night (the underworld).

As is well known, the relationship between triangles has an exceptional stability.

With the three gods ruling separately and the order of heaven and earth established, they should, in principle, not interfere with each other from then on.

However, a conflict soon arose between Amaterasu Ōmikami, the eldest sister, and her younger brother, Takehashi Susanoo.

First, Susanoo went to heaven to cause trouble for Amaterasu. Although he was forced to admit his mistake and return to the human world afterward, Amaterasu hid in the Ame-no-Iwato (Heavenly Rock Cave) for a long time and dared not come out.

Subsequently, Susanoo killed the Yamata no Orochi on the ground and took the Kusanagi sword from the serpent's belly, offering it to his sister as atonement. In the process, the deity paid a heavy price, even breaking his own divine weapon, "Ame no Habakiri," greatly diminishing his power.

Following this, Susanoo, the protagonist of the Kojiki, established his own divine kingdom on earth. After two or three generations, the power passed to Susanoo's grandson (or, according to another account, his son-in-law), named Ushihara Ushio, also known as Ōanamuchi, Ōyachimo, Utsuhiko no Tama, or Ōkuninushi.

One day, Amaterasu Omikami suddenly said to her son, Amaterasu Homomi, "The land of the reed plain, which is a thousand autumns long and five hundred autumns long, is your land." So she sent the gods down to subdue the native gods (Kunizu).

After repeated defeats, the god of the heavens sent down Takemikazuchi, who defeated the son of Ōkuninushi, Kotoshiro no Kami, and Takemikazuchi no Kami. Ōkuninushi then submitted and surrendered the Izumo region.

Soon after, the Amatsukami continued its eastward advance, conquering the descendants of the Ōmonogatari lords of the Yamato region and essentially pacifying the Japanese mainland.

Therefore, Ame no Okami sent her son down to the mortal realm to rule the archipelago. He was called the Ame no Okami or the Son of the Goddess. From then on, the natives of the four islands all revered "Amaterasu Omikami", built shrines for her, and offered sacrifices to her.

From then on, the Amatsu gods, led by Amaterasu, conquered the Kunitsu gods who worshipped Takehachi Susanoo, and completely controlled Takamagahara (the heavenly realm) and Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (the human realm), thus occupying the entire small age of gods.

As for the remaining Kingdom of Night and Kingdom of the Underworld, those godforsaken, filthy places are places even dogs wouldn't go.

So, once the story is pieced together, the answer becomes quite clear.

This so-called mythological transformation is not some melodramatic family drama at all, but a vivid story of species invasion and a cuckoo taking over the nest, full of conspiracies.

The instigator was naturally a certain dead fox, while the primordial great mother goddess Izanami-no-Mikoto of this land was clearly a tragic victim.

It's no wonder that Izanami-no-Mikoto loathed this so-called "daughter" so much that she wanted to bite her to death the moment they met.

However, as the saying goes, those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely perish. Whether it is a god or a human, everyone's life is more or less connected to the concept of fate.

Given that Amaterasu Ōmikami set a good precedent, "gekokujo" (overthrowing one's superior) became a classic tradition of this age of gods and even this nation.

After Tamamo-no-Mae wreaked havoc on Izanami-no-Mikoto, the growing human race on Earth created Shintoism, a religion that believed all things possessed animism.

High mountains and strange rocks can be gods, exotic flowers and rare herbs can be gods, streams and springs can be gods, demons and monsters can be gods...

Those Onmyoji divided the authority of the gods into eight million parts, creating a total of eight million gods.

Amaterasu Omikami was no longer the only deity worshipped. A whole host of other gods, including Inari, Ōkuninushi, and Takemikazuchi, along with demons and monsters worshipped privately in various regions, began to vie for the power that originally belonged solely to Amaterasu.

Faced with such an epic weakening, even the most cunning fox was tricked into losing most of its power and could only resort to using the alias "Zao Nu" to infiltrate the palace and personally train Emperor Toba, preparing to turn the tide and use imperial power to achieve the unification of divinity.

As for the result, it's common knowledge.

Tamamo-no-Mae in the lower realm was tricked by a large group of loyal followers, including the Onmyoji of the Tsuchimikado lineage and the powerful monks of the Ura-Koyaji Temple.

Finally, this former sun god could only flee, slinking out of the encirclement and crossing the vast sea of ​​imaginary numbers to seek refuge in Greece.

And so, a certain fox spirit, who was soaking in the sea of ​​imaginary numbers, was rescued by Samael, who was sailing alone towards Greece at the time.

Connecting all the clues, Samael's gaze toward Amaterasu Omikami became somewhat subtle.

When it comes to doing inhuman things, this scoundrel never disappoints.

At this moment, seemingly noticing the strange gaze falling upon her, Tamamo-no-Mae's fox-like eyes blinked alluringly, her face filled with tender affection.

“Anata (my dear), I knew you would come through fire and water for me.”

Then, seemingly feeling that her performance lacked tension, Tamamo-no-Mae glanced at Izanami-no-Mikoto beside her and became shy and timid.

"Mother, this counts as us officially meeting each other's parents, right? So, how about you officiate at my and Darling's wedding?"

"I disagree!"

An angry refusal slipped unconsciously from Izanami's lips.

"Why, we truly love each other..."

Upon hearing this "cruel" answer, Tamamo-no-Mae was on the verge of tears. Then, she looked at Samael and Izanami standing together in a daze, as if she had discovered something, and her expression turned astonished.