An empty world.
This place is also known as the Land of Chaos Exile. It exists within the Chaos Sea, akin to the relationship between the Mythical World and the Underworld, but it is a completely void space.
Here, time does not flow, it is beyond reincarnation, and there is no concept of anything. Once exiled to this void world, there is no method to bring someone back.
Generally speaking, even for an Absolute God, it is a troublesome matter. In the vast and boundless Chaos Sea, some eternal and indestructible beings occasionally emerge. How should these beings be dealt with?
Since they cannot be killed, the most suitable method is to exile them to the void world. For the gods within the Mythical World, the void world is a place they have only heard of, never seen, and cannot visit. Hades never expected that by establishing the Underworld, he would attract the void world.
Hades said, "The Wheel of Reincarnation and the void world, reincarnation and exile, the appearance of both here supplements the Underworld."
However...
Hades only glanced at it and then looked away, finding it meaningless. In this era, the Wheel of Reincarnation is purely ornamental. As for the void world? There's nothing more to say about it. In this era, he has never heard of any eternal and indestructible beings. Oh yes! In the future, the Pegasus who holds the power to slay gods in destiny is such an eternal being. When the time comes, can I catch him and throw him in there to escape my fate?
Hades found his bold idea amusing. No matter how solid his fate as a god is, it is still just the fate of a god in the Mythical World. Can it reverse the void world, this land of chaos exile within the Chaos Sea?
Of course, although Hades thought this way, he knew that the most likely scenario was that the Pegasus, with the help of destiny, would never be caught by him.
Hades wasn't one to dwell too much on things. After a brief consideration, he headed straight for the eight magic stars to check the enormous harvest of the past million years.
Devouring so many destroyed small worlds and occasionally shattered worlds has yielded incredible results. If the world seeds absorb world power to sprout and grow into nascent world trees, then the resources collected on the magic stars are like side dishes, desserts, and drinks.
Tian Kui Star! Hades concentrated everything on Tian Kui Star to make it easier to check. Otherwise, a lot of time would be wasted.
"Roar!"
"Howl!"
As soon as Hades arrived at Tian Kui Star, he heard the ferocious roars emerging from the previously silent star. Clearly, among the collected divine objects and resources from the small worlds, there were living beings.
Divine beasts, monsters, demonic beasts, magical creatures...
All of these are prototypes for the underworld armor. The magic stars absorb the prototypes corresponding to the underworld armor, forging the respective armor. Although this process doesn't need to be rushed, as time goes by, the 108 pieces of underworld armor will gradually be completed.
However, speeding up the process means earlier benefits, which is definitely good.
For instance...
Tian Kui Star, Tian Xiong Star, Tian Shou Star, Tian Chou Star, Tian Sun Star, Tian Yi Star, Di Bao Star, Di Yin Star.
The underworld armor from these eight magic stars had just returned and were immediately sent by Hades into the Mythical World, specifically searching for humans to undergo repeated cycles.
Even small gains are valuable. The underworld armor improves this way, bit by bit.
Soon.
Hades saw 17 roaring magical creatures of various kinds on Tian Kui Star. With a casual wave of his hand, the 17 creatures were swiftly devoured by the 17 eager magic stars. The essence of the stars, combined with black gemstones and the magical creatures, forged 17 pieces of underworld armor.
Heavenly Punishment Star: Lycaon the Jackal.
Heavenly Demon Star: Eirene the Mandrake.
Earth Concealment Star: Death Worm.
Earth Oddity Star: Plague Toad.
Earth Deterioration Star: Dark Elf.
Earth Walker Star: Gorgon the Medusa.
Earth Examination Star: Vampire Bat.
Earth Flight Star: Sylph the Wind Spirit.
Earth Skill Star: Salamander the Fire Spirit.
Earth Illusion Star: Grom the Earth Spirit.
Earth Beast Star: Casey the Cat Demon.
Earth Micro Star: Gargoyle.
Earth Savage Star: Krampus the Goat Demon.
Earth Axis Star: Ammit the Devourer.
Earth Swift Star: Termite the Quarx.
Earth Comet Star: Banshee.
Earth Hero Star: Ningenaga the Evil Dragon.
Two pieces of heavenly underworld armor, fifteen pieces of earthly underworld armor.
Seventeen pieces of underworld armor in total.
This shows that the harvest from devouring small worlds over a million years has been quite impressive. Creating 17 pieces of underworld armor simultaneously is no easy feat.
After all.
Magical creatures, demonic beasts, divine beasts, etc., might sound simple, but the likelihood of their emergence in small worlds is low. Finding 17 of them is already very difficult.
In any case, Hades was quite satisfied with the creation of 17 pieces of underworld armor. With a thought, the 17 pieces of armor entered the Mythical World to continue their cultivation, just like the initial 8 pieces.
The forging of underworld armor was just the beginning. The core was still to come. On Tian Kui Star, a large amount of divine objects were stored. As said before, everything in a small world is theoretically low-grade.
But Hades didn't mind. He took everything, planning to research their usefulness later. When the quantity increases, it often leads to a qualitative change. Over a million years, assuming a small world every hundred years, at least over ten thousand small worlds have been absorbed, actually more.
With this quantity, many precious divine objects naturally emerged, becoming the foundation of Hades' future as the King of the Underworld.
Of course.
In Hades' view, the most precious are the two crystals containing everything from the 13,400 worlds: pure souls and pure bodies. Apart from the world power, these are the most important treasures to him.
Even the forging of underworld armor doesn't compare to these treasures in his eyes. After all, underworld armor will always emerge over time.
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