Jiang Chen, who had been floating in midair, slowly descended to the ground.
"…"
In silence, Jiang Chen raised his hand, as if sensing something.
"In my perception…"
"The entire Underworld."
"Completely under my control."
"Is this the system's compensation?"
Sora whispered softly.
God of Darkness.
King of the Underworld.
Lord of the Underworld.
Mm!
These were all the divine positions that Sora now possessed.
To be precise.
The God of Darkness was the divine position the system had supplemented for Sora.
Sora also came to understand.
If the timing of his transmigration was correct, his newbie gift package would have been unparalleled talent, allowing him to become a Saint and step by step ascend to become the supreme deity, or even...
But now?
Because the transmigration timing was wrong, the system directly granted him the divine position of God of Darkness.
Note.
This was just a divine position.
Ascending to godhood, igniting divine fire, and condensing divine essence - only then could one truly become a god in the proper sense.
"My divine position is the opposite of everything."
"Theoretically speaking."
"I can contain all darkness."
Sora whispered softly, sensing his own divine position.
God represented all that was positive, represented by the number 999.
Sora obtained the representation of all that was negative, represented by the number 666.
"However, to become a true God of Darkness, I still have a very long road ahead."
"Before that..."
"I should first organize Hades' legacy."
Sora's future plans were currently a complete mess.
Since that was the case.
He might as well first organize the legacy that Hades had left him.
With Hades' death, the Underworld had become dilapidated and was on the verge of collapse, while Sora had ascended to the divine position of God of Darkness.
Naturally.
Darkness encompassed the King of the Underworld, and Sora had also mastered the authority of the Underworld King, becoming the new Lord of the Underworld.
Theoretically speaking.
Sora had only just ascended to his divine position, so he definitely couldn't compare to Athena for the time being.
However.
If Athena's existence were excluded, could he fight another Holy War now?
That would be no problem at all.
"Kekeke~~~"
With a thought from Sora, accompanied by an eerie smile, streams of dark purple light emerged.
Those were a total of 108 dark purple crystal skulls.
These were precisely the origins of the 108 Specters who had signed contracts with Hades in the Age of Myth and were the main fighting force of the Underworld.
Sora opened his hand, and the Evil Stars transformed into a dark purple bracelet that fell into Sora's palm.
Having inherited all of Hades' legacy, this naturally included these Evil Stars.
Sora wrapped the Evil Star bracelet around his right wrist and muttered: "I'll retrain a new batch of Specters later. I need people under my command, but I can't be like Hades, relying purely on the power of Evil Stars. Otherwise, what kind of misfits would that produce!"
Thinking of the Specters in the original work, Sora felt his teeth ache.
They were truly a collection of complete misfits.
Except for a very few useful ones, the other Specters were pure trash.
108 Specters - theoretically they should be able to confront the 88 Saints head-on.
And they should have the upper hand.
But what was the result?
Looking at the combat skills displayed in the original work, they might as well have died.
"That guy Hades, even though gods are always restricted during Holy Wars."
"Did he never consider improving the Specters' strength?"
"Theoretically speaking."
"The 36 Heavenly Stars correspond to Gold Saints."
"The 72 Earthly Stars correspond to Silver Saints."
"There shouldn't even be a Bronze Saint level."
"Really hard to evaluate."
Sora couldn't understand Hades' operations. No wonder you lost. Not to mention the conspiracy schemes and power plays behind the scenes, your basic fighting force wasn't even equal.
With upper-tier combat power being restricted, besides the Twin Gods + Three Judges, you had nothing worth watching.
How could you even play like this?
"Don't think about these things."
"First."
"What I need to do is completely seal off the Underworld."
"Otherwise."
"That would be real trouble."
With Sora's mental command, the originally towering but now dilapidated Hades Castle on the earth instantly crumbled.
Moreover.
Sora had already sealed the entrance to the Underworld's Yomotsu Hirasaka. The entire Underworld was now completely sealed.
Even Cancer's 'Corpse Qi' series techniques would be impossible to open the entrance to Yomotsu Hirasaka.
"108 Evil Stars."
"Besides that..."
Sora's consciousness swept over, and streaks of brilliant light began floating before him.
"Death, Sleep, Underworld River, Dreams."
"A total of 3,003 divine essences."
Diamond-shaped dark purple crystals the size of a little finger floated before his eyes.
Sora's lips curved into a smile.
3,000 Dream Gods.
River God of the Underworld.
God of Death.
God of Sleep.
These were the subordinate gods under Hades.
Ascending to godhood, igniting divine fire, condensing divine essence.
This was the path to becoming a god.
Normally, divine essence only represented that you had already become a god - this was a form of sublimation, and wouldn't actually materialize into divine essence.
That would be asking for trouble and creating weaknesses.
Actually.
Only after a god's death would divine essence condense and materialize, and even then, it would crumble and dissipate if not replenished for a long time.
The divine essences of the Underworld were already on the verge of dissipating.
Sora's arrival, ascending to the divine throne of God of Darkness and becoming the new King of the Underworld and Lord of the Underworld, was what stabilized these divine essences that were about to crumble.
"I'll put them away for now."
Sora waved his hand, collecting all the divine essences, and after some thought, murmured: "Where is Pandora? Where are the Fates?"
"Elysion."
Sora thought for a moment, seeming to remember something, then withdrew his thoughts.
Sora didn't immediately head to Elysion.
He could sense that something was hidden in Elysion.
However.
Before that.
He would first take the last orb of light.