"Huff~~~"
Sora gently exhaled turbid air, looking at the good thing before him and suppressing his inner excitement.
Then.
Sora said slowly: "Persephone, let's leave first. For now, drag this world into the dark multiverse, then! Take action afterward. Otherwise, if too great a change occurs, that would be troublesome instead."
"Good!"
Persephone smiled warmly.
She was happy not just about this harvest, but about Sora's inner determination and calmness.
Facing such a divine object.
She herself could barely contain herself.
However.
Sora could suppress his inner excitement and agitation, calming everything down.
This was the most important thing.
After all!
Taking it now, who knew if something might change? Waiting until this world was dragged into the dark multiverse, then taking action step by step - this was the safest and best approach.
Otherwise.
If real problems occurred, that would be bad instead.
"Let's go."
"Good."
The two left.
Next.
Everything was very simple.
Sora spread one hand, and masses of world force rapidly gathered in his palm to form anchors.
This world had much world force.
Cure Elim and the protagonist.
Besides that.
Albedo, Shalltear, Cocytus, Aura, Mare, Demiurge, Victim, Sebas.
These Floor Guardians all possessed world force.
In total!
11 anchors.
Although.
This was fewer anchors than in Demon Slayer, these 11 were already quite good. The dragging time wouldn't need to be too long - at most about a month.
Sora deployed the Dimensional Galaxy Map, and after confirming the dragging, also exhaled in relief.
"Huff~~~"
"In any case!"
"Everything has returned to stability. Next, just wait quietly."
Sora exhaled, speaking with emotion. The smile at the corner of his mouth was very rich - he couldn't even hide it anymore.
This wasn't a joke!
Great harvest!
This time was almost a truly great harvest.
"Ah~~~"
Demeter yawned lazily, stretching her graceful figure and saying languidly: "Daughter, was this harvest very large?"
"Mother."
"This harvest..."
"Hmm~~~"
"Should say."
"The conclusion of the first phase was really quite large."
Persephone thought and began explaining to her mother.
"Ah!"
Demeter couldn't help covering her mouth and whispering softly: "To actually harvest such a divine object? This..."
"Indeed unexpected!"
Persephone also nodded: "Yes, who could have thought that this world would contain such a divine object."
"However."
"This is indeed wonderful."
"Mm!"
The mother and daughter conversed while Sora continued thinking about something, continuously exploring the star map?
No rush for now.
Wait until the first phase truly concluded, then use divine power through the Dimensional Galaxy Map to search for other worlds.
The myriad worlds were laid out there, countless in number. They would never truly finish exploring - no need to rush, or rather, no need to be urgent at all.
One month's time.
Passed in a flash.
During this month, Sora was busy daily, and everyone was busy daily.
Hmm~~~
Very busy in a certain sense.
Until!
Codename [Overlord] world.
This world was completely dragged into the dark multiverse.
After that.
Sora unhesitatingly separated the modern world and otherworld into two singular universes, naming them Dark Universe 004 and Dark Universe 005 respectively.
The former was the modern singular universe.
The latter was the otherworld singular universe.
Then!
The Hell Council reconvened.
This time...
Fewer people came to the Hell Council - most had left.
Those who truly came were only Sora, Demeter, Persephone, Pandora, and Sawamura Sayuri, Akasaka Akane, and Katou Hiromi.
Besides that.
Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself.
Calca Bessarez.
These two women had also joined the Hell Council - that is, the secretarial team - through their own abilities.
Nine people took their seats.
Sora placed his hands on the table, lips curving up as he said slowly: "The situations that should be understood have all been understood, right? Renner and Calca, no problems?"
"Your Majesty~~~"
Renner looked at Sora with eyes full of devotion and madness, murmuring: "Everything, everything, I've understood it all. I definitely won't disappoint you."
Renner!
Her personality was like this. After completely directing her faith toward Sora.
What was she now?
Yandere!
These two words perfectly described Renner.
Calca, the former Holy Queen, now appeared very elegant and proper, sitting there like a perfect saint.
Speaking of which.
This perfect saint became very excited every night.
Roughly speaking.
She had been suppressed for too long normally, so when her heart was truly released, she seemed a bit strange.
One could only say...
Both women seemed not quite normal.
The former was a yandere.
The latter had a gap moe.
Sora's stance on this was that it wasn't strange - nothing strange about it. In the myriad worlds, encountering any kind of situation was extremely normal.
He was indifferent to these things.
Anyway, he was the one enjoying it.
As for whether problems would occur?
That!
This was pure nonsense.
"Alright."
"Since everyone understands, no need for nonsense."
"The first phase has completely concluded. Aside from the Dragon Ball world, which I don't plan to enter for now."
"The other four worlds have been completely conquered and incorporated into the dark multiverse."
"Now."
"Four worlds have become five dark universes, providing world force and faith power."
"It can be said."
"The first phase has completely concluded."
Sora spoke slowly, unlike his usual lazy or indifferent, casual appearance, he was very serious instead.
All the women nodded seriously.
Indeed so.
The first phase had concluded perfectly.
It could be said.
The harvest brought by the first phase was already very large.
Even more so, it should be called quite astonishing.
"Your Majesty."
Pandora pushed her gold-rimmed glasses and said softly: "With the conclusion of the first phase, True Hell has completely taken shape."
"Up to now."
"Dark Universe 001, dependents: 8 people."
"Dark Universe 002, dependents: 9 people."
"Dark Universe 003, dependents: 13 people."
"Dark Universe 004 + Dark Universe 005, dependents: 13 people."
"This doesn't count the people from the Great Tomb of Nazarick for now."
"In total!"
"First phase conclusion, 43 dependents."
"Among them!"
"Specters: 8 people."
"Demon Imperial Arms Users: 8 people."
Pandora's report was more detailed, with various detailed data listed out.
It could be said.
Pandora's abilities as a secretary were truly astonishing - she considered all aspects very well and handled everything very comprehensively.
Regarding this much data, sometimes it was better to record it. No matter what, future recording or comparison was very important.
"Mm!"
Sora nodded at this and continued: "Regarding the Great Tomb of Nazarick matter, we'll handle it later. For now, with the first phase concluded, everyone can rest a bit."
Everyone nodded without saying much.
The first phase was over.
These matters naturally had less to handle. Taking a brief rest was normal.
Demeter thought briefly and shook her head: "Sora, for now, it's not time to rest yet. Next, we still need to face the Holy War. Calculating the time, there's still one year left. It's better to consider it carefully."
Sora nodded at this: "That's true."
"However."
"Whatever the result of the Holy War, we're just participating as a catalyst."
"That earth divine object - if we want it, it's easy to obtain."
"So."
"Let everyone rest a bit. No matter what, balancing work and rest is still very important."
Sora wasn't urgent about this idea. In his view, balancing work and rest was important - he wasn't some slave driver.
"Hmm~~~"
"Alright."
Demeter seemed to puff her cheeks, but didn't continue saying anything about this.
On the contrary.
Demeter actually smiled - this was a good thing.
The gentler one's divine master was, the better!
Sora turned and continued: "Aside from important work that should be done, everything else can be temporarily set aside."
"Hmm~~~"
"You can discuss the remaining matters. Pandora, after you decide, you can directly begin handling it."
Sora stood up: "Persephone, Demeter, want to go take a look?"
"Mm."
Persephone nodded and stood up, while Demeter smiled: "Of course, of course we should go look."
The three left, while Pandora led the remaining Hell Council secretarial team to continue discussing and handling remaining matters.
On the other side.
Sora, Persephone, Demeter.
The three came to the dark multiverse.
Sora looked at the dark multiverse that had unknowingly gone from being blank to now having 5 dark universes and gradually developing.
In his eyes also appeared a trace of reminiscent expression.
Everything!
Had happened so quickly!
Calculating the time.
It seemed...
This wasn't even a year yet?
In just under a year, they'd already reached this step!
Sora shook his head with emotion, then said: "Wait here for a moment."
Saying this.
Without waiting for the mother-daughter pair to respond, Sora raised his hand.
Instantly.
A mass of emerald light began emerging from Dark Universe 004 and Dark Universe 005, flickering with brilliant radiance.
Sora raised his hand, and that mass of emerald light had fallen into his hands, forming a beautiful glow.
Looking carefully.
This was like a crystal ball, and within the crystal ball grew a giant tree. That giant tree's emerald leaves emitted endless beautiful light.
"Is this the World Tree?"
Demeter came over, curiously looking at the giant tree in this crystal ball.
Sora nodded: "Yes! This is the World Tree. Honestly, I really didn't expect to harvest a World Tree sapling in this world. This is the greatest benefit of the first phase!"
Sora spoke with endless emotion.
That's right!
World Tree sapling.
Perhaps...
No one could imagine that a World Tree sapling would be born in the [Overlord] world.
Although.
It was merely a World Tree sapling, anyone with some understanding knew very clearly how important this thing was.
For a deity.
How to advance further?
This was the most troublesome thing. Ordinary deities, even if they exhausted all effort and life, couldn't break through their divine rank limitations.
For example, Prometheus - he found the Fire of Humanity, simulated countless systems to strengthen the Fire of Humanity, and even found the Divine Code of the Greek pantheon.
But?
Even after making so many preparations, Prometheus simply couldn't advance further, forever stuck there, unable to step into the God King level.
Very despairing?
Very despairing!
But.
This was fundamentally helpless, or rather, this was truly fundamentally helpless. Prometheus simply couldn't do it.
This was also why.
When Persephone stepped into God King rank, all gods were so shocked - because fundamentally, Persephone shouldn't have been able to succeed. However! This was irrelevant.
In summary.
For ordinary deities, wanting to step into God King rank, or even advancing from lower god to middle god, was almost impossible.
For example...
Ker and Pandora.
The upper limits of these two goddesses were middle god and lower god respectively.
Now?
It was completely different.
As the Underworld's subordinate dark universes increased, both women also received some world force and faith power enhancement.
Under such enhancement.
Ker had stepped into upper god level, while Pandora had entered middle god rank.
It could be said.
This was completely unimaginable, yet both women had indeed broken through their divine rank limitations.
And...
The World Tree was a divine object that could help deities break through their divine rank limitations.
Using the World Tree to construct a deity's divine kingdom, as the World Tree grew, the deity's divine rank would continuously improve, breaking through their limitations.
And now!
Sora had obtained a World Tree sapling. Of course, for Sora, integrating this World Tree sapling into his divine kingdom? That would be meaningless - his divine rank couldn't be improved by a mere World Tree.
However...
What if the World Tree sapling was integrated into all of True Hell?
Then!
True Hell would completely come alive from being a dead object, or rather, would possess growth potential.
Sora used Elysium, True Hell, and the dark multiverse.
This trinity created an overall entity named True Hell - world? plane? dimension?
Actually!
Any of these names were fine, but fundamentally, this thing wasn't truly unified - it was forcibly gathered by Sora into a whole.
In the future.
As Sora's divine power improved and developed, gradually forcibly gathering it into a whole - this was Sora's idea and what he'd been doing all along. But this method might have problems, not to mention the enormous time required.
Now it was different.
As long as the World Tree sapling was integrated, everything would naturally fuse into a whole.
This represented that Sora's greatest foundation had completely stabilized. Everything would truly settle down. With a stable base, external expansion would be easier.
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