Sora put away the World Tree sapling and said: "Let's go back first."
"Next."
"Everyone might get a vacation, but I might have to get a bit busy."
"Hehehe~~~"
Persephone covered her mouth and laughed: "Sora, you're really a good boss - employees get vacation while the boss works overtime?"
"Is that how divine masters and dependents are calculated?"
"Who knows..."
"Really!"
The three left with the World Tree sapling.
Indeed.
What Sora said wasn't wrong - next, he really needed to start getting busy.
The three had returned to Elysium.
Sora slowly raised his palm.
Instantly!
The World Tree sapling appeared once again.
However!
This time it seemed completely different. Sora's eyes flickered with a completely different light as endless darkness began emerging, seeming to completely devour everything.
Persephone and Demeter.
The mother-daughter pair looked at each other and simultaneously stepped back. They knew.
What came next.
They couldn't participate in.
Although Sora seemed to not have ignited divine fire and had merely ascended to the divine throne, frankly speaking, Sora's divine rank was there. Some things - don't look at how Sora's actions seemed very simple.
But...
That Sora's actions were simple didn't mean others could do it too.
This was just like what Sora was doing at this moment.
"..."
Sora remained silent as endless pitch-black divine power began pouring into the World Tree sapling before him.
Instantly.
The originally emerald World Tree sapling began undergoing earth-shaking changes.
The World Tree's emerald leaves gradually transformed into dark green - that deep green that, just by looking, seemed to contain endless world force, dark force, and life force.
The three intertwined within.
Not only that.
The emerald trunk and branches had completely turned pitch-black like ink.
Looking at it.
It no longer resembled a giant tree, but was like a pitch-black crystal emitting brilliant - no, endlessly beautiful light.
The brilliant radiance made one involuntarily squint.
It was simply too beautiful.
"Darkness, world, life."
"Three divine powers intertwining."
"Just watching."
"As if..."
Persephone gently raised her hand to cover her chest. Her heart was beating violently just from observing the dark divine power.
At this moment.
Persephone could clearly feel her divine power improving.
No!
No!
More accurately, her mastery of laws was improving. The law Persephone mastered was a composite law - it should be called the law combining Hades and Queen of the Underworld.
King of the Underworld law.
Queen of the Underworld law.
Combined together, for Persephone, the laws she controlled were simply too numerous - extremely complex and intricate wasn't an overstatement.
"Daughter..."
Demeter looked at her daughter's improvement and smiled richly.
Obviously.
Demeter knew about her daughter's advancement. The interweaving of these three divine powers, from any angle, were top-tier divine powers.
Sora himself as the God of Darkness - his divine rank needed no elaboration.
And!
The World Tree, as a divine object capable of birthing worlds and growing infinitely, in a sense.
The World Tree's upper limit could absolutely rival an Absolute God.
Although.
The World Tree's theoretical upper limit was such, but this being just the theoretical upper limit was already extremely terrifying!
Precisely because of this.
The world divine power and life divine power contained in the World Tree were top-tier laws.
No!
No!
This had already transcended laws - this should be called the superior of laws, calling it concepts was more appropriate.
Above laws were concepts.
As for above concepts?
Hmm~~~
For now.
That was unclear.
Persephone knew about concepts. Mastering ultimate power from the will of the gods could advance further, stepping into the Primordial God level, and after stepping into the Primordial God level.
Not only would the will of the gods transform into ultimate power and divine power itself improve, but even laws would transform into concepts.
It could be said.
Humans transforming into gods was an ascension of life level, and gods transforming into Primordial Gods - wasn't that also another ascension of life level?
At this moment.
Persephone observed these three divine powers - calling them embodiments of concepts was more appropriate - and she would also experience great improvement.
As for Demeter?
One could only say.
Although Demeter was a subordinate god, compared to her daughter, she was still lacking. Her gains weren't much.
"Huff~~~"
At this time.
Sora gently exhaled turbid air and whispered softly: "The first step is complete. The current World Tree is truly a World Tree under my control."
Sora flicked his finger.
The World Tree had fallen onto Elysium, quickly taking root and sprouting, becoming a tree that appeared only about ten meters tall.
"Sora, don't you need to rest a bit?"
Persephone walked over at this time and asked softly.
Sora shook his head: "No need to rest. It's not tiring - just some divine power consumption. Next..."
"This is the key to everything."
"Good."
Persephone stepped back again. She said no more and didn't need to say anything. As a woman, at this time, just silently supporting was enough.
Sora's figure had disappeared.
If.
Someone were to observe from a world perspective now, they would discover that Sora's phantom had appeared - no, accurately speaking, it was a phantom of endless darkness. He spread one hand, and all of True Hell was encompassed in his palm.
Sora simply separated his hands, and all of True Hell had been dismantled into several parts.
Spheres emitting dim light - these were the dark universes.
Besides that.
The Underworld, Hell, and Elysium had all been dismantled.
After dismantling everything, Sora waved his hand.
The World Tree that had become the Dark God's exclusive tree - the Dark World Tree - began to appear.
Dim!
Deep!
The Dark World Tree's appearance began to tremble slightly, and as it trembled, spheres representing dark universes began merging into it.
Accurately speaking.
They should be merging into the leaves.
Then.
Elysium, the Underworld, and Hell merged into the Dark World Tree.
Elysium manifested at the crown of the Dark World Tree.
The Underworld.
Hell.
Both simultaneously became two spheres that, like sprites, began rotating around the Dark World Tree's trunk.
Everything happened very quickly.
Even more so.
Extremely simply.
After everything was complete, that phantom had completely dissipated, and everything returned to tranquility.
Just...
At this moment.
Observing with the Dimensional Galaxy Map would reveal that on the map, the position that originally represented True Hell had now been replaced with an almost miniature version of the Dark World Tree.
And on the Dark World Tree, a line connected to the Saint Seiya world.
Accurately speaking.
If zoomed in, one could see that it was a line connected from the Underworld.
Elysium!
"Huff~~~"
Sora deeply exhaled turbid air and appeared once again.
At this moment.
His complexion appeared very pale. Perfectly fusing everything naturally required great effort, and the consumption of his divine power was extremely enormous.
This was because everything belonged to him and there was no resistance whatsoever.
Otherwise.
Sora's divine power wouldn't be enough. Even so, now only less than one percent, perhaps even one hundredth remained.
Persephone quickly stepped forward, gently embracing Sora and letting him lean against her, softly saying: "Sora, are you alright?"
Sora shook his head: "Too much divine power consumption. Small problem - I'll be fine after resting for a while."
The current Sora.
Had almost completely drained his divine power in one breath. At minimum, he'd need to rest for one or two months. Of course, this wasn't really anything.
Persephone held Sora, waved her hand, and a thin blanket appeared on the ground. She knelt down on it, letting Sora lie on her lap and gently massaging him.
Demeter sat down on the other side, raising her hands to place Sora's legs on her lap, also massaging.
The blessing of having multiple women!
Wonderful!
Sora closed his eyes to rest, saying nothing, and the mother-daughter pair didn't ask questions either. Everything remained peaceful.
About twenty to thirty minutes passed.
Sora's complexion became slightly rosier, no longer the deathly pale that seemed one line away from death.
Sora wanted to rub his temples, but at this moment, Persephone had already smoothly massaged them for him.
Sora lowered his hand and said lazily: "Although the divine power consumption was quite large, no matter what, the initial plan is finally complete. The current True Hell - hmm? Dark World Tree - has stabilized. Forget it, let's call it that for now."
Regarding these names, Sora felt they were strange. Fine, he'd temporarily call it the Dark World Tree.
"Elysium is located at the crown."
"The Underworld and Hell coil around the trunk."
"Each dark universe is a leaf."
Persephone said softly: "Speaking of which, compared to leaves, our dark universes are really quite few."
"That's also a small problem."
Sora said quite casually: "Normally, worlds or life created by gods fundamentally cannot provide world force or faith power."
"However."
"This problem can be solved after reaching the Absolute God level."
"That's right."
Demeter nodded, agreeing with this statement.
Then.
Demeter looked at Sora, thought of something, then swept back her golden hair and slowly leaned down.
Sora felt the change and just comfortably squinted his eyes, continuing: "And! The Dark World Tree's divine rank is no less than an Absolute God's. After absorbing my divine power, in a sense, the Dark World Tree has also transformed. Its current divine rank should already exceed an Absolute God by half a step."
"Is that so..."
Persephone thought briefly, then understood: "According to the Dark World Tree's changes, with life concepts and world concepts interweaving, it will birth world after world in the future. The dark multiverse can quickly be formed."
"No."
"It probably still needs a long time."
"Can't help it."
"Our Dark World Tree is just a sapling - it hasn't reached maturity yet, the step where it can birth worlds. It's mainly supplying its own growth."
"However."
"This is also a good thing. Having the Dark World Tree, the future is much broader."
"Most importantly..."
Sora patted Demeter's head at this point, and Demeter immediately understood what he meant.
Sora felt the change and continued: "In the past, Elysium was my divine kingdom, while the Underworld and Hell formed True Hell as one entity, with dark universes forming the dark multiverse."
"This counted as one whole."
"But essentially."
"It seemed like one whole but was actually three individuals. Now it's different."
"By integrating through the Dark World Tree, it's truly become one whole."
"This is also very important."
Persephone glanced at her mother and shook her head. She didn't know why her mother had become so uninhibited.
However.
It didn't matter anyway.
Persephone thought briefly and continued: "Sora, does the current Dark World Tree count as your divine kingdom?"
"Yes."
Sora nodded: "Counting it all, the Dark World Tree integrated everything to become my divine kingdom. In a sense, I won't gain too much benefit, but the Dark World Tree's divine rank will continue improving over time."
"However, who can say for certain about such things."
"In the future..."
"Everything might become different."
Sora shook his head. Who could predict future matters? Who knew what the future would hold?
"Speaking of which."
"You all, as my subordinate gods and dependents."
"Can all go open up worlds."
"Although."
"What you open up would all be small worlds."
Sora suddenly thought of something and waved his hand. The Dark World Tree's phantom appeared - each leaf was actually an origin point for worlds not yet born.
If his subordinate gods and dependents were willing to open them up.
Then it would be quite easy to open up a small world.
As for future upper limits?
That...
Would depend on future matters.
"Well!"
Sora said casually: "Just think of it as letting everyone build themselves a home. The former home is completely different from the current one."
"Hehehe~~~"
Hearing Sora's words, Persephone covered her mouth and laughed: "Indeed! I was right - Sora, you're truly very gentle. No matter when, you're always so gentle, clearly being the God of Darkness."
"Being the God of Darkness doesn't affect my gentleness."
"However!"
"My gentleness is all poisonous."
Sora was indifferent about this. To enjoy his gentleness, one needed to pay a lot.
"In any case..."
Sora leaned against Persephone's white, tender, firm thighs and said with emotion: "No matter how you put it, this conclusion of the first phase really brought great benefits! I never expected the first phase could reach such a level."
"Although."
"There don't seem to be any huge changes, but the foundation has stabilized - this is the most important thing!"
"A stable foundation brings future stability."
Sora's gaze became profound.
The first phase conclusion.
It could be said...
The foundation was built really well. From all aspects, the foundation was very solid. In the future, just walking step by step would be enough - this was the foundation, the most important thing.
Persephone looked up at the Dark World Tree's main body planted right before them.
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