Inside the Undead Kingdom, Chen Xu tossed the corpses of more than twenty thousand dragons into the Everfrost Dragon Kingdom.
Then, he forcibly pulled Doragon's divine body out of Kunpeng's mouth and placed it before Sindragosa.
Kunpeng already possessed the divine power of the Sea God and was backed by the massive merfolk empire; giving it the Dragon God's power would be a waste.
It was better to let Sindragosa try to digest the Dragon God's body. If successful, Chen Xu would have another god under his command. If there was no change after consumption, then he would just consider it Sindragosa's mount maintenance fee.
Chen Xu raised his hand and patted Sindragosa's head.
"Eat. Although this divine body only contains half of a god's origin, it should be enough for you to ascend to godhood."
"Woooh—"
Sindragosa let out a low growl, nuzzling Chen Xu's palm before turning its head to begin tearing into Doragon's divine body on the ground.
While watching Sindragosa feed, Chen Xu recalled Doragon—or rather, the magic dragon Doragon, a Dragon God's soul corrupted and fallen into Hell.
The God-Slaying Poison had completely consumed the magic dragon Doragon's soul, and the memories within that soul were returned to Chen Xu.
This memory return function was added by the generation of the Lord of the Undead who researched the God-Slaying Poison. Its primary purpose was to confirm that the killed target was indeed the enemy and to check for any more threats.
Since the causal spread mechanism of the God-Slaying Poison had been removed, the only way to ensure total eradication was to read the memories of each target killed.
In the magic dragon Doragon's memories, the largest portion consisted of the whispers of Hell.
These whispers had corrupted and modified the Dragon God's soul. The endless voices continuously tortured Doragon until finally, due to the weakening of divine power and the corruption, the magic dragon broke out from within the Dragon God's soul and took control.
After the magic dragon was born, it began to erode the Dragon Court world according to the memories of the corrupted inheritance. However, deep beneath the Dragon Court, within the Dragon Furnace, the Dragon God's physical body remained, and the Dragon God's divine power still protected the dragons within the Dragon Court.
The magic dragon could only begin its erosion from outside the Dragon Court, plundering the world's power while waiting for the Dragon God's divine power to naturally dissipate.
In fact, the magic dragon had tried to forcibly inject corruption power into the Dragon God's body, but there seemed to be another mysterious power within the Dragon God that was the nemesis of corruption. The corruption could only affect the surface and lasted for a very short time; the magic dragon had to expend a massive amount of effort just to maintain it.
The magic dragon lacked the patience for such a thankless task and turned back to eroding the world. After all, the Dragon God's body was dead while the magic dragon was alive. Time was on the magic dragon's side; it could afford to wait.
But while it waited, the Dragon God's power did not dissipate. Instead, Chen Xu and his undead army arrived first.
The magic dragon represented the soul power of a god, and among the three attributes of Hell—flesh, corruption, and destruction—it had only been granted the power of corruption.
The corruption power of Hell was something even gods had to deal with cautiously, as one could easily fall victim to it. However, the magic dragon's enemy was a Lord of the Undead from the Land of the Undead.
As one of the six special worlds, the Land of the Undead held the same status as Hell. To corrupt a candidate for the Lord of the Undead, at least one Hell Demon King would have to take action personally.
With its most prideful ability countered, the magic dragon could only use the Dragon God's techniques with its corrupted soul. But because the attributes and power were different, the lightning unleashed by the magic dragon likely didn't even have half the strength of the original.
Without the protection of a physical body, the God-Slaying Poison acted directly upon the soul with remarkable effect, causing the magic dragon to fall instantly.
Suddenly, a large glob of viscous liquid splashed down next to Sindragosa, startling Chen Xu.
He looked up and saw Kunpeng poking its head out from the Inverted Sea, drooling.
Chen Xu raised an eyebrow, knowing this was Kunpeng expressing its dissatisfaction. A Bone Kun had no saliva; it was most likely something Kunpeng had specifically simulated using the Sea God's power.
"Whispering Tree."
"Great Lord of the Undead, what are your orders?"
"Immediately give Patchwerk and Kunpeng lessons. I cannot let them be too idle."
"As you wish, great Lord of the Undead!"
"By the way, Whispering Tree, how much do you know about Hell?"
"Oh, Hell—a terrifying world where the Mother of Hell rules over everything. The primal blood soup continuously produces demons to invade other worlds. The Hell Demon Kings are cruel and are the Mother of Hell's proudest children.
Hell is largely responsible for why the special worlds have such bad reputations."
In truth, besides Hell, the reputations of the other special worlds weren't much better.
The Land of the Undead had the struggle for the position of the Lord of the Undead, with various candidates recruiting subordinates from across many worlds.
The Sea of Spirit was completely unrestricted, but its infinite freedom also brought infinite chaos; souls who went to the Sea of Spirit to seek fortune often became the 'fortune' in the eyes of others.
Heaven spread its faith everywhere. The Lord of Heaven was the true God of Gods, and the largest divine system was the Heaven system.
As for the Elemental Spirit Realm and the Blank Zone, they were extremely xenophobic and rarely allowed outsiders to enter. The mainstream of the myriad worlds emphasized openness and exchange, so naturally, there were no positive evaluations for such closed worlds.
"And then? Do you have any deeper understanding?" Chen Xu asked.
"Deeper? Great Lord of the Undead, please forgive my offense, but do you intend to deal with Hell? That would not be a wise choice."
"Who would go out of their way to look for trouble with Hell? I want to know if there is a way to prevent a Hell invasion. The corruption power of Hell is too terrifying; even gods cannot avoid it. How can ordinary people block it?"
The fate of the Dragon God Doragon and the previous Desert God made Chen Xu even more worried. As the Lord of the Undead, he was protected by his authority and didn't need to fear corruption, but what about the others on Blue Star?
"Block Hell? Hell will not invade the Land of the Undead. They have no interest in creatures without flesh and blood. Hell only likes vibrant flesh-and-blood life and fresh worlds.
As for ordinary people, there are generally two mainstream methods among the myriad worlds."
"What methods?"
"The first is to join the Heaven system and become a believer of the Lord of Heaven. The enemy of Hell, the only savior of the myriad worlds, the terminator of demons—although these are all slogans from the Heaven scriptures, Heaven and Hell are indeed irreconcilable. Joining the Heaven system grants protection."
Chen Xu was very puzzled. He had to admire the courage of the Lord of Heaven for being willing to directly confront Hell for the sake of faith.
"No wonder the Heaven system is the largest in the myriad worlds. They aren't even afraid of the danger of Hell."
"Oh, you misunderstand. My apologies for not being clear. The claim that those who join the Heaven system are free from Hell's interference is indeed just a slogan. However, the conflict between Hell and Heaven has lasted for countless years, and the animosity is very real.
Besides, Hell even has traitors like the fallen angels, which was a massive slap in the face for the Lord of Heaven."
"Then what is the second method?"
"The second method is more difficult. Many Dao Lords have established their own legacies. As long as one joins a Dao Lord's lineage and gains their favor, one can receive the Dao Lord's protection. Unless that world has some specific objective, Hell will generally give up when facing the protection of a Dao Lord."
Chen Xu remained silent at the Whispering Tree's answer.
In the end, it all came down to finding a backer at the Dao Lord rank. The threshold for the Lord of Heaven was low, requiring only faith. Joining a Dao Lord's lineage had a high threshold but wasn't restricted by a divine system.
However, neither was suitable for Chen Xu. As a Lord of the Undead, it was impossible for him to join the Heaven system, and likely no Dao Lord would be willing to accept him.
To the side, Sindragosa had finished eating the entire Dragon God body, leaving only a white stone on the ground.
"Woooh—"
Sindragosa called out to Chen Xu, pointing at the strange stone on the ground that it couldn't swallow.
Chen Xu walked over and picked up the white stone.
"Is that... a pure white stone?" the Whispering Tree exclaimed in shock.
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