Chapter 294 God Realm

At this time, it was already early in the morning in Skywalker Academy.

Inside his house, Lin Manshan simply finished his breakfast, and after chatting with a few girls to digest his food, he walked straight into the cultivation room.

After sitting down on his knees and adjusting his breathing, 'Soul Ferrying Technique!' With a thought, the soul power in his body was instantly mobilized.

The next moment, the familiar feeling of breaking free came, and the soul slowly stood up from within the body, striding to the open space in front of him, looking down at his feet.

"Here he comes!" Inside a certain large hall, a burly man suddenly opened his eyes and came outside the hall with just a flash of his body, looking up at the vortex in the air.

On the other hand, looking at the vortex gradually forming under his feet, as well as the increasingly strong attraction coming from it, Lin Manshan did not put up any resistance, instead, he allowed the vortex to pull and engulf his own soul until his entire soul body was completely submerged in it.

A green light flashed in his eyes, and when he opened his eyes to look again, he was already suspended in a huge green vortex.

Without hesitation, he immediately turned around and flew towards the bottom.

"This little guy seems to have mastered the ability to enter and exit the underworld." On the other side, the burly man watched as Lin Manshan took the initiative to fall down in a flying posture, and his gaze couldn't help but flash with surprise. Normally, after a living soul died, the soul would be drawn into the Underworld by the Soul Summoning Vortex, and they would fall directly into the River Styx below, with their lifelong memories being stripped away by the river's constant flushing, ultimately leaving behind only their unconscious soul essence.

After that, those who are slightly weaker will be directly swept downstream by the River Styx and fall into the Reincarnation Cycle. Only a truly strong person can barely resist the water of the River Styx, swim ashore, and keep part of their memories to live in the underworld.

Such people are rare to see in a thousand years.

However, these people who came ashore would eventually choose to step into the Rebirth Gates and enter the reincarnation cycle.

Because, the Underworld was just too desolate, and no one could endure the loneliness of being in such a place for a long time. In addition, without a physical body to support them, the strength of the soul, even if it was high, would continue to be worn down over time, and the memories would continue to disperse in the process. Before that, if one does not enter the reincarnation cycle in time, and continues to be a lonely soul, there may be a danger of the soul being scattered.

It is also for this reason that right now, in the underworld, he is the only one who can stand on the shore.

Over the countless years, there had also been quite a few strong people who had swum ashore to talk with him. But in the end, he always had to step in and send those souls whose memories had dissipated a little bit into the Rebirth Gates one by one, to avoid their souls from scattering.

Such a life was undoubtedly lonely and painful.

But now, the chance to break free from his shackles had finally arrived. Thinking of this, his figure disappeared in a flash.

On the other side, Lin Manshan also finally flew out of the vortex. Turning his head and looking around, there were constantly naked souls falling around him, men and women, young and old. Looking along the falling souls, there was an extremely wide, glittering green river below, stretching into the distance.

In the river, scattered souls were struggling like being drowned. But basically, they only floated for more than ten meters and then stopped moving, and their eyes became blank. After tens of meters, even the form disappeared, leaving behind only a ball of glowing green light.

"Soul Origin." Lin Manshan saw through its essence at a glance.

After looking up into the distance, there was a wide bridge formed entirely of mountains and rocks, and above it was an ancient giant gate, with a dazzling green light flickering within the not-so-large doorway, and the empty space in front of it was empty and destitute!

At the bottom, the river ran through it.

Around it, describing it as deserted and uninhabited was enough to depict the place.

'The underworld of the Douluo Continent, surprisingly so desolate, there are not even souls walking on the shore, all washed into soul origins by the river of the underworld and flushed away. It seems that the living souls of the Douluo world have generally weaker souls.' While sighing deeply, he raised his head to look around again. The more he watched, the more the surprise and doubt deepened in his eyes, and finally, he could not hold back from murmuring out loud, "What are these anyway?"

"That's the secret realm, the secret realm created by God." A clear voice suddenly sounded.

Lin Manshan was instantly alert in his heart, he turned his head to look following the voice, only to see a green light flashing on the ground in front of him, a magnificent figure revealed itself with a smile on its face, and the clear voice sounded once again.

"Little fellow, how about coming down for a chat?"

God? Lin Manshan pondered in his heart, that although he is in soul form, his soul perception ability is still there, and the range is more than a thousand meters, but he did not perceive the person's presence until the last movement, which shows that his strength is far above his own, and if he wants to escape, it may be very difficult.

Moreover, the man's later words were undoubtedly a sign of goodwill on his own initiative, expressing that he had no malice.

In addition, it was also true that he did not sense any undue emotions from the man.

Thinking of this, he flew towards the man immediately and landed in the open space in front of him, "Junior Lin Manshan, I have met senior." He slightly saluted.

"My name is Shan." The burly man smiled and nodded, "This is the name of the first human I befriended in this underworld, and he was also the first human soul to cross the River Styx and come ashore. I really didn't expect to see another one today."

"Greetings, Senior Shan." Lin Manshan immediately responded.

"No need to be formal." Shan waved his hand and looked at Lin Manshan up and down, "Honestly, I'm really happy to see that you can appear here. I've been in this underworld for countless years, and now, I finally have someone to talk to."

Living for countless years. Lin Manshan was puzzled and asked, "Could senior be a god?"  

"Yes and no." Shan shook his head, "Regarding this; since I chose to appear before you, it means that you possess the qualifications to know the answer."

With that, he looked up at the spherical object suspended in the air, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes.

However, it quickly dissipated again as he continued, "Little fellow, are you interested in hearing a short story?"

"Willing to hear it." Lin Manshan arched his hand and politely said.

Upon hearing this, Shan retracted his gaze and looked around, his face revealing a trace of reminiscence, "This place is called Underworld; when exactly it was born. Honestly, I can't tell, I only know that this world has existed as long as I've been conscious. At that time, the outside world was still barren, no life existed, and the earth was only constantly spewing magma."

"But not long after, some beings that had responded to the laws of heaven and earth and used the elements of heaven and earth as their bodies were born, and they were also the original beings in heaven and earth at that time. For example, the stone giants that were born from lava, and the firemen that were born from sunlight."

"Perhaps carrying some sort of responsibility, they combed the earth so that the lava could be calmed. And in the process, some similar beings continued to be born, such as storm winds, thunder, water and swamp. Beings that condensed out of the elements of heaven and earth, etc."

"Then after that, wild beasts were born and humans were seen. Then, the name God was introduced."

"Under the blessing of the first beings, the beasts and humans became wise and began to honour these powerful primordial beings as gods. For example, the stone giants born from lava, as mentioned before, were known as the gods of lava, the gods of earth or fire. The fireman born from sunlight was called the God of Heavenly Fire, the Sun God."

"And the god of wind, the god of thunder, the god of water, and so on."

"In addition to that, there are also some special existences, such as the God of Destruction born from the breath of pure destruction. The God of Life that evolved from the Ancient Tree of Life that was born from the Condensation of Destruction. As well as the Dragon God born from the earth's vein through the fusion of multiple elements."

"Dragon God?" Lin Manshan immediately looked puzzled, the Dragon God was born from the earth vein?

This was different from what he knew.

"That's right, the Dragon God!" Shan nodded, "Because of the gods' frequent activities between heaven and earth, it caused their breath to overflow in all parts of the earth, eventually converging and giving birth to a consciousness in one of the earth's veins, after which it broke away from the earth vein and became a Dragon God that was able to manipulate multiple elements."

"Of course, after that, there were also gods born that fed on the desires of living beings."

"After the beast races and humans appeared, some strange and bizarre gods also inexplicably appeared."

"If the first batch of elemental beings that appeared were the innate gods, then these later ones that were born out of desire were the acquired gods."

"Then, because of the differences in beliefs, conflicts began to rage between the different groups. Then after that," Shan turned his head to look at Lin Manshan, "The Divine War began, and the earth was rippled by the fighting and became fragmented, with the beast and human races nearly extinct."

"After that, the gods saw the consequences of this and chose to put the war to a halt."

"Then, the Dragon God approached the Gods one day, and he suggested for the Gods to gather some of their energies within his own body, which could fuse multiple elements, to help him recreate a world, a world exclusively for the Gods to live in, which later became known as the Divine Realm or God Realm."

"I'm not quite sure what happened afterwards in the context of the Divine Realm. The Divine Realm is a separate world that I cannot explore with my abilities."

"However, I still know something about what happened outside the Divine Realm. Later on, the gods transformed quite a few worlds outside of the Ancestral Star, and the stars you can see when you look up at night might be ones that were reformed from the broken world by the Divine Realm's Gods. Including the world you're living in now, it was remodelled by the Dragon God."

"However, a great war broke out in the Divine Realm later, and the Dragon God died, the exact reason is unknown."

"In addition, these worlds can't just be remodelled, the conditions required are very harsh, which is also the reason why it's difficult for the Divine Realm to expand nowadays."

"It is also for this reason that in order to continue expanding, the Divine Realm has extended its hand over my Underworld."

"These spherical spaces you see now are the result of the Divine Realm's continuous erosion from the periphery."

"Luckily, the Gods of the Divine Realm today are no longer the initial batch, and coupled with the Divine War that erupted many years ago, the overall strength of the Divine Realm has weakened quite a bit now. In addition, because of the special nature of the Underworld, gods with divine positions are unable to freely travel in the Underworld."

"This is also the reason why right now, the Underworld is only being continuously eaten away from the outer world, and cannot be directly breached."

"Sad to say, a god position condensed from the rules of this world, although it allows the holder to break the shackles and possess great power, the holder will also be bound to it as a result, and the only way to leave this world to explore a new heaven and earth is to pass on the divine position's duties."

"And expanding the Divine Realm is also considered one of the ways to get in touch with things outside of this world."

"So, senior wants junior to inherit senior's divine position and its duties?" Lin Manshan couldn't help but ask.

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