Chapter 70: The Holy Light Edition of the Ancient Gods (4400 Words 2-in-1 Chapter Free)
By the time the renovation was completed, it was months later.
Claudia looked no different from before the transformation, and even her strength was much weaker, except for the pair of flesh and blood black wings behind her that turned into golden wings, exuding brilliant holy light energy.
In addition, compared to when she came, she also had an extra seed in her hand that emitted a faint white light, which contained majestic light and life force, and in terms of energy strength alone, its energy was even enough to purify the three ancient gods of Azeroth.
This seed was the true reward that the Titans gave Claudia, and it took the Titans months and was the culmination of all their hard work and wisdom during this time.
"We're not sure how much of an impact this will have on the Shadow Realm, my family, but we've done everything we can to do it."
"Go home, child, and go live up to your destiny and save the souls of the universe."
"Remember to tell the others to protect Azeroth and guard the last Titan."
At the sound of Agrama and the Titans, Claudia said goodbye to them, including Illidan and Mavi, who were about to leave the Pantheon and return to Azeroth.
This farewell is likely to be a farewell.
Sealing Sargeras is not costless, like Sargeras, the Pantheon is also the equivalent of a cage for the Titans at this time, unless Sargeras changes his mind or the universe is in danger of extinction, they will easily not leave the Pantheon again.
With the portal opened by Illidan, Claudia returned to Azeroth, but she didn't immediately return to Stormwind because she had more important matters to attend to at this moment.
Claudia stepped into the surface of the Shadow Realm.
The surface of the Shadow Realm is not really the country of the dead, it is a transit point between the real world and the country of the dead, where mountains, rivers, buildings, and plants in the real world are projected, and if it weren't for the foggy gray and dead silence, even this place would be exactly the same as the current world.
Argus, Azeroth, Draenor...... Each planet has a corresponding surface of the Shadow Realm, and there will be some living beings in it, for example, the soul healers have been watching over the surface of the Shadow Realm in Azeroth for many years, and Ansu has established his own domain on the surface of the Shadow Realm of Draenor.
But no matter which planet's Shadow Realm surface, if you go deeper from there, you will always be able to reach the same Revenant Plane, a true country of the dead, just as no matter which planet's turbulent vortex continues to go deeper, it will lead to the same Twisted Void.
Claudia's target today is the depths of the Shadow Realm, known as the Shadow Country, and with the entrance she has found, she quickly enters that realm.
"It's cold."
This was Claudia's first feeling when she entered the Land of the Dead, and although she was a soul body in Valkyrie form at this time, even without a physical body, she could already feel the piercing chill against her soul.
In addition to the cold, the second feeling that Claudia felt was decay.
The Decay Element, an extremely rare element in the present world, is everywhere here.
In fact, the name Shadow World is a mistake, the reason why this world is dark is only because there is no light, there are not many shadow elements at all, and there are death and decaying forces everywhere.
Now, for example, Claudia's eyes are full of boundless suffering, boundless death, and boundless decay.
One by one, souls were wandering aimlessly around, they all looked like humans, some didn't, but no matter which one of them, their souls were full of signs of decay, and their faces were full of expressions of madness, despair, distortion, collapse, and numbness.
These souls are not all the inhabitants of the Land of the Dead, there are all kinds of monsters here, and their appearance is more and more twisted and weird, as if they came out of a nightmare, which makes people feel creepy.
All kinds of visions poured out of these monsters, they tortured the souls here by all means, ravaged their consciousness, took pleasure in their pain, and from time to time there were souls who could not bear this torture and completely collapsed into madness, and only then would these monsters eat the souls that had been broken.
Of course, there are always more intelligent souls who can skillfully avoid these monsters, but even if they are not ravaged by monsters, where can they flee?
Cold, rotten, and dark torment their souls all the time, and a longer time to keep oneself actually means a longer period of pain, and most souls do not have such a strong will to watch themselves decay to death.
In such a situation, there are often souls who can't bear the pain and choose to take the initiative to meet those monsters in order to hasten their own destruction.
"It's really a simple and crude way to recycle." Claudia sighed.
That's right, the scene in front of her doesn't distinguish between good and evil, it's just an instinctive means for the universe to reclaim its soul.
When souls enter the realm of the dead, they will decay and decay in cold, pain, and torment, and all soul imprints will be worn away, and all memories will be lost.
Eventually, the soul that has completely decayed and lost itself will be transformed into the purest soul energy, which will overflow into the universe, and will be attracted to life again, and condense with other soul energies into a new soul, giving birth to new life.
But this method of recovering soul energy is too primitive, and there are many problems.
Leaving aside the pain and torment of those souls, these monsters are also a major problem in the Shadow Realm.
They are wantonly devouring their souls and strengthening themselves with soul essence, which makes many souls unable to recover normally, and it is conceivable that with the reduction of soul energy in the universe, the soul circulation of the universe will have problems sooner or later.
"So, that's my calling."
Claudia's mind was clear, she landed on the pale earth, reached out and dug a pit, buried the seed of the Titan, and recited a spell.
In an instant, the seeds burst out with countless roots and stolen deep into the ground, absorbing the nutrients of the Shadow Realm, and the seeds germinated and grew rapidly, and soon, a large tree with four people hugging each other appeared.
And the tree is still growing wildly, its trunk is rapidly thickening and growing, its roots are deeper and wider, and countless shoots are growing from the tips of the branches, turning into huge leaves, absorbing the ubiquitous power of death and decay in the air of the earth like the roots, and injecting them into a giant egg in the roots.
In the center of the dome, huddled is a naked ** who looks exactly like Claudia, her skin is covered with dense titan runes, after those death and decay power flow through her body, some of them will be transformed into holy light and return to the trunk, and the part that cannot be transformed will be devoured by her, turning into nourishment for her growth.
After each cycle, the giant tree that obtains the holy light will be a few points thicker, and the giant egg will also be a few points larger, and Claudia in the egg will also grow and grow, and soon, the Claudia curled up in the egg will grow to more than ten meters tall, and this is not over, she is still growing rapidly.
This is the gift that several Titans have prepared for Claudia, the highest crystallization created by the Titans after painstaking meditation and discussion, a perfect cycle, so that the embryo and the tree in the egg can take what they need, grow together, and grow together.
As the tree grew bigger and bigger, fruits appeared on the branches, and a faint glow of brilliant light emanated from the leaves of the tree, like a lighthouse in the darkness, attracting the attention of all living beings nearby.
The souls who still had memories of their lives showed expressions of wonder and ecstasy as they made their way towards the Tree of Light, not knowing what awaited them here, but they hadn't seen the Light for a long time.
And the monsters, the weak ones took the initiative to stay away from the giant tree that emitted holy light, and the powerful monsters, seeing the giant tree of holy light as a desecration, let out a strange roar and hiss, and strode towards the giant tree of holy light.
But before those monsters could get close to the giant tree of holy light, the previous fruits on the giant tree were already ripe, and one by one the fruits fell to the ground, and from the fruits crawled out of the fruits, one by one, wearing battle armor and having wings on their backs.
They are the Valkyrie produced by the Giant Tree of Light, and they will be the most important assistants and guards of the Sacred Tree in the future, and they will assist Claudia in her mission to cleanse the Shadow Realm.
Following Claudia's orders, the Valkyries rushed forward against the monsters, and after a fierce battle, the monsters were all wiped out, and the Valkyrie suffered many casualties.
However, these casualties were worth it, Valkyrie buried the monsters' corpses under the tree, and the decaying death power in the monster's corpses was soon absorbed by the sacred tree, and more Valkyrie fruits have been generated, and the soul essence plundered by the monsters has also returned to the universe.
By this time, the spirits had approached the tree, and under Valkyrie's guidance, they met with Claudia, who imposed a language on herself and communicated with the strange spirits.
"We want to be protected by God and to live within the sacred tree," the spirits prayed, "and I beg you to promise us that we have not seen the Light for too long, and that we are willing to give anything for it." ”
What can a bunch of miserable souls give?
Claudia couldn't help but laugh, but she gave an exchange plan soon after:
"Well, if you have knowledge that I don't have here, you can give it to my protection, and if you don't have knowledge, give your faith."
"We contribute our faith, please ask what is God's name."
"Friggia, she is the god of death and judgment, Friggia." Claudia gave a random reply.
She didn't really care about faith, she just felt that this group of souls really had nothing to give, so she could only ask them for faith.
In her cognition, there are demigods in the real world who have organized various religions from time to time, but she has never seen anyone become strong because of the power of faith, and this kind of thing can satisfy a vanity and give an organization by the way.
As for why Elune collects faith and why she is only willing to give believers divine magic, it belongs to the realm of true gods, Claudia does not understand.
The souls departed with gratitude, and they began to build houses with special wood, masonry and stone from the shadow realm within the scope of the holy light of the sacred tree, and would come to the tree every day to pray, of course, because they were from different planets, their prayer methods were chaotic, and sometimes they would fight because of the way they prayed.
In order to solve this chaotic situation, Claudia decisively copied the process of the Holy Light Church, after all, she was also a paladin, so she naturally knew these things very well, and after the nearby soul society, this problem was solved.
As time passed, more and more Valkyrie were produced from the Sacred Tree, and the monsters in the area around the Sacred Tree were swept away.
This process is naturally not all smooth sailing, the Shadow Realm carries the afterlife souls of the entire universe, and its realm is extremely vast, and I don't know how many terrifying monsters live in it, Claudia has no doubt that she can meet an opponent of the level of Yugsaron here.
After all, the Shadow Realm has been around for so many years, and there are always enemies who eat enough souls and are big enough.
However, Claudia is not without a way to deal with it, and at this moment, the two huge fruits on the sacred tree are about to ripen.
A few days later, the two fruits landed almost simultaneously, and two demigods-like Valkyrie queens stepped out of the fruits one after another.
"Oleherdette has seen an oracle"
"Lafayette has seen an oracle."
Claudia nodded, and ordered, "Oleheda, Lafrenière, go hunt for more powerful monsters and sacrifice to the gods, she needs nourishment to grow." ”
The two Valkyrie queens took the order.
In a sense, this giant tree is actually the Holy Light version of the Old Gods, which is slowly corroding the Shadow Realm in the way of Holy Light, producing Valkyrie similar to the Faceless, and Valkyrie Queen is similar to the Ktheraki produced by the Old Gods.
And just like that, time passed.
The territory of the Sacred Light Giant Tree grew larger and larger, and the giant eggs underground also grew, more and more monsters were killed, the power of decay and death in their bodies was absorbed, and the soul essence returned to the universe.
More and more lost souls were drawn into the territory shrouded by the giant tree, and although they still could not avoid extinction, at least within the confines of the giant tree, they could no longer be tormented by the cold and pain, and dissipate in peace.
For this reason, many souls are indebted to the god who sleeps under the tree, and they devoutly dedicate themselves to their faith, and from time to time believers dedicate knowledge and memory, and a library is built.
Claudia also had a lot to do, she read a lot of strange things about exotic planets in the library, and she also learned about many powerful races.
For example, a certain race called the Sharons, they have abandoned their physical existence, and almost all of them live in a mental network, their thinking is only bound to arithmetic, and they can get real fantasy experiences in the network.
Another example is a race called the Is, they can cross space and even time to exchange ideas with other races, and escape their bodies before death, in a sense, this race has conquered death, and can be called a great race.
……
And there are also souls who are not willing to die in the end, and at this moment there are souls who have found Claudia, and he hopes to get "reincarnation", that is, let the Valkyries send him to reincarnate in this world.
"What can you give?" Claudia asked curiously.
"Your Majesty, when I am born again, I can promote her faith for God, and I promise that I will do my best to spread her faith."
"Let me think about it." Claudia was noncommittal.
She is not interested in faith, reincarnation can be experimented, if the memory is erased, it is reincarnation in the true sense, and if it is not erased, it is time travel or rebirth.
"However, I can think about this matter slowly after I return to this life, and maybe Gianna's wisdom can give me some advice."
Claudia thought.
That's right, she's going back to the world.
The Holy Light Giant Tree has already given birth to four demigod-level Valkyrie, which is enough to guard the safety of the giant egg under the tree, so at this time, she doesn't need to continue to get tired of being in the Shadow Realm, it's time to go back and live with her relatives.
Let's enjoy the peaceful and quiet happy life after the war.
"She slept so sweetly, and I don't know when I'll be one with her again."
Claudia smiled and took one last look at the woman under the tree, who had grown to the size of tens of kilometers, and then turned and flew out of the shadow realm.
She is looking forward to the moment of reunion with her loved ones.