Chapter 1: The Mystery of Memory
I sighed and said, "Except for the mad god armor is gone, nothing else has changed, it is still the same. ”
Hades said: "It's a pity, without the Mad God Armor, you only have the power of the second-level god now." You now know the strength of the Divine Realm, and without my help, you would not have been able to achieve your goal. Let's join us in the underworld. ”
I laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "You have already said that I have now lost the ability of the first-level gods, so what is the need to join the underworld? ”
Hades frowned and said, "Lei Xiang, I hope you can clearly understand that since I can save you, I can kill you at any time." You have to think about it. ”
I shook my head and said, "You're right, you gave me this life." When the God King Sophia delivered the final blow, I had already given up my life, and now what do I have to give you?" "Why does Hades want me to join the Underworld, although the second-level god still has a certain amount of skill, there is no shortage of people of this level in the underworld! Although my skills are no longer good now, after all, I am the inheritor of the mad god, and I have a life-and-death friendship with the king of divine beasts, Brahma Tianlong, if I submit to the underworld, then the wingless god system and the divine beast, although the two systems in the divine realm may not join the underworld, at least they will not become the resistance of the underworld army. It seems that I am still a valuable chess piece!
The fierce light in Hades' eyes kept flickering, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "Your big brother Lucifer is here, you can talk to him." ”
The sound of the door of the Hades Hall opening sounded, and the black light flashed, and Lucifer had already appeared beside me, he put his arm around my shoulder, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, you are finally alive again." ”
For Lucifer, the gratitude in my heart can't be expressed in words, I hugged his majestic body tightly, and my eyes turned red, "Big brother, thank you, thank you for saving me again." I really don't know how to repay you for your kindness to me. ”
Lucifer let go of his hand and grabbed me by the shoulder, and we stood facing each other, and he looked me up and down, and smiled, "Silly boy, I didn't help you for any reason, I didn't say that you are the brother of Theomandis, that is, my brother." Now, I've thought of you as him. Don't say that again. ”
I nodded and said, "Big brother, my mad god armor is gone, and I have been beaten back to my original form." ”
Lucifer sighed, "I know. Brother, you have to open some, although the mad god armor is important, but life is even more important, as long as you are alive, there is hope, understand?"
I nodded, turned to Hades, and said, "Lord Hades, I want to ask you something. ”
Hades said indifferently: "Say it." ”
I said, "I want to ask you, if a person is erased by the God King, is it still possible to recover?"
Hades paused and said, "Erased the memory? If the memory is erased, then the person becomes an idiot. I'm not afraid to tell you, I often do this kind of thing, as long as there are dissident subordinates, I will erase their memories, and when they become idiots, I will use my mental power to control them. This kind of thing is not as good as mine. Whose memory did she erase. Ah, you mean, he completely erased the memory of your wife, your own daughter, yes? Sophia! It seems that you are even more vicious than I am, and even your own daughter is such a heavy hand. I Hades really admire. ”
I shook my head and said, "Zi Yan has not become an idiot, she still has her own consciousness, at the Divine Clan's Sealing Ceremony, the God King Sophia also instigated her as the Angel of the Stars, but she has forgotten everything before, forgotten everything between us, and she no longer recognizes me." When I thought of Zi Yan's strange expression, my heart ached, and I lowered my head in pain.
There was a fluctuation of energy in the air, Hades appeared in front of me, his face was surprised, since I entered the underworld, this was the first time I saw him with such an expression, he said a little incoherently: "This, this is impossible, how is this possible? How could Sophia have this ability, no, impossible, this must be impossible." I can't even do it!"
Lucifer said, "Lord Hades, are you alright, what's wrong. ”
Hades ignored Lucifer, grabbed my body, and asked solemnly: "Lei Xiang, you tell me the situation of that day, don't miss anything." ”
At that moment, I told everything that happened that day, starting with the sealing ceremony of the Divine Capital, and told it all the way to the final blow between me and the God King.
Hearing me say all this, Hades and Lucifer, the fallen angel, looked at me in surprise, and Hades muttered, "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! Sophia was injured." It's amazing how you were able to hurt her. ”
I shook my head and said, "No, I didn't hurt her." ”
Hades shook his head and said, "No, Sophia must be injured. You don't know, Sophia, as a god king, has always cared most about her appearance, no matter where she appears, she will make herself dignified and beautiful, you just said that after the final blow, you saw her hair and clothes scattered, which proves that she can't take care of her own image in order to resist the divine power you emitted, and she must be injured. If you hadn't hurt her, she wouldn't have been cruel to you. ”
Lucifer laughed and said, "Okay, good, good, Sophia has today, Brother Lei Xiang, you really didn't disgrace Theomandis! I couldn't be happier. ”
I smiled wryly: "What's there to be happy about, I paid the price of my life." Immortal, you haven't answered my question about erasing my memories. ”
Hades, who was excited, sank his face again, and said: "If, according to what you said, your wife does still have independent consciousness, this is almost impossible, unless Sophia has the ability of her father, which is incomprehensible! Since she can be injured by you, then she is still on the same level as me, and her control over the human soul is her weakness, and she is not as good as me, how can she have a better effect than me." Hades kept walking up in the Hades Palace, his eyebrows furrowed, and he kept thinking.
After a long time, Hades suddenly stopped, he looked up at me, his eyes lit up, and said, "I understand." Lei Xiang, you can really mislead me! Your wife's memory has not been erased. Sophia must have used her divine power to firmly seal her daughter's previous memories, and then used her divine power to retain the memories she wanted her daughter to know. Yes, yes, it must be. ”
I smiled bitterly and said, "What's the difference between sealing and erasing, it's all about forgetting everything before." ”
Hades said: "No, the difference is huge, what is erased can never be restored." Seals, on the other hand, can be broken or broken. You see what I mean. ”
Hearing his words, my whole body suddenly trembled, and I said in a trembling voice: "You, you mean ......"
Hades nodded and said, "Yes, I mean, it is possible for your wife to regain her previous memories. ”
I shook my whole body, pounced, knelt down in front of Hades, and said, "Lord Hades, please save my wife, as long as you can restore her memory and return to me, I will join the underworld." As long as you don't attack the Divine Realm, I will always obey your orders. ”
Hades' eyes were full of brilliance, and he looked at me fixedly, and after a long time, the brilliance in his eyes disappeared, and he sighed and said, "No, I can't do this." ”
I hurriedly asked, "Why?"
Hades looked at me, then at Lucifer, and said, "Lei Xiang, I know you really want to save your wife. I'd love to have you join me. But, I can't lie to you. Yes, I am more than capable of breaking Sophia's seal. However, she is a god king after all, and although I can open her seal, at the same time as it is revealed, your wife will inevitably suffer a heavy blow, and there is a high probability that she will become an idiot, do you understand?"
The hope I had just raised was suddenly shattered, the greater the so-called hope, the greater the disappointment, my heart ached, and I said stupidly: "Isn't there any way to make Zi Yan come back?"
Hades casually sent out a burst of energy, lifted me up, and said, "It's not that there is no way, it's just that it's very difficult. ”
My eyes lit up, and I said, "Lord Hades, you said that no matter how difficult it is, I must bring my wife back to me. Tell me quickly. ”
Lucifer hugged me, who was trembling all over, and said to Hades, "Lord Hades, for my sake, you can help him." ”
Hades sighed, "The only one who can help him in this matter is himself." ”
I said, "Myself?"
Hades nodded and said, "If you want your wife to recover her memories without any damage, there is only one way." That is, let her break through the seal of the God King with her own thoughts. You should know Sophia's strength, it's too difficult to break through her seal on your own. In terms of strength comparison, it is almost impossible. So, you have to give your wife a deep stimulation for that to be possible. Remember, it has to be a deep stimulus. Since you are husband and wife, you have naturally experienced a lot together, and you can only use those experiences and yourself to wake her up, understand?"
I was completely stunned, I had to be myself to wake up Zi Yan, but now that she was by the side of the God King, I couldn't get close to her at all, so how could I wake up?
Hades continued: "Moreover, you must be fast, if the ten times the angel cryes, that is to say, within five years of the human world, you still have no way to awaken her, the seal of the god king will gradually invade her original memory, and even if you wake her up again, you will lose a lot, a lot. ”
Five years is not a short time, but with my current skills, let alone five years, even five thousand years, it is impossible for me to get close to Zi Yan! No, no, if that happens, the Three Realms will be out of balance, and it is very likely that they will be destroyed, and I can't cause the destruction of life because of my own selfishness. My head hurt violently, what could I do to get back to Ziyan without harming the Three Realms?
Hades said, "I know you don't want to join us in the underworld. For Lucifer's sake, I don't force you, and now there's an opportunity for you to meet your wife again. ”
I looked up at Hades in amazement.
Hades said: "In less than two years, the Newcomer Contest of the Second Realm of God and the Netherworld will be held every thousand years. At that time, both the divine realm and the underworld had to elect a representative to participate, and it was required that the representative should not exceed a thousand years old, of course, the time I mentioned was calculated in the years of the human realm. The strongest newcomer in the Divine Realm, needless to say you know, is your wife, Si Feiya, who has been named the Angel of the Stars by the God King. The God King has been indulging for so many years, and he just wants to rely on Si Fei Ya to win this competition in order to suppress our underworld. At that time, Sifiya will definitely appear. If you want to see her again, I can authorize you to represent the Underworld in this contest and not require you to join the Underworld. ”
Lucifer frowned and said, "Lord Hades, Princess Nasfia doesn't remember Lei Xiang now, and it is impossible to beat her with Lei Xiang's current strength." Before recovering her memory, Si Feiya categorically will not show mercy, this ......"
Hades raised his hand to stop him from continuing, and said to me: "Lei Xiang, you have to think about it carefully, this is your only chance to meet her." If you don't agree, I'm afraid you'll lose your wife forever, you have to think clearly. As long as you grasp this opportunity, defeat your wife, and then move her affection, there is a good chance that her memory will be awakened. ”
I broke free from Lucifer's support, walked to Hades, the king of Hades, nodded solemnly, and said, "Okay, I promise you, I am willing to represent the underworld in this competition." ”
Lucifer hurriedly said: "Brother, without the armor of the mad god, it is impossible for you to beat the first-level god." ”
Hades frowned and said, "Lucifer, have you forgotten how you were transformed into a fallen angel when you came to the underworld?"
Lucifer's whole body was shocked, and he said, "Lord Hades, you mean ......"
Hades nodded, looked at me and said: "If you want to get your wife back, you will inevitably encounter great resistance, only strength can speak for itself, now there is a place where you can improve your strength in a short period of time, as long as you can cultivate there, when the competition begins, you will be able to recover the ability of the first-level god, or even surpass the first-level god." But let me tell you beforehand, the level of danger there is beyond my control. Lucifer almost died in it. You have to think about it. ”
I turned my head to look at Lucifer, and Lucifer said, "Brother, it's so dangerous that I almost couldn't get out when I entered with the power of the Angel of Freedom." Later, although he escaped by luck, his ability did not improve, but the original divine power was transformed into the current dark magic. If you go, the likely surname of success may not even be in 10%. ”
Hades said: "To go to that place, you must have superhuman perseverance and confidence. You've got it all. Everything else depends on Providence. Would you like to go?"
I looked at Lucifer, smiled sadly, and said, "Big brother, what Lord Hades said is right, if I don't have strong strength, it is impossible for me to save Zi Yan, and it is impossible for me to kill the Angel Gabriel. Even if there's only a 1 percent chance, I'm going to give it a try, don't stop me, okay?"
Lucifer sighed, "Brother, I really don't want you to take this risk!"
I turned to Hades, the king of the underworld, and said firmly: "Lord Hades, I am willing to go to that place, as long as I can come out of it alive, I will represent the underworld to participate in this two-realm newcomer competition." "I've already thought very clearly, anyway, I've already died once, if it's really as the Hades King said, that place can raise my strength to more than the ability of a level of gods, I can go to see Zi Yan, I know very well, it is difficult to awaken Zi Yan's memory in a short time, the reason why Hades let me go is to take this opportunity to weaken the power of the Protoss. I won't let him succeed, and at the same time, I've figured out how to wake up Zi Yan. My life has been chosen, my heart was already cold when Zi Yan opened me with a punch, as long as I can wake her up, even if I give everything, I am willing. I'm sorry, my loved ones and friends.
Hades praised: "Okay, worthy of being the inheritor of the mad god, you can rest for two days first, and then, I will let Lucifer take you to that place." Alright, Lucifer, take him down. ”
Lucifer reluctantly replied, and led me out of the Hades Temple and back to his Great Demon Temple.
As soon as he entered the Demon God Temple, Lucifer immediately laid down the enchantment and said hurriedly: "Lei Xiang, how can you promise Lord Hades? He is using you, do you know? He wants to destroy you! If you die inside, it will not hurt him, if you come out alive and your skills have increased greatly, he can rely on you to suppress the God King, do you think the seal of the God King is so easy to break?"
I smiled indifferently and said, "Big brother, I know all this, but I still have to go." I need strength, I'm going to wake my wife up, and I'm not going to let Hades get his way. Don't persuade me anymore, I don't even care about death anymore, what's so scary. By the way, what about Brahma Celestial Dragon?"
Lucifer sighed and said, "Since you have decided, I will not persuade you anymore." Brahma said that the dragon is also powerful, when he was attacked by the god king, he gathered all his thoughts and the only remaining energy in his head, and when the attack came, he floated to the tail with the power of the attack, his body was very solid, relying on the damage of the body and saved his life, but he was also hit hard and almost died. Brahma said that the Heavenly Dragon had survived in the Three Realms for too long. As long as the consciousness exists, he can't die at all, he only needs to reabsorb the aura between heaven and earth, and he can be resurrected. That day happened to be the time when the angel was crying, and he took the opportunity to absorb a lot of energy. When I rescued you, I brought him back by the way, and he is now in the process of recovering from his cultivation, and it will take about a year or so to return to his previous state. You don't have to worry about him, what you have to worry about is yourself, that place is too scary, so don't go. ”
I knew that Lucifer was doing it for my good, and he wanted to dispel my thoughts, but what I had already decided would not change no matter what, I smiled slightly, and said, "Since Brahma said that it is okay, I will rest assured." You and the Immortal both said that place was terrifying, so tell me about it now, and let me be prepared. ”
Lucifer shook his head, with a misty look in his eyes, and said slowly, "That's a place that shouldn't have been there at all. He's in a corner of the underworld, and remember what I told you about the places in the underworld that you can't go, and once you get in, it's hard to come out again. That place is the most dangerous and terrifying of them all, and the people of the underworld call it the Cave of Soul Eaters. How it came to be, I'm afraid, is known only to the Father, and there, there is no life within a hundred miles. I came to the Underworld because I was an Angel of Freedom, even though Lord Hades wanted to take me in. But it was opposed by all the races of the underworld, after all, I had killed too many creatures of the underworld in the war between the two realms before. Eventually, they unanimously agreed that I would accept me into the Underworld as long as I could emerge alive from the Soul Eater. When I first came to the underworld, I agreed in a fit of rage. ”
A twinkle of fear flashed in Lucifer's eyes, and after a while, he continued: "Those who have not been there cannot imagine what a terrible place it is. I entered the Soul Eater Cave and I used my divine power to protect my body, you know, what did I see there?"
I shook my head and said, "Is it the breath of the soul and death?"
Lucifer shook his head and said, "No, I've seen a lot of unjust souls, and I haven't seen any visions of the underworld when I fought with the twelve witches of the underworld before." To be honest, if it weren't for you, I really wouldn't want to mention what happened during that time, and the first person I saw in the Soul Eater Cave was God the Father. ”
I was amazed and said, "Father?"
Lucifer nodded and said, "Yes, as soon as I entered the cave of the underworld, I was sucked into an unusually powerful energy, and later, I met the Father. God the Father talked to me, talked to me, took me around in the divine realm, and it felt really comfortable to be with Him, for hundreds of years. However, one thing I discovered by accident was that the Father, who had been so good to me and who had lived with me, turned out to be just a phantom, a phantom in my head. I had an outburst, and after all the illusions had vanished, I found myself in a world without any light. I knew very well that while it was all a phantom, time was a real pass. I was so easily trapped in the Devouring Cavern for a hundred years! I almost went crazy. Finally I adjusted my mentality, and just as I was trying to figure out how to get out, the apparition reappeared, and you know who it was this time? ”
I couldn't help but be surprised to hear him say that, "What? ”
Lucifer nodded heavily, and said, "Yes, it's Brother Theomandis, the phantom brought me to the time when the six first-level gods of our God Realm were just born, and Theomandis and I were just engaged and were playing together. Even though I knew it was an illusion, I almost sank again. When I slay the Phantom's Theomandis brothers, his desperate look nearly broke me. I fainted and didn't know how long it took to wake up again. When I woke up, I was in a phantom, and a girl took care of me, and that girl was my long-time crush, and now I am not afraid to tell you that she is Princess Fairwina. ”
I lost my voice again, "What? Princess Philyunna is your sweetheart?"
Lucifer smiled bitterly: "I'm surprised, isn't it, but it's true, this is something like Gabriel, we have always had a crush on Philuna, it's a deep love! It was the Soul Eater Cave that turned this regret into an illusion once again, a new nightmare for me. However, the Devouring Cavern was wrong this time. As much as I love Princess Ferwina, I know she doesn't love me. And the Devouring Cave made her fall in love with me. Wrapping her tenderness around me, to be honest, although I knew it was an apparition, I really didn't want to come to my senses. I was able to escape from the Soul Eater Cave because of the Phantom Philvana when she wanted to sacrifice her first time to me. When I touched the solid-like skin, my conscience awakened. How could I have violated her, and it was then that I came to my senses, and everything was gone, and I fell into darkness, and when I woke up again, I had come out of the devouring cave and came outside. It was much later that I fully understood the meaning of the Devouring Cave. That is, you must overcome yourself, and if you stay there for too long, you will be completely melted by the dark power in it, lose consciousness, and become part of the Devouring Cave. This may be the so-called killing without a knife. After coming out of there, for a long time, I thought of everything as an illusion, and during that time I killed many creatures. It wasn't until Lord Immortal defeated me that I escaped from the nightmare, but it took another hundred years for me to become normal. Brother, it's hard to escape that real illusion. So, I really don't want you to take this risk, when you go in, you're likely to be captivated by the phantom, and even if you can get out, maybe hundreds or even thousands of years later. ”
I felt a chill in my heart, what Lucifer said was terrible. If my apparition is my friend, my beloved, can I do it, can I not be deceived?
Lucifer said, "Give up, brother. Go back to the human world, don't you still have many friends and relatives waiting for you?"
I stood for a long time, shook my head slowly, and said, "No, big brother, I still have to go, I swore when I married Zi Yan that I would protect her for the rest of my life, forever, I can't break my oath, I will never give up on her, I must save her." I smiled lightly and said, "Aren't they just phantoms? Just cut them down, big brother, don't worry about me anymore." By the way, if that's all there is to it, then why does Hades say that if I come out of it in a short time, I will get a lot of power?"
Lucifer shook his head and said, "I don't know much about this, but I know that although the Soul Eater Cave is terrifying, it contains a very large amount of energy, and it is very pure, it can be divine power or dark power, after I came out, I found that my ability was not only converted into dark power, but also weakened a little, probably because I stayed in it for too long and was absorbed a lot of power, and then I was able to recover after meditating for a long time." If it can really come out in a short time, it is indeed possible to absorb the energy inside and cause a great increase in power. However, as far as I know, I am the only one who has made it out alive in the Soul Eater Cave. ”
Lucifer's words constantly stimulated my nerves, and I smiled miserably and said, "Big brother, I want to stay alone for a while, you can wait for me in the Demon God Temple, and when I am adjusted, we will go to the Soul Eater Cave." ”
Lucifer said bitterly, "Brother, are you really not thinking about it anymore?"
I nodded and said, "Let me be alone for a while." ”
Lucifer let out a long sigh, and the black glow flashed and disappeared into the room.
I was the only one left in the whole room, I sat there in a daze, Zi Yan, Zi Yan, maybe we will say goodbye forever.
I sat still, my mind was blank, and after a long time, I stood up abruptly, pushed the door open, and said to Lucifer, "Big brother, how long have you been waiting for me?"
Lucifer said, "There is a human realm. ”
I smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "Let's go, send me to the Soul Eater Cave." ”
Lucifer said: "Brother, your complexion is not very good, it is better to rest for a few more days." ”
I shook my head and said, "No, didn't you say there were only phantoms? I don't have enough skills right now, so please fly over with me. I'm not going to say goodbye to Lord Hades. When I'm in the Soul Eater, come back and tell him. ”
The black light flashed in Lucifer's hand, and Mo Ming appeared in front of me, "Brother, take it, maybe it can help you." The Ink Sword was originally an ore that I brought out of the Soul Eater Cave, and it was cut down from the cave when I finally defeated Philyun's phantom, and it contains great energy, and later I used dark magic to make it what it is now, if you can cultivate my Heavenly Demon Determination to the highest level and fully exert its power, you can become the second fallen angel. There is no secret to the final cultivation of the Heavenly Demon Duel, only to constantly enhance your energy, and when the purple hexagonal at the center of your eyebrows comes out of your body and turns into a black divine emblem, you will have practiced. ”
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