Chapter 1 The Underworld God Temple

In the Underworld God Temple.

Qiao Yu, in the midst of reincarnation, had his eyes tightly closed. Above his divine sense, nine divine flames of Law appeared.

Any one of the divine flames of Law, once completely ignited, could propel him into the True God realm in an instant.

However, Qiao Yu remained still, simply floating in the endless cycle of reincarnation.

"No… this isn't enough to transcend reincarnation."

Qiao Yu wasn't sure why he was doing this, but a voice in his heart kept telling him that these Laws were not enough.

These Laws were not enough, he needed even more powerful Law power.

Driven by this thought, Qiao Yu tried to ignite a tenth divine flame of Law!

As soon as this idea arose, the other nine divine flames of Law above his divine sense began to sway violently. Then, the nine divine flames were instantly extinguished, directly waking Qiao Yu from the endless cycle of reincarnation.

Qiao Yu in the Underworld God Temple also opened his eyes instantly, gasping for breath.

He could sense that he had almost grasped something, but something seemed to be preventing him from seizing that wisp of feeling.

Looking at Qiao Yu, who was still at the peak of the Pseudo-God stage, Hades was completely silent.

He couldn't imagine what kind of motivation could make a person abandon the Law of Reincarnation, the Law of Chaos, the Law of Lightning, the Law of Time – these heaven-defying Laws – and still try to ignite the tenth divine flame of Law.

This scene made even him, a Supreme God, feel a dense chill.

Even he was clearly within Qiao Anqing's calculations. In other words, Qiao Anqing regarded him, the King of the Underworld, as a chess piece.

He didn't intend to have him pass on the Law of Reincarnation to Qiao Yu at all, but wanted to use his Law of Reincarnation to achieve some purpose he was unaware of.

Qiao Anqing, that madman… what exactly does he want to do?

"Thank you, Hades, but it seems I messed up," Qiao Yu said, scratching his head embarrassedly.

He didn't know why he had done that just now, he just had an impulse in his heart.

"It doesn't matter, I haven't lost anything. I have done what I promised your father, you can leave the Underworld," Hades said, shaking his head.

"Leave the Underworld?" Qiao Yu was instantly dumbfounded upon hearing this. "Big brother, are you kidding me? What about my women?"

"Women? What women?" A look of astonishment also appeared on Hades' face.

Now it was Qiao Yu's turn to be confused. Zuo Yu had been brought to the Underworld by Hypnos, and according to Hermes, An Liya should have been sent to the Underworld as well.

How could Hades, as the King of the Underworld, not know about this?

Qiao Yu instantly realized that something was wrong. He turned his gaze to Thanatos and Hypnos, who had been silent all along.

These two guys couldn't possibly betray King Hades, could they?

These two guys had been loyal to the King of the Underworld since the era of ancient mythology.

At this moment, Qiao Yu remembered the stone carvings he had seen under the Yellow Springs! The scenes on the stone carvings kept replaying in Qiao Yu's mind!

Qiao Yu seemed to have grasped something, but it was as elusive as the moon in a mirror or a flower in the water. He quickly raised his eyes and stared at Hades, asking,

"Hades, tell me quickly! What were the terms of your deal with my father?"

Hades was stunned by the question, but he still said,

"The deal I made with him was very simple. What I had to do was to pass on the Law of Reincarnation to you after I met you. And what he had to do was to cut off the evil thoughts that had already developed independent personalities for me. After the evil thoughts were cut off, my strength was directly cut in half, which is why I closed the Underworld."

Qiao Yu's eyes widened, and his head exploded with a bang.

That powerful and terrifying man on the stone carvings in front of the Yellow Springs, was he really his father?

At this moment, all the mysteries converged into an answer in Qiao Yu's mind.

The deal between his father and Hades, the identity of the Scholar Ghost, and why Hades didn't know about Zuo Yu and An Liya.

Qiao Yu slowly sighed, "Hades, the Underworld is probably going to be in trouble."

Hades frowned upon hearing this, seeming a little displeased.

However, Qiao Yu ignored him and continued to speak on his own.

"Scholar Ghost, I have to say, you really won. I never thought that the one who has been scheming against me all along would be you."

As soon as Qiao Yu's voice fell, Nether energy began to surge from his body.

"Qiao Yu, speaking of which, I have to thank you. Without you, I really wouldn't have had the chance to return to this long-lost Underworld God Temple so quietly."

The figure of the Scholar Ghost appeared in the Underworld God Temple. Nourished by the purest Nether energy, he had recovered to his full strength.

He was wearing a scholar's robe, with the temperament of a scholar, but at this time, the Scholar Ghost's expression had become very cold.

"Evil thought!"

Hades exclaimed in shock, and his pupils also shook violently in an instant.

Qiao Anqing had once helped him cut off his evil thoughts, and these evil thoughts were also abandoned by him outside the Underworld.

Logically speaking, as long as the Scholar Ghost dared to enter the Underworld, he would be immediately detected by him, and as long as the Scholar Ghost couldn't enter the Underworld God Temple, he would never have the power to contend with him.

But he never would have thought that the Scholar Ghost would choose to exhaust all his strength and sleep in Qiao Yu's undead space.

This was equivalent to a gamble, betting that Qiao Yu was a person of great affection and righteousness.

Because in that state, if Qiao Yu wanted to kill him or repay kindness with hatred, the Scholar Ghost might really never wake up again.

But in the current situation, it was obvious that the Scholar Ghost had won the gamble.

Qiao Yu looked at the Scholar Ghost, his expression becoming very complicated, and the scenes they had experienced together kept flashing in his mind.

All along, although Qiao Yu was cold-blooded and ruthless, and would do anything to achieve his goals, he had never been stingy with the people around him.

But no matter what, he would never have thought that the Scholar Ghost had been scheming against him all along.

"God of Death, Thanatos."

"God of Sleep, Hypnos."

"Greetings, Lord Hades!" x2

Hypnos and Thanatos slowly knelt down to the Scholar Ghost.

Qiao Yu was not surprised by this scene, he had already guessed it.

The reason why Hypnos and Thanatos could betray King Hades could only be another Hades.

And the fact that Hypnos and Thanatos were loyal to the Scholar Ghost also meant that whether Zuo Yu was taken away before, or the collapse of the Pseudo-Underworld, were actually arranged by the Scholar Ghost.

When all the impossibilities were eliminated, the remaining one, no matter how unbelievable, was the truth.

Hades on the throne of death had already widened his eyes, his eyes filled with shock, and he questioned sternly.

"Thanatos, Hypnos, you actually want to betray me and turn to my evil thoughts?!"

The Scholar Ghost also looked coldly at Hades on the throne. The two Hades, who looked exactly the same, stared at each other, and the Scholar Ghost said coldly.

"You are a failed god, you are too indecisive. Do you really think that closing the Underworld will allow you to sit back and relax?"

"Do you know what Hermes' mission for this Qiao Yu is? When he thinks I'm gone, he'll directly have him come to the Underworld and cut off your head."

"This Underworld only needs one Hades. Now, it's time for you to get off that throne."