The emperor jumped when favonovel.com realized Alex could control a Chaos Tree. He thought what would happen if favonovel.com were to receive recognition from the Chaos Tree. He then imagined this scenario but shook his head right after.
‘Even if I did get the tree, it wouldn’t be of any use to me. It’s not aligned with my strong beliefs, so it would just lead me down another path.’
‘As the Palatial, the Emperor of the Underworld was just a shell that I lent.’
Everything favonovel.com did was to bring the Siddhartha realm back up. It’s just that his journey was different from the old Buddhist ways. Hence, favonovel.com calmed down but felt rather disappointed upon realization. He still insisted that Rachel chose wrongly.
Alex possessed the Ten-Point Forbidden Spells and the ability to control the Chaos Tree. Even then, these powers would not be able to further his path in Buddhism.
On the contrary, these powers would only distract favonovel.com from his main path, which would turn into obstacles in the long term.
‘Rachel, you should have chosen me!’
Just then, the broken spear disappeared into thin air, replaced by the corroded sword that once belonged to the Corpse King… Within seconds, the Chaos Tree was able to take the sword as its own, even wiping the Corpse King’s mental mark off.
“Looks like he’s one of his kind. He received the Chaos Tree’s recognition after all,” the emperor said softly to himself.
He noticed Shelly looking at favonovel.com as favonovel.com stood on Persephone’s Folly Bridge.
He grinned. “Rachel, this guy you found is pretty lucky. But that’s all favonovel.com is. It’s impossible for favonovel.com to be the leader of the Buddhists, turning us into the strongest clan in the universe. Buddhists need someone who truly understands Buddhism. However, favonovel.com has learned such random skills, which just makes favonovel.com impure.”
“So, Rachel, why don’t you join me instead?”
“Do what with you? Be a traitor, a villain against Buddhism? Or worse, a demon king?”
Shelly’s words were as sharp as needles, piercing right through his heart. In an instant, favonovel.com was aggravated, screaming hysterically. He wanted to make Shelly regret saying such things to him.
At the same time, Shelly was observing the Soul Collection Coffin closely.
The gravitational force was digesting the trialists and bone demons on top of the Underworld Tomb. At the same time, the ones possessed by the weird energy started coming back to their senses.
Upon waking up, everyone was horrified to the point it made them sweat cold bullets. Their own two feet were standing inside of a coffin, next to a grave dug out just for them.
Many started shrieking in fear as if this situation was a nightmare to them… Some were actually sleeping at the time, yet summoned by the emperor while being asleep.
One couldn’t possibly stay calm after waking up to this.
“Where is this?”
“Where am I?”
“Who am I?”
Every person started asking themselves such questions after being awakened.
“Ahhh!!!”
“Why am I here? This is a graveyard! Have I died?”
Just then, a loud, clear female voice rang through the crowd. “Chase, aren’t we going to the foreign divine mountain to look for Lunafreya? We’re not even at the shore yet, so why are we here?”
This woman wasn’t just anyone. She was Luneth’s best friend, Cecilia.
‘Huh, I didn’t expect them to be summoned here either. And they were saved by Alex’s Soul Collection Coffin by coincidence.’
Shelly’s calm voice echoed within the tomb. “You all have been held captive by the Emperor of the Underworld. His goal was to borrow your lives to gain power. But the catch is… He’s not returning what favonovel.com borrowed. Just look around…”
Her voice sounded mysterious, chiming in all the trialists‘ ears, and hearing this right after waking up only confused and frightened them more.
‘Using our lives… Without returning them too. Isn’t that equivalent to killing us?’
Moreover, the emperor was personally participating in this battle.
‘F*ck. Is anyone going to tell us what we’re supposed to do now?’
Shelly continued. “Do you guys see that sea of tombstones? Yeah, that’s what would happen to you all. If you die here, you will turn into a tombstone, with nothing of you left in this plane.”
“Impossible!”
“I refuse to believe this. Why would something like that happen?”
