[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades":3,"chapter-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-288":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},418078,682,"Chapter 288 True Immortality","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-288",288,"\u003Cp>Neo could hear the laughing voice of the [Angel] when his expression faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a maggot managed to reach him and bit his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cleaved away the damaged part before using his blessing to regenerate the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing was becoming heavy as he kept healing himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To fight the maggots, he needed to be in his best condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to use the Essence Breath Spell to refill his empty Divine Energy reservoirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world core, having been corrupted, could not generate mana anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no energy present in the air that Neo could absorb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days passed as he kept moving northward with no rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The void corrupts you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The void corrupts you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The void corrupts you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The void corrupts you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple cracks continued to spread on his limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Neo ignored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had void affinity because he had been infected by the Void since long ago. It probably happened when the Void window wiped out the Hephaestus clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Jack, Neo wouldn't lose all of his abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How long do you think you can last? Your Seed of Existence is about to be destroyed.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The angel stopped paying attention to him when he didn't respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo kept moving forward with a single goal in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to reach the north pole and activate the World Time Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts came to a stop, and his body stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exhausted, he fell into the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His limbs wouldn't move, and his thoughts were slowly coming to a stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying to Void would destroy his Seed of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Skill wouldn't revive him from such death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I… can't… fall here….'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo clawed at the snow and tried to pull his body forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body mindlessly repeated the same actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's Willpower was nigh infinite, and he refused to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, without power to back him up, his Willpower was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple cracks fully covered Neo's skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four days later, his body shattered, and he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gap of Dimensions, Between Shadow World and Earth Dimension\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack appeared in an empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clarity slowly returned to his hazy eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around, looking from where he had come, hoping to find the door of shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was not there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He covered his face with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Argh… ah… aah…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of despair was present in his eyes as he groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His nails dug into his skin, and he started to pull out his hair without realizing what he was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was in chaos, and it failed to register the physical pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain of losing everyone was tearing him apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A human-sized doll materialized before Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed a hand over his hand, and a foreign power entered Jack's head through her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, clarity returned to Jack's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaos swirling in his mind subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the doll in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are J #48, a Gatekeeper of Shadow World,\" she introduced herself. \"Since you have left the Shadow World, we will be sending you—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send me back to the Shadow World. Please,\" Jack pleaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That isn't possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—I'll do anything that the Shadow Supreme wants from me. Just send me back. I can't let them all die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can't do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack didn't shout or get angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After J #48 calmed his emotions, he could think clearly, and he understood that shouting at her would only make the other party reluctant to help him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides…\" J #48 looked at him with a confused gaze. \"Why are you so sure everyone will die? For one, Neo Hargraves will definitely survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack #48 seemed sure of her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is an Immortal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow World\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's body crumbled into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His soul and Core suffered the same fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same thing happened to his Seed of Existence when suddenly something astonishing occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little less than half of his Seed of Existence still remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corruption from the Void flared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Seed of Existence, which was now ¼ of its original size, shrank again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for some reason, it couldn't be destroyed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shrank to 1\u002F8 of the original size of his Seed of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same thing kept on repeating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of being completely erased, a small portion of Neo's Seed of Existence remained before it got reduced again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eternal]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the skill was at the peak of Grade 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reduced all types of harmful effects and damages by 40%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To understand how it was protecting Neo's Seed of Existence from being destroyed, one had to understand how corruption killed anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an example, Corruption of Void could be compared to a gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone was shot at their heart, what would be the cause of their death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or the stopping of the heart that pumped blood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say the person died due to the bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the actual reason, in the given example, was death due to damage to a vital organ necessary for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if the heart could be saved, the person wouldn't die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the heart stopped, the person would die even if the bullet had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same for Neo's current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet was the corruption, and his heart was his Seed of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corruption of the Void was too strong for Neo to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It destroyed his Seed of Existence completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or it was supposed to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Corruption of Void] and the [destruction of his Seed of Existence] were two different events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were related events, but they were still different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eternal reduced the corruption of Void by 40%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the remaining 60% of corruption was strong enough to kill Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this case, Eternal couldn't help him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining 60% of corruption caused his Seed of Existence to be destroyed 'completely.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was another type of attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eternal again reduced the damage by 40%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of being destroyed completely, only two-thirds of his Seed of Existence was destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it didn't change his current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corruption continued to attack the remaining portion of Neo's Seed of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Eternal did was delay its destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To explain it with another example, we could think of Neo's Seed of Existence as the number '1.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corruption was supposed to reduce his number '1' to number '0' instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Eternal resisted the damage, and the number '1' was reduced to only number '0.4.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, corruption attacked him, and Eternal protected him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number reduced from 0.4 to 0.16.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then to 0.064.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then to 0.0256, and so on….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eternal turned the instantaneous destruction of Neo's Seed of Existence into an infinitely long process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill would keep a small portion of his Seed of Existence alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It by itself was nothing special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A portion of the Seed of Existence could not do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Neo had another skill that was perfectly synergized with the Eternal skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Immortal]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill could revive him as long as his Seed of Existence remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 11 hours, 59 minutes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 11 hours, 58 minutes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 11 hours, 56 minu….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 11 hours….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 10 ho….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 6 ho….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 4….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[….]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Remaining: 00 hours, 00 minutes]\u003C\u002Fp>",1246,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","df9389ad7df1d08606ec17d52482bbd72d47fbfd96444639cc6a5f6698215984","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-289","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-287",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]