[{"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-636":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},418576,682,"Chapter 636: Tenth Expansion, And The Infinite Branches","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-636",636,"\u003Cp>Nameless Death looked at him carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You’re insane. If you wanted to teach me that technique, you could’ve taught it to me with a more normal method.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no intention of ever harming Nameless Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would he do that to a person who liked games enough to combine them into his Path?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he wanted was to help Nameless Death learn Resonance properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Resonance he had used against Barbatos was half-baked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the one he used right now was good enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole sipped his coffee again and leaned against the balcony railing like nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll give you the freebie when I feel like it, and now you can go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death’s consciousness blanked out instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened his eyes again, he was back in his forge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly looked down at his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power pulsed through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt far stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resonance had taken root within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it clearly now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’My strength... it’s several folds higher than before.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the most shocking part?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I should be able to fight a Stage-5 now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea alone was absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leap from peak Stage-4 to Stage-5 was an infinitely wide chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death doubted anyone in the history had ever been able to cross that chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he could do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still processing the weight of that realization when he heard Leonora’s voice behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nameless Death?\" she called out. \"Did something... happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You feel different,\" she said, stepping closer. \"Your presence... it’s changed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She narrowed her eyes, scanning him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As someone who had housed a Supreme in her body multiple times, Leonora had a sensitivity to strength that few others could match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even subtle changes didn’t escape her notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s nothing much,\" Nameless Death replied. \"How much time has passed since I started meditating?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An hour,\" she said after a short pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That lined up with how long he had spent speaking with Cole. He nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without explaining further, he sat back down and resumed his meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no more distractions now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s time I devour the Path of Achievement.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cracked open his Seed of Existence again and reached inward, targeting a very specific part of himself—his Intent of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within that Intent, the connection to the Universal Codex System resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He aimed for it and began devouring the thread connecting to his Intent of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he touched it, something hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming flood of information slammed into his mind like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thread contained knowledge about himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the information being sent by Universal Codex System to update his status in real-time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each moment of his existence, each shift in power, each passing second was being recorded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched his jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flood of information was too overwhelming. Even for someone like him, the intensity was staggering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced himself to endure it and kept devouring the connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Darkness wrapped around the thread of information like a hand gripping a rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his Consciousness, he followed the path of the thread to its source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It led him into a strange series of subdimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadowy spaces filled with distorted time and fragmented matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved through them blindly, like a man in a dark tunnel holding onto a single rope, hoping it would lead somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thread he was following wasn’t alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of others floated nearby. Then hundreds. Thousands. Millions. They kept increasing until their numbers became uncountable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t touch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to see where they were all heading before doing anything that might affect others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devouring one was one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accidentally severing another being’s connection to their System? That was something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when he noticed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death crossed some sort of boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up... and froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill ran through his entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him floated a single, thin line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed almost meaningless at first, barely even visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then it expanded. Suddenly and violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It grew thicker—infinitely thick—before collapsing back to its original form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it expanded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pulsed like a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine times it expanded and shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of those nine expansions looked lifeless. Burnt down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tenth expansion was unlike them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was brimming with energy. With life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are those two expansions fused?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ninth and tenth expansions were fused together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a clean fusion, either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked forced, ugly, almost broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pulse of energy between the two didn’t blend naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like watching a scar form between two worlds that weren’t meant to touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the horror revealed itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the tenth expansion, the line began branching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infinitely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every heartbeat birthed new paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some glowed bright for a moment, then dimmed and faded like burnt-out stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others remained vibrant like the tenth expansion and stretched outward endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are these branches?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death stared, overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t the worst part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above all of it—hovering over the tenth expansion and its infinite branches—was a figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive silhouette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chains bound his limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swords were stabbed into his torso and arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dragon devouring its own tail was tattooed on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood dripped from his wounds and fell into the tenth expansion, feeding the ever-growing branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death couldn’t understand what he was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t knowwhothat was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But deep down, his subconsciousness recognized the weight of the truth before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Existence shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thread he’d been following continued forward, flowing into a cube floating just below the figure’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless other threads from the tenth expansion and its infinite branches flowed into that same cube.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That cube...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Universal Codex System.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death’s head throbbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t supposed to see this. His subconsciousness was trying to make him leave this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even without it, something—or someone—was trying to push him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A foreign force was closing in, trying to eject him from this space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever this realm was, he wasn’t supposed to be here. Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t back away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grit his teeth and pushed forward, dragging himself through the pressure like he was wading through thick mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each movement took effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body didn’t move the way it should.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space around him didn’t follow normal laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he kept going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I need to reach that cube.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to devour the cube, or at least a part of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would grant him the understanding of Path of Achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can recreate the Universal Codex System with Shadow Core Concept. All I know need to do is devour it and understand how it works.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got closer. Inch by inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cube glowed brighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The threads attached to it pulsed, like veins in a heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every moment he stayed, the pressure increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was starting to lose sensation in his limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts were slowing. Even his Darkness was starting to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he forced it back into motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d come this far. He wasn’t going to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not after seeingthat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten expansions. The branching lines. The figure in chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this cube... this System... the anchor that was holding everything from descending into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death reached out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers stretched forward, trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>",1243,"2026-05-30T08:01:10.243Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","eae845340b758b5bcb5c36bd309da5f01fb5b18a982d8da453767013b6236113","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-637","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-635",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]