[{"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-789":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},418779,682,"Chapter 789: Land Of Hope And Despair [2]","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-789",789,"\u003Cp>Neo took a shaky breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... just stop burning the Life Flame... before it is completely used up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a risky gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Record began the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cracked Sword—Neo’s Life Flame—started trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cracks widened slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo shuddered and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning his Life Flame and consciousness was nothing small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like his entire mind caught fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain tore through him, so sharp that he almost reached up to tear his own hair out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suffered under than pain for hours before he fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything went dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that darkness, he felt hands lifting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone was carrying him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft, blurry voices reached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is... cultivator... it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help... village...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could... danger... shouldn’t...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t understand the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body hurt too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technique was healing him, but the cost was brutal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning his Life Flame and consciousness to heal was like eating your own flesh to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if someone accepted the idea, the efficiency was extremely low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo drifted in and out as someone placed him on straw mats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything around him felt like a blur of sound and darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed without shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds, minutes, hours, he couldn’t tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew someone was placing wet cloth on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone fed him warm soup with slow, careful hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone stayed beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Heavenly Record kept healing his wounds bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe it was days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could have even been weeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But slowly, his strength began to return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, his eyes opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at a mud ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body felt weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reminded him of when he still had a Awakened Demigod-rank body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep, slow breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even that made his chest ache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was lying inside a small mud hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin, torn blanket rested over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold air brushed his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cold? I can feel cold?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world was too strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo couldn’t tell if he had grown much weaker... or if the world itself was simply stronger in some unknown way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the bed beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a real bed, just straw piled on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His \"pillow\" was another bundle of straw tied together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed himself up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp pain cut through his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... is this...?\" he coughed, blood spilling from his lips. \"Is... healing not... completed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is it, Master.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Anything more, and your Life Flame will reach critical level and you will die.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Neo could respond, someone opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young girl, maybe eight years old, peeked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped inside and looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes met Neo’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stared at each other for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo gave a small nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello. Were you the one who helped—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyaaa! Brother! The strange uncle is awake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, wait. I’m not an uncle,\" he called, but his voice was too weak to be loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl didn’t listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dashed out of the hut while shouting those words to everyone nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, a boy around fifteen stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl hid behind him and peeked from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy looked nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are you feeling now?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m much better. Thank you for taking care of me until now. I’m Neo Hargraves,\" Neo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m Dara,\" the boy replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still looked uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes studied Neo with a mixture of caution and curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl tugged on her brother’s sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she asked, \"Uncle, are you a cultivator? What Dao do you follow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gina! Is this how you talk!?\" the boy scolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s face twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waaah! Why are you scolding me? I was just asking! Waaah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait—wait, stop crying,\" Dara said in panic. He had scolded her only for her safety. Cultivators were known to be eccentric and would kill anyone if they believed they were disrespected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dara tried patting her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made her cry harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried wiping her tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She howled even louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo watched the entire scene from the straw bed, unsure whether to laugh or sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few long minutes, Dara finally dragged the crying girl out of the hut and sent her away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned alone and stood in front of Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo could already tell the boy wanted something from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a reason he saved Neo instead of leaving him to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dara hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... are you a cultivator?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s a cultivator?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy’s excitement drained from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shoulders dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever he was hoping for clearly collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he tried to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivators are people who breathe in the Qi of Heaven and Earth. They cultivate a Cosmos inside themselves. That is what I heard. But this is just common knowledge. I don’t know much more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ACosmosinside themselves?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was... familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators here created Cosmos inside themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenbreakers did that too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way the boy spoke, it sounded like this was normal here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo asked carefully, \"How many Heaven— Cultivators are here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? I... I don’t know. Only people in the Heavenly Sect would know,\" Dara replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo felt something twist in his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heavenly Sect?\" he repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the big sect. The one where cultivators train. You don’t know even this?\" Dara asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo’s fingers tightened around the straw beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something felt wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world had Laws that crushed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A technique that burned his life barely kept him alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people here spoke of Cosmos cultivation like it was normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart gave a slow, heavy beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What is this place?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed the question aside and lowered his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for helping me,\" he said again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh— it’s fine. Don’t worry about it,\" the boy replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t leave after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stayed there, standing in silence, watching Neo with an unsure expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo noticed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked, \"Is there something you wish to tell me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy hesitated for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed himself up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs trembled, and his body felt weak, but he managed to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense that the boy wanted him gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children seemed to have very little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking care of another person must have been hard for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had spent their time and resources on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo wanted to repay them somehow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now, he could barely walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had far bigger problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loan had affected his Cosmos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know the rules of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he wanted to help the children before leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any wild animal troubling your village?\" Neo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lived in a forest area, and from what he had seen, everyone here was a normal human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dealing with wild beasts would be dangerous for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was weak, he believed he could hunt at least a monster or two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be enough to repay their kindness for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy blinked and nodded slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a bear in the north forest. But it’s quite dangerous. So be careful to not leave through that direction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1224,"2026-05-30T08:01:16.613Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.950Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f25490bec293dc73c0937b2a9ccb8ff8c6ed076d1ffa06e222598a3782b685f","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-790","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-788",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]