Chapter 388

Just as one's underworld armor can only be transformed into divine underworld armor by one's own blood, only corresponding divine blood and divine power can cause a holy armor to undergo mutation.

But the Phoenix constellation before him clearly had not received Athena's divine blood, and his small universe was only at the peak of the seventh sense; even with a god's help, it would be impossible to break through to the eighth sense at such speed and awaken the divine armor! If the one standing before me were Athena herself, Hades could still accept this, but the god standing before me is clearly a strange deity—how did he cause Athena's divine armor to evolve?

At this moment, Phoenix Ikki also felt his own change; under the support of the divine armor, Phoenix Ikki, who had originally been at a disadvantage and could barely resist Hades' soul, now saw the situation reverse.

The enhancement the divine armor provides to Saints is truly immense—even Luode did not expect the Phoenix constellation to actually evolve into divine armor.

"This, this is impossible, why? Why do you possess the power to evolve divine armor? Wait, this, this is primordial divine power—how, how could you have primordial divine power?" Hades' soul instantly wore a horrified expression, staring at Luode with utter shock.

If not for the divine power of a corresponding chief god, one would want to let ordinary holy armor evolve into divine armor.

Then one can only use primordial divine power—and what is primordial divine power? It is the divine power possessed only by the holders of ultimate power, by those beings born at the dawn of creation.

To possess primordial divine power means one can create a divine race of one's own, can establish a pantheon.

Only their purest, most primordial divine power can allow Athena's holy armor to evolve into the divine armor state.

Such primordial divine power is extremely precious, something one can encounter but never seek; even if these chief gods obtained primordial divine power, they would carefully preserve it, then absorb it themselves to enhance their original divine power, further strengthening the burning state of their divine small universe.

Moreover, this god injected powerful life force into Phoenix Ikki's body, strengthening his soul, which allowed him to easily break through to the eighth sense.

And Hades fearfully discovered that Phoenix Ikki's entire body had changed—he had gone from an ordinary mortal's flesh to a genuine half-god.

No mistake? Must I really go to such lengths against you? Actually creating a half-god's body to imprison my soul.

"You, you—what kind of god are you? You, you are a primordial god! You, no, you clearly do not possess ultimate power—if you possessed ultimate power! I could not possibly resist you." Hades' soul let out a furious roar.

If truly a primordial god of ultimate divine power stood before me, Hades would not even dare to resist; he would surely be defeated.

But the problem is, the opponent is clearly not a primordial god, yet the primordial divine power on him cannot be faked—meaning the god before me has already stepped into the threshold of ultimate power! He may one day become a true primordial god, the most powerful existence beneath the Absolute God!

Such a great being capable of ascending to primordial godhood—actually, actually wants to deal with me? What merit or ability does Hades have?

However, Luode and Phoenix Ikki have no intention of explaining anything to Hades—now is the perfect moment to strike while he's vulnerable.

"Take this! Hades! Phoenix constellation's ultimate secret technique, Phoenix Wing Heaven Soar!" The soul of the Phoenix constellation burned his small universe wildly, even mixed with Luode's divine power and life energy, aimed at Hades' soul, and unleashed an unimaginable attack.

Hades fearfully discovered his soul power had already begun to falter, being crushed by the Phoenix constellation within this body.

And the outcome of this crushing—Hades knew it all too well: at this moment, the god standing beside him revealed a hint of an evil smile, continuously drawing upon his soul energy through his special ability.

"You despicable wretch! Why would someone like you possess primordial divine power? Why would you possess primordial divine power?"

"Well done! Phoenix constellation, this time you successfully defeated Hades—you deserve all the credit." At this moment, Luode finally seized absolute initiative.

He completely extracted Hades' soul, then transformed it into the purest soul power and sealed it away.

"Ah ah ah! Unbelievable, unbelievable! I! I actually lost to you!" Hades let out his final unwilling roar.

After driving out Hades' soul, Phoenix constellation finally could not hold on and fainted outright.

Though his divine armor no longer had the support of the eighth-sense small universe, it still maintained its divine armor state.

Even after Phoenix constellation fainted, it did not revert to the bronze holy armor state; the primordial divine power Luode infused caused this bronze holy armor to undergo unimaginable changes.

It seems my primordial divine power is truly precious! This most primordial and pure divine power originally belonged to the Titan world of war gods.

My ten-tailed beast, having accidentally obtained this power, now appears somewhat withered in the private space, as I have continuously drawn its primordial divine power recently.

Luode pondered for a moment, then directly released all the ten-tailed beasts he had previously cultivated, even including the ten-tailed beast of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

Then he began letting his primordial divine power ten-tailed beast devour, swallowing all those ten-tailed beasts whole.

The most important aspect of the ten-tailed beast is life energy, and also chakra! They were originally of the same root and source; although these stone-tailed beasts contained no primordial divine power within, their strong life force and pure chakra energy should be able to supplement this Titan ten-tailed beast of mine.

After receiving Luode's command, the ten-tailed beast possessing primordial divine power instantly became excited, opened its blood-maw wide, and devoured the remaining ten-tailed beasts one by one.

After devouring several ten-tailed beasts in succession, the life force on the other side obviously surged; the previously lethargic state recovered, and even the primordial divine power within increased by about twenty percent.

"I guessed correctly! Primordial divine power! This ten-tailed beast can undergo primordial divine power transformation! If I use its flesh and blood to cultivate a new juvenile ten-tailed beast, perhaps I could devour the Titan god race's carcass." Luode spoke with excitement.

Although my ten-tailed beast has become just one, this single one can match all the previous ones combined—primordial divine power is something far more precious than chakra! The bodies of these Titan giants must be well preserved, or I may yet go to the war god world in the future.

Find a way to produce more of these Titans; the preciousness of this primordial divine power made Luode feel shocked for the first time in the Saints' world! Luode nodded in satisfaction, then exited his private space; from now on, if I cultivate ordinary ten-tailed beasts, I will directly let my primordial divine power ten-tailed beast devour them.

As long as primordial divine power is sufficient, Luode can even take an ordinary life form and directly catalyze it into a true god using primordial divine power—this primordial divine power from the Titans is that domineering, far surpassing the divine power of the Olympian clan.

At this moment, several hours had passed in the outside world's spacetime, and Phoenix Ikki also awoke.

Upon just waking, Phoenix Ikki felt changes in his body; at this moment, his body was filled with indescribable powerful energy.

And his body had become strong to the extreme; even his Phoenix constellation holy armor underwent a complete transformation, becoming extraordinarily exquisite and magnificent.

"Lu, Luode sir, I, I—what has happened to me?" Phoenix Ikki looked at Luode, his face full of surprise as he spoke.

"How to say it? To help you fight Hades, I infused your body with a large amount of primordial divine power, evolving you from an ordinary mortal into a half-god, and even bringing you close to a true god." Luode spoke.

"Old man gave you primordial divine power, and also infused your body with life force—you brat, not becoming a half-god would be letting me down."

"What! This, this how is it possible—I, I, actually, I actually became a half-god!"

Phoenix Ikki clenched his fist, burned his small universe a little, and said with a face full of surprise.

His small universe, compared to before, had undergone a complete transformation.

"Ikki, I give you a mission: return to the Sanctuary immediately, then clean up all the underworld warriors and sea warriors stationed there." Luode spoke.

Having received my divine power, it's not that simple—Phoenix constellation, from today on, you will follow my surname.

"Yes! Luode sir, subordinate, subordinate, I will set out now." Phoenix Ikki knelt on one knee before Luode, speaking respectfully. At this moment, Phoenix Ikki slightly felt something was off, but he could not pinpoint what.

He seemed to feel he should obey Luode sir's commands, and must follow whatever the other says.

It seemed Luode sir was the most important existence in his life, someone he must protect and guard—no matter what Luode sir says, he must obey.

Phoenix Ikki was transformed into a half-god by Luode's divine power and life energy; in a sense, he could even be said to be a life created by Luode, so for Luode.

The current Phoenix Ikki has a natural sense of closeness; even if the command is not excessive, he will obey, and even this command surpasses Athena's.

When Athena's holy armor is worn by the Saints, they naturally feel close to Athena, willing to die for her, willing to do anything for her.

Luode remembers that in the final chapter of the Hades myth, Athena could even make those originally in the sixth-sense small universe, Ye and Ye people, directly revert to ordinary humans.

Having received my divine power and life force, the current Phoenix constellation—whether holy armor or Ikki himself—will obey Luode's commands.

"Mm! Your matter, I will explain it to him after Athena awakens," Luode said, then turned and left; now I must hurry to the underworld and also receive Hades' body.

Phoenix Ikki nodded, began burning his powerful demigod-level small universe, the holy armor's wings spread, and he flew straight toward the Sanctuary.

At this time, the battle in the Sanctuary had reached a white-hot state, and all the Specters, after the arrival of Phoenix Ikki.

Basically, they were doomed to total annihilation, facing an existence with the Eighth Sense Cosmos and wearing the Sacred Cloth, unless they were god-level masters, ordinary Specters could absolutely not resist.

With the cooperation of the Gold Saints and other Bronze Saints, the battle throughout the Sanctuary gradually came to an end.

Some Bronze and Silver Saints died in battle, and among the Gold Saints, only Aldebaran of Taurus unfortunately died due to a sneak attack by the Specters, while the rest basically remained unharmed.

At this time, Luode also arrived at the completely undefended Underworld, the Twin Gods, Hades, King of the Underworld, and even all the Specters had already been dealt with by him, and now the entire Underworld only had some foot soldiers wearing skeletal Surplices.

Facing these foot soldiers, Luode was too lazy to even pay attention to them.

He went all the way to the Wailing Wall and used his own God Cosmos to open the God's Gate of the Wailing Wall, then successfully entered the true headquarters of Hades, King of the Underworld.

The legendary Elysian Fields, this place is a space of infinite size, with eternal spring, beautiful flowers everywhere, and countless fairies living here.

These beings are considered relatively pure in Hades' eyes; as for humans, no human has ever entered this Elysian Fields since its birth, and in Hades' view, all humans are filthy.

Currently, Hades, King of the Underworld, is in a sealed state, not dead, so the Underworld formed by his will and the Elysian Fields world have been perfectly preserved.

In the Saint Seiya cosmos, Hades, King of the Underworld, is the creator of the Underworld, not that Tartarus.

Luode soon arrived at a huge temple, which is Hades' mausoleum; since the mythological era, Hades has hidden his true divine body here.

Never disturbed before, but now this divine body of Hades, even the Godly Surplice he wears, and the God Sword of Hades, have all become Luode's spoils of war.

"After a period of time, once I take Hades' divinity and position, I will move the Elysian Fields and the Underworld into my private space."

Now my private space has evolved to the size of a solar system, expanding greatly under the support of the God Cosmos, and can easily hold an Underworld, even several more planets.

This divine body of Hades, in strength, is slightly stronger than the Greek gods of the War God world, but not by much.

The real difference between the gods of the two worlds mainly lies in the God Cosmos; with the God Cosmos' support, the gods of the Saint Seiya world can instantly kill the Greek gods of the War God world.

But if it's only a comparison of divine power, the difference between the gods of the Saint Seiya world and those of the ancient Greek world is not significant.

The true reason the gods of the Saint Seiya world surpass those of the War God world is their God Cosmos and the will of the gods.

After taking Hades' corpse, Luode returned to the Sanctuary, by which time several days had already passed.

The remaining Saints were cleaning the battlefield and burying the corpses of some foot soldiers and Saints.

"Brother! You, you mean, is that Lord Luode? You let your Phoenix become a Sacred Cloth, turning into a God Cloth, granting you such immense power." Shun of Andromeda stared at his older brother, saying in utter disbelief.

"Exactly! Shun! As I speak now, in the strict sense. As long as I keep strengthening the primordial divine power within me, one day I will transcend into a god." Phoenix Ikki spoke.

His strong vitality and primordial divine power gave him the potential to grow; now he is qualified to become a god in the future.

"I really envy you, Ikki!"

Phoenix Ikki nodded, accepting his comrades' blessings.

At this moment, a spatial fluctuation occurred, and Luode, wearing the God Cloth, appeared in the Sanctuary.

"Lord Luode! Wonderful, you've finally returned, Death God, Sleep God, Sea Emperor Poseidon—have you defeated them?" Seeing Luode appear, the Gold Saints immediately gathered around and asked.

When Phoenix Ikki returned, he said he and Luode had defeated Hades, but it was unclear what the situation was with the other three gods; though according to their speculation, the Sea Dragon had lost divine power support, so Poseidon was likely defeated, and the Twin Gods should also have been defeated by Lord Luode.

"Just as you thought, I have completely defeated the Death God, Sleep God, and Sea Emperor Poseidon, and Hades' soul has also been sealed by me." Luode smiled and spoke.

"This is wonderful! That means we won this Holy War." All the Saints began to cheer.

"Yes, Saints, cheer! The Holy War against Hades and Poseidon is over." Luode smiled, stood up, and returned to Athena's temple.

The battle against Poseidon and Hades ended, but the gods of the Heaven Realm may not let it rest so easily!

Just as he entered Athena's temple, Luode instantly felt a terrifying consciousness envelop him, and a phantom giant hourglass appeared in the temple.

A blue-haired man in splendid battle attire, holding a giant scythe, appeared before Luode.

In an instant, time throughout the Sanctuary and even the planet was stopped.

"Unknown god from another time and space, I am Saturn!"

Damn it! What the hell! The ruler of all time and space, the most ancient void god, why has this guy appeared here? (End of chapter)