Chapter 1

Netherworld Kingdom, Royal City.

This was the castle of the Nether Abyss You King.

At the same time, it was also his burial place...

Who would have thought that this monarch who ruled the Netherworld Kingdom would become the first of the Four Pillar Gods to fall in the "Twilight of the Gods."

And the ones who brought about this result were five ruthless characters from the main universe.

They were... Zhuanjie Zun, Dianhe Wang, Samodil, Duoling, and Taliohm.

In terms of combat power, Zun-ge was already a high-level being second only to the Four Pillar Gods, and Lao Wang, after regaining his strength, was at a similar level.

As for the other three... they had all served as second-in-commands to the Four Pillar Gods; Samodil was once the "strongest Chronomancer," Duoling was the "chief of the Nine Netherworld Sovereigns," and Taliohm, the "Curse Divine Official," had always been the left and right hand of the Lord of Demons.

Even in terms of overt strength, the aforementioned three were higher than the average Chronomancer, Juror, and Nine Netherworld Sovereigns, not to mention... they had secretly formed the Illusory Demon Church and accumulated a large amount of faith power.

So... the question arises...

Why would these five join forces to deal with the Nether Abyss You King?

The answer was obvious... it was planned behind the scenes by Feng Bujue.

As early as half a month ago, on the night of the second round of the rematch, Jue-ge had already made arrangements with the three members of the Illusory Demon Church to eliminate the Nether Abyss You King.

The key to this plan was "Fuling," the former Nine Netherworld Sovereign who had once been sealed in the Great Dung Swamp on Chewer Island.

According to Duoling himself, he and Fuling had fought for the position of chief of the Nine Sovereigns. Logically speaking, Fuling was slightly better in terms of strength, but Duoling's scheming and cunning were far above his opponent's. He used various means to win the support of all the other Nine Sovereigns...

Thus, Fuling was defeated, and the price of failure was eternal damnation...

Until many years later, by a stroke of luck, Feng Bujue released Fuling from his seal.

And this... became an opportunity.

Although he was imprisoned, as a "spirit," as long as there was a strong resentment, his power would increase.

Therefore, after all these years, Fuling's strength not only did not stagnate, but became even more powerful.

After Feng Bujue learned about the history of Duoling and Fuling's struggle, he used a trick within a trick... directing a scheme of luring the tiger away from the mountain and using a knife to kill.

He first ordered Duoling to direct the Nine Sovereigns to a designated location to await orders, and then used Duoling as bait... to lure Fuling there as well. After the two sides met, it was undoubtedly a life-and-death battle.

Duoling himself stayed out of it... while the Nine Sovereigns were entangled with Fuling, he quickly joined up with the other two colleagues from the Illusory Demon Church, and then, taking Zun-ge and Lao Wang with him, he went straight to the Royal City.

It didn't matter what happened in Fuling's battle, anyway, the Nine Sovereigns would not be able to escape in a short time. So... on the Royal City side, only some shrimp soldiers and crab generals were left to guard it for the time being.

In front of those five ferocious gods, the miscellaneous soldiers were not of much use, and besides... Duoling knew everything about the Royal City's defense situation and troop deployment. With internal and external cooperation, the Netherworld army basically collapsed at the first touch.

Of course, the Nether Abyss You King himself was also very strong, and he would not be defeated so easily...

Among the Four Pillar Gods, in terms of one-on-one combat--the Lord of Demons was first, and the Nether Abyss You King was second.

This god who controlled the power of the dead was not easy to deal with, but the five who came to encircle him... were not fuel-efficient lamps either.

If the Nether Abyss You King could still complete a 1v5 counter-kill against these five guys, then he wouldn't need to cultivate any Nine Netherworld Sovereigns. It was estimated that he could single-handedly challenge two Pillar Gods without any problems... If he had enough IQ, and played some diplomatic tricks, annexing the power of the other three gods would also be just around the corner.

Unfortunately, that was just an assumption. The reality was... when these five people (strictly speaking, none of them were humans) gathered and appeared, the Nether Abyss You King already understood... that he did not have even half a chance of winning.

In the end, this monarch of the Netherworld Kingdom chose a dignified farewell.

He did not do any unnecessary resistance or counterattack, nor did he think about dragging anyone down with him...

He seemed to have his own unique view of "death."

There was no fear in his heart, on the contrary... he felt a sense of relief, revealing a trace of weariness.

The time had come, the twilight was approaching, and his era was over.

The stage of the new era would be left to those newly emerging forces...

In the final moment, the Nether Abyss You King took off the "Netherworld Crown" from his head, slowly placed it on the throne, and then... turned around sadly and dissipated... returning to the torrent of data and becoming a part of this world.

After he had completely disappeared, Duoling... spoke.

"Everyone..." He scanned the four people around him and asked in a deep voice, "...is there anyone willing to touch this throne?"

The current Duoling was no longer a huge skull floating in mid-air.

After swallowing the [My God What a Mushroom] that Feng Bujue gave him, under the effect of the item's special effect two--[Giving you Mushrooms~ (permanently changes the style of an NPC)], Duoling's appearance became humanoid.

But now, he looked like a humanoid ice sculpture made of light blue ice crystals. Through his translucent ice skin and flesh, one could clearly see the human skeleton inside his body, as well as many blue light spots that were constantly floating inside him like fireflies.

"Hmph... you don't have to be polite with us." Dianhe Wang's appearance was still that of a child, but his tone was very impolite. "We were not interested in this throne in the first place."

"Hehe... you and Feng Bujue have already reached an agreement on the ownership of the crown, haven't you?" Zhuanjie Zun's attitude was much more mature. He smiled at Duoling and said, "Why ask such a question?" He paused, a cold light flashing in his eyes, "Could it be... that you want to test our reaction?"

Duoling did not answer this question. He acted as if he had not heard the second half of the other party's words, and turned his head to look at Samodil and Taliohm.

Those two had colluded with him for many years, so naturally they had no objections.

Thus, Duoling took a step... towards the throne.

"Okay, since no one has any objections..." Duoling stepped onto the steps in front of the throne, and said as he walked, "I... shall ascend this throne."

"From now on, all living beings are insignificant."

"Vile redemption."

"Hypocritical guidance."

"Desperate reincarnation."

"Everything... will cease to exist and be reborn in destruction."

"I..." Duoling muttered in a deep voice all the way, and when he reached this point, he happened to come to the front of the throne, and raised the Netherworld Crown, "...shall be crowned as..."

Chi--

Just as Duoling was about to put on the crown and say the last word "King"... a death ray suddenly struck!

In an instant, the energy knocked the crown out of his hand and onto the ground.

A cold female voice... also sounded.

"You... are worthy?"