Hell's Handbook

Chimimoryo trembled a little. This was the first tshe was trembling as a real, living being. She knew that Su Jin wasn’t trying to scare her. Someone with the power to create a high-level god would certainly not be afraid of what they had created.

Su Jin could sense her fear, so he smiled and said, “Don’t worry. As long as you keep to our agreement, I won’t do anything to you. Besides… you’ve already beca god, so it’s tyou left my side. Your previous owner was a god, so I don’t think you need my help for anything else?”

Chimimoryo nodded and used her own newfound powers to slice a hole in space. But before leaving, she said to Su Jin, “I’m looking forward to the tour deal is completed, but to be honest… I’m not very optimistic about it. My previous owner was extremely powerful and I’ve seen others like you before, but all of them eventually died, and none of them lived for long.”

“Ah… well, I’ll take that as a show of concern from you!” Su Jin smiled and waved Chimimoryo on. She stepped into the hole she had created and disappeared. But just before she stepped in, Su Jin vaguely caught a glimpse of a glorious land of gods inside.

After Chimimoryo left, the Demon Lord suddenly appeared. She looked around several times, then said, “I sensed the presence of gods just now. Someone beca god here?”

“The commotion in here was almost as great as a nuclear bomb and you JUST noticed?” Su Jin couldn’t believe his ears.

She shrugged and said, “Well, about that… I got to know a pretty nice girl and… had a lot of fun, so I slept exceptionally well. Never mind that – who beca god? Or… did sgods cover and tried to kill you?”

“No, no, I helped Chimimoryo to beca god. Since she helpedbefore, I thought I’d grant her wish.” Su Jin did not tell the Demon Lord about his deal with Chimimoryo. In fact, Su Jin still wasn’t too sure exactly what in the world the Demon Lord wanted. And because she was a top tier god, he still couldn’t read her thoughts.

“So generous? That fellow would need at least a Badge of Godhood to beca god. You mean you actually had one?!” asked the Demon Lord in disbelief.

“You happened to have one? And next you’re going to tellyou happened to kill off the will of the universe?! That was a Badge of Godhood, for crying out loud! Not a penny left on the floor that nobody wants!” The Demon Lord was annoyed that Su Jin was hiding the truth from her, so she went back to her room to get dressed so that she could continue having fun. But after looking through all her things, she couldn’t find her favorite dress.

“Hey! Have you seen my dress? A bright red one, a fiery red one!” The Demon Lord hooked an arm around Su Jin’s neck and pressed herself against him.

She was dressed in very thin pajamas, but Su Jin was in no mood to appreciate her voluptuous figure. He only knew that if the Demon Lord found out that he had given away her favorite dress, he wasn’t going to have a house anymore.

“Your dress? I wouldn’t know anything about that. Did you end up leaving it somewhere out there after getting drunk?” Su Jin threw her a dubious look.

The Demon Lord looked back at his seemingly genuine expression and suddenly wasn’t sure if she had really done that or not. After pausing to think for stime, she waved her hand about and said, “Forget it, I’ll just buy another one.”

“Good idea!” Su Jin quickly gave her a thumbs up and complimented her ability to look past these small details, then ran off before she could sense anything amiss.

Meanwhile, in a broken space, Kano Mai and her four companions had walked into a giant meteorite floating in space.

“They’ve molded the shards of an astronomical object with spatial abilities into a secret base. That’s quite a lot of effort.” Kano Mai only needed to take one look at the scene in front of her to understand what must have happened. This giant meteorite had been dug out from the inside, and the meteorite itself was the essence of an astronomical object with spatial abilities after it was shattered.

Such astronomical objects were very rare, and the limitless universe probably had no more than five or so. And to be able to find its essence after it had shattered was even harder. But there was an easier way to do this, which was to shatter the astronomical object yourself. Kano Mai guessed that was how this shard cabout.

“Wait, no. This energy… how is it so deep? Where in the world did this astronomical object shard cfrom?” Kano Mai was stunned as she set foot on the shard and couldn’t believe what she was sensing. This shard was extremely old. So old, it could compare to herself.

“O great primordial deity, don’t allow prejudices to blind yourself. Did you really think… the primordial deities were the only clever ones among all the living creatures in the limitless universe?” An old man stepped out of the entrance to the shard to welcKano Mai.

“Greetings, O great primordial deity! My nis Carl,” said the old man to Kano Mai as he bowed.

Kano Mai was puzzled and asked, “Have we met before? Why do I feel like… I’ve seen you before?”

Carl smiled faintly and said, “Of course we’ve met before. I am the first generation of new gods that was birthed before the universe was first destroyed. In fact, you can say that we’re of the sage.”

“Impossible!” said Kano Mai immediately. “Besides myself, nobody could have dodged the destruction of the universe and live till now!”

The smile on Carl’s face did not fade as he said quietly, “The primordial deities have only one flaw, and that is pride. Overconfidence in themselves. Your race was destroyed back then precisely because of your pride. That was how you walked into the trap laid by the will of the universe!”

Kano Mai was too stunned to speak for a while. She didn’t want to admit it, but she couldn’t deny it either. “Fine! You said you’re the first generation of gods birthed before the first destruction of the universe, but what proof do you have?”

“Proof? This shard is proof. Can’t you sense how old it is? Or rather… don’t you find it very endearing?” said Carl with a smirk.

Kano Mai had noticed it too. When she stepped onto the shard, an odd emotion had filled her heart. The energy of the shard wasn’t just old and deep, but it also felt… very dear to her.

“Wait, this is…” Kano Mai’s eyes suddenly widened and tears rolled down her cheeks. She said in disbelief, “This is from my planet! The primordial deity planet!”

“That’s right. You still recognize it after all. I thought you might have trouble recognizing it after so many years had passed,” Carl smiled and nodded.

Kano Mai couldn’t stop crying. Of course she recognized it. Back before the first destruction of the universe, the will of the universe had led the new gods back then to her pland smashed it to pieces. She didn’t expect to be able to see it again.

“I can die without regrets now that I’ve been able to see the primordial deity plagain. I don’t remember you anymore, Carl, but I can sense that we’ve met before,” said Kano Mai.

Carl nodded and said, “It’s only natural that you wouldn’t remember me. At my highest point, I was only an ordinary high-level god.”

“Then tell me, how did you manage to survive until now?” asked Kano Mai.

But Carl asked her the squestion, “And how did YOU manage to survive till now?”

“I have a treasure created by the primordial deities, which is the amalgamation of the intelligence of all primordial deities!” said Kano Mai proudly. Her race was always her pride and joy.

But Carl said gravely, “Sounds like my case. I have the amalgamation of the intelligence of every intelligent being in the universe. My dear, great primordial deity! You are not the only victim in this limitless universe, and protestors can be found everywhere. Compared to the primordial deities, we might seem small and insignificant, but our quest for freedom and yearning for life is no less than the primordial deities!”

Kano Mai didn’t know what to say. How did she fail to think of this? The intelligent beings of the limitless universe back then had actually managed to create someone who was able to escape destruction and dodge the radar of Hell’s Handbook. The primordial deities had been too arrogant, alright. The other intelligent lifeforms in the universe were no less intelligent than themselves. The only difference was probably when they existed.