"The Chains of Binding God, in a world where heaven and earth are overturned, the sinner's repentance has ended. Please lift his imprisonment and punishment. In the name of the Earth Mother Goddess, I sincerely beg for your kindness and mercy..." At a lakeside, Matifa held up a mirror, reflecting the blue sky in the lake water and the lake's shore, finally chanting an extremely long divine spell.
Divine light rose above Rody's head, and the forced movements of both individuals came to a halt.
The divine chains on Matifa fell to the ground and rapidly retracted towards Rody. Regaining his freedom, Matifa burst into laughter, soared into the sky, while Rody on the ground gestured to the divine chain in his hand, saying, "Matifa, why hasn’t the divine chain on me fallen off?"
"Call me the noble Quan Tian's Angel, you insignificant and lowly human!" Once free, Matifa’s attitude changed from the past few days.
"You played tricks!" Rody realized and feigned surprise, "You actually deceived me?"
"No, it wasn’t deception, it was the judgment of justice!" Matifa laughed heartily. "This is the punishment you deserve, despicable and shameless human male. If you return all my treasures, I might consider helping you lift the divine punishment. Otherwise, in an hour, you will continue towards the despair of hell. Your eyes are moving, ah, you are memorizing the divine spell just now? Unfortunately, I added irrelevant parts, but only one part is effective, including what I muttered silently. Even if you recite it, it won't work. Haha, you despicable and shameless human, you can't escape your journey to hell!"
"Noble Quan Tian's Angel, I am very afraid, what should I do?" Rody's lips curled into a mocking sneer.
"Do you think you can still bind me with the divine chain? Stop dreaming. I won't give you a second chance!" Matifa, not bothering to retrieve his treasures, feared Rody would chant the divine punishment again and hurriedly opened a small light gate, preparing to escape.
"Hey, do you still have treasures?" Rody shouted.
"Of course, but you no longer have the chance to extort them..." Matifa, proud at the light gate, laughed loudly, "When I bring the Silent Golden Scepter, I will definitely visit you in the despair of hell."
"No, I'll come to find you, please prepare the Silent Golden Scepter and other treasures," Rody advised Matifa in detail.
"Whatever you say, I won't stay here another second, you cunning human, don’t think you can trick me again!" Matifa dived into the light gate and disappeared. Once free, he was truly pleased and spoke a few more words to Rody, but in his heart, no treasure was more important than freedom.
If Rody secretly chanted the divine spell and the divine chain bound him again, he'd rather die.
Therefore, Matifa preferred to leave his treasures rather than stay near Rody for another second.
"Freedom is important, but wisdom is more so," Rody smiled slightly, musing, "If I meet him again, will he be scared to death by me? Haha, although this guy is like an idiot, he has quite a few treasures. As a treasure collector, he's quite satisfactory!"
Rody didn’t immediately move towards the gates of hell. Instead, bound by the divine chain, he slowly began chanting the divine spell.
He recited two sections of the extremely long divine spell that Matifa had chanted. Hesitating for a moment, he then omitted parts of the two sections and chanted again. After about half an hour of trying, when he chanted the combined spell, a streak of divine light shot from above his head. The divine chain, still wrapped around him, was no longer a restraint, and Rody laughed heartily.
Rody knew that Matifa must have chanted the correct divine spell to lift the divine punishment, but the Quan Tian's Angel definitely used some trick...
Rody tried and finally figured out the method to lift the divine punishment. Of course, since Rody was the main recipient, what he lifted was the same divine punishment as Matifa's, releasing the constraint of the divine chain, but not completely freeing himself from its imprisonment. His spirit and soul were still bound, particularly his mental power, which could only exert an influence finer than a strand of hair.
The main reason why the divine chain did not completely imprison him was to maintain Rody's thought processes and mental direction.
"What is the despair of hell? In my heart, it's different from what ordinary people think, ha." Rody was actually not worried about the divine chain's punishment. He didn't know what the despair of hell was, so the chain would only proceed to the most despairing place in his heart. Rody's most despairing place might be the castle in the Korol territory. He imagined the gates of hell as the despair of hell just to extort treasures from Matifa.
Now that Matifa had left, Rody also wanted to learn more about the divine spell.
He didn’t care about Matifa's departure. In fact, the only value Matifa had left was chanting the divine spell, allowing Rody to learn more, to see if he could understand the language of the divine spell of the Heavenly Realm. Even understanding a small part would be greatly helpful for the future.
Rody wandered aimlessly, carefully studying the divine spell.
He wanted to issue better commands to control the 'Chains of Binding God'. With this treasure, his enemies would have no good end.
As for the divine fire, Rody gradually refined it into his own...
Although his progress was slow, over time, Rody gained more divine fire and even used the language of the divine spell to freely bind or release the divine chain. Unfortunately, Matifa did not chant more divine spells, or else Rody could have better controlled the chain.
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His spiritual avatar, through a strand of spirit finer than a hair, finally formed a faint avatar after half a month of difficult concentration.
Rody stored it in a mithril bracelet in his storage space, ready to use it in battle when necessary.
Three months passed, and Rody still hadn't left the Exile Land.
Before this, he had set fire to dozens of Filthy Forests and killed thousands of various monsters, obtaining hundreds of magic crystals of third grade and above, including dozens of fifth grade or higher. The stronger ones were not that Rody couldn’t defeat them, but they were too smart and fled long before he approached.
News of a wandering god roaming the Exile Land quickly spread throughout the land and hell.
This deity possessed great power, but for some reason, he did not go to the realm of gods, staying on the earth instead. Perhaps in a bad mood, he burned everything he saw with divine fire, leaving countless harpies homeless and numerous beasts dead.
No one dared to provoke this wandering deity who refused to leave. Everyone only hoped he would soon find a way to the realm of gods.
And so, half a year passed.
This deity not only failed to find a way to the realm of gods but also couldn't find a way to leave the Exile Land. Everyone speculated that he was the legendary 'Lost God', a deity naturally lacking a sense of direction, otherwise, why would he stay in the Exile Land for half a year? Eventually, the hellish demon lords, fearing the 'Lost God' might inadvertently enter hell and be unable to leave, ruining everything, decided to send a messenger to guide him to the Abyss of Demons. That place is the easiest route to Heaven, closest to the realm of gods, and perhaps the 'Lost God' could find a way to ascend.
Moreover, once he reached the Abyss of Demons, whether he found the way to the realm of gods or not was no longer their concern.
"Noble deity, please retract your majestic divine fire and allow the Butterfly Demon of the Flowers to pay her respects to you." One day, as Rody was diligently enhancing his abilities in the Exile Land, a woman with butterfly-colored wings appeared before him. She had large eyes that sparkled like stars in the night sky, cute antennae on her forehead, and wore a vibrant, colorful dress, bowing and greeting Rody softly.
"Uh? Little bug, who are you?" Rody knew that if the hellish demon lords and powerful monsters mistook him for a deity, he wouldn't have peaceful days, so he decided to pretend to be one.
"Great and majestic deity, why don't you go to the realm of gods? Although the world yearns for your existence, your subjects are terrified by your power. We pray for your protection but hope more that you would watch over us from the sky. Great deity, we will build temples to worship you, and we are willing to become your subjects. Please, tell us your most illustrious and thunderous name!" the Butterfly Demon of the Flowers asked tentatively.
"I, a deity who has not yet gone to the realm of gods and not yet recognized by the other gods, am pleased to have obtained divinity. You can call me... Pluto, Pluto Rody!" Rody felt that if he fabricated another god, he might be exposed, but the name Pluto had not been used before, and it sounded evil enough to scare them from getting any wild ideas.
"Great and majestic Pluto, please forgive our ignorance," the Butterfly Demon was quite intimidated by Rody and repeatedly bowed in respect.
"As Pluto, I indeed should have my own domain and subjects. The Dark Demon God, this monopolist of evil, one day, I will cast him down from the realm of gods, devour his divinity, and claim all evil for myself..." Rody expressed his shocking ambitions and desires, which would reassure the lords of hell and the Exile Land, making them think Rody was unfathomable and even more cautious about approaching him.
"Great Pluto, the demon lords of hell, and the rulers of the Exile Land send their greetings. They are frightened by your majesty and dare not come in person, but they have sent me, Butterfly Demon, to deliver their most respectful gifts," the Butterfly Demon of the Flowers expressed her purpose respectfully.
"They are afraid of me devouring them, huh? Haha, these cowards!" Rody ignited a sky-reaching divine fire, showcasing his might.
"Spare us, Pluto, spare us!" The Butterfly Demon of the Flowers wanted to flee, but she was caught by the divine chain controlled by Rody. As a seventh-tier demon, she found struggling against the chain's binding as futile as a mosquito trying to shake a stone pillar. Even though she managed to escape into the sky, the Pluto easily captured her, making it a hundred times easier than a child catching butterflies in a garden.
At that moment, she completely believed that Rody was a deity.
Perhaps he lacked divine light and a radiant divine body, but he was undoubtedly a deity. The reason for lacking divine light and body was likely due to not ascending to the realm of gods and not being recognized by other gods. Many deities on earth, who hadn't ascended, had the bodies of mortals or demon lords, but once they became gods, they would be radiant and colossal.
If this man enveloped in flames wasn't a deity, how could his divine fire be so terrifying?
How could his divine chain bind anything?
Once bound, even gigantic magical beasts like the Earth Mammoths couldn't struggle, and even she, renowned for her speed among seventh-tier demons, couldn't escape... He was definitely a deity, and a powerful one at that.
"I know, you want to expel me because my presence affects your rule, right?" Rody snorted, "I'm just attached to the earth and don't intend to stay forever. These fools, once I ascend to the realm of gods and gain supreme divine power, I will inflict endless pain on them! I want to let them know the bitter cold of offending a deity."
"Exalted Pluto, please forgive us, these lowly beings. We are as insignificant as ants on the ground. Please don't be angry over such trivial beings, letting anger burn your heart." The Butterfly Demon of the Flowers quickly begged for mercy, knowing it was time to demonstrate loyalty.
"Ha, even the servant of the Dark Demon God has a day to beg for my forgiveness." Rody of course gave her a chance.
"We, the Butterfly Demon clan, are willing to become your slaves, offering you all our loyalty!" The Butterfly Demon of the Flowers didn't mind having one more deity to protect her clan. Offending Rody was suicidal, and the Dark Demon God certainly wouldn't protect them for a deity's actions. Moreover, there were countless followers of the Dark Demon God, who wouldn't even remember the existence of the Butterfly Demon clan.
"Good, I like being the first race to swear loyalty to me. I'm pleased. Once I ascend to the realm of gods, the first thing I'll do is grant you the chance to have your prayers and wishes realized." Rody felt he was quite good at playing the role of a deity, which wasn't difficult, just replicating the stuff from the "Light Codex."
"Thank you, great and powerful Pluto Rody. We, the Butterfly Demon clan, will forever worship you as our main god, eternally loyal!" The Butterfly Demon of the Flowers was overjoyed.
"You may go! I have noted your words, but remember, in the second year of my divine arrival, your people better construct the tallest and most beautiful Temple of Pluto. Otherwise, you will witness the majesty of a deity! A deity must not be blasphemed, I believe you’ve heard this saying!" Rody chanted a divine spell, releasing the Butterfly Demon of the Flowers. He felt he had played his part perfectly.
"We will build the grandest Temple of Pluto before your divine arrival!" The Butterfly Demon of the Flowers, hearing the divine spell, was even more convinced of Rody's identity as Pluto.
"Although I'm fond of the earth, it seems I must leave..." Rody sighed, preparing to leave stylishly.
He actually coveted the gifts from the demon lords and rulers, but as a deity, he couldn't ask for them. Rody was reluctant but had no choice; it was the price to pay. Otherwise, if the demon lords knew he wasn't a deity, it probably wouldn't be easy to leave the Exile Land safely.
Fortunately, Rody's regret was short-lived. The Butterfly Demon of the Flowers, regaining her composure, not only presented the demon lords' and rulers' gifts as her own favor to Rody.
She also subtly pointed out the way to the Abyss of Demons for Rody. In her eyes, although Pluto was powerful, his sense of direction was poor! As he started moving, he was actually heading towards the direction of the human world's evil lands, which secretly worried her for the future great deity.
Left with no choice, Rody accepted the gifts and turned towards the Abyss of Demons.
He wanted to return to the evil lands because he had already discovered a slight method to get back there. He couldn't directly leave from here, but he could use space-time rifts. Any giant space-time rift has different directions, like several southeast space-time rifts, where monsters common in the evil lands come and go, indicating they might lead to the human world's evil lands.
But if he walked that way, it might arouse suspicion from the Butterfly Demon of the Flowers and the demon lords of hell, so he temporarily turned towards the space-time rift of the Abyss of Demons...
"Great Pluto, my master, Little Butterfly Demon can only take you this far. Once you enter here, you can go north and then find the space-time rift that passes through the realm of gods. There, you can easily reach the clean realm occupied by angels! An envoy will respectfully welcome you there!" The Butterfly Demon of the Flowers knew quite a lot. Rody didn't dare ask her too much for fear of revealing his secrets.
But she voluntarily and unintentionally mentioned many things along the way.
Moreover, she respectfully escorted Rody to the space-time rift of the Abyss of Demons.
This fervent respect gave Rody a headache.
Well... Now, he could only make a trip to the mysterious Abyss of Demons, hoping the journey there would be more relaxed and enjoyable than the Exile Land. Otherwise, it would be terrible. Pluto Rody, under the kneeling farewell of the Butterfly Demon of the Flowers, set off with a stiff upper lip.
Now, Lord Pluto was moving to the Abyss of Demons... wondering if anyone would clap their hands to welcome this imposter!
Rody chuckled to himself.