He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

Xie Bai looked at the gray horse knight.

"are you sure?"

Faced with Xie Bai's eager question, the gray horse knight nodded.

"This place has existed for 30 million years, so it's not surprising that there are 100 million lost souls here."

After confirming that he hadn't misheard, Xie Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've made a fortune!"

After calming his emotions, Xie Bai looked at the village with a solemn gaze.

One hundred million lost souls—what does that even mean?

Even if you were to go all in, you'd still need to come up with a million spirit essence balls first.

Providing a million spirit essence clusters is somewhat unrealistic.

How many spirit clusters does she currently have?

【Spiritual Essence Group *4518】

A mere four thousand or so spirit matter clusters.

You can only go all in on 400,000 souls.

Compared to a total of 100 million, it's just a tiny fraction.

By the time Xie Bai can produce a million spirit essence balls, the divine artifacts will probably be considered bottom-tier in the current version.

In other words, Xie Bai came to an abandoned village.

They collected all the lost souls they would need later.

We might not even be able to use it all.

"Sigh, if things go like this, then I can just use any of the spirit essence I collect to gamble on the new divine artifacts, right?"

The moment those words left his mouth, Xie Bai sensed the displeasure emanating from Li Zang.

"Alright, alright, we'll definitely allocate some resources for you to upgrade whenever we have spirit materials in the future."

The next second, the displeasure of the funeral ceremony vanished completely.

"Oh, you've appeased them already?"

Although Xie Bai was somewhat skeptical, he didn't think too much about it.

Then Xie Bai picked up the funeral rites and a huge suction port appeared above.

It covered almost half of the village.

In an instant, the souls that had been wandering around the village vanished.

They were all forcibly absorbed into Li Zang's body.

Even the souls that hadn't yet emerged were dragged out from underground by the funeral procession.

In just a few minutes, all one hundred million souls contained in the abandoned village were completely absorbed.

Just as Xie Bai eagerly opened the funeral entry, ready to immediately go all in for a divine artifact.

The number of souls displayed in the funeral entry left her bewildered.

[Remaining lost souls: 5024.83]

Xie Bai: "?"

What is that?

Didn't we agree on a total of 100 million?

How come it's only half left now?

Could it be that……

Xie Bai looked at the funeral procession.

[Ritual Funeral]

[Quality: Amazing]

[Scythe-type equipment]

【…】

[In progress, remaining time for the next stage: 23h59min]

hiss……

You're not suggesting that this funeral service pocketed 5000 million souls all by itself, are you?

For a moment, Xie Bai was completely speechless.

Now she has both good news and bad news.

Good news! After the funeral service, it will automatically upgrade itself without any further intervention.

The bad news is, this was bought with 5000 million souls.

"Fine, fine, you've been with me from the beginning, and besides, I might not even need that many."

Then Xie Bai changed the subject.

"But you... better really be worth fifty million souls."

After criticizing the funeral ceremony, Xie Bai decided to test the waters by going all in on the 4,000 Spirit Essence Group.

[Has it been confirmed that a grand funeral will be held for 40 lost souls?]

"Sure."

As the four thousand spirit essence clusters were exhausted, a magnificent thirteen-layered magic array suddenly appeared in mid-air.

"Buzz—!"

The 400,000 souls that had just been absorbed were pulled out again.

They all flew towards the thirteen layers of magic array in the air.

As the soul ascends.

Golden light also appeared on the ground and floated upwards.

Its scale is so large that it resembles a magnificent scroll painting.

The gray horse knight felt a tremor in his heart as he looked at the scene.

"Such a miracle could only be accomplished by our Lord."

As all 400,000 souls arrived at the thirteenth magic array.

Xie Bai also understood the true meaning of the grand funeral.

That is to use a huge number of souls as consumables to pry open a dark and mysterious door.

In a sense, this does indeed bring peace to lost souls.

It just looks like some kind of inexplicable hell.

"Bang—!"

The black door was forcibly opened.

Just as it was about to close the book again, a dark purple book slipped out from inside.

Before long, the grand funeral ended, and the mysterious book came into Xie Bai's hands.

【Poetry of Emptiness】

[Quality: Amazing]

[Magic Items]

[Usage requirements: lv.300 (ignored)]

[Smart Bonus: Doubled]

[Ode: All Void races and factions will obey you unconditionally. Your Void-related skills are automatically upgraded to level 13.]

[Return: When you are in the Void, you are immune to its effects and receive its blessing, with all attributes increased by 100 times. You cannot die while in the Void.]

[This book records the past of the Void King; whoever possesses it will gain the Void's approval.]

The Grey Horse Knight was instantly shocked and exclaimed the moment he saw the book.

"A poem of emptiness?!"

Upon seeing this familiar object, the gray horse rider immediately dismounted and came to the ground.

"Welcome back, our Lord."

The gray horse knight knelt respectfully on the ground.

Even the tall gray horse behind them knelt down.

This sudden turn of events left Xie Bai feeling somewhat at a loss.

She paused for a moment, then pointed to herself.

"Who, me?"

The gray horse knight said respectfully.

"That's right."

"Although your form is completely different from before, and you are still somewhat young, you possess an aura similar to that of our Lord."

"He will also perform a grand funeral and has gained the approval of the Void Poems; it is indeed my lord."

"Huh?"

Xie Bai was somewhat bewildered.

Does she really have a hidden identity?

Then Xie Bai asked somewhat tentatively.

"Then tell me what I was like before."

Faced with Xie Bai's question, the gray horse knight answered calmly.

"I don't know."

Xie Bai: "?"

The Grey Horse Knight then added.

"My former Lord has lost the concept of existence; I cannot speak of it."

So the previous owner was definitely dead?

Xie Bai clicked his tongue inwardly.

However, after hearing what the gray horse knight said, Xie Bai felt a little better.

At least it confirmed that he was merely a successor in some way.

There's no need to delve too deeply into philosophical questions about the self.

Xie Bai then looked at the gray horse knight.

"So, are you going to swear allegiance to me?"

The gray horse knight lowered his head.

"This is an honor for me. If my Lord is willing, please restore my true name to me."

Xie Bai was somewhat stunned when he heard this.

"Real name? How would I know...?"

Before she could finish speaking, the Void Poem in Xie Bai's hand flew to her and opened a page for her.

[Whether to reveal real name: Thanatos]

Is this your real name?

It's quite a coincidence that it shares the same name as the Greek god of death.

After a brief moment of thought, Xie Bai chose to confirm, following the description in the poem of emptiness.

[Real name has been revealed]

Thanatos has returned.

Thanatos's loyalty has increased to 1000.

[Lustful Blessing Triggered: Thanatos's Loyalty is now locked at 1000]

With the release of his true name, the Grey Horse Knight's name also changed.

Thanatos lv.99

Thus, the power of death has been restored.

Thanatos unlocks all his former abilities.

However, due to his level, he has not yet returned to the status of a demigod.

But it's enough.

While examining Thanatos's panel, Xie Baifa discovered two familiar words.

[…Returning Shadow lv.13, Soul Capture lv.13…]

Will you return to the shadows?

Thanatos replied to Xie Bai's question.

"That's right, I can use this skill to hide in my lord's shadow, and my lord can also use the overflowing shadow to use Shadow Return."

Upon hearing this, Xie Bai fell into deep thought.

"Why does it feel like my left foot is stepping on my right foot?"

Leaving aside this strange question...

From then on, Xie Bai was able to unlock the ability to return to his original position and create a shadow.

"Alright then, I need to go back now anyway."

Thanatos bowed.

"As you command."

Thanatos then entered Shebe's shadow.

"Hmm, if we're going back to the city, let's go back through Edward's shadow."

After deciding on the exit for Guiying, Xie Bai entered Guiying on the spot.

After wandering around in the pitch-black world of shadows.

Xie Bai quickly emerged from the shadows.

"Hmm, they're back so quickly... wait, why is it still a village?"