I became a dragon in hell.

The deathly aura emanating from Distin's body was so dense it made him appear dead, yet thunderous roars echoed within him—the sound of his surging blood and energy.

What's up with this guy who likes to dig tunnels randomly in Hell?

"If you take a bath in the River Styx, your necromantic aura will become as strong as mine."

"What?!" The Silver Moon Bone Dragon Evelyn folded her bone wings and landed beside Distin. "You actually went to bathe in the River Styx? Are you crazy? The River Styx is far more dangerous than that undead lich lord who wanted to possess your dragon body."

You went to bathe in the River Styx... no... if you went to bathe in the River Styx, how did you manage to come out alive?!

Evelyn, the Silver Moon Bone Dragon, knew far more about the River Styx than Diding. No undead in Hell ever came out of the River Styx.

The River Styx is a forbidden land for all the dead in Hell. Many areas in Hell are divided by the River Styx, and the dead living in those areas must take a specially made boat to the other side if they want to cross over.

The undead need to pay special fees to ride in the specially made ghost ships. Even so, the undead riding in the ghost ships sometimes inexplicably jump into the River Styx and become part of the River Styx.

Only some of the highest-ranking Grim Reapers dare to use their scythes to retrieve the undead that have fallen into the River Styx.

Death can only retrieve the dead from the River Styx with his scythe after the dead have been washed ashore by the river's waters.

In other words, even Death dares not easily touch the River Styx!

Not to mention taking a bath inside!

If Distin were to bathe in the River Styx and emerge alive, and if this news were to spread throughout Hell, he would likely be targeted immediately by undead beings with power exceeding that of lords.

Send Destin into the River Styx to retrieve various treasures for them.

Diding originally intended to make a joke and tease Evelyn, the Silver Moon Bone Dragon, but when he saw that the silvery-white soul fire that had been flickering in Evelyn's eye sockets had stopped, he immediately realized that Evelyn cared a lot about this matter.

What are the consequences of bathing in the River Styx?

"Become part of the River Styx. Don't change the subject, tell me honestly, did you actually bathe in the River Styx?"

"I've soaked in it once."

"!!!"

The silver-white soul fire in the eye sockets of the Silver Moon Bone Dragon Evelyn flickered violently; he had actually bathed in the River Styx!

No wonder the aura of death around his body was so dense, as if he had been dead for a very long time.

"If you emerge from the River Styx, will you become part of the River Styx again?"

"Not now, but I don't know about the future. You'd better not bathe in the River Styx again, and don't let any lord-level undead know that you've bathed in the River Styx."

"Does the River Styx hold some other secret?"

"All I know is that the River Styx is a forbidden object that even Death himself would not touch."

Is that really so exaggerated?

Even the Grim Reaper, who is officially appointed in Hell, dares not approach the River Styx.

Death God Diding had heard that lords like the Lich Brian were nothing but a nobody in front of Death.

Death could slay the Lich Brian with a single scythe.

I know there's a Grim Reaper in Hell, but I've never seen one.

Wait, what exactly is the origin of this Silver Moon Bone Dragon that he dug out from the bottom of his territory?

This guy seems to know a lot about hell.

"Is the Crimson Lord your father?"

The Crimson Lord is the same Bone Dragon Lord from next door.

After the Silver Moon Bone Dragon Evelyn left his territory, she still dared to roam around this area. If the Crimson Lord wasn't her father, with her strength being similar to his, she should have been turned into a combat corpse puppet by the lich or other powerful undead long ago.

If you're lucky, you could become the headless horseman's mount.

"What Crimson Lord? I don't know her." After replying to Distin, the Silver Moon Bone Dragon Evelyn stared at Distin for a while, then said, "From now on, you can call her Mother Styx."

"?"

Diding flicked his tail and lashed out at the Silver Moon Bone Dragon. "That's a bit too much. Don't scare me. I'm still a baby dragon."

"In the human world, there are sacrificial rituals. When the strongest beings in the human world encounter powerful beings that they cannot understand, they will use sacrificial rituals or other rituals to refer to those beings as 'Father God' or something like 'Mother God'."

Similarly, the River Styx is seen as a similar entity by many undead in Hell; if you call the River Styx "Mother," you might avoid becoming a part of it.

Diding raised his dragon claw and patted his 'childhood sweetheart' on the head, looking at the boiling lava lake, and laughed, "Is it possible that the River Styx will become a part of me someday?"

"?!"

This young dragon, whose species is unknown, dares to say anything!

Hopefully, after he learns of the horrors of the River Styx, he will still be able to say such things in the future.

"What brings you here this time?"

"I kicked you out of my house, but now I've changed my mind. If you want to continue treating my house as your territory, fine."

But you have to promise me one thing.

"What is it?"

"Help me retrieve something from the River Styx sometime in the future."

"Didn't you just tell me never to bathe in the River Styx again?"

"Will you listen to me?"

"Won't."

Distin grinned. "So you're still trying to negotiate with me?"

"What do you mean?"

After thinking for a moment, Evelyn, the Silver Moon Bone Dragon, understood what Didin meant. This damned young dragon had no intention of negotiating with her at all!

Silvery-white soul fire overflowed from her eyes. The Silver Moon Bone Dragon Evelyn opened her mouth, and the next moment, Didin stuffed the childhood sweetheart that was on his shoulder into the mouth of the Silver Moon Bone Dragon Evelyn.

"If you have anything to say, go talk to my 'childhood sweetheart,' I'm going to cultivate now."

Diding grinned at the Silver Moon Bone Dragon before plunging headfirst into the boiling lava lake.

The Silver Moon Bone Dragon Evelyn carefully took Didin's "Childhood Sweetheart" out of her mouth and opened her mouth to spew deadly dragon breath at the lava lake.

Diding had already swum to the center of the lava lake, using the flowing lava to temper his dragon body. The dense necromantic aura around his body quickly dissipated under the scouring of the lava.

His method of strengthening his internal organs was rather brutal: he directly dived to a depth of thirty meters and devoured the magma containing the essence of fire.

The intense heat in the lava lake made Destin drowsy. He slowly closed his vertical pupils and, by instinct, searched for areas in the lava lake where the current was faster.

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In the human world, at the Lord's Mansion of Twin Moon City in the North.

A small bluish-purple dot lit up in the dark eye sockets of the stick figure skull lying in a starfish position on the soft bed.

The small dots grew larger and larger, soon becoming a cluster of vibrant, soulful colors.

Diding stared at the ceiling for a while, then got up, walked to the window, and drew back the curtains. The bright white sunlight instantly enveloped him.

He squinted instinctively and raised his hand to shield his eyes. After a while, he gradually adjusted to the soft light shining on him.

sun.

Finally, I can see... the sun!

He can finally use "the next day" or "the day after tomorrow" to record time!

The sun of the human world... Hello, I am the young dragon Distin, from Hell.