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The Giant Volcano and the Giant Snowfield are probably the only places that can make people feel a little at ease. Both the Giant Volcano and the Giant Snowfield are special terrains with scorching fire, cold ice, and highly poisonous water. They can be called forbidden areas of life and are places that the Tree of Life cannot reach.

Of course, this idea is also a kind of FLAG, not to mention that the Giant House is now the new base camp of [Hermes's Traveling Hat], which stores a large amount of precious materials. Once attacked, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] will be equivalent to having its internal organs severely damaged.

Therefore, a lot of forces have been allocated to the Giant House as guards. If possible, we still hope that the Black Gold Forest will be more picky.

Before the Black Gold Forest launched its attack, everyone was already in a panic. There was no other way. The world was too big and there were too many places that needed to be protected. Even strangers were somewhat hesitant and afraid of being attacked without being prepared.

However, he, who should have been running around, was sitting leisurely on the throne of the olive tree of peace. It was not that he was really leisurely. Normally, he should be running around, visiting the old guys, asking them about the situation and making plans.

Finally, dig deep into the power of the black gold forest and find a way to crack it.

Now that the plans are planned by strangers, he doesn't have to worry about things over there, so the only thing left is to find the old guys.

But if you go there directly, you will inevitably get a bunch of annoying riddles. It’s better to sit in a conspicuous place and wait for them to come to you.

Blaze looked at the scenery and counted. If no one came to find him after he counted to 600, he would take the initiative to find them.

The old guys did not disappoint him. Before he could count to 40, the wind blew the branches of the olive tree of peace.

Odin appears on the wind, wearing a pentagonal hat to cover his blind eyes, and he is not the only old guy to show up.

As the branch shook, Athena, transformed into a snow-white owl, came flapping her wings. The moment she landed on the branch, she transformed into the form of a young girl.

The olive tree trembled slightly, and Themis, wearing a white dress and a veil, sat down beside his legs without him noticing.

Blaze tilted his head and caught a glimpse of Kullene looming among the leaves.

Except for Hela who could not leave the underworld of Helheim, almost all the gods that Blaze knew appeared.

"It seems that the situation is really urgent. All of you who appear and disappear mysteriously have appeared." Blaze knocked on the armrest of the throne with an unnatural expression. He felt like he had played a prank and ended up making things worse.

If it was really that urgent, he might as well take the initiative to go there.

"The Golden Sea of ​​Trees is on par with the Titans, and I am not exaggerating. Even if a small part of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees falls into darkness, it will not reduce the threat they pose in the slightest." Kullene lifted the leaves that blocked her eyes, her usual playful smile gone, only seriousness left.

"It turns out that even without the power of omniscience or the ability of prophecy to predict the future and peek into fate, and only relying on experience to make predictions, it is still impossible to avoid what is bound to happen."

"Don't be so hard on yourself. Thanks to your early warning, we were able to prevent the Golden Sea from becoming completely hostile. You're the biggest contributor."

Even after receiving Blaze's sincere praise, Kullene still didn't feel relieved.

It's not that he feels he hasn't done well, but that he really feels the pressure.

Seeing Kullene's appearance, Blaze also knew that he had a vague sense that the threat posed by the black gold forest was not as terrible as it seemed on the surface, and there seemed to be something deeper that had not been revealed.

His heart sank.

"Which one?" Blaze whispered. "Which of the seven remaining great souls is it? Who is it?"

Perhaps the only thing that could bring together these ancient gods with such solemn expressions is the twelve great souls that symbolize the circle of life.

If they were simply great souls, then Odin and his gods would probably only take them seriously. However, the twelve great souls are more than just a part of the circle of life, or souls hanging high in the sky.

Like Capricorn Pan, Aquarius Hebe, and Libra Themis, the Twelve Great Souls are likely to be just one aspect of a more ancient existence.

They looked around, and finally Themis, who was sitting next to Blaze's legs with her skirt lifted up, spoke up.

"The judge of life, the god of death Scorpio, this is the true face of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees."

"These titles have nothing to do with the Golden Sea of ​​Trees."

"So Scorpio is the fallen great soul." Themis sighed softly, with a complicated expression under her veil.

"All life will go through nine stages from Aries to Sagittarius. If it is a god, it will cross Sagittarius and enter the three stages of Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, thus completing the cycle of life."

"The ninth one, the Centaur, symbolizes [eternity], or the will of continuous inheritance, or a long life in a literal sense. But to reach the realm of the Centaur, one must cross the eighth one, the Scorpio, which symbolizes the god of death."

"You should know Tarot cards." Kullene said, he took out a stack of Tarot cards from his pocket, he turned over one of them, it was the card symbolizing the Devil, also Capricorn Paine, and the next card was Death.

"This Death card corresponds to Scorpio. After life is measured by the seventh Libra, it will come before the Death Scorpio, and the Death Scorpio will harvest all lives equally and give them [Death]."

"Death is the destination that all living beings must reach. Only a very small number of living beings can pass through the judgment of the god of death, Scorpio, and reach the realm of Centaurs."

Blaze subconsciously gripped the armrests of the throne. This time, Kullene did not tell him any riddles, but told him the problem directly.

This straightforward answer was quite heavy, he said slowly.

"The eighth in the circle of life, Scorpio the God of Death, was supposed to reap all lives and become an equal to all living beings, but it fell and became the exact opposite."

“It turned into a sea of ​​golden trees that gave life unconditionally.”

Chapter 1424 Death Scorpio

[Degeneration] is a very subtle word. It is a word used to describe a person's decline and deterioration, but just as good and bad are not felt in themselves, they become confused due to changes in one's stance.

In some cases, depravity may not mean that people have become bad, but may mean that they have become better.

Scorpio, the god of death, just as its name suggests, is the god of death and the end of life. No matter how noble or humble a living being is, they are all equal in front of it and cannot escape death in front of it.

For the laws of nature, Scorpio the God of Death is a correct and necessary existence. If there is no death in life, the cycle of life and death itself will not exist.

Its existence ensures that creatures who reach the ninth Centaur realm are sufficiently qualified.

Whether it is to calmly accept death in front of Scorpio and reach the Sagittarius realm by letting one's will continue, or to defeat death head-on, gain immortal life and reach the Sagittarius realm, it is impossible for ordinary life to do so.

This kind of responsibility destined Scorpio, the God of Death, to be indifferent and cruel to life. It is impossible for it to love life.

Because in the complete circle of life, it is the terminator of life and is destined to hate life. Only in this way can it reap every life equally. The love for life is borne by other great souls in the circle of life.

What is the fall for the Scorpio? It is definitely to do the opposite.

Save life, let life flourish, and love life without reservation or reason.

What caused this drastic change?

Blaze soon came up with the answer. The fall of the twelve great souls was caused by the shock caused by the landing of the evil Titan into the top world.

This shock, just like the Titan itself, left an indelible mark in history, spreading to the past and the future from the time of its landing.

The fall of the twelve great souls was either indirectly or directly related to the evil Titans.

The fall of Scorpio, the god of death, is probably both directly and indirectly related.

When the world itself is dead and silent, without any life at all, the meaning of Death Scorpio is lost, and Death Scorpio itself becomes the last life.

It is like when a certain attribute reaches its extreme, it will reverse into the completely opposite attribute. The hatred for life turns into love for life at the moment when life completely disappears.

After the apocalypse of the gods, all forms of life came to an end due to the shattering of totems and the fighting among the suns. The Golden Sea of ​​Trees was born at that time and began to repair the extinct world.

Not long after the restoration of the top world was completed, the evil Titan landed in the top world. That was the second crisis of extinction of life after the upheaval that led to the end of the gods. Therefore, the Golden Forest has continued to fight against the extinction of life until now.

It was a beautiful fall, death transformed into life.

The only place where the Death Scorpio used to be can still be seen from the Golden Sea of ​​Trees, and only the Golden Sea of ​​Trees maintains the natural cycle.

Blaze looked at Odin. There was still one thing he didn't understand. The Golden Sea of ​​Trees grew out of a world of the World Tree. Was the God of Death Scorpio the face of an ancient god that Odin was familiar with?

Odin shook his head.

"The Scorpio God of Death is the most mysterious of the twelve great souls, because it is not fixed, nor is it unique. Just as the Circle of Life covers the entire world, all gods of death are Scorpio God of Death."

"Logically speaking, only the God of Death Scorpio cannot fall. Even if one God of Death changes, the remaining Gods of Death can ensure that the God of Death Scorpio will never change and maintain the natural cycle of death."

"But who could have imagined that something so drastic had happened, that even the gods of death [died] one after another and ceased to exist."

"There are exceptions, such as Hela." Blaze touched the black hair scarf on the breastplate. The mistress of the underworld, the goddess of death Hela is the only complete god so far.

This completeness is not just about power, but also about mythological totems. The entire world of Helheim tells the story of Hela's totem, but as a price, Hela cannot leave Helheim.

"But Hela never told me that she took on the duties of the Death Scorpion."

"Of course it wasn't her responsibility. In the moment when the world turned upside down, she was swallowed by the Ouroboros along with the underworld of Helheim. She disappeared from this world and lost the qualification to become the Scorpio, the god of death." Odin took off his hat and tapped his empty eye sockets.

Even though he is no longer omniscient and omnipotent, he is still a wise man who pursues knowledge and can use his own insights to dispel the fog that shrouds the golden forest.

"I think that the current Golden Sea of ​​Trees is composed of two parts. One is Alfheim, a part of the World Tree, and the other is a totem of the God of Death who is similar to Hela and can maintain its integrity even if the world is turned upside down."

"Alfheim has branches of the World Tree growing on it. Its tenacious vitality resonates with the Scorpio God of Death, who fell because his life was on the verge of extinction. The two combined to form a golden sea of ​​trees."

“Whether the god of death is like Hela, who will not be affected by the upheaval as long as she is in her own underworld, or whether she can maintain a certain self even if her own mythological totem is chopped into pieces, one thing cannot be changed, that is, it cannot expand.”

"So it dispersed in the form of the Tree of Life." Blaze continued Odin's words. Faced with the problem that the gods would definitely be affected by the earth-shaking changes, Capricorn Pan chose to compress himself through great dedication again and again, and the god of death probably chose to dilute himself.

From a great existence it becomes countless relatively tiny existences, and these tiny existences come together to vaguely form a great existence.

In this way, even if the Tree of Life is distributed all over the world and even if the upheavals continue, it will not be destroyed.

"But the golden sea of ​​trees should not be entirely the God of Death. They..." Blaze didn't know how to describe it. After all, the golden sea of ​​trees that has now turned completely pink and white has nothing to do with the God of Death, Scorpio.

“That’s a huge change.”

Odin also understood what Blaze meant, and he shrugged helplessly.

"Although I don't know the true identity of the God of Death, there is no doubt that the state presented by the Golden Sea of ​​Trees is probably the amnesiac state of the God of Death, or simply a second personality, young, pure, and loving life."

"The black gold sea of ​​trees formed by the tree of life being stimulated and transformed into the anti-life tree is probably the personality of the original God of Death."

"I think it won't be long before the God of Death begins to truly revive."

Chapter 1425 It is simply invincible

Blaze counted on his fingers. The position of the great soul in the circle of life also symbolized the order of return.

As a night watchman, he should start the return from Aries, and while returning the circle of life, he should act as a lantern bearer to lead all living beings onto the path that all living beings must take - the circle of life. When the circle of life is repaired, he should become the first to complete this new era.

But he jumped a bit too far in order, and as if to punish him for not following the order, the difficulty of returning the items kept increasing.

The Nemean Giants were only LV365 enemies at first, and then he encountered Chiron, who had not yet become a great soul. Chiron, the ultimate weapon of the Age of Gods, beat him up badly. Only now was he sure of defeating Chiron.

He was totally unable to defeat Capricorn Paine whom he encountered after that. It was Capricorn Paine who chose to return to the sky.

The Libra Themis followed, and directly reached the level of the Titan evil god. Whether she could win or not was not a big deal, and she could turn the world upside down with one kick. In the end, she was barely restrained by relying on the skill [Heart of Communicating with All Things], copying and sharing [Titan Z] with all the foreigners participating in the battle.

Not to mention Aquarius Hebe who came after that. Although she is not strong individually, she is a real mechanical monster. Except for those who are blessed by the moon and have silver blood, everyone else will be unconditionally controlled by her belt and become a loyal servant.

And although her stats are low, she has the immortal hundred-headed dragon Ladon as her guard, and the important role of Aquarius as a threat. She is a truly incredible enemy with incredible mechanisms and attributes, and there is no good outcome in the battle.

Without Typhon and Gaia, Blaze didn't know how to cope.

The difficulty of this return is visibly increasing. This time, the Death Scorpio is basically the culmination of all the previous ones. It has everything, and is even stronger.

"Death Scorpio is simply invincible." Blaze sighed softly.

These words scared the surrounding gods. They had never seen Blaze like this before, and they immediately came to comfort him.

Odin suggested looking for dwarves to make weapons, Culene suggested stealing the most important thing from Scorpio, the god of death. Themis said nothing, but sat more upright, as if she was going to activate the power of the [King of Destiny].

Athena was even more straightforward. She jumped off the branch and undressed as she walked, intending to use her decadent life of wine and women to make Blaze forget his troubles.

"Go away, what are you thinking about!" Blaze kept waving his hands as if to shoo away flies. "This is to set a flag for the Death Scorpio. It's a trick I learned from the strangers. It's a trick that inflicts a special negative state."

"I also took the opportunity to reflect on myself. If I can find Aries, I will do things according to the rules."

"Really? Don't force it!" Athena blinked and tried to get closer, but unfortunately Themis was sitting next to Blaze's legs. As soon as she got closer, she was kicked away by Themis.

"That's too much! I'm your niece who's working hard to revive the Olympians!"

Faced with Athena's resentment, Themis deliberately lifted her veil, left her position of absolute impartiality, and showed Athena her expression.

Blaze couldn't see Themis' expression, but seeing that Athena didn't dare to move, he probably thought it was a very horrified expression.

"Okay, enough of the appropriate show-offs." Blaze waved his hand, ending Themis's violent expression towards Athena. "Don't worry, I'm not a wimp who would run away with my tail between my legs just because I heard about your reputation."

"It's better to know how powerful it is than not to know it."

"That's great. Honestly, I don't want to come into contact with the God of Death." Kullene breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest vigorously. "Honestly, out of ten Gods of Death, nine are lunatics, and the remaining one is a crazy woman and a wretch. I really don't want to have any contact with them at all."

"Isn't that eleven?"

"Occasionally there are those who are not born as the God of Death, but are tricked into becoming the ruler of the underworld because of their shamelessness."

"Cough cough." Themis coughed lightly and glared at Cyrene through her veil.

Kullene shrank her neck and closed her mouth with a laugh.

Blaze wisely ignored the encrypted conversation between Cyrene and Themis. Perhaps it was a family affair of Olympus and it was better not to know about it.

He asked Odin.

"I want to determine how big the black gold forest will spread before the God of Death fully awakens."

"It's hard to estimate. It has nothing to do with scale. It depends on how strong the God of Death's ego is and how quickly he can recover from the hazy state of the collective consciousness of the Tree of Life." Odin shook his head helplessly. Information is everything. Without knowing the true identity of the God of Death, all speculation can no longer continue.

"But even if it recovers, there won't be a better way to attack than the Golden Sea of ​​Trees itself. If I were the God of Death, I would never leave such a useful [weapon] unused."