Ugly Monkey died.
The moment he leaped from the cliff over a hundred meters high, his life had already slipped away.
Thud!
Ugly Monkey's corpse fell into the dark ravine. His battered body finally breathed its last, and a glow of soul light emerged immediately afterward. His spectral form rose from the corpse, his expression utterly blank, as though he had no consciousness of his own.
Even legendary professionals entered a state of confusion at the moment of death.
Ugly Monkey did not know who he was, nor did he possess any self-awareness. This state would gradually fade with time after death, and many memories would return once his soul reached the Underworld. But this was the Demon Lord of Fear's God's Realm, a deity's domain in its own right, so no God of Death came to this world. God's Realms were the private worlds of deities. Those who died here could not be drawn to the River Styx, and no death messenger would come to guide them. If no one took him out, Ugly Monkey's soul would wander this God's Realm until it assimilated him completely, transforming him into a Slayer with the strength of a legendary professional.
However!
Soren would never abandon Ugly Monkey.
At the very instant Ugly Monkey died, a powerful surge of divine power invaded this realm, and a rift tore open in the void.
Golden light appeared.
An enormous hand appeared in the sky. Formed entirely from golden divine power and spanning dozens of meters, it descended from above and seized Ugly Monkey's soul. Then it carried him straight through the planar barrier and out of the Fear God's Realm.
Meanwhile.
Inside the Shadow Realm, a great number of petitioner worshippers had gathered before the temple. The newly elevated Holy Spirit Cleric presided over