Leaving his Thunder Element and Fate Rule clones with the family, Hodan merged his Destruction Rules clone and his Death and Life clones into his original body. After greeting everyone, he left the Tianji Mountain Range.
There were no longer any ways for Hodan to rapidly improve his strength in Hell.
So he set his sights on the Netherworld, home to its most famous treasure: a Nether Fruit, which could turn anyone who ate one into an Asura.
But Nether Fruit was difficult to obtain. For one thing, it grew on Youming Mountain, a dangerous place that was the territory of the Sovereign of Death.
Moreover, the Nether Fruit Tree itself was a Sovereign. Without its permission, even a Paragon couldn't obtain a Nether Fruit. After all, the fruits grew on a Sovereign's body.
Hodan wasn't worried about that. Those dangerous places were dangerous to other people, but not to a Paragon. If they posed no threat to a Paragon, then they certainly couldn't threaten him.
At worst, he could become an emissary of the Sovereign of Death. She had already invited him to serve as one.
All that remained for Hodan to perfect were the Death Rule and Life Law. His Death Rule had reached the peak of Mid-God, but because he had deliberately suppressed it, it hadn't advanced to Highgod after his last great slaughter.
Still, he knew he was close to reaching Highgod. He only needed to grasp that opportunity once more to break through.
As for the Life Law, Hodan had given up on it completely. His main reason for seeking a Nether Fruit this time was to improve his Life Law.
His talent for the Life Law was simply too poor. Even after exchanging insights with so many experts in the Life Law, and gaining