At the deepest reaches of the underworld lay Elysion, a place filled with sunlight and unimaginable beauty.
There dwelled the purest souls. There was no slaughter, no sorrow—only happiness and fulfillment. Plants and flowers grew everywhere, while bees and butterflies hummed as though singing.
Little birds would even perch upon the gods themselves. They did not fear a god's Cosmo, especially... Hades's Cosmo.
When Hades approached them, they not only refrained from scattering in fright, but instead came to his side and nuzzled against him, as though offering him the most beautiful caress in the world.
Hades enjoyed all of this. His true body had already risen from the Underworld King's coffin. Once the soul of the Underworld King merged with his true body...
Hades would become one of the most powerful among all gods!
He was the strongest god aside from Heavenly God Zeus...
Equal to the Sun God Apollo—one governed light, the other darkness, yet their status was entirely equal!
Goddess Athena and Goddess Pallas were merely daughters of Heavenly God Zeus. The divine power within them was far inferior to that of their elder brother, the Sun God Apollo!
Which meant... they could not compare to Hades either...
Fortunately, there was someone by their side to protect them. That was Uchiha Madara. After receiving Athena's blood, he too safely passed through the space of the gods and followed the two goddesses to the second battlefield of this war among gods: Elysion!
Hades was the master here. Apollo was the strongest here. The others, such as Mars, the god of War, and Apsu, the god of Darkness, were battling one another.
"If they do not settle victory and defeat through battle, then they have no right to face either me or the Sun God in a decisive battle."