Baalzebul was Asmodeus? Or had Baalzebul become one of Asmodeus's avatars long ago? Belial and the others had never stood a chance. Asmodeus had set his trap from the start; even the trump card they had used against him had been part of it... Jiang Hao fell into thought.
Besides Baalzebul, at least one other Devil Lord among the seven had to be an avatar of Asmodeus. When Belial and the others ascended, the people of the Main Plane had been driven into a rage. That meant one of the Devil Lords had gained control of two Authorities during their ascension.
A Devil Lord who had helped Asmodeus gain control of Original Sin so perfectly had to be his avatar.
"But this does confirm one thing: Asmodeus probably isn't an incarnation of the Evil Serpent." Jiang Hao's gaze deepened.
If he were an incarnation of the Evil Serpent, he would never have needed to go to such lengths to set this trap. Once Belial and the others became Gods, he could simply have infiltrated them without a trace and turned them into his avatars.
What the Good Snake could do, the Evil Serpent, who held the same standing, could do as well.
"If Asmodeus isn't an incarnation of the Evil Serpent, then his decision to persuade the Devil Lords to use their standing as rulers of the Underworld to extract the essence of the Nine Hells and sacrifice it to the Main Plane becomes interesting."
"In one stroke, he drained a vast amount of the Evil Serpent's essence, wiped out the Devil Lords who were effectively his claws and fangs, and weakened the Nine Hells as never before. Meanwhile, he ascended to become the Lord of Original Sin at Divine Rank 18. No wonder everyone calls Asmodeus the most cunning