Sixfold Hell and Sevenfold Heaven were connected?
Ash froze, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, linking all the clues together: Sixfold Hell only had five layers, and Sevenfold Heaven only had six.
The hint Drama Poet had given for a god lord's ascension was, "At the top of hell, step into the bottom layer of heaven."
So that was it. This was the Six-Winged God Lord's method of Origin Ascension. It was actually so difficult, yet so simple. But whose side was Drama Poet really on? He seemed to be helping them, but in truth, he was helping the Void Realm. It would have been better if he had never told them this hint at all.
Death Frenzy saw the look of sudden realization on his face and guessed that he had seen through the final secret of the Path of Origin. "So you understand that they can't divide Sixfold Hell at all... Not even the Void Realm can divide it, unless you're willing to pay a price beyond imagination. But that would be about the same as ending the world."
"But they should know that too." Ash looked at the God Lords. "They're also Lords of Heaven who achieved Origin Ascension!"
"They had no other way. Just by making eye contact with Ouroboros, they knew they couldn't possibly stop Ouroboros from destroying hell. Aside from abandoning hell, what else could they do?" Death Frenzy said. "Self-deception is another name for having no options.
"Besides, what if it worked? Even if it only bought a few dozen years, that would be enough for them to grow to the limits of spellcaster civilization... though that wouldn't mean much either."
Ash looked down at the Abyss connected to Fourfold Hell and gazed at the infinite colors in its deepest depths. He