The scenes of the Eighteen Levels of Hell continued to shift across the sky.
Flames burned souls, icy cold pierced to the bone, mountains of blades stood in rows, and cauldrons of oil churned.
Piercing wails echoed from the images, like judgment from the depths of the netherworld, shrouding the entire Divine Realm in an indescribable oppression.
At that moment, aside from the Shrek Seven Devils, the rest of the gods in the Divine Realm were also staring fixedly at the sky.
They had originally thought that the so-called Eighteen Levels of Hell were, at most, a special space for imprisoning evil souls.
Only when they saw the scenes within for themselves did they realize just how laughable their earlier thoughts had been.
How was that an ordinary prison?
It was clearly a supreme execution ground built to punish sinful souls!
Moreover, this execution ground was not something that could be built on a whim.
From the evil souls being captured by the Soul-Summoning Banner, to their entry into hell to receive punishment, to the operation of the rules of each level, every scene revealed an almost exacting order.
Here, evil souls could no longer run rampant with the power they had possessed in life.
No matter how illustrious their former status or what realm their cultivation had reached in life, once they fell under the Underworld's judgment, they had to pay for their sins!
The thought sent a chill through even the ever-lofty gods.
That was especially true of the Destruction God King and the Life God King.
As one of the Divine Realm's supreme existences, the Destruction God King controlled the power of destruction and had always been known for his overwhelming might and domineering ways.
As he understood it, destruction meant an end, the return of all things to nothingness.
But now, as he gazed at the level upon level of hell in the sky and watched evil souls struggle amid endless punishments, he felt something indescribable for the first time.
It was a fear that even the power of destruction he wielded could not fully explain.
"This... is a nightmare!"
The Destruction God King stared at the sky, a trace of barely concealed shock appearing on his usually majestic face.
"Compared to simple destruction, the fear brought by these Eighteen Levels of Hell seems even more terrifying!"
The Destruction God King was no stranger to cruel scenes.
Quite the opposite: as the God King in charge of destruction, he had seen far more life, death, and endings than ordinary gods.
Yet what the Eighteen Levels of Hell revealed was entirely different.
Destruction could end a life, but it could not necessarily subject a being to such long and severe punishment.
Besides, the Underworld clearly did not rely on force alone to suppress evil souls.
Behind those levels of hell, there seemed to be a complete set of rules sustaining the entire system.
That was what alarmed the Destruction God King most!
If the Underworld had possessed only a few powerful ghost gods, he could still have measured them against the Divine Realm's power.
But as things stood, the Underworld not only had powerful experts holding the fort, it also possessed special methods that even the Divine Realm had never mastered.
That meant the Underworld's true foundations might far exceed their estimates!
"Destruction, you're right."
Beside him, the Life God King nodded slowly, her expression equally grave.
"The punishments of the Eighteen Levels of Hell are already beyond the understanding of ordinary gods."
"If we fell into them and lost the protection of our divine power and godly positions, I'm afraid we might not be able to endure them easily either."
The Life God King was not exaggerating to cause alarm.
In her view, the most frightening thing about hell was not its hair-raising punishments, but the order within it.
Once inside, one's fate might not be determined simply by the strength of one's divine power.
If the Underworld truly had the means to judge divine souls and suppress evil thoughts, then even a God King might not be able to do as they pleased there.
At that thought, the Life God King's mood grew heavier.
She and the Destruction God King had already realized how powerful the Underworld was, yet they still had not truly seen the full extent of this force.
Only when the Eighteen Levels of Hell appeared did they finally understand just what they had underestimated.
It was not the power of a single ghost god.
It was a force with a complete order, unique rules, and a powerful ability to carry them out!
That was what made the Underworld so frightening.
"I never imagined an existence like this was hidden on Douluo Star."
The Life God King sighed softly.
"If the Underworld really decides to become enemies with the Divine Realm, things will probably be even more troublesome than we imagined."
The Destruction God King did not answer immediately.
His gaze remained on the sky, and after a moment, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Troublesome?"
"I'd say certain people are the ones who are really in trouble now!"
Hearing this, the Life God King immediately understood what the Destruction God King meant.
He was naturally referring to Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils.
Earlier, Tang San had relied on his status as the Asura God to confront Yue Guan head-on.
And the result?
Not only had he failed to take Yue Guan down, he had been toyed with and ultimately forced to retreat in a sorry state with the help of the Shrek Seven Devils.
Now, the Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo had appeared, and the Eighteen Levels of Hell had been exposed along with him.
If the conflict between the Underworld and Tang San continued to escalate, what awaited the Shrek Seven Devils would surely be nothing good.
"Hahahaha!"
At that thought, the Destruction God King could not help laughing aloud.
"Little Scumbag and the others are in for it now!"
"I'd like to see what they can do against an Underworld like this!"
The Destruction God King's tone held a measure of schadenfreude.
Ultimately, the more difficult Tang San's situation became, the more opportunity the Divine Realm's other forces would have to reassess this Asura God's true abilities.
Besides, Tang San's earlier attitude toward the Underworld had made the Destruction God King realize something.
This conflict could probably no longer be resolved by simple probing.
Once the two sides truly tore away all pretense, it would be difficult for the Shrek Seven Devils to stay out of it.
Elsewhere in the Divine Realm, the Evil God King and the God King of Goodness no longer looked as relaxed as they had before.
The two God Kings had previously been intensely curious about the Underworld, and had even entertained a faint notion of personally stepping in to test themselves against its ghost gods.
In their view, the Divine Realm's system of power had developed to an extremely refined level.
Even if the Underworld possessed special methods, it might not be able to truly suppress a God King.
But when the scenes of the Eighteen Levels of Hell appeared before them, both fell silent despite themselves.
The Evil God King gazed at the churning hellfire in the images, the corner of his eye twitching slightly.
"The Eighteen Levels of Hell..."
He repeated the name in a low voice, at a loss for words for a moment.
After a while, the Evil God King could not help speaking.
"If we really went in, would we be confident of making it through?"
Even the Evil God King himself was taken aback after asking the question.
After all, he was one of the Divine Realm's Supreme God Kings!
Throughout the entire Divine Realm, there were few existences capable of making him wary.
Yet now, the Eighteen Levels of Hell alone had forced him to seriously consider that question.
More awkward still, he could not give a definite answer.
Beside him, the God King of Goodness also fell into thought.
"I'm not sure either."
The God King of Goodness shook her head gently, a trace of gravity in her eyes.
"If it were merely a contest of divine power, we naturally wouldn't admit defeat so easily."
"But the Underworld's power is clearly not limited to divine power. The rules behind those Eighteen Levels of Hell are what we truly need to beware of."