Legend has it that the body of the "Death Note" flute was forged from the fossilized spine of the first God of Death of the Astral Realm, which was created after the death of the first Death God, and was formed by a collision with a Void catastrophe. Each vertebra corresponds to a type of authority of the ancient God of Death.
The nine flute holes appear to be nine miniature Black Hole, but in reality, they are nine colossal maws Eternity fixed in a state of nothingness and death, originating from the bottom of the Astral Realm, the land of Termination and annihilation. They do not devour matter, but only the sense of Devour Existence.
A thin membrane, covering the mouthpiece, is Veil of Nothingness woven from the dark matter of countless cosmic planes, trembling slightly with each breath.
The flute is wrapped with Threads of Causal End. Upon closer inspection, each "line" is a microcosm of a timeline of death that is heading towards its Termination.
Three ornaments hang from the end of the flute.
One of them is called the "Bell of Silence," which, when it rings, signifies that the concept of "silence" itself has died.
The second one is called the "Gray Bottle of Information," which can devour the information state of a living being. Once the information state is devoured, the living being itself will also become part of the Death Note.
Its third name is "End Pointer," which points to "the present," because every moment is the end, the finality, in relation to death.
When the Death Note, bearing the "Bell of Silence," the "Gray Bottle of Information," and the "End Pointer," appeared before the Ancestral Tree of Life.
The first reaction of the four Supreme God, including the God of War, was not fear or vigilance, but rather surprise and delight.
Their greatest fear is that the Ancestral Tree of Life did not carry the Death Note with them; that would be truly unbearable and the worst possible outcome.
If that were the case, even if the Ancestral Tree of Life were killed, one would only obtain its corpse and some assets left behind after its death. While the harvest would be enough to drive ordinary Supreme God mad, it would be like a chicken bone to beings like the God of War.
However, now that the Death Note has been unleashed by the Ancestral Tree of Life, everything has settled.
All that remains is to properly prepare the prey that is putting up a stubborn resistance.
"Let her know what despair is!" the God of Death chanted in a low voice, his scepter glowing with a dark gray light.
Behind him, a majestic throne rose up, lifting the God of Death high. He did not rise from Subordinate God throne, but simply raised his left hand and gently tapped out with his scepter.
A divine sound immediately echoed through the Void.
"All things will eventually return to silence, Astral Realm will inevitably fall into Eternity stillness of death."
"Eternal Return to Silence!"
The tip of the Death Scepter swept across the Void, and the mere ripples caused the individual soul nodes that floated in the Shattering Annihilation Corridor, shining like stars, to disappear one by one, like pencil marks being erased by an eraser.
There were no screams, no struggles. All beings touched by the ripples of death, except for the Main God, had all evidence of their existence, along with the Destruction energy just released by the God of Death, reduced to nothingness.
However, for the Ancestral Tree of Life, which wields the ultimate treasure of the Death element, the Death Note, the threat posed by the God of Death is actually the least significant.
Faced with the attack launched by Tanasi, the God of Death, the Ancestral Tree of Life calmly played the Death Note.
Immediately, the flute body of this Miracle Creation rapidly became transparent, revealing the phantom of the main channel of the flowing River of Souls within, with indistinct souls drifting within it.
The nine Black Hole -shaped flute holes also quickly activated, began to rotate slowly, and emitted gravitational ripples that devoured all soul fluctuations.
A gray-black aura of doom unfolds, with faint ripples spreading from its edges. Centered on the Death Note, forty-eight complex patterns of Law of Death unfold, each representing a different way of Termination. The patterns are so intricate that they cause dizziness and lightheadedness when viewed directly.
Ring ring!!
A clear, crisp bell rang out.
It's the "Bell of Silence".
With its sound.
An invisible, negative spiritual force transformed into a double-edged blade, carrying a silent yet terrifying power, slicing through the vast Void and striking the God of Death.
A blade of the soul, slicing through the dark Void.
The almost stagnant flow of time changed drastically at this moment, and space distorted, revealing layers of illusory cracks. Within those layers of illusory cracks, a somewhat illusory, dark river seemed to be reflected.
This is the River of Souls, imbued with the aura of death, like a veiled witch draped in a purple veil, mysterious and unpredictable.
In the depths of the illusory River of Souls, a majestic tree shadow can be faintly seen spreading its canopy. The shadow is like a mottled black and white pattern, with sharp branches and slender, long roots. It vaguely resembles the Ancestral Tree of Life, yet it is neither quite there nor quite there.
That is the reverse projection of the Ancestral Tree of Life.
The opposite of life is death.
It could be called the Ancestral Tree of Death.
Two forces of death collided: one from the God of Death, and the other from the Death Note wielded by the Ancestral Tree of Life.
The result of the collision was extremely clear.
The attack of the God of Death was easily neutralized by the Death Note. The Gray Bottle of Information opened, and a rotating gray-black vortex condensed at the mouth of the bottle. The swirling arms, like powerful outstretched arms, gripped the God of Death's limbs and bones, trying to drag him into the Gray Bottle of Information.
Once the God of Death is dragged into the Gray Bottle of Information, he will almost certainly not be able to escape and will inevitably become nourishment for the growth of this Miracle Creation.
Feeling his body and soul being uncontrollably drawn towards the Gray Bottle of Information, the God of Death's cold eyes suddenly froze.
At this moment, he could no longer perceive the existence of his own soul; only a trace of his mental will remained.
"So... powerful... the power of death."
Sensing his own bizarre state, the God of Death's mind and will were violently stirred.
There was no fear whatsoever, for the God of Death knew that his elder brother, the God of War, was by his side.
On the contrary, the God of Death was extremely excited. The more powerful the Death Note were, the more intense and surging his desire for this Miracle Creation became.
"As expected of Miracle Creation born by chance after the fall of the first God of Death, its compatibility with the path of death is almost perfect. If I could obtain this Miracle Creation, personally experience the profound mysteries of the rules contained within, and combine them with my own understanding, I could quickly reach the peak of the Supreme God, and the probability of advancing to Eternity would also greatly increase."
At this moment, the God of Death sincerely felt that this operation to besiege and kill the Ancestral Tree of Life might be the best choice he had made in the Third Era.
Although the risks are high, the potential rewards are even greater.