According to mythology, after Set killed Osiris, he cruelly cut his body into 14 pieces and threw them into the mortal world and the underworld.
But Osiris had a backup plan. Every part of his body contained a part of his power and life essence, which Set could not detect.
Therefore, when Osiris' widow, the river lady Isis, found all his limbs after going through untold hardships, she performed a special ceremony and finally succeeded in resurrecting him, making him the god of death in the underworld again.
Isis even had sex with him and gave birth to another son - the god of vengeance - Horus.
Horus went through a series of trials, gained the help of the gods, obtained various artifacts used by Osiris, and finally succeeded in killing the rebel Set and regaining the throne.
Now according to the known information, Set may have used the coffin to move Osiris' body away, so he may choose to dismember and then abandon the body.
Levi's goal is the remains of Osiris.
Although Horus had the power to kill Set only after a series of events, the remaining body of Osiris obviously possessed extremely powerful power to give birth to such a son of God.
The ideal situation is that Levi successfully finds all the fragments of Osiris, uses them for his own benefit, and then is deified again in his own identity.
But that is basically impossible. Not to mention that the River Lady - Isis is likely to know about her husband's back-up plan, Osiris' mother and grandmother, etc., may also know some of the inside story.
But as long as he gets one or several parts of them, plus Levi's previous accumulation, it will be enough for him to become a god!
So they waited for more than ten days. During this period, several groups of dozens of gods arrived one after another.
The first group were mostly gods related to death or had territories in the underworld. They were the first to notice the fall of Osiris and were relatively close to here, so they rushed here as soon as possible.
After that, there are those who are interested in the priesthood and field of death, who want to take advantage of something, or who are simply curious about how Osiris died.
These include the pantheons of greenskins, goblins, humans, dwarves, halflings, and of course the elven gods.
However, Levi and his men had no intention of coming forward to communicate. Instead, they kept moving their hiding places to places farther away from the Pyramid of Osiris.
Only after the other party leaves, they will roughly judge the other party's identity based on the vague remaining fluctuations of divine power.
There is no other way. Strictly speaking, the two goddesses who follow Levi are almost at the bottom among the gods. If you want to take advantage of them in this situation, you must be extremely careful.
Fortunately, scorpions are very good at lurking in the sand. As the poisonous scorpion goddess, Seleket is naturally more proficient in concealing her breath. They arrived earlier, so this lurking was relatively smooth.
Of course, the two goddesses could understand why Levi was so cautious, which made them somewhat ashamed.
But Levi comforted them instead, saying that it was really not their fault.
Hathor's three divine duties of the moon, mother and fertility are absolutely indispensable to any race.
But it is obvious that the Egyptian pantheon needs living people the most, and Hathor has been around for so many years, but she is still just a weak divine power.
The most common terrain in the Tomb King's territory is the desert, where snakes, lizards, beetles, scorpions and other related creatures are generally the most numerous and diverse.
Despite this, Seleket was still only a weak divine power, only slightly stronger than the giant crocodile Sobek, but still very limited.
The situation of these two goddesses is worse than that of the other, which of course can only be because Osiris does not want them to become too powerful.
For Osiris, even if they joined the pantheon, due to their bloodline, they could never become his true confidants. They were beings that he always had to be wary of.
It was Osiris's grandfather, not him, who deified Serekhet.
Since Osiris treated the gods like this on a daily basis, it’s no wonder that no one was willing to stand up for him after he was killed by Set.
The only god of war who confronted Set was Anhor, but that was for himself, not for Osiris.
As more and more gods visited, the atmosphere in the vicinity became more and more chaotic, and Levi and his team's hiding became much easier.
To be on the safe side, Levi sent Elegy and others back to the main world early and let them participate in the war with the Chaos Dwarves.
He himself continued to absorb the knowledge of Osiris, and while becoming more and more familiar with the underworld, his mastery of the many dark and undead powers recorded in the Nine Volumes of Nagash also made rapid progress.
In the underworld, what is least lacking is these powers. In this special environment, the efficiency of comprehension is much higher than that in the main world.
At the same time, after learning of Levi's purpose, Yue Gong also quietly sent him 1 point of death divinity to help him gain a higher understanding of related powers.
But the mummy legions of Osiris were more unlucky. They still remembered the original mission given by Osiris, which was to try to prevent all outsiders from breaking in.
But the first ones to arrive were basically all gods, and there were also some evil camps among them. Who would tolerate them?
So it didn't take long before they were completely killed. The Temple of Osiris was used as a back garden by all kinds of beings, and no one knew how many times it had been visited.
Even later on, various undead creatures began to sneak over to join in the fun. They packed up everything that could be packed and took it away. Even the temple that had become ruins was turned over and over several times.
Anything that is imbued with the aura of Osiris, even if it is just a few bricks and stones, still has a certain value to them.
Later on, some demons or devils would occasionally come, seemingly wanting to see if there were any souls to plunder, but of course they could only come with excitement and leave with disappointment.
Occasionally, some unlucky guys will die, whether they encounter other gods or undead.
The gods do it out of hatred, while the undead hate their competitors. The undead also need souls.
At the same time, the civil strife in the Egyptian pantheon not only continued but intensified, because Set did not come to the throne legitimately.
Osiris' widow, the river lady Isis, refused to give in. Not to mention Osiris's bad deeds, her husband was really dead.
And as time went by, everyone discovered that Set's wife, Nephthys, and the newly born son of God, Anubis, never showed up.
Although there has been no unusual changes in Nephthys' kingdom for the time being, there has been no response to the believers' prayers, which seems to indicate that she is being imprisoned by Set in some way.
Considering that Osiris died so quickly, both his relatives such as Tefnut, and several neutral gods who originally wanted to stay out of the matter, gradually had new ideas.
If Set could kill his brother and seize the throne, imprison his wife, and who knows what he did to the innocent son of God, Anubis, then once he really sat firmly on the throne of the King of Gods, it would not be a good thing for other gods who were much weaker than Osiris.
Therefore, the God of War, Anhe, who was isolated and helpless within the pantheon, began to get continuous help.
In the main world, because the God of War - Anhor also has a good reputation among the Tomb Kings, even the Immortal Emperor temporarily gave up the war at hand and began to help him fight against Set.
So even though Set had an overwhelming advantage in terms of the level of divinity, he did not have an absolute chance of winning in actual combat, and the giant black python never appeared from beginning to end, which made the civil strife even more stalemate.
At the same time, the invasion of Chaos Dwarves became more and more rampant, and the High Elves in the colony were temporarily evenly matched with them.
This was partly because the Chaos Dwarves, who had railways and a variety of war machines, could support each other too quickly and their firepower was too fierce.
Even those Chaos Dwarf Demon Warlocks seemed to have received some kind of special enhancement. They had both melee combat and spellcasting abilities, and could ride flying mounts such as the Lamassu Taurus. They were really difficult to deal with.
If they are not careful, the High Elves' army may suffer extremely heavy casualties.
In addition, the opponent's leader is the legendary Chaos Dwarf hero, Blackheart Zatan, which makes it difficult to immediately determine the outcome of this war.
Princess Elandra certainly wanted to win beautifully, but she would not be stupid enough to sacrifice the lives of a large number of elves, because such a victory would not be very meaningful.
In fact, she has gradually given up her original idea, because many of the Chaos Dwarves' behaviors are obviously driven by the god they believe in - Hasut. She is not yet strong enough to compete with God.
So she has now decided to proceed step by step without losing an inch of ground, and the outside world will not be able to find much fault with her either.
Donna, Elegy, Cindy, Sefa and others have also proved their strength on the battlefield, made a name for themselves, and are getting closer and closer to becoming legends.
Next came Kael'thas, Luna, Zhou Miyin and others. Before this, although they had some strength, their popularity was limited to a very small range. Now they have a chance to become famous.
On the other hand, the cooperation between the Chaos Dwarves and the Norscans has also been confirmed.
To be more precise, they cooperated with the Norscans blessed by the Four Chaos Gods. The Chaos Dwarves sold them weapons, armor, and even a cannon called the Hell Cannon in exchange for a large number of slaves and captured demons.
Not only will there be civil wars between the demons and believers under the command of the Four Chaos Gods, but when they encounter other demons from the Abyss or devils from the Nine Hells, they will also launch attacks without hesitation.
Originally it was just for killing, but suddenly, some clever guy came up with a new idea and succeeded, and within a very short period of time, this transaction rapidly expanded countless times.
By now, there are even cults of the Four Chaos Gods that have begun to serve the Chaos Dwarves directly or indirectly.
Especially the Khorne Cult. They and the god they believe in only want to see rivers of blood, but they don't care who the owner of the blood is.
Cooperating with the Chaos Dwarves to fight against the Greenskins or Dwarves together, while achieving this goal, they can also obtain sophisticated weapons and armor to help them kill better. Naturally, they have no reason to refuse.
For the Chaos Dwarves, the demons under the command of the Four Chaos Gods are species that are rarely seen in normal times. If they were put on their war machines, perhaps they could come up with some new tricks, so it is just a win-win situation.
Moreover, the Chaos Dwarves are more fond of Khorne. Besides the fact that they are the most cooperative with each other, it may also be related to the fact that some soldiers in both armies have the element of cattle.
However, at present, the Chaos Dwarves are still only cooperating with the four Chaos Cults, rather than the four types of Demons.
Even though the powers they utilize are extremely similar, there are still many differences between demons and mortals corrupted by demons in many aspects, such as their way of thinking and actual actions.
But with the Skaven's Horned Rat in front, no one can be sure whether Hasut will eventually have a relationship with the Four Chaos Gods.
Meanwhile, Rose still did not calm down and continued to cause new chaos.
She destroyed many of the troops and military fortresses stationed by the high elves in dangerous areas such as the Antarctic and the Arctic, and as a result, a considerable number of evil spirits from other worlds broke into the main world.
Although the elven gods were also on guard, their numbers were limited. Even if they killed all the demons, they could not take care of all places at all times.
If they were scattered, few of them would be able to match Rose. If they really lost a few incarnations of God at Rose's hands, it would be a greater loss than the death of hundreds or thousands of ordinary elves.
In addition, colonies around the world began to be constantly invaded by various evil forces, so after a brief meeting, Corellon finally decided to use divine power to seal these abyss rifts first, and then withdraw his forces and abandon most of the fortresses.
This is not entirely because they cannot continue to bear such losses, but also because these abyss rifts are a common threat to the entire main world. Why should the elves bear it entirely?
When the elves were at their most powerful, they voluntarily took on these responsibilities out of their kind nature, but that doesn't mean it became their lifelong responsibility.
By shrinking their strength, they can also better resist Rose's next conspiracy, because they all know that Rose will never be satisfied with sending those demons or elf devourers to the main world.
She seemed more like she was testing something, and this was most likely just part of her conspiracy.
Some human gods have expressed dissatisfaction with Corellon's actions, believing that he should not give up the honor of resisting evil so easily, or at least find someone willing to accept this responsibility.
Well, the focus is on the latter sentence, because once the elves give up this responsibility, humans may be the ones who suffer.
But Corellon was dismissive. They, the elves, had selflessly borne the responsibility for so many years, but they had not even received a few good words. The so-called glory was not worth exchanging his life for the elves.
Moreover, the human gods are now facing internal and external troubles. They held a meeting before and said that they would join forces to attack Cyric, but now, except for the goddess of the magic network, the god of death Kelemvor, and the black king Bane, who are Cyric's mortal enemies, there are few who have actually taken action.
They are all busy helping their believers fight against demons, ratmen, beastmen , etc. How many gods are willing to accept this responsibility?
However, as the King of Gods, Corellon had to pretend and try to get some people over, even for the sake of face.
In the end, for some unknown reason, he gave the task to Lilith.
Lilith lived up to everyone's expectations and successfully found the Three Holy Saints of Justice led by Tyr.
All of them are in the lawful good camp, and the paladins under their command are truly willing to die to protect goodness and justice.
In addition, some lizardmen also volunteered to take over this part of the defense mission.
Many Lizardmen firmly believe that the world was created by the ancient saints they believe in, so they are willing to protect the world even for the sake of the ancient saints.
However, most of the Lizardmen's energy is now focused on Lustria. Even Kuja wants to abandon his territory and return to Lustria with his troops, so it is hard to say how much force they can actually send out.
Despite this, many elven gods have truly witnessed Lilith's abilities.
Looking at Yuebong, Sobek, Illidan, Imrik and others who maintained close alliances with her, they suddenly discovered that the weak and pure girl god they had previously known seemed to have grown up without them noticing.
However, these have little to do with Levi for the time being. For him, the most important thing right now is to continue lurking in the underworld and waiting for an opportunity.
The two goddesses have been accompanying Levi all the time. Anyway, their real bodies have been moved to a safe place, and the most core fanatical believers in the kingdom of God have also made certain preparations.
For them, who theoretically have infinite lifespans, wasting a little time here for Levi is nothing.
After waiting for more than half a month, the Temple of Osiris was completely deserted. Under the influence of the strong power of death in the underworld, some low- and middle-level undead began to wander around.
From prosperity to decline, it took less than a month, which is really sad.
During this period, good news also came from the Watcher. He made great progress in his research on little Zeus. In particular, the Watcher received extra help from Mount Heaven. It seemed that even Mount Heaven very much hoped that Levi could be deified as soon as possible.
Even the Watcher couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Heaven Mountain really had high hopes for the first legendary celestial mystic in history.
However, this is a matter of deification after all, and the Watchers have never been gods, so he can only speculate based on his experience. To be sure of the details, Levi needs to go to Mount Heaven again.
But Levi didn't have time to go to Mount Paradise for the time being, because during this period of time, while he was further improving the power related to death, he also gradually discovered a major doubt.
That is, after the fall of Osiris, no soul appeared in the underworld that belonged to him.
Although the proportion of living people in the territory of the Tomb Kings is very low, it is impossible that no one has died after such a long time.
There are only two possibilities for the current situation. One is that their souls have been intercepted by other death gods, demons, devils, etc.
It is possible that Cyric could do such a thing, but he seems to be busy brainwashing his followers on a large scale and fighting against attacks from gods such as Kelemvor, so he probably doesn't have the energy to do so.
Another possibility is that there are gods in the Egyptian pantheon who opened up new territories in other places in the underworld and accepted those souls.
For example, Anubis, the son of God, has never shown his face since his birth.
Although he is not the true god of death, if he is only used to guide souls and then wait for the gods to which the souls belong to come and claim them, his priesthood would undoubtedly be very suitable.
It is just not certain yet whether Set killed Anubis, acquired his priesthood, and then went into battle himself.
Or maybe Seth used some trick to deceive the other party into working for him.
Levi is more inclined to the latter.
On the one hand, this is what Set did in mythology, and on the other hand, Set is now too busy to do anything.
He had to wage war against the god of war, Anhor, and others, win over gods like Tefnut, compete for faith with the snake god, Mershok, and be wary of other external pantheons, such as the greenskin pantheon, who were trying to take advantage of his misfortune.
In this case, does he really have the energy to manage the underworld?
But this chaotic situation is more favorable to Levi's plan. Otherwise, Set in his normal state cannot be spied on by him and the two goddesses with weak divine power.
After a few more days, the opportunity Levi had been waiting for finally came.
Silently, three ordinary-looking broken limbs suddenly appeared on the ruins of the temple. They didn't look like they were thrown out, but more like they triggered some pre-set teleportation array.
Seleket, who had been waiting for a long time, directly activated the quicksand vortex and swallowed them up. The next moment, the limbs appeared in front of Levi.
A left arm with a hand, a right foot, and a bare chest.
No one spoke. The two goddesses immediately used dozens or hundreds of layers of divine power to seal them. After ensuring that no one would notice they were here, they stopped.
At the same time, the look in his eyes when he looked at Levi became obviously different. Did he anticipate that something like this would happen nearly a month in advance?
But they were all a little confused, because these broken entities looked like the divided bodies of ordinary humans, and there was no breath of God on them. Could they really be what Levi wanted?
Levi didn't say anything, but just gestured to the two goddesses to feel them with him personally.
Speculations are just speculations after all. Now is the time to truly verify and see whether they are the remains of Osiris!
But after several attempts, the two goddesses became a little discouraged, because apart from being relatively tough, they seemed to be just very ordinary bodies, without any remaining strength at all.
But Levi did not lose faith. Gods are actually beings condensed from divine power. After death, they often become like demons, and their bodies quickly dissipate between heaven and earth. The fact that they still maintain their physical form speaks volumes.
The fact that the two goddesses didn't feel anything unusual could only mean that Osiris was really capable.
But it's no wonder. If he didn't have some tricks, how could he have deceived Seth?
After trying a few more times, the two goddesses looked at each other and shook their heads, indicating that they had indeed tried their best.
Levi also didn't gain anything. After thinking about it, he used the power of the divinity of death.
So after a few minutes, even someone as calm as him could not suppress his excitement for a moment, because he felt the divinity and fragments of godhood, and even fragments of priesthood contained in it!
Osiris didn't know how he deceived Set, but under the stimulation of the divinity of death, they could no longer hide.
He immediately turned to look at the other two limbs and saw the same result.
There are three parts of limbs here, which contain at least 5 fragments of the godhead and 8 points of divinity!
It was worth it that he waited here for nearly a month. As long as he could extract it and transform it into his own power, he would immediately become a true God of Death.
He nodded vigorously to the two goddesses who were eagerly waiting and told them the news.
Even though they had already guessed something through Levi's actions, the two goddesses couldn't help but cheer for him after getting Levi's confirmation.
The time of this month was not a big deal, but the occasional arrival of gods more powerful than them did bring them a lot of psychological pressure. Now it is finally time to reap the rewards!
"Levi, are you going to meet up with Lilith right away, or will you stay in the underworld?"
Levi pondered for a moment and was a little hesitant.
On the one hand, he wanted to continue waiting to see if it was possible to harvest more body parts.
But on the other hand, it is also very important to purify the consciousness in the remaining body as soon as possible and truly transform it into his power.
After thinking about it, he chose the latter. Only what goes into his stomach truly belongs to him.
But before he could open his mouth, an invisible wave of divine power swept across their location. The faces of the two goddesses suddenly froze because they knew they had been discovered.
After lurking for so long, someone finally noticed them.
The first thing they wanted to do was to open the portal and send Levi away with the remains. After all, no matter which god the other party was, it was unlikely that he would be weaker than the two of them...
But after a brief moment of astonishment, Levi smiled and stopped their actions, because he sensed the other party's identity, or rather, the other party deliberately made him sense it.
He is the Lord of the End of All Things - Jergal.
Lilith had previously acquired some knowledge of death from Jager, but now it was he who had come to her doorstep. This was truly...
But whether it is a pure coincidence or intentional, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is the purpose of the other party’s appearance.
However, Levi is still optimistic about this. As the once strongest god of death, Yager voluntarily gave up most of his power and has always maintained a peaceful state. How could he possibly look down on what he has now?
What's more, the underworld is the opponent's home ground. With Yager's strength, we may not even be able to resist. It is better to be generous.
The next moment, a very typical Grim Reaper wearing a black robe and holding a scythe appeared at the hiding place of Levi and his men.
But unlike the horrific image of a corpse in the legend, Yager now looks like an old human man, and can even be described as kind.
The two goddesses were both surprised, because the many warnings and triggers they had arranged in advance were completely ineffective, as if the other party did not exist at all.
Levi, however, immediately bowed his head and saluted the other party, saying as a junior: "Levi greets His Highness Yege, and thanks for the valuable knowledge you have given me before."
As he spoke, he gestured towards the two goddesses.
During the most glorious time of Jergal, their Egyptian pantheon did not even exist. Showing respect to such an ancient being did not belittle one's own status.
Although they didn't know much about Yager and only knew that he was a weak divine power, the skill he just showed was enough to make the two goddesses feel fearful, so they both chose to follow Levi's advice.
Yager also responded politely one by one, but everyone present knew that his real attention was always on Levi.
After returning the gift, Yege said with some emotion: "Levi, I have a question. What kind of existence told you that the remains of Osiris appeared here?"
The other party's talent, strength, and even background are not important to him.
As a mortal, he is secretly the leader of two goddesses, which is indeed worthy of his respect, but considering the strength of the two goddesses, it is actually no more than that.
But what really made Yager unbelievable was that Levi had been waiting here for a month in advance, as if he had already known Osiris's back-up plan.
Levi didn't expect Yeager to be so direct, but the answer to this question...
He smiled and said, "No one has ever told me this, and I haven't conducted any related research, but I do know it."
Because he made his inferences based on the myths and legends of the real world.
But Yager couldn't possibly know this, so his face instantly became serious, because he immediately determined that Levi was not lying at all.
Combined with some of the information he had collected before, he couldn't help but wonder, is there really someone with infinite power above the gods?
Or, is this just destiny?
Even though he was a god, he had to admit that there were still many things in this world that he could not fully understand.
Although God is omnipotent, He is not omniscient and omnipotent.
No one knew how much Jerge had thought about, but a few seconds later, he showed his attitude with his actions:
"Levi, if you want to purify and absorb these powers, why don't you come to my kingdom of God and let me help you, how about that?"
As soon as these words came out, the two goddesses became very nervous. Even though they had roughly judged that Yager really seemed to have no hostility towards Levi, if they went to the other party's kingdom of God, they would be completely at the mercy of the other party.
Levi pondered for a moment. Before this, Jergal had facilitated or witnessed the birth of many gods related to death, from the original three gods of death to later Kelemvor and Cyric.
There have even been rumors recently that the reason why Arthas was able to obtain Kelemvor's protection was because he had already established a certain relationship with Jergal, and Jergal acted as the middleman.
At the same time, Jergal has also served several death gods as a consultant.
Does this mean that he actually has a habit of being a teacher, or is it also a kind of investment?
In addition, Lilith was able to obtain some knowledge from the other party before, which shows that the two parties have a certain relationship. Yager should not tear his relationship apart because of such a small profit.
But if you agree to Yeger, what you gain may be more than you imagined.
Although Jergal is only a weak divine power now, when it comes to knowledge related to the realm of death, even the powerful Kelemvor cannot defeat him.
As his mind raced, Levi smiled and nodded: "If it is His Highness Yege's invitation, then I naturally have no reason to refuse!"