Thus, a war that seemed inexplicable to outsiders but was actually quite large in scale officially began.
Levi, the Lord of Mount Paradise and the God of Death in the underworld, declared war on Yenogu, the Lord of the 422nd layer of the Abyss, the Death Triangle, and the God of Jackals, because of Yenogu's many past sins.
At the same time, Anubis, Lucia, Donna, Celeket and other gods on Mount Paradise, as well as Lilith, Illidan and Imrik who were friendly with Levi, all responded immediately.
Soon after, the Ghoul King, Dorican, also surrendered, claiming that he was once a benevolent elf and he had no choice in the past, but from now on, he wanted to be a benevolent demon lord.
And he didn't just talk, he directly opened his territory, the 421st level of the Abyss, to Levi's side.
Now Levi's coalition forces can use the 421st floor as a springboard, march straight in, and launch a fierce attack on Yenogu in the fastest way.
Levi did seize this opportunity, with several Lords of Heaven such as the Messenger of Mercy and the Messenger as vanguards, and several incarnations of true gods such as Lucia and Penthesilea personally leading the charge. He commanded the coalition forces from multiple races including the Subaru, Elves, and Lizardmen, and launched a fierce attack on Yeenoghu.
What outsiders don’t know is that in this war, many constructs and angels of death have joined the fight.
In fact, in Levi's plan, they might gradually become the main force of the war.
Because the Sub-Sky Races will be suppressed by the Abyss, and it is difficult for the Elves and Lizardmen to adapt to the special environment of the Abyss , but the Constructs and the Angels of Death do not have most of their weaknesses.
No matter whether it was the corrosive lake, poisonous smoke, scorching lava, or biting wind on the 422nd floor, they could not cause much damage to them.
Moreover, they are not afraid of sacrifice. When they were created, Levi did not instill negative emotional factors such as fear and cowardice in them. All they needed was loyalty and bravery.
In the subsequent process, Levi also adjusted the proportion of soul fragments invested and instead added some metal and stone again.
Because he also thought it through clearly, he did not have enough conditions now, so there was no need to pursue perfection from the beginning.
He could use these inferior products as consumables first, obtain a large number of soul fragments from the bottomless abyss, and create a favorable cycle first. When the number of constructs reaches a certain level and there is a large surplus of soul fragments every day, he can then produce large quantities of high-level constructs or angels of death, and it will still be in time.
As for other gods, they did not send too much power, mainly because after the souls of believers ascended to the kingdom of God, they were bound to the gods and the kingdom of God, and they could not appear anywhere outside the kingdom of God.
Therefore, this kind of cross-dimensional battle requires either recruiting warriors from the main world, or various celestial creatures, or powerful beings such as dragons and Titans to participate.
As for the new gods such as Khalida and Donna, they basically don't have many of these two kinds of existences under their command, or even if they have some, they are reluctant to send them out. After all, it is destined to be a war of attrition.
But Lilith, Yuegong and others still have very good foundation, and this time all the gods are working together, so they quickly put together a large army.
Caught off guard, Yenogu lost over one million square kilometers of territory and millions of garrison troops in one go.
But on the surface, Levi's achievements seem to be limited to this.
Because the environment of the 422nd floor is very complex, including grasslands, deserts, oceans, mountains, caves, forests, etc., and even though the terrain here has the same name as the terrain of the main world, it is actually not that simple. There may be all kinds of evil energies and monsters.
This made the coalition forces' advance not particularly smooth.
Once the Sub-Sky people stay in the Abyss for too long, they will inevitably be corrupted, so Levi needs to deploy the army regularly and let the Sub-Sky people take turns returning to Mount Paradise to be cleansed and purified by Mount Paradise.
At the same time, perhaps because he was unhappy with the gods' invasion of the Abyss and worried about becoming the next target, or perhaps he was simply dissatisfied with Levi, Yenogu also received support from some nearby demon lords, and even several demon gods and evil gods.
Although most of them are unknown people, there are also a few tough guys among them.
For example, the white mole on the 399th floor, the god of greed who specifically fights against dwarves - Erdren, the Lord of Sorrow on the 400th floor, the chief of evil demons - Ahriman on the 452nd floor, the mother of demons - Cangye on the 471st floor, and the god of vampires - Dracula on the 487th floor, etc.
They were relatively close to Yenogu's territory, so they were able to send in their army at the first opportunity.
Even some demon lords, not knowing whether they were too confident or too stupid, actually went there in person to test the power of the gods.
However, these guys basically paid the price for this. Lucia and Anubis teamed up and chopped off more than a dozen of them in one go, removing them from the list permanently.
When the god's divine power reaches 0, the gods of death can comprehend the powerful supernatural power of the Hand of Death, and their lethality to mortal creatures is terrifying.
The demon lords are indeed powerful. If they go to the main world, they can easily destroy cities and countries. But to the gods, they are nothing more than ordinary militiamen with thicker skin and flesh. In essence, there is not much difference between them. They are still mortal creatures that can be killed instantly by extraordinary divine power.
Since then, no similar idiot has appeared. Even Yeenoghu himself hid well. Despite Dorisen's repeated provocations, he only dared to send out messenger-type incarnations to fight back.
Because he knew very well that even if they fought one-on-one with the same godhood level, it would be difficult for him to defeat a death god like Lucia. If he acted on his momentary impulse, he would be the one who suffered.
In addition, many giants of the Abyss, such as the Undead Emperor - Orcus, the Succubus Queen - Mecanthus, the Wind Demon Lord - Pazuzu, etc., also provided assistance to Yeenoghu.
Regardless of their normal relationship, when facing outsiders, they showed a rare bit of unity.
And they didn't just shout, they actually sent out some troops. After all, there were so many demons in the Abyss that it didn't matter to them even if Yeenoghu had hundreds of thousands of troops and they all died.
If you are a famous demon lord, who doesn't have hundreds of millions of troops under his command? It is possible that there are hundreds of millions or even billions of them.
Anyway, demons don’t need food or water. As long as they can breathe and absorb magic power from the outside world, they can survive. So over time, they can accumulate a lot.
It is precisely because the number of demons is so large that they fight among themselves madly, mainly for the purpose of competing for territory and various resources.
In a sense, the situation of the demons is not much different from that of the goblins and ogres in the main world who regularly fight to reduce the population.
Although the strength of these demons varies and their types are strange, coupled with their chaotic nature, many of them may die in internal strife before they even reach the battlefield, but they are still enough to be cannon fodder to delay time.
Under such circumstances, Yenogu, who gradually gained confidence, launched several counterattacks and actually recovered some territory.
It was not until the Gaiding and Aici tribes joined in that the arrogance of the demons was suppressed again.
However, the three major celestial clans all have to face the same problem, which is the corrosive effect of the bottomless abyss. So even if many parties join forces, it will not be so easy to completely wipe out Yeenog, who has received a lot of support.
But in this battle, the reputation of Levi and other related gods was indeed thoroughly established. Gods of kindness and order, including Clemvor and Tyr, all expressed their affirmation and support for Levi.
Even some gods who had never come into contact with Levi before came forward to show their goodwill.
At the same time, in the main world, Cindy and other clergymen also have a lot of materials, and can write legends about gods such as Levi and preach to mortals.
However, these gains are only what can be seen on the surface of other external existences.
In fact, with the help of such frequent and large-scale deaths, combined with the knowledge previously acquired from many beings, Levi finally took a crucial step and, as a weak divine power, truly comprehended the power of the origin of death.
Although it currently only accounts for about 0.3% of the share, he has begun to truly feel the powerful increase brought by the origin of death.
The power, casting range, duration, etc. of all the death-related powers he unleashes will all be enhanced, while the consumption and error rate will all be reduced. This is an all-round enhancement.
Next, when fighting against the undead and other death-related beings, he will be strengthened and the opponent will be weakened.
If you create undead, death magic scrolls, etc., they will also be strengthened.
There are many more examples like this.
He even had a premonition that when his godhood level was further improved and his understanding was strengthened, he would be able to give similar enhancements to his priests and believers.
The higher the share of the origin of death that is occupied, the stronger the enhancement that can be given to the believers will be. Under the same conditions, it will definitely be easier to attract believers.
Even according to Yager's calculations, if the share in the origin of death is high enough, even if there are no believers and power of faith, relying solely on the death in the world is enough to support the existence of gods.
There is no need to rush around for faith all day, no need to worry about the number of believers, no need to kidnap them out of concern for their life or death, and even whether or not the kingdom of God is established is not important.
A god who is isolated from the world and allows the world to change, but can always look down on other gods from a high position, is the true god above gods.
In addition, Levi can get a large amount of soul fragments almost every minute and every second.
Since the scale of the war was large enough, his gains were very rich even though it was not long. He had created hundreds of thousands of angels of light and death that could be used as combat forces, and they were currently being used to guard Mount Heaven and the underworld.
There are also dozens of times more newborn angels created using soul fragments of different quantities and qualities. They will absorb power on their own in Mount Heaven and the Underworld, and then slowly grow to a usable level. This is also an experiment done by Levi.
He needs to conduct countless experiments to gradually find the most cost-effective manufacturing method.
In this way, after a few months, the war between the gods and Yeenoghu became normalized. Levi controlled the intensity of the war within a certain range, ensuring that Yeenoghu would not be killed directly, and even gave the other side the illusion that it could successfully counterattack.
This gave the demon lords on other levels hope of defeating the coalition of gods, and they continuously sent demon armies to reinforce, which allowed Levi to harvest a huge amount of soul fragments.
At the same time, after countless experiments, Levi also thoroughly mastered the most cost-effective manufacturing method, and officially obtained the Maid of Heaven and Maid of Underworld, two special angel racial priesthoods - energy angels.
His last weak link was also completely made up.
After going through countless wars, the development of constructs is obvious to all. Now many constructs have spontaneously switched to various professions, mainly warriors, but occasionally there are also some magic professions.
At the same time, they truly developed faith, and their levels of piety were very high. Basically, they started out as true believers or devout believers.
Even though they are also regarded as alien life forms like the Sub-World, they are obviously inferior to the mortals in the main world in terms of the amount of power of faith they obtain, but this represents a possibility.
When their numbers are large enough, Levi may even no longer need believers from the main world, and can maintain his existence solely by relying on the constructs, the sub-sky people and the elegant spirits.
After thinking it over for a while and making sure there were no loopholes in the details, he formally summoned all the gods of Mount Paradise, including Anubis, Lucia and Khalida, as well as Lilith, Moonbow, Illidan, Sobek and other gods.
Not only can he provide OEM services for Constructors, but he can also share with everyone all the relevant knowledge about manufacturing Constructors and Energy Angels.
However, he is not completely selfless. The relevant gods need to swear with their real names under the witness of Lilith and others, and sign a series of offensive and defensive contracts with Levi and Mount Heaven. This is a prerequisite.
If it is OEM, as the god of death who owns the field of technology and the creator of the Constructor and the two energy angels, he will be more efficient, the finished product quality will be better, and he will save more materials when manufacturing.
In this way, the more gods participate, the more he will gain. And the more constructs and energy angels there are, the more benefits he will gain as he possesses the racial priesthood.
If you want to buy the knowledge and create it yourself, Levi provides two ways of purchasing. One is to consume fragments of divine power or other precious treasures to make a one-time purchase of the knowledge.
The second is that Levi takes a commission from the harvested soul fragments.
Even considering that the new gods such as Khalida did not have much background and could not send out much power, he was very considerate and rented out some of the already manufactured constructs and energy angels to the other party.
After months of hard work, even though there were some casualties during the experiments, there are now several million maids of heaven on Mount Heaven who can serve as combat forces. There are slightly fewer in the underworld, but there are still nearly a million.
Even for an ordinary medium-level divine power, it would be difficult to have his level of foundation. Considering the time he spent, this is truly unprecedented and super-high efficiency.
At the same time, due to such frequent deaths, he was able to quickly comprehend the knowledge left by Osiris and Jaeger, and even the legacy of Nagash.
His share of the origin of death has become higher and higher as a result, and now it is second only to Kelemvor and Qingjia, and almost equal to Bane.
Naturally, the other Death Gods were the first to notice such an obvious change.
For this reason, not only Qingjia and Kelemvor expressed their concern, but even Bane couldn't help but send an envoy and proposed to join forces with Levi.
Because Bane knew very well that it would be impossible to achieve this if only a large number of demons died, because almost all the demons that died in the Abyss would be swallowed up by the Abyss and used to create new demons, and the gods would basically not be able to benefit from it.
Levi must have gained knowledge about the origin of death from Jaeger. If he could also obtain this knowledge...
Although Bane was not a good person either, Levi considered it and decided to reach a certain degree of cooperation with him.
As long as there is still conflict, hatred, tyranny and fear in this world, Bane will continue to gain power. As a veteran evil god, he is much more difficult to deal with than Cyric.
Moreover, as an evil god who also uses emotions, if the Four Chaos Gods are resurrected, Levi may also need Bane's power.
As for the rental fees, pensions for those killed in battle, commissions, etc., Levi had clearly marked the prices.
The gods could have done without spending a penny, but just send their incarnations to take charge, or lead the attack, and then pay Levi after they had reaped the rewards.
They can continue to attack Yenogu's territory with Levi, or they can attack other nearby layers alone or in teams, and Levi will not interfere too much.
Even if they are new gods, as long as they are willing to spend some strength, they can easily suppress ordinary demon lords.
In the past, the gods rarely attacked the Abyss, not only because they all knew that the Abyss could not be completely purified, but also because there was no benefit in doing so.
But if they knew how to create Constructors and Energy Angels, even if they could not make Energy Angels and others grow at the lowest cost like Levi, who had the support of Mount Heaven and the Underworld, they would definitely take action.
Levi has also thought about it. After a period of time, when his own advantages are completely confirmed and each god has tens or even millions of constructs and energy angels under his command, Sigma, the Crimson Knight, the Aurora Dragon God, and even Tyr, Ursun, and Mielikki can all be included in this list.
Even if Anhe and Seth were willing to pay a sufficient price, Levi could share this power with them.
Of course, the efficiency would definitely be different depending on whether there is the god of death as an assistant, and the commission ratio Levi requires for gods with different relationships with him would definitely be significantly different.
But in general, Levi still hopes to make this cake bigger. If a hundred gods participate in this huge plan and launch a fierce attack on a hundred layers of the bottomless abyss at the same time, even if each god only gives him 1% commission, the total will be an astronomical figure.
And even if Levi shared his knowledge with other gods completely and unconditionally, it would be almost impossible for them to truly surpass Levi in ​​this regard.
Because Mount Paradise is unique, the maids of Paradise will continue to grow stronger as long as they stay in it, followed by the power of darkness and death in the underworld.
As for other planes, and even the kingdom of the gods, their efficiency in this regard is obviously much lower.
After signing a series of contracts, the gods were very excited and returned to their respective kingdoms to make corresponding preparations and select suitable targets for attack.
Even Lilith is no exception, because the cost of creating constructs and energy angels is negligible.
What she particularly values ​​is that both of these beings can act across dimensions, which is fundamentally different from the petitioners in the Kingdom of God.
Now Levi mainly uses them for war, but in fact they can also be used to travel to many other planes and spread the glory of God.
This alone is something that no god would ignore.
Before leaving, Lilith reminded Levi: "Levi, some vampires are holding a ceremony in Sylvania, and they seem to want to resurrect Manfred's nominal parents, Vlad and Isabella. Are you interested in going to see the excitement?"
Levi chuckled and shook his head: "Forget it, I don't have time to pay attention to Manfred anymore."
Manfred was once a powerful enemy, but after Levi was deified, Manfred immediately became very well-behaved. He even sent messengers to present gifts to the Rock of Fear several times. His purpose was obvious, which was that he did not want Levi to bear a grudge against the conflicts that had occurred between them.
Levi was not that petty. After all, it was the other party who suffered the loss at that time.
But now, he is busy with matters related to priesthood and domain, etc. In comparison, Manfred, a legendary vampire, even if he is still powerful in Sylvania, what does he count for?
Lilith, on the other hand, should still remember that even if Vlad's resurrection was not organized by her, she definitely let him go on purpose just to cause trouble for Manfred.
Lilith also smiled and said, "Okay, I'll contact Lucia later. Maybe after Vlad is resurrected, we can set a trap for Dracula."
Dracula was created by Rose based on the Elf Devourer. Although at present, the cowardly Dracula is completely useless and seems to be gradually out of Rose's actual control, but as long as he is alive, he will always be a hidden danger, and Lilith does not want to keep this hidden danger.
Levi nodded: "If you need me for anything, just ask."
After Lilith left, Levi looked at Penthesilea and Donna and asked them about the progress of combat-related priesthoods and fields.
They looked at each other, and finally Penthesilea spoke: "Levi, I was about to tell you that in order to comprehend the relevant power as much as possible, my incarnation has been staying in the Abyss. I feel that the Abyss is corroding me."
"And I have a vague feeling that the longer I stay, the harder it will be to purify this corruption. Perhaps one day, my incarnation will suddenly collapse."
Donna also nodded, indicating that she felt the same way, but because her level was not deep enough, the corrosion was relatively mild, but the essence was the same.
And even if they rotate other incarnations regularly, it still takes a lot of energy to cleanse the corrosion suffered by the incarnation.
"I understand. This is something that will happen sooner or later. If the Abyss is really that easy to conquer, it would not have remained until now."
"The key question is, Penthesilea, how are you progressing? Will the power you will gain offset the loss of the Avatar?"
Many gods once tried to completely purify the Abyss, but without exception, they all ended in failure. An entire pantheon was even destroyed because of it.
So Levi never thought about completely leveling the bottomless abyss from the beginning. All he wanted was the soul fragments.
Penthesilea also felt a bit of a headache: "According to the current intensity of the war, I am sure I can comprehend the relevant power, but I am afraid that I might really bury one or two combat incarnations."
Levi pondered for a moment and said, "Then do it. I will help you prepare the fragments of the godhead and the crystals of divine power."
Illidan and Imrik are all poor guys who just chose to buy on credit, but Lilith and Moonbow are real rich women, so Levi still has a lot of things in his hands.
Add to that what he had gained during this period, which was even enough to raise his godhood level to a higher level. Giving a portion of it to Penthesilea to create an incarnation was nothing at all.
Penthesilea smiled and didn't say much. Given the relationship between her and Levi, there was no need for any nonsense.
After discussing some details, everyone prepared to disperse. The whole world was in turmoil right now, but for them, the new gods, it was a rare opportunity, and they had to seize the time and work hard.
But suddenly, Levi received an urgent message from Tyr, saying that he was already outside Mount Paradise and urgently needed Levi's help.
Levi suddenly felt a little surprised. Although he was a powerful divine power, Tyr had always been a very polite person. Even if he came to visit a weak divine power like him, he would definitely greet him in advance. What kind of emergency did he encounter?
The next moment, Tyr, having received approval, flew towards Levi's direction very urgently.
As they flew, a slightly shrill female voice began to echo throughout the entire Heaven Mountain: "Let me go, you damned false gods. The Supreme Lord Xirik will destroy all false gods one day!"
Hearing this, whether it was Levi, Donna, or Isis and Seleket who had just left, they were all extremely shocked for a moment.
The next moment, they all gathered together, and then they saw Ilmater using a red rope transformed by divine power to bind a struggling immortal goddess - the goddess of justice - Valena, and Torm was also there to suppress her.
However, the usually heroic female warrior now had a face full of distortion and madness, and her eyes were full of hatred as she looked at Tyr and the others.
More importantly, Levi noticed that her godhood level was 2, which was her true self, not her incarnation!
"Your Highness Tyr, what happened?"
Tyr's usual calmness was gone, and there was a bit of bitterness on his face. He sighed and said, "It's Cyric. He seems to have regained some of his sanity. He has remodeled the Cyric Sutra that led to his madness into the priesthood of lies."
"Now it can not only take on the appearance of a book, but can also transform into armor, a helmet, a weapon, a staff, etc."
"Valena was accidentally tricked and ended up like this. She was clearly using an avatar at the time, but in the end her real body was also implicated."
Tom beside him also had a look of resentment on his face: "The damn Xirik gave Valena an order to destroy her own kingdom of God, and then her real body went to meet him!"
Just think about it, if Valena really did this, what would be waiting for her?
I'm afraid that not only her divinity and priesthood will be taken away by Cyric, but Cyric may also use her to deceive other gods. After she has lost her usefulness, Cyric probably won't kill her directly, but restore her sanity and let her see clearly what she has done.
If that were the case, even if she managed to survive, I'm afraid Valena herself would collapse.
Ilmater also had a sad face: "Even though our kingdoms of God were very close, due to the suddenness of the incident, one-fifth of Valena's kingdom of God was destroyed. Now we can only trap her by force. We have tried all our strength, but it is useless."
During their conversation, Verena did not stop either. She was either praising Cyric or cursing Tyr and Levi. It seemed that she believed from the bottom of her heart that Cyric was the only true God.
"I see!"
Levi nodded vigorously and immediately passed the information to all the gods he was familiar with, reminding them to pay attention to any suspicious targets.
Compared with other gods, many of our own beings do not have as much experience and knowledge, and they also have a grudge against Xirik, so they will easily become the opponent's target.
Levi was not too worried about Lilith and Yuegong. Although they looked innocent, it was no exaggeration to say that they were cunning and sly.
Especially Lilith, who has been using a pseudonym for such a long time and still possesses such strong hidden strength, which makes her unique among the gods.
But Imrik and Khalida are probably the most vulnerable.
The former is a little proud, while the latter has some queen habits. If Xirik sent people to pay tribute as admirers, they might actually accept it.
Lilith and others responded quickly, saying that they had indeed encountered some suspicious situations recently, but they were not fooled.
Khalida and Imrik were also safe and sound. They had been busy with Levi recently, so how could they have the time to deal with a mysterious man of unknown origin?
Illidan, who was relatively cold and decisive, and Sobek, who was a seasoned man, killed their opponents directly when they realized something was wrong.
As for Anubis, Celekate and others, they have not been encountered yet. The main reason is that the scope of their activities is too secretive and ordinary people can't find them at all. If someone really finds them, they will definitely be confused.
After hearing this, Levi felt a little relieved. He gave some instructions to Donna and the others, and then he activated his own purification ministry.
Unfortunately, when the light faded, nothing changed. Instead, Verena looked at Levi with a mocking expression:
"What? Trying to deceive me with false memories? But my loyalty to the Supreme Lord Xirik will never waver!"
The faces of Tyr and Torm became even uglier. Even Levi's purification priesthood had no effect?
Levi didn't feel any surprise. Xirik holds the priesthood of lies. Judging from her current appearance, it is very likely that Verena has been implanted with false memories or has been brainwashed by Xirik's lies.
This is not a curse at all, so how can it be purified? Tyr and the others are probably desperate and trying all kinds of methods.
Fortunately, Levi had anticipated this, so he had just contacted the dwarf pantheon, on the one hand reminding the other party of this matter, and on the other hand asking for help from the other party.
Then he also reminded Sigmar, Mielikki and other gods who were more familiar with him.
It is very likely that Xirik has really reached a dead end now. Given his chaotic and crazy nature, it would be fine if he did not take action, but once he did, he would definitely want to stir up real chaos.
If I were in their shoes, I would probably cast a wide net, catch more fish, and choose the best ones.
At the same time, he comforted Tyr and the others: "Don't worry too much. Cyric has now fallen to a weak power. His power of lies must have a limit. I have asked for help from Her Highness Berronne Truesilver."
Tyr and Torm were also cheered up, because they remembered that the mother of the dwarves had a unique priesthood - honesty, which was the opposite of lies.
Before, the other party had often demonstrated their strength in warfare, craftsmanship, and winemaking, so even Tyr and the others did not expect it for a while.
If the other party is really willing to help, there is still a great chance that Valena can be rescued.
Tyr immediately said very seriously: "Your Highness Levi, whether or not Valena recovers, I owe you a favor."
Torm and Ilmater beside them also echoed him. The three righteous saints have always faced everything together.
In fact, if it weren't for what happened today, perhaps Verena would have become the fourth member soon. It's all because of that damn Xirik!
Thom said bluntly: "We have already sent out our avatars to track down Xirik, and we have also specially requested some reinforcements."
Tyr also nodded slowly: "Yes, this will be the last madness of the Dark Sun. I will ensure that the chaos caused by Xirik will end completely."
"Your Highness Levi, I hope you can witness his fall with us!"