Hell's Handbook

Chapter 456

Chapter 456

The Beginning’s Deities – that was the name Su Jin gave them. The Beginning, with Kano Mai as its core, used its incredible calculation abilities and created a race that could defy the rules of the universe. They were truly deities.

“I’m furious! I still remember what happened and I want to take revenge!” roared one of the Deities. Their souls had come from the universes that had been destroyed, so even though they couldn’t remember most of their life anymore, the hatred within them did not go away.

“Revenge!”

“I remember how my family was torn to pieces! They were helpless to do anything!”

“The sky turned black as everything burned to ashes! I won’t take that lying down!”

One by one, the Deities shouted with anger in their voices. This was also why Su Jin wanted to reap these souls from the universes that had been destroyed. He didn’t have to motivate them since they already possessed this level of anger and hatred within them.

“The war is about to begin. I need all of you to become familiar with your new bodies and work on them, then wash away your anger during the fight!” said Su Jin loudly. These Deities required some days to adapt to their current situation before he began his war officially.

Three days was enough for the Deities to get themselves prepared. Meanwhile, Su Jin left the temple and got the Beginning to inform everyone that the war was going to begin in three days. Whether they lived or died would depend on this fight.

Boom!

A wall in space suddenly exploded. This was where the will of the universe was currently resting. Su Jin had arrived to tell him when he wanted to fight.

“Are you finally ready? I thought you intended to just keep running from me.” The will of the universe glared icily at Su Jin, even though there was also a tiny smirk on his face.

“We have to fight sooner or later, so it’s meaningless to drag this on any further. Three days later, we fight!” shouted Su Jin.

The will of the universe agreed with what he said. He replied in a grave voice, “Three days later, we fight!”

With that, Su Jin turned and left. The will of the universe did not bother to stop him. They already agreed to a fight in three days, so there was no point in attacking Su Jin now.

After Su Jin left, Shen Wu appeared next to the will of the universe and asked, “If a fight really breaks out, how confident are you of winning, O Great One?”

“How confident am I? Would you believe me if I said ten out of ten?” The will of the universe gave him a strange smile, then disappeared.

Shen Wu remained silent and went home. He looked at his wife and daughter with a rare glimmer of gentleness in his eyes, then called Su Qing over. He said to her very quietly, “In three days, an inevitable war will break out. Regardless of how it ends, nothing will happen to you or Yuan’er. But… if something bad happens to me, you must not, no matter what, you must not take revenge.”

Su Qing trembled all over and asked anxiously, “My brother is… about to go to war with the will of the universe?”

“That’s right.” Shen Wu nodded slightly.

Su Qing became even more anxious. “Hubby, why don’t you join my brother’s side? I don’t want to end up watching both of you try to kill each other. You’re both the people I love the most!”

Shen Wu smiled sadly and shook his head. “Your brother and I love you the most too, and that’s precisely why we must not join hands. We have to make sure that regardless of which side wins, you and Yuan’er will live well in the future.”

Su Qing suddenly felt like she was a huge burden to them and couldn’t stop crying. Shen Wu wiped her tears away and whispered, “Don’t cry, don’t cry. In this life, the thing I love most is to see you smile, and the thing I’m most afraid of is to see you cry!”

“What about your next life? You’re already abandoning me and your daughter in this life, so I suppose we won’t see you again in our next life?” said Su Qing through her tears as she bit her lip hard.

Shen Wu went into a daze momentarily, then said, “In my next life… actually, I’m already living my next life.”

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The temple stopped travelling through space and parked itself prominently in the middle of a vast universe. The Beginning took on the form of Kano Mai and stood respectfully by Su Jin’s side.

“I’ll be counting on you to fight Hell’s Handbook during this war,” Su Jin said to The Beginning.

“Yes, sir!” responded The Beginning in its fairylike voice. It was nowhere as lovely as Kano Mai’s voice to Su Jin, even though they were supposed to be the same voice.

Ye Yun and the rest had also gathered around Su Jin. Xu Ran asked with a puzzled look on his face, “Why are you splitting everyone up? The rune creatures are our best weapons against the new gods, but you’re not bringing them with you? Why?”

“Because I won’t have any use for them,” Su Jin grinned. He scratched his head and said, “Saying this might hurt your self-esteem, but you guys are really not good enough for the fight between the most powerful in this war. The rune creatures are not good enough, and neither are our opponent’s army of new gods.”

“Gosh, you’re so brutally honest,” said Wu Chen with a laugh.

Su Jin put on a serious face and said, “But that’s not to say that you guys are useless. I’m splitting this war into three. The gods will fight the gods, the system will fight the system, and then us!”

He didn’t need to explain that last one. Everyone knew he was referring to himself and the will of the universe. Both of them existed at the highest point of this world, above every other living creature. If Su Jin was willing to lower himself, he could become the will of the universe’s second in command, a position even higher than the Handbook. Yet, he still chose to rebel.

Su Jin went on, “So, for the fight between The Beginning and the Handbook, The Beginning has a high chance of losing, since its not as perfect as the Handbook and nowhere as experienced as the Handbook, so I’m not placing my hopes on it. I just need it to stall the Handbook for time.”

“As for the battle between the gods… I hope you guys will be able to win the fight,” said Su Jin with an awkward smile on his face. “I know I’m asking a lot from all of you.”

“You are,” Chu Yi nodded. He was not getting upset with Su Jin, but he was very clear about the situation right now. The temple still had thousands of gods whose godhood had not been fully converted, so they wouldn’t have enough people to fight the tens of thousands of new gods on the opposing side. Even if they threw in the Deities, their chances of winning were still pretty low.

“But I still have to count on you guys,” Su Jin slumped his shoulders.

“Don’t worry, leave it to us!” Wu Chen patted Su Jin on the shoulders. He glanced at Su Jin and said, “Then about your battle with the will of the universe…”

“I will uh, do my best,” said Su Jin as he scratched his head awkwardly.

Everyone burst out laughing. Was this guy reliable or not?! But even though he spoke so unconvincingly, nobody felt uneasy. They had managed to live well and protected thanks to the path that Su Jin had built for them, so now, they too, wanted to protect him.

Three days passed in a flash. For someone who had gone through countless cycles like the will of the universe, three days was practically one second to him.

The temple rushed toward the empty universe where the will of the universe was. He had been waiting for them. But he was a little surprised when he sensed Su Jin approaching him.

“Just you alone? The rest of your companions… they’ve gone to deal with my new gods?” The will of the universe was not stupid, and the Handbook gave him information about what was going on out there at all times.

“Just us is good enough, right?” said Su Jin.

The will of the universe nodded. “You’re right. Just us is good enough!”

“Go on, The Beginning!” Su Jin patted The Beginning and it turned into a beam of light as it broke through the spatial wall and disappeared.

“You too, Hell’s Handbook!” The will of the universe also gave the incarnation of the Handbook a nod and the Handbook ran after The Beginning and disappeared.

“One on one fight, eh? You’re a bold one,” the will of the universe couldn’t help but compliment Su Jin. He had seen the rise and fall of so many cycles and met so many characters. Some of them were truly inspirational, some of them did sincerely impressive things, and some shone brightly among the rest.

But even if you added all those people up, the will of the universe felt that they were still no match for the man standing before him. Their battle was definitely going to go down the history books as the most epic battle of all time!

Whoosh!

The will of the universe launched an attack first. It wasn’t colorful at all, but a stream of black and white smoke that turned into huge dragons that made their way straight for Su Jin. The two dragons were like the dragons of all dragons, aggressive and unstoppable.

“Away!” yelled Su Jin as colorful beams of light shot out from his body, turning into tiny lotus flowers that became a wall between the monochrome dragons and Su Jin. No matter how they roared, they simply couldn’t get past this wall of tiny lotus flowers. On the contrary, each time they tried to charge past the wall, they would lose some scales. They looked so pathetic.

“You call this power of yours maniacal power, huh. That’s a good name,” said the will of the universe with a smile.

Su Jin nodded slightly and smiled back. “Of course. After all, only a maniac would try to rebel against you!”

“You must know that anybody who has tried to rebel against me, regardless of whether they’re humans or ghosts, immortals or gods, have all met their deaths. I hope you realize whom you’re fighting against!”