I, with my frail and sickly body, simultaneously traverse hundreds of worlds.

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In an instant, as the brilliance in her daughter's eyes gradually faded, the bouquet she held shone with an indigo light. A spring breeze blew through the palace of Hades, and the spring breeze transformed into human nature. The dignified yet haggard face of Demeter, the goddess of harvest, appeared before all the guests.

At this moment, except for a few demigods or Hades's retinue, all the dead spirits, banshees, and gargoyles knelt on the ground.

With the gods before us, how can we be so presumptuous?

As for Angelica dahurica, it doesn't matter; one is not worried about having too much debt.

Unable to resolve the unresolved issues and regrets of Hades, Demeter, and Persephone at the wedding.

The moment the wedding ended, this very moment next year would be the anniversary of Bai Zhi's death.

Bai Zhi cannot be delayed; drastic measures must be taken, even if it means completely offending them, to resolve this predicament.

After all, all Bai Zhi needed was divine blessing to complete the artifact's inherent function and gain his own freedom, instead of being restricted by divine blessing and forced to get involved in such convoluted matters, doing thankless work and even pushing the gods who should have been by his side into the distance.

Bai Zhi turned to look at Hades, who was looking at him, their emerald eyes meeting his dark pupils.

Hades' eyes flashed with regret, remorse, determination, and a hint of estrangement.

Recalling my first meeting with Hades, he sat high in the main seat, yet his demeanor was extraordinary. The way he looked at me was as if he were truly looking at his own child, full of affection, care, and tenderness...

Gently patting her cheeks, Bai Zhi forced herself not to think about anything else. Right now, she had only one goal: to live and complete the artifact restoration.

"Persephone, my daughter, you've lost weight." Demeter stroked her daughter's cheek; the familiar, innocent, lively smile and the sweet way she called out to her mother were gone.

Instead, her eyes were red-rimmed, but her gaze was firm and bright; though she was crying, she exuded a mature air.

“You’ve grown up.” The goddess of harvest blurted out, then paused, her expression turning serious. “Persephone, tell me the truth, do you want to marry Hades? Don’t worry, your mother can vouch for your wishes. If you don’t want to marry Hades, I will stop it all!!!”

Demeter's voice grew louder and louder, until finally it sounded like a roar.

Persephone was terrified; after all, she had never seen her mother with such a ferocious expression.

"Lord Persephone, love takes many forms and is different from one another. There is forbidden love, destructive love that destroys others, tragic love that is destined to die at the hands of one person in eternal cycles, and self-centered love that excludes all that is not mine. These seemingly distorted emotions and 'love' are essentially a mad desire for someone or something."

After Bai Zhi broke the silence by listing several important figures, she shifted the topic back to Hades and Demeter.

"The love of Lord Hades is the joy and possession of a long-lonely person seeing a new sprout. Therefore, Lord Hades, who loves you, is willing to share everything that belongs only to him with you. After all, Lord Hades has nothing but the Underworld, and you are far more important to him than the title of Lord of the Underworld."

Persephone paused, as if recalling the time they spent together when they first entered the underworld, before he mentioned leaving.

Hades' sincere and loving gaze was enough to make a young girl blush.

"And there is also Lady Demeter's love, a mother's love for her daughter, giving everything and regarding her as more important than herself. Perhaps you, Lord Persephone, do not know that because of your departure, the earth has no harvest in the season that should have been bountiful. Large areas of crops have withered and died, and the vegetation and forests no longer shed new seeds. What remains are only withered and dead trees."

You are her everything, the successor to her life's legacy. The Greek era was vast and boundless, yet no one could compare to your place in Lord Persephone's heart, in Lord Demeter's eyes.

As Bai Zhi spoke, Persephone was stunned again, looking at the scene in disbelief. When Demeter awkwardly looked away, she fell silent and believed what Bai Zhi had said.

Her mother, whom she saw as generous, mature, and open-minded, had actually made a grave mistake because of her. Would Lord Zeus punish her?

"I ask you, Lord Hades, who shares everything with you, and Lord Demeter, who considers you more important than all of them."

Why do you reject their love? Why are you afraid of it?

Angelica dahurica provided a summary.

The Book of the Greek Gods and Their Sons: Chapter 151 [Selfless Abundance Will Follow in Your Footsteps]

Emotions are the superficial manifestation of desires, while love is the continuation of instincts.

Hades and Demeter's love for Persephone was truly genuine.

Those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly.

Bai Zhi's blunt statement about the love between the two gods was a huge shock to Persephone.

It contains both the pride of being loved and the horror of being captured by a 'gravity field'.

Finally, everything fell into silence and...relief.

“Mother, thank you for attending my wedding.” Beneath Persephone’s resolute face, which was both mature and youthful, lay an unwavering determination that once a decision was made, there was no going back: “I am willing to marry Lord Hades, and this is not a matter of coercion.”

Hades's ecstatic expression and Demeter's distorted face.

Persephone recounted her emotional journey.

The fear of being abducted by Hades, the heart moved by Hades' companionship, the longing for one's mother, the fear of being stranded in the underworld, and the sudden sense of relief.

Bai Zhi, like an outsider, stood on the sidelines, observing.

She watched as Persephone gently guided the two most important gods in her life, easing the knots in their hearts and hoping for a happy ending for everyone.

Who would have thought that such an innocent and romantic girl would become the future majestic and ruthless Queen of the Underworld?

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Recorded in Greek mythology.

Persephone, who transformed from the goddess of seeds into the queen of the underworld, underwent a complete and utter change, becoming a completely different person. She went from being innocent and carefree to being cold, ruthless, and terrifying.

Persephone wields immense power in the underworld, commanding its demons and monsters to sever the last connection between the dying and the living.

It is also an embodiment of dark magic, mercilessly dragging all life into the embrace of the dark abyss underground, which is why people call the tomb "Persephone's Room".

Later in Greece, people dared not address him by his given name.

Having resolved their conflict, the three gods finally remembered Bai Zhi's existence. Or rather, the two sides, whose conflict had resurfaced over whether Persephone should remain in the Underworld, urgently needed someone to break the deadlock.

Angelica dahurica with experience is the best choice.

Therefore, Angelica dahurica, following the ending of Greek mythology, made the same choice.

"Lord Hades, the pomegranates you gave to Lady Persephone, she ate four of them..."

"I disagree."

"Hades?! Shut up!"

Hades seemed to have guessed what Bai Zhi was going to say and immediately interrupted and denied it, but under Demeter's coercion and Persephone's tears, Hades acquiesced.

In the end, the gods reached an agreement.

Persephone must spend four months of each year in the underworld with Hades.

That is to say, he spends one-third of each year in the underworld, and the rest of the time in the human world with his mother.

Hades was reluctant to accept the outcome, but he agreed because of Persephone's beaming and happy expression.

Hades' wedding ceremony, through mutual compromise and concessions between Hades and Demeter, reached its most fitting conclusion.

It's not entirely a happy ending for everyone; at least, everyone and every god got what they wanted.

Including Angelica dahurica.

Persephone had just married Hades, and no matter how unwilling Demeter was, she would not allow her daughter to leave her husband after the wedding ceremony.

Persephone's four months in the underworld begin now.

Judging from the less-than-pleasant expression on the Goddess of Harvest's face, the harvest for the people on earth during this period will be extremely disastrous. Perhaps they won't starve to death under the watchful eyes of the gods, but it's hard to say how many people will be driven to desperation and end up as casual victims of heroes in the mountains and forests.

Forget it, let's resolve this issue and think more about how to receive the other person's divine blessing from this broken relationship.

Bai Zhi's head throbbed more and more. She thought, "As expected of Athena, this one ruthless move completely ruined Hades and Demeter's relationship with him."

It's almost impossible to reconcile now. Perhaps the only way to obtain their divine blessing is through a seemingly ordinary but actually treacherous commission, like Athena's, involving an exchange of benefits.

After the wedding, outside Hades' palace, the person who arrived with a bouquet of flowers left with nothing.

"...Never mind, it's a success as long as we don't get purged afterward."

Bai Zhi, finding joy in hardship, left through the palace gates. He wanted to take a good look at the Underworld. Both times he had arrived here, he had been instantly transported by the power of the King of the Underworld. He wondered what the outside of the palace looked like and whether the Underworld was all black rock.

Bai Zhi, whose mindset had returned to the curiosity she had when she first ran away from home, was about to explore when she was called back.

He dared not hesitate, for it was not a human who had called out to him.

"Lady Demeter."

With the initial disarray gone and her daughter's situation now secure, the Goddess of Harvest began to pay more attention to her appearance.

Her smooth, long hair cascaded down her skin to her calves. A hint of sadness flickered in her gentle yet sorrowful eyes, but she forced herself to appear spirited, attempting to project the noble air unique to goddesses. Exquisite indigo silk wrapped around her voluptuous curves.

With just one glance, Bai Zhi couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of the Goddess of Harvest, her figure is second only to Hestia among the people I know."

“Jason, you are a clever and courageous child.” Demeter stepped forward and embraced Angelica, saying, “Your path is painful and arduous. The gods initially only had benevolent curiosity. You are the gods’ common child (believer), and the gods have given you the best gift.”

“But when Hephaestus disregarded the consequences and gave you more love than a god would give to a mortal, and truly turned you into a child of the gods, everything changed for you and for the gods. I thought I could remain true to myself, but I'm sorry, I couldn’t.”

"Perhaps everything in this incident originated from Athena's scheming, but Persephone's departure is an undeniable fact. I still love you, my child (believer), but I cannot help but feel angry with you. Therefore, this is the last gift I can give you as a mother (faithful to God)."

"So, Jason, my child, accept this blessing."

"Selfless abundance will follow in your footsteps."

As Demeter kissed Bai Zhi's brow, the indigo divine light illuminated a wing. At the same time, the Originium heart in her chest was undergoing a righteous four-on-two divine blessing. The attacked Abundance God Power instantly shifted its position, joining the other divine circles in kicking the Death God.

Her aching body began to ease, and Bai Zhi's complexion improved considerably. With a hint of hesitation, she finally embraced this once-in-a-lifetime hug from the goddess of harvest.

The Book of the Greek Gods and Their Sons: Chapter 152 [Predestined Death Will Reject Your Arrival]

It is no coincidence.

After Demeter left, Bai Zhi walked through a fork in the road and met the Lord of Death in the deep underworld.

It's hard not to suspect that these two were tacitly waiting for him, or that they had made a prior agreement.

Her hair reached her waist, her face was tattooed with a symbol of death, and her deep, dark eyes were fixed on Bai Zhi.

"Lord Hades, it's not appropriate for you to come to me during the blissful time of newlyweds. Persephone will surely complain about me."

Bai Zhi laughed and joked, completely devoid of the humility and fear she felt during their first meeting.

"Hehe, it won't matter if it takes a little while."

"One moment of a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold."

The human and the god chatted and laughed on a path in the underworld, as if all the previous conflicts had never existed.

Hades resides in the underworld, yet his gaze travels through the gap between the human world and the underworld to observe the prosperity and beauty of the human realm.

He described the interesting things and feelings he has encountered since becoming Hades.

With many shared memories and images, the topics and stories he describes are equally fascinating.

They talked and chatted for a long time until the ball after the wedding ceremony came to an end, and the guests who had attended the wedding left Hades' palace.

The two then ended their conversation and moved on to a place familiar to Bai Zhi.

The ferryman Charon carried him across the border of the River Styx.

Bai Zhi knew that the time for a showdown had come.

"Alas, Jason, I love you, I really love you..." Hades sighed, gazing up at the dark dome of the underworld.

“I have the fewest followers in Greece. Their faith in me is based on their fear of death. They are either cowards who are scared away by death and cannot accept its arrival, or they are madmen who are blinded by killing and use killing to stop killing and use killing to create killing.”

Angelica dahurica's assessment of this is—

"It's normal."

With gods standing above all living beings, how could humanity not go mad?

“You are different. You are neither afraid of death nor thirsty for killing. As a prince, you are confined to a sick and weak body, but your mentality is like that of an ordinary person. You want to live an ordinary life and see different scenery. It is a very simple and unadorned wish.”

But when you choose to believe in the twelve Olympian gods, your wish is destined to be unfulfilled. The gods see your heart through your faith, and they also see the 'abnormality' that is being suppressed.

That's why the gods pay attention to you in their own ways, including me.

You are intelligent, know when to advance and retreat, and are adept at assessing situations. More importantly, your faith in the gods is genuine, pure, and sincere.

Hades turned around, grabbed Bai Zhi's shoulder, and a chilling deathly aura swept over him. The situation where the Originium Heart Divinity was fighting five against one was reversed, turning into a one-against-five crushing defeat.

Bai Zhi's face gradually turned deathly pale, her life force rapidly depleting as if a dam had burst. The immortal body created by the divine artifact resisted stubbornly, but it was no match for the death divinity of the Underworld King.

"Because you genuinely believe that the essence of the gods is that of 'humans' with extraordinary individual strength?"

Hades almost burst out laughing as he said this. These machine gods who came from outside the universe were considered 'humans'?

Is there anything more absurd than this?

"So, Lord Hades, do you intend to kill me, this madman who defied the gods?"

Stiff words escaped her throat, which was affected by the cold air, but Bai Zhi's tone remained respectful. It was not a fanatical belief in a god, but the attitude that should be shown to the strong.