As the sky above Pathenon Mountain was torn apart by a powerful force, the Twisted Ghost Emperor's roar echoed across the entire airspace above Greece.
This Emperor-level demon, who had just been promoted through a forbidden ritual, had not yet felt the warmth of his throne when he plummeted like a meteor towards the Etna mountain range, hundreds of miles from the Athens Acropolis.
The earth groaned, and the entire mountain range was ripped open by a thousand-meter-deep chasm, with lava erupting.
Several Titans hidden within the mountain's cavities were crushed to dust.
Jiang Yuan's figure appeared ghost-like in the high sky; looking down, the Twisted Ghost Emperor was constantly thrashing his body, attempting to burrow into the ground to escape.
"Still trying to escape? Go stay in the Soul Space."
Jiang Yuan activated the summoning array, and the Twisted Ghost Emperor was dragged into the Soul Space, leaving only a gradually dissipating dark Rift in the sky. The Twisted Ghost Emperor returned to the Soul Space.
Regarding today's ritual,
Jiang Yuan was very satisfied.
The ritual was grand enough, and the Twisted Undead successfully became the Twisted Ghost Emperor.
Another general was added to his subordinates.
He could be used as a doorman for the future New Underworld, guarding its gates for all eternity.
Space flickered, and Jiang Yuan's figure vanished from his original position.
He then reappeared in the Underworld.
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Pathenon Mountain, the place of the grand ceremony.
The gloom in the sky gradually dispersed, and golden rays of sunlight streamed through the heavy clouds, shining on everyone's faces.
The world brightened again.
Xinxia looked up at the sky, unable to see Jiang Yuan or the Twisted Ghost Emperor.
"Xinxia, don't worry about my safety. I have already taken the Twisted Undead from earlier to an isolated place; he won't bring harm to the human world. The Pathenon Temple now completely belongs to you; do whatever you wish."
Jiang Yuan's voice suddenly appeared in Xinxia's mind.
"Okay!" Xinxia nodded heavily into the air.
Immediately, her divine soul rose behind her, and its warm light illuminated everyone, dispelling the fear in their hearts.
"Everyone, there's no need to worry; everything is over."
Xinxia soothed the crowd with a voice that reached their souls.
The expressions on people's faces calmed down.
Only Mu Ningjiao's brows were tightly furrowed as she stared silently at the sky.
"Stop looking; I've already taken that ghostly thing away." Jiang Yuan's voice appeared in Mu Ningjiao's mind again.
"Then can you still come back?" Mu Ningjiao asked.
Hmm?
Thinking that Mu Ningjiao was concerned about him, Jiang Yuan replied, "I need to disappear for a while. The commotion this time was a bit big; I expect many people will be watching me."
Many people naturally referred to those in Holy City.
"Alright then, please be careful." Mu Ningjiao instructed.
"Don't worry, I'm very safe."
"I'll wait for you to come back. During this time, I'll break through to Super-Level as quickly as possible." Mu Ningjiao said seriously.
Subsequently, Jiang Yuan withdrew his gaze.
He began to contemplate the three main tasks he needed to complete next.
The first was to completely unify the Underworld, which was already mostly done; the only difficulty lay with Queen Huangsha at the bottom of the sea.
The second was the birth of the New Underworld, which could only proceed after the first task was completed.
The third was the Three-Eyed Underworld Monarch's promotion to Emperor.
Its promotion to Emperor could directly intercept the Eight Souls Ritual prepared by Red Demon Ichiro.
Thus, not counting the Azure Scaled Dragon,
He would have a total of three Emperors under his command: Austin, the Twisted Ghost Emperor, and the advanced Three-Eyed Underworld Monarch.
Multiple Emperors, perhaps only regions like Antarctica, Kunlun, Sahara, and the oceans could possess such a number.
"Wait, is Medusas Mother dead or not?"
Jiang Yuan suddenly remembered the Snake Scorpion Empire, which he had forgotten.
Medusas Mother was an Half-Emperor after all; her spirit and body were both good things.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan decided to go to Sahara.
To see if Medusas Mother was still alive.
If she was alive, he would kill her; if not, he would empty all the treasures the Snake Scorpion Empire had accumulated over the years.
Speaking of treasures, there were many in the Pyramid, including even the Core of the Earth.
Jiang Yuan now only needed one magic system to reach the peak level to directly begin his promotion to Forbidden Spellcasters.
Of course, this would still take some time.
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While Jiang Yuan was on his way to the Sahara Desert,
The impact of the Pathenon Mountain Twisted Ghost Emperor incident finally began to spread.
People could never have imagined that the widely revered Hall Mother would actually be the Black Vatican's Pope.
If not for so many people witnessing it firsthand, no one would believe such an absurd claim.
Additionally, there was the Twisted Ghost Emperor's promotion ritual.
This ritual had too wide a scope, and the entire human world saw the purple-black evil snake flying in the sky.
At this moment, in the highest holy land of magic,
The solemn and dignified Holy City was as noisy as a marketplace.
"This is creating evil gods and demonic gods artificially! You all know how powerful Emperor-level strength is!"
"We must take action!"
"Declare Jiang Yuan a heretic and arrest him!"
A group of Forbidden Spellcasters old-timers pounded the table, clamoring to declare Jiang Yuan a heretic and have him face the Holy City's judgment.
"I do not agree with declaring Jiang Yuan a heretic. In this incident, Jiang Yuan wiped out the entire Black Vatican, from top to bottom, including the Pope, Red Robed Cardinals, Inquisitors, Blue-robed Deacons, and Gray Robed Priests, from the world. In the future, there will be no need to worry about the Black Vatican's conspiracies."
"Don't you think this is a feat worthy of being passed down through the ages?" Zu Huanyao retorted.
Beside him, several Inquisitors of Chinese origin held the same view, excusing Jiang Yuan's actions.
"I admit this is a huge achievement, but the evil Emperor was born under Jiang Yuan's hand. Can you deny that?" an European Forbidden Spellcasters spoke out.
Zu Huanyao was speechless; he could not refute this.
People on Pathenon Mountain that day heard and saw that the ritual was performed by Jiang Yuan.
"Then according to you, the Prayer Technique performed by the Parthenon Goddess was the key to starting the ritual. Two boons: one took away the souls of Black Vatican members, and one took away all the resentment against the Black Vatican. These converged to give birth to the evil Emperor; does the Goddess count as an accomplice?"
Shao Zheng suddenly said. He was an individual urgently dispatched by China to deal with this heretic judgment.
As for why Xinxia was pulled into this incident, firstly, Xinxia indeed played a crucial role in it; secondly, Xinxia specifically asked him to do so; and thirdly, the Goddess's status would make these European Forbidden Spellcasterss hesitant to speak easily.
As expected, after Shao Zheng spoke those words, the mages who had just been speaking righteously all stopped speaking and began to discuss in low voices.
At this moment, a man with golden hair and a golden beard entered the Inquisition.
Everyone immediately stood up to greet him.
"Archangel!"
The person who arrived was one of the seven Archangels, Michael!
Michael scanned the room, finally resting his gaze on Zu Huanyao and Shao Zheng, and said faintly, "I declare Jiang Yuan a heretic."