"Alright," Hela said. "I'll take you inside. Otherwise, if he notices something wrong and comes back, it'll become troublesome."
With that, she wrapped both of them in her energy and flew straight into the divine domain.
The entire domain covered less than a thousand square meters.
At the edges of the space, the boundary shimmered with colors like the blurred glow of an oil painting.
Below them lay a flat piece of land, roughly a few thousand square meters in size.
But the ground was covered in ruins and shattered remains.
Not a single intact structure remained.
After glancing around the domain, Hela shook her head.
"To be honest, this divine domain is both small and shabby."
"But it's perfect for you at your current stage."
"It seems fate arranged everything just right."
Lucas rolled his eyes.
Small and shabby?
But then he remembered—
Hela's divine domain was Asgard itself.
Compared to that, this place truly did look small and broken.
"Lucas," Hela continued seriously, "I'll help you reach the core of this domain."
"After that, whether you can seize and control it will depend entirely on you."
[Don't worry. I'll assist as well.]
Blood Butcher's voice echoed inside Lucas's mind.
"Wait," Lucas said.
"I want to understand something first."
He disliked being completely confused about what was happening.
If he couldn't fully understand the situation, he would rather give up the domain entirely than accept it blindly.
Hela nodded and began explaining.
"A lifeform that has developed divinity must first obtain its own godhead if it wants to become a true god."
"The godhead is the core of a deity."
"And there are many kinds of gods in this universe."
"For example, the gods of Asgard belong to the creation lineage."
"Our ancestors were created by the Primordial Mother Goddess."
"A previous generation can pass its godhead to the next."
"My grandfather granted me the authority of death, while Odin bestowed upon Thor the godhead of the Thunder God."
"As for the god who owned this domain—"
"He is a different kind."
"He rose to godhood because his civilization reached a certain level and the power of that civilization elevated him."
"Once a godhead is obtained, a god can create a divine domain."
"Alternatively, they can locate a small incomplete space outside their own world and transform it into a divine domain."
"A divine domain is the foundation of a god."
"It's like the territory of a feudal lord."
"Inside their own domain, a god's combat strength increases tremendously."
Hela gestured around them.
"Asgard itself is my divine domain, granted to me by my grandfather."
"As long as I remain within Asgard, even Odin cannot defeat me in direct combat."
"In my domain, my energy is endless, and my body recovers extremely quickly from injuries."
"Unless all of Asgard is completely destroyed, defeating me would be nearly impossible."
"And the strength of a domain also determines how powerful a god can ultimately become."
She spoke with a serious tone.
"Take the demon lords of Hell as an example."
"Their domains have been developed to the absolute limit."
"As long as they remain inside their domains, they are almost invincible."
"They can even create avatars and send them into other worlds."
"As long as their true body stays safely inside the domain…"
Lucas suddenly thought of Mephisto.
He frowned.
"So if I absolutely wanted to kill one of those demon lords?"
Hela smiled slightly.
"If it were the old you, I wouldn't dare guarantee anything."
"After all, on Earth, whether those demon lords could even defeat you would still be questionable."
"But once you seize this divine domain…"
"You will gain that possibility."
"If you can find the exact dimensional coordinates of the demon lord's domain, you can make your domain collide with theirs directly."
"At that point, one of two things will happen."
"Either you devour his domain and destroy him completely…"
"Or he devours yours."
"There's no escaping."
"Unless he abandons his domain entirely—like that coward just did."
"But demon lords would rather die than abandon their domains."
"Because other demon lords are always waiting for such opportunities."
"If a demon lord loses his domain, the others will inevitably devour him sooner or later."
Lucas nodded.
That logic made sense.
Hela continued,
"Alright. Now you must focus your mind completely."
"Find the core of this domain."
Lucas closed his eyes.
He concentrated his spirit to the highest level.
Meanwhile, Hela released a soft emerald glow from her body, enveloping both herself and Lucas.
In the next moment, Lucas suddenly felt the entire space around him change.
Previously, the divine domain had felt like a damaged pocket dimension full of cracks.
But now—
Through his spiritual perception, the entire domain appeared woven together by countless threads of energy.
The threads crisscrossed everywhere.
And Lucas stood in the middle of this vast web.
[Find the spatial core.]
Blood Butcher's voice guided him.
[Send your consciousness into it. Once you fully assimilate it, the domain will become yours.]
Lucas immediately began searching through the endless network of threads.
But there were simply too many.
The silver threads filled his entire field of vision.
The overwhelming sight nearly drove him insane.
The longer he stared, the more unbearable it became.
His search slowed dramatically.
His mental energy also began draining faster.
"Don't rely only on your spiritual sight."
Hela's voice echoed nearby.
"The core of a domain isn't fixed in one place."
"It constantly moves."
"You must learn to feel the fluctuations created when the core interacts with the space itself."
"Only then can you find it."
Lucas immediately stopped his exhausting visual search.
Instead, he spread his spiritual senses outward.
Gradually, he allowed his mind to sink fully into the perception of the domain.
Time seemed to pass without meaning.
Then suddenly—
Lucas sensed something unusual among the countless threads.
It was like a calm lake suddenly rippling with circular waves.
The disturbance was subtle—but unmistakable.
Lucas focused all his mental energy and began tracking the source of the ripple.
Wave after wave of perception guided him closer.
Finally—
After a long search through the vast ocean of threads—
Lucas found it.
The core of the divine domain.
It was an irregular object, roughly spherical in shape.
When Lucas focused completely on it, he realized something strange.
The sphere wasn't solid.
Instead—
It was composed of countless smaller spheres clustered together.
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