World Version Updates-Chapter 477 - 305: The Yama King Returns, the Underworld Takes Shape
Lu Yan's voice echoed in the Divine Hall, each word seemingly carrying supreme authority, directly imprinting into the depths of Anna's soul.
"King of Yama!" The moment these three words were spoken, the black seal floating quietly in Lu Yan's palm suddenly erupted with a rich, inky radiance, devouring the light within the entire Underworld Divine Hall, plunging it into deep darkness.
Only the two characters "Yama" at the bottom of the seal emitted a heart-palpitating blood-red glow, like two Netherworld eyes that see through life and death, coldly watching over Anna who was prostrate on the ground.
Anna's Spirit Body trembled violently under this sudden enormous pressure, it was not fear but a tremor and resonance originating from the essence of her soul.
She could clearly sense that, with Lu Yan's words, a vast and magnificent power of authority was gushing endlessly from that black seal, pouring frantically into her Spirit Body.
An unprecedented pain swept through Anna's entire consciousness, as if her soul was being forcibly torn, reshaped, and recreated by some invisible force.
This pain far surpassed her previous transformation when ascending to the role of Wuchang Yin Captain, more like a thorough transformation from the fundamental level of life.
Her Spirit Body twisted and expanded chaotically in the dense, dark, inky light, countless complex and mysterious Law chains emerged from the void, wandering and entwining around her, finally deeply imprinting into the essence of her soul.
This was the most essential manifestation of the Yama's authority. Anna clenched her teeth, her delicate face distorted by extreme pain, as the dissipating Soul Power rolled down her forehead like beads of sweat, instantly devoured by the surrounding dense dark light.
Even so, her eyes remained exceptionally determined, showing no hint of retreat or fear, only deep admiration for Lu Yan and a resolute commitment to her own mission.
Lu Yan watched Anna's transformation with an expressionless face, his eyes as calm as the Abyss, without the slightest ripple.
Even though the Yama Seal was hastily created by Lu Yan cutting off part of the Underworld's original power, it couldn't fully reach the Sequence 2 level which the complete Yama should correspond to, but it still held a position far above that of the Wuchang Yin Captain.
How could Anna possibly not pay a price for wielding the Yama Seal with the body of a Wuchang Yin Captain?
But as long as she endured this period, Anna would have a much broader future, commanding a version of Underworld's faith, and even the position of the Ten Yama Halls may not be her end.
As time passed, the pain on Anna's Spirit Body seemed to reach a peak.
Her form in the dark, inky light almost turned into a vague shadow, with countless fine golden cracks spreading across the surface of her Spirit Body, as if it would completely shatter and dissolve at any moment.
Yet just at the brink of collapse, an even purer Power of Origin from the Underworld gushed out from the black seal, nurturing her near-breaking soul like sweet rain, repairing those cracks, reshaping her Soul Body.
To break before establishing, one cannot establish without breaking.
Gradually, the pain on Anna's Spirit Body began to diminish, replaced by a sense of unprecedented strength and fulfillment.
She could clearly feel that the essence of her soul was undergoing earth-shattering changes, as if transforming from a small stream to a roaring river.
Her understanding of the Underworld, her perception of life and death, all improved at an astonishing speed.
The authority originally belonging to the Wuchang Yin Captain naturally merged into the much more vast Yama King's authority, becoming part of this enormous authority system.
Her perception extended infinitely, as if it could penetrate the boundaries of reality and illusion, seeing through the life, aging, sickness, and death of countless living beings in Mac City, throughout the entire Victoria Kingdom, and even further territories.
Those once ambiguous threads of fate now became clearly visible in her eyes.
No one knows how long it took, but when the dense, inky radiance gradually dispersed, Anna's figure reemerged before Lu Yan. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
The current her had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to before.
The originally pure white robe was replaced by a grand and noble black ceremonial robe.
The edges of the robe were embroidered with intricate and ancient motifs of the other shore using dark golden threads, with tiny nether Crystal Stones adornments on the cuffs and hem, emitting a faint chill.
On her head, she wore a black Pingtian Crown, with bead curtains of jade gently swaying before and behind the crown, concealing her delicate face, revealing only a pair of eyes more imposing than before.
In those eyes, there was no longer just pure joy and admiration, but an additional sense of indifference and majesty that oversaw the world's affairs and controlled life and death, seemingly containing the essence of the entire Netherworld.
Her Spirit Body was several times more solid than before, surrounded by a faint black mist, within which vague apparitions of the Yellow Springs and Fengdu's afterlife could be seen, an anomaly formed naturally by the presence of Yama King's authority.
She floated silently in the air, still with that youthful little face, yet she exuded an aura of majesty and oppression that dared not be directly confronted, as if she was the embodiment of the order of life and death in this world.
The black Yama seal was now quietly floating in front of her, emitting dark light that resonated with her ceremonial robe, as if completely integrated with her.
"Anna... greetings, my Lord!"
