Above the clear sky, in the cloud palace built by the goddess with her power, the goddess and Artemis played another game of chess.

Speaking of which, the gods, benefiting from their long and ancient lives, have unimaginable amounts of time compared to ordinary mortals. So finding some form of entertainment is quite normal.

"But can you play a different game next time... this one is so boring."

Artemis gently moved her divine mind, and another piece was added to her side of the massive chessboard in front of them.

For others, playing chess might be a nice pastime, but for the gods, their powerful divine knowledge and computational abilities allow them to instantly see countless possibilities of the future. They are like super-enhanced professional chess players. Playing chess is not so much a leisure activity as it is a pure intellect competition. Both sides are exhausted regardless of winning or losing after each game.

"Well, it's not a problem. I thought you liked it. How about we play a game of Flying Chess next time?"

The goddess touched her chin and suggested, extending a finger.

"Flying Chess? What's that?" Artemis's pointed ears twitched.

"It's a recently popular board game, based mostly on luck. What do you say? If you allow Temple Church to spread its teachings outside the Frost Forest, I'll have someone deliver it to you?"

"Heh." Artemis rolled her eyes and didn't say anything further.

The goddess was not surprised by this. She shrugged and casually put away the chessboard.

As expected, the tremendous power possessed by the gods mostly comes from the power of belief. The gods open their divine realms to absorb belief, then display miracles to protect their own races, and through this gradually enhance themselves, gaining more belief in the process. Under this circumstance, the origin of belief is the foundation for the gods. Naturally, they do not allow any interference from other gods.

"Well, come on, don't be so indifferent, Amelia. We are good sisters... and there are so many beautiful girls in the Elf tribe..."

"You're saying that from your heart now!" The Elf goddess said with a wry smile. She was already familiar with the goddess's jokes, which were hardly ever serious.

"Instead of that, you should have the Angels handle the matters below first."

"Don't worry, we've seen bigger battles than that. Can't a few hundred Demons handle it?... Oops"

The expression on the goddess suddenly became serious.

"What's wrong?"

"Amelia, it seems like I've triggered something big."

"What do you mean?" The Elf goddess looked confused, but the next second she understood what the goddess meant.

As the cloud palace beneath their feet violently shook, the front gate was suddenly smashed open by an unidentified flying object, and the whole misty gate collapsed with a loud crash.

With Artemis's vision, she could easily see the object crashing onto the cloud palace floor and the goddess controlling the clouds slowly catching it.

But after seeing it clearly, she was even more astonished.

If it was some random weapon or other object, the goddess would have easily shattered it with a single divine thought. So, it was definitely not some kind of throwing weapon or flying prop.

To be precise, the thing had a scientific name - Angel. More precisely, it was one of the twelve renowned Angels, known as "War Angel" - Tethys.

A tall and handsome man leisurely stepped in through the hole he had created, casually throwing the unconscious Angel girls off his shoulder onto the ground.

"Oh, Artemis is here too."

Then, he greeted him calmly like a neighbor coming to visit, and a small lizard with long wings fluttered its wings and landed back on his vacant shoulder.

"Who are you? Wait... I remember, what was that demon king's name..."

Artemis hesitated for a moment, feeling that this guy seemed somewhat familiar.

No, no, that's not the point right now! Aren't those three on the ground the blazing angels who just received the goddess' orders to go to the mortal realm to battle with the mosquito-eyed creatures?!

To have beaten the blazing angels to this extent and boldly come knocking at the door, do you want to die any faster?

Silently swallowing a mouthful of saliva, the elf god cautiously glanced at the goddess' reaction.

Oh my, her face turned black, she's definitely angry.

Artemis began to consider whether she should retreat later to avoid being caught in the crossfire when the goddess unleashes her anger.

"Artemis, you go back first. It seems that I need to deal with matters here."

The goddess' divine thought immediately acted upon the cloud palace, and a hole appeared under the feet of the elf god, causing Artemis, who was unprepared, to fall and exit the range of the goddess' divine realm.

"Hey! Can you let me know in advance next time?! It's not safe to just open a door like that!"

As a deity, of course, he couldn't die from falling, but someone was still very angry after stabilizing his body and shouted loudly at the now closed cloud palace.

But that was all he could do. The cloud palace, or rather the divine realm limited by the goddess, had already been closed. Within that range, he couldn't enter unless the goddess allowed it.

Of course, he could counteract with his own divine realm, but there was simply no need to do so.

Let the goddess handle her own matters. As a dignified deity, he couldn't possibly fail in front of mortals.

Uh... probably?

...

Within the cloud palace, the atmosphere had become so tense that it was about to drip with water. The goddess sat on her divine throne, quietly confronting Kong Ming at the entrance.

"You've already sent Artemis away, is it necessary to continue pretending?"

Kong Ming sighed and said confidently.

With just that sentence, the overwhelming pressure emitted by the goddess instantly disappeared.

"You figured it out... That's no fun. I was hoping to take this opportunity to have a fight with you and test your strength."

"Hehe... I'm not interested in being beaten up."

Kong Ming rolled his eyes. He was indeed at the Realm level, but he still didn't take gods lightly. If the goddess really wanted to kill him, it wouldn't be too difficult.

The reason he dared to come knocking was because he had confidence in himself.

"This is going too far, Your Majesty. Are you intentionally allowing the demons to act freely, just to force me to come back and take the position of that demon god?"

The roles had now reversed, and Kong Ming's expression gradually turned unfriendly.

The disturbance caused by the spatial magic of the Hellgate, which broke through dimensions, could be felt like throwing a big stone into a calm pond. This could be quickly detected by someone at his level, let alone a god. And yet the goddess had allowed the demon legions to continue ravaging. If he hadn't intervened, MiltWatcher, who was vastly outnumbered, would have undoubtedly been defeated and the demon army under the leadership of the main combat party would continue to invade.

At this point, the goddess would most likely use this as an excuse to start a war, and even a massive conflict like the Myth War era wouldn't be impossible.

And without the protection of the gods, the Devildom was almost certain to be defeated in this battle, and the peace that had been achieved with great difficulty thousands of years ago would be destroyed.

"I knew something was wrong from the beginning... You came knocking on my door as soon as I broke free from the seal. It's not a good thing for you either, now that the Devildom has regained the gods. Why?"

Kong Ming stared at the goddess, his voice slow and heavy.

"It's nothing."

The goddess said nonchalantly.

"Do you even believe what you just said?" Kong Ming hadn't spoken yet when the little lizard on his shoulder flapped its wings and chirped twice.

"Abyssal Demon Dragon... You're still alive, huh? You're generous."

The goddess glanced at the little lizard, her expression turning cold.

"Whether you believe it or not, your only option now is to go back and gather faith to obtain the position of the Demon God. Even if you are The Realm, you mean nothing in front of the gods. Before you become a god, do you think you are any different from an ant in my eyes?"

"I understand."

Kong Ming looked deeply at the goddess and said.

"Hey! Silvis? How can you be so arrogant in front of me normally and now act like a coward?" The little lizard complained, but after being glanced at coldly by the goddess, it obediently shut up and cowered back.

It's such a weakling now, it's too easy to crush it.

Speaking of which, when Dragon acts like a coward, it looks exactly the same, with its neck shrinking and wings trembling, just like a replica of Aya.

"Alright, there's no other way when you can't compete with a fist."

"But that means you--" The little lizard was a little anxious.

Kong Ming raised his hand and scratched the little lizard on his shoulder to stop it from saying more, then looked at the goddess again. "So, I'll go back and gather faith, and you let the demons below go and continue to maintain the peace between the two realms. Is that a deal?"

"Deal."

The goddess's face showed a gentle and elegant smile, as if the tense atmosphere just now had never happened.

"Oh, right."

Before leaving, Kong Ming turned back and said, "What about that... the child named Tiran, is it okay for the fiery Angel guarding her?"

When he arrived, he had already noticed Tiran's situation, but he came a little too late and couldn't stop it, resulting in both little Angel and Aya being taken away.

"I will handle that, so don't worry Princess of the future Demon God."

"The Princess of the Demon God... This title sounds much more interesting than just another Cui Wei demon."

With the last words, Kong Ming's figure disappeared into the palace in the clouds.

...

"The clouds have dispersed, it's over."

On the open plain in the center of the continent, a simple horse-drawn carriage was galloping. Yuan, a young boy, stood at the edge of the carriage, claiming to be Yuan, and noticed the heavy clouds dissipating in the sky.

That was a sign that the gates of hell were dispersing, it seems everything went according to plan.

Perhaps Tiran didn't expect the boy to be so daring, running away after teleporting, and even daring to make a detour a few kilometers away.

"Hey... Why are we riding in a horse-drawn carriage... It's slow and bumpy..."

Beside him, Vira asked weakly, her voice lacking energy.

Little Vira had fought a big battle with Lucius, and she was already injured. Later, under the pressure of the Divine Punishment Holy Codex activated by little Angel, her psychological stress was also not small. At this moment, she was already exhausted.

But compared to Angelo, who was hit by a sword from little Angel, and Aya and little Angel, who suffered from soul shock and fell unconscious, her condition was considered good.

"It won't attract attention this way, and we're not in a hurry anyway, so let's just take our time and go over there."

The young boy Yuan was in a good mood. This time, he had achieved all his goals, which was really smooth and made him couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Although the process was quite thrilling.

"Next, we're going east."