Achilles gripped his spear tightly, his whole body trembling, as he recalled the curse he placed on Hector before setting out.

They would die in the most tragic way.

The curse seemed to be coming true, but in a way he least expected.

He remembered everything they had gone through in these past seven days...

Before dawn, someone must bring a glimmer of light.

Our destination is Olympus, but behind us lies the entirety of Greece...

For the homeland that we can never return to...

Achilles clutched his chest tightly, understanding everyone's resolve, a determination unwavering until death...

They were all adults, and he was just a child; thus, they never included him in their doomed plan.

Because he was only 12 years old and had a future, while they felt they had lived long enough.

But now, Achilles could no longer suppress the boy within him, the boy who cried so desperately, heart-wrenching agony surged from within, blood gushed out as he wept uncontrollably.

He stumbled to his feet and rushed into the Netherworld.

"Where are you going?" Hercules asked.

"I too am one of the 32 heroes of the Celestial Thunder!" he shouted, "I too have an Undying Body, and I will guard my final battle!"

...

"Open your eyes, child." a familiar voice called out.

Xue Dili slowly opened his eyes and saw the familiar old figure, the Great Sage Yushua.

"Old man..." Xue Dili slowly opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"Am I dead?" Xue Dili asked.

He seemed to be standing on the edge of a ten-thousand-foot cliff, with his soul and will floating, a step forward could end it all, a step back would plunge him into an abyss.

"Go do what you believe is right." The Great Sage finished, and Xue Dili felt a weightlessness, looking up at the old man and hearing the final words,

"Go save your own world, don't run away like I did..."

...

Xue Dili awoke, his soul climbed out of the Nether River and onto a throne where there lay armor stained with his own blood.

The Birdman Armor, also his last step of rebirth in the Netherworld.

His soul slowly sat on that throne, and the next moment, the Birdman Armor merged onto him.

"Cursed Blood, Birdman Armor... Cell Rebuilding!"

"Old Undead, even now you're still helping me..."

With steel as bone, glaze as body, ultimately filled with the bloodline of the "Son of Zeus."

"Father in Heaven, we've never felt glory being with that sinner." echoed the voice of Hector from deep within, surrounded by a constellation of heroes and Zeus.

Feeling Xue Dili's presence close by, Zeus finally relaxed.

As long as the existence of "Hero Xediles" was completely eradicated, his curse would vanish, allowing the seven-day oath to be fulfilled outside the Netherworld, leading to the Innovation Era! Recreating Terra!

On the seventh day, grant a new birth!

A paradise completely under his rule, his omniscient and omnipotent divine paradise, a true Divine Kingdom!

Also blessing the God who was, who is, and is to come, the one true Celestial God!

He is both one and many.

By the great work of Genesis, fashioning the eternal divine essence.

Thereupon, all mortal Greece shall be annihilated, henceforth leaving only the new creations made in his image upon the earth!

At the next corner, I will find you.

Zeus, in high spirits, led a group of heroes, even as his second brother bled, he couldn't help but hum lightly.

However, in the next instant, he was chilled to the core.

Because in front of him was not the imagined soul of Xue Dili, but the living form of Xue Dili, clutching a Blood Spear, as if he had been waiting for a long time!

'Impossible! How is he still alive!' Zeus felt sheer terror, as if he had fallen into an endless abyss.

Why is he still alive? How could he possibly still be alive!

Is this part of your plan too, hero Xediles!

Zeus did not hesitate, his morale, his dignity, his invincible stature, all thoroughly dissipated after being cursed by Xue Dili.

He didn't even think about attacking Xue Dili, knowing that while Xue Dili remained alive, he could not harm him until the divine protection was lifted!

He turned ready to flee, as long as he left the Netherworld, as long as he escaped this place, as long as he could run away from here...

As long as he could survive, and complete Genesis...

The Blood Spear sped directly towards his head, but Zeus dodged aside frantically, and it only pierced through his right ear, brushing past his face and embedding in the cavern of the Netherworld.

"Hahaha, destiny is on my side!" Zeus's face displayed uncontainable joy, surviving two near-death experiences dispersed his anxiety and led him to gradually comprehend everything.

Even though Xue Dili was cursed as my youngest child, his basic strength is still too weak. As long as I don't get close to him, as long as I avoid his attacks, he absolutely has no way to deal with me!

Even now, cursed and burdened by the suffering of all of Greece, even with an unknown plague infecting me, I am still the King of Gods!

Zeus saw the heroes behind him and roared, "You, go stop Xediles!"

However, the heroes stood ready, these mortals raised their Giant Shields in front of them, wielded their spears, and let out a battle cry that resounded throughout the Netherworld.

"For Sparta!"

"For Athens!"

"For Ilias!"

"My glory belongs entirely to Troy!"

They came from all corners, their homelands different, but they stood together, calling the names of their hometowns, for the hometowns they could never return to...

And also, for a better tomorrow!

Like mantids trying to stop a chariot, facing an enemy they could never defeat, with their flesh and blood.

Just like charging at a windmill!

"Mortals, how dare you!" Zeus was furious, gradually understanding everything.

Everything these mortal heroes did was to deceive and gain his trust, to truly kill him in the Netherworld!

Damn it, scoundrels! Mere mortals, how dare you kill me! How dare you kill me ah ah ah!

In his fury, Zeus brandished the Thunderbolt in his hand, attacking those mortals.

...

The night before the Celestial Thunder set sail, Troy.

"After finding out he was deceived, Zeus will surely escape the Netherworld immediately, and we must prevent Zeus from escaping at the same time," the Owl added.

"And at that time, Zeus will surely be paranoid, not even letting the gods he trusts the most enter the Netherworld. So, to avoid his detection, we can only block him outside the Netherworld."

After a moment of silence, Hector said, "We'll gain Zeus's trust. With the King of God's arrogance, he won't be cautious of us mortals."

"You'll die!" the Owl said.

"So what?" The heroes laughed, hugging their closest comrades.

Perhaps when deciding to come to Troy, they were already prepared to die.

"According to my calculations, you'll need to hold Zeus for at least three breaths of time, can you do it?" Athena finally looked at these heroes already determined not to return.

"We can do it." The answer was firm and decisive.

...

First breath...

The violent thunder transformed into lightning dragons, charging at the mantis-like mortal heroes.

"Blazing Heaven Seven Rings!" The Sevenfold Shield in great Ajax's hand unfolded, the Giant Shield with seven layers of petals guarded all the heroes behind it.

"Buzz!"

This is the Shield of the World, crafted by the Fire God and blessed by Athena, the strongest shield in the world!

In an instant, the raging thunder pierced through the Sevenfold Shield and through this future-renowned hero.

The so-called Shield of the World even struggled to withstand a casual blow from a weakened Zeus.

But the hero great Ajax completed his mission, dissipating the power of the thunder dragon, as Zeus's strike killed only him, he used his body to block the hardest blow.

Second breath...

"Indestructible Extreme Spear..." Behind the Blazing Heaven Seven Rings, Hector with poised spear gathered strength to the limit.

And the target of the spear was the lower body of Zeus pierced by Xue Dili!

"Boom!" The spear was instantly thrown with three layers of sonic booms, directly piercing Zeus's lower body.

At this moment, the curse suppressed within Zeus was triggered again, and he roared in pain, "Mere mortals! How dare you overstep your bounds!"

The next moment, a thousand strikes of thunder instantly covered 20 heroes.

Without the protection of the Blazing Heaven Seven Rings, the charging heroes were instantly obliterated by the rampant thunder.

"Buzz!" The Blood Spear hurled by Xue Dili came striking again from behind.

Zeus dodged the vital point, but the spear still pierced through his shoulder like a hot knife through butter, the curse erupted, and Zeus let out an excruciating wail once again.

"As long as I can leave this place... as long as I can leave..." Zeus ran forward without looking back, because outside the Netherworld, he is absolutely immortal, resilient, invincible, the strongest God King Zeus!

Third breath...

However, turning his head, he was horrified to see that the mortal heroes he had just killed didn't actually die, instead gathering behind him, like immortal Heroic Spirits, adopting the same javelin throwing stance as Xue Dili.

A total of 31 heroes!

Why! They were clearly dead, yet could stand again in the Nether River with their willpower?

"Hero Xediles!" Zeus let out a hysterical battle roar.

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