Ch. 197 - The Awakening

Thankfully, it didn't take long for Sam to finally review the memory about the Hell through Lucifer's memory.

Mainly, the reason is because Hell is Lucifer's home so the Hell at least reserves half of his entire memory, making it quite easy for Sam to trace and track how he managed to take full control of the Hell.

With that being said, Sam soon opened his eyes for the first time after a whole week where he was met with Tigress and the rest playing Jump Skipping using Rapunzel's long hair.

It looks like they managed to keep themselves entertained while being all alone inside this dimension.

"You guys seem to be having fun." Sam's voice seemed to surprise them and they quickly gave Sam a hug.

"Is it over? Can we get out of this boring place now?" Rapunzel, the most energetic among them looks like she's about to die from boredom.

"Yes, but only you guys. I finally mastered a little bit of control over Hell, so I could mark you all to allow yourselves to enter and get out from Hell to here as you please." As soon as they heard the first sentence, they were about to complain and ask why but after Sam finished his sentence, they finally calmed down.

"But why only us? How about you?"

"I'm still weak and I'm afraid assimilating Lucifer's entire being would take me a few years. Don't worry though, I'll try to wake up from time to time to make it up with you guys." Sam smiled and finally used his authority over Hell to mark their souls, giving them access from Genesis to Hell.

Yes, the original Lucifer actually named his private dimension as Genesis, like the one in the bible. I guess he wanted his private place to be unique and knowing its many features, it probably deserves its name.

"Try to come back after a month. I have found a way to empower you all." Among the memories that Sam found in Lucifer's memories is the ability to improve someone's strength by giving them certain abilities in exchange for their soul.

Obviously, Sam could bypass this and bestow it to them without going through such a process.

"Sure." They didn't bother to ask why not because they don't care about it, but because they trust him wholeheartedly.

If Sam told them to kill themselves for his sake, they would gladly do so without hesitation.

Sam doesn't know of this yet but if he does, he'll definitely notice that it might've been influenced due to his race as the original devil, who used to be known as the most beautiful angel in heaven.

And the term Most Beautiful Angel doesn't only speak of his appearance, it also contributes to his personality and charm. Making it entirely different from mind control.

After giving them the marks and teaching them how to use them, he proceeded to give them warnings.

"Never, ever approach these guys." Sam said while transporting the 6 Devils inside their minds, giving them a rough description of who they are and what they can do.

"Tigress, I'm specifically talking to you. Do you understand?" Sam then stared at Tigress after sensing a hint of bloodlust coming out of her eyes the moment he told them about it.

"If they discovered you, you'll not only kill yourselves but also me." Though Sam is not sure about it since it's been a long time since Lucifer had died but its better to tell them as a warning just to make sure.

"Wha-." Feeling like a child being lectured by a parent, Tigress was about to retort when Rapunzel nudged her and grabbed her shoulder with a smile.

"Don't worry, Jin. I'll put a leash on her, hahaha!" After having a good laugh and Tigress growling at Rapunzel, Sam finally sighed in relief and trusted that they won't get themselves in trouble.

Although Hell is a very chaotic place, probably the most chaotic place in the entire multiverse but the average devils inside won't pose that much of a threat to them. Aside from the 6 devils, they probably would only feel trouble once they encountered a higher level of devils.

Once that's done, Sam returns to his state of Trance, compiling and recovering himself back to his peak.

[A/N: You guys would probably get bored if I know focused on the girls and their adventures to Hell, so I'll just time-skip to Jin bringing himself back to his peak.]

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Many unknown years have passed in Genesis and Sam finally opened his eyes and breathed in power.

At the same time, the entire multiverse shook!

Every living being on the same level as the Universal Gods or has some connection to a higher form of power all felt the aura continuously pressuring on all of them.

They felt several things.

Fear.

Power.

Heat.

Along with their thoughts turning almost evil, prompting them to do the worse and darkest things they could do.

Meanwhile, God noticed this and quickly suppressed it back to Sam before it could affect everyone and turn the entire Multiverse into darkness.

"Lucifer's back." Opening his eyes, Buddha noticed the sudden shifts and a dark and very powerful power eroding his mental mind, telling him to do evil.

However, with a single thought of his, this eroding power was quickly suppressed.

"The multiverse would once again fall into chaos." Buddha shook his head and thankfully, he has long sealed himself and hid in the darkest corner in the Multiverse. Not because of cowardice but because Buddha felt like the war between Angels and Devils was a hassle and meaningless.

"Sometimes, I can't understand why you're even doing this, my friend." Buddha shook his head again and said, referring to a certain someone.

"For the sake of the Multiverse, my friend. Prolonged peace can be both good and bad. Trust me." Suddenly, God appeared in front of him and said, before sitting in front of him.

"I don't understand what you mean and why you kept saying that and I don't want to know the reason. Keep me out of it." Buddha resumed his meditation and closed his eyes once again, which he would probably not open again for another trillion years.

Looking at his only human friend, God sighed.

Long ago, he sensed a disturbance in the balance of power in the multiverse. And when he searched for it, he found Buddha.

A person who he hasn't seen despite being Omniscient.

In the entire Multiverse, Buddha is the only person who has transcended his human limits and turned into a living multiversal god. Something that shocked God.

Buddha is the only one besides God himself who has mastered the true form and power of the soul.

Many underestimate the power of the soul and only see them as their true selves, a thing that occupies their physical body.

However, the truth is. The soul is the most powerful blob of energy in the entire existence. One can become a God through the mastering of the soul.

"Sigh. Alright. Let's see each other again for I don't know, a billion years?" God chuckled and after receiving nothing but silence from Buddha, he sighed again and returned back to his place.

Unknown to him, Buddha released a sigh after he left.

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"What is this power? Lucifer?" Inside Heaven, Michael was doing his everyday tasks when he suddenly felt a wave of pressure washing over him.

Noticing the passed out angel in front of him, Michael realized that he's not the only one who felt this.

"I need to tell Father about this!" Quickly dropping whatever he was holding, Michael quickly flapped his wings and flew up in the sky.

He kept flying and flying until a bright light covered him and he was transported to a familiar white space.

God's domain.

"Father! I have brought bad news!" Michael quickly dropped to his knees and was about to address to God about what he felt earlier.

"I already know, son." Much to his surprise, God responded to him.

Michael then recovered and continued.

"Should we send someone to stop Lucifer before he could bring chaos again, father?"

"Just tell me and I'll even do it myself and bring his head back to you, father! After all these years, his strength must've diminished. He's probably weakened and this is a good time to completely kill his physical body and erase his soul from existence!" Michael continued while clenching his fists. Last time they heard that Lucifer died, they were too late and his soul had already escaped, making him and the other virtues alert and cautious that someday Lucifer would come back and continue his spread of chaos.

Due to this mistake of not telling the rest, the Angels grew arrogant and sees themselves as the most powerful race in the entire multiverse.

One might think that such things are impossible considering that Angels were supposed to be pure beings but there's a reason why Hell has so many devils.

Back when Lucifer first fell, he didn't like being alone in Hell, so he created a very powerful artifact using half of his strength.

Every Angel that would feel or do any of the sins would immediately fall into Hell and the artifact that Lucifer built would turn them into devils whose minds are full of nothing but pure evil.

However, that's not the point here. The point is that after Lucifer's death, the artifact stopped working but now that he's back, the Angels who have sinned but didn't fall thanks to Lucifer's death would immediately fall into Hell and turn into devils.

The question here is, how many angels have sinned since Lucifer's death?

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