I Take the Underworld Exam, and the Nation Helps Me Become the City God

One month to become a county City God; half a year to become a prefectural City God; two years to become the capital’s City God; five years to become King of Hell.

If you are not in the Underworld, seeing me is like seeing the moon in the sky. If you are in the Underworld, seeing me is like a mayfly gazing at the blue heavens.

Zhong Kui: “I’ve never seen a Netherworld deity rise through the ranks so quickly!”

Black and White Impermanence: “Before Lord Su, we brothers can only feel boundless admiration!”

Su Mu: “I have an entire nation behind me, with an endless supply of incense offerings. How could you possibly compare?”

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When the Underworld fell into turmoil and split apart, Su Mu, the capital’s City God and a governor of the realm, gathered advisers from across the nation, recruited troops, and fought campaigns in every direction. He ascended the throne of King of Hell and rebuilt the order of the Underworld.

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In another world, the age of supernatural revival had fully arrived. A terrifying entity beyond SSS rank appeared, threatening to lay waste to all living things. All beings cried out Su Mu’s name in unison.

King Su Mu, now one of the Ten Kings of Hell, sat upon his throne and descended with the boundless Underworld and millions of its soldiers and generals…