"Chang 'e!"
Li Mo called softly, but nothing happened.
The summoning failed.
Li Mo held the staff Mitt gave him. It flickered in soul light, resonating with the 29 God Emperor statues.
Two words appeared on the staff, 'Command'.
'Command?
Command what?
Could it be … '
Li Mo waved the staff and the 29 God Emperor statues shone brightly.
"Return!"
Whoosh ~
Several streams of soul power flew into the palace from outside and entered the God Emperor statue.
"This staff directs the God Emperor souls to return to the statues." Li Mo said.
With Li Mo's light wave, all the heroes of the galaxies vanished …
"Come out!"
Swish swish swish swish swish —
Twenty-eight God Emperor souls flew out of the statues and appeared before Li Mo.
"My god …" Du Fei was stunned.
"This staff is so strong. If Mitt had used it on us, we would've been dead meat …"
Li Mo said, "It's not that he didn't want to use it, or that he couldn't, but that he couldn't. The only way to use this staff is inside this temple."
Words kept appearing on the staff, allowing Li Mo to get a grasp of its power.
"They didn't submit. They did it willingly …"
Li Mo sighed.
It was clearly shown on the Command Staff that all the God Sovereign Souls were willing to follow orders. Not a single one was forced. They were all voluntary.
"Unable to seek eternal life while alive, unwilling to die. That's why they placed their hopes on Emperor Hades."
"Emperor Hades, return!"
Li Mo waved his staff and Hades appeared before him.
"Emperor Hades is at his strongest here. With the 28 God Emperor souls protecting him, not even the red shadow will dare to attack."
Li Mo smiled, "This must be Emperor Hades' strongest move. The Ancient God Emperor's methods are unfathomable."
Du Fei murmured, "If we could take these God Emperors outside … wouldn't we be invincible?"
"That's impossible. Let alone us, even the Netherworld Emperor can't do it. The reason why the souls of God Emperors can exist for so long is because of the Netherworld. Once they leave the Netherworld, they will definitely vanish into thin air."
"The Underworld and the Underworld Thearch were originally one. As long as the Underworld Thearch exists, the Underworld will exist. If the Underworld Thearch's remnant soul dies, the entire Underworld will immediately disappear."
"I hope that remnant soul doesn't die."
"This is not something you and I can decide …"
"Let's go, we should leave."
Li Mo waved his hand and a Gate appeared. The staff could open a Gate in the Underworld at will, allowing him to go wherever he wanted.
Sacred City.
The 'heroes' of the various star systems had all disappeared. The various star systems were inexplicably shocked. The heroes were the foundation of their footing in the Netherworld. Now that they had disappeared for no reason, how could they not panic?
Buzz buzz buzz buzz —
Chi –
In the center of Sacred City, a blue Gate opened and Yang Chan walked out. She followed Li Mo's instructions and built a Gate to the outside world.
Li Mo and Du Fei led their men to the Gate.
"This is the Gate to the outside world?"
Douglas 19 was informed of Li Mo's arrival and rushed over the moment the Gate appeared.
"Can we get out?"
"If we could, we wouldn't have to fight in this damned place!"
"That's right. If we can get out, what's the point of all this?"
"A Gate opened in Sacred City. We can get out!"
When the news spread, it shocked the entire Underworld. More and more people rushed to the Sacred City like a tide.
Soon, the Gate was surrounded by billions of different races. But no one dared to barge in. They all stood there, waiting for orders.
Douglas 19 extended a claw at Li Mo, "Friend, you go first."
Li Mo nodded and let the Experts Alliance and Du Fei's men go first. Seeing the Milky Way's people disappear one by one, the other races near the Gate erupted in cheers.
They had been trapped here for so long, so long that they gave up on looking for a way out.
"Friend, come."
Li Mo gestured to Douglas 19.
Douglas 19 nodded and flew toward the Realm Gate. With a sizzling sound, he passed through the Realm Gate but was unable to get out.
Douglas 19 was startled, and he tried again. The result was the same. He was unable to leave the Netherworld through the realm gate.
"Why is this happening?"
"Blood Fox Bell, you try!"
Douglas ordered one of his subordinates to go forward and try, but the result was the same as his — he was also unable to leave...
"Let me, let me!"
The other races were in an uproar, trying one after another. But only a few made it out. The rest couldn't.
"Why is this happening?"
"What's going on?"
Du Fei disappeared through the Gate, and Li Mo did the same. They went straight to the outside world.
Li Mo returned to Hades Monarch with the aliens.
"Friend, what's going on?" Douglas 19 was confused.
"I looked outside and found that those who made it out have a common trait."
"What trait?"
"Age. They are all young."
"Age?"
Douglas 19 was stunned for a moment before he suddenly sighed.
"If my lifespan was outside, I would've died long ago. I'm still alive because I'm in the Underworld …"
"The laws of heaven and earth haven't changed. I may be alive, but I'm a dead man in front of the laws of heaven and earth."
"No wonder …"
"My lifespan has also exceeded reality."
"Me too."
It wasn't that the Gate failed, but those like Douglas 19 who had reached the end of their lifespans couldn't return.
The Underworld extended their lifespans, but only in the Underworld. Even with the Gate, they couldn't leave.
"N-no! Why is this happening?"
"Ahhhh …"
The races went crazy, howling without end.
Douglas 19 was the calmest of them all. He thought for a bit then called his youngest descendant.
"Friend, please take him out. If there's a chance, send him to the strange beast planet to pay respects to the black tiger race's tomb."
"Nineteen, you are my most outstanding descendant. I hope you won't tarnish my name when you leave. Can you do it?"
Nineteen nodded heavily. "I can do it!"
Nineteen Brave's body was only the size of a puppy. It had just been born and had yet to reach adulthood.
"The outside world no longer belongs to me. Nor does it belong to many. Therefore, I have decided that only Nineteen of the Douglas clan will leave. The rest will stay!"
With a wave of his claws, Dougra took all the citizens of the beast planet and left. None of them complained about this.
"This is a true overlord of a galaxy."
Li Mo sighed in praise and left the Gate.
The gate lasted for five hours. During this time, more than a hundred thousand non-humankind beings from different galaxies walked out of the gate.