Chapter 198 Brothers
"Thank you, Lord God. I will take my leave now."

After bowing his head in salute to the Lord of Death on the throne, Locke used his divine power and instantly took Cole away from the main palace.

Landing in his own water palace halfway up the mountain, Locke withdrew his divine power and helped Cole stand firm.

After sitting on the chair, Locke said to Cole: "Now, should I call you Cole or Cowell?"

Cole looked up at Locke, with a hint of fear and resentment in his pupils.

What is frightening is Locke's powerful strength.

What made him angry was, of course, Locke, who made him lose the possibility of being promoted to the Holy Realm during his lifetime, and who was imprisoned in Locke's mansion by his own son, where he died alone.

"Cole is just my name when I was alive. Since I've died once, you should just call me Cowell."

"Ah."

Locke nodded.

He understood what Cowell meant.

This was a conflict he had with himself during his lifetime, which meant that he was no longer Locke's brother.

"Alright."

"Because of your attitude towards your parents after they passed away, it's hard for me to treat you sincerely."

"And then you went against my wishes and wanted to find pure souls to sacrifice in order to increase your strength. This made me completely disappointed in you."

“However, no matter what, you are also my brother, Locke, so I ask the Lord God to find you out of the Sea of ​​the Dead and restore your memory.”

"Now that you have chosen the name Cowell, it means that the relationship between us two brothers has come to an end."

Hearing Locke say this, Cowell felt a little annoyed.

It is undeniable that during his lifetime, Cowell relied on Locke to become the ruler of Locke Territory and obtained a lot of resources, which allowed him to become an eighth-level peak warrior.

Without those resources, Cowell knew that he might not even be able to reach level eight combat.

Judging from the strength that Locke has shown before, the current Locke is much stronger than he was more than two million years ago in his hometown plane.

If I had Locke's help, I might be able to make further progress.

"It was my fault for bringing you out of the world of the dead without permission and restoring your memory."

"So, in order to make up for this mistake, I will give you two options now."

"You said."

Cowell didn't refuse.

The more powerful Locke is, the more useful his compensation will be to him.

"The first option is that I send you back to your hometown, the Frost and Snow Plane."

"There are countless material planes in this world, and our hometown, the Frost and Snow Plane, is one of them."

"And above the material plane, there are seven divine planes and four supreme planes."

"The plane we are in now is the underworld among the four supreme planes."

"I guess you've arrived in a hurry. Although you are from the Holy Domain, the strength you show in the Supreme Plane is about the same as that of an ordinary person in the Material Plane. You can't even break a stone in the Supreme Plane."

"The status of the Sanctuary in the God Plane and the Supreme Plane is similar to that of slaves in the Material Plane. They belong to the lowest level of creatures."

“Only when you become a god-level strongman can you be called a human being in the God Plane and the Supreme Plane.”

Cowell lowered his head, regretting his previous choice.

"So, the first option I give you is to send you back to the Frost Plane and let you live in the Material Plane."

"Now that you have recovered your memories, you should know what kind of power and status the Saint Domain masters have in the material plane."

“I’m going to choose this one!”

After hearing what Locke said, Cowell almost blurted out these words.

However, no matter what, Cowell has survived in the world of the dead for more than two million years. Maybe his strength is not strong, but more than two million years have made Cowell's mentality not as impatient as when he was alive.

"What about the second option?"

Since Locke said he would give him two choices, Cowell would naturally listen to the two choices and then make the most beneficial choice based on his actual situation.

"If you don't want to return to the material plane, then I will give you three godheads. As long as you completely refine these three godheads, you can become a powerful upper god and survive in the god plane and the supreme plane."

"Higher God?"

Cowell's eyes lit up, he became a god...

Just as Cowell was about to make a choice, Locke spoke again.

"Cowell, before you make your choice, let me first give you a brief introduction to the strength of a god-level warrior so that you can have a deeper understanding of your choice."

"Above the Holy Land is God."

"There are three levels of god-level warriors: lower gods, middle gods, and upper gods."

"However, even among the higher gods, there is a huge gap in strength."

"A powerful Higher God is thousands or even tens of thousands times more powerful than an ordinary Higher God."

“The Upper God achieved through refining the Godhead is the weakest Upper God.”

"Furthermore, your strength will never improve at all from now on."

"In the Frost Plane, there are a total of three god-level masters, namely, Ceres, the first emperor of the Frost Empire, the Pope of the Temple of Light, and the Plane Guardian who was sent by the main gods to guard the plane teleportation array." "Among them, Ceres and the Pope of Light are both upper god-level masters, and the Plane Guardian is a middle god-level master."

"If you return to the Frost and Snow Plane, only these three god-level warriors will be stronger than you."

"And if you're lucky, you can comprehend the mysteries of the laws on your own and become a god on your own."

"And if you stay in the underworld and choose to refine your godhood and become a higher god, then there will be many higher gods in the underworld who can threaten your life and are more powerful than you."

After listening to Locke's explanation, Cowell showed a conflicted expression on his face.

He chose to return to the Frost and Snow Plane. With his strength at the peak of the Holy Domain, as long as he did not offend those three god-level powerhouses, his safety would be greatly guaranteed.

However, if that were the case, then he would be a long way from reaching the god level.

In the world of the dead, Cowell has been in the holy realm for more than a million years. During these million years, his strength has not improved at all.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, the peak of his life is the peak of the Saint Realm. It is impossible for him to become a god alone.

If you choose to stay in the underworld, you can become a higher god.

Although he was only the lowest-level god, this was a realm that he would never be able to reach even if he lived for tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years.

How to choose?
Looking at his elder brother Locke, who was as calm and composed as ever and seemed to not care about anything, Cowell felt inexplicably touched.

More than a million years, I have lived long enough.

Living a few million more years would only be a repetition of the previous days.

That being the case...

"Brother, I choose to refine my godhood and stay in the underworld!"

Cowell's call of "brother" made Locke a little dazed.

It seemed as if Cole had been crying and clamoring to go with him ever since he left home at the age of seven.

"Ugh……"

After letting out a sigh, Locke's expression relaxed slightly.

"Cowell, you had an affinity with the earth when you were alive. After you died and entered the underworld, you gained an affinity with the rules of death."

"To refine the Godhead, you can only choose one of them."

"Do you want to refine the earth godhood, or refine the death rule godhood?"

"Of course, I recommend you to refine the rules of death."

"After all, the strength of rules is half a level stronger than that of laws. The strength of a higher god who has achieved the godhood of refining rules is also stronger than that of a higher god who has achieved the godhood of refining laws."

"In that case, I will choose to refine the death godhood and become a death god."

"Ah."

With a flip of his hand, Locke took out three godheads of the rules of death from his space ring and handed them to Cowell.

"The underworld is not safe. There are other vacant rooms in my water palace. You can completely refine these godheads here. Once you have some self-protection power, you can leave."

"Ah."

Nodding, Cowell took the three divine powers from Locke's hand and turned to leave.

When Cowell saw the entire structure of the water palace, he was stunned.

The structure of this water palace is surprisingly similar to the house I lived in when I was a child.

At this moment, Cowell recalled a time when his eldest brother seemed to have asked a question when everyone was having a meal together.

"Father, Mother, and Cole..."

"I heard that after people die, their souls will enter the world of the dead. If they are strong enough, they may be able to see the Lord God and ask Him to restore their memories before they died."

"If everyone dies, would you be willing to recover your memory, have powerful strength, live again, and enjoy a new life?"

"Hahahaha, Locke, your mother and I just hope to live an ordinary life."

"Yeah, Locke."

"We are very content in our lives to have met your father and to have you and Cole as children."

"If I live again, who knows if I will still like your father?"

"This lifetime is enough..."

Thinking about it now, perhaps Locke had already arranged the future for this family at that time?
You know very well what your situation was like when you were alive.

Even if I really found someone with a pure soul and achieved the sanctuary through sacrifice, I'm afraid my future achievements would not be as good as my current self.

After dying once and becoming a ghost in the world of the dead, one will have affinity with the rules of death. Does Cole still want to become a god on his own?

Without hesitation, Cowell chose the room where he lived as a child and began to refine the godhood given to him by Locke.

In the hall of the Water Palace, Locke himself naturally didn't know that because of the layout of the Water Palace, Cowell remembered the questions he had asked before.

There was no way. At that time, although Locke wanted his entire family to become gods, he knew that it was simply unrealistic.

If one wants to become a god, one must at least reach the realm of the Holy Land in order to refine the godhead.

My parents are just ordinary people, and it is impossible for them to cultivate to the level of a saint.

(End of this chapter)