Hell’s Handbook

The seven planets of Su Jin’s temple shone brightly as Xu Ran, Chu Yi, Situ Jin, Wu Chen, Ye Yun, Bo Ya, Daitengu, Bifang, the Nine-tailed Fox, Su Yunshan, Su Yunhui, Durand, Natasha, and the rest were all on the brink of becoming gods. They were all just waiting for Su Jin to give them the final command.

On this day, Su Jin had prepared everything. Everyone was going to become gods at his word. Su Jin sat down in the middle of the largest planet of the temple, looked at everyone in front of him, and said, “All of you have been waiting to become gods. And now is the time!”

“Yes!” responded everyone as a celestial light burst through the skies and everyone received their own godhood, starting with Xu Ran.

The Beginning gave them more energy in order for them to solidify their godhood. Three days later, everyone opened their eyes again and found that all of them were top tier gods. In fact, they were even better than top tier, because they had an unexplored potential with no limits in sight.

“They’re like the gods from the first cycle!” Su Jin’s mind immediately went to Phyge and his companions. Those gods were way more powerful than the gods that came after them, only because the will of the universe and Hell’s Handbook had given them additional powers. The gods that came after them were no match for the ones from the first cycle.

And now, Xu Ran and the rest were Su Jin’s first batch of gods. With additional powers given by Su Jin and The Beginning, this group was no less powerful than the gods from the first cycle, plus they had a limitless future ahead of them.

After they had become gods, everyone had a burning glow in their eyes, as though they had been given a new lease of life. But that was a fair description as well, since their biological makeup was no longer the same as before. If before this they were humans who were different from aliens and other races from other planets, then now, regardless of what they used to be, they were all gods and became a race of their own. There was no other division now.

“I feel that my body has become incredibly strong, as though I’ll never feel tired or hungry again! I’ve become a completely different being,” murmured Xu Ran as he sensed how powerful his godly body was.

“I don’t care what I’ve become, as long as it’s of use to Boss!” Chu Yi stretched his arms and legs out. He could sense the change in his own body, especially the existence of his godhood, but he didn’t care for these things.

Ye Yun approached Su Jin and took his hand. “We’ll always be by your side!”

Su Jin nodded, then smiled at the group and said, “Everyone, it’s time to familiarize yourself with your newfound strength! If you have any questions, just go straight to The Beginning and he’ll answer you. Also, take some time to really relax, because I’m afraid we won’t get the chance to relax like this for a while.”

Everyone laughed and nodded before going their separate ways. Ye Yun, however, took a walk with Su Jin first. She asked, “By the way… don’t you think you should check in on your younger sister?”

“I want to, but… I don’t know what to say to her.” Su Jin felt really guilty. If he hadn’t disappeared for ten whole years, things wouldn’t have turned out this way.

“Don’t be too upset. There are many times when life doesn’t go according to plan and we can’t control what happens.” Ye Yun could see that Su Jin was feeling guilty, but the only thing she could do was to gently hold his arm and keep him company.

“Also, you brought your sister here, but what about the child’s father? Is it really alright to leave him on Earth?” asked Ye Yun.

Su Jin froze for a moment, then realized that this was the very thing he had wanted to look into but kept forgetting. He realized he hadn’t asked his sister about that at all.

With that thought, Su Jin and Ye Yun quickly went over to where Su Qing was. After resting all this time, Su Qing was feeling better now. She had a young daughter to take care of, after all.

“Hello, Su Qing!” Ye Yun looked eagerly at Su Qing and said, “Can I carry my little niece? I like children so much!”

For some reason, Su Qing felt very comfortable with this woman who was about to become her sister-in-law. She nodded slightly and passed her child to Ye Yun without hesitation, but looked a little conflicted when she met her own brother’s eye.

Su Jin sighed and said quietly, “Su Qing, I’m really very sorry… I haven’t shown enough concern for you all this time… your sis-in-law has already scolded me for it, I hope you won’t be angry with me anymore.”

Su Qing’s lips quivered slightly before she let out a sigh. She shook her head a little and said, “I know I shouldn’t blame you either, but… honestly, for not being able to recognize my own older brother… it’s my own fault that I was tricked.”

Su Jin scratched his head and really didn’t know how to continue this conversation. Ye Yun helped him out by commenting, “Su Qing, your daughter is so pretty! Her father must be very handsome, right?”

When Ye Yun mentioned her child’s father, Su Qing finally perked up a little. She nodded and said, “Yeah. He’s got a strange name and he’s rather aloof, but… he was really good to me.”

“Oh? What’s his name?” asked Su Jin with a smile.

“His name’s really weird and he’s got a very rare surname. His surname is Shen, and his full name is Shen Wu,” said Su Qing with a happy twinkle in her eyes.

CRACK!

The stone floor beneath Su Jin’s feet immediately cracked under pressure, while Ye Yun turned to stare in horror at Su Qing. Their reactions shocked and confused Su Qing, because she didn’t understand why they were reacting like this. Ye Yun looked down at the child in her arms and realized that she did look a little like Shen Wu.

“Shen Wu!” Su Jin gritted his teeth as the veins on his forehead bulged. The will of the universe had actually done such a thing!

Ye Yun quickly pulled Su Qing to one side and told her all about Shen Wu, including how he had imprisoned her at one time and how Su Jin had killed him before.

Su Qing stared at them and looked like she couldn’t accept this matter. Tears fell from her eyes and she went into a slight panic because she didn’t know what to say or what to do now.

Su Jin sighed and said, “It’s alright, it’s alright. None of this is your fault, and it’s definitely not this child’s fault. Shen Wu… I’m going to look for him now!”

“No!” Ye Yun pulled him back. Su Jin was now wanted by the entire universe, so every intelligent being out there would try to imprison him if they saw him. If they failed to do that, the will of the universe would destroy their entire race.

The will of the universe even got Hell’s Handbook to create a whole bunch of weapons for new gods and got these new gods to take charge of one planet each, so they were ready to fight Su Jin at any time. If Su Jin left the temple and was discovered, who knew what might happen to him?

Su Jin disregarded her protests and said, “How can I leave this matter alone? It’s my younger sister we’re talking about here! Shen Wu owes my sister an explanation!”

He turned to leave, but Su Qing grabbed hold of his arm. She stared at her brother with tears streaming down her face and shook her head as she said in a cracked voice, “It’s okay, you and Yuan’er are my only relatives left, so I really don’t want you to take this risk.”

Su Jin just glared at her angrily and disappeared in a flash, so Ye Yun couldn’t stop him even if she wanted to. She was a top tier god now, but she was nowhere near Su Jin’s level. Even if every top tier god in the temple tried to stop him at the same time, they wouldn’t be able to succeed.

Su Jin did not leave the temple immediately but went to The Beginning first. He said to The Beginning, “I need a physical body, one that can last for a day or so.”

“Got it,” responded The Beginning. A rune creature appeared in front of Su Jin. During this time, these rune creatures had evolved, but they had now hit a bottleneck. Su Jin felt that their only problem was that they had no soul. These creatures were very powerful machines, but even though they were able to fight well thanks to The Beginning’s calculations, they were just not able to go further in certain aspects.

A colorful aura glowed in Su Jin’s eyes as he packed himself into the rune creature’s body. The rune creature’s eyes gleamed a little brighter and his voice sounded hoarse from inside, “This is stronger than I had imagined. It has 40% of my strength and it can last for around three days.”

Su Jin returned to his own planet with this body and came back to the little mountain village where he was born. He needed to pick up some of Shen Wu’s aura in order to find him, so he figured he’d find some here.

After arriving, he stood at the door for a moment. This was where the will of the universe had turned his parents to ashes.

His entire body was covered in a black cloak because he didn’t want the rune creature’s look to frighten ordinary people on the streets. Unfortunately, these creatures couldn’t cry, so even though Su Jin was heartbroken on the inside, he couldn’t let it out through crying at all.