Death God: A High-Dimensional Overlord, Starting by Devouring the Soul King

Chapter 3: The Deal with the Spirit King, Absorbing the Spirit King's Power

In the worldview of Bleach, the three realms are extremely fragile.

Originally, the world was a chaotic void, with no distinction between life and death.

The five noble ancestors, with the help of the Spirit King, separated life and death in the world, creating the Three Realms as we know them today.

However, if the balance between spiritual particles and physical particles is broken, then the Three Realms will collapse and be destroyed.

Moreover, there is a balance between the Three Realms and Hell. Once this balance is broken, the Three Realms will also be destroyed.

To put it simply, each of the three realms cannot suddenly have too many people die. If too many people die, it is necessary to eliminate the people of other worlds to maintain balance.

However, too many people cannot die in the Three Realms, because if too many people die in the Three Realms, the number of souls in Hell will increase, which will cause an imbalance between the Three Realms and Hell.

This is why the profession of Grim Reaper came into being. Grim Reaper is not a god who harvests souls, but a god who maintains balance.

The Zanpakuto they wield do not actually possess the ability to kill; instead, they send the soul to be reincarnated.

Most importantly, the entire world is derived from the power of the Spirit King.

If the Spirit King, who is sealed in the crystal as a wedge, were to be harmed, the Three Realms would immediately collapse.

The Spirit King possessed extraordinary power, but he could only be used as a sacrifice and was trapped in the crystal, his consciousness also trapped in a contradictory spiral that could neither move forward nor backward.

It's unclear what the Spirit King was thinking at first, but after being sealed for millions of years, he had long been tired of it. So after being freed from the crystal, the remaining power went straight to seek revenge on the God of Death.

Now that Li Lin has come to him to take over, it's not something that the Spirit King can't accept.

After all, he already wanted to die.

The problem is that even if Li Lin can draw up a contract, he doesn't know if the contract is truly valid.

However, he could indeed feel the vast will and great power emanating from Li Lin, as if a true god who held the power of the world had descended before him.

The Spirit King was once the most powerful being in the Three Realms, but he had never experienced such a profound realm.

But then he thought about it again, and realized that it was pointless to say all this, because if Li Lin could devour him, he would need to break the seal on the crystal, and with that power, he himself would be unable to resist.

"I can agree to your terms."

Finally, the Spirit King said, "However, I need to see that you can effectively change the Three Realms before I will hand over all my power to you."

"Now, I can give you half of my power. I will give you the other half in turn, according to the degree of completion of the contract."

"A very reasonable suggestion."

Li Lin said calmly

Half the power of the Spirit King's body inside the crystal is enough.

This part of the body should only contain about 20% of the Spirit King's power.

After all, it no longer has limbs, nor heart, ligaments, or other internal organs.

It's just an empty shell, barely enough to maintain the balance of the three realms.

Then, half of that 20% of the Spirit King's power was given to him to act as his agent, which is one-tenth, but that's not a small amount.

Even if I am just an ordinary person, if I obtain these powers, I can easily surpass the Grim Reaper.

Because he possesses an ancient-level rank, he can freely devour power without suffering a backlash.

If the Spirit King were to truly transfer his power to me, it would obviously not be just this little bit of Spirit King power, but rather all the Spirit King power that I had dispersed in the past would be transferred over.

If he can stabilize the Three Realms, the Spirit King will voluntarily offer his power.

But if he cannot stabilize the Three Realms, the Spirit King still retains nine-tenths of his power, so he can always fight to the death.

Using one-tenth of the Spirit King's power to probe the bottom line is not a loss for him.

After all, in his view, the Three Realms were inherently the weaker party.

Moreover, his words had a hidden meaning: he wanted Li Lin to release him from the crystal's seal.

After all, to absorb one's own power, one must break this crystal seal.

King Ling really didn't want to stay here any longer, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to harm his own son.

In reality, he has already reached his limit in communicating with Li Lin, and at any moment he may once again be drawn into a spiral of neither life nor death.

Thus, the contract was concluded.

Don't underestimate Li Lin just because he doesn't have much strength now. His status is what it is. Once the two parties reach a contract, even if the Spirit King wants to break it, he will suffer a huge backlash.

So he walked up to the amber-like sealing crystal and reached out to touch it.

Layer upon layer of space unfolded before him, as if the world before him was being laid out, or as if a scroll was being slowly unfurled. He reached out his hand, and the crystal that even the Spirit King could seal could not stop him at all!

The power of a higher-dimensional observer activated by the position proved very useful, at least at this moment; otherwise, even if the Spirit King had agreed, he wouldn't have been able to devour it.

Now, his hand touched the Spirit King's body, which was sealed within.

In that instant, Li Lin's body seemed to begin to twist, as if it had transformed into an invisible mass of darkness writhing, and the layers of space were also stained with this blackness.

The Spirit King was surprised by how easily Li Lin broke the seal, and then felt a suction force trying to pull him out.

As agreed, he released half of his power along the suction force, while using the other half to escape the seal by means of the unfolding scroll!

Thus, the immense power of the Spirit King surged into Li Lin's body, and the crystal seal in front of him was like a real painting, seemingly depicting the Three Realms and all the epic tales of the past and present, with an ancient aura emanating from the painting.

Then, another dark, humanoid creature occupied most of the painting; it was...

They slowly walked out from inside?!

Like a deity stepping out of a painting!

King Ling had not expected that the seal set up by the five noble families would be broken so easily.

Hehe, if the High Dimension Overlord can devour the Decaying King and the Gate Path, he might even be able to snatch the symbol of the King of Time and Space from the Lord of Mysteries. With his expertise in manipulating dimensions, breaking this small crystal seal would be a piece of cake for him, provided the Spirit King cooperates.

"Let your own eyes bear witness."

Li Lin absorbed a large amount of Spirit King power at this moment. Although it was not an extraordinary characteristic of the mysterious world, the increase in his own power also greatly enhanced his ability as a high-dimensional observer.

Because the power of the Spirit King is a kind of omnipotent power, and the Spirit King's ability "omniscience and omnipotence" is also an ability involving timelines, it is suitable as a power of "dimensions" and "fantasy".

"I will."

After a million years, King Ling finally felt the reality of being alive again.

He simply vanished from the Spirit King's Palace.